Nietzsche: Why Great Thinkers Don't Marry

[@jollygoodfellow3957]

Philosophizing takes a lot of energy. So do women. Priorities are important.

[@alexalithompson5146]

He simped out

[@jackforseti224]

@@lovesignal that would have been stupid

[@lovesignal]

@@jackforseti224 It's stupid either way. The self-centeredness of men is a clear indication of stupidity. It's what feeds your delusions of superiority over women.

[@Footbal_supremacy]

​@@lovesignal That's female humour right there.

[@enclaveofdoom]

But is that really true? How come all great kings (who are the main drivers of change) had wives

[@pettythiefstube4609]

You need peace, quiet, solitude and free time to think well. Such precious things that don’t go hand in hand with a woman nearby.

[@mehakverma7043]

Not true. Andrew Wiles (the guy who proved Fermat's last theorem) was married and had kids when he finally proved the theorem. Being married doesn't remove your ability to work, especially as a man. In this he states It was the "most important moment in my working life". That man had his priorities straight. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYSadKt3qbtogdUsi=PjbAukYb0yAOpNho

[@JL-ly7me]

Married men get everything in their hands. Except if they have children, get they get more free time with a woman. The same is not true for the women though

[@csn10]

@@mehakverma7043 Newton lived in the countryside to be alone. That's how you get calculus and physics. Eistein was married, but had to tell his wife to not speak to him apart from a morning greeting. Trivial matters occupy far more a person's life than they realize, but most wives obsess over the trivial and demand that their husbands do too. The great ones must tune out all the noise. Thom Yorke writes the entire albums, scores every instrument's part on his own and then collaborates with the rest of Radiohead. The emphasis on group work is misguided and robs half the population of their potential.

[@csn10]

@@JL-ly7me A wife demands the biggest house the couple can afford and then scales back her hours as kids enter the picture, she demands the house further from his work so the kids have more room to play without the father she complains is never home though that was her intent all along, she nags so much he has to banish himself to the man cave in the basement of his own house to find a moment's peace... I could go on, but if what you're saying is true in the west, marriage rates wouldn't have declined from 40 out of 1000 to 3.6 out of a thousand in 50 years.

[@mehakverma7043]

@@csn10 Andrew Wiles didn't shut away his wife when he was busy proving Fermat's last theorem. Einstein was autistic. There is a difference between being married and living out of the city. A lot of academics have to live in the city. Milton Friedman lived in the city. Thomas Reid moved from Aberdeen (a small university town) to Edinburgh (the capital). Everyone is not the same. Adam Smith was from Edinburgh, was he not intelligent? Oppenheimer had plenty of relationship issues while being married, yet he was still able to create the nuclear bomb under the pressure of war. Mf Elon musk is on his third wife!! His life is literally so chaotic, yet I don't doubt that he still contributes to the engineering sides of his companies. And on Radiohead, Jonny Greenwood is married, is he any less great of a musician than Thom Yorke? Everyone is different, you cannot apply the rule that everyone needs peace and quiet and needs to be emotionally withdrawn in order to produce great and intelligent work.

[@johnt5897]

Deep thinking requires energy and solitude If you have a wife your time and energy will go towards her, taking time and energy from thinking It’s a trade off, and if you want to be a touted thinker, you have to make sacrifices

[@benclark3457]

in solitutde, you can keep a train of thought. no matter hoow much extrernal influences seek to destroy it, they simply cant. you can watch. you can study. you can learn. do it for long enough, and you can evolve. but dont tell the 2024 crowd, theyre homogenised enough

[@josefarrington]

Maybe because women pair with men that make them feel. Not men that make them think.

[@RapidBlindfolds]

Also goes the other way

[@medmido523]

Thinking is feeling

[@lucystrauss2989]

I would much rather think than feel. This is so sexist. Basically driven for pro creation. Female philosopher’s exist too.

[@mehakverma7043]

I guess Bertrand Russel, Rousseau, Andrew Wiles, and many other great thinkers didn't think.

[@RobVanDelay_WholeFnContest]

​@@lucystrauss2989 name some

[@faiqalishah1713]

Finally,something to cover my insecurities up.

[@Bharatmaximus]

😭😭😭🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂

[@simeoneruggeri911]

It hurts but its the truth, we should all come to terms with that brother. Good luck

[@jmcorpuz1]

Same 😂😂😂

[@TheCinematicGamer]

Hahaha exactly

[@steamer2k319]

Oh, uh, yeah. Me too. I don't have money or smokin' hot babes because I totally didn't want them. But I definitely could get those if I wanted.

[@fatalheart7382]

In trying to be with someone, she demanded from me happiness, and I realized how much better it is to be alone.

[@samuelevander9823]

She wasn't the one. You need to keep searching. Do not despair! Dating can be challenging but it is only a game you lose when you quit! When you do find the right one you'll feel how it was all worth it!

[@timstevens3361]

more like she extorted from me my happiness

[@andrealy72]

Dont fall for this "right one" bs Dating is over for our generation Glad you noticed that already

[@samuelevander9823]

@@andrealy72 it's not. I know a millenial girl in a committed, decade old marriage. what do you call that?

[@parasitius]

This style in these video - crisp video, audio, backgrounds, outfits - is OFF THE HOOK amazing! Wish you incredible success with this channel,

[@justachannel8600]

"But I was here" they screamed into the void, everyone in his own way. But the void remained silent.

