NIETZSCHE: The Art of Not Reading (And What to Do Instead)

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Even though Nietzsche turned from one of Schopenhauer’s greatest admirers to one of his greatest opponents over the course of his intellectual career, in one aspect at least he was always in agreement with his former mentor.
It’s not a good idea to read too many books. A brief passage in Ecce Homo is dedicated to “the scholar”… The type of person who spends his entire day reading books. Nietzsche would’ve been all too familiar with this type of person from his days as a scholar himself, when he was a professor philology at the University of Basel in Switzerland.
Nietzsche’s problem with reading too many books is related to overstimulation. By constantly reading books, you become dependent on their stimulus to formulate your own thoughts. A yes or no or a critique of those thoughts. In other words, you become a reactive being as opposed to a proactive being.
Of course, we also know for certain that Nietzsche had around 1100 books in his private library at the end of his life. And those represent less than half of all the books he’s read in his life.
So, make no mistake: Nietzsche did read a lot. But he warns against reading too much, and becoming dependent upon books and the ideas of others to formulate your own opinions. In other words, he warned against becoming reactive in your thinking rather than proactive. The first is the hallmark of a critic, someone who takes another person’s system and criticises it. But the proactive thinker comes up with his own system and ideas, he generates original thoughts.
Nietzsche doesn’t attribute his inspiration to reading books. Quite the opposite: he states multiple times that his best ideas came to him while being out on a walk, while being physically active in the real world.
For example, he famously came up with his concept of the Eternal Recurrence while looking at a rock during one of his hikes in the Swiss Alps.

[@WeltgeistYT]

We hope you enjoy this one. It's a bit of a follow-up to a previous vid we did when Schopenhauer argued much the same as Nietzsche. Go for a walk and enjoy the sun, but not before leaving a comment for the algorithm of course... Anyway, thank you for watching! Support us on Patreon if you want more longer videos: ▶ www.patreon.com/WeltgeistYT

[@alupelimjamekwana2174]

👍🏾👍🏾

[@adam2aces]

I love your synopsis of key points on these works. I have now read five of Nietzsche's works as a result. Some things Nietzsche says result in a bit of repulsion, but as that feeling passes the truth is revealed. We may be disgusted by our own species, the truth can be piercing, but in the end we are human, all too human.

[@meichuenlee9212]

Great critique of the scholarly life!

[@kiljaeden5405]

I have found the Overman, it is Andrew Tate

[@PavelGheorghe]

😮😊

[@g3nj1]

I think Nietzche would be legitimately impressed with how many people have taken that first step towards not reading.

[@kvk812]

i cant imagine what his reaction would be to the present setting

[@kentjg32]

@@kvk812 he'd probably be very grateful for syphilis medicine.

[@tituslucretiuscarus659]

Modern times show how stupidly short-sighted Nietzsche's thinking must have been on this topic. Obviously, training yourself to only regurgitate other people's thoughts is a surefire way of becoming a braindead NPC, but how can anyone evaluate the quality of their own thinking without reading? One should strive to both read as much as possible *and* not just being a passive consumer. You can do both, it's not that hard. (The banality of this is so evident that I assume that Weltgeist must have taken Nietzsche out of context for clickbait reasons.)

[@nestorgermanos3979]

@@tituslucretiuscarus659 you seem to have completely misunderstood the contents of this video. Nietzsche is not supportive of not reading books, but rather points out the dangers of JUST reading books and avoiding self contemplation.

[@JabaliLoco1979]

@@nestorgermanos3979 Sorry for my bad English. That is one of the problems of many who "read" Nietzsche, and misunderstand him. To understand it you must not only read a lot, but also "live" (And be "disgustingly" honest with yourself). "Life" is not on the internet, nor in books, it is in the "streets".

[@willb295]

I completely agree. I do believe that one ability we lost as individuals in our modern society today is the ability to tolerate boredom. I’ve noticed that whenever I find myself in long periods of silence, my first instinct is to watch something on KZbin or play a game to past the time. When I’m on a train ride or long walk, my first instinct is to play music. It’s gotten to the point where I have to have something on in the background in order for me to focus. This is a habit of constantly needing stimulation that I’ve been trying to kick by reading more books. After watching Nietzsche and Schopenhauer’s critique of reading too many books though, I now think my new approach to life should be as follows: read more than I’ve been reading now, but with long periods of silence in between to allow my mind to process what I’ve learned. It’s when we are bored when our creativity and imagination thrive. Boredom was once something that needed a remedy, hence the rise of ever present entertainment. However, in this day and age, enduring boredom and letting your mind wander to new places is a vital skill to have that will put you above everyone else.

