Existentialism

[@PolarSky]

I like how so many are complaining over a squeaky chair; even though they're getting a free university lecture!

[@ZombieLincoln666]

I used to carry a little can of WD40 with me to lectures for this reason lol

[@louie9373]

You like that or academia has trained you to understate all of your negative opinions so as to save face while allowing you to partake in a small release of misery?

[@MauricioACB]

It seems squeaky chair beats philosophy lecture, who would have known...

[@mrloop1530]

I'm in Denmark. All university lectures are free here.

[@graemelaubach3106]

Yeah for sure, but did you notice that squeaky chair tho??

[@TheCupCakeMaker6]

This man is great! He is passionate about his lectures and trying to explain it in a way that students who don't really care for the class can relate to and understand.

[@asaadalabody6444]

lbaca222 Can we say existentialism is a movement called for peace and justice ?

[@jkgkjgkijk]

Go back to sleep

[@koroglurustem1722]

I can relate to that, baby, what's your name ?

[@gerardo49078]

@@koroglurustem1722 Keep it in your pants, man

[@edplunk600]

If you don't care for class then flip burgers

[@tonyyounan9013]

Great professor, great lecture.

[@sinisamajetic]

Students squeaking w chairs on purpose, they're like: "we paid so much money to listen to this and you f'ing youtubers want for free"

[@michaelsteven1090]

wow, real great, helpful comment..your supposed to listen to the lecture f'ing moron.

[@deeplorable8988]

@@michaelsteven1090 It was a great comment, punk...

[@hendynz6358]

excellent lecture but the noise is extremely distracting

[@llallogan]

Having taken classes in this room back in the day, the chairs are made so if you just barely move it squeaks lol it is annoying even in the room

[@Tsuruthargay]

Lol

[@krister6160]

You're the professor I am deprived of meeting in my entire university life. Glad to hear you on KZbin. Thanks!

[@akhileshm.s7888]

Moral of the story - please be more like Analytic Philosophers, see what there is, then think about it and figure things out but don't forget to that it is a _theory_ and be open to changes to it. Don't instead start with preconceived ideas and expectations and then become Existentialists when the world turns out different to the extent of seeming cruelly indifferent and very baffling.

[@nickk.9111]

The way in which Daniel Bonevac explains Albert Camus' philosophy is so powerful, clear and inspiring. Thank you for sharing these ideas in such a crystal clear and passionate fashion.

[@ytrichardsenior]

Alienation is something you either do or do not feel 'existentially'. It's unlikely a university professor will feel alienation, they spend their time amongst people very like them. But what if one day a university philosophy professor finds himself living amongst ordinary high school dropouts and working at McDonalds. People do not really become aware that life is absurd until the absurdity of life becomes impossible to ignore, often because of circumstance.

[@NoZAutonomy]

Wow, you are a great teacher/professor, thanks for the free lecture

[@samychingon]

Oh captain my captain! I've been watching these videos since Quarantine started.

[@theaggrotravelersbucketlis5470]

D'oh

[@daviddawson1718]

Easy Walt

[@simonsjoquist6862]

Halfway through and I just have to say how fantastic I think this is. A proffessor with such passion for what he does. Would be awesome to have a teacher like that. Thanks, this inspired me.

[@gepisar]

The stages listed in The Stranger are similar to the stages of loss: Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and Acceptance. Just noticed that!

[@mattetherington6210]

I know I already made a comment, but that was part-way into the lecture. I've now finished it, and I have to say it's the clearest, most understandable coverage of existentialism that I've ever seen. And delivered with such obvious passion! Bravo, Prof. Bonevac! I'm a teacher myself, and I could have listened to you delivering a lecture 3x longer. Have a subscription :)

[@JohnE2B]

I enjoy Bonevac’s lectures very much. They are some of my favorites right now on youtube, and there are so many 👍🏻

[@susannec659]

Thank you for this I've always grappled with the meaning of existentialism when really the word exist is in it. I can remember in French class we learned about this and it went over our heads

[@marineloosthuizen9295]

This presentation had me fascinated from start to finish. Your enthusiasm for philosophy and your sense of humor is admirable. Thank you for sharing.

[@schaturvedi729]

I loved the lucidity, the very simple way a profound subject was explained and of course the intermittent humour! Thank you, Sir.

[@cscott192]

Those damn chairs......

[@AizwellOfficial]

Emptier than my essenceless soul.

