PHILOSOPHY - Blaise Pascal

[@zarathustra8789]

The choice of paintings for this video was absolutely top notch! Caravaggio, de la Tour, Rembrandt, Bosch, Goya... A feast for the ears and eyes as well, great job.

[@simongarrettmusic]

the animations have me cracking up - love the dude feeding the chickens

[@murthujapatan226]

Nice example for power.

[@harrysmith1851]

shush pal

[@bolivar1789]

This quote by Pascal really gets to me every time I read it. "Even those who hang themselves indeed seek happiness" So, no matter what, indeed we are not even "able" to lose hope. Even a person who attempts to kill himself, is indeed "hoping" for something better. How sad is that... These words by Eduardo Galeano may give us some consolation though: “Utopia is on the horizon. I move two steps closer; it moves two steps further away. I walk another ten steps and the horizon runs ten steps further away. As much as I may walk, I'll never reach it. So what's the point of utopia? The point is this: to keep walking.” It is also very true and very beautiful what Emily Dickinson says: " Hope inspires the good to reveal itself" Well, I feel very bad writing a hopeful comment under the most dark and consoling Pascal video:-) But I mean no disrespect. I admire the man deeply for using his head properly and taking the time to write down every horrible truth about our misery, instead of spending his life in denial, like most of us do most of the time. Thank you very much. Whenever I need help, this will be the first lesson I will re-watch for sure.

[@brandonleskil4523]

Cliff Hanley:Suicidal people seek to be indulged once more and forever in the bliss of being unconscious, as they like us all were in childhood. Growing up means becoming conscious, of your mortality, of life’s inescapable and sometimes unbearable sufferings. To become aware, and because you are aware, to feel naked, exposed, out from hiding, and now seeking. Jung wisely and to his genius talks in depth about this in many of his works, not least among them, is described the collective unconscious. The state of dreams and children, and the growing absence of it in teens, as well as it’s completely felt absence in adults.

[@dannymckenzie8329]

"When I consider the brief span of my life, swallowed up in the eternity before and behind it, the small space that i fill, or even see, engulfed in the infinite immensity of spaces which I know not and which know not me, I am afraid, and wonder to see myself here rather than there; for there is no reason why I should be here rather than there, now, rather than then." Thoughts of Pascal, The resonance I feel with this definitive thought in existentialism is a tad bit overwhelming. Or underwhelming, depending on the root variable active at the core of my sentience happens to be at that moment.

[@Hotdogdoperwtje2]

The 20th-century Blaise Pascal, Emil Cioran (1911-1995): "“Only optimists commit suicide, optimists who no longer succeed at being optimists. The others, having no reason to live, why would they have any to die?”

[@Hotdogdoperwtje2]

@Cliff Hanley They still hope, they still believe in something better than the current situation, even if that situation is oblivion or nothingness. To hope is to be optimistic, to believe in progress, even if that utopia is nothing at all (this is quite interesting since the literal meaning of utopia in Ancient Greek is "nowhere")

[@Hotdogdoperwtje2]

@Cliff Hanley They are one and the same

[@chrisorochi6144]

When you pronounce a word in german you do it perfectly, when you pronounce a word in french you do it perfectly, and your english is perfect, that's besides the fact that you have a wonderful voice , just brilliant! i couldn't help but praise your talent.

[@emo_girlbymgk8181]

chris orochi He’s Swiss so what do you expect.

[@clementab9953]

I'm a native French speaker and I was about to comment that too, I was already surprised his pronunciation of simple words like "pensées" or "Auvergne" would be flawless (I assume the latter would usually be butchered by non-native French speakers) but when he read that entire aphorism I was just amazed!

[@clementab9953]

Also being Swiss certainly helps but as far as I can tell not everyone in Switzerland can speak or even merely pronounce a perfect German and French. Either way I think it's quite impressive.

[@sergeantslaughter5695]

I love how whenever I get to know a philosopher and their writing, they're always so much more elegant and charming or passionate and full of conviction rather than the all too familiar and utterly shallow mainstream impression that we have of these figures.

[@TimCizej137]

TRUE!

[@abbygaby9210]

"All of man's unhappines comes from his inability of staying in his room alone" 2020: you don't SAY

[@omegabash]

yes technology is the best thing we have done

[@tritonus1415]

I feel personally attacked by his statement

[@deletedusername6527]

very funny

[@hanskung3278]

It's true.

[@Potatotenkopf]

Well i mean given all the increased rates of mental illness due to the quarantine I'd say he's somewhat right

[@morpheus6749]

Pascal's philosophy in a nutshell: *Ever since I gave up hope I feel much better.*

[@JH-qy8no]

Hope in THIS life. He had hope in the afterlife.

