Existentialism in 10 Minutes
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- Опубліковано 11 лют 2021
- What is Existentialism? Existentialism is a philosophy that explores the problem of human existence, with an emphasis on the individual who starts in an apparently meaningless world, and who seeks to create meaning in a world without inherent meaning.
Existentialism is most commonly associated with several 19th and 20th century philosophers: Søren Kierkegaard, Friedrich Nietzsche, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Martin Heidegger, Jean Paul Sartre, and Albert Camus.
Many of these thinkers never used the term “existentialist” to describe themselves, some of them even rejected the label, while others accepted it. What they did share is a common template. Many of them regarded traditional systematic or academic philosophies too abstract and remote from concrete human experience and focused on the authenticity of the individual.
Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard is regarded as the father of existentialism, who along with Nietzsche, provided the basic foundations of 19th century Existentialism.
Core ideas to Existentialism include authenticity, individuality, subjectivity, freedom and responsibility, in order to understand and pursue the meaning of your life.
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Dostoevsky
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▶ Crime and Punishment (1866)
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▶ The Brothers Karamazov (1880)
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Nietzsche
▶ Human, All Too Human (1878)
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▶ Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1883)
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▶ Twilight of the Idols or How to Philosophise with a Hammer and The Antichrist (1888)
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Kierkegaard
▶ Either/Or (1843)
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▶ Fear and Trembling (1843)
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▶ The Sickness unto Death (1849)
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Camus
▶ The Stranger (1942)
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▶ The Myth of Sisyphus (1942)
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▶ The Plague (1947)
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Sartre
▶ Nausea (1938)
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▶ The Wall (1939) and Other Stories
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▶ No Exit (1944) and Three Other Plays:
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Heidegger
▶ The Question concerning Technology (1954)
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@Yusuf Shaikh Those are available for people who click on the "Join" button and support the channel :)
This channel has quickly become one of my favorites, do you take requests?
@@Eternalised I look forward to it :) will you be doing any videos on Aristotle or Aristotelian Philosophers like Mimonides in the future?
Also, will you be doing any videos on Thomas Hobbes's Leviathan? (I mostly want you to do it so that I don't have to, I tried and failed to read Leviathan)
@@Eternalised and anything on Alexander Dumas! XD
(At any rate, thank you for this excellent content :))
@@snakey934Snakeybakey I might do a series on Greek Philosophy (Plato, Aristotle, Socrates...) in the future, just as I have done a playlist of Existentialism. That should be interesting, but for now I'm trying to make shorter videos as I want to upload weekly. Thanks for the support!
I didn't believe that existentialism could be described that well in 10 minutes… Well, it can! Great video!!!
Thanks a lot! Glad you enjoyed it.
Nietzsche wrote in one sentence what others would take an entire book to say. I see no reason why an essence of a philosophy could not be compressed into 10 minutes of speech and video
Hypotheticalism in socio process reality
obviously, you wouldn't know if this was well described anyways.
watch this:
"Love is the key, even when there is no key, especially when love does not exist."
-Me, Meshuggah Dave.
You have now graduated a college level philosophy course.
The real test is if you can actually live the philosophy or if you just talk about it all day.
I've always existed with these thoughts, but it wasn't until I talked them out with a therapist that I heard of the term "existential depression." It led to me taking a class on existentialism and being introduced to all these thinkers, who I now feel so connected to. I'm extremely grateful that these thoughts have been philosophisized for those of us who have felt isolated or alienated as a result of thinking/feeling this way. ♥️
yet will you write your own book full of redundancy and negativity just so that thousands of lost others can never read the words nor care for its contents, caring only for the next fix of whatever spins their world?
worthless.
I can't wait to die, again. I just wish for exile.
Well put, i feel the same.
You are not alone.
Embrace the absurdity of our existence...
I suffered a lot emotionally as a younger person (now age 77). I never heard the term "existential depression" during any periods of psychotherapy therapy. In retrospect, I believe that is the root of my problem. As I aged and got away from all of life's "givens", I have become a happier and more self confident individual. I have had to divorce myself from a variety of suffocating "institutions" in order to be as I am at this time. I am grateful for my journey as I continue to learn from my past experiences and gain new insights.
