Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre | Book Discourse

[@ixmix]

In Nausea , i met myself on every page...

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[@theblackponderer]

Thanks for watching！

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[@sleepyreader666]

Another great video. I always take existentialism as the way to break through and begin the process of self-creation--appealing to me as an introvert who ultimately embraces the reality inside my own brain. i like your use of becoming the author. I think of it as the building of my own soul....

[@Shreyaaaa0610]

That is a beautiful &simple explanation for the search for meaning.

[@thijsjong]

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Great work! Keep making these videos, please! 😍

[@benohare1706]

Love that book! Great review. Thanks!

[@tsimp2891]

I think to say that everyone feels existential crises in their life at least once, is actually an overstatement. Most people go through life having what Sartre termed as "Bad Faith". Now, not the type of religious faith people may have - this is not a theological problem - but a faith in what you do and are in life. I suppose religious would come into that, but more of the holistic sense of a person's life, like their actions and choices in life.

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[@nrpbrown]

Thank you for the video. I really enjoyed the book overall, his existential monologues were entertaining and darkly funny in spots. Sometimes his lapses into french and world history are a bit hard to get through but its worth it

[@WhatYaReading]

Reading this book now..ughhh..it just goes on and on. I guess thats his interpretation of life. Im used to reading books leading to a purpose.

[@TheBrick2]

Hi, I just finished listening to / reading, No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre. May I put in a request for for a video on this please. Thanks.

[@theblackponderer]

I got a long queue but it shall be added. Thanks for watching.

[@chenana429]

Just subscribed. love your channel :D

[@adambaxter664]

Thanks for some Sartre!

[@WhatYaReading]

The cover on that book is nice!!

[@raymonddonahue7282]

thanks

[@somniloguy12]

I tend to gravitate towards existentialism, but I have never read Sartre. The book sounds great, I think ill pick it up later

[@Alfez34]

The Will of G Did you pick it up?

[@insl16]

Thanks for the video. I look at Sartre's view of freedom as not allowing oneself to be restricted in one's thinking. I don't agree with the statement that 'life is meaningless', since this is a choice. It implies that one's choices are not meaningful. It gives the impression that meaning is necessary, which I do not agree with. How can one establish a lack of 'meaning'? I can only see this as an opinion. Perhaps Sartre anticipates my line of argument, in saying that we are the summation of our choices. I do not agree with this, either, since I do not believe that people choose to be 'bad'. What is virtue and vice? I cannot see any clear answer. I feel that the egocentric view is the wrong way of looking at things, but this is only a point of view. In other words, why do we make the choices that we make? I cannot see how to answer this question, other than with 'trivial' examples, e.g., 'I eat because I am hungry' (in reality, not in the least bit trivial). And one should define 'delusion'. I can only take this as meaning 'unimportant', but this is another choice. I agree with Wittgenstein. Philosophical discussion can sometimes make things less clear rather than the opposite. Sorry for the long reply.

[@theblackponderer]

Well, there is a difference between "life is meaningless" and "life is 'inherently' meaningless." The "life is meaningless" stance is a nihilistic one where one throws one's hands in the air and makes choices without expectation that such choices will mean anything. This is not the stance of existentialists like Sartre. The "life is 'inherently' meaningless" is an existentialist view in that life in and of itself has no meaning, or life is meaningless by default. In this view life only has meaning by the choices we make, our choices are what assign life meaning. It is only because we can choose, and choose freely, that life has purpose. Life has no meaning without free agents choosing. Whether or not our choices are good or bad is up to us to decide. In Sartre's view there is no inherent "good" or "bad." Rather, Sartre believes that it is our duty, our responsibility to determine what is good and bad for ourselves, meaning, our definition of morality is what creates good or bad. There is no good or bad without our deciding and determining. Morality does not exist unless we define it.

[@KhalilMusic]

Existentialism in a nutshell: There is no purpose or a designed plan for you to fulfill. The only purpose is the one you set for yourself. P.S: dear reader of this comment, do some googling, there is much to it.

[@ruymartinez7504]

This video really helped me put it out of the heady words Sartre uses. Thank you so much'

[@dtawantawng5131]

I disagree with your definition of an existential crisis. You focus far too much upon individual accomplishments, and how they compare to those of others. This is quite irrelevant to existential crises, however I do agree that it is a self-awarness of extreme magnitude. I would define an existential crises as an encounter with the void where objective, extrinsic meaning is said to be, and the realization that all meaning is relative, that all of the manifestations of existence are utterly insignificant, and that there is nothing beyond appearance, no secret dimensions or hidden corners. The light of this realization is an indifferent illumination, a bright illumination, an illumination that lays everything bare.