[@sohamdave9184]

Ya but that's his point. We cant take boredom so we are always keeping ourselves busy. In this day and age its phones so yes we should read more but don't constantly entertain yourself

[@silent_stalker3687]

Buy a Zanuton and maybe check out Brad Warner’s books, he also has a KZbin called hardcore zen. One book I suggest is ‘how not to be a jerk’ the audiobook is godly good and adds a lot, it’s very entertaining.

[@kingstarscream320]

Keep up the good work, kid.

[@jackmorgan8931]

"Boredom" you say? Fascinating conclusion, the perfect way, to describe what everyone has been telling me for, yeah, most of my 69 years on this planet, is that "life" of all those great "technological advances" that has served to...to what? Yes, (01) make life oh so much easier...as in the increasing absence of the "need" for "manual labor", i.e., machines will do all that "hard" work or hell, bring in those poor, uneducated masses from around the globe to do that work as well as, of course, go to college and learn all that stuff so they, too, will not have to "work for a living," (02) give every oh so much "free time" to...to do what, exactly? Well, it ain't like "spending time with their families" is anything people care much about doing...with all that "free time"...because, well, all invovled prefer staying buried in their phones and tablets and.... Yeah, I'll just shut up and go away but it is quite poetic that you did allude to a favorite old saying, "Idle hands are the tools of the devil." Sure looks to me like the truth of all this "free time" and subsequent "boredom" has, if nothing else, revealed just what a pathetic slob the human animal really is.

[@VVeltanschauung187]

Lel, boredom as a recipe for greatness is the biggest cope these existentialists have ever come up with. Everyone has tolerated boredom and accepted it as a living fact of reality to the point we made instant gratification and consumerist hobbies a necessity. The hardest thing to do in the world is to find ENJOYMENT in living life

[@bhaveshpingale8803]

Nietzsche : stops reading for dopamine detox Nietzsche watching 2022 unfold : HOLY F*CK

[@adam2aces]

The most valuable advice is to pause and reflect on what you have just read. Sometimes people are chastised, especially in schools, for reading too slowly. I am not a slow reader! I'm pausing and taking upon myself deeper contemplation of the topic as well as an entire branch of new ideas may hit me from a single line I have read. I have to put down my book and begin writing the new topic as inspiration hits. People who read too fast are missing out on the deeper meanings, or they are reading terribly written books, either of the two are a waste of time.

[@MrClockw3rk]

Well said

[@franszymanek8695]

Well said! Love your comment.

[@Brooder85]

The key is not reading too many books...But reading the RIGHT books, and not wasting time with mediocre content. Select just a few of the best ones and you can learn a wealth of wisdom.

[@highdesertdrew1844]

In order to formulate an idea of what is RIGHT, sometimes you must discover what is not-RIGHT. To depend on the judgement of others as the sole measure of what is RIGHT leads equally to a vortex of thinking identically to those whose judgement you depend on.

[@None-jy4sc]

@@rosskoumantarakis8976 Read the relevant people in that area i.e. On the meaning of life you read Camus, Sartre, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche etc.

[@tan-yildiz]

@@None-jy4sc All of those men were undoubtedly of utmost erudition. Nonetheless, I don't believe any amount of reading others' thoughts will tap into what we refer to as the meaning of life. It has to be experienced and discovered by oneself.

[@None-jy4sc]

@@rosskoumantarakis8976 Suggesting :)

[@satnamo]

Bad books are poisons

[@MosesRabuka]

“Throw away your books stop letting yourself be distracted” ~ Marcus Aurelius

[@leonardonetagamer]

The people in Fahrenheit 451 did this and look where it got them ... books are important they just shouldn't be your entire life

[@voiceofomiej7722]

Its true Moses

[@YourAverageYoutubeCommentor]

In the past, books were a source of mental stimulation for people.