[@takumithao1992XD]

The void is loud, uncomfortably loud😂

[@siyabongampongwana990]

Is this a quote?

[@justachannel8600]

@@siyabongampongwana990 No, that's something I came up with when I thought about how the clout-chasing of my generation is tied to not having children. Didn't know that Nietzsche had already said these things.

[@letsfaceit9187]

Bars 🔥

[@ivor000]

echo, the abyss, reflect

[@PentaRaus]

There are energy drains that require constant attention.

[@szymonbaranowski8184]

except if they can reverse when your alpha and not need to do anything to get energy for free..

[@braxtonmills1235]

They lose too. When they have kids many child support payments. ​@@szymonbaranowski8184

[@Corvid-Conquest]

Yes, exactly! This is precisely why I'm celibate; I'm a great philosopher. Thanks, Johnathan Bi!

[@Andreandre2xx]

Copium

[@TheSSEssesse]

@@Andreandre2xx does all sarcasm fly unnoticed over your head?

[@Andreandre2xx]

@@TheSSEssesse not all, but it didn't seem like sarcasm to me, plus how do you know he was being sarcastic at all?

[@TheSSEssesse]

@@Andreandre2xx read it again

[@Andreandre2xx]

@@TheSSEssesse read mine again too

[@vdl3984]

Optimization of the environment to achieve the main goals makes a lot of sense...As it is also the legacy through their work instead of having children, which makes women practically redundant in their lives. In a way, these men are father figures of many, even though they don't have families of their own. It really is a very different and solitary endeavour.

[@voidakolimbodagan8794]

Riddle me this genius where do you think those kids came from? Damn why is having kids and wanting to dedicate your life to raising them always gotta be pushed then? And weak and “not complete”? Why not respect everyone’s path they take towards all inseparability? If woman are all the same what’s stopping you from dating a dude? It’s like doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results, you know, insanity? 🤣

[@lightworker2956]

@@voidakolimbodagan8794 "If woman are all the same what’s stopping you from dating a dude?" Sometimes the left shouts: "don't you dare assume that a gay guy chose to be gay. He was born this way. The only acceptable option is to take him at his word that he's gay and to accept his sexuality. It's beyond monstrous to push a gay guy to date women.." Sometimes the left shouts: "hey heterosexual guy, go date dudes." So, is the left just being blatantly inconsistent to win arguments? Or do they hate heterosexual guys but not gay guys?

[@tytsam72]

​@@voidakolimbodagan8794 mate if I may intervene. Myself an average unemployed thinker here. Hopefully I am getting a clear picture of what you are trying to say. According to what I read you have questions regarding 2 issues 1. Marriage being looked down upon and in this context why not respect different people's paths inseparably. 2. Why not date men if women are a hassle and the same. 1. I don't think in general concensus and common sense it's looked down upon to have families and raising kids. It takes lots of factors to run a proper healthy family. Therefore like you mentioned marriage is a path which is Respected generally and so is the path of thinkers who chose to not marry, however the second path mentioned here is not so common these days. Any path is respectable in my view as long as it doesn't genuinely harm others. 2. Well mate. I don't know about the initiator of this thread's view on this topic neither do I yours. It would be nice to share yours too. According to me, my experiences and preferences. I'm not attracted to guys sexually so women fits that purpose. And I and a lot of guys do not romantically date men but are close friends with them and have a fun chemistry as buddies, bros, mates etc. Which in itself addresses the question that we do enjoy company of other men non sexually lol. This non sexual chemistry or relationship is a bigger part of any dating process and even committed relationships like marriages or else it's just for sexual needs to be met. Some women are really tough to handle and are not a good vibe to be around so I can feel some thinkers prioritizing their legacy and commitment towards wisdom knowledge and sharing of it over having a marriage. This is what @vdl3984 was saying. Additionally in choosing the path of wisdom and celibacy the thinkers are indirectly becoming like father figures for many, not by directly providing materialistic support, which is super important too but they are like father's to many people who need guidance. Specially the lost ones. No path is greater or better, to each their own, unless it causes serious harm. Do share your views mates. ☮️

[@szymonbaranowski8184]

they just play Gods and prophets they should never become politicians or civil leaders because intellectuals come with ideas that are unnatural and fk up all natural mechanisms

[@natbrownizzle1387]

To be fair, Nietzsche did fall in love very hard but she just did not want him.

[@ashutoshtripathi.]

I wonder how worse off we would have been if a man like Nietzsche had settled down.

[@natbrownizzle1387]

@@ashutoshtripathi. The way I see it is, that he lived at the right time in the right place. I don't believe in the concept of the "chosen one", but I do believe that there are minds, which are just driven. For example you can not make someone have the same mindset as Michael Jordan, the same goes for Nietzsche, he was a searcher, and so was Schopenhauer too. BUT, if they were born today, I trully believe that they would just rage on social media the whole time. Schopenhauer was known for having arguments with people and sneering at them, he was a thick skulled man, Nietzsche also argued, I Mean just read his texts, he is not a Immanuel Kant, we can all agree to that. I believe that the main goal of our generation (I am in my 30s) and the next ones, is to learn how to walk through life, whilst understanding how to use social media and smartphones and whatever comes next as tools and not to allow these tools to turn us into brainless zombies. Even the musician Prince warned us about this, he knew what potential this technology has. Just think for a moment for what most people use their laptops, phones and or pcs for. It's mostly for nonsense. I am guilty of that too.

