Nietzsche's radical guide to a joyful life (Amor Fati explained)

There are many things associated with Nietzsche - his critique of morality, his proclamation that "God is dead and we have killed him" and his glorious moustache. But one of his concepts that does not get nearly enough attention is his idea of Amor Fati - or loving one's fate. This is a truly radical doctrine, and something that I think deserves an introduction. Here I will introduce the concept of Amor Fati and while I think it can help your life, but as always I encourage you to do some reading of your own and see what therapeutic uses it has in your own life.
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00:00 Amor Fati
00:27 Loving life
02:19 Positive suffering
04:16 Creative freedom
06:02 Antidote to resentment
08:05 Affirmation of life

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Isn't the child brought about through a process in which one starts off as a camel. Then should you develop you become a lion. In order for the lion to develop into the child the lion must slay the dragon. Is this (the child) related to this process Nietzsche wrote?

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7:10 Native German speaker here. There actually is an inverse of "Schadenfreude" and it is called "Mitfreude" (Mit = with, Freude = pleasure). It describes the participation at another persons pleasure/joy, which makes it a beautiful term in my opinion. Apparently it was Nietzsche who coined this expression in his book "human, all too human", although I am not totally sure about that. Love your contend btw, it really helps with understanding complex philosophical books and concepts.

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This puts words to an idea that I have been trying to live with for my whole adult life, but have been struggling more and more with due to the presence of - as you said - the despair of the collective consciousness on social media. I love that bit at the tend when you describe the idea as being between rationality and instinct, and that you need to take leap of faith. It really hit home and made me tear up a bit for some reason. So on point and beautifully said

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Thank you! I am glad the video resonated with you. It is difficult to embrace life-affirmation in the full way Nietzsche describes, especially with its strange position as "somewhat rational, somewhat not".

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There’s always someone somewhere, having the best time of their life is a truly feel good thought, I’ve never had before

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When thinking about The Child, I think the singer Aurora is really close to being the ideal. She lives without fear and inspires so much love for life.

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Your energy and the quality of the content are amazing. Keep going! And I also think that there's nothing delusional, illusional or irrational in life. Because if you take a few steps back you'll be able to see the whole perspective - that life is an extraordinary experience.

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The secret to a joyful life is gratitude, we have known this for thousands of years.

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I agree! I think that Nietzsche is getting at this point from a different angle (and, in his characteristic fashion, pushing it to the extreme)

[@tristanlokhoff2593]

Wow, great video! Thanks for posting :) I know KZbin likes interaction, so here ya go: a comment to give your 'fati' just a bit more to 'amor' Keep up the good work my man

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What a gem of a video, beautiful way to view life

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[@younes7671]

Amor Fati is a beautiful concept but the path to actually adopting this attitude is a more complicated question. I mean how can we love our fate? You partially answered this near the end which was through a "leap of faith" although this is rather more of Kierkegaard's attitude towards it. Nonetheless I think the pre-condition to Amor Fati is actually having a life that is capable for us to love in the first place. I mean how can we love what hurts us? Don't we need this suffering to have an end goal in mind? Like you said the pain of the gym can be loved since it aids us to grow stronger. But what if we suffer without an end goal in mind? What if we don't attach a purpose to it? How do we still have a love for it? In this case we need a meaning beforehand before we can love this fate of ours. This goes back to the Ancient Greek concept of Eudaimonia. Human flourishing is ultimately the goal but the question is always how do we get there?

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An excellent articulation of Nietzsches concept of Amor Fati!👍

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It’s great philosophical ideas like this that helped me overcome depression from my disability that I had from birth and now when it’s getting me down I remember how much having this disability has made me the person I am

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Amor Farti; even when life stinks, it's better to live and love it outwardly than to internalize it and painfully constrain yourself for the sake of suffering through what's inevitable.

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I haven’t finished the video yet, but I have to give my input whiles it’s fresh. I have been studying stoicism for about a year now and I’m very familiar with its ideals. However, I really like, or rather love this idea of loving life. It’s like super stoicism. My dad passed away earlier this year when I was 18. It was so shocking and tough. I never thought he wouldn’t be at my wedding or see my children. It was easy to be sad, but then I told myself that this was just a reason to live harder. I told myself that I’m going to live so damn hard and love every bit of it. What’s the point of doing anything else? Epictetus said something along the lines of you’re going to die and suffer, but why should you go about it whining and complaining? I probably butchered that a lot, but that idea is so freeing. Just live, despite it all.

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It actually makes perfect sense …Nietzsche understand the satisfaction derived from challenge…and so challenges have a unique capacity to bring out our ‘humanness’ and therefore the joy of life …incredibly perceptive insight

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Amor Fati is the philosophy ive been following for most of my life, i never knew of Amor Fati but ive believed in its ideas for a long time, life is better this way so for anyone reading try it out

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Thanks for sharing! Think I've intuited these concepts recently. Interesting how things turn out y'know?

