'why They Win'

Stop trying to ‘just be happy’. ‘Being happy’ isn’t the answer. And it won’t satisfy you. Rather, says the philosopher Nietzsche, you should be truthful with yourself and instead nurture your passions, be more creative, have the courage to stop mindlessly being a herd animal - and, guess what, EMBRACE your suffering! Own it. It’s yours; the good, the bad, the ugly, the sad. And if you listen to that pain you’re experiencing, and stick with it as you push on through with your most creative of endeavours, that suffering will reward you with a higher, richer life experience. Or as Nietzsche said, "Throw roses into the abyss and say: 'here is my thanks to the monster who didn't succeed in swallowing me alive.'" All of which, I certainly thought, are mesmerising ideas, Especially given that they were explained to me by this episode’s honoured guest Dr. Brian Leiter - the most respected Nietzsche expert on the planet - whose ability to simplify the thoughts of this most sophisticated of thinkers in a way that was d