PHILOSOPHY - Sartre

[@OpEditorial]

Descartes: "I think therefore I am" Sartre: "I overthink, therefore what even am I?!"

[@franciscofarias6385]

lol this is a good one

[@navis5284]

Descartes: "I think therefore I am." Sartre: "I think therefore I am, I think..."

[@stanmyler9037]

Well hm. Yeah. Another interesting variation on that - the Celebrated "Cogito ergo sum" - taken out of Ambrose Bierce's satiric "Devil's dictionary" presented to you to ponder on is ".....The dictum might be improved, howerver, thus: Cogito Cogito ergo Cogito Sum - 'I think that I think, therefore I think that I am;'- as close an approach to certainly as any philosopher has yet made." :)

[@laurentiustefan398]

LOL

[@nsbd90now]

New classic bathroom stall graffiti for philosophy departments! "To be is to do. To do is to be. Do be do be do says Frank Sinatra."

[@TheBaaLambChampion]

Philosophy is such an invigorating force for me. When I hear a new idea and have it instantly resonate with my own feelings and thoughts, it is a feeling like no other. This also underlines the idea that your every feeling and thought has already been experienced and widely explored by others in the past, put into words and described by philosophical writers at length. I am so fortunate to understand the implications of this... how important reading is, educating oneself, and how these things help deepen the understanding of yourself and the world. What an impact consistent study of this kind of material has over time... even if it's just 5-10 pages of a book a day, or a single video like this - the effect is cumulative. It's what Stephen Covey would call a Quadrant II activity (Not-Urgen and Important), but what most people would not even think of as important.

[@SydAliHsn]

who else just gets a sudden existentialism crisis when they focus on someone's face they have known and have been seeing for a long time and it turns out that they look nothing like you think they do.

[@aGenericBanana]

Relatable

[@JamesBradlee1]

People call anything an “existential crisis” nowadays

[@utkukurban147]

I remember the first time i had a moment of absurdity. I was talking to my mother and all of a sudden i saw her as if I have never seen her, as if she was a complete stranger to me. And when i told her that in that very instant she could not understand it. I hope everyone can fell such moments. It is really invigorating.

[@nicolaskoukoutsis8562]

I've had such experiences as a child but they have always felt deeply unsettling to me. I remember having such a momentary shift in conciousness in class in elementary school and all I wanted was to go home and be alone.

[@san99972]

same and with my mother too. i also told her that it feels weird that you're a random woman and my mother. she was like "i gave birth to you i know you since birth" and stuff. i was like well thats not what i meant

[@whatisiswhatable]

Cool

[@arnav257]

I know precisely what that feels like - I had them quite often as a child, but they wane with time. For some reason, I used to think of these moments as thresholds for true internalisations of that which evoked the sensation. I wonder if these moments make such things (or people, in the case you mentioned) become part of you in ways other things cannot be.

[@ritimasahikiya]

yes man, i have had moment of absurdities since childhood. The first time was when I was looking at a tap in my bathroom

[@Michael-jf7np]

"Hello, sir. I will be your waiter this evening." - attentive waiter "Yeah, well, that's just, like, your opinion, man." - Sartre

[@aysoodaagh3167]

Haha((:

[@parlay-music]

I just dropped in, to see what condition that my waiter was in

[@bhwre]

The dude abides.

[@LucienStaarink]

That doesn't sound like Sartre, but like Bernie Glassman Roshi! 'It's just my opinion man! '

[@theodoranfilov5101]

No Donnie, they are existencialists, no need to worry.

[@ChaseTheHorizons]

'Another being who's genitals you sometimes touch' thats just what I call all of my significant others

[@IronWarrior4Ever]

It's a great pick up line, 'Hey will you be someone whose genitals I can sometimes touch?'

[@remagairsoftllc]

You: My significant other Me, an intellectual: Another being whose genitals I sometimes touch.

[@adamkilby2273]

I call her my intercourse associate.

[@michaelfeeney369]

I wonder if people get these feelings when they go walk their dog and pick up its shit.

[@kingdomofthesaintful]

significant otter

[@danielamartinez8939]

It's incredible that people who have different pasts, different languages, different countries, different cultures, different ages etc... Have come to the same conclusion or idea. Without reading any of his works I got exactly the same ideas in the same order. Things are weirder than we think, and because of that we are free. It's almost like we were connected somehow to an unconscious universal knowledge

[@juliuskull]

Satre's philosophy is classical stoner philosophy. "Seat.... whaaat?"

[@Demention94]

No. Stoner would say "seat..sleep"

[@kylemelones8594]

+Julius Air Kull I've thought about this a lot. People tend to trivialize the frequent epiphanies of stoners, because they aren't