[@noahpincus8344]

Love Nietzsche’s extremism. Hike for 8 hrs or write for 8 hrs

[@satnamo]

And gets up before the sun

[@alaron5698]

Perhaps be careful to not love it too much. Might sound good on paper, yet if he had paced himself more, his health might not have been in such a sorry state. There are certainly those that would say that without this extremism, he would have been mediocre, yet I'm not entirely confident this is true.

[@alaron5698]

@pzepoekpo zpekpzoek Well, that's what I'm saying. Not necessarily something one would be wise to emulate.

[@auguste573]

@@alaron5698 Maybe it is

[@Danko_Sekulic]

Luckily, I cannot write, and I only sleep 5-6 hours a night so I have all that spare time to read !

[@Markipedia]

So basically Nietzsche wants you to "think out of the books"

[@midnightblue3285]

Yes book bok means reverse is coob koob

[@exnihilo8908]

Think out of the bo(o)x. x instead of k-s.

[@nik-challengeman383]

Yakoob

[@RaffiMaurer]

Loved Schopenhauer’s quote about internal motion requiring an external counterpart. As a child I hated exercise or sport of virtually any kind and poured scorn on those who spent hours on them. This changed dramatically as I aged and I realised the degree to which my mental and physical well-being depended on this. Now I’m the one who many think is crazy, refusing to let a day elapse without some kind of cardio exercise. It hasn’t cured me of my fundamental problems but I’m certainly less restless when I’ve been exercising regularly and I now can’t imagine life without it.

[@Lumosnight]

Exactly, in a healthy body is a healthy mind. I also don’t like exercise and avoided it as a child, but I noticed I feel better and think more clearly after exercise, so I must not avoid it.

[@zoehltsen83]

This was really encouraging to me. As someone who had to cram 3 semesters into 2, I spent the last year as a sedentary house plant. The few moments where I went for a jog rewarded me with insight into what I was writing at that given moment. I'm encouraged to dedicate more time to exercise and less time to social media

[@ToxicTurtleIsMad]

I dont think Nietzsche is speaking to you. But by all means do what you want.

[@milascave2]

He slowed down his reading because of his bad eyesight, really. Before that, he read more books then most of us have heard of. However, in his last and strangest book, "Ecce Homo" he did say,in thetranslation that I read, "to read a book first thing in the morning is simply depraved." Geeze, tell us how you really feel. But of course, over reading is NOT the problem that most peolpe have nowadays.

[@13hehe]

If he thinks that's depraved, what would he say to the replacement: to scroll the news first thing in the morning, and all day long

[@ohma.youtube7307]

Well, if we count instagram or any social media in, then we certainly read no less than people of the 19th century

[@ointermediador]

you can translate “to read too much” to “to consume too much information”. After all, today our world is full of information. So in the end, reading too much or consuming too much information without digesting it is still a big problem.

[@Moesmakendehakker658]

I disagree. There are still a lot of people who can't think for themselves because of reading too much.

[@daddymcsnacks_561]

I'm outside daily, which I truly have always enjoyed. I've asked the question to myself before, can someone read too much that they can't come up with their own ideas? The problem with not reading enough is you come up with ideas that you think are original but someone 200 years ( or longer) ago already had that and wrote about it. The latter happens to me more. People forget just how unentertaining life once was, which had people sitting around pondering all sorts of things. In modern time's we get filled with distractions and trivial nonsense.

[@lucasbakeforero426]

Has also happened to me. It's a weird sensation when you found out. For one part: I got to a very interesting conclusion by myself! On the other hand, someone else already did, and might have influenced me subconsciously.

[@ifeellikeiwasborntoloveya6547]

i bike or walk outside everynight before i go to bed for 2 hours

[@dwandersgaming]

We get so bombarded by media that what's in people's heads is completely owned without them realizing it.

[@jmiller1918]

I'm reminded of the old "Twilight Zone" tv episode wherein a bookish chap is the lone survivor of WWIII; far from lamenting the loss of his fellow humans, he is overjoyed that he now has all the time he needs for reading...he amasses a huge pile of books on the front steps of the Library and then accidentally breaks his glasses.