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That was really interesting thanks. Sounds a bit like the Catholic faith. I think I was doing this to some extent already but I was feeling it was more stoicism. I am going to try this and see how I get on. Cheers

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[@unsolicitedadvice9198]

Haha! Thank you for the kind words - I wanted to highlight a bit of Nietzsche’s optimism here as I think it is often overlooked

[@ponzipuppet]

Compersion: Pleasure in another person’s pleasure. That is the construct he is searching for. 🙏

[@LilPips]

The German word "Mitfreude" essentially means to participate in the joy of others. I suppose that could be the opposite of "Schadenfreude". Loved the video.

[@unsolicitedadvice9198]

Thank you! And thank you for teaching me a new word!

[@alannothnagle]

Great insight on social media, which is essentially all misanthropy, all the time. It‘s remarkably destructive to the fabric of society.

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I could not agree more! And I also think it is such a shame because it has such potential to do good

[@Locust_Moon]

@@unsolicitedadvice9198 The rage-culture misanthropy that is rampant in social media is undeniably wasteful and destructive, but is it the opposite of Amor Fati? Passionate interest in the shared world is a prerequisite for both destructive resentment and constructive action. Maybe identifying and focusing on the "obstacle" is 99% of the prerequisite for seeing "the obstacle is the way?"

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Good video.

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Thank you!

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Finger to the sky, amor fati ❤

[@leungchris4488]

though i prefer the Epictetus's and or Marcus Aurelius's definitions of Amor Fati, Nietzsche's version is also worth learning

[@nothomelessonyoutube]

What I love about him so much is unlike most. He loved this world with all of it's flaws. I don't hate the material world. I love it, and I want to strive to make the changes I want to see. If you want change, you have to be it.

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I had GBS in the senior year of high-school, and was bedridden, having to relearn how to walk and write. This was a big push towards Nietzsche and philosophy for me.

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Amor Fati is in a way similar to the knight of infinite resignation. Just with a different locus of control

[@saharkhalili5303]

Buddah spoke of impermanence of suffering, so not to avoid pain but witness it. It's a positive addition to actively LOVE it, but you'd have to remember not to get attached to any feeling or state cos EVERYTHING even any sensation or state is impermanent.

[@unsolicitedadvice9198]

Thank you for the thought. I agree that Buddhism has a lot to add here

[@Garblegox]

I learned this early on as a boy, from a man named Ray. He said, 'Way she goes, bud.'

[@roger_isaksson]

2:50; pain and discomfort that refuses to cease is suffering. Either you accept (some) pain and discomfort, or suffering imposes itself upon you.

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I definitely agree

[@truffeltroll6668]

It sucks how the Übermensch was taken by the Nazis and his sister. The idea to always strive to become a better human via every experience we get is very beautiful and i think without that he would have ended his life early. Amor Fati is to Nietzsche what absurdism is to Camus. But Nietzsche actually had chronic illness while Camus was depressed

[@unsolicitedadvice9198]

Yeah, it is a real shame that it was corrupted like that, because I think the Ubermensch is such a more joyful concept than people give it credit for

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Freudenfreude, joy On another's pleasure. German is a very interesting language. Cheers

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Ah thank you for the new word!

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Wow Amor Fati is something I've been following subconsciously for the last 2 years, people say things "Suck" but how, if this is all we know. Nothing sucks

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That’s really cool!

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1:20 In which book does Nietzsche state that both good and bad experiences lead to a richer experience of life? Unbelievably based take.

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“It is what it is!”

[@bananaheals]

While i wouldnt go as far as saying i embrace suffering, ive always viewed it a just part of the package. Just one foot in front of the other until it goes away. It just is what it is.

[@unsolicitedadvice9198]

That sounds like a very Stoic approach

[@FireTiktak]

If someone is living their life, loving every situation they are in simple for the joy of experiencing it, does it even matter what they experience? Would such a person still need to strive to create good situations for himself? Of course this keeps them from going insane when experiencing bad situations, it keeps their mind stable and optimistic. But wouldn't such a person get used to bad situations more easily then and thus suffering them for longer? If a person is happy about their leg being broken and even jumps for joy, it helps them deal with the pain but does not make his leg better. It just might make it even worse. Either way, that person would take this in strive. Amor Fati in my opinion is a different kind of rebellion against life. When life gives you lemons, learn to love lemons. So life can't harm you and can't throw you into despair.

[@hayshushu]

we have this concept in islam aswell it is called ,,qadr'' or accpeting qadr we basically love everything god gives us despite the hardship it might cause us the difference here is that we believe that everything has a higher purpose and that we should therefore not despair but rather be grateful and love what god gives us

[@unsolicitedadvice9198]

This is really interesting. You have similar ideas pop up in Christianity as well. I wonder whether Nietzsche is attempting to form a secular version of this principle (though I doubt he would ever admit to this, given his stated view on Christianity)

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Bro’s algorithm is cursed

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It is what it is (positive)

[@jenniferklopman2557]

A really negative and mean person called me a baboon not too long ago. I understand now 😊

[@StefanKarisch]

How can I accept this idea, when nietsche himself lived a miserable life and was unhappy at best?

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Love your fate ❤

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Indeed!

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You’d be a good friend mate. ❤️

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Thank you! That’s very kind

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Take of the suit and Amor Fati