STUDIES IN PESSIMISM by Arthur Schopenhauer - FULL AudioBook | Greatest🌟AudioBooks

[@matmallan6099]

Schopenhauer really cheers me up.

[@SkateICon]

Oxymoron of a sort

[@sinqobilebandile6558]

Lol I thought I was weird for this but I come back to this and I just feel better. I also just find some parts funny.

[@mihail5927]

"We generally find pleasure to be not nearly so pleasant as we expected it, and pain very much more painful".

[@friedrichdostoyevsky491]

This work reminds me of Nietzsche, in the sense that it takes me forever to go through, do to the high levels of continual mind bombs. All of which requiring much contemplation.

[@icareg]

I struggle with loneliness and depression. I like to seek out these kinds of writings because I feel like the only hope is really getting to the bottom of all this. Contemplating the darkest thoughts of life and existence, then gaining some poise and composure off of a solid foundation

[@eatbliss8895]

That seems very astute of you. Just don't forget, after contemplation, to use your newfound poise and composure in action. Then, with time, the struggle is no longer perceived as a struggle and abates, little by little. Merely dwelling on these thoughts could make the struggle more difficult, without applying the knowledge that comes from contemplation. I hope this makes sense. LOL

[@mikewallis2987]

Then stoicism would serve you best

[@dochmbi]

You are completely correct. Do you know how I'm able to practice saxophone alone for 4 hrs per day? How I find the discipline to do this? Because I fully accept suffering. I assume that life is suffering and there is no escape. Once you fully accept suffering you can do anything. The pain in your mind will no longer stop you. The desire for comfort will not stop you. You can go and work out like crazy or work as hard as you can. Because you fully realize the truth. Suffering is all there is. Then you can choose to go out in a blaze of glory, like a warrior picking up the sword and charging into a pack of Orcs.

[@crct2004]

Wow, such great comments! Battling suffering has made my life a fruitless endeavor. Perhaps, at the ripe old age of 54 I may yet accomplish something. Thanks all and especially dochmbi.

[@rsb0000]

@@eatbliss8895 have you tried writing down why you feel lonely or depressed. It can be very revealing. Reflecting on the written reasons could help one overcome it.

[@banjogyro]

Anyone else find this therapeutic like nothing else?

[@nihilitas0]

Here!

[@mechanicman8687]

I hope this will be a good go to sleep program. Goodnight h internet family and God Bless

[@gabedepaul5407]

Note - 00:01 Chapter 1 - On the Sufferings of the World - 02:06 Chapter 2 - The Vanity of Existence - 35:40 Chapter 3 - On Suicide - 48:26 Chapter 4 - Immortality - 1:02:34 Chapter 5 - Further Psychological Observations - 1:13:46 Chapter 6 - On Education - 2:06:20 Chapter 7 - On Women - 2:24:43 Chapter 8 - On Noise - 3:01:06 Chapter 9 - A Few Parables - 3:13:45

[@gabedepaul5407]

The first chapter was beautiful, the chapter about how much he hates whips is very funny.

[@sojournerkarunatruth4406]

Yes! Thank you 😊🥳🙏

[@dugannash9109]

you the real MVP

[@arkytunner2312]

Thanks man

[@fugly_and_cool]

Thanks

[@werdswolfe]

Schopenhauer was a true genius and the realest of all the great philosophers! I have studied philosophy for many years! I always return to him.

[@palmtreep5567]

My favorite part: "This is a librovox recording. All Librovox recordings are in the public domain..." Seriously though, this is a great book to listen to when you are suffering. Good day, fellow penal colony citizens. May we atone for our sins in this lifetime.

[@donniedarko2815]

Thank you mister :)

[@jenniferoliviacat]

Pp

[@SaintLawrence777]

Extra serving of Greul today, less bugs though.

[@stevenyourke7901]

I don’t mind atoning for my own sins but why do I have to atone for everyone else’s sins, too?!

[@aqeiwwrgunaug4ne3]

i love it too, so succinct and warm

[@antwan1357]

Pessimism is really good for a person in pain as it gives reason , and seems to alleviate my pain as I listen here.

