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I can’t even imagine how it feels to stand before a firing squad, waiting for your own death, only to be told at the last moment that it was a malicious joke and your sentence has been changed to imprisonment. I think it had a huge impact on Dostoevsky’s mind and his approach to life.
I wanted to laugh when reading this comment but realized there wasn’t a joke and it was actually just really wholesome. Ok comments someone find something to insult about that
@drummeragainstitk - I’ve just started reading Dostoyevsky, staring with white nights - so far I absolutely love him. It’s very short - What do you recommend I read next?
When your freedom is cut off, what gives that meaning that keeps you sane- are actions that stop you from betraying yourself, and total honesty with the self. You either leave this cell like a saint , or you never leave, even when you're spared. My personal experience, nothing more
Jesus bro you are fucking smart. I admire your ability to read and synthesize. I have a PhD in biochemistry, and I've thought of myself as reasonably smart. But I could never synthesize the works of FD or any other literary or philosophical figure the way you do. Much respect. Keep up the good work man.
Every single time I watch your videos on Dostoevsky, I finish it with a wonderful feeling of hope in my chest. I'm no actual believer, but he inspires so much beauty and hope, it's just wonderful. And going through what he went through and not faltering, or still believing in humanity, it requires great strength, I admire him deeply for that. And of course, you do a great job transmitting that passion and admiration as well. Thank you so much for a wonderful video Joseph!
I love your videos. I have learned a lot from them . If not for you I wouldn’t have known otherwise. You speak with such clarity and tone that I absorb it totally.
It's probably been a few days since I stumbled upon your channel, and I’ve already watched all your videos. I’m absolutely in love with your content! Kudos to you for putting so much effort, creativity, and passion into everything you share.
So if anyone reading this wants to help build the rise of the modern American cynic, Diogenes the dog. Come give my content a listen. I cover Philosophy, physics, and politics from the perspective of the modern cynic. :p
I was put in prison for a day for trying to get closure from a seven year relationship that ended in the girl suddenly ghosting me. The charge against me was Stalking but was later changed to Harassment because the officers came over to my side in the interview room. I cried my eyes out and told them of all the neglect I'd suffered being with this person and how I'd banked on a future with her. How she'd mischaracterized me to them. All that pain I'd been carrying around for years came out. I felt cleansed. Later that night I shook my arresting officers hand. That short experience changed completely the way I see the world. The fact that I was put in a cell for trying to love somebody and give them a chance to maybe change their mind and not cut me out of their life for good for very little reason. I can only imagine what four years would've done.
I will pass no judgement on your specific situation as I do not know the details. I have heard of women abandoning their boyfriends after they got what they wanted - often financial support and help of some sort. It's strange how I hear almost the same story about a woman getting help from a guy to go through school etc. and then leaving when she's there.
Wow your reply made me realise I have actually been here almost since the beginning! It was your video about free will exactly 10 months ago when I found your channel. I still remember your shorts with that stache you used to have back in the day!
@@unsolicitedadvice9198 Keep up with good content (I personally like when you make videos about Dostoyevsky and his perspective on things in life) Sorry if my language is broken, but I hope that you can understand what I meant to say. Have good rest of day as well ❤
I've been consuming your content on here and even kind of binge watching your videos when I have the opportunity and time to do so over the past week or two or so. All I've gotta say is I love your videos and the way you break down and explain stuff so much, it is just so engaging to watch. I'd love to see you do a video on the Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri if you haven't already.
Great work! I have only watched till "free will and rebellion" and I already notice some parallels between the sufferings of men in the prison story and the actions of the young men around me.
Ah thank you! I am currently reading Demons for the 3rd time. After the first 2 times I still think my interpretation of it is too shallow to make a video yet, but fingers crossed for this read-through.
@@unsolicitedadvice9198 I wish you the best luck and as I've read it recently myself , I can't help but ponder upon its difficult to grasp concept, whether it be the characters or the plot itself.
