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Democracy not about efficiency, it's about dignity/allowing all voices to be heard (messy, human, efficiency as inhuman)

Did you read Violence and the Sacred in preparation for this lecture?

At age 50 I feel need to be a Humanist. Tried to be a good Catholic all my life. It taught me many good things, but also bad. The notion that you MUST attend mass every Sunday as a mark of being in a "state of grace" is WAY off mark. Got tired of following a set of Rules being a badge that I am a good person and will go to heaven. Going into Nature and Communing w God there is more powerful for me as there is no separation. My monument to God is thankfulness that I can Co-Create Beauty with the gods. So much to Celebrate... Why are people so Uptight? Shows they do NOT trust God!!

All in all, Schopenhauer is correct about human nature-in society-but not ideally. P.S. the "market" is not part of the economy; it doesn't produce anything-- It is gambling. These gamblers dont take their speculative "winnings" and invest in society infrastructure or contribute to society in any way that improves it. NO. They reinvest in financial instruments analogous to an autonomous computer sub routine.

Mostly, Schopenhauer was correct about human nature-in society -but not ideally.

In my opinion what was most deplorable about eichmann-in Arendts own words-was his capacity to still live with himself-knowing the fate of all thoe jew were to meet as a result of doing h is "job".

In her book, I believe that eichmann himself knew he was superflous as a human being were ir not for the prestige of his "job" and of its value to the State. Same mindset here amongst many tens of millions of adult americans.

I am the most pure. And the most humble. Doesn't get more humble and pure than me 😇

I suppose this is more of a critique on calvinistic Americanism, rather than dogmatic Calvinism and its implications right? Because the calvinism presented in the video is very, very different from real calvinism, both historic and present. Also there was factual errors, such as Calvin's involvement in Geneva, he was not in charge, in fact he was temporarily banished from Geneva, and was not in charge of the execution of Servetus.

On your point about people not accepting the world is a mixed stated of good and not good, better and worse, this is actually the stance Zoroastrianism takes. It is our belief that we live in the current “mixed” existence but that the world is a fundamentally good place that will progressing towards its ideal state. So, it is our goal to grow as people and help the world grow in the better. The final end will be when everything is made new, all humans to ever exist will, presumably, be resurrected within their bodies, and all will be able to experience an existence which is wholly order according to Asha (Vedic: rta, ‘the laws which order existence). It’s clear that this is a supposed to be a very iterative process where morality is subjective to the current state of the world. For example, in summaries of a mixing Avestan book (the spand Nask) the first renovator, ushedar, makes the world near perfect, but humans still eat and kill animals, although the animals do consent to it. In the millennium of the following one, Ushedarma, humans reach the point where they can wholly subsist on vegetables and milk. Zoroastrianism did have it own streak of purity, although, as you may be aware, the concern seemed to be wholly on disease and pollutants. The Vendidad is a much later book, and considering nearly 90% of the Avesta is lost, it’s hard to tell to what extent the Vendidad type Zoroastrians were a sect just like Puritanism. I personally think the creation of the Silk Road led to widespread outbreaks in Central Asia/Iran which led to this mentality. Your wisdom is much enjoyed as always.

When is the schedule released for your 2025 philosophic retreat in France?

quite possibly one to the smartest men to ever live

this was such a good and thought provoking talk!!! "people really like being human" made me smile so big

One of the appeals of purity I'd argue is its scarcity in the real world, and the association of scarcity with value. The purer and more unobtainable the better in the imagining of some beholders.

Yay. You should make an exhaustive series exploring everything Calvinism has influenced 😭

America didn't have an existentialist movement. (Middle class women Happy not working, entertaining, don't want 'freedom') Factory work as opportunity economically for women, liberation for first time (need legal rights too alongside existential rights). These are groundwork elements. Then you have existentialist elements where you question culture given to you. Class and women important - working women Vs middle class women different incentives

Self-interest produces incoherence and corruption.

Great video, thank you very much , note to self(nts) watched …… 1:10:08

I just found your channel with this video. I see you have a whole list of forgotten thinkers. And there is another forgotten thinker I think you might want to look at. You should look into Henry George. I know I sound just like every other highly opinionated young person talking about economics. His ideas though, they're not like most economic ideas. He does change economics into a science. He does it by not being too specific. He would also have quite a lot to say about your critique of housing prices vs inflation. If you've never heard of, "Laissez faire, in it's true meaning being able to bring about the noble goals of Socialism" He might have a perspective on economics that you'll find interesting.

Hegel go back to the prison and pretend doesnt exist. Same with Marx Neitzche likes napoleon as smasher, no need for something more. Medieval - humourous art not serious. Pagan art humour taken seriously. Turn the other cheek because you have to. Not only necessary but good (the meek dont actually inherit the earth). Slave mentality bring us down. Sometimes need go be harsh/animalistic Suffering not necessarily bad (its human, it shows you're living). Think about whether it is bad and whether deserves pity. Pretend to be meek but really powerless or will then scheme after being hit Instead think about what you need to do to survive The devil dies in Zarathustra. Don't follow Zarathustra, be your own

Great work Wes! Long awaited lecture! You’ve convinced me to look more into Merleau-Ponty Philosophy!

No bourgeoisie in America? What does this mean Most freed when occupied by Germany (mostly just do trivia without this, freedom to what we want). Instead, think about responsibility and think through about how to act/react to occupation Your imagination has ethical implications, imagine and relate to world in the future Hegel - essences clashing (class defining you for example). Sartre against this

Dwelling (living fully in a place) - fourfold. Our communities don't work because not meeting these (not cultivating but destroying). Could be being in neighborhood before Big advocate of community, during 1930s as well.