[@09kaustubh]

Not necessarily

[@alo5301]

He was to weak to whip them ;) Zarathustra when you go to women dont forget your whip

[@Aether3636]

Best thing that could happen

[@ARM1NIUS]

That and women don't like men that think/talk philosophy all the time.

[@marvinlang3777]

True, they just wanna do whats fun and run after whatever makes them feel good and gives them dopamine and the basis of philosophy is usually letting go of animalistic cyclical sense stimulation in order to get to the Soul or the truth. But woman dont care about truth or god nearly as much as men do.

[@kc201310]

i kinda think i would since i do the same... idk

[@savioronline]

@@kc201310 No one here believes you only got two legs

Maybe its your other qualities that are the problem?? Try showing interest in others if you expect them to show interest in you. Fairs fair, right. Give AND get...

[@kenirawadi4689]

Not at that time, when people still understand there are two genders.

[@abrantie]

Socrates chose the most annoying wife test his resolve ??😂😂 that man must be something else

[@unbiasedunbothered9270]

He's just built different lol

[@SamuelBirku95]

Wasn’t he murdered for asking too many questions? Lmao seems like he knew his type

[@BoggiFroggy]

He was something else! 😂

[@ernstjacques2056]

Socrates wild asl I died laughing 😂

[@ragnork645]

Marry a good wife you'll be happy, marry a bad one, you'll become a philosopher 😂

[@clementokoro5563]

You my friend are a philosopher 😂

[@ragnork645]

@clementokoro5563 ironically this statement doesn't apply to me. I was a philosopher all my life.😉

[@techshark77]

MEN NEVER MARRY, THERE IS ZERO BENEFIT IN IT... FOR YOU

[@vincentbaca790]

Walk down an aisle and go to prison for free and for life! DON'T DO IT!

[@falconkratos7843]

I wanted a b3ng m4id, but no woman was interested in my proposition, I would like to say, our vibes didn't match.....

[@ezmode946]

Philosophers being humble... that's a good one

[@zakariyajeffali6520]

Plus bro used the most arrogant philosopher as an example...The irony 😆

[@BlindBosnian]

He probably meant humility as a way of life rather than humility as a character trait

[@yavarjn2055]

They associate something like this to Plato if I am not mistaken:"When a man has a beautiful, kind, caring woman he becomes happy and fulfilled, when he has the opposite he becomes a philosopher"

[@ibrahimmaiga1564]

The Real reason is because they don't have time or have difficulties spend time with another person

[@dias7412]

I think the most important reason is they know that nothing matters and they don't want to control another person, the person who has the same rights and thoughts and independence.... They clearly relize that you will be divorced if you don't want to control your wife. No matter how intelligent, educated or conscious is your partner (wife) everything she wants is to be controlled even they don't say it .

[@donventura2116]

​@@dias7412If women wanted to be controlled, i don't think they would have joined the workforce and fought for self-autobomy for over a century. They'd have been content as property and political tools.

[@dias7412]

@@donventura2116 they will never offence it... but it is only thing they want

[@djeff264]

@@dias7412 true

[@ibrahimmaiga1564]

You re completly right yoKZbin ❤

[@justlive8189]

All my life I’ve had many woman by nature. Sometimes I think it’s a curse. They keep coming without me trying. I’m a thinker with many ideas, somehow woman do get in between. I truly understand

[@RafaelangeloDeNazareth]

on god... how do we balance this? I think I'm fortunate. i have a beautiful woman and she doesnt mind as much if I go away for a few months to a half a year to go philosophize lol

[@newafricanforum]

You would be Dostoevsky by now if it wasn't those broads who continue bothering you😂😂😂

[@bluesoffthecharts]

I just opened the video and already got subscribed. Amazing type of videos

[@EubulusKane3259]

Hegel, Russell, Berkeley, Dennett, Aristotle; some philosophers old and current who were married.

[@mehakverma7043]

EXACTLY!

[@KingGodzilla-m2t]

Because if they have wife, they will have no time to THINK.

[@StewardofSovereignty]

If it does not yield fruit, it is not wisdom. There is a fine line between not having distractions with the façade of humility, to be consumed by mere intellectualizing and not carrying your own weight - versus not having distractions so as to be more fruitful and beneficent in the (usable, not theoretical) wisdom and light you present in the lives of others. Being a nerd without income is unforgivable. We as the truth seekers are the most well-equipped and obligated to make more, serve others, and lead them to optimization. Not to stay merely sophists and magicians in their high towers, but to be well-rounded men with whatever chosen specialty they adore. Some will be philosophy, some will be fatherhood. Some will be both.

[@Patrusfarr]

Right! I should become a more productive man of action - an Ubermensch even! I shall lead my fellow man so that we may optimize the extraction of as much free energy from the earth and sun as possible, and as quick as possible to usher forth my great utopia. Carry your share of the weight of my light and I guarantee you eternal bliss.

[@alexlewis5365]

I think the point you're missing is that money is not made by people with intelligence. Nerds are not the ones who are rewarded. It's the ones who steal their ideas and sell them that are rewarded. And for most everybody else, money can only be made by deploying deception, something that most of philosophy would look down upon.

[@fabsmaster5309]

@@alexlewis5365”Money can only be made by employing deception?” If that is your belief, I doubt you’ve ever made a significant amount of money. That or you work in advertising.

