The Gay Science #22 (V.348-355)

<p>The grand experiment continues with a series of naturalistic explanations for the origins of ideas or modes of life. The scholar&#39;s intellectual habits are inherited &quot;in blood and instinct&quot;; Spinoza&#39;s philosophy is sourced to his sickliness; Darwinian theories of evolution are a product of the &quot;musty air&quot; of English overpopulation; religious and moralistic perspectives are the post hoc rationalizations of the weak and the tame. In this episode we&#39;ll also discuss the very important section, &quot;On the Genius of the Species&quot;, which treats consciousness as an organ of communication. </p><p>Episode art: The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Deijman by Rembrandt</p>