Freedom, and Lack of Freedom 4:43 At peace with authority 5:23 Getting drunk 6:58 Self-Destructive Behavior Power, and Imprisonment 12:50 Do whatever you want, because you have power to do whatever you want. 18:50 “My life is worth preserving for the future.” (Until death, and thereafter) 21:02 Invest their sense of meaning in something 23:13 Simple faith and repentence ☦️
I used to feel so imprisoned in a part of my life. Being touched felt like too much. Food lost its taste (never thought that could happen). I was so lonely, I thought I could just skip sleeping because I wasn’t apart of anyone’s schedule. I was starving and cold. I was paranoid. Imagine if drugs were involved. I learned a lot about myself. I feel horrified that Dostoevsky must’ve gone through something similar or even more grave.
just wanted to say huge thank you for your work. started watching your videos almost a year ago and every time i enjoy your uploads! your videos actually had great impact on me and for that I'm really grateful
I think an interesting aspect of FD's analysis is just how humanizing it is. In a world today where it feels people are increasingly dehumanizing each other in an effort to make them caricatures of who they actually are, the ability to see humanity in those who have shown themselves capable of such horrible things is important. It should be illuminating and trigger self reflection. It's easy to dehumanizing when we haven't grappled with the fact that, if given the same context, vould we as individuals maintain our own sanity or more so yet be capable of such horrors that landed those men in that prison. Now, there may be debate on whether incarceration is truly justice, but for the sake of argument, we will say it is. By understanding what we are capable of we get a better understanding of our limits and how to better push them or ensure we are not put in situations that would unreasonably test them. By showing the enduring humanity of these people we are supposed to see as subhuman, we are confronted with the cognitive dissonance of the truth of it; we, too could be in this situation if pushed far enough.
14:55 reminds me of the story unbroken, where Louis Zamperini, a POW in a Japanese internment camp in WW2 was forced to hold a wooden beam over his head for hours without dropping it by the sadistic and cruel overseer, nicknamed the bird. Louis ends up embarrassing the bird by showing the difference in their internal strength.
It's always a beautiful day when you upload some Dostoevsky. Thank you!!!! Guys, if you like these kind of themes about power, not losing your humanity under extreme conditions and some religious undertones I suggest you to watch Larisa Shepitko's The Ascent(восхождение). It's a soviet, black and white film I think you would really enjoy.
Watched the Blood Meridian video the other day because it's my favorite book. Maybe The House of the Dead will be my next read after I finish my current book!
Hope is despair-the despairing of hope. The whole bicameral scheme of contraries dissects the void to activate a vicariously generated self. It is a story, a linguistic translation, or a sense-giving performance. Words sculpt a tale, speaking the self into being only to lose that voice in the coming silence.
Nietzsche's psychology was more pure because it wasn't tainted by religion. He risked his mind, whereas FD developed elaborate systems to cope and preserve his.
This no doubt goes a long way to explaining exactly why I feel so outraged when you tube decides to delete my comments despite the fact I have used not a single profanity nor attacked any specific individual. It's like "No, you are not free to share your ideas if they might offend our advertisers."
Is it just me or do anyone else too are addicted with concentrating in the subtitles? May be cause english is not my first language but I can understand someone speaking English w/o subtitles too. Honestly I can better concentrate on video if I keep reading subtitles too at the same time, may be like Reading and Listening at the same time helps to concentrate more.
Dostoevsky should be required reading for students before university. The lens needs to get bigger than the one looking at you from the black mirror 🤓 great vid
where there is no probability, there's always hope left. hope for a miracle, for succeeding against all odds, or for gaining a new perspective on events, a new insight that makes it all worth enduring, hope for a surprising silver lining etc. What's important it's to find out if there are no other ways to change desperate situation before giving into actless, passive act of hoping for something. It's kind of easy to state 'this life is a gulag, a kz, a prison and i am innocently convicted and imprisoned teddy bear, so all i got is hope'. it is worth noting that in many cases such a self-talk is very far from accuracy. poetic, dramatic, romantic, but not accurate. we might be very sorry for the guy who used to do 'bad things' to children. we might see a full human in that person. yet until that person acknowledges his wrongdoings and tries to live differently, we might hope to be able to keep them as far from children as possible, instead of hoping it will somehow simply supernaturally work out better next time around. and please, read about Frankl, it really doesn't seem that it was innocent hope that made him survive the camp.
nah whats even the point of life if things will never get better at that point youre just living cuz youre not ded what reason will u have to wake up the next morning and do something consistently if its not that hopeful future, whether its for yr own selfishness or change in the world
@Neno-zb1ci First of all, what's so awful about your current reality? Isn't there something redeeming that you can appreciate? Why do I get up? Because there's a new challenge and new possibilities. Maybe you call that hope? I call it life. If you DO rely on hope, I would say to make sure you're the one generating it and you're not depending on it to come from something external. “Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope.” - The Bible For me, the stronghold is my own will, faculty and ingenuity. But I do feel hope is necessary/beneficial for those who truly are helpless, such as children.