[@theblackponderer]

I see where you're coming from in your definition. However, several people who I have witnessed go through an existential crisis aren't actually conscious or aware of a "void" and are literally comparing themselves to others, triggering the crisis to further extremes. Perhaps on a subconscious level they have encountered the void. I would think that some people's existential crisis is triggered by that void encounter, but many people who experience an existential crisis don't have the level of awareness necessary comprehend this void and are stuck in constant comparison. This is based on my observation which honestly could be off.

[@emmaagh7566]

The Black Ponderer I agree with OP. I think what you're talking about seems to be more characteristic of a life crisis, often experienced by middle-aged people who realise that they won't really amount to as much as they'd hoped. I think an existential crisis is where you realise that the value we place in things, like time and even life, is actually very flimsy. These are all just man-made illusions, and an existential crisis is dealing with the truth that the appearance of things is really all that there is. There's no hidden meaning, no higher power, etc. Good video otherwise though, really enjoyed it!

[@dtawantawng5131]

Emma Agh Reply directed toward both Mme. Emma and M. Trotter: I would recommend for both of your reading lists Human Society in Ethics and Politics by Bertrand Russell. I recently completed a study of it, and it is a wonderful book. It was written in 1946, and so inevitably there is an abundance of talk concerning the matter of nuclear war, but this does nothing to detract from the book or make it boring or irrelevant in any way. What I found particularly gratifying was his handling of the objective and the subjective, and his conclusion that ethical beliefs are intimately bound together with life, and that there is very little that is not, in the final analysis, subjective; in a world or universe devoid of sentience there would be neither good nor bad, wicked nor evil, these value judgements being attributed to objects and phenomena in the external world that either help or hinder, aid or endanger, the species of animal concerned. This is a crude and mildly misrepresentative secondhand regurgitation of his ideas, and thus I urge you to study them firsthand. Although language is a highly convenient medium for the transmission of information, I often find it inadequate (or, at least, my literary skill to be inadequate) for the task of expressing my thoughts with clarity and accuracy. This is why it is always a pleasure to read something that mirrors one's own thoughts and expresses them in a way far superior to anything that one has ever written during an inky foray into one's notebook. I found that Human Society in Ethics and Politics did, at least for me, a very good job of this, and I found that his words gave form to the airy nothing of my thoughts. If you read it (or have already read it) let me know some of your thoughts on the book, as I would be most interested to hear them.

[@emmaagh7566]

Christopha Soluna thanks for the suggestion! I was actually in need of a new book after having devoured the rest of Nausea in one sitting haha. Admittedly, I'm a little intimidated by Russell (in fairness I'm only acquainted with his logic stuff), but I shall get back to you when I eventually tackle it!

[@pedrosoares597]

Hey! Great video. Would you say this book is adequate for a teenager? I've just been reading a lot about existentialism (like the Stranger by Camus and other books from authors from my country Portugal) and I'm curious about Sartre's views on it. Thanks!

[@theblackponderer]

Thanks! Certainly, a teenager can read this book and understand it just fine with a little effort.

[@pedrosoares597]

The Black Ponderer Awesome. I'm curious abou the subject because I have recently finished The Fall, by Camus, and I felt that, though I enjoyed the "story" and some parts were really thought provoking, I couldn't fully grasp what it all meant, which I think, may have something to do with my age. I guess I'll try Nausea and get back to The Fall later. Anyways, thanks :)

[@theblackponderer]

It's probably not so much your age, but rather you might need another perspective. I read Camus' "The Stranger" when I was a teenager and I didn't get the point of that text at first either. It was a teacher that actually proposed to me a different way of thinking about the theme of the book which ultimately helped me better understand the text.

[@chicsolflipdow]

Great. thank u

[@maddiemover5894]

Enjoyed this :)

[@isidoramella3440]

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[@theblackponderer]

Thanks for watching! I think you might be mistaking my laid-back attitude for timidity 😎

[@isidoramella3440]

@@theblackponderer Maybe. I'm latin american, so I'm still trying to learn about context in north american culture. Here a laid-back attitude can be easily confused with being timid, I'm used to that. But every culture is different! Anyway, good video. And thanks for using the word "laid-back", it gives me more vocabulary, never heard of that word but now I'm gonna use it!

[@helveticaneptune537]

Are you God?

[@theblackponderer]

No, but I do know Him personally.

[@GarryBurgess]

I found this novel boring because it was too repetitive. It also bordered on Nihilism since I had the strong feeling that he could not give his life any meaning at all.