Sun and Steel: Yukio Mishima's Philosophy of Bodybuilding, Beauty and Death

Today I discuss the complex Philosophy of acclaimed Japanese writer Yukio Mishima in his book Sun and Steel, an account of his experience bodybuilding, practicing martial arts, and writing.

Timestamps -
0:00 Intro to Mishima's Life
3:59 Corrosive Nature of Words
6:31 Necessity for Sun
7:16 Steel and Bodybuilding
8:51 Weak jealousy of the Heroes/Strong, Nietzsche's Ressentiment
11:40 Mishima on Physical vs Mental Experience
14:02 Overcoming Pain and Suffering
15:43 Courage and Awareness of Death
18:48 Art and Action
21:41 Dying Beautifully
24:43 Shared Suffering
27:06 Mishima on Martial Arts
30:07 Kamikaze Pilots
32:28 Mishima F104 Fighter Jet Flight
38:32 Mishima's Death as a final expression of his Art
42:02 Greek Tragedy to Aesopian Fables
43:17 Sun and Steel foreshadowing his Death