[@JH-qy8no]

@Cliff Hanley There is only one version of God. I think catholic tradition just happened to be his upbringing. Denominations are in danger of emphasizing tradition over God's commandment. But I think he understood that.

[@denooned5103]

@@JH-qy8no saysmmmmmmlmyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyhhyyyh.c chyvvvvyvvvvviyv PP

[@JH-qy8no]

@Namu14 This life without a relationship with the one true God. The skys and the heavens above proclaim the one true God. No excuse for not knowing and honoring the one true God.

[@SenhorAlien]

@@JH-qy8no there are multiple versions of the Abrahamic God... look at Judaism, Christianism and Islamism. Same God for all three, but Judaism doesn't accept Christ as the son of god and Christianism doesn't accept Muhammed.

[@CosmicFaust]

God, I love existentialism so much! It is such an amazing philosophical school of thought. Nietzsche, Dostoevsky, Camus, Sartre, Kierkegaard etc are so brilliant to read. Funnily enough, many people think existentialism = atheism. This isn't true and in fact it was many Christians who started this type of thinking which goes all the way back to Augustine. Other ones are Paul Tillich, Lev Shestov, Karl Barth and even Thomas Aquinas. Thanks for making these videos School of Life and please continue because there are amazing.

[@RediscoveryChannel2021]

Nietzsche was a nihilist

[@jeremychristian5409]

+Stilgar well the nihilist perspective is in essence the preliminary condition for some of these guys' philosophy, how they proceed with that is what distinguishes them as existentialists.

[@otherpill7008]

Whoever thinks existentialism is equivalent to atheism?? That's dumb.

[@timramone8009]

Camus was absurdist

[@giopa110888]

existentialism is not quite a philosophy.

[@SuperGreatSphinx]

"Love knows no limit to its endurance, no end to its trust, no fading of its hope; it can outlast anything. Love still stands when all else has fallen." ― Blaise Pascal

[@pgehred1]

Thanks for sharing this. This quote gets at the problem with this video: it misses many of the most interesting parts of Pascal's thinking in a way that is too reductionist. I think Pascal is best understood as a sort of precursor Christian Existentialist, and many of his insights are profound. As but one example: "Hearts have reasons, that reason knows not of." - Blaise Pascal

[@abellizandro3550]

Stella Maris 😊 and God is love

[@Yugaldalgo]

“Walter” - Walter

[@mj2495]

Ah yes, a shot of sunny optimism once in a while...

[@jlupus8804]

Smh he’s ripping off 1st Corinthians 13 like a generic Romcom.

[@juliogarcia4757]

Finally, my favorite. Surprised Pascal's wager wasn't mentioned.

[@lycralily]

yeah thats what i was surprised about.. Maybe the intention was to discuss his lesser known ideas

[@madvolleyball95]

If you could briefly explain, what is Pascal's wager??

[@juliogarcia4757]

+Madison Healey Basically, Pascal there are two scenarios that we are living in, either God exists, or he doesn't. Now let's assume God doesn't exist. If you behave in a way God would approve of if he did exist, in the end it doesn't matter because you're dead but at least you were a good person. Now assuming again he doesn't exist, but you behave anyway you want to, then you had some fun but again it doesn't matter because you're dead and subject to an eternity of nothingness. Let's now assume the other scenario, God DOES exist. Well if you behaved in a way he would want you to then you have a home in heaven after you die. Finally, if God exists and you behaved any way you wanted to, you literally have hell to pay. His conclusion, one that I agree with very much so, is that isn't the obvious choice to believe in God the best option? If God doesn't exist then nothing matters anyway, but if he does then you have all to gain and everything to lose?

[@kamielheeres8687]

To be honest I never found pascal's wager to be very convincing. How could you possibly know what god aproves of? Maybe he doesn't want you to believe in him and sends you to hell otherwise. Maybe he sends you to hell for an offence you never thoght about. Pascal's wager is basically a false dichotomy because the possiblities are endless.

[@juliogarcia4757]

+Kamiel Heeres I disagree with you. I believe in Jesus Christ, and I know what he wants, he says so in the bible. Now I could never be perfect like him, no one can. But I believe and repent, that's why he died on the cross. I know you don't believe, and that's fine, but when it comes to Christ, we know what he wants

[@ThePeaceableKingdom]

Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering... but it's all over much too soon.

