What a gem of a philosopher and writer. It's crazy. I've never heard of him before. His focus on the inward life and subjectivity kind of reminds me of Kierkegaard. Great video! Your videos are always insightful and a delightful reprieve to any day.
I read The Book of Disquiet about 4 years ago, when I was 78. About time! Much Spanish and certainly Portugese literature were ignored in U.S. education while German and French lit got all the attention. Maybe that's changing. Definitely one of the all-time great books I've read. And the last 20 pages have more quotable lines than most other 300 p. tomes in their entirety.
Pessoa is also revered in my homeland Brazil. He is one of my favorite poets. He even made astral charts for his heteronyms and was friends with people like Aleister Crowley. Wild dude!
12th grade Portuguese class kinda of forces you to know all these main personalities of his (heteronyms, not to be confused with the common pseudonyms) by heart and their respective writting styles, it's a bit hectic lol
@@PhilosophyToons I'm glad to know that! For a small country I think it has a lot of a different places and landscapes to visit and also a vast history, we even had a philosopher-king (Duarte I) and a philosopher-president (Teófilo Braga)! And speaking of philosophers, I think this might interest you. There is a portuguese neuroscientist, named António Damásio, who wrote an acclaimed book, Descartes' Error, criticising Descartes' dualism of body/soul. He won the "Pessoa Award" in 1992 and was even invited to join the Council of State.
What a gem of a philosopher and writer. It's crazy. I've never heard of him before. His focus on the inward life and subjectivity kind of reminds me of Kierkegaard. Great video! Your videos are always insightful and a delightful reprieve to any day.
Thank you for your kind words
Pessoa is a treasure of an author and a personal hero. Disquiet was what launched my fascination with philosophy and literature.
I read The Book of Disquiet about 4 years ago, when I was 78. About time! Much Spanish and certainly Portugese literature were ignored in U.S. education while German and French lit got all the attention. Maybe that's changing. Definitely one of the all-time great books I've read. And the last 20 pages have more quotable lines than most other 300 p. tomes in their entirety.
I think portuguese/brazilian literature is milestones ahead of any other country
Look up "Poema em linha reta", or whatever the name is in English, a poem by him. He was a genius, way ahead of his time.
Pessoa is also revered in my homeland Brazil. He is one of my favorite poets. He even made astral charts for his heteronyms and was friends with people like Aleister Crowley. Wild dude!
Pessoa: "You gotta first clean your room, Bucko!"
Jordan B Pessoa
1:12 This picture is not Lisbon. It shows Porto. However - I love Fernando Pessoa. Imho he is a real genius. Thank you!
Great video I’ve never heard of this gentleman, his book sounds fascinating
Thanks for giving exposure to these great overlooked philosophers
Great video but... that photo of Lisbon at 1:14 is actually Porto...
12th grade Portuguese class kinda of forces you to know all these main personalities of his (heteronyms, not to be confused with the common pseudonyms) by heart and their respective writting styles, it's a bit hectic lol
Kinda? 😂 They totally do and it's boring as hell 😵💫 I also suffered from it 😵
' disquiet ' in tits and bits , appears necessary for the perpetually ' stung ' , ' charged. ' and. ' pacing.'.
They do and quite frankly I didn't have the maturity to handle that.
Was just about to read one of his books, thanks for the video!
Glad you liked it
Straight up bruh
I like cartoons and philosophy, therefore this channel is double-plus-good (to me)
less gooo Portugal mentioned!
So far Portugal has been my favorite European country that I've visited
@@PhilosophyToons I'm glad to know that! For a small country I think it has a lot of a different places and landscapes to visit and also a vast history, we even had a philosopher-king (Duarte I) and a philosopher-president (Teófilo Braga)!
And speaking of philosophers, I think this might interest you. There is a portuguese neuroscientist, named António Damásio, who wrote an acclaimed book, Descartes' Error, criticising Descartes' dualism of body/soul. He won the "Pessoa Award" in 1992 and was even invited to join the Council of State.
that ending passage is basically the start of Watsky's song "Talking to Myself"
Probably one of the most cracked sounding guys yet.
The brother who lived.
Idon't know why or maybe I see some Edmund husserl's inspiration in his pen
4 the algorithm, also, redd the book, 100% guaranteed
Thank ya
Let me correct you it is heteronym.
portugal caralho
...I knew I would find you, eventually
The blue guy with the proboscis is creeping me out. So much so that I can't subscribe to your channel.😊
I do not know but i would guess that he is referencing kafka with that character.