F2F Class Notes (Nicholas)

Grammar

His mother has quitted with his father – His mother left his father

His father’s died – His father died

She really hate – She really hated

His mother always want to kill him – His mother always wanted to kill him = His mother always tortured/abused him

Schopenhauer – 叔本华

The World as Will and Representation

The Will To Survive – All life is suffering

Friedrich Nietzsche

The Will to Power

extreme – extremist – fringe

e.g. He’s too extreme.

e.g. He is an extremist. His thoughts are on the fringe.

e.g. He’s a fringe thinker.

his thinking is refreshing

meta-physical – beyond, above, over or before the “physical” universe

e.g. So metaphysical philosophies or ideas try and figure out where our physical reality comes from — the nature of the universe.

traumatic – trauma – 创伤

e.g. Schopenhauer had many traumatic experiences as a boy.

Nazi – 纳粹

contracted – he caught a disease

e.g. Nietzsche contracted syphillis from brothels.

acquire – get

e.g. I want to acquire power or new skills.