@melissalord11 - You might like the writings of Ñānavīra Thera - he takes a sort of existentialist view of the Buddhist Pali Suttas. Really fascinating stuff.
"One must imagine Sisyphus happy." -Albert Camus
Riders on the storm
Into this house we're born
Into this world we're thrown
Like a dog without a bone
An actor out on loan
Riders on the storm
I took a university course on how 19th-Century Proto-existentialist thought arose with Kierkegaard and Nietzsche, and how this was developed through the 20th century by Jaspers, Heidegger and Sartre. You have done a pretty great work of summarizing this in just 10 minutes, here. I think that ,necessarily, you've had to oversimplify many concepts here, but mainly I want to correct that (early) Sartre before he took a turn away from Existentialism, and ended up a Marxist, did not believe people were born a "blank slate" as you say in this video..
In famously stating "existence precedes essence", Existential Sartre did not expect his readers to think people aren't born with instincts, drives, natural areas of potential talent, or tendencies. He simply "overrated his case", to try to get people away from the usual "-isms"-- the herd mentalities holding that philosophical ideas would convert a person from a natural individual state to a typical type- "anarchist" , nihilist, or whatever other "-ists".
Sartre further held that it was a form of "bad faith' that people loved to absorb themselves (self-deceptively) in these group identities -- the "-isms". What he meant by "existence precedes essence" is more along the lines that the main thing defining a person's ACTUAL approach to life, is the sum total of all their actions and choices along the way. This includes the mistakes we have made , oversights, and inaction we have all been subject to (think about it with brutal honesty) as well as our self-conscious actions we have decided to implement. Thus the "rationalizations" whether thought up after the fact of our acting or before it, are all still merely that:: "rationalizations". In fact, the subjective act of making life choices is the main determinant of who a person "is". And this is often strikingly at odds with the person's rationally more coherent idea of how s/he'd like to define oneself.
Implicit with this line of thinking is that reflective people who accept this actual state of affairs develop "authenticity", while people who still frequently contradict their stated self-identity by their actual actions (ex: a rigid 'I'm a Christian, I'm a "rationalist", I'm a Humanist, , I'm a _______ [any thing] here) -- , are highly inauthentic. Authenticity is valued. Living the walk not talking the talk became the main theme of existentialists. (This has great implications now for "virtue-signalers'(!!) Part of this authenticity is the necessity of admitting that our path is ultimately individual, and is also, ultimately, a subjective one.
Thank you for this further information; it’s true that often, in order to get the main message across, we tend to generalize so I appreciated the additional explanations.
There was a bike ride. Simone was involved. The accident caused her front teeth to become loose & lodged in her lip. Months later infection ejected said molars . One thing I will always remember about Simone
"The search of the possibility of the existence of God is humanly impossible, but this also entails that the proof that God does not exist is impossible too."
Wow, this perfectly conceptualized my feelings towards religion and spirituality in a way that I couldn't quite put to words.
I have high neuroticism and so am endlessly punished with enhanced irrational physical pain. Like when I overeat? I feel like birthing a child. When my body gets premonition of getting ill from bad food? My body shoots it out violently like a poison. So when I watch videos like yours It calms me down when I have another pain day.
Chapters:
Intro - 0:00
Søren Kierkegaard - 1:11
Fyodor Dostoevsky - 1:22
back to Kierkegaard - 2:15
Friedrich Nietzsche - 3:05
Gabriel Marcel - 3:48
Jean-Paul Sartre - 4:17
Martin Heidegger - 5:06
back to Sartre - 5:44
back to Kierkegaard - 6:51
back to Heidegger - 7:39
Albert Camus - 8:04
Outtro - 9:36
I am 25 and I have never met another person who would even know those philosophers. Most people I know are atheist who never think about the meaning of their life, they just keep doing the same thing over and over following what the society expects of them. I went to university, but even there I never met anyone who would question their reality. I feel strange for being the only one who thinks about things like this. I started reading Dostojevski when I was 13 and although I probably didn´t grasp the full meaning of his Idiot at that time, it deeply touched me. I followed with Nietzsche and Camus, but also enjoyed books about Zen. Does anyone have a similar experience? Is majority of people really that indifferent to why they even exist?