[@dontbelongherefromanother]

Right

[@amphilochusofmallus5070]

Optimism is an insult, as if someone can pretend their well wishes can subvert the suffering of the world. Pessimism is answer to that insult, expressing a desire for better while being truthful about the state of things

[@jamesmcgriff8775]

My favorite narrator ever. Please do every book of Nietzsche’s pleaseeeeeee! I feel like you sound exactly like Nietzche would if he spoke modern day English. 😂

[@dokkus]

i’ve listened to this multiple times and you give it a smoothness and calmness I never heard in the text when reading it for myself. thanks for this.

[@joeybeann]

No problem

[@mahendrakent3177]

Have read and heard many philosophical talks and books. This video, particularly the first four chapters, are the best summarisation of Eastern and Western thoughts. Well done. And the speaker is brilliant. Simple but effective video.

[@herzkine]

I always just totally struggle to keep on the Subjekt because i just cant find a librivox voice i dont find distracting " bad". I want to be thankful , appreciative etc, but it always totally puts me off :-(

[@ModernLover2000]

I’m not so sure I’d go so far as to say that, there are other approaches and conclusions to the same connection between religious texts and logical deductions from people’s experiences (as are used to derive the philosophic ideas in this book,) for instance. Although this book is definitely great : ) and perhaps in consensus with many people’s perspectives

[@allanclark5179]

Whirlwind of torment Off the deep end Fear, madness, descent Gone 'round the bend As high as a kite Sad as can be Fall into the night Face eternity

[@galacticman3376]

Beautifully written

[@TsakDjit]

It seems you have fully subscribed to this field of thought.

[@leslieannvanhumbeck7630]

Good poetry 👌

[@Clsctorp123]

A nice picture of what it's like to be thrown into the world and go through it, a being toward death

[@SanguineUltima]

I'm really enjoying this, the reader has an excellent voice and pacing. A lot of libravox readers sound really awkward and stilted, but not this guy. Even the parts in Latin and German sound organic and natural.

[@BeefZupreme]

Librivox*

[@jeztaylor6055]

It’s professor D.E.Wittkower. He’s recorded a number of books on Librivox all of which he reads excellently.

[@JackVogel2024]

This is one of the most interesting and strangely satisfying books I've ever read/listened to. Topics like these are so rarely discussed now a days, some stuff he brought up was like a revelation "He just described something to the t that I've internally been thinking about my all life!..." and you realize you're not the only one thinking about it, however bizzare it might be to social norms. And it keeps going like that, right on point with so much. Like a great satire of life and the shallow standards we've wrapped around it 🙃 Oh, and the narrator is f***king perfect for this Have to edit and add, one of the last chapters is kind of crazy. The way he talks about women is unhealthy, even for that time. Perhaps he's right about his observations, but he's leaving out the equally messy sides of men, and it all comes off as some egocentric rant. Great intellect he may have had, but bitter af about the ladies

[@benyamin1059]

He was "bitter" towards females exactly because of his great intellect! The lack of intellect and accountability and hypocritical morals and deceiving ways of women - that turned him off and created his negative view on the natureof himan females (even in his time when the women were still better than modern western women)!

[@JackVogel2024]

@@benyamin1059 Kind of agree. Women has issues with their moral compass, mostly in the realm of emotions and spirit. Still I think that men has just as many issues, just more practical in nature. For every cheat, every theft, every lie of a woman, I believe it is matched by a man, though the specifics will differ. Women more likely to betray for emotional gain, men for practical gain. We're all f****ing idiots, and by pretending ones self is not, true growth becomes impossible, stuck in a loop of blame, anger and denial! Intellect and ego are contradictory from ground up, and usually in conflict with each other 🤠

[@flacjacket]

You should check out Otto Weiningers Sex and Character. I don't think I can believe that they are right, at least in an absolute sense as I have 3 women in my life who seem to defy their analysis, though I will admit that for the rest of them the shoe is uncomfortably close to fitting.

[@2013hondafit]

@@flacjacket 🤨

[@dontbelongherefromanother]

I don't believe he cared for women

[@MotoKringles]

I fell asleep to another one of his videos and this came on while I was dreaming. Wow that was one hell of a dream. I woke up after 34 minutes

[@babaayman9658]

Yeah, this writer went to some pretty dark places

[@nutznchocolates56]

Is that what happened last njght?! i had a hella dream this morning!

