Don Giovanni and the problem of freedom

[@julianphilosophy]

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[@Mary-Mar]

I wonder if the anxiety of choice is further complicated by finding that which will make you happy now and what which will make you happy later in the future. The ethical decision seems to be to choose the happiness later, delayed gratification, but the choice isn't that simple. Especially, in light of "finding something to live for". I feel we often don't give enough credit to the fact that as humans we need to find something to live for right now AND something to live for in the future. Children are a great example of that "something" all wrapped up in one object, but for many, especially those without children, these two needs are often satisfied by separate things.

[@ali3889]

32:00 Casting my vote for a series on Wanger and the ring cycle 👍👍

[@markoslavicek]

Supporting and adding the Nietzsche's critique of Wagner ☝🏻

[@aravindappat]

Would love to see videos on the Wagnerian Ring Cycle. Hope it happens! 🤞🏾🤞🏾

[@JAI_8]

Bring it on Julian! Tell us your thoughts on Wagner and his operas.

[@garethsmith3036]

You’re the fuckn best Julian

[@matthuss5487]

Hey - really enjoyed this. I appreciate your reference to bankers and, of course, this can be applied to almost anyone at any level caught in the capitalist spiral. (Adrian Johnston has a new related book.) From my own work experience, I can tell you that the best salesmen are those most hungry for the thrill of the hunt. The money is a mere metric. It is a kill sport, perhaps pointing to the prevalence of sports metaphors in business which, as far as I can tell, refer to the action, not the final score. So really enjoyed your insights and I think some credit should be given to Da Ponte, the librettist, and de Molina before him for developing the story and the ideas that Mozart expressed much more abstractly in his music.

[@julianphilosophy]

Thanks, and yes you’re absolutely right about Ponte. Should have given him credit

[@txikitofandango]

Julian there are not enough young Hegelians, Lacanians, Kantians, etc etc talking about music today, and so I hope beyond hope that you will talk about Wagner, Mozart, Haydn maybe, Bach, etc etc

[@Lpezzin]

Hey, Julian, another awesome video. I've seen you saying it twice now and for what i remember, Batman goes for Rachel when he has to decide, but Joker knew that he would go for her and tricked him by swapping the adresses. Something like that

[@julianphilosophy]

Ah, yes! You’re absolutely right! I remember it now. That makes it even more interesting. My bad. Thank you for this.

[@koketsoomarmasombuka3395]

In Dune 2, after Paul knows the future, he moves with more confidence - more freedom.

[@Lpezzin]

7:11 i love that Radiohead's song

[@franciscobermejo1779]

When I want to push the stop button on my conscience, I just take a nap (silly algorithm comment)

[@addammadd]

4:22 you say here he’s sleeping around for the sake of sleeping around; but then you contradict that. Instead, he’s become a slave to his ‘list’. It is interesting to note that twice in the last couple of weeks you’ve mentioned Don Giovanni as a “Cassanova type”, yet you avoid the juxtaposition of those characters that Zizek himself uses to explain the difference between an actual hedonist (Cassanova) and a vanishing mediator (Don Giovanni). Src: For They Know Not What They Do 112-115

[@matthuss5487]

werwe

[@csabaimate]

Sorry for being a nitpicker, but you don't have to pronounce the "i" in Giovanni. It's just Don Joe-Vaa-NN-ee