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[@YoMan751]

I'm such a fan of Philosophize This! Not only that I've been supporting on Patreon for more than a year, but also that I listened systematically to all the 172 episodes. I'm not a professionnal philosopher, but you kick started me into reading many books on the topic. For your MAJOR impact in my life, please receive my most sincere gratitude. Merci. Merci. Merci beaucoup!

[@darillus1]

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[@darillus1]

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[@hhhghhhhhhhhh]

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[@darillus1]

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[@ReynaSingh]

It’d be great to see more of mystical philosophers like Weil

[@sthetatos]

Weil read a lot of St. John of the Cross. You also should try Pavel Florensky, a truly genius and saint.

[@bananacat9139]

Just to leave a footprint for one of the best philosophical thoughts out there!

[@potatotomato6339]

To describe the amount of enjoyment I get from this podcast would be beyond my vocabulary. Every time you update, it fills me with delight. You create such thought-provoking and entertaining content. Thank you.

[@358life6]

I wish Simone's ideas were the key of school curriculum. Thankyou again for a fantastic episode 💚☮️

[@Anarcath]

Best Philosophy channel on KZbin. And it's only audio.

[@heaven7360]

There are many women philosophers in so many different centuries. It's amazing that they are not discussed really never at least on KZbin.

[@_chinmoku]

You never disappoint. Listening from the Southern hemisphere during breakfast. Great way to start my weekend. Thank you!

[@PedroPereira-si3sy]

Started to follow your podcast recently, and so far I've enjoyed it quite a lot, thank you for your time producing quality content. About this episode, one cannot agree with Weil's observations of factory work, if not ideologically, romantically charged. I've worked in more than 25 jobs throug my life, and I've worked in some factories too: 1) nobody in the line except for the supervisor knows the numbers one should produce daily/monthly - nor nobody cares. 2) it's difficult to speak about politics, and philosophy with your co-workers, because most Factory/line workers never read a book or care for class struggle. you see, most workers in a factory are not very intelligent or very educated, and thus although they speak a lot, and I was lucky to work with a lot of funny, kind, interesting carachters. But intelligent conversation, only with the casual student temporary working some shifts to get some extra pocket change. 3)The intellectual transformation regarding work Weil speaks about exists only in her own mind. For what I can understand, she goes to work to observe reality intellectualy , with the aim to understand the books she read and fantasised to, I think we can assume that Weil projected her need to convey results into what is simple reality: people work in factories for a living. There is no romantic outlook on the matter, people work , repeat what they are doing, and really don't care much about it, and then they'll buy their groceries and watch television some, to repeat next day. Intellectuals enjoy to romanticize reality, the truth is that most people do not care for anything more than what is in front of them, they don't have and don't care for having the intellectual ability to think beyond what are the simple mechanised values they absorbed in their small circle. 4) there exists no dehumanisation of the factory worker, in Europe: health and safety is placed in front of any production line. All materials and architecture are designed with safety measures , and most factories I've worked will enforce a necessary health and safety course regarding the work at hand. In Weil's time could be different,as we see in Indian and Chinese KZbin clips.

[@davidwadsworth1760]

Great episode... looking forward to this series!

[@applegoeshollywood]

Thanks for the upload!

[@virginialabougle765]

Best podcast ever made!! Thank you

[@CombatDoc136]

When is part 2? Ive been waiting ages. This podcast is one of the few things i look forward to in life and helps me relax every evening.

[@alanryan7605]

Superb work.

[@maciejurban9897]

Such a great channel! I love it!! 😍

[@tortera]

Awesome. Thank you so much.

[@TheCarlosgrau]

Everything about this channel is such a joy: from the depth of research that must have gone into each episode, the work involved in translating these complex ideas into a language accessible to the rest of us, to the genuine passion in the delivery - even the mic technique and elocution are excellent! Thank you for this, I have learned a lot so far...

[@omaro_o7151]

You possibly changed my life!

[@ChaosLierLen]

This looks promising!