[@Human-li9mm]

I just had the worst nightmare while I fell asleep listening to this, I wonder why 😢

[@TheHorse_yes]

Chapter 7 - On Women - 2:24:43

[@febo2367]

well, at least, I learned that all librivox recordings are in the public domain

[@sydneymorey6059]

Brilliant Reader. Brilliant Rendition. Brilliant KZbin. Enough to keep my thoughts revolving for a long time. Cheers SBM.

[@leonardallen7380]

It's the writer, imagine the present moment, listening to the reader, calm yet entertaining the mind, knowing each word has a definition providing a sentence to complete a chapter, in the end a book, when it's finished start a new book. Thank you for sharing, considering Macbeth.

[@numbersix8919]

07 Of Women 2:25:00 Studies in Pessimism was originally published in 1851. This chapter is a comprehensive rendition of common attitudes of the time toward women. Many will be all too familiar to modern readers. 08 On Noise 3:01:20 09 A Few Parables 3:14:00

[@Foxxionly]

I find it quite funny how 'On Women' receives such excuse. As if many of us here tried to express their awe in regards to the thoughts of Schopenhauer but still feared being labeled as 'misogynists', if they could anyhow relate to that rather humorous depiction of how Schopenhauer saw women at that point of his life. We have not made the world any better than it was back then and it is sad, on the other hand, that we willingly choose to censor our modern thoughts to fit with the agenda given to us by others

[@goodgat266]

He is still not wrong lmao

[@numbersix8919]

@@goodgat266 C'mon, man!

[@robertlogan4652]

A tad bit rough on the ladies, but couldn't find any holes in it lol. Spot on spot on.

[@joonbug13]

Goodnight KZbin family. I love you.

[@GhostAdvocate13]

"On Women" was hilarious. But "On Noise"... oh man. What a gem. As a fellow neurotic I felt so deeply empathetic of his plight, yet at the same time laughed quite heartily, nay, laughed my ass off.

[@Starlogic21]

'On Women' is complete misogynistic, chauvinistic garbage. I thought he was intelligent until that chapter. He let's himself down badly with all that nonsense. But I guess all men were programmed to think like that in those dark ages. Poor things. 'Forgive them for they know not what they do' springs to mind

[@AdmKadmon]

Yes “On Noise” genuinely has me crying 😂😂😊

[@tanura5830]

On women is not hilarious it's serious and no it's not funny

[@RingWorlds]

​@@tanura5830 it's also not true.

[@saintsword23]

@@RingWorlds Except it totally is, with some details being specific to the time period.

[@elperroreggae]

44:40 best quote

[@TheForeverAddicted]

wasn't it some hindu god like Brahma that fucked up and created the universe out of like an egg and had to live in it as a form of punishment? :D

[@dan5609]

I've always wondered why my own existence didn't keep me from being bored. It's always got to be something else a new experience of some sort or another. Just being just is, it needs a little something to make it ok-ish

[@Ghost-vg6iq]

@@TheForeverAddicted I am a hindu and i approve all of this, God fucked us up man! 😂

[@vinnyvincent2862]

I think that was Monkey Magic ! . 🤣

[@Stranglerxx77]

Without Darkness there is no light

[@jusme8060]

When you discover that we've been lied to about nearly everything, this at least brings back a bit of wonder. I'm so thankful for truth, I knew since a child that something wasn't right about this place, now I can clearly see that life is wonderful and we are only being steered towards hell through deception and degeneracy. The beautiful thing is that you must consent.

[@CariMachet]

Genius

[@TupDigital]

Wow, I have used the exact phrase "since I was a kid I could feel something wasn't right" to my dad trying to even touch on the absurdity of what's what and what isn't and what we're told. He responded with silence. 🙂

[@alexheard485]

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[@alexheard485]

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[@alexheard485]

Hh

[@friedrichdostoyevsky491]

With more knowledge comes more suffering -Ecclesiastes

[@ralphkramden1741]

Arthur wrote: "There is more to be learned from a single page of Hume than in all the cumulutive tomes of Hegel " 😆

[@unknowninfinium4353]

Nietzche destroyed him too. Hegel is so complicated but somehow fantasized by socialists.

[@progskep]

Hegel’s a retard that strokes himself off and writes a thousand volumes explaining how to sit in a chair to try and sound smart. Like most leftist philosophers.