[@ThePeaceableKingdom]

Deadman Lol! That's the plaintive song of a whole lot of current 26 year olds contemplating their student debt... :)

[@ikhideojeikere8775]

Annie Hall?

[@bernardblack3124]

"Oh boy, the food in this place is horrible." "And in such small portions."

[@ThePeaceableKingdom]

Ikhide Ojeikere "Annie Hall?" It may be. When I added it to my quote file I didn't include what I saw / heard / read it in, but it is by Woody Allen.

[@paulohyp]

How To overcome boredom? 😪

[@yonabon]

People nowadays are not comfortable with boredom and being with your own thoughts. I love that quote " All of man's unhapiness comes from his inability to stay peacefully alone in his room". I find that true. When I was a kid I spent hours thinking about the smallest things and life. I feel that created a strong root of presence in life. Now any free time I get I make sure to consume loads of media in the idea of "learning" because sitting with my thoughts is very uncomfortable but I never sit with my own thoughts and make realizations in my own life and I've strayed from the curious child that I used to be. It's painful being a human knowing the solution but still not fixing it.

[@jackcarraway4707]

Ironically, Pascal's thinking was already in the Bible: Ecclesiastes. A criminally overlooked book in the Bible, Ecclesiastes is one of the most powerful works in philosophy. Here, presumably King Solomon asks an age old question: what is the meaning of life? Step back and think about that. Solomon was one of if not THE richest, wisest and most powerful people in the world at the point. He had everything a man can only dream having a fraction of, but even he questioned the meaning to life. He tried everything to solve this riddle: works, wisdom, pleasure, etc. yet he came to the same conclusion for all of them: they were all ultimately meaningless. "Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity." In Hebrew, the word for vanity translates roughly to "smoke" or "vapor"; it's seemingly there, yet whwn you try to grab it ijust disappears. A dreary outlook on life, yet Solomon, who at this point spent years of apostasy from God, found the solution to this seemingly impossible to answer question at the end of the book: "The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man."

[@jwichmann1306]

It's in Tolstoy too

[@Frankoaks277]

Excellent perception jack, the book of Ecclesiastes and the other books of Solomon (proverbs, songs of Solomon, Ecclesiastes) are great reads for any philosophers👏

[@Myrdden71]

They are taught together in many classical education classrooms (private schools). :)

[@julian_ossuna]

I was here thinking exactly that. The more inquisitive, contemplative one is (characters such as Solomon, Pascal and philosophers in general), the more one is aware of and tortured by the apparent emptiness of existence. But I believe, as they concluded too, that there is an ultimate meaning, which lies with the Creator of man. Think of this: God's creation of man implies that there's something worthwhile, meaningful about the project - a reason to do it, value in doing it. The only thing capable of stopping the ever receding chain of "why's" regarding the meaning of existence is LOVE. The purpose of man is not an instrumental one. He is not the means to an end. God created man because he loves him, and he would find his purpose in loving God back (in Solomon's words, 'to fear God'). That's the very reason why we were endowed with freedom, so that our love would not be false, robotic, but spontaneous, genuine. Love - that's the answer to the ultimate "why".

[@sliceofbread29yrago52]

One of Pascal's Greatest Quote- - "God either IS or he IS NOT, let us wager the gains and loss. if he IS, we gain all, if he IS NOT we loss nothing, let us Wager then without hesitation that HE IS."

[@xenophon5354]

This presumes that god is petty and punishes nonbelievers: if he IS and we do not believe, we miss on gaining all. Which is as far from god, at least the Christian god, as one can get.

[@sliceofbread29yrago52]

Tom Rundell Who said he Punishes Non-believers?

[@lizicadumitru9683]

+Plato Christ condemns nonbelievers - John 3:16.

[@sliceofbread29yrago52]

Lizica Dumitru Nope It says "There is no judgment against anyone who believes in him. But anyone who does NOT believe in him has already been judged for not believing in God's one and only Son" Meaning if one departs themselves from the light you have now adopted the dark, and so condemn yourself by your own doing.

[@lizicadumitru9683]

+Plato Well played sir :o)

[@andimatrus]

I like pessimistics, given I am one of them, why live your life throught hope, when we all know the end? The best thing you can do is live your life knowing everything can be worse but you are still fortunated to be alive and have conciousness of it.

[@musicraper345]

Fantastic! An amazing thinker and a huge comfort! So much wisdom

[@Leon-pn6rb]

5:53 damn....too accurate , Pascal . Hitting all the right spots ,man. I wish all philosophy was taught like this.