[@arghyashubhshiv3239]

F

[@herptek]

Accumulating knowledge with no intention of putting it into practice is an ironically self-defeating vice.

[@ejr3312]

Thank you for these magnificent videos of yours, you help tremendously with educating those who seek to be free spirits. Keep up the great work, Weltgeist

[@JanxakaJX]

I appreciate you not trying to give your own intepretation of every single little thing, unlike some other youtubers I have seen covering Nietzsche and philosophy. Your effort to relate things to the modern world is a simple yet effective motif, one that can bring out little bits of brilliance for me. I like that you don't try to 'reinvent the wheel' with niezsche here; you just show his thoughts and leave it up to us, the viewers, to read and find the meanings ourselves. Thankyou! New subscriber kurz gesagt! Ich steh auch auf deinen Namen uebringens, wie Zeitgeist, mega authentisch :)

[@nicolaswhitehouse3894]

A even better way to think freely is not walking only but swimming. When your swim, all your body is activated, not just your feet when hiking. Your mind and your body is always on flow with perfect synchronicity, instantly you become more creative when you’re swim. A must for people who want to think correctly in my opinion.

[@jamesembrey3100]

No book has ever given me the almost religious experience of walking in nature on a beautiful day. Wonderful video bro.

[@WeltgeistYT]

Thank you, and very true!

[@Anon1gh3]

It's an almost incomparable experience - perhaps you could call it psychedelic. But religion is the thematic opposite to walking through nature..

[@StreetsOfVancouverChannel]

Dear Jette, Above all, do not lose your desire to walk: every day I walk myself into a state of well being and walk away from every illness. I have walked myself into my best thoughts, and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it. Even if one were to walk for one’s health and it were constantly one section ahead - I would still say walk! Besides, it is also apparent that in walking, one constantly gets as close to well-being as possible, even if one does not quite reach it - but by sitting still, and the more one sits still, the closer one comes to feeling ill. Health and salvation can only be found in motion. If anyone denies that motion exists, I do as Diogenes did, I walk. If anyone denies that health resides in motion, then I walk away from morbid objections. Thus if one keeps on walking, everything will be alright. And out in the country you have all the advantages; you do not risk being stopped before you are safe and happy outside your gate, nor do you run the risk of being intercepted on your way home. I remember exactly what happened to me a while ago and what has happened frequently since then. I had been walking for an hour and a half and had done a great deal of thinking, and with the help of motion had become very agreeable person to myself. What bliss, and, as you may imagine, what care did I not take to bring my bliss home as safely as possible. Thus, I hurry along, with downcast eyes I steal through the streets, so to speak; confident that I am entitled to the sidewalk, I do not consider it necessary to look about at all (for thereby one is so easily intercepted, just as one is looking about in order to avoid) and thus hasten along the sidewalk with my bliss (for the ordinance forbidding one to carry anything on the sidewalk does not extend to bliss, which makes a person lighter) - and run directly into a man who is suffering from illness and who therefore with downcast eyes, defiant because of this illness, does not even think he must look about when he is not entitled to the sidewalk. I was stopped. It was quite an exalted gentleman who now honoured me with his conversation. Thus, all was lost. After the conversation ended, there was only one thing left to do, instead of going home, to go walking again. Yours, Soren Kierkegaard From ‘Letter to Henrietta Lund’, 1847 (trans. Henrik Rosenmeier, 1978

[@nantarn5375]

Very under-appreciated channel, amazing content and voice acting

[@bruceblosser384]

Ahhhh... So Nietzsche was an avid hiker and walker! A very important thing to do!!! Not only does it stimulate the body, and give one good exercise, it is also fruitful in giving the nervous system a good work out of a different sort!

[@frankalfieri1677]

Best videos for how to spend your remaining revolutions around the sun on all of KZbin! Thank you for taking the time to make these. You are a blessing!

[@juanro343]

Nietzsche: “Don’t read too many books. Except mine, those are okay.”

[@zenheadshot3742]

P.d: Because I'm so wise, so clever and write such good books''.

[@voiceofomiej7722]

People dont know anything about their lives

[@BugsBunny-of6bi]

😂

[@yashmishra17]

Man this is such a great channel, helped me a great deal in understanding various philosophies of both Nietzsche and Schopenhauer. Thank you for another great video.