[@unknowninfinium4353]

@@progskep you won the internet.

[@saintsword23]

I have to agree. Hegel's dialectic has a pragmatic use, but his philosophy as a whole is fraudulent sophistry. Schopenhauer was mostly right about Hegel.

[@megaltright974]

oh my word how mesmerising is this man's voice?

[@glennlehto-maynard942]

Totally agree with you about this guys voice I went looking for his name. Found it and thought to share. D.E. Wittkower He reads a lot more books too.

[@8xnnr]

You girls need to stop being a pervert. This is about pessimism not how wet his voice make you.

[@HowieHellbent]

Meg you look like a hottie

[@jaffarshah120]

Perfectly in line with the melancholy spirit of the Book

[@palmtreep5567]

@@glennlehto-maynard942 I'll listen to anything this man narrates! (and Justin, you don't have to be into men to appreciate a lovely voice.)

[@spartakick300]

At first, title seemed serious and stern but once I listened to this, the title seemed funny and tongue and cheek. The author is aware of his critical point of view but is able to have a bit of a sense of humor about it. The chapter on noise. Hahaha. The chapter on women was a bit close to home. Made me think of my wife and our relationship. Anyway not a bad way to spend the morning albeit a bit .....pessimistic. hahaha

[@ryanoelckers4620]

I listen to this to lull me to sleep

[@qazaqtatar]

Excellent reader!

[@No_Avail]

His is the only ASMR I'd be interested in hearing.

[@nahuelpatania3522]

"...This is why a man who worth anything finds society so insipid" INDEED.

[@jhapara]

What a voice....it's tone is appealing and intriguing

[@dixonpinfold2582]

The way he tries to lay skeptical and disgusted stress on words and phrases which he thinks were written out of skepticism and disgust is simply awful. It shows how far he is below the material and Schopenhauer himself.

[@progskep]

32:30 Wow I never thought of it like that. I feel like if I manage to truly internalize this worldview I’ll be a lot happier.

[@charlief8935]

I fell asleep listening to one audiobook and woke up to this one playing.

[@BigTone365]

Same here

[@minh7980]

lol multiverse moment

[@remotefaith]

That’s incredibly interesting

[@krainey]

Well.. That's cheered me up

[@CSHorn]

Thanks Schope. I was just dubious when i got here.

[@toomanysymbols]

i agree very much with his point about only being able to perceive beauty once you take a step back, either in actual space or in time. in the moment everything is hard, chaotic and really not all that enjoyable. it's only after we have the power of hindsight that we can start manipulating those events and feel control over them. and it's that sense of control and understanding we then perceive as pleasurable , meaningful, beautiful etc. what our electronic devices allow us to do is to enter this state of being at any time in any place. you take out your phone cause you feel you aren't in control of the situation, and by being able to observe instead of participate that feeling goes away.

[@metalcraftwroughtiron4886]

Interesting thoughts. Agree with your thinking here. I have noticed myself doing the same thing. I have written down my feelings in the middle of something negative or positive and later returning to these writings thinking that the writer has a negative view of the situation. The reader thinks that as time has passed that the positive situations were better than recorded and the negative not as bad.

[@brandtgill2601]

Quality audiobook

[@marccampbell7814]

Well that's perked me right up!

[@ralphkramden1741]

Yavool Bright Eyes 👀 lol

[@omarysmith7245]

Give me lots of insights. Thank you

[@rdobery]

I'm a pessimist with a bright outlook to the future because I know that eventually I will have been proven right.

[@Sarah-oj7bh]

I've always been curious about Schopenhauer. 15 minutes in, and I find myself disagreeing with him, but also quite entertained. He comes across like a grumpy old man, but.. with a heart of gold, if that makes any sense. And I'm always here for some Leibniz bashing.

[@petesfohn5659]

Truth on Modern Society, Women, Noise, etc....,.., A M A Z I N'!!

[@leftyshawenuph4026]

Some really good sleep, with VERY interesting dreams.

[@nicogrande6583]

Engagement. Thank ya kindly.

[@ralphkramden1741]

It ain't all wine & roses in 'this world.

[@Addictedtoyoutube9]

Makes sense

[@LaDuBish]

much needed right now, the actual light at the actual end of this tunnel!