[@darksteiner631]

Philosophy cannot be taught for it is something that one is to explore. You should make your own thoughts and ideas of what you base for your philosophy, do not turn and exactly copy those before us. But make one of yourself for you are able to gain the exhilaration and the feel of a better life.

[@TheRaveJunkie]

@@darksteiner631 "Philosophy cannot be taught for it is something that one is to explore." - Such a load of horseshit, it has been taught for centuries. "You should make your own thoughts and ideas of what you base for your philosophy, do not turn and exactly copy those before us." - That is simply impossible, nothing you think up as an idea is independent of others that came before it. Nothing you do is, in the narrow sense, original and you don't even need idealistic/platonic nonsense to explain this. "But make one of yourself for you are able to gain the exhilaration and the feel of a better life." - Philosophy, which you obviously know very little of, is not self-help literature.

[@prof.leomilani4742]

You guys make such an incredible work. I'm a Philosophy teacher and have been using so much your videos for educational purpose!! Thank you so much!!

[@Leee.467]

You cool

[@FarisHejazin]

When are we all going to gather for an uprising to help us all? A revolution of compassion.

[@SuperGreatSphinx]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compassion

[@quintustheophilus9550]

Gottfried Leibniz! He has topics likes Leibniz's Law, his proof for the existance of God, monads, best of all possible worlds , principle of sufficient reason , etc

[@navyforeveryoungjean-phili5940]

I have to pause and say that this speaker has one of the most beautiful voices I have ever heard from An orator and his French is so beautiful give him a prize give him a raise give him a bonus

[@MegaBdboy]

Please talk louder i can't hear you when i'm eating my cereals.

[@alizamzam11]

Keep eating your cereals . Your likes don’t need to listen to things like this

[@foxface04]

Lmao

[@abellizandro3550]

Lol

[@PGM82607]

I agree 100%

[@thenaidjib]

Hah, same. But I am eating a pot of noodles.

[@BDBL9]

What a wonderful visual display of detailed part of pictures which fits into the meaning of the speech

[@robertoquezada3045]

Pascal is so amazing

[@gtabigfan34]

What do you think about Marcus Aurelius? Yeah, He is a statesman but He wrote a great philosophy book.

[@gregmiller9710]

what book did he write?

[@Bitflip]

Meditations

[@gregmiller9710]

Bitflip O..i'll have to look @ that..thx..

[@khoatran-pc6tb]

yea they did that

[@gtabigfan34]

khoa tran haha! Liar!

[@luisuicabcanche2833]

Gracias por tomarse la libertad de subtitularlo, me es de gran ayuda.

[@Master2594212]

Thank you for that reference to the hydraulic press, which works by Pascal's principle, at 7:15 -A physics teacher

[@SuperGreatSphinx]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physics

[@naoh50]

Please please please do Avicenna and Averroes. I really like your channel.

[@persianhillbilly9642]

Agree

[@metalfungirl]

Islam is the same. it's (unfortunately) muslims who lost the true essence of the religion while meandering on futilities. Please be more considerate of other's feelings when saying you hate their belief.

[@turtleexpress4882]

I really really love your videos about philosophy and thinkers. I cannot wait to read your book. Thanks for all your great work.

[@buddhabillybob]

This was the first book of philosophy that I ever read. To this day, I am grateful.

[@CharlieJAitch]

Pascal is very clearly this channel's favourite philosopher

[@processrauwill7922]

I'm still deciding how to feel about Pascal, but when I was reading Pensees, his quote, "Man greatness comes from knowing he is wretched" was very profound. Also his ruminations on the paradox of existence are awesome. I also like that he's Christian, but I worry his cynicism may blind him. He insists on the meaninglessness of the universe which according to his own tradition is incarnated with the logos. Edit: also that part at the 6 minute mark was incredibly based

[@pitertauer3168]

If you read Ecclesiastes (or Qohelet) you fan find this very point addressed, even if you don’t believe hope you can enjoy it

[@niksteens07]

in short pascal's philosophy is so depressing it makes the side i saw last week a miracle bringing me immense joy

[@ItachiUchiha-qx7xo]

Gosh the Christian tradition sure has a lot of brilliant minds apart of their history

[@kapital6501]

Christian is the religion of the west, and you're watching a series about western philosophy so...

[@kylevicory2688]

@@kapital6501 Pascal was a theological anchor in the enlightenment when the church was going through a very liberal transformation. Just because the title of this video suggests he was nothing more than a philosopher, doesn't reveal the fact he was a grounded biblical christian.

[@sickboy703]

Be careful, you're going to cut yourself with all that edge!