[@sayresrudy2644]

the images you choose are so beautiful. thank you.

[@retrofuture1989]

"Touch grass." -Nietzsche

[@uncommonsensewithpastormar2913]

I very much agree with Nietzsche and Schopenhauer on the sin of reading too much. While I walk the dog nearly an hour a day, it is not in walking, but in writing that I come up with the most original ideas.

[@arslongavitabreves]

One thing you should realize is, at that time, the only entertainment that any scholars can get is, well, mostly books. Nowadays, we have phones, computers, TVs, etc. I think the ideas in this vid apply to those media as well

[@iga279]

if books are entertainment to you, like tv, phones and the internet, then I think you mean comic books (no intent to maliciously denigrate comics though)

[@pratikashranjande7833]

​@@iga279Well that's what pulp literature as mentioned in the video is.

[@johngoras73]

I remember my undergrad years where I was very much in my own head. And this was years before the Ipod. And walkmans were a pain to shlepp with, so I forgo those. My one saving grace was the long walks I had to and fro housing and campus. It was a good three miles each way every day. It was probably the only thing that truly kept me somewhat healthy and sane.

[@minhtrungle1241]

So thankful for that video, me reading alot of book and feel a little result and don't know why. Thanks you

[@env0x]

it took me until i was in my 30s before i even figured out what books i WANTED to read. i never had any interest in reading books before because i would just read everything online or watch a video. but for some reason after i turned 30 i figured there was a lot of information in books i wouldn't be able to find online. also nice to spend some time away from a screen once in a while.

[@magenertech9412]

What kind of information did you find exclusively in books?

[@env0x]

@@magenertech9412 i guess what i am referring to is writings directly from the author. there are translations as well, and each translator will have a different perspective of the author's original work. there are variations of interpretations and summaries you can find online. but if you can read the original writings straight from the author or trusted translator you're getting a unique perspective that is fleshed-out and well thought out. also a lot of the original writings of some authors (like the lesser known works) aren't available online.

[@liberationinourdays]

This was a most needed guiding message. Very well put together to top it off. Gratitude from Israel

[@andrewpochedly4636]

*me walking over to bookcase full of books I haven’t read yet* “We need to talk”

[@johnnyofthesticks7260]

I remember reading Nietzsche in my ex girlfriends house, an entire afternoon, extremely complex, and while I understood, I didnt get the whole picture till a professor taught me, a couple of years after that, what he was saying, in a more profound way, the meaning, who was he fighting with, etc, etc, etc.

[@jeremyhopkins577]

If I read more than 100 pages tops of anything in a day, it starts to feel like just a bunch of words for the sake of words and nothing is really going in. Time to reflect is vital.

[@aeriscreatesidk5136]

Honestly, as a teenager, here and there when I'm bored and want to make ideas. I completely agree with Neitzsche and Schopenhauer here though, walking is the best tool for thinking. It's also nice when you are feeling down at times And this helped me ALOT, it's kind of true, I'm an absolute addict when it comes to books Thank you for the video. You're work is great! 👍

[@ToxicTurtleIsMad]

He isn't speaking to you.

[@damianclifford9693]

Brilliant episode !

[@Nathan-vn5tg]

I have chronic tendonopathy and I can’t walk for more than 10 minutes without pain. However, I started ti cycle with one leg even for short periods and I feel as though my mental health and injury have improved drastically. There is no doubt. We are meant to spend a lot more time outside

[@georgestefanov2098]

I wholeheartedly agree. After a day of hard work of both reading and writing, I always like to go on a walk.

[@doyle6000]

WAY ahead of you!!

[@denizz85]

this video is so beautiful man thank you

[@mildsauce5019]

Ive found times in my life where I was most 'under the gun' to complete a task I would often take long walks. Perhaps some intuitive thing sprung up from within me and informed this.

[@WeltgeistYT]

Walking is very underrated

[@invalididentity7345]

That literally describes my situation😢 I think I am reading too much and can barely do the thinking by my own.

[@_mishi]

Damn and I just came back after buying 2 new books. After watching this I have come to realise that I need to heavily cut back on the time I spend on youtube. I spend 36 hours on average on youtube and as you would imagine most of it is for pure entertainment. Once love your content. P.S do you have a certain upload schedule so that we can know when to expect your videos to come up (e.g weekly, monthly)

[@igknighte]

Wow, brilliant ideas. Thank you

[@MarcoPolo-fs5uw]

Thanks for the video.