[@alexlewis5365]

@@fabsmaster5309 But it's true. Get out of here with your ad hominem.

[@jayvaughn6805]

No just real genuine honesty ​@@alexlewis5365

[@Tommy_007]

Great thinkers are rarely interested in money or status. Many women are not attracted to purely intellectual ambitions that are not used to aquire money or status.

[@timos5587]

Is not about they write books or poems, its about they can understand the inside world of women and can't handle it...

[@anhbayar11]

Foolish comment.

[@KallusGarnet]

Women are emotionally sadistic they need someone to punish and put blame on so they can stay emotionally healthy.

[@PeterRogersMD]

"I love intellectual men. They know everything, and suspect nothing.... I'm a great housekeeper. Everytime I divorce a man, I keep his house." - Zsa Zsa Gabor. Women don't care about genius, unless they also make money. The scholar accepts poverty so he can free up time to study. There is always more to read and study. I'm an academic genius & my wife is like Zsa Zsa = a machine to empty my wallet.

The misogyny is coming out here. Women are geniuses and philosophers too. Not just wives looking for husbands and money. We have minds and hopes of our own, y'know, like a human being... One woman does not represent all women. You aren't bright enough to be a philosopher if you cannot even understand that. Did it ever occur to you that the type of person you attract is a reflection of yourself?? And highly educated doesn't necessarily mean highly intelligent, fyi...

[@xiayu6098]

Poor wife

[@MrEpic6996]

Then why would you marry her If you dont want someone to empty your wallet,dont marry or marry someone who earns their own money

[@PeterRogersMD]

@@MrEpic6996 They don't announce their intentions until after they've got the magic ring to control the poor chump.

[@marse7092]

@@PeterRogersMDif you’re a clever intellectual, you should have thought of this before asking her to marry you lol 😂

[@Cam-Robinson]

Real answer: most philosophers are thinkers rather than practitioners. They would rather saddle up with the idea they’re too intelligent and different from everyone else to comfort themselves; rather than face the reality they’re just like everyone else and have to deal with the challenges accompanied with being a practitioner in the world in which there are no black and white theoretical answers to most of the problems we face.

[@luckynumber5.56]

@@Cam-Robinson this is true. I just came to the realization not too long ago that no matter how amazing thoughts I have, I will forever be the same as everyone else and therefore I have to navigate the world like everyone else. I’ve realized that my philosophical side has no place in this society and I need to learn how to navigate this society just as I learn how to navigate the philosophical journey. They are 2 separate pieces. My employer does not care that I have any sort of brain power. They only care that I get the job done that I was assigned to do. Nothing more nothing less. My girlfriend does not care of my brain power either. She only cares that I make her feel good, nothing more nothing less.

[@thepunisherxxx6804]

They are NOT just like everyone else you utter fool. Great men are rare, thinkers are rare. Our modern world is the result of a few hundred people's ideas and problem solving. You're not even in the same league.

[@jozzieification]

Next time my mum asks me if I’m dating anyone I’ll just pretend I’m a philosopher

[@muhammadsameerdar1091]

Good one but as a Muslim brother let me tell you that in our religion, young lads cannot date or go on valentine's day with a young pretty lady because our Islamic Religion forbids it, you can have romance but if a boy fully growns and become man then he can marry and have romance in decent way not (adultery or sinful behavior wild acts, which is a major sin in Islam)

[@muhammadsameerdar1091]

Touching a girl hand if she is too young and innocent and doesn't want the boy to flirt with her then leave her because devil makes human to do these kinds of acts.

[@muhammadsameerdar1091]

First, numbers are exchange second, boy comes at girl's house and politely they talk for hours and third they make a move or slowly do touching with each other and fourth they sleep with each other then five they then go wild with each other and can use sex toys and in o-levels biology in Disease and immunity chapter through HIV means having sexual intercourse that can infect both genders so basically either female gets pregnant or male has no option just to leave his parents because he has to look after the girl's baby for which he used to play+ romance with her then devil made hell for both of them.

[@uprightmovement]

Because They’re Wise.

[@jasonmeade955]

It is not just philosophy (as we conceive of philosophy). It is almost all of the greatest thinkers and almost all the greatest builders, inventors, and creators. And for the same reasons.

[@princessofsensuality]

This setting is so amazing 🌹

[@sammygoodnight]

When you have a woman to please, you just don't have the time and energy for much extended deep thought.

[@Robb3348]

that's really what it comes to. nor does one tend to have the neutrality which is essential for truth-seeking--your gf doesn't want you to think neutrally or calmly lol. speaking in the aggregate ofc

[@naiminterim]

if he continues clipping from the larger lectures hes gonna blow up

[@tubetomarcato]

3:48, most replayed bit in this video is the one and only shot of two beautiful women. The irony is not lost on me.

[@Prim3e]

Man of culture, glad someone mentioned it

[@MADMOGtheFrugal]

The channel has come a long way. Great presentation

[@IvanSpaziano-ko5cv]

The real philosopher is always like a voyager or a walking Monk, he don't have time or the mindset for recreate a life based in satisfy a small group of peoples, like in a family or a little society.

[@Luneytoon]

Im not lonely I’m just smart, thanks for the validation!

[@wilfredv1930]

A woman become your second most important priority when you decide to add them/her in your life, the first priority is the fact that you need to maintain the environment to keep her with you. And my man, for sure, you need both priorities fulfilled.