@@TheDionysianFields the want of a better future is hope to me like a world where theres less poverty, hunger, discrimination and general evil, but its impossible but its still a dream that keeps us improving and striving forward, thats the beauty of hope life is understood as constant suffering and to do better u need to be able to imagine a better yourself, and that yourself who isnt as miserable as the current u becomes yr hope
"...poverty is not a vice, that's a true saying. Yet I know that drunkenness too is not a virtue and that's even truer. But destitution, dear sir, destitution is a vice. In poverty you may still retain your innate nobility of soul , but in destitution-never-no-one. For destitution a man is not chased out of society with a stick, he is swept out with a broom to make it as humiliating as possible; and quite right, too, for in destitution I am the first to humiliate my self." Fyodor Dostoevsky - Crime and punishment
How can anyone’s life ever get better when nothing is ever good enough? When it’s survival, it is not a better life that’d be asked for but betterment of circumstances. No one who needs help with health or housing or food you’ll hear saying what they want is a better life. Anyone who says they want a better life will never say it’s now good enough. How can anyone expect hope to be able to deliver when they can’t do it themselves, what makes them think hope could do any better? No power doesn’t corrupt, but corruption reaches power.
There is a distinction to be made when convicted to the kulaks; Being convicted for a genuine crime to the kulaks would have a vastly different effect than being convicted for irrelevant reasons, as most did during the years of Soviet Union that plagued Russia for over a century, along with those in House of the Dead. For the man caught in the act will be far less likely to repent in general for said crime but if repented, this act will likely disperse into all areas of his life. Former criminals who converted to Christianity, or any religion with forgiveness and repentance as one of the main themes, become ardent followers. But a man caught and jailed for a different reason will think he still got away with the crime and got jailed, not only resctricted to his own mind, for illegitimate reason. This will retain his cruelty and if he wasn't a man of faith before, either consciously or unconsciously, he definitely will not do the act of repentance at any point. But for Dostoyevsky, he probably saw his own sentence as a consequence of believing in communism and acting accordingly, and for whatever the reason the communists might've used to jail him, all of them would still fall under communistic premises, making the conversion that much more potent if it happens - and that it did with Dostoyevsky.
Jeeez, what are you blabbering about? Dostoievsky was jailed by the tzar regime long before any "communist sowjets" existed (who, in fact, slaughtered the said tzar later as a starter). And those "communists" being almost 100% Slav hating jews, supported from abroad (Germany mostly). And, gulags (work concentration camps) are by far no "sowjet" invention, not even nazi german invention. Try to read something before you make fool of yourself.
If you think you're immune to the 'temptation of power,' you might consider your relationship to the idea of animals being used for food production, whether to be slaughtered or have their milk or eggs harvested, almost always entailing suffering.
Hope is cope. We should ask why today isn't worthy of its own adoration. If something is wrong with today, let's fix it...today. Then, every day will exist for its own sake, in its own beauty...not as a mere vehicle to get us to tomorrow. I believe Nietzsche would agree with me, despite his "amor fati" philosophy.
@@TheDionysianFields As good as this is, the issue with depression is the overwhelming feeling that today is unbearable. So "tomorrow" as a concept worthy of looking forward to then takes on significant meaning. And even if the actual tomorrow (the day after today) is also not worth looking forward to there will be a tomorrow that is. And that's the hope which, once lost, is so devastating. That there is no tomorrow worth looking forward and that there never will be again.