[@te9591]

This is so insightful.

[@dashdandelion3681]

fabulous video!!

[@clauderonald6724]

I needed to hear this ❤️❤️❤️

[@bootlegapples]

A great writer is one who tells you what you already know,right?By that I mean I wore myself out online reading articles and studies,copious amounts.I never went to college or read much - until I got online.I found after a few years I was depressed and suffering anxiety attacks("Black pilled" as they say).I then discovered we need (what I make an analogy to ) mental dietary fibre. I think we have a *need* to participate in the here & now but especially and most beneficialy with activities related to basic survival such as fishing,gardening and hunting.As somebody diagnosed with "ADD" it went hand in hand with open ended pursuits of catching striper (salt water striped bass).I learned of the tides,instincts and conditions to catch them - I was on the go at all hours of the morning and night.I can say that it relieved my depression and anxiety.I also lost 15 lbs too without trying as well.You'll never catch me jogging ,good lord no,so boring! Hikes are good but I think fishing,gardening,farming,hunting is where it's mostly at.Those are survival skills too, they keep you from ruminating excessively over the future and past.Try it.

[@trevor_mounts_music]

anxiety attacks =/ black pilled

[@jonswanson7766]

Schopenhauer advised discretion regarding the reading of books. Ninety-nine percent are not worth the trouble. His essays are spot on, revealing a truly marvelous human being, do not judge him solely by his philosophical works.

[@pavel0900]

Thank you for your pleasant and informative videos

[@WeltgeistYT]

Thank you!

[@highdesertdrew1844]

For work, I can make CAD models, or I can run the CNC machine. Designing parts is an intense thought activity, and can burn me out. Operating the CNC machine requires very little thought, and only slight attention, leaving plenty of time to contemplate things before loading more parts. Some of my best insights come while I piously contemplate the mills.

[@Soulmodulation]

The man speaks truth. I'm not a fan of reading most books because they often make much ado to get to a simple point. Pauses to meditate are a must. Also, I have difficulty writing without getting up and pacing, as if my legs were a dynamo for the production of ideas.

[@saimak7079]

The huge majority do not read, and get along just fine. All is well. Some of the wisest people I know don't read. Nietzsche read voraciously, so yes, of course he would say that. Nietzsche is effectively contrarian here. Most people should read more.

[@dlloydy5356]

Thanks a great reminder…although I am listening on my phone at 5am as I woke up early!! 😬

[@Masamune2001]

This is exactly the conclusion I had come to in my mid-teens, but had no idea Nietze advocated this. The more I listen to his ideas, the more I feel I should look into them.

[@ToxicTurtleIsMad]

Not for you.

[@Loty2023]

Today is a must to read. Our thinking is numb from tv and social media.

[@sirguy6678]

Fantastic video!

[@yannicgagnon886]

Interesting video - thanks!

[@cagriarsln]

Great video thanks

[@joeruf6526]

sadly this is why so many find themselves justified neglecting the text when in fact they are intellectually inadequate or insecure or, most likely, just lazy. think this only applies to those who spend years reading hours and hours a day. more a diagnosis to himself than the average person

[@Joefrenomics]

Reducing various “inputs” to your brain (like news, podcasts, TV, books, etc.) and spending more time reflecting and getting “out of your head” is ultimately what he meant. Back in his day, there were no phones or radios, or TVs. So reading was the primary activity that kept you “locked in your head”.

[@joeruf6526]

@@Joefrenomics I don't think so. Nietzsche was himself very reflective but I think was prioritizing "action" as opposed to reflection. I also don't think it's crazy that he didn't want you to read or you may disagree with him lol. But you may be correct.

[@thoreauaway876]

I was looking for a comment like this one. The impression I made of Nietzsche was that of an elitist who had little patience for people who dither around. I felt that these comments of Nietzsche’s were about people who drop their entire lives for reading and writing. You want to be like Hume. Hume kept a blossoming, meaningful social life alongside his lofty work in philosophy. Whatever that work/life balance looks like for you, just don’t give up your entire life in that pursuit of edification or whatever. Push and I shall sway on this one though. I’m just glad I wasn’t the only one who felt like something was off here.