[@mehakverma7043]

Not true. Andrew Wiles (the guy who proved Fermat's last theorem) was married and had kids when he finally proved the theorem. Being married doesn't remove your ability to work, especially as a man. In this he states It was the "most important moment in my working life". That man had his priorities straight. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYSadKt3qbtogdUsi=PjbAukYb0yAOpNho

[@wilfredv1930]

@mehakverma7043 in which part i said that women remove your ability to work?

[@Satish-st5le]

​@@mehakverma7043You did not get his point.

[@mehakverma7043]

​@@wilfredv1930 Mb, I misunderstood you. You're right. But what does that have to do with the video and being passionate with your work while being able to be married?

[@ciskoo8796]

A russian guy once told me: " as a man in life you become one of two types, a happy husband or a good philosopher."

[@nyashagrace-clarence]

Am glad i found this channel, great work Mr J Bi

[@MGTOWPsyche]

Even Einstein lived in his office and asked that his wife to not bother him and to leave his food at his door.

[@a6hiji7]

He should have better hired a cook, but even intellectuals feel the pressure after a few days of ...

Yeah, he used her. Stole her ideas and made her into a housewife so he wouldn't have to compete with her. Men can't handle fair competition.

[@gamestorm-tz2rw]

Uff that's not case , he didn't stole her ideas, also she was like a assistant to him while working on his ideas.

[@stall1on300]

what have whamen created today? NOTHING. he didnt steal anything. you may have helped in one small part of his idea, but that doesnt make it yours. you can do bookkeeping for my business, do you deserve my business or to coown it with me?? Look at 99% of inventions, and then look in the mirror please

[@muhammadsameerdar1091]

Mr.M is right, Yes, Einstein did definitely stole her ideas and he left Germany and move to America and he regrets because he left his son who was mentally ill. I saw a documentary and in it the reporter was asking some few questions from him.

[@zickityz6549]

I think some philosophers understand the deeper nature of reality which goes deeper than what the mainstream finds important and uses as a scaffold for structuring their entire lives. They also use all their time to think and think very deeply and sometimes have trouble understanding others that don't think like they do so they're not out picking up women all the time. They have a different calling in this reality.

[@tsm7964]

I am over 40, always single. Being able to do WHATEVER you want is very nice, but having someone to eat dinner with and talk to makes life more enjoyable.

[@jacudomato6076]

Because you need silence to think

[@lucasfabisiak9586]

Except that plenty of other famous philosophers did marry (e.g., Aristotle, Hegel, Marx, Mill, Dewey, Heidegger, Popper, Rand, Bertrand Russell, etc.). Nietzsche was just coping hard because he couldn't find a woman who matched his intellect and passion, or maybe the ones who did rejected him. Some years after he wrote Ecce Homo, he reportedly proposed to Lou Salome three times and was turned down each time. Sounds like sour grapes, which is characteristic of slave morality. How embarrassing. I love Nietzsche by the way, but he was, in the end, human, all too human.

[@johnsmith-fk7fw]

nietzsche simped so hard over a girl that didnt want him that he went insane and eventually died from that. so its not the lack of wanting, in his case (as you already said)

[@dbuck1964]

@@johnsmith-fk7fwhe died from advanced syphiliss.

[@takeiteasy1133]

Exactly

[@szymonbaranowski8184]

All Nietzscheanism is coping. Like AH promoting blue blondes being self not very good example.. or Karl May promoting Indian ideal.. We are strive to ideal to become less unideal. But it's always way uphill and in many cases only wishful thinking. He never got strong. Also he had conflicts with women so may had problem being overly redpilled and too idealist to accept women's dark side as the same booster as pain... some master solution makers get stuck when try to solve problem with which it's better to just live with unchanged 😂😂😂

[@idiakosesunday3806]

@@johnsmith-fk7fw Syphilis played a role.

[@Arven8]

A simple reason is that philosophers, by and large, tend to be odd ducks. Nietzsche certainly was. The odder you are (the more unusual, eccentric, unique), the more difficult it will be to find a match who is compatible. Conventional people have a much easier time of it. // In my youth, I always preferred Camus to Nietzsche. He was married a couple of times but knew the costs. He put it this way: "Domestic life, so often the opposite of an inner life." Right.

[@RasKalevthesouljourner]

Bc nothing holds a man back like a woe-man

[@Dennnis10B]

I need the freedom to lose my mind

[@FirstLast-cd6vv]

She'll never love you, she loves what you can do for her.

[@mehakverma7043]

Not true. Andrew Wiles (the guy who proved Fermat's last theorem) was married and had kids when he finally proved the theorem. Before proving the theorem he just made a regular salary. Being married doesn't remove your ability to work, especially as a man. In this he states it was the "most important moment in my working life". That man had his priorities straight. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYSadKt3qbtogdUsi=PjbAukYb0yAOpNho

[@XDarkF3arX]

​@mehakverma7043 She was with a literal genius. You don't see how that was an investment on her part?

[@mehakverma7043]

@@XDarkF3arX Even if it was, that doesn't disprove the fact that intelligent men don't have wives. It just may suggest that intelligent men need intelligent women to compliment them.