[@TheReaMrBurntSausage]

+Ha Kou well at least this video managed to add 40 000 more people sitting in those chairs

[@canadiannuclearman]

cscott Greas the chairs

[@julioenergy]

unwatchable because of all the shuffling around sounds. FACK!

[@williamsawyer9894]

@@julioenergy If a pin dropped during this lecture and no one heard it, would it really exist?

[@harshdhillon356]

Loving these videos. So much knowledge u have shared. Thanks :)

[@emilysmallwood3803]

that was absolutely fabulous!

[@tanmaybanerjee2773]

"Next monday no class. Wednesday we come back and talk. " That was deep.

[@invisibleguest770]

this is surely so helpful, I must say. Thank you for posting this....... :)

[@fustian]

Thanks for the lectures, Dr. Bonevac. For me, alienation to the circumstances of one's life as a result of being thrown into existence in a particular time and place is a consequence of knowing that the attachment that we feel to our circumstances is reflexive and not deliberate, since if we had been thrown into an utterly different time and place, we would reflexively feel an attachment to those circumstances as well. This part of existentialism to me seems to follow directly from the scientific image you like to start your lectures with, an image where earth is just another planet among many, sol another star among many, and my consciousness another consciousness among many, with no special status for me to appreciate intellectually and then find reasons to endorse. The fact of alienation in existentialism seems to me to be a requisite idea for understanding why existence is said by many existentialist philosophers to be absurd.

[@elijahmadar645]

Daniel Bonevac is a great teacher and a great speaker I really enjoyed this speech

[@mattetherington6210]

I've read and watched plenty about existentialism, and this is the first time ever that someone has defined "essence" in a way that makes sense - intrinsic function. Humans have biological and perhaps psychological characteristics, but we have no intrinsic function *in the world*. This is why we must choose our own function. Thankyou, professor, for finally clarifying this!

[@ahmadrezaei4466]

Wow, such a great presentation. Thank You so much :)

[@sharmashiva6217]

Thank you so much sir for this really fascinating presentation, indeed its very organized and comprehending

[@johnnyroycerichardsoniii3273]

Excellent lecture! Great professor!

[@alteredstates927]

Thank you for sharing this.

[@Jaguadarte__]

Such a great lecture! Cheers from Brazil

[@jamieryan4666]

Love your passion for this!

[@NobleAristotelian]

I wish my professor were like this guy he teaches so great! My philosophy professor used to be a cop in Jersey. He’s a very militant guy screams most of the time, super strict, and it feels like philosophy boot camp in the literal sense almost haha.

[@user-us1wg7zo8c]

I really enjoyed the lecture. Many thanks

[@CheeseDota]

Thanks a lot for the lecture! ^^

[@waynemoss8145]

This guy is a great orator. And that's a good thing, because I had to watch this 4 times to understand what he;s saying. Now I want to hear him talk about free-will.

[@xDemonTech]

Thanks! You're a fun teacher.

[@meghachoudhary5016]

Indebted to you professor..amazing lectures. Thank you so much!

[@Phronesis49]

You are a great professor... making the concept easy to understand.. I would love to be in your class for a day...

[@Alaknanda2007]

Loved this lecture and very excited to discover your channel.

[@sangitabiswas2224]

Wow .It was so helpful .You made it so easy .Thank you sir.You are my new favourite professor.

[@alialrahahleh676]

Thank you, really simple and clean lecture

[@teestaghosh9935]

Sir, YOU are a great inspiration..Regards at YOUR feet

[@JoshuaJohnson777]

Amazing! I recently went through a series of life changing events and stumbled upon your lectures at a very unique time. Thank you for sharing!

[@zainullahkhan3574]

great teacher,

[@K-gp3mz]

Very nice video, thankyou for this

[@drvn8]

Fantastic lecture, very clear and engaging!

[@dominick8656]

Great lecture, thank you!

[@simeon24]

Great lecture, thanks for posting! Those chair squeaks though... :[

[@williamosinski1082]

Great lecture! Thank you!

[@curtcarpenter2677]

Existentialism is primarily a reaction (in my view) to the loss of certainty which began with the Copernican revolution -- and a broad recognition of the necessity of choice as the price each of us must pay for our short-term lease on existence. You are radically free, but the freedom is not unlimited: there is no escape, for example, from the need to make choices -- to love, to hate, to establish the "brotherhood of man" as an axiom to live by in a world of uncertainty and value pluralism. Let this good lecture be a starting point, not an ending, of your _own_ journey.