[@Mateo-et3wl]

i worry a lot about this. often go through periods of reading 6-8 hours a day, which usually translates to a book per day. i don't feel like i absorb much from them. the endless pile of future books to read gives me some anxiety. and i find myself more detached from the people around me, who generally aren't readers . i don't know what the solution is. i love taking walks but they're just fuel for further loneliness.

[@franszymanek8695]

Hang in there, Mateo. Hopefully, you will find a friend or someone to walk with. Smile more at others and keep the faith.

[@shaunkerr8721]

Great vid!

[@WeltgeistYT]

Thanks!

[@Nothing_to_see_here_27.]

This video is perfection.

[@amidatobi]

This was really an excellent video. It seems the collective unconscious is trying to communicate to me. Time to take a walk!

[@gnome1645]

I’m an ordinary human. Unlike these great philosophers, no profound thoughts come to my mind whether I take a walk or not. If I don’t read, I don’t know how to pass time.

[@tan-yildiz]

The more I learn about Nietzsche, the more I realize I was a Nietzschean all along.

[@hiimacreeper1]

How do you think Nietzsche would feel about calling yourself a Nietzchean?

[@tan-yildiz]

@@hiimacreeper1 It's easier to use one word than to delineate my philosophy down to each element. My line of thought by no means depends on his but what I wanted to express is that I'm coming to the realization that it's very similar to his.

[@hiimacreeper1]

@@tan-yildiz I gotchu, wish you well on your journey!

[@tan-yildiz]

@@hiimacreeper1 All the same for you!

[@arpitthakur45]

@@tan-yildiz so is nietzsche a taniyan probably?

[@Theabysstreasure]

So i think most great thoughts arise from reflecting on your circumstances and how you see the world and not how someone else wrote about it. Nietzsche wanted people to be original in a sense.

[@themindbodyhearts4320]

but what of the paradox between calling a thought "original" and yet Nietzsche admitting that the power of the idea Zarathustra "came to [him]"? what is an "original" thought actually? what is the nature of thinking? are our thoughts not ineffable reorganisations of the impressions we collect all along our lives, blended with our previous experience and our sense of space-time/continuity? did the panoramic vistas of Schopenhauer's youth not impress upon him (from without)? where do we draw the line and say that it was "Schopenhauer" who had a thought, and not the thought that overtook Schopenhauer? these questions are not trivial, but are at the centre of what constitutes to limit of the "individual" and the relations one shares with(in) an "environment" while having/being "a body"... great video, as always, thanks for your continued dedication to spreading these awesome ideas :)

[@prizzamage]

in addition to getting outside more often perhaps having more sustainable-clear mindsets is equally as vital.

[@tuckersmoak6632]

im a Schopenhauer style daily walker. I take my dog on a 1hr walk in the morning and in the afternoon through the woods near my house. We did over 700hrs of trail walking last year alone.

[@16sputnik7]

We appreciate you too. Love from Cape Town.

[@OnceAJay]

That's what I've been doing since a kid. at one point, I had the idea of locking myself in a room so I could read more. I figured it was better for me to just read after exercising, or doing it outside, or even while walking. Somehow, it makes thigs easier to understand and to remember.

[@ichbindoofhihi1]

great video!

[@WeltgeistYT]

Thank you

[@sohamdave9184]

Man I love your videos. It's pretty hard to understand Nietzsche but the way you explain everything is beautifully done. Personally I think Nietzsche says we have gone too far from our nature and to be true to it is best. So I always try to wake up, go for a walk first thing(your brain is in an information giving state so feedback is amazing during morning walks plus the sunlight wakes up your body). I try to read 1 hour a day but recently my exams ended so I just wanna read all the philosophy I can over summer. 40hrs/week is the plan but only for a month. Thanks man looking for to your next video

[@michalmarkovic4074]

nicely done!

[@WeltgeistYT]

Thanks!

[@CommonSwense]

I love to listen to videos like this while I walk outside.