[@mditt7]

Pascal was a genius. He knew The Power of The Cross and that it is indeed our only real albeit paradoxical source of authentic joy. By means of dark pessimism, he highlighted the reality of and hope in The Divine Light.

[@Glo_Cha]

are you kidding me, I love being alone with my thoughts.

[@kaunisrumilus]

You are doing good then👏👏 Don't let outside forces rip that away from you.. Lieing that you need to waste yout life pursuing shit that will never make you happier than literally that... Being happy and content with just yourself.

[@alisterclemons7394]

"We buy things we don't need, to impress people we don't like." -Tyler Durden-

[@virghoe6179]

Same. Hi fellow introvert!

[@brandeeno2846]

It’s good that you do, yet if you are for too long, you start to go crazy.

[@SEVENFLORES]

I don’t think you get it.

[@williamgunderson7365]

One of the greatest channels in KZbin history.

[@SonaliMankaSingh]

I thought this was PhilosophyTube. Good to hear your voice, though. It calms when I'm feeling overly anxious :D

[@salmachi9836]

I like that expression " PhilosophyTube "

[@SonaliMankaSingh]

Salma Chikhaoui It's another YT channel. Great name.

[@terribletallrus6520]

Yellow background, cutout of the personality on it. Pretty School-of-Lifey, if you ask me. ;) I follow Philosophy Tube too. Another great channel. Practical.

[@andrewlemay2491]

for real that voice

[@danvee3928]

The graphics on this channel are nothing shorter than incredible.

[@jaimeogas]

The way Alain described Pascal's Pensees reminds me of the Book of Ecclesiastes.

[@JH-qy8no]

Absolutely!

[@gforcedod]

Well big part of Christianity it’s plagiarism of Judaism. And Big part Judaism is plagiarism of Egyptian priest proverbs. The Ecclesiastes book was written between 450-200 Bc which means it has great deal of Greek philosophy there also. They were such great books that made people believe for thousands of years in Mystical beens.

[@abelphilosophy4835]

Gazmend Doda do you truly believe such a thing?

[@phillip2454]

@@abelphilosophy4835 of course, anything to smear Christianity

[@jlupus8804]

Plagiarism? Christianity is a continuation. It’s all intellectual property for the public. Citation needed on those Egyptian Proverbs.

[@Atari11000]

This is helping me with my philosophy class in community college. I understand things my book of Korman didn’t explain since my course focuses on philosophical argumentation instead of ethics and the philosophers behind those ethics. Thank you.

[@leylitarab3]

People don't like loneliness. Loneliness is not loved because of the sore wounds, the problems make us think.

[@SuperGreatSphinx]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loneliness

[@wdavis6814]

I liked that Pascal's Law example with the rainbow. Fine touch.

[@BrianMcInnis87]

'inability to stay peacefully alone in his room'? That comes as news to me and millions upon millions of others.

[@sambeard5208]

for how long are you happy to stay alone in your room? a day? a week? a month? a year?

[@dianaraabarca5576]

It's wonderful that the man who invented probability was such a staunch believer when the main atheistic argument hinges on probability. Reminds me of Corinthians 1:19 " I will destroy the wisdom of the wise & the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate."

[@cakeisavegatable]

It is SO impressive that this man drew these conclusions 400 years ago. The concept of being alone with oneself and that "belief is a wise wager" is the essence of modern therapy (with the understanding that religion is subjective depending on the client/patient). Really brilliant, especially considering that he had fallen ill when he wrote this and was most likely reflecting on his own existence.

[@kingpethuel210]

This is one of the best videos I’ve watched on KZbin.

[@iGnominee]

Dropping truth and wisdom, you are an awesome youtuber. Subscribed!

[@josephdufresne6597]

As Frenchman, you're accent when reading French is impeccable

[@nsshero]

You should do a video on French Philosopher and Theologian Jacques Ellul!

[@SuperGreatSphinx]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Ellul

[@m.b.crawford5464]

The video correctly notes that the second, theological part of the Pensees isn't as influential as the first. However, this doesn't mean you should abandon the entire formula of the work and read it through a humanist lens like Alain de Botton does here. The whole drift of the book is that people are too wretched to fix themselves. It is only through seeking something outside yourself (Christ in this case) that any sort of salvation or improvement can be attained. This thought still holds today if you consider that the age of reason didn't lead to the utopia it promised, quite the opposite (only hinted at in the video). A major idea of the Pensees not mentioned is that reason is subservient to the heart in more ways than we realize. Pascal unraveled the disputes about the head and the heart in strikingly original ways, and his analysis still can serve as an antidote to scientism today. Also not mentioned were his interesting views on habit, way ahead of his time, and the brilliant essay he wrote on love.