@@salparadise1220 Depression is certainly real, but keep in mind it's based on a somewhat subjective view of one's life and agency. Things aren't always as bad as we think. I would also say that “believing” in a better tomorrow is different than holding “hope” for one. Let me know if that's too fine of a distinction, but it's almost like there's an inherent desperation in the concept of hope. Plus, hope takes us out of the present moment, which is where the action is. My overall hypothesis is that hope isn't just a cope, but that it often functions as a drug. As long as I have hope, what else do I really need? Hence, it can be a tragic trap of sorts, as things further decline--but at such a gradual rate that we don't notice. I think it's just better to step up and take responsibility for whatever the situation is, and take action toward resolving it. We are subjects--but not victims--of life. Meaning that life always offers us a way, as well as something in our current scenario worth appreciating. Hope feels too passive for me. Whereas belief feels more interactive, even though I can't fully control what I believe. Think of it this way. Donald Trump can keep promise us a better tomorrow and string people along with hope, all the while things are deteriorating beneath the surface (or in plain sight!). Now he's poised to do so for another four years, at which point we could be past the point of no return. All in the concept of hope...all because we WANT to believe. To keep it all very simple: make your own hope. “Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope.” - The Bible For me, the stronghold is my own will, faculty and ingenuity. But I do feel hope is necessary/beneficial for those who truly are helpless, such as children. Man, I have a lot to say on this topic.
I feel like I owe you an apology for screwing the retention of your videos. Whenever it’s about a book it takes never more than 3 minutes to stop and think “ok, I can’t watch it, I’ll read the book first”
Haha! That's more than okay! I would much rather people read the books than watch me talk about them :). Most of my aim on the channel is to introduce people to these works that they might not have come across before
@unsolicitedadvice9198 I find your points of view very interesting. actually, after the book I come back to the video to watch your take on it. I don’t know if you read comments in older videos but I’ll be soon finishing A hero of our time and probably you’ll see me there when that happens, haha. Keep up the good work
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I can’t even imagine how it feels to stand before a firing squad, waiting for your own death, only to be told at the last moment that it was a malicious joke and your sentence has been changed to imprisonment.
I think it had a huge impact on Dostoevsky’s mind and his approach to life.
Yesterday I was buying Dostoevsky books now I get a new Dostoevsky video, my life couldn’t get any better personally
I wanted to laugh when reading this comment but realized there wasn’t a joke and it was actually just really wholesome. Ok comments someone find something to insult about that
Which book of his?
Hope
As a FD fanatic since 1979 I owe you a debt of gratitude for keeping his name alive and viable. He is still that important. Cont success.
He’s actually quite well known in Slavic countries
@marko112kg I'd say he's also well known and beloved everywhere else.
His videos about Dostoevsky are great!
@@T.A.ConstantineNah, Americans dont know him.😓
@drummeragainstitk - I’ve just started reading Dostoyevsky, staring with white nights - so far I absolutely love him. It’s very short - What do you recommend I read next?
what a privilege it is to have access to Dostoyevsky’s work and Joe’s channel
When your freedom is cut off, what gives that meaning that keeps you sane- are actions that stop you from betraying yourself, and total honesty with the self. You either leave this cell like a saint , or you never leave, even when you're spared. My personal experience, nothing more
My personal experience too , 10 years of crippling agoraphobia
Jesus bro you are fucking smart. I admire your ability to read and synthesize. I have a PhD in biochemistry, and I've thought of myself as reasonably smart. But I could never synthesize the works of FD or any other literary or philosophical figure the way you do. Much respect. Keep up the good work man.
@nothanks9503 then you do it.
@nothanks9503 plagiarized from what source? Genuine question. I want to experience the original content if it truely exists.
Every single time I watch your videos on Dostoevsky, I finish it with a wonderful feeling of hope in my chest. I'm no actual believer, but he inspires so much beauty and hope, it's just wonderful. And going through what he went through and not faltering, or still believing in humanity, it requires great strength, I admire him deeply for that. And of course, you do a great job transmitting that passion and admiration as well.
Thank you so much for a wonderful video Joseph!
My own father has tried to cope with uncomfortable truths by claiming "that's just how things are" and moving on...
Thanks!
I love your videos. I have learned a lot from them . If not for you I wouldn’t have known otherwise. You speak with such clarity and tone that I absorb it totally.
This is one of the best channels on UA-cam.
Agreed 💯
Good to see you again Joe. Hope your doing great.
Just wanna make a confession , I listen to your videos while lifting weights.
You are not alone there
I'm here right now lifting weights lol
Literally doing this rn 🤣😂
It's probably been a few days since I stumbled upon your channel, and I’ve already watched all your videos. I’m absolutely in love with your content! Kudos to you for putting so much effort, creativity, and passion into everything you share.
I was rewatching your other Dostoevsky vids last night. I’M OVERJOYED.