[@unconditionalfreedom]

Well done! so true :)

[@VerdantSeeker]

though i dont agree with his philosophies, i greatly admire nietzsche for his undoubtedly vast intellect, and ive always been in very strong support of his fondness for walks. even before knowing this about him, i remember i would always go on an hourly long walk after completing any book, contemplating, reflecting, and digesting. i certainly think this type of reflection is necessary to really reap any benefit from your literature, and necessary before going to ur next read as well!

[@EyalAvrahamov]

your channel is amasibg

[@ericerdmann3445]

This is a great video

[@iga279]

Couldn't agree more; As simple as it sounds in today's world this is pure genius.

[@StainlessStev3]

nice stuff

[@astrovian2713]

Watched until the end. Algorithm business out of the way, this video perfectly encapsulates why i listen instead of take notes. it becomes easier to process information by listening the more you do it over taking notes.

[@WeltgeistYT]

Appreciate the comment!

[@JustAnotherUser69696]

great advice

[@frankchilds9848]

I like what was said about cell phones....indeed they turn into prison cells for the modern human who refuses to dare try living beyond the ever present cell phone!

[@PJ-ns6um]

Homo Unius Libri ("a man of one book") is a Latin phrase attributed to Thomas Aquinas...[who] is reputed to have employed the phrase "hominem unius libri timeo" (meaning "I fear the man of a single book"). wikipedia

[@constantinmihailpopescu1340]

Gratitude !

[@niftyskates85]

Basically personal experience and not falling into the self improvement rabbit hole trap. Common sense but can be easy to slip into.

[@Ebb0Productions]

I needed to hear this. Thanks! /algorithm comment

[@damianclifford9693]

I would love to hear Weitgeist's treatment of Ian McGilchrits work, there are many parrallels in the wisdoms in this episode with his insights and explication of the differing world our left and right hemispheres allow us.

[@connorlewis1150]

This is brilliant.

[@pjohnnyboy7]

Instead of going on walks I run, but it has the same effect. A nice 1-2 hours to take a step back, meditate and reflect and things I’m thinking about. I often reflect on my religion but other topics as well. I know a lot of people would use those extra hours to watch Netflix instead, and I think are worse off for it.

[@sameersawdekar3293]

I stopped reading books for a few years after reading many for so many years. At one point books made me passive and impractical. Thanks for uploading a video which I literally experienced. Thanks a lot

[@EstevesxD]

Good content.

[@WeltgeistYT]

Thank you Nicolas

[@lemonprime7889]

6:06 I could've sworn the advert was coming. People are so sneaky these days.

[@Gothamnameless]

I love your channel

[@WeltgeistYT]

Thank you!

[@sudarshanbadoni6643]

Nature never trouble any one even gardening that benefits the heart most and gives satisfaction of accomplishing a good task as well. Better not to read is better then following according to a Japanese proverb. Me learnt the difference between being reactive and proactive and try to understand and improve further as proactive is considered better.THANKS.

[@optinoptimist]

I think it all depends on the person. Some people, like myself, agree that, reading often isn't an efficient use of my time, and can even be counter productive. For me it's because: 1) I currently desire to be a vessel for new ideas and innovations, not old ideas and pedagogy. 2) I need to focus my time, energy, and head space on creating, vetting, and comparing my own ideas to that of others in a more efficient manner, and with less distraction, than long form reading will allow in my life. 3) I don't have vivid internal imagery when reading. So at it's base, reading already offers me less than it might offer others with more vivid internal imagery, who more easily create, and see, worlds in their mind's eye. Someone else, who has a life or career where they don't need vast amounts of creativity, and are more interested in using their free time for either reading as education or escapism, might be heavily benefited from reading, and might not face anything counterproductive from it imo.

[@kenillla]

Any examples of your ideas?

[@optinoptimist]

@@kenillla check out my "philosophy with fangs" playlist on my channel, i'm just now trying to articulate my ideas to the public, and i'd love your feedback!!! I'm going to make a summary (tldr) of my "one idea" series shortly, and that will more concretely define some of the concepts/ideas in that series of videos, then i will be moving on to articulate more of my ideas! ultimately i have a ton of ideas, but will need to unpack them each properly, and am starting with basic ideas like "overemphasis of worries and fears leads to feelings of paranoia, victimization, and a general decrease in one's sense of well being"