[@fr0zty86]

Mind blown! came here thinking he only made the first calculator, but WOW!

[@ssonghaii]

Pascal's opinions are not depressing & dismal. It's refreshing to hear someone objectively critique humanity and expose it for what it truly is. Sick of wholesome-normal yuppies who've never experienced u.s./nato terrorism (bombing, occupations, sanctions etc) crowing their narcissistic glass-half-full rubbish on social media & tv

[@Yugaldalgo]

When the puzzle says 2-4 years but you complete it in 5 months

[@UncombedHair]

FINALLY BLAISE PASCAL!!!

[@evilcam]

I think Pascal was kind of an intermediary Stoic. Like the stoics, he seemed to think that just preparing yourself for the worst will make it so that when the worst comes, you're not surprised, so you don't really react negatively to it. You just try to dig your way out of it, accepting it all immediately. You certainly painted it in that sort of light with this, though obviously his core moral philosophy differed from the actual Stoics. Pascal is a boss, and I'm surprised you like him this much, Alain. Glad to hear it, and I really enjoyed this video.

[@bernardblack3124]

07:01 That was probably the funniest bit of animation I've seen in a long time.

[@jackbogan7415]

“Justice is subject to dispute might is easily recognized and is not disputed so we cannot give might to justice because might has gain said justice”

[@georgeyau98]

just a while ago i asked for pascal, then forgot about it, AND NOW WE HAVE PASCAL :D :D :D

[@marlonhengtgen3004]

This channel is the greatest thing I've discovered

[@lobstertelephone8907]

"Being famous" *shows pascal with bass guitar*

[@Ericlau1126]

Thanks The School of Life, you lead me to the book of Pensees and Pascal :) I love Pascal now.

[@MarkosAllen]

You didn't discuss Pascal's Wager??? That's the most important philosophical argument ever made.

[@logictruth1]

Also not that impresive. You literally hear that from every religious person ever who has never heard of him before...

[@logictruth1]

Jacob Hall logical? yes, no doubt about it. Biase seems more like the problem you have. If you are reducing a scenario to it's core elements - say religion vs no religion instead of hundreds of specific religious views you will still apply logic to what you have which is very much sound. It might not give you the correct result if applyed to the real world like say basic physics principles (ex: throwing a ball in a specific direction accounting for the external force applied to get the ball moving as well as gravity but without air currents to calculate where it will land) but it is nevertheless a logical conclusion on paper.

[@logictruth1]

Jacob Hall On a sidenote. What makes you think humanity CAN discover and solve everything?

[@trevorbyrne4668]

+Johan Sigg Maybe the Wager is so open to caricature because it is itself a kind of caricature of human belief and its workings? Taken on its own, it seems to me flimsy, silly, even arrogant. When we add in Pascal's own beliefs, arguments and assumptions, it seems no more worthy: just longer. He makes huge assumptions about the nature of reality, and the nature of humanity, to get to the point where he can posit his snappy Wager. I recognise little in him or this thought (his wild, fearful thought) which I can relate to, and the same goes for many people (increasingly many people). The Wager has no power to me because I don't share Pascal's fears, and I believe his fears unfounded (and a contributor to his awful death before 40). His premises are screwy (to me). So many assumptions, so much magical thinking. He presents the Wager in such a way that it'd be silly not to accept it: in its very construction it's arrogant, and takes pride in its own presumptions.

[@logictruth1]

Jacob Hall So you have faith in things you cannot prove?

[@blaisemethos9479]

I feel good after watching this video!

[@mitchellradspinner4491]

I feel like this whole argument that his cynicism can cheer us from the depths of despair is assumed because this hasn’t been my experience.

[@invertedfreak]

"Some desire love! Others family! Only then did I realize the truth...the core of humanity...is conflict. They fight. Steal. Kill. This is humanity in its purest form!" - Adam, from Nier Automata

[@SuperGreatSphinx]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nier:_Automata

[@jesseishere9959]

I like how Pascal is a extremely religious philosopher who believes in GOD and would like people to see the world for what it is and then turn to GOD.

[@Rod1712]

he was a fool 🤮

[@MagnusSigurd8165]

@@Rod1712 Average internet atheist get out of your mom's basement and read a book for once... You are nothing...

[@MagnusSigurd8165]

@@Rod1712 your thinking skills reaches subzero levels...

[@MagnusSigurd8165]

@@Rod1712 i do not think that you are smart enough to know how stupid you sound...

