In this conversation Prof. Ken Gemes lays out his understanding of Nietzsche’s notorious proclamation that the Christian God is dead and what that means morally for the age to come. This age to come Nietzsche refers to as the age of nihilism which will be with us for “the next 200 years. We are living right in the middle of it.”

Ken is teaching a seminar on Nietzsche in September which you can join here.

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