I am 26, and I am going through an existential crisis now. I understand you. For me, it started during the pandemic. To be honest, I am a person prone to depression. Now at 26 and being unemployed is making things worse for me. Because I am even questioning the importance of financial independence. I know I will starve to death if I don't become financially independent, yet the arguments in my mind ask me what the meaning of living is. We all ask questions regarding the meaning of life as jokes every now and then with people but never take it seriously because we know things are not in our control and we are helpless. We know it subconsciously. But when we slow down and sit and think (which is a luxury for many), these voices grow louder, and especially when life situation is not that good, these questions take over minds and make things worse. It's debilitating.
I am 16 and have been going through the whole existential phase for a year or so. Nearly every one I know (my age, and even adults) never thinks too deeply about these questions. I have a decent library at the moment and I hope to read more after my exams.
When I think purely from an empiricist or a rationalist perspective, I revert to nihilism. It feels inescapable, and I am unable to accept existentialism or absurdism due to contradictions or simply and unsatisfying response. I view that "taking the leap of faith" as Kierkegaard put it, is my best option for leading a happy life, although there are many great things we can learn from all philosophers and schools of thought.
honestly, this channel is unbelievable. I will binge watch over Christmas
@@explainous The unease you sense from it is really debilitating, crippling and unnerving. It is a sign from the mind and your subconscious that your life is not going in the right direction and that you should mentally and physically do something about it.
I used to be so narrow-minded as to think myself superior because I asked these questions that no one else in my vicinity would ask. In the meantime I have let go of that bitterness and supremacism. It is totally fine that others do not seriously contemplate their existence, for if they would, then the whole world would go insane.
Questions of existentialism usually befall the creative and intellectual minded among us in times of destituteness. It is something that is impossible to "unthink". Are you superior to others? No. Are you special and different? Yes. Your subconscious is telling you initiate something in your life to overcome existentialism. If harnessed, one can truly bring about great change not only to your own life but unto others as well.
The meaning of life lies in whatever I am doing
in order to not commit suicide.
The way to bring meaning into my life
is to devote my self to loving others
and to be of service to people I love
and my communities.
What if they don't love you back
@@goldengold8568 I think the objective is to do good deeds to others without expecting anything back in return. If you expect to be loved back then you need to re-evaluate what you hope to gain by loving.
@@jjay1877 What if you get stabbed in the back before doing any good deed?
This is great, I think that lots of people disregard all philosophy but especially existentialism because they think it is frivolous or unimportant especially at this time of crisis but I would make the argument that it is more important then ever. Philosophy and the humanities are guides for life and how to live it as Nietzsche would say and more than anything I think absurdism and existentialism are philosophies for life.
Very nicely put Naseem! Completely agree.
True i feel like Camus was done a bit dirty here even due to lack of time.
That is because it is, ultimately, frivolous and pointless. Maybe that is the point in and of itself.
Amazing! I felt like this topic can be a bit complex and confusing at times but you explained it so well!
Great job man, existentialism is one of the most interesting philosophies out there and is needed in our meaningless culture and lives.
Keep it up! :)
Thanks a lot Dacademeca!!
@@Eternalised Gratitude is the father of all virtues:
Wisdom
Courage
Justice
and Moderation.
This channel deserves way more likes. Keep up the great videos.
An interesting yet brief introduction. Thank you for this.
As I understand it there are four existential givens: Death, Isolation, Meaning, and Freedom.
These givens are experienced by individuals in particular settings and therefore every person must seek out his or her personal route to meaning while embracing the courage to accept their own freedom to be. These constructive acts become ever more meaningful as the reality of mortality is accepted along with our essential existential isolation.
This channel is DEEPLY underrated
Thanks a lot!!
there is really nothing intelligent with the term underrated.
@@eduardochavacano and? I’m just saying this channel needs more recognition lol
@Limitless. totally agree
EXCELLENT 10 minute video. Great overview and FANTASTIC choices of artwork to accompany the ideas. BRAVO. off to the library
A comprehensive topic covered excellently in 10 minutes indeed!