[@Rod1712]

@@MagnusSigurd8165 you're another primate who believes everything you read or hear.

[@frankupton5821]

A pessimist is a person who only ever receives PLEASANT surprises.

[@BrainySharkBestmobileplayer]

My name is Blaise

[@DJK-cq2uy]

Wonderful!!😂

[@0xdonx]

In modern times we live a fast paced life , we are bombarded with external stimuli. Modern human cannot bare "being".We search for happiness and try to find a "fix" .Being is the ultimate happiness.

[@AEOdiakosa1]

Do Wittgenstein please!

[@isabellabornberg2153]

they already have

[@Khanh1321]

+K E N T G E N calm down! It was a simple mistake.

[@JohnC-iv8jo]

+The School of Life thank you for the presentations your team have made thus far

[@dimitrijekesic3206]

Please do Zhuang Zi and the philosophy of Daosim!

[@Anicca88]

Dumbass

[@glowmilk7948]

Thanks so much for this video! Very educational, love this channel!

[@DetectivePoofPoof]

So - We are inherently broken, confused creatures aimlessly wondering around a life that mostly consists of misery, therefore the only logical conclusion is to worship the thing which is believed to be responsible for all of this? No wonder that last part wasn't as popular as his other ideas.

[@charlesf9050]

People don't believe in God because it isn't as easy as believing in God. That is the chief reason people today are atheists. If you actually seriously believe in God you have to make some effort to change your behavior, which is too hard for many people in developed countries

[@johndonwood4305]

Love this video about my man Blaise Pascal.

[@folumb]

Please do Gottfried Leibniz!! Similar time period?

[@lowpasslife]

That illustration with pascal's law at 7:20 was brilliant.

[@ItAllGoodInThaHood]

'What's so right about God'..'Father Ted' is listed...Brilliant :L

[@naechilds8593]

ARE YOU SURE?????

[@paulsanar8260]

Maybe missing the greatest quote: “There is a God-shaped vacuum in the heart of each man which cannot be satisfied by any created thing but only by God the Creator, made know through Jesus Christ.”

[@fitprotunes]

Sounds like Stoicism

[@williamleroux6865]

"I might well have taken this discourse in an order like this: to show the vanity of all conditions of men, to show the vanity of ordinary lives, and then the vanity of philosophic lives, sceptics, stoics..." Pensées, fragment 61, edition Brunschvicg.

[@fitprotunes]

Still sounds like Stoicism

[@williamleroux6865]

+fitprotunes whatever

[@fitprotunes]

Very stoic response

[@patrickalegria7620]

Jimmy Kay. I agree, sounds like Marcus Aurelius himself.

[@glennward5898]

Blaise Pascal 1623-1662 Mathematician, Physicist, Philosopher, Inventor. Pioneer of Probability Theory "There are two kinds of people one can call reasonable: Those who serve God with all their heart because they know him And those who seek him with all their heart because they do not know him."

[@KnuxTube]

You guys should try making a video or two on an Islamic philosopher or go back to another Far Eastern philosopher.

[@channelx7761]

Zhuangzi would be nice

[@sarazahoor3110]

Exactly that`s what I was thinking because Muslims rejuvenated Aristotelian philosophy and they had introduced so much in scientific method at that time.

[@horationelson57]

What?! And thereby dumb-down the channel? There are already plenty of other, fruity, new-agey, 3rd-world-loving places to find content on the net!

[@xanathem7]

Some are unhappy because they define it as the absence of happiness. We conflate nothingness with unhappiness.

[@hexa3389]

Every philosopher: we should study philosophy to live better Pascal: let's die

[@Rod1712]

he was a fool 🤷‍♂️

[@Wagtail333]

Absolutely wonderful presentation. Apart from the fact that both your English and French are beautiful, you also made me laugh out loud. I am not sure why, however I simply had to laugh. Good stuff. I am now a subscriber, after crossing your path by sheer boredom. God Bless.

[@paolofumarola2319]

Wow. I'm in awe. You smear religion even on a video regarding Pascal? I truly am baffled. His religious thought is all about putting forward the idea that one day we are going to die and that in the meantime we're living this wierd experience that life is, something that could arguably be considered as mostly suffering. Men are wretched beyond comprihension, as not even their descendants are going to live forever, once the last stars are going to extinguish, and if we had to choose between believing and not believing, the consequence of the two would be heaven- nothing and hell- nothing, but I guess that's what happens when people criticize something they know very little of.