[@RETAINGANG16]

Fax

[@D_402S]

​@@XDarkF3arXShe doesn't even realize that 🤦‍♂️😂

[@anonsoldier8907]

The reason is quite simple. Men think things mainly and women think about people mainly. And that is the most basic principle and the nature of males vs females. Out of a 100 females who thought deeply about the moon only about 15 to 20 of those did but on the other hand around 75 to 80 of males never stop thinking about it

[@Gamigami978]

Another misogynistic idiot on the internet 🎉

[@thescapegoatmechanism8704]

He would’ve been singing a different tune if Lou Salome didn’t reject him.

[@banelegugulethukunene5472]

You live by the bullet, you die by the bullet. Went all in, and there was no way he could fold after that capitulation 😅

[@SisypheanRoller]

EXACTLY 💯 Much of life's choices boil down to contingencies like this. In a sense, it's a good thing that he was rejected. We got some great works out of it and, I hope, Nietzsche got intellectual fulfilment out of writing.

[@Copa20777]

​@@banelegugulethukunene5472 all in 😅

[@bi.johnathan]

Agreed. I think about that a lot … what his philosophy would be like if he got Lou. He had somewhat feministic tendencies in his youth

[@jurassicthunder]

You know red pill is taken regardless. Either divorce or cheating or just observation of other women would get him to be the same as the Nietzsche we know.

[@lehxyx]

They thought the advantage in mastery of their craft was more appealing than the options they were dealt.There is nothing inherently virtuous or deep about it. Nietzsche proposed to someone and she said no.

[@letsfaceit9187]

A married philosopher belongs to comedy

[@silvergibson2656]

😂😂😂facts

[@blondecaveman9100]

Why?

[@letsfaceit9187]

@@blondecaveman9100 Many short follies , that is called love by you , and your marriage puts an end to the many short follies with one long stupidity until death do you apart.

[@voidakolimbodagan8794]

@@letsfaceit9187 Why don’t you become one so that you don’t have to wait for an unmarried one?

[@kevin-lancheros]

false, look at rabbi shimon baiyohai

[@IrfanArif-j7u]

They realize the fact that true power could only be gained after losing it

[@natedaug1]

This guy seems like bourgeois philosopher.

[@lucasfabisiak9586]

You seem like a Marxist.

[@paullamah5073]

😂😂😂😂 omg ...i thought the same thing. Looks like those elite salons around Paris in the 18th and 19th century where bourgeois hang out

[@ELIAB424]

Many of Europe's scientists and philosophers lived life like a monk depressing all natural human desire for not just love but also sex. Arthur Schopenhauer, the German philosopher known for his pessimistic philosophy and influential works like The World as Will and Representation, did not have children. Schopenhauer never married, largely due to his belief that close relationships, particularly romantic or familial ones, could hinder his intellectual freedom and focus. In fact, Schopenhauer was famously skeptical about love and marriage, viewing them as driven by irrational forces rather than genuine happiness. He often argued that people are motivated by an unconscious "will to life" that drives them to reproduce, rather than by personal fulfillment. His views on relationships reflected his overall philosophy, which focused on the inevitability of suffering and the limitations of human desire.

[@ELIAB424]

Nikola Tesla believed family would distract from his work, remaining childless to focus solely on science. But many other greats balanced family and groundbreaking achievements. Albert Einstein had two marriages and two sons, proving family life didn’t prevent him from revolutionizing physics. Charles Darwin raised 10 children with Emma Wedgwood, who became his grounding force while he developed evolutionary theory. Marie Curie and her husband Pierre raised two daughters, one of whom won a Nobel Prize, achieving generational excellence without sacrificing family. Max Planck founded quantum theory while married with four children. Niels Bohr, a key figure in atomic theory, raised six children and mentored generations of scientists. William James, a founding father of psychology, had a happy family life with five children. John von Neumann, a genius mathematician and physicist, was married and had a daughter, contributing to both computer science and the Manhattan Project. Carl Jung, the father of analytical psychology, was married and had five children, bringing deep insight into human nature. Michael Faraday revolutionized electromagnetism and electrochemistry, finding stability in his marriage to Sarah Barnard. These examples debunk the myth that all great scientists were childless and happier for it. It reminds us that some great minds feel compelled to devote themselves entirely to their passions, often at the expense of a well-rounded personal life.

[@indigoplateau357]

@@ELIAB424 I think it's important to note that many of those people in that list lived in a time where one of the parents (not the guys you listed) would stay at home and raise the kids. That's all fine, and I'm neither knocking them for that nor am I suggesting that we should get back to that same division of labor...freedom for all is more important...but what I am saying is that that situation is gone forever now. You can't rely on your spouse to take care of everything while you focus on your work. You both will have to pitch into the family. It's gone. Unless you as a man become lucky enough to find someone like that (and dont dare count on it or youll be labeled the M word) then it's clearly a choice between family life or achievement

[@PeterRogersMD]

I'll tell you what geniuses want. We want to be like Goethe. Someone to hire us, give us a job, that allows us to read, think, write. Regular jobs waste our time with busy work. We are in despair that we won't be able to write our best work and optimize it because we have to spend too much time doing busy work. We wish we were like Ben Franklin who got rich by 38 yo so he then had time and money to study whatever he wanted. If you want you could interview me.

If you really wanted it you would be doing it. There are plenty of people who weren't rich with heaps of free time that still accomplished a lot. Where there is a will there is a way. Maybe you just don't really want it. If you care more about the end result instead of the work itself, that is an indicator that you don't really want it. You just like the idea of it.