[@GentlemanAnarchist]

I'm becoming obsessed with this collection. . . Not that it matters 🤔😏

[@GregHuffman1987]

i read one of his books years back. cool to hear a decent audio of his writings

[@samhur4294]

Feels like home

[@Foxie635]

He articulated the truth.

[@rb2268]

Apparently KZbin reads all our comments. I made a comment on another video about this subject. The next day I had recommendations for Arthur Schopenhauer. A guy I've never heard of or ever typed his name in a search? I didn't know I thought very similar to him. But KZbin did.

[@TheFlyingBrain.]

The AI that runs the selection algorithms that choose the recommendations you get, Ricky, has taught itself how to analyze and predict what kind of mood you're in right now. Understand this, because you are being actively manipulated by these things if you are on a mobile phone, or on a laptop without good adblockers, are not using VPN, or you use one of the so-called "assistants" like Alexa. People have no idea what's being done to them. This is not done benevolently. The purpose is to make you more tractable - easy to manipulate, so the tech corps can use you to make money, and make you an easier mark from which their advertisers can take your money.

[@thetaboyswag2307]

@@TheFlyingBrain. Personally I must admit, waking up and getting on youtube and seeing videos on philosophy is quite nice. Perhaps this youtube algorithmn could serve very well in those wishing to learn more about certain subjects.

[@TheHorse_yes]

@@TheFlyingBrain. Wait, so why did the algorithm recommend pessimist philosophy then? Doesn't pessimism also imply a critical view? Just wondering where's the manipulation in that. Schopenhauer's works are nonetheless classics, and encourage in critical thinking.

[@riverbank7971]

I like how delightfully upbeat the reader of this audiobook is. Truly innervating.

[@JoseSanchez-zo5tb]

*titilating

[@dustinclark9504]

Uhhhh I got a real good feeling about this

[@shaulascorpion8439]

This is about pessimism but I enjoyed listening to it

[@dreioo8759]

This sounds like agent Smith talking to the captured Morpheus.

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[@bluepic12]

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[@Nevilletheendevour2238]

Hahaha yooooo I seen this 30 min in.

[@lemonsquirts2244]

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[@ad2094]

Sexism is so fascinating because he goes from talking about how women are often caring for men at their earliest ages and at their last breaths; he goes on to say they take no action and no strength and are children their whole life long. It is fascinating that someone who clearly fancies themselves so observant does not see the inherent contradictions. In this, he has accorded "brutes" more intelligence and respect than women.

[@Wint3rSalt]

His opinion is influenced from the times he was in, sadly genius’s are at times wrong. They’re still human at the end of day.

[@saintsword23]

How is this a contradiction?

[@HoovyTube]

1:32:34 I find this part strangely optimistic in it's essence.

[@simonbelmont1986]

I love Arthur man... He's giving meaning to my life right now

[@tradertax9798]

Just curious, how does a nihilist provide you with meaning?

[@WillB-wb7zj]

@@tradertax9798 Schopenhauer may sound quite nihilistic but in preaching the negation of life he is ascribing it with meaning.

[@uvindukulathunga3860]

Wait , thats a counter productive

[@JaySmurkzTV]

This is some of the best dry humour I’ve ever heard 😂😂

[@palmtreep5567]

Yes! I think lots of people miss that! Which parts did you find funniest?

[@palmtreep5567]

One part I remember from last night that I found hilarious was his description of the Abrahamic god making this world, then applauded himself and said it's "Very good" That shall not do! hehe!

[@mashable8759]

@@palmtreep5567 poor man hahaha

[@palmtreep5567]

Schopenhauer was a miserable old fuk, though. He hated the common man, if that wasn't obvious enough lol

[@CSHorn]

I know right! Im havin a great time listening to this. Just the realization of how repulsive and calming this philosophy is. A divine comedy if ever there were one.

[@maxmanly3122]

That chapter on women is wild but really this is a fantastic listen. Great narration, great translation

[@paulchristie8452]

It would be interesting 🤨 🧐 🤔 to know what Duke Nukem the white knight would think 🤔 💭 of the Women chapter haha

[@alexferrercampo7438]

Bro was red pilled af back in 1851 💀

[@SinnerOneNine]

@@alexferrercampo7438 all great minds of this world were based asf kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z32Uqn-PlMeYq80

[@bub7358]

​@@alexferrercampo7438nah man that's the black pill, even worse lul

[@solarpixiejournals]

Interesting audio book, but I doubt I will finish it.