[@rekagugora5893]

Hello! :) Wow, thank you for creating that podcast episode. I've been carring around this heavy feeling inside that there must be a deeper meaning of this life and something went really wrong living it. I always felt that society handles me like a bio-robot and does not help me to find my true nature. Moreover, it's like if they keep pushing me far away from my true design day by day. Thank you for helping me understand these feelings inside of me. I just got to know about Simone Weil. I bought a book written by her yesterday. I'm excited to find out more about her and her way of thinking.

[@nickchavez472]

@philosophizethispodcast I love your podcast! It has brought me countless hours of listening joy. I wanted to request that you cover some Indian philosophers. Sankara, Ramanuja, and Madhva are three important philosophers from the Vedanta tradition in India, they had some fantastic ideas. It would be awesome to hear a series of episodes from you where you discuss these three. Thanks for putting out such amazing and high-quality work.

[@unusualpond]

Wonderful podcast and episode thank you. I’m sorry for your experience in the warehouse, but would like to offer another perspective. I had many Mc jobs in my life, and in my experience those were precisely the jobs where I got to think because the work I was doing was so menial that it took none of my brainpower. I admit it wasn’t in a 1940s factory and I understand the pace of that would have been different. I currently work as a group counsellor in a psychiatric hospital. The work is about as satisfying and meaningful as it could possibly be. Yet, the schedule, the unpaid overtime, the pressure to fit the case management in, the information systems, the extreme vulnerability and neediness of the clients (every single, one of whom I have nothing but deep affection for) the two hour commute, add up to a work experience, where I feel more afflicted than I ever did in any of my crappy jobs. There is also a long history of writers and artists who worked shitty jobs precisely to have the time to think. Again, maybe not at the pace of the car factory… Just a perspective.

[@chrisbirch4150]

Love this channel. Not familiar with Simone Weil either so this was very interesting. I liked the part about how we begin to learn things and develop 'positions'. I never used to understand the criticism that UK politicians all go to the same few elite universities and schools because, to me, it meant they were intellectually elite. But once I went to university I realized that passing exams is no indication of whether you have any intuition or wisdom about the real world and new problems. It explains why some politicians can seem inexplicably incompetent and stupid when their education would imply otherwise. The problems are new and unique, and must be analysed as if they're new and unique. There aren't any blueprints for many political issues.

[@luisfbarbosa]

Atemporally important, but in our era this is a major issue! ( i´m referring Simone Weil, but also Philosophize This!!! ) Thank you Stephen West!

[@MihailEtropolski]

Thanks for this episode! I’ve had this question recently.. if attention can be said to have moral value, can ignorance have it as well? After all, in today’s world, many of us have to actively choose NOT to acquire knowledge on certain subjects, in order to be better people in the areas we’ve chosen to give our attention to.

[@brahman5963]

Great

[@kiyarashreza3654]

How much longer do I have to keep my eyes peeled for the next episode on Weil???

[@calebp3283]

hi would love a video on stirner !

[@JoshiiiiBlue]

Hey Stephen. I am a long time listener of your podcast and everytime I listen to one of your episodes, I end up very interested and want to start reading up on the things you talked about do I can understand it better. I wanted to ask if it would be possible if you could create a small google doc or something for every episode, where you mention what books you have read as preparstion for creating the episodes and we can read those books/articles afterwards.

[@under_arm_charm]

I cannot listen this for the life of me, i have to read the transcript of the podcast to keep my attention. Idk why it doesn’t appeal, maybe I am used to the way people talk when they are talking to each other than hearing an audio lecture. I keep getting distracted and get lost. I do have adhd so its pry just me, but good stuff. Omg I just had to slow the play back speed to 0.75 and Geez what a relief. Sounds more appealing. Im dumb but i enjoy this content.

[@psychoticschmitz7867]

That segment about the factory was too real

[@baronbullshyster2996]

Why was she fighting for the side that put pots of boiling oil at ground level for people to fall into. Maybe the other side had bigger pots for people to fall into with spikes in the bottom. Definitely don’t like spikes in the bottom one doesn’t. Sorry didn’t know what I’m talking about. Great podcast thanks.

