Series · 7 Feb 2023Nietzsche, or the Great Ninny - Readings on the Spot10:22The laudatory epithet of "profound" was bestowed on Germans: Kant, Hegel, Marx, Bach, Beethoven.15:47German depth is only a painful and delayed digestion; a beer culture opposed to a wine culture.17:47It is wise for a nation to pass itself off as profound, that is, heavy and clumsy.