Had too many existential crisis to be even bothered by existence xD
Thanks friend! That makes sense, haha
it only means its been made complicated for decades.
Underrated channel!!!
Very great video as always Eternalised.
I myself have only read "Notes from the Underground" by Dostoevsky. I was initially floored by how good it was; if the book came out today it would sell well, truly timeless.
I myself have both volumes of either/or by Kierkegaard, I just haven't read them yet because I make up excuses.
I really enjoyed the famous artwork that you implemented in your video as well. I am of the belief that all forms of art such as music, drawing, painting, sculpting, Olympic lifting (I consider it an art) etc. display emotions and thoughts like nothing else. When one looks at a Edward Hopper painting for instance one can feel the loneliness and dread that is prevalent in most of his paintings. It is almost surreal how a few words or a few brush strokes can explain exactly what you are feeling.
As far existentialism goes I would identify more with Sartre, we should be a blank canvas and create our own existence as an individual rather than relying on the culture around us. I also find it quite ironic how American Christiandom has devolved into gross groupthink. The opposite of what most reasonable Christian and Christian philosophers advocate.
Thank you, appreciate the great comment. I agree with everything you said, Kierkegaard is great to read, albeit a bit hard. One of my favs.
Romans 12:2. John 4:19-26..JC talking to the Samaritan woman. John 6:44. We never live but only on expectation of living. Christendom, the Bible's false friend 🕊
“A man is worked upon by what he works on. He may carve out his circumstances, but his circumstances will carve him out as well.”
― Frederick Douglass, The Portable Frederick Douglass
“We have all met a class of men, very remarkable for their activity, and who yet make but little headway in life; men who, in their noisy and impulsive pursuit of knowledge, never get beyond the outer bark of an idea, from a lack of patience and perseverance to dig to the core; men who begin everything and complete nothing; who see, but do not perceive; who read, but forget what they read, and are as if they had not read; who travel but go nowhere in particular, and have nothing of value to impart when they return.”
“Man's greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done.”
― Frederick Douglass, Self-Made Men
“You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man.”
― Frederick Douglass, Narrative Of The Life Of Frederick Douglass
Very interesting for this ignorant person who has only ever managed to pick up bits and pieces but with the exception of Nietzsche and Camus, never knew much about Existentialism. Excellent short summary! Many thanks!
A sensational video! Such high quality.
Here is a way we can determine the truth of 'non-duality'..
People generally have a very poor understanding of what the word 'infinite' actually means.. This is not any kind of 'fault', but just that we have evolved within the confines of what appears to be a finite environment, and we thus try to look at things in finite ways, also justifying those 'finite' thoughts. When I first approached the 'problem' I had the same difficulties, so it takes our minds a lot of effort to reach another perspective of understanding, but it IS achievable..
Firstly, there cannot be more than one 'instance' of infinitude, otherwise a secondary 'thing' would render them both 'finite'. So we are describing a 'oneness'.. Also, it can have no 'beginning' nor 'ending' as these would also necessitate a secondary 'thing' (or the utter nonsense of a 'nothing'!), so we are describing 'eternity' when we apply 'time' concepts. Then, we have to admit that it can only be the one thing that interconnects all other 'things', and we deduce this to be 'Space', necessarily..
So, in terms of 'numbers', infinitude can only ever be 'one'.. ('Non-dual')
All references to 'size' or 'direction' do not apply to the nature of infinitude, and thus have no relevance to our understanding of the true nature of existence. 'Measurement' has limitations.. When we point to any position in Space, we effectively create a 'beginning' to any subsequent forms of measurement, which only has relevance to the entity desiring to understand said 'measurement'. Measuring things does not make them a main-feature of the nature of reality, only a desire of 'measurement' from a purely Human perspective.
'Math' is another finite aspect, and so has limited usage. It helps us to describe specific positions and calculate certain desirable measurements to ourselves, so that we may use finite reference points, but it breaks down at the level of describing a necessarily infinite reality. Thus, as it is with our 'senses', we need various different kinds of understanding, all working in tandem with each other to produce the 'bigger picture', and we have philosophy and psychology, arts and 'mysticism'/intuition, among others, evolved for this task. However, because we live in an 'expert' driven society, all the 'senses/methods' are at war with each other, jostling for control, when the only true understanding occurs if we emulate nature itself, and work from a foundation of wholeness..