[@andytheamerican3655]

Is there a difference between meditation and attention/prayer? Attention seems to be attention when it is given to a thing, person, idea. This could be understood as meditating on a thing, person, idea. You don't furrow your brow and work really hard to find the answer to a question or understand something when you meditate. You sit there, wait in meditation for the answer to come to you, then it appears in your mind. To me, that's why Simone Weil isn't bothered when a kid doesn't find an answer to a math question or discover a math problem in that moment. They were paying attention, which is ultimately the way you get closer to both an answer and the God frequency. "Attention, taken to it's highest degree, is prayer". Is prayer paying attention to the ideal of love / God? Or does prayer mean not keeping any particular topic in mind and the frequency of God becomes apparent somehow? Either way, it seems similar to some Hindu thought regarding meditation and the "om tat sat" mantras. If anyone has insight on this, please let me know. Thank you

[@TheKingWhoWins]

Hey @Philosophize This; do you watch films ?

[@kaykwanu]

I could tell that this was personal for Stephen.

[@TennesseeJed]

👍

[@dtdayan5056]

Not true that Simone Weil's brigade were wiped out after her departure due to the oil burn incident . The Thalmann battalion disbanded because of lack of resources and volunteers. Please check your sources.

[@shanalp42]

Hi. Im very curious who is your favorite philosopher....also your favorite lesson...thanks

[@pageboy1974]

It is Simone de Beauvoir, he says it in the first episode about Simone Weil and in a couple of ones about Beauvoir herself.

[@july8503]

11:29

[@richwilliams1863]

Real philosophy is about asking: is this idea actually correct?

[@DjTahoun]

Thank you so much 🙏🏻 I learn a lot from your Channel I was wondering if it is possible that you would make a philosophy crash course for beginners, or something like an advice about where to start especially for beginners like me who would love to learn philosophy. 🌷😇🌷

[@xyzz232]

Hi There is a KZbin channel called "crash course". They have a playlist about philosophy in which each video covers a specific topic in about 5 minutes. Maybe that could be interesting for you. I myself really enjoyed their videos.

[@DjTahoun]

@@xyzz232 Thank you so much 😇🌷🙏🏻

[@projectmalus]

Another suggestion is to pick a topic like political philosophy, find a really good instructor like Tamar Gendler on YaleCourses channel, and it will branch out in a natural direction for you while providing a solid way of seeing oneself in the world.

[@benkabore]

I would start exactly with this podcast! From the beginning. Stephen explains concepts with great accessibility, sprinkles in historical context, and uses contemporary references and humor to help the process

[@projectmalus]

@@benkabore Yes, that's what Tamar Gendler does too, and it's very effective. Taking notes is something I should do more.

[@sneakerbabeful]

She sounds like a hysterical, emo middle schooler.

[@DHU11]

You sound dismissive and shallow idrc

[@billy8291]

I LOVE all the “I’m not saying do this” examples like the progressive teacher with the kangaroos😂 When thinking about ideas from really wise people like Weil, it’s easy to think you’ve got a hold on the real thing but then end up being just another asshole perverting the real thing

[@christinemartin63]

With the safety net of rich parents, a superlative education, free time to experiment life's options, and an "invisible" hand to pull us out of life's fires, yeah, I think we might all have a good shot at such an altruistic, fulfilling life (without the TB and WW2 nuisances, of course). Seriously though, certainly a most unusual person.

[@sthetatos]

You forget the migraines...

[@jorgeaguilera4329]

She was physically awkward and seriously clumpsy. It is a miracle she worked in a factory.

[@joojrb]

Hello Stephen West, I've sent you an email, could you please take a look?

[@khana.713]

It seems she figured out how dopamine engages with our nervous system indirectly, and just turned it into a Philosophy lol. Ahead of her time indeed.

[@khana.713]

Well, there's a lot more to it than that, obviously, but yeah