Blessed with another Dostoyevsky vid 🤲
I am happy that theology and philosophy is on the rise.
have only been reading his novels back to back the past couple months, has already changed my life honestly i love his writing so much.
So impressed with your video essays, Unsolicited Advice!
I freakin love you man, and I'm so proud and happy with how much your channel has grown in the last year!
Thanks
What timing. I always enjoy a good UA video for the work commute.
Were hopemaxxing with this🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥
how fitting I see this as my next week stories with Diogenes is going to tackle the subject of how modern men have failed themselves. :P
So if anyone reading this wants to help build the rise of the modern American cynic, Diogenes the dog. Come give my content a listen. I cover Philosophy, physics, and politics from the perspective of the modern cynic. :p
I was put in prison for a day for trying to get closure from a seven year relationship that ended in the girl suddenly ghosting me. The charge against me was Stalking but was later changed to Harassment because the officers came over to my side in the interview room. I cried my eyes out and told them of all the neglect I'd suffered being with this person and how I'd banked on a future with her. How she'd mischaracterized me to them. All that pain I'd been carrying around for years came out. I felt cleansed. Later that night I shook my arresting officers hand.
That short experience changed completely the way I see the world. The fact that I was put in a cell for trying to love somebody and give them a chance to maybe change their mind and not cut me out of their life for good for very little reason. I can only imagine what four years would've done.
Im sorry to hear that. You'll find someone better who deserves you
I will pass no judgement on your specific situation as I do not know the details.
I have heard of women abandoning their boyfriends after they got what they wanted - often financial support and help of some sort.
It's strange how I hear almost the same story about a woman getting help from a guy to go through school etc. and then leaving when she's there.
Thanks so much for the effort you put into your craft, I've been in love with your content ever since I found you about a year ago!
Ah thank you! That is very kind! Thank you for being there from the start
Wow your reply made me realise I have actually been here almost since the beginning! It was your video about free will exactly 10 months ago when I found your channel. I still remember your shorts with that stache you used to have back in the day!
@@unsolicitedadvice9198 Keep up with good content (I personally like when you make videos about Dostoyevsky and his perspective on things in life) Sorry if my language is broken, but I hope that you can understand what I meant to say. Have good rest of day as well ❤
Another Dostoevsky video! It's like Christmas came early this year.
I've been consuming your content on here and even kind of binge watching your videos when I have the opportunity and time to do so over the past week or two or so. All I've gotta say is I love your videos and the way you break down and explain stuff so much, it is just so engaging to watch. I'd love to see you do a video on the Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri if you haven't already.
Certain videos have really helped changed my perspective for the better, thank you.
Keep doing what you do 💯
Your content is amazing!
Great work! I have only watched till "free will and rebellion" and I already notice some parallels between the sufferings of men in the prison story and the actions of the young men around me.
I'm reading this book right now, for the first time. So I appreciate this timing.
Great timing!!! I was just going through my annual Dostoevsky obsession!!
Love your content man,love from India ❤
Thanks man! That is very kind of you
Thank you very much for this brilliant explanations.
I really like your views on such books. I'm looking forward to when you read Demons , it truly is one of his darkest yet profound work.
Ah thank you! I am currently reading Demons for the 3rd time. After the first 2 times I still think my interpretation of it is too shallow to make a video yet, but fingers crossed for this read-through.
@@unsolicitedadvice9198 I wish you the best luck and as I've read it recently myself , I can't help but ponder upon its difficult to grasp concept, whether it be the characters or the plot itself.
Freedom, and Lack of Freedom
4:43 At peace with authority
5:23 Getting drunk
6:58 Self-Destructive Behavior
Power, and Imprisonment
12:50 Do whatever you want, because you have power to do whatever you want.
18:50 “My life is worth preserving for the future.” (Until death, and thereafter)
21:02 Invest their sense of meaning in something
23:13 Simple faith and repentence ☦️
I know not how this video will affect me for I am not broken nor a man but I do know this message will comfort me when time doth come.
lmfao
I'm broken and a man, get on my level 😎
MORE DOSTOEVSKY OH BOY
Haha! I hope you enjoy it
always love your videos. You give your idea so clearly and completely. Thanks.
This is great. Thank you! 🙏
Your channel is extremely underrated
Hi aside your Wonderful content, im a non-native to english and the words you use are really new and helpful to my vocabulary, Thanks, keep it up❤️🌹
Great video
Very enjoyable thank you
Banger as always!!!