All methods of attempting to genuinely understand must eventually lead to success, as long as we can whittle each aspect down to that which is necessary. In fact, it may well be that it is a requirement of genuine understanding to approach the 'Allness' of existential questioning from as many necessary aspects as possible, all things existent necessarily converging in truth..
The emphasis should be on genuineness and necessity, not favouring one Human-invented method over another. When it comes to truth, the Human necessity is that we must 'be it to see it', for the very reason that we ARE 'it'..
The importance of the 'mystical' aspect Humanity carries within it, and so has access to, is not 'god' in its many guises, but the intrinsic aspect of infinitude.. 'God' has been our excuse for irresponsibility, leading to false 'authoritarianism', but the real 'enlightenment' occurs when we see how necessary infinitude is.. So 'god' has just been a vehicle, a carrier of genuine understanding, not the truth itself..
Within infinitude everything appears to be at the 'centre' of that which it finds detectable ('observable').. So, the moment you create the perspective of a 'centre', you become that centre..Here we can find the real problem with using 'mathematics' as a tool for understanding infinite nature. We have to firstly posit the 'points' to be 'measured' in order for the measurement to take place.. And this is why we end up inventing 'things' that do not exist in reality from mathematical constructs that do not describe the truth about nature..
We then require a 'scientific' understanding that explains the necessity for Infinitude to be the 'default state of being'..
"Commendation from NASA for research work at Massachusetts Institute of Technology on the Earth's atmosphere and the Moon's surface for navigation of the Apollo spacecraft to the Moon..
Dr. Milo Wolff has found the structure of the electron consisting of two spherical quantum waves, one moving radially outward and another moving radially inward. The center of the waves is the nominal location of the electron 'particle'. These waves extend infinitely, like charge force. All 'particle' waves mix and contribute to each other, thus all matter of the universe is interrelated by this intimate connection between the fundamental 'particles' and the universe. The natural laws are a direct consequence of this Wave Structure of Matter (WSM), thus WSM underlies all of science."
spaceandmotion
It takes our minds a lot of effort/energy to actually try to understand things in the real sense. We have to consider how much effort has already been used in trying to understand things which we know to be false! This 'conditioning' is necessary in order to communicate with whatever kind of 'culture' we are born into, and explains why the understanding of the nature of our reality has been difficult for us as a species, and been left to rare individuals such as 'mystics' and other forms of intuitive, in the past..
The question of infinitude does not rest on opinion, but with the genuine scientific method of deduction from necessity. We might well wonder why this is not something promoted most vigorously from within science itself, so that us 'laypersons' are able to understand things more clearly..?
In fact, all people everywhere already have intuition of infinitude being the fundamental state of being, but it is masked beneath cultural traditions and erroneous assumptions. In an 'expanding' universe, what is it 'expanding' into, and is THAT infinite, or the next thing...ad infinitum. If you believe in 'god/s', it is their infinite aspect that gives them any credibility.. Even if you posit the completely insane idea of a 'nothingness', you still have to ask: Well, is THAT infinite? So you see, it is all really a question of how we interpret infinity, and if we are being genuinely 'scientific' about it we must use deduction from necessity as the de facto method..
On time..
'Time' is really the motions of space, that we have conceptualised in finite ways in order to communicate ideas of relevant motion between ourselves. It does not exist as anything more than a human concept, but the motions of space DO exist, in the same way that Space exists, i.e. infinitely. When we apply the 'time' concept, we call this 'eternity'..
On Morality..
Morality can only come from the nature of existence, otherwise the human invented fantasy is inevitably dissolved in the hypocrisy it always was..
I really enjoy your channel, it's informative!
Such a good video, you always find such a great topics to discuss. All those thinkers had their point of view which in one way or another shaped the modern society.
Glad you enjoyed it friend!
I love the format of your videos. Starts off strong to keep audience engaged. May have to imitate you in that regard. Keep up the great work!
Thank you! Glad you like them. Looking forward to your videos.
