About this episode

The episode features a conversation with Nick Nielsen about various philosophical perspectives on history.

I spoke with Nick Nielsen (Geopolicraticus), who publishes a regular newsletter, and the series, Today in the Philosophy of History. We discussed Augustine's theory of history; the differing views of history of Hegel and Schopenhauer; the Renaissance and the Reformation; textual gaps in the Middle Ages; Nietzsche's "On the Use and Abuse of History for Life"; Nietzsche & Machiavelli as the monumental role models of our time; ideographic versus nomothetic knowledge; Peter Turchin's Cliodynamics. This was my first conversation with Nick, but it was lovely to meet him and I had a nice time talking to him. I very much enjoy his Youtube channel and would recommend it to those among the Patrons who enjoy history, and speculations about history.

People in this episode

Host: Untimely Reflections

Guest: Nick Nielsen

Topics covered

• philosophy of history
• Augustine's theory of history
• Hegel and Schopenhauer
• Renaissance and Reformation
• Nietzsche
• Machiavelli
• Cliodynamics

Keywords

• philosophy
• history
• Nietzsche
• Hegel
• Schopenhauer
• Renaissance
• Reformation
• Cliodynamics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Geopolicraticus

Books & works: On the Use and Abuse of History for Life, Today in the Philosophy of History

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