Beautifully explained
I used to feel so imprisoned in a part of my life. Being touched felt like too much. Food lost its taste (never thought that could happen). I was so lonely, I thought I could just skip sleeping because I wasn’t apart of anyone’s schedule. I was starving and cold. I was paranoid. Imagine if drugs were involved. I learned a lot about myself. I feel horrified that Dostoevsky must’ve gone through something similar or even more grave.
Thank you for your work I appreciate it your videos,listening to you while at work!!
Wow your channel exploded since I last checked, Congratulations!
MORE DOSTOYEVSKY!! Hell yeah!
You are the most beautiful mouthpiece of truth, who does not believe in what is being said.
just wanted to say huge thank you for your work. started watching your videos almost a year ago and every time i enjoy your uploads!
your videos actually had great impact on me and for that I'm really grateful
“There never was much hope…just a fools hope, as I have been told”.
I think an interesting aspect of FD's analysis is just how humanizing it is. In a world today where it feels people are increasingly dehumanizing each other in an effort to make them caricatures of who they actually are, the ability to see humanity in those who have shown themselves capable of such horrible things is important. It should be illuminating and trigger self reflection. It's easy to dehumanizing when we haven't grappled with the fact that, if given the same context, vould we as individuals maintain our own sanity or more so yet be capable of such horrors that landed those men in that prison. Now, there may be debate on whether incarceration is truly justice, but for the sake of argument, we will say it is. By understanding what we are capable of we get a better understanding of our limits and how to better push them or ensure we are not put in situations that would unreasonably test them.
By showing the enduring humanity of these people we are supposed to see as subhuman, we are confronted with the cognitive dissonance of the truth of it; we, too could be in this situation if pushed far enough.
Thank you, so much.
Hooray! Another vid with "my face and... this philosopher's face"
14:55 reminds me of the story unbroken, where Louis Zamperini, a POW in a Japanese internment camp in WW2 was forced to hold a wooden beam over his head for hours without dropping it by the sadistic and cruel overseer, nicknamed the bird. Louis ends up embarrassing the bird by showing the difference in their internal strength.
It's always a beautiful day when you upload some Dostoevsky. Thank you!!!!
Guys, if you like these kind of themes about power, not losing your humanity under extreme conditions and some religious undertones I suggest you to watch Larisa Shepitko's The Ascent(восхождение). It's a soviet, black and white film I think you would really enjoy.
Your videos are so very deep even though your references are few, given how few time is fpr people to watch UA-cam videos..
'For Dostoyevsky it took a very special constitution to receive power' and not abuse it. Phillip Zimbardo backs this up.
i am BEGGING you for a wuthering heights video. would make my whole life
A very good video 👍👍👍
Watched the Blood Meridian video the other day because it's my favorite book. Maybe The House of the Dead will be my next read after I finish my current book!
Great video
huh, whadya know. i needed to hear this today.
Hope is despair-the despairing of hope. The whole bicameral scheme of contraries dissects the void to activate a vicariously generated self. It is a story, a linguistic translation, or a sense-giving performance. Words sculpt a tale, speaking the self into being only to lose that voice in the coming silence.
I was gonna watch this when it first came out but i think god wanted me to see it now
Nietzsche's psychology was more pure because it wasn't tainted by religion. He risked his mind, whereas FD developed elaborate systems to cope and preserve his.
I couldn't disagree more.
@didgruntleddansnyderfan I'm glad for you.
@@TheDionysianFields See if you can find the time to grow up at some point before you die of old age.
Thankyou 😘
Take instinct to survive and takes courage to live .
And what all fail to see is the effect that is created from the action of another...
incredible
Dostoevsky is the GOAT author
This no doubt goes a long way to explaining exactly why I feel so outraged when you tube decides to delete my comments despite the fact I have used not a single profanity nor attacked any specific individual. It's like "No, you are not free to share your ideas if they might offend our advertisers."
How quickly do we need to obsessivly watch your content before its no longer unsolicieted?
Is it just me or do anyone else too are addicted with concentrating in the subtitles? May be cause english is not my first language but I can understand someone speaking English w/o subtitles too. Honestly I can better concentrate on video if I keep reading subtitles too at the same time, may be like Reading and Listening at the same time helps to concentrate more.