I’ve taken that leap of faith. Belief is more important than understanding 😅
How do you live an authentic life? Do I feel it or know it? Is there even a way for me to tell whether it's authentic? Why do I want truth in my life? Why do I feel like I am in need of answers, truth, meaning and value in my life before being able to genuinely live it? Why ? Why can we ask questions and have thoughts about all this but still have everything around us stay the same?
These are all excellent questions. To live an authentic life is to be true to yourself and not let anyone choose your life for you, this is quite difficult as we live in a society that constantly demands of us: school, college, job, marriage, kids.
I like Kierkegaard's take on truth, to find the truth that is true for you, the truth that you can live and die for - for him it was Christ.
I like to see life as finding meaning in the pursuit of meaning.
@@EternalisedI believe theres a core contradiction in the statement, "To live an authentic life is to be true to yourself and not let anyone choose life for you". You didn't decide to be born, you didn't decide what influences you were around as a child. These components lead up to the person you are as you grow up. I think a good question to follow up is, Do you believe we have free will or not?
@Eternalised did kirkegaard see Christ as a symbol of existentialism in terms of choosing to be authentic and being killed for it. I always thought the passages of Satan tempting Jesus was a great metaphor for choosing free will.
Well done this deserve more views
From meaning to life to ideas and knowledge
People often over complicate the meaning of life its simple. Just live, love, hurt..... experience it all and if you cant you know u should of. Just Live!
Wow looking Forward to more videos great job thank you so much!
Thank you very much Brad!
You have quite remarkably given an Introduction to Existentialism and that too, in precisely 10 minutes.
3:59 pretty true about the technology part
To love is the meaning of our existence, and we must start with ourselves first and foremost. ❤️
Only then will one understand the divinity of conscious existence, despite having no choice in being born.
Are you sure about that? What if you did have a choice?
I'm glad you've got Nietzsche in there. He's not universally considered an Existentialist. He's more of a Grandfather of it.
Amazingly explained. 👍🏼
Amazing! Thank you for doing this.
My pleasure! Thanks for watching Alfred.
here from inspiration from the past ^_^ that's an amazing video dear
Thank you very much! :)
Great video. It had me thinking about the different motivations each philosopher had and intersections with other philosophies/disciplines.
For example, Dostoevsky is a novelist, maybe he is somewhat motivated to have a "happy ending" for his stories; Kierkegaard is a Christian and thus concludes faith is utmost; Nietzsche just had a pretty tough life altogether and embraced suffering as a trial to emerge from; etc. I think I am actually more interested in the political philosophies though, as they are all over the place, from the Marxist Sartre, radical feminist de Beauvoir, and anarchist Camus, to the straight up Nazi Heidegger and Nietzsche who wasn't a Nazi but was appropriated by them, but in any case scorned socialists. Also slightly related is the influence of other philosophical traditions like Buddhism eg. on Kierkegaard, Heidegger, and Nietzsche.
I would love to see a video (or videos) on these intersections. I think one of the hurdles for me diving into existentialism is to fully connect or reconcile with the other philosophies I hold, even though it's clearly something the big names never really nailed down either...
Those are interesting suggestions. I mostly focus on non-politics though. However, I'll probably be making intersections of different philosophies soon, e.g. taoism /buddhism, stoicism / epicureanism, etc. As well as comparing existentialists, delving into e.g. Schopenhauer, Post Modernism, etc.
Your point is partially supported by Nietzsche himself who claims all philosophies are autobiographies (Beyond good and evil, I guess)
You push boulder to top and save people below from being crushed. They in turn continue to push boulder further along as you step aside. There you go meaning of life is service of others. Solved!!
6:31 wow hearing this is exactly my life right now. In the back of my mind I know I’m ready to make the leap, but it’s the fear of falling and having to return to the mundanity of waiting.
Huh, now as a write this-I’m thinking to myself, is it the fear of mundanity that is holding me back from making the leap in the first place.
Hi there, I love the video, does anyone know what the painting shown at 5:00 is called?
Excellent👍
5:24 where is that image from? I have to find it.
I just retrieved my books from my teenage bedroom and reacquainted myself with my copies of Camus, Kierkegaard and Heidegger. But I must have lended my copies of Nietzsche to some friends. These were companions for a teenager in search of meaning.