[@cidneewalker4532]

Really enjoyed your lecture. I'm studying for my Psych GRE Subject Test and was trying to better understand existentialism. You really helped. THANKS! :D

[@rohxn6988]

did u finish it?

[@michellefrempong1496]

Oh my God ..Such a great deliver 💕💕..I am in love with his choices of words and his delivery 😫🥺💕..Thanks a lot professor

[@louiselarc9180]

LMAOOO

[@hussamshamma3319]

!It was an honor to meet your Passion for who you really are

[@abhi4000]

Lol. That student who sighed "Everyday" when the professor said something about how we all feel like "I don't want to this anymore" or something like that. I can relate. x')

[@bigdoggs6629]

Great Great job

[@susannec659]

We all struggle with the conflict between expansion and contraction meaning we are all one but then we have to have our boundaries for survival.

[@ivi0nk3y36]

no class monday was the best thing i heard and it was a good lecture

[@stephansmith7630]

You explained Camus' call to revolt against the absurd beautifully. I didn't quite understand what he meant by that before.

[@covalentbros]

This was an amazing lecture. I'm currently working on a research project based on Existentialism, and this lecture gave me a massive insight as to what Existentialism is as well as the important figures who played a role in the movement. Thank you very much for this magnificent video!

[@apostalote]

Kierkegaard and Nietzsche do affirm that we have no essence and that it is up to the individual to affirm themselves through pathos. For Kierkegaard this is Christianity, for Nietzsche this is artistic self expression. You could maybe call Kant or Hegel a proto-existentialist, but Kierkegaard and Nietzsche are certainly focused on the question of existence and the intrinsic meaning of existence

[@UYAelmo76587]

great lecture

[@AbhiBass96]

I wouldn't even miss a day of your lecture if I was enrolled there :D Love all your videos :D

[@PhiloofAlexandria]

Wow, thank you!

[@AbhiBass96]

@@PhiloofAlexandria Most welcome, sir! Your lectures are very inspiring. Can't wait to watch more of them during my Christmas break :)

[@ipdavid1043]

Thank you so much Professor...wonderful lecture...and funny (banana)

[@gypsygypsy7185]

thank you for this

[@fixedhint796]

Honestly I think Aristotle view on existentialism is smarter. OK, we are free to define our lives and give it whatever meaning we want, but what happens when we fail (our plans fail)? Some existentialists might be frustrated and commit suicide. But most of them don't. And here is Aristotle's essence: we might have failed very bad, but we might choose to continue because we seek something else, way inferior to our initial plan - we failed to accomplish the great things but i still want to taste that BigMc at Mc'Donalds or see that movie or football match etc. And this is the essence we see in all people, no matter if existentialists or not. Is always there, in every human. And it is the thing that prevents the majority of existentialists of commiting suicide after a big fail. Many many thanks for your videos!

[@vloraboy2019]

If I was in that lecture, I would feel like clapping in the end.

[@doyourealise]

have you ever been to NEPAL? amazing talk!

[@bro_truth]

Them damn chairs!!!

[@nietzschescodes]

wow, i didn't know that channel Henri le Chat Noir. I have just watched some. I love it! thanks for the suggestion! (You said it was a cat with a French accent? The videos that I just saw were actually all in French with an English accent)

[@freedomworks3976]

One of the best talks on existencialism I've heard. Short quick right to the point.

[@3dprintertrainer204]

Brilliant Daniek Truly Talented speaker!! However the existential crisis in the room is the chair squeeking does it show that others aren't aware truly of their free will and that humans are unconscious beings squeaking in an auditorium, surely if not we they would be aware of the impact of their self awareness to be present and SIT bloody still!! Who am I really I am a squeaker!!!

[@edgarl1837]

nicely done

[@BobbySidhu101]

Great video. If Sartre and Camus felt that the right response to a meaningless world was to create our own meaning, avoid ‘bad faith’, and do as we please, does this not run the risk of individuals engaging in immoral behaviour? There was talk of Camus’ love letters and his desire for several women for example, but of course this is not good behaviour. If we create our own meaning in life, where does morality stand, and what did Camus/Sartre say? I have tried reading Sartre and struggle to understand him. Camus I don’t think morality is mentioned in The Myth Of Sisyphus.

[@upchhaya]

After reading the 'Idiot', i have reached to the previous lacture after some googling and then to here. Very useful to make head and tail of Dostoevsky and some of my personal questions regarding being and nothingness.

[@danielmondorez8911]

good lecturer , enjoyed it !