[@necksugar]

Shared Joy is Double JOY Shared Sorrow is half the Burden.

[@Petch1]

The first four chapters are the most interesting. His views on women come across as utter contempt for them. The second to last chapter is a long moan about noise, especially the cracking of the whip. I can relate, although living near a road my annoyance is moped engines or tampered with exhaust pipes.

[@kenkeyes8148]

He dares to knock women off the pedestals we've placed them on.

[@Wildrover82]

That's exactly it Ken. he just looks at women the same way they look at each other.

[@Amanda-ut7gx]

@@Wildrover82 Not all women act like that and it is no excuse to say they are a lesser sex. I’m not trying to say women are better than men or anything, but I think men and women have their upsides as well as their downsides.

[@progrow6767]

Noise pollution is real pollution and creates a lot of actual harm to us and other species. As for women, they are humans struggling to use what they have to get what they want, just like all organisms.

[@arayagerardo]

Everything he says about women is actually true...just look at the west, the fact that so many government programs cater to women is a sign that women are borderline handicap or incapable without help.

[@JulieHempton]

Damn, you read this really well! Thanks 😊

[@sachabruyn3481]

who is this reader? I need more of this voice in my life

[@Ragniirox]

He tells you at the beginning

[@aquietlife8873]

D.E. wittkower

[@tituslivius2084]

Nicholas Cage

[@palmtreep5567]

Did you get to the parts where he reads german and french phrases?

[@dixonpinfold2582]

@@palmtreep5567 He mispronounces bourgeoisie most gratingly, about a thousand times.

[@ersbay5970]

Religious people have the Bible, real people have Schopenhauer.

[@benparrish672]

EXISTING IS THE PROBLEM

[@Lkcuupa]

I should find this book

[@bloodgoat]

Helps me sleep

[@jamesmhango2619]

Information for those don't pretend. If your testicles itch in public, scratch them Arthur Schopenhauer seems to be advising. We find solace in these writings.

[@gda295]

ooh oh always look on the bright side of life [ brian]

[@fftt9360]

My cat when chill has more glory than most of humanity.

[@jackielee7506]

Hes book perfectly verbalised the ideas I had brewing in my head for a while, except for the chapter he had on women. These ideas on life and existence were a great contribution to my depression and listening to this made me realise that theses are somewhat natural thoughts for coming of age. Absolutely amazing and profound stuff, except for the women chapter, id personally highly disagree with that segment. But Very thought provoking and well written 👍👍

[@katlynharper6810]

Definitely agreed with this. Absolutely loved the philosophy behind this audiobook, except for the chapter on women beginning around 2:36:00

[@JohnWick-kh1bu]

If you disagree on what he said about women then you don't know women and haven't gotten to really know many women. I have. And I 100% agree with what he says.

[@rickgrimes242]

What he says about women is true but it requires experience to realize it.

[@opalaa5874]

Incredibly accurate analysis of female nature, it'll never seaze to amaze me how on point his observations are.

[@JustinDown]

I know dude, the few women you've met and dealt with in life, that's all 3,000,000,000 of them! Makes perfect sense huh. They aren't just fellow human beings with differing views and lifestyles or anything

[@pantsonfire2216]

Lol All the people replying are so butt hurt about very obvious yet brilliantly explained modern female nature. Y’all need a reality check

[@JustinDown]

@@pantsonfire2216 gay nigga 🚫🧢

[@tdob6067]

@@pantsonfire2216 this book was written in the 1800’s so I have no idea how it’s in anyway “modern” but ok. Also if you have an underlying detest towards women you’re in for a bad time since we make up half the population lol die mad.

[@everythingabouteverything6233]

I Come Here When I'm Sad🙃

[@reverendbluejeans1748]

I came here when I need to hear about hedge hog intercourses

[@timothysmee7294]

That’s an excellent way to be sad

[@djbabbotstown]

Why is Nicholas Cage reading it though?