Great vid and congratz on the 5k subs!
Thanks a lot friend!!
Love this! 👏
Thanks a lot!
Appreciate the great art on display here. The philosophers, not so much.
Could you share with me about library of pictures ? So beautiful !
The absurdity of life is that we feel it is actually meaningful, but that ultimately it amounts to nothing. But just because life is absurd doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy it. It is indeed a dream that will not be remembered when you cease to exist. That is because there was no dreamer to begin with. It’s like it never happened as no consciousness will retain any memory of it. Cheers.
The beauty and meaning of life, stands beyond reason.
Beautiful video as always, but oftentimes I get the impression that it is naive to try to reduce such topics in just ten minutes. Perhaps they should be defined as intros, instead of "topic x in 10 minutes".
That said, they certainly help people new to the topic to get an idea and the relative feeling.
Thanks! Yep, totally agree. However, this is how it spreads quicker through UA-cam in my experience, a longer well detailed video might not. So it's kind of a trade-off in both senses. In that sense, my intention is to spike the interest in people to read and explore the authors themselves
Cliff notes for dummies. (That's me!)
Buenisimo! 👍🇦🇷
Zen Buddhism asks only to focus on the now. This is authenticity by seeing the endless harmony of the universe that is destroyed only by the turmoil of the human ego.
What is the art at 4:56 ?
Gracias amigo por el video, espero puedas añadir pronto los subs, saludos 😊
Por supuesto! Tengo que añadir subtítulos a los últimos vídeos :)
Do you think an ordinary human being who is living an ordinary mundane life stops to bother over the questions of purpose in life and absurdity etc etc. I really need help to understand this. Will any one come out with an answer
Great.
The closer we get to 'knowing', the less we will ever understand. I just do not think we truly need to know the meaning, and why does it have to mean anything to mean everything?
Especially works of Dostoyevsky and Nietzsche.
Their work is In call of its own
boiled down really existentialism can be summed up in a famous quote. "if you ain't got sauce you lost. but you can also be lost, in the sauce".
hahaha. Incredible
Thank you.
Good stuff!
Thanks Sajad!
what name is the painting at 4:38
"If you have nothing, you have Nothing to lose"
I wish you could have included Simone de Beauvoir since she was also very influential in the existential movement.
There is a difference between the purpose of life and the meaning of life. Purpose is biological , to carry on the species. Meaning is individual, you should find your own meaning in what you do and how you live. If you are looking for an
overall meaning imposed from without you will be disappointed. Why would you want someone/something else to give you meaning?
I think that also Schopenhauer can be considered as a forerunner of existentialism.
I include Frederick Douglass among the great existential philosophers
Anybody knows the names of the paintings? I love many of them❤️
Hi. Several paintings figured in the video are of Munch. 🤗
Great summary, but it's a shame that the video doesn't also cover the work of Simone de Beauvoir...
Great and insightful explanation. On one point I disagree, I don't think Dostoyevsky's main message was authenticity. Just can't find that theme very much either in the Brothers Karamazov, Crime and Punishment or The Idiot.
This video changed my life.
In what way?
How so?
Another person who butchered the Nietzsche quote... * sigh *
The truth was that Nietzsche was VERY concerned about the (supposed) death of God. He wasn't celebrating it. Here is the full quote for those interested:
"God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him. How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers? What was holiest and mightiest of all that the world has yet owned has bled to death under our knives: who will wipe this blood off us? What water is there for us to clean ourselves? What festivals of atonement, what sacred games shall we have to invent? Is not the greatness of this deed too great for us? Must we ourselves not become gods simply to appear worthy of it?"
It seems like if you reject the role that society plays in the development of the personality, and you focus exclusively on introspection, you are left with simple solipsism.
Thank you for creating this engaging content! @4:45 this idea, of course, only applies to Sartre, not Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, or Marcel; @8:14 not every existentialist believes existence is absurd. If you're interested in sorting out the details further, check out my book: What is Existentialism?
A must watch for anyone interested in this subject-
UA-cam “ The Psychology of Atheism part 25” by R C Sproul ,23 mins 25 secs
Were existentialists inspired by Rousseau?