[@TheDHCBO2]

His hand movements actually help keep up with his longer points.

[@madmaxbocka]

Thanks for posting this for free

[@rgaleny]

The knowledge of Good and Evil takes us out of the world, the relinking to life puts us back. "Let us tend to our garden." from Voltaire's Candide.

[@shaggystone6397]

Reading thru Heidegger's " being & time" u will realize that Sartre's " being & nothingness" is almost at certain points direct plagiarism of ideas. Sartre however adds an awsome level when he talks about the social dimension with " the look" & hell is other people. The other defines us & steals my freedom so i make the other realise themselves as being defined by me. All social relationships are based in conflict. Especially love. Thia professor is cool & it would be fun to go thru being & nothingness line by line to get a really good understanding of this. He only gets to skim the surface with this lecture but its still fun tho.

[@Masculinelivesmatter]

Grateful

[@swampy1234]

I Really appreciate how the lecturer went straight to the point with the definition, right off the bat. Love it

[@denizcokugras158]

He's just a simply amazing professor. Too bad when you're 20 you're too full of yourself to appreciate this kind of a lecture. I would have loved to hear the parts he skipped in detail as well. Totally brilliant!

[@LD-kz3ms]

"when I was 20 I was too full of myself to appreciate this kind of a lecture" Fixed that for you

[@denizcokugras158]

@@LD-kz3ms i was actually talking about the students who were playing with their chairs throughout the lecture but why not jump on an opportunity to criticize someone online when you have the chance, right? too bad there's no age limit for being a douchebag. there, i fixed it for both of us. :)

[@mikeoglen6848]

Yes, I found irt irritating that he skips some slides. Why does he do that, I wonder?

[@MrMarktrumble]

Ironically, I passionately choose rationalism, behaviouristically act rationally, train for logic with litanies of examples, and, acting like a pretentious French waiter become a stoic and a contemplative, creating the essence that Aristotle would assert was given before I was born as my final end. Good lecture. Thank you.

[@rgaleny]

The TAO is a a principal of Moderation and Temperance. Aristotle talks of the "Golden Mean" in judgement. Quality is the measure of all things.

[@philip8908]

The squeaky chairs have no intrinsic meaning, only the meaning you give them. Sisyphus smiled while carrying the rock.

[@susannec659]

Wiw so interesting when he talks about Epicurius and the pleasure of anonymity of being a secret never thought about that before but it has a residence for me. Maybe that's why I dislike social media like here I am this is my show look at me

[@samanehzandi4686]

that was great :))))

[@cesarrodriguez8893]

Awesome vid! Subscribed!

[@kencarey3477]

i am. let go. just observe this moment with no judgement. act from your heart not your ego driven mind. totale freedom

[@maxmusti8101]

12:30 Feeling alienated is nothing one can decide. "Why should..?" could thus only mean for what purpose. It is for the purpose of making situations important. One thinks about them more often.

[@pabloroblesgastelum7013]

any thoughts on Jaden Smith?

[@queenethedoziem5473]

Can anyone suggest a good journal or book where I can research on this existentialism for my final research work?

[@rgaleny]

The meaning of life is to stay alive. In Nietzsche there is the will to power over your native powers. Then in Aristotle first you become a specialist then you become a Liberal artist. In the Hellenistic age of Empire the later Stoics found meaning in an Ideal city, and an Ideal Man.

[@paladinsorcerer67]

Do we have the ability to define our own essence, if we don't have free will? I had a dream when I was young that before I was born, I was given the choice of the person I would be born as, so that my life has meaning because I must have choosen this particular life for a reason, which counters what Heidigger is saying. I think that we feel alienated existentially when we haven't yet chosen the meaning of our life, or when we feel lonely.

[@santillanmusic]

If I only had these types of Teachers as a kid...

[@reverendsteveii]

"I now have every discworld book." Sub'd

[@Crazeyfor67]

Explain what you mean please. Isn't Discworld a sci-fi book?

[@waindayoungthain2147]

🙏🏻 I don’t think it’s so complicated. It’s for me how’s togetherness we live together. Since we learned from the truth the passing and some situations always happening again and again, it’s how’s to find out the way not to be and not in risk by compromising relationship 😊 and solving better ways. It’s my opinion on learn to living with life truth or trouble involved as if’s you are.

[@saidabed4675]

I paused to go watch Henri the cat ^^

[@willknowsright9615]

thank you

[@liammurphy2725]

The chair cries out in pain, as it listens again and again.