Check out Michael Hudson, i think his work should be popularized by more creators.

Hegel's work is dense, abstract and incomprehensible. How come he gets so popular?😂

Thank you Mr Cecil. you're work will definitely be put to good use.

you do realize propping stirner up like this you make him your god. you are the retarded alan watts.

this guy fucks

To fail nobly, greatness while failing (can't have tragedy otherwise) If no greatness, suffering is just life. Not tragedy Goethe - tolerance in agr of intolerance. Married housemaid. No hateness. Cosmopolitan, not nationalist Just because your successful doesnt mean your doing things right Just because you fail doesn't mean your doing things wrong Critique of buddhisn - suffering is impermanent because we dont live forever so it doesn't matter. We can just accept it and not move on. Love - i desire for you what i desire for me (desire for you to get what you want). But doubles suffering. Because empathy (also double joy). Like having children God please let me win ticket - buy a ticket

Professor.. your videos are timeless. I just came across your videos by sheer accident and theres so much more I can look forward to. Thank you

Some corrections: Schopenhauer did not read the Upanishads in German but in a Latin translation of a Persian translation. (He mastered Greek, Latin, French, English and Italian and was a an outstandig stylist in German). Moreover Parererga and Paralipomena are not Latin terms, but old Greek terms.

Audio levels are very good

Thanks Wes!

Rock, Jazz, Hip-Hop and even Friends were all exported from the Black community. I’d be interested in hearing your take on African Americans as a Culture Factory.

Three reactions: I feel like there is a deep, intense feeling of satisfaction and fulfillment at the center of spirituality that does not depend on external circumstances. It seems like music is related to spirituality because it can evoke feelings without using words. It seems like we have our attention habitually centered on the stream of consciousness, words and language and kind of filter out the rest of our experience of living life, and I think spirituality is an acceptable way to acknowledge aspects of life or existence that fall outside of concept and language.

Mystical texts stay around for a long time simply because they aren't falsifiable and they speak to the unknown. We will never be Omnipotent and so there will always be a market for pseudo explanations like Mysticism. The only inherent feature of humanity that points to is our distaste for ignorance.

Always a treat!

The brain is more complex than the Universe, it can play tricks on us the universe could not dream of. Vilayanur Ramachandran "Phantoms In The Brain". It's also a 📗 Dates back a bit, but it's very interesting. In this of the episode, a man talks about his godly heavenly visions when he has to seizures. 10 minutes kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZ2pmml_i5lld8k

My night just got so much better, thank you!

1. The difference between spirituality and religion is spirituality has a question (fate, life, whatever) and is looking for the answer. Religion starts with the answer (God) and is looking for questions. 2. I found that the correlation between someone saying they are spiritual and them believing in all the conspiracies about covid, the government, vaccines, ... is close to 90%. So beware. 3. Humans seem to have innate spiritual/religious tendencies and they relate their perception of the world to that and their culture. As you said, no westerner is suddenly haveing visions about Vishna. So we're all crazy. If I were to start hallucinating about something thinking now I have some kind of revelation of God, I would rather go "damn, now I also went crazy like everyone else" rather than "oh so God IS actually a thing".

Can phenomenology’s emphasis on the primacy of lived experience in spirituality truly account for the possibility of a spiritual reality that exists independently of human consciousness, or does it, by focusing solely on subjective perception, unintentionally reduce the transcendent to the immanent, thus limiting the scope of spiritual inquiry to human centered frameworks??

I'm probably going to love the video as usual, but I really don't like the AI looking thumbnail. Even though I usually enjoy the thumbnails, I don't think AI images should be used, since there are plenty of alternatives.

The thing people seem to struggle with in thinking about free market conditions is imaging the world to be different in fundamental ways. In the Florida example, given the “constraints” of the free market. People just wouldn’t live in Florida presumably. Florida having a healthy population and economy is not a necessary or in any way permanent situation.

Great video, thank you very much , note to self(nts) watched …… 47:35

Another comment...the libertarian types understand freedom to be freedom tethered to the responsibility to accept bad luck and/or consequences of bad decision making. Otherwise good lecture

I suppose most on this channel wont be a fan of this, but this lecture essentially retreads the same territory as Hayek's "the pretence of knowledge" speech in 1974...nothing has changed on that front. Also, the Florida insurance example of market failure is tricky because markets have feedback loops that are cold, inhumane and based on brute facts, so sometimes people suffer the pain of the feedback loop. As a thought expirement, imagine every house got destroyed every 2 years in florida, would the state stepping in be a smart use of resources? wouldnt you want the feedback loop of markets dropping the home value, raising insurance to crazy limits so people would stop building housing in that area? That is the main problem with government/more "humane" intervention, it makes feedback loops much more fuzzy ao the populace makes riskier/worse decisions.

This is a very important topic, most people simply accept that economics is a science without digging deeper and exploring it's methods and practical functions. Great work!

Thank you. Just pointing out some of the understanding of Ghazali is quite erroneous, especially pertaining to how he would understand the world, natural philosophy and his epistemology. Consider, Professor, looking into Ash'arism (the mainstream sunni school of theology of which Ghazali is a salient figure), and for example the Hukm Aadi (the normative proposition) and the three main ways a traditionalist muslim (Ash'ari) would judge propositions.

Thank you, sir.