I LOVE THIS CHANEL, karena ada beberapa subtitle Indonesia. I hopefully 😢❤
what is the Existentialism answer to "what happens when I die?"
Sartte is the father of existential ism or French Nihilism. He misunderstand Kierkegaard But Heidegger learns a lot from Kierkegaard
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Only the rich and the homeless can live fully authentic lives.
Great comment section.
Existentialism is all fine and good, but all these past philosophers complicated things unnecessarily. As long as we have this human body (human conditioning) and the consciousness residing in it, we are bound and driven to exist/live by the fear of death. In other words, through fear, an innate need to maintain this shape is permanently within us, whether we are conscious of it or not. Why are we on this Earth? To live. That's the most basic principle on the meaning of human life. How to live a meaningful life? Well, that's another question that isn't related to the meaning of life, but rather to our own consciousness, because in my opinion, there are no right answers in life, only the answers we choose to find right for us. So nobody else can tell you what a meaningful life is, other than yourself.
Well said.
Everything can essentially be boiled down to these two things: eternity and infinity. That's it.
And the creator proffered 'they're mine'you just live your life how you're constructed.
I'm definitely not an Existentialist. The only existentialist idea I subscribe to is the idea there's no inherent meaning
Where is Jaspers?
This is excellent . My only comment is our overall inability or denial to accept the CHRONOLOGY of exploration into human condition, our existence, its purpose etc !
In this modern era, 21st century just like in the times of WHITEMANS BURDEN, we continue to ignore most EASTERN ancient civilisations already gone through ALL these explorations ,in fact much better than us in the west many centuries ahead us. Only a few like Schopenhauer, Hesse etc openly accept that they had had encountered these ideas thoughts philosophical processes in Budhha Dhamma or Hindu Scriptures etc.
Our reluctance and continued DENIAL to give its righteous place, ignorance or lapses in CHRONOLOGY or COMPARISON to date is an insult to our own intelligence and human integrity, spirit. It is very much like buying most precious best quality material silk and its pattern from india to name and package it as a western product or if not sell it as " ethnic" garments in a cheaper price! Time to give credit where its due before we embark on any highly sophisticated discussion on "ideas" lol
The study of Existentialism and the experience of this condition are two different things and you cannot get there from here. Here you are thinking, there you are not. Cogito ergo sum. I think, therefore I am. But if I don't think, the corollary would be: I am not thinking so I don't exist. Sartre book mentioned here refers to this "Nothingness", no light, no darkness, no translucence, no up or down, sound, void Nothingness. So how does one get back to the Something? No one knows. And I'll tell you who else doesn't know: all of the Leftwing Pundits that have recently been throwing the term around as if they actually knew. For example James Clapper used the term in his book, you hear it all the time as an existential threat. What does that term mean? Is it a threat that does not exist? Is it a threat that might exist or is it possible to become an actual threat, but not a reality yet? Sorry, I just have to go off sometimes. Reconciling all of the philosophies of the world is not an easy task and it stresses one. Thanks for making me think about it again.
Job and Solomon (Ecclesiastes) are examples of men who had existential crisis in their lives. They realized the meaning of life is to know God and walk with him, which is the original intent in Genesis
I am a waiter right now, i fucking hate my job and I will give the leap of faith and try new things
Okay now I'm 30 and now I see existentialism I click.
I think you are not right in putting in Camus and not de Beauvoir
You're right, I thought about putting Beauvoir with Sartre, but realised I had way too little space for a 10 min video. Perhaps I can do a video on her in the future, she has great original works.
@@Eternalised Yes! Women, please. Anais?
" The universe is a cold, uncaring void. The secret to happiness isn't to search for meaning, it's to keep yourself busy with unimportant nonsense and eventually you'll be dead"
Mr Peanutbutter in BoJack Horseman
Damn
There is a major flaw here: Master morality is a term created by Nietzche to describe something he was AGAINST. Master and slave morality are both poor measures, because they both rely on looking toward others to determine what is good.
Existentialism is cope wrapped in pretty paper.
Individualism against collectivism
- ism , ism , ism ...