[@yardbird7360]

@@djbabbotstown Holy shit...it really does sound like him

[@amandamotroni8091]

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[@BenJehovah6969]

True pessimism comes from optimists who become pessimistic toward realists.

[@swaggisbaratheon4365]

does anyone know the name of the art used as the thumbnail for this video? of the man with hat and walking stick observing an eclipse?

[@zillahkerne]

This is what I am now wondering also.

[@zillahkerne]

I've just found it, A Cornfield by Moonlight with the Evening Star, by Samuel Palmer.

[@swaggisbaratheon4365]

@@zillahkerne Thank you

[@zillahkerne]

@@swaggisbaratheon4365 of course!

[@dixonpinfold2582]

@@zillahkerne In his youth he was a friend of the much older William Blake, whose influence is obvious in this wonderful painting. I find the admiration, friendship and support Blake won from young artists in his final years very touching, because recognition was denied him by his own generation.

[@unknowninfinium4353]

For anyone interested, Weltgiest has a great summary of Nietzches works.

[@DERaw_101]

Dope

[@markmannm2]

Good stuff!

[@roxanavasilakis9435]

Thank you so much

[@jessedoof4054]

The world is whatever you think it is, because it is a billion things and you MUST choose your interpretation. You cannot evaluate it wholly. When people assert that suffering is the true face of reality, that they peeled and peeled back the layers to find the rotten core they haven't. They've intentional chosen a layer at which to stop peeling, a layer at which to analyse the world and decided THEMSELVES that this suffering analysis is the true analysis. We chose our own interpretation, there is no one answer

[@brickhandle1577]

You see though, at the end of the day we are living in hell. Although moments of satisfaction exist on this planet, it's like arthur said: each fulfillment of a desire just comes with it another desire. You can delude yourself into thinking the earth is a heaven for only so long until you can't bare to lie to yourself anymore.

[@SoulDevoured]

@@brickhandle1577 finding pleasure in the pursuit of desires is how you reconcile this and wisely choosing which desires to pursue. Edison didn't just make 100 failed lightbulbs he enjoyed the process tinkering and learning in each attempt. Nihilism like this is like saying there is no point in eating when you will just be hungry again tomorrow... You could instead choose to enjoy the food you have now and possibly even the experience of obtaining and cooking it. It is you that chooses to fixate on the unfulfilled desires you have rather than the things you do. But, indeed, it is human nature to constantly pursue more. The pessimistic trap is the idea that you must fulfill each desire to be fulfilled.. when I think it's often just the pursuit of it that we truly innately crave.

[@brickhandle1577]

@@SoulDevoured I don't disagree, I was explaining to this other guy the reality that earth is a hell state where things are generally unfair, yes I'm aware that working for things is better than being a nilhist loser

[@travis6342]

@@SoulDevoured Edison also loved to run egregious amounts of current into animals, especially loved to publicly murder elephants via electrocution in a propaganda campaign against the “dangers” of AC power systems that were in direct competition with his DC power transmission designs

[@pick734]

opposite view can be proved through all chapters that our direction in life is only a view

[@ralphkramden1741]

No. Conclusions must be backed by actual factual observations. Otherwise you're talking. turkey🦃 LOL! 😆

[@theautodan7095]

*#Perspective*

[@ralphkramden1741]

@OnceTheyNamedMEiWasn't Yavool lol

[@haliaeetus8221]

As a child I used to believe the women's talks about the nature of society, including men. They particularly did not like men who had views on women, such as Schopenhauer's. Only in my 40's had I enough gathered experience to make my own empirical judgement on these issues and I find myself mostly agreeing with Schopenhauer about women. Even the most logical and mature women still have those certain qualities so they aren't able to distance themselves and think philosophically. My country's government is also now ran by women and it is a complete disaster and betrayal of the people. Worse than the rotten men before those women. Also the first government of tyrants in the history of my country. People should understand nature has designed us to certain functions and now that we've astranged us from them, we have lost beauty, harmony and force.

[@haliaeetus8221]

@@tamsintarshish3905 That is useless. You are the delusional one here. You are clueless because of your bias and inexperience. You dont even know what country, and even if you did, you'd go on superficial perceptions.

[@banjogyro]

There you have it noisy neighbours! Arthur justifies my distaste for your noise

[@blackmonster4708]

who is still listenimg to this jam in 2022?