Dostoevsky should be required reading for students before university. The lens needs to get bigger than the one looking at you from the black mirror 🤓 great vid
Have you done theatre before? You seem like you would be really good at acting
Please give your views about Ivan and Smerdyakov in the novel brothers karamazov
where there is no probability, there's always hope left. hope for a miracle, for succeeding against all odds, or for gaining a new perspective on events, a new insight that makes it all worth enduring, hope for a surprising silver lining etc. What's important it's to find out if there are no other ways to change desperate situation before giving into actless, passive act of hoping for something. It's kind of easy to state 'this life is a gulag, a kz, a prison and i am innocently convicted and imprisoned teddy bear, so all i got is hope'. it is worth noting that in many cases such a self-talk is very far from accuracy. poetic, dramatic, romantic, but not accurate.
we might be very sorry for the guy who used to do 'bad things' to children. we might see a full human in that person. yet until that person acknowledges his wrongdoings and tries to live differently, we might hope to be able to keep them as far from children as possible, instead of hoping it will somehow simply supernaturally work out better next time around.
and please, read about Frankl, it really doesn't seem that it was innocent hope that made him survive the camp.
Freedom is medicine after death. For the animals.
Is there a video on notes for the underground by this fellow?
I prefer his vids to a similar channel and would like to compare perspectives.
There is but it’s from ages ago and it’s not very good so I wouldn’t recommend it. I’m planning on remaking it in the new year
@ oh I will wait then. Then I will also compare your budding mind, to your present one.
Hope is for the weak. If you want to control someone, sell them hope. I'd like to start a lively discussion around this if anyone here is interested.
nah whats even the point of life if things will never get better
at that point youre just living cuz youre not ded
what reason will u have to wake up the next morning and do something consistently if its not that hopeful future, whether its for yr own selfishness or change in the world
@Neno-zb1ci..A life that's all about survival and not living is no life at all
@Neno-zb1ci First of all, what's so awful about your current reality? Isn't there something redeeming that you can appreciate?
Why do I get up? Because there's a new challenge and new possibilities. Maybe you call that hope? I call it life.
If you DO rely on hope, I would say to make sure you're the one generating it and you're not depending on it to come from something external.
“Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope.” - The Bible
For me, the stronghold is my own will, faculty and ingenuity. But I do feel hope is necessary/beneficial for those who truly are helpless, such as children.
@@TheDionysianFields the want of a better future is hope to me
like a world where theres less poverty, hunger, discrimination and general evil, but its impossible but its still a dream that keeps us improving and striving forward, thats the beauty of hope
life is understood as constant suffering and to do better u need to be able to imagine a better yourself, and that yourself who isnt as miserable as the current u becomes yr hope
"...poverty is not a vice, that's a true saying. Yet I know that drunkenness too is not a virtue and that's even truer. But destitution, dear sir, destitution is a vice. In poverty you may still retain your innate nobility of soul , but in destitution-never-no-one. For destitution a man is not chased out of society with a stick, he is swept out with a broom to make it as humiliating as possible; and quite right, too, for in destitution I am the first to humiliate my self."
Fyodor Dostoevsky - Crime and punishment
How can anyone’s life ever get better when nothing is ever good enough? When it’s survival, it is not a better life that’d be asked for but betterment of circumstances. No one who needs help with health or housing or food you’ll hear saying what they want is a better life. Anyone who says they want a better life will never say it’s now good enough.
How can anyone expect hope to be able to deliver when they can’t do it themselves, what makes them think hope could do any better?
No power doesn’t corrupt, but corruption reaches power.
The description of the major sounds like keir Stalin 🤨
Video on fang yuans
There is a distinction to be made when convicted to the kulaks;
Being convicted for a genuine crime to the kulaks would have a vastly different effect than being convicted for irrelevant reasons, as most did during the years of Soviet Union that plagued Russia for over a century, along with those in House of the Dead.
For the man caught in the act will be far less likely to repent in general for said crime but if repented, this act will likely disperse into all areas of his life. Former criminals who converted to Christianity, or any religion with forgiveness and repentance as one of the main themes, become ardent followers. But a man caught and jailed for a different reason will think he still got away with the crime and got jailed, not only resctricted to his own mind, for illegitimate reason. This will retain his cruelty and if he wasn't a man of faith before, either consciously or unconsciously, he definitely will not do the act of repentance at any point.