[@PeterRogersMD]

I graduated 1st in my medical school class. I'm a triple boarded clinical doctor. I've written 20 books. Clinical medicine is based on selling drugs, and has very little interest in research that is not related to that or selling something else like a lab test, procedure or surgery. I make a good you tube channel. I am as smart and hardworking as it gets, I probably should change to part time clinical work.

[@7EthanLeon7]

@@PeterRogersMD education and hard work ≠ intelligence

[@AlenSchneeweiss]

Intelligence ≠ genius ​@@7EthanLeon7

[@letsfaceit9187]

@@7EthanLeon7I agree but you do have to admit that they are at the very least good predictors of intelligence.

[@manager-u6v]

Tesla was not a philosopher per se, but as a great inventor, was also one the the famous celibates as well.

[@rocklee1488]

This feels like a church sermon for philosophers lol

[@out_onthe_streets9488]

Agreed, church vibes were too strong in this

[@basedevents8216]

Philosophers are humble! I have learned something today. Thank you.

[@oyinloyeademola7086]

You can only know women or love women, you can't do both. I think philosophers know women.

[@jeremyledbetter8022]

You can know female nature and have love for women but yet not allow women to control you. Because you do not make decisions from emotions. Mostly, because you understand woman behavior better than most.

[@BeeWilliamsSkate]

@jeremyledbetter8022 easier said than done. Your emotional control will be perceived as emotional unavailability. Modern women tend to like emotionally unregulated men and get bored with structured, disciplined masculine characteristics. I think women are hot, but “love” is concept primarily stemming from unregulated desires; of which is the antithesis of a true savant.

[@jeremyledbetter8022]

I agree with everything you say 100 percent. However, I do not believe “love” is an emotional feeling. I see desire/lust and love itself are two different things. Love is something you are. Now how you express that love depends upon who you are sharing it with.

[@BeeWilliamsSkate]

@@jeremyledbetter8022 “love is something you are”. I’ve heard this platitude before, but I have to disagree. The term “love” comes from the Sanskrit word “lubyhati” which litterally translates to “he desires”. In latin, “lubet” which means “it pleases”. The concept of love is not a definitive aspect of reality. Its a concept with its roots in transactional desire. Its a hedonistic term. It has nothing to do with essence. I hear a lot of new age people believing this stuff after taking psychedelics and watching Leo Gura.

[@jeremyledbetter8022]

@@BeeWilliamsSkatethis love is not something I’ve studied. It’s something I’ve deeply experienced and know. It’s a knowing. A deep spiritual experience and knowing. The oldest know language that is still used today is Hebrew. The word love in Hebrew means, “to give oneself” Its not transactional. Now do most people live thus today? Absolutely not. Most people live in fear not love.

[@zabuddy]

the great thinkers that you know about, you only know about them because they don’t have someone to talk to..

[@chestiny]

Sounds like making a virtue out of a necessity?

[@NNCCCC63]

could it be as simple as this - philosophers and intellectuals in general tend to be introverts , perhaps painfully shy and scially inept...

[@jenniferh.7219]

To have abmn actual healthy marriage you need to have a space carved out for another person, mental emotional time etc, regularly each week. So it's not just cooperation & division of labor. When someone is at a certain level they spend like 90%+ of their available time on their preoccupation. This means not enough time to lend to and sustain a partnership, an actual healthy growing relationship but plenty of time for by contrast focusing on and promulgating your own thoughts. And of course there are those particular interpersonal relationship skills like self-reflection, awareness, emotional capacity emotional availability etc. Thus if you are not willing to use invest or exchange some of your time and also have the humility and willingness to be able to participate in this then you will not facilitate a. Relationship

[@truthseekingfreethinker5214]

Having a significate other takes compromise. It takes sometimes pretending to be wrong even when your right, simply for the sake of the relationship. I think truth-seekers see relationships as more of a burden for these reasons and they can, at times, come off as distant or unemotional, but that's not the case. I think truth-seekers just handle their emotions in a different way. I think EVERY truth-seeker gave at least one relationship the greatest try they could muster, but when it was all said and done it just didn't have the same effect that we see other relationships have on the people who are together, but I'll tell you one thing relationships are fascinating to truth-seekers. They may even want a relationship at times, but they know that how they are wouldn't even be fair to the other person.

[@Petervannederland]

lol. I want my name in my family and books. Conquer it all

[@aRazvan994]

Having possessions removes limitations. You need limitations to see past the clutter and find the core of the problem.

The people there all look similarly dressed, every aspect has a strong academic aesthetic. Almost as if they were paid actors and this whole thing is fake.

[@SaloonWrecker]

The whole thing is pretentious and fake. The speaker isn't intelligent and has nothing to add to the original work. Also weird for an Asian guy to try to command western intelligence and a western audience.

[@thousandaireradio3199]

That’s not why. They are smart. That is why.

[@michaelpham4238]

I have my PS5... not sure why I would need a wife.

[@VonBluesman]

After a very personal encounter with a beautiful intelligent woman, next week’s title will be ‘Why All Great Men Have A Great Woman Beside Them ‘ 😱😂✌️

[@Daniel-j6l]

I think Darwin hit the nail on the head with his pros and cons list.

[@adroitws1367]

wait what? gimme the source or search term

[@dinodudeface6551]

What is this list u speak of

[@Daniel-j6l]

@@dinodudeface6551Just search up “Charles Darwin Better than a Dog” there will be numerous articles and pictures of the list that he jotted down. I don’t have a scholarly source to point you to, but it’s widely documented across different outlets.

