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[@soulstice99]

High quality content, deserving of much greater viewership

[@kshanepaswett261]

ep24 - Montaigne Michel de Montaigne - Plagued by paralyzing fear of death - Common for most people - Level of disclosure and honesty unique from other philosophers - Almost a near-death experience, while his friends were afraid, - He said the process of dying left like falling asleep - This experience gave him some insight - Inventor of the essay - Essay means attempt - Essays (Montaigne) - Talks about issues that every human being can relate to - Mixture of all four schools of thought from the Hellenistic age - Is a way of life is the sum total of the different pieces of - stoicism, epicureanism, cynicism, and skepticism plus a lot more - The most dominant of which was skepticism - Data is a collection of anecdotes - Do experiments and collect micros to try to arrive at a macro - Theory is working until proven wrong and another theory comes up - Don't overthink too much - Did not concern much with metaphysics - "To philosophize is to learn how to die" - "You are decaying, getting closer to death" - To conquer fear is by embracing fear - This is dumb when it comes to death - Don't exalt death - Wise people accept their own intellectual limitations - Nothing is believed as that which we least know - When you live long enough, you realize that embarrassment, desire for respect, and other things that motivate people to follow social conventions are really pointless - This is a form of wisdom for Montaigne - "We despise our own beings" - the removal of attachments in our lives that are brought on by our relationships with others - We constantly strive for the approval of others - we will never have peace of mind - Solitude in action, don't follow the mob

[@ahmedsherif9340]

His essays make me enjoy life.

[@MrNasasak]

Each episode is a fruitful addition in my existing studies

[@miguelangelous]

19:58 What a beautiful statement, human 💯

[@Rico-Suave_]

Great video, thank you very much, note to self(nts) watched all of it,

[@alexandercontreras8166]

Love your podcast literal life saver

[@tylermacdonald8924]

What is so bad about death? I will feel different when I really have to face it but cowering from it is so tiring. Just fight live and accept what comes of it.

[@manublavataky9571]

Sauce! Mate your brilliant. Thank you

[@JavierBonillaC]

My dad is 85 and he says that about death nobody is my wiser at 85 than he was at 15.

[@tommyagro444]

How do you support the channel on Amazon??

[@stoney606]

all hail the goose!

[@seanpatrickrichards5593]

21:08 LOL

[@CancelledPhilosopher]

Empiricism is unreliable, but I really admire Montaigne's Cynical attitude toward life and death.

[@nisargjoshi2003]

If this isn't wonderful, I don't know what is

[@Over-Boy42]

Montaigne is what more philosophy should be

[@jbuhse14]

Do those that survive best ignore death or accept it?

[@LeventeCzelnai]

I think having faith in the face of the absurd is the easiest way around it. Edit : at least for me.

[@elijaguy]

timor mortis: Overcoming necrophobia. Tried NLP? Didnt help? Tried vodka? Grass? Montaigne? Anything?

[@drewnelson8692]

Sir this is a Wendy's...

[@PerfactUniversity_369]

Anyone's here from 'Academy of Knowledge' youtube channel..✋

[@rodrigodiazcasas384]

The problem with this "anecdote based" theory is that it is precisely that. It does not aim to human nature, but to the deformity of human nature percibed by certain social groups. I dont relate at all with the statement that we "despice our own beings". I dont think that anyone studying philosophy actually does. Instead, he seems to be talking to people that will never read him: shallow, superficial, or however you wanna put it. How can we say that animals are wise? it seems like saying that robots are wise. They dont have the capability of questioning what they do nor why they do it. The only being capable of wisdom is that which is able to discern and to act acordingly to his will.

[@r.a.m.7209]

7:26

[@christinemartin63]

Not an episode for the squeamish.

[@DirtyBottomsPottery]

The mindless rule followers are an interesting bunch. Ever come to a street with people waiting for the light to change in order to cross the street, yet there is no traffic? If you cross the street without waiting for the light to change, the raised eyebrows basically say, "Oh? Well look who feels so superior." Like the elephant who is chained as a calf, the adult elephant does not strain against its chains or perceived limitations. Through their sheer not give a f, I would say cats are the ones in charge.

[@ToadAppreciator]

I saw a man almost get hit by a car doing that. His confident stride and sense of boldness didn't do anything for him, then.

[@drewnelson8692]

Meh, I wait because I'm not in a rush

[@LunaLu-00]

"To philosophize is to learn how to die" M