But for Dostoyevsky, he probably saw his own sentence as a consequence of believing in communism and acting accordingly, and for whatever the reason the communists might've used to jail him, all of them would still fall under communistic premises, making the conversion that much more potent if it happens - and that it did with Dostoyevsky.
Jeeez, what are you blabbering about? Dostoievsky was jailed by the tzar regime long before any "communist sowjets" existed (who, in fact, slaughtered the said tzar later as a starter). And those "communists" being almost 100% Slav hating jews, supported from abroad (Germany mostly).
And, gulags (work concentration camps) are by far no "sowjet" invention, not even nazi german invention. Try to read something before you make fool of yourself.
Was the arcade game based on this book?
Am i the only one who is Muslim and watches him
Can you make a video about Muhammad and his philosophy
If you enjoyed this content you might want to read Varlam Shalamov’s Kolyma Tales. They’re a blast😃
If you think you're immune to the 'temptation of power,' you might consider your relationship to the idea of animals being used for food production, whether to be slaughtered or have their milk or eggs harvested, almost always entailing suffering.
The subtitles are better now imo!
Ah thanks! I think the lack of animation makes them a bit less overwhelming. All credit goes to my video editor for making them
Criminally early on this one 😂😂
could we be close to the moment when Donald Tusk finaly transforms into cricket?
Just a chill guy with the most villainous eyebrows on youtube
thanks for the upload !
Thank you for watching!
The most important and deepest hope is the hope that tomorrow is worth enduring today. When that hope is lost there is no more reason to continue.
Hope is cope. We should ask why today isn't worthy of its own adoration. If something is wrong with today, let's fix it...today. Then, every day will exist for its own sake, in its own beauty...not as a mere vehicle to get us to tomorrow.
I believe Nietzsche would agree with me, despite his "amor fati" philosophy.
@@TheDionysianFields As good as this is, the issue with depression is the overwhelming feeling that today is unbearable. So "tomorrow" as a concept worthy of looking forward to then takes on significant meaning. And even if the actual tomorrow (the day after today) is also not worth looking forward to there will be a tomorrow that is. And that's the hope which, once lost, is so devastating. That there is no tomorrow worth looking forward and that there never will be again.
@@salparadise1220 I'm going to give some thought to that and get back to you in a couple days.
@@salparadise1220 Depression is certainly real, but keep in mind it's based on a somewhat subjective view of one's life and agency. Things aren't always as bad as we think. I would also say that “believing” in a better tomorrow is different than holding “hope” for one. Let me know if that's too fine of a distinction, but it's almost like there's an inherent desperation in the concept of hope.
Plus, hope takes us out of the present moment, which is where the action is.
My overall hypothesis is that hope isn't just a cope, but that it often functions as a drug. As long as I have hope, what else do I really need? Hence, it can be a tragic trap of sorts, as things further decline--but at such a gradual rate that we don't notice.
I think it's just better to step up and take responsibility for whatever the situation is, and take action toward resolving it. We are subjects--but not victims--of life. Meaning that life always offers us a way, as well as something in our current scenario worth appreciating.
Hope feels too passive for me. Whereas belief feels more interactive,
even though I can't fully control what I believe.
Think of it this way. Donald Trump can keep promise us a better tomorrow and string people along with hope, all the while things are deteriorating beneath the surface (or in plain sight!). Now he's poised to do so for another four years, at which point we could be past the point of no return. All in the concept of hope...all because we WANT to believe.
To keep it all very simple: make your own hope.
“Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope.” - The Bible
For me, the stronghold is my own will, faculty and ingenuity. But I do feel hope is necessary/beneficial for those who truly are helpless, such as children.
Man, I have a lot to say on this topic.
I feel like I owe you an apology for screwing the retention of your videos. Whenever it’s about a book it takes never more than 3 minutes to stop and think “ok, I can’t watch it, I’ll read the book first”
Haha! That's more than okay! I would much rather people read the books than watch me talk about them :). Most of my aim on the channel is to introduce people to these works that they might not have come across before
@unsolicitedadvice9198 I find your points of view very interesting. actually, after the book I come back to the video to watch your take on it. I don’t know if you read comments in older videos but I’ll be soon finishing A hero of our time and probably you’ll see me there when that happens, haha. Keep up the good work