Episode 170 ... Albert Camus - The Fall

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just finished reading the fall and really enjoyed this!!! thank you!

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thank you for this episode! i've just finished The Fall last night and immidiately went to youtube to try to understand it a little better. honestly i felt like this book's message was very frantic, disconnected from each other, like every scene was critizing other facet of modern life and there was no coherent way for me to grasp it all. i wanted to have a bigger message, instead of a lot of tips and examples of what not to do. and you've delivered greatly on that! thank you, your interpretation and analysis made me realize a lot of things and finally appreciate the book much more. i'll be looking forward to reading it again in the future, with the foresight from your analysis, to hopefully extract even more meaning out of it. this was a great listen and i greatly appreciate your work

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Thanks for this 🖤 This is probably my fav Camus book. Would love it if you did First Man next.

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I like the way you wove the book into your Creation of Meaning series. Nicely done. A great episode and one that has me doing a lot of self evaluation. I have been affected. However, I am not boiling in my own soup yet. I think you're on to something with that phrase.

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Man I have been following this podcast for years now and somehow didnt listen to this episode, i just finished “The Fall” and I cant express how happy i got when i saw this podcast has an episode about it!! Keep it up brother

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I know from personal experience it's extremely difficult to be a moral atheist. It requires constant analysis and re-analysis of past actions, the analyses are rarely settled because there are always new pieces of information to factor in. It would be so much easier to be a religious person who has been spoon-fed a pre-written set of morals, do whatever I want, and apologize later to the diety (or its proxy) for the infractions. Sometimes I wish I were that type of person! It doesn't make me weak to wish that though, and I think it's unfair to describe Clemence as weak for wishing it. Life would be so much easier without any of a number of time- and energy-consuming burdens we might bear (like being politically informed, as you mentioned). But I'm pretty sure a person who self-analyzes cannot convert into someone who doesn't.

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[@ml4173]

Thanks man, I just finished The Fall and was wondering if I was interpreting it correctly, your video was a perfect explanation. What else from Camus do you recommend?

[@christinemartin63]

Yes, you can say "better than anyone else." My favorite novel. (My tears fall for Francine.) I recently memorized Coleridge's "Rime of the Ancient Mariner." I wonder if Camus knew the story of the cursed sailor and his redemption (?). The Clamence's, Jim's, Philip Carey's, Mariner's, Raskolnikov's, and Eschenbach's are some of the most intriguing characters in literature. So many parallels.

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Huh. Thats a great point about people thinking they'd resist Hitler or free slaves while currently doing nothing about human trafficking. I feel challenged.

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The term human trafficking has become somewhat muddied, under the law I mean. If you do decide to fight human trafficking, be mindful that some laws and organizations hurt victims and supposed victims as much or more then their sometimes nonexistent abusers.

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@@alenbacco7613 how so

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@@bugsbunny2944 I'm not a lawyer. I suggest you look into it. From what I hear some laws have been written braodly enough that two sex workers sharing an apartment, and splitting the rent, could be charged with trafficking each other. Hypothetically a group of sex workers who pool resources as a effort toward mutual aid, say scheduling baby sitting duties with each other, could be considered a trafficking ring. The term has an emotional charge that some have used for political benefit, often at the expense of the women they want to be seen as saving, who are often arrested and prosecuted as prostitutes regardless of extenuating circumstances or, you know, actually being sex workers.

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Human trafficking .. i never met single person who got trafficked. We dont have that where i live

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@@joeshugabowski1444 I mean be careful who you donate to or support. First do no harm. Also I assure you it does happen where you live, assuming you live where other people live

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Boy, i need to start reading the Fall soon. It has been sitting gathering dust for weeks.

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That was gold. Maybe it's alcohol talking but still this was a great topic and made me think. Thanks

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Thank you very much for this piece. I remember being rather irritated by Clement when I read the book some years ago, so I probably didn't see some of the aspects of his character that you mention. As to the AI pic of Camus: The man was born stylish, and wouldn't appear to be eating anything in such a clumsy way. I know it can be difficult to eat pizza elegantly, but (my vision of) Camus would have managed it easily.

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Perhaps instead of saying "you" say "most people" or "one", because, for example, I like being around people who do think differently from me. It is how I learn and become more open. I say this, because I also have the bad habit of saying "you" instead of "most people" or "one". That said, this is one of the few actually very good podcast out there.

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The clear answer to this episode is stay away from bridges and motorcycles.

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Uh oh this just sounds like me. Is there a DIY solution at the end of the book by any chance

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Thanks for the soup Steven

[@lonelycubicle]

Great video. But how does Clement become a moral person? Just say all his actions are helpful to the vulnerable but his motivations are not good as described by Camus, what does one do to change their motivations? In this case, think really hard that they want to only be motivated by the desire to help the vulnerable?

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12:18 Values tested 16:45 juzgamos permanentemente

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Judge Penitent is giving Eminem's 8 mile verse

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Great podcast on a very difficult to understand book, Camus literary works are full of interesting philosophical concepts although they arent just shoved in your face, you must look for them and think about them.

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I wonder how camus feels after knowing that his philosophical take in his myth of sisyphus has been transformed and solidified into modern meme culture

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No audio :/

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Ego protection. Virtue signalling. Echo chambers. We have so many ways to run from ourselves. To seek approval from the outside, that we cannot give ourselves on the inside. But wherever you go, there you are.

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Am I tripping or is there no audio?

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You arrived too quickly. The audio needs time to process. It's working now.

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Works now

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The audio works. So you are probably tripping.

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[@joesapiens2871]

Every man indeed does have the innate tendency to sin. And, let us not forget that man also has the tendency to not sin. This is the fundamental realization of free will. We must not exaggerate our abilities or what we may do in a hypothetical situation, least we become hypocrites. Therefore, honest self awareness is imperative. Keep in mind to not be too hard on yourselves. You very well may jeopardize your own life, in futility, while trying to save another person. So it is wise to look for alternative solutions.