[@Daniel-j6l]

@@adroitws1367 “Charles Darwin better than a Dog” or “Charles Darwin Pros and Cons of Marriage” something along those lines should be sufficient.

[@bestbots1]

Even Paul...from the Bible insinuated that people should not marry just for the sake of it..if it's for you do it..if not dont bother

[@lordjoey9505]

Why.. I think we all know sometimes its better to focus on yourself

[@J4sse]

Knowledge is indeed power.

[@Keywellness]

Awesome lecture !

[@SpaceOutlaww]

Women: I want a man who takes action. Action speaks louder than words! Philosopher: Is my speaking of words not an action? Let's talk about this.

[@TwinDoubleHelix]

This was surprisingly interesting for a sermon delivered to an AI congregation.

[@rahrah_1212]

Philosophers don't make enough money to support a family and women know that.

[@mehakverma7043]

You don't only have to be a philosopher to be a great thinker. Wittgenstein (unmarried), Bertrand Russel (married) and Andrew Wiles (married) were all mathematicians and made a comfortable living, Russel especially. Economists like Milton Friedman and Thomas Sowell were also married and lived comfortable lives. Also, in the old days a post man could make a living to support a wife and kids, so idk what you're going on about.

[@ritabanm]

I must be a great thinker then, it explains a lot

[@redhawk4357]

Hey guys I just found out I'm a great thinker!

[@kingjacko302]

Excellent presentation!

[@terencew7716]

No wife happy life!!

[@yacovmitchenko1490]

Well, many creative geniuses also married. That being said, they lived in times when roles were more clearly defined. It was up to the women to care for the children, while the men focused on their careers or callings. Today, if the man is a genius, it probably wouldn't be optimal for him to marry. In fact, marriage would be a bad idea. One should also bear in mind that even if a book is great, it doesn't necessarily follow that the book will ensure a legacy or immortality. If you think that the book need only be good enough for that, you're naive. Luck, good fortune definitely plays a part and no one can know in advance whether a genius' name and work will live on after his death. So those illustrious thinkers took a major risk, if what this guy says holds water.

[@robbert4968]

I think it's the other way around. Men that get rejected and lack social skills end up trying to find a solution for their rejection based pain. They're to afraid to try their luck again. Thus a philosopher is created.

[@goliathsteinbeisser3547]

Probably the most likely reason.

[@indigoplateau357]

That's an interesting philosophy you have (sorry about your bad dating luck, bro)

[@HOWARDBELLINFANTE]

then all men will turn to Philosophy lol

[@robbert4968]

@@HOWARDBELLINFANTE well here we are ;-)

[@Level_Eleven]

@@HOWARDBELLINFANTE The ratio is off, there would be an insane amount of of philosophers if this alone was the case. The truth is most guys just have TikTok brains now (the younger ones anyway)

[@melinahart4108]

in a spiritual concept, they dont need attachment to this Realm.

[@FaithfulComforter]

It’s not that horrid mustache, who knew.

[@MasterLeVine1]

Mannn your a sharp Dude 💪🏾

[@aiya5777]

great thinkers know that ideas can last a lot longer than mere biological children ideas are the equivalent of children to philosophers

[@IOFrimpong]

He conveniently skipped Hegel.

[@stefdiazdiaz7067]

Or maybe some of them just failed at getting a pretty wife and all that thinking is a big coping mechanism.

[@master-octopus]

Great, I'll include this link on my resume

[@sandinogallese8221]

"States will be free of evil if philosophers become rulers and rulers become philosophers." - Plato

[@mehakverma7043]

I'm pretty sure Socrates engaged in orgies. Do you want Diddy to become a ruler?

[@snark567]

The more intelligent a person is, the harder it is to relate to normal people. That is because they think more deeply about things the average person can't comprehend, let alone care about. A highly intelligent person is more likely to try out new things and have weird interests which goes counter to what the average person values, which is familiarity, routine, fitting in, etc. This basically makes it very difficult to find a partner. Of course this differs between men and women. A highly intelligent woman would have a higher chance of finding a partner because women have a higher biological value. Most men will just pretend like they listen, care and understand what you're yapping about just so they can get some action. A highly intelligent man will have a higher chance of being a social outcast due to being weird and hard to understand. That is a turn off for women as a partner(provider) who can mingle with others is more beneficial for survival. The highly intelligent man will also be more awkward. Women can easily find someone who can blend in socially and isn't a weirdo, so why stick around? Intelligence is nothing to women without success backing it up and often times intelligence can actually be detrimental to success anyway. So you end up with an intelligent man who can't attract a partner, which means they don't have to constantly deal with a wife and a kid and have a lot of free time to think about stuff, like the human condition. This is how philosophers are born.

[@syourke3]

Poverty never helped anyone.

[@electrictk8269]

“Our need will be the real creator” -Plato. You'd be surprised how innovative/resourceful people get to be out of poverty, not because they want to but they need to.

[@CodeCharger]

I think he loved the girl so much but she rejected him thrice, and just because he was in one sided love with that girl he couldn't feel romantic love for any one else as same as before and that's why he chose to die alone.

[@BearMarketBae]

The guys that overthink never profess their love 😂😂😂 trust me

[@florinnatu]

goes for great artists too

[@LightMan-zq5we]

The philosopher’s today would be MGTOW’S men going there own way…

[@waedjradi]

I don't need women. But, I need philosophy.