[@aakashlife]

Nice information tq

[@ralphkramden1741]

Arthur invested his share of the family inheritance in government bonds & earned annual gains twice the salary of a Univeristy professor. His biggest regret near his death was that he might not have time to finish his tome Parerga & Paralipomena. 😆

[@Moribus_Artibus]

The man was a genius. Difficult for many people to swallow, but wonderful for the person who can understand him.

[@Foxxionly]

@@Moribus_Artibus agreed. If he weren't a great mind, we wouldn't have heard of him... and I think it is for a reason, that we tend to call lies sweet and the truth bitter :).

[@sunwukong6917]

Seems more like he wasted away in loneliness instead of having some interaction with others . I mean he just ran from everything he found unpleasant.

[@rudrajadon345]

36:00 chapter 2 - on the vanity of existence

[@dalegriffin6768]

"If somebody doesn't kill you, nature will."... "If love clings, it might as well hate."

[@karimk8551]

2:25:00 ultimate red pill

[@killa3468]

Hello 👋 all loved is the old and new one that is now

[@nonnywinner5039]

Suffering is to burnout all that is unpure. Without the misery of suffering, there cannot be wisdom, enlightenment, and innovation.

[@justsomebloke6784]

Yep, my only regrets are concerned with the pain I caused to other people while I was thrashing around in the depths of my misery. My own pain has done me good in the end.

[@fleongoogle2429]

= natural education.

[@nonnywinner5039]

@@justsomebloke6784 You have the precious gift of life, so my friend let go of the regrets, best to spend time being a better you now and moving forward. The people you think you cause pain to somehow attracted the pain. Love your self, learn to forgive, and wish everyone the best. FYI,I highly recommend Louis Hay's books, because her advices are practical and realistic.

[@nonnywinner5039]

@@fleongoogle2429 absolutely 💯

[@justsomebloke6784]

@@nonnywinner5039 What I describe as regrets do not govern me. I deal in terms of my own mistakes and do not ascribe any part of my actions to others. That is for them to work out with themselves. Re forgiveness: I have parents who when I was a child abused me in various ways. They are now in their late 80's and I look after them every day and I love them. Please don't talk to me about forgiveness so patronisingly, I think I know a bit about it already. FYI: I hate with a passion the type of noxious new-age psychobabble the likes of Louise Hay spouts. I am far more likely to read philosophers like Camus or Schopenhaeur or any of the Stoics when I need to remind myself about the absurdity of life and how to deal with it. I know you meant well, but as you can see I need no advice, I'm doing fine.

[@samaeltheangelofdeath]

Thank you so much for all these videos, it's greatly increased my intelligence, awareness, and perception, as it does all people, because they're knowledge is obtained from a person. True knowledge is embodied with a human voice. I love all of you who worked on all of this, because it's not just fables, riddles and pair - of - balls, or Bi-balls, it's describing nature and describing people and nefarious things, not in the past, but in mythologies, but IN THE PRESENT TIME, BECAUSE HE WHO WRITES HISTORY, WRITES THE PRESENT, WRITES THE FUTURE! I LOVE YOU! THIS IS YOUR HEAVEN! I'LL FIGHT DAY BY DAY, HOUR BY HOUR FOR A HUNDRED YEARS IF I, MYSELF, ALONE, HAVE TO ERADICATE EVERY BABYLONIAN, CANAANITE, PAGAN, HUMAN SACRIFICING TRANSGENDER MYSELF! PEOPLE DESERVE TO LIVE THEIR LIVES!!!!! NOT WHAT ALL THESE EVIL PEOPLE DO TO US, THAT'S JUST THEM, THAT'S SOLVABLE, REMOVE THEM, EVIL IS GONE!!! THERE ARE NO KINGS, NO QUEENS, NO ANGELS, NO DEMONS, ONLY TRANSGENDER LIARS, AND WE ARE ALL EQUAL, BUT ... THE ONLY LAW, MAKES IT SO IF ONE PERSON IS GETTING DOMINATED BY 100,000, THAT ONE MAN CAN SLAY ALL OF THEM JUST AS EASILY!

[@phettywappharmaceuticalsll8842]

Jesus this came up on my recommended…on a Monday morning as I’m trying to wake up ..not good way to start the day lol