[@henryc6271]

Paolo Fumarola THIS

[@pkamoments4798]

Paolo Fumarola run on sentence, run on sentence

[@Boahemaa]

The narrator was right. The quote about all of life's problems stemming from our inability to stay in our bedrooms should be in all the airports. A deadly virus that has brought the world to a standstill definitely spread because we cannot stay still and now we're on lockdown (being forced to stay still)

[@smhdpt12]

Read Buddhism. Sums up everything.

[@sc7597]

I read it. 4/10

[@JoeGamesAndSocializes]

+Favourite Douchebag 4/10 it was okay

[@chrisgewirtz5875]

9/10

[@TEC0Y]

how do i go about this?

[@LaserrSharp]

start with wikipedia

[@TerribleShmeltingAccident]

Perfect volume - makes you intentionally listen.

[@loveitorhateit127]

Wait, you got through that whole video without mentioning his Wager? That's quite likely his most famous and most ridiculous assertion while it has plagued religious discourse since the day it was introduced.

[@kuenka91]

ikr that is why i cant take him seriously when he put that wager he basically admitted "i dont really believe this but... its practical"

[@lizicadumitru9683]

+kuenka91 He may have been pragmatic as well. Can't blame him for that.

[@sc7597]

Why ridiculous?

[@kuenka91]

its bizarre he acknowledges the absurd of existence he recognizes it but indulges himself with this well drug that is the idea of god and not the idea of a creator but the very specific idea of christianism welp what can i say he is only human in the end at least he was man enough to acknowledge the hypocrisy of some of his statements to a degree and that is a lot for someone at his time

[@sc7597]

kuenka91 "idea of god and not the idea of a creator..." what makes you say that?

[@jeffersonmicah9881]

this is by far the best channel

[@yousefabutazil467]

do some Slavoj Zizek

[@ConfuzzledTomato]

May be they're waiting for him to die

[@thewrathematician1911]

+Revo Red IMO you could apply that term to him loosely. He wasn't a traditional philosopher, but he did explore many philosophical concepts about ethics and epistemology in his contrarian writings.

[@kadedrury300]

Christopher Hitchens is not a philosopher. Not even close. He was nothing but a journalist/ political commentator.

[@logictruth1]

Allain has never sounded smoother and I love it!

[@awaddellx]

Personally, I’d rather sit in my bed by myself til noon to reflect and ponder 😏

[@tedlicious]

A delight. This may be your strongest contribution! --Well done.

[@trajan75]

The modern secularist is a giddy optimist, but the atheist existentialists Nietzsche, Heidegger, Sartre etc. are the most depressing writers ever.

[@bloodbrothera]

How does Camus relate on the scale of pessimism with the other existentialist writers? I've only read two primary text for existential philosophy and both are Camus. ( The Stranger - Myth of Sisyphus)

[@G_Rad_Ski]

I disagree to a point. Nietzsche set out to elevate humankind and Sartre had his authenticity. Nietzsche was far more optimistic than say Schopenhauer.

[@G_Rad_Ski]

Aaron James Zarathustra's endeavor was for all of humanity vs the last man's. Reread your Nietzsche.

[@trajan75]

Nietzsche was a genius with severe mental problems. He was angry that he was not the Messiah and he hated St Paul. So he created the fake prophet Zarathustra. It was his worst book. Nevertheless, he was the most original thinker of his era

[@NaZe2020]

So what do you think of Arthur Schopenhauer?

[@garrygrewal149]

I adore this channel completely!.....thanks for the wonderful uploads.

[@mazirabbasi]

Basically he just rephrased what Buddha said.

[@ajy84]

Please do Simone Weil! She is one of the great luminaries of the 20th century! A French Jewess who is one of the great intellects!

[@equalitystateofmind5412]

Hasn't religion's solution to this Earthly pessimism been to deny mortality all together?

[@klingefjord]

Ez fix

[@equalitystateofmind5412]

Yes, mortality with two Ts. And I don't think most mainstream Jewish folks believe in a literal, personal afterlife, so Mike C was right on that count.

[@jnelsonbrantley]

You have presented such a lovely lis of philosophers. I cannot help but to wonder are there female philosophers that have made an impact in the field??

[@briceyoung1420]

Do Chomsky! Maybe in political theory though idk

[@kiemruach6266]

I look at the pessimistic side of life as a challenge and a motivator to change our condition. Pascal maybe right that we are on average vain and vile, but he doesn't see our potential to change and be better. I think this is where we draw the line between secular and religious and where the secular becomes the optimistic one. Pascal seems to assume that human nature and ,by extension, the human condition is set in stone. If he were alive in our time he would see that both have come a long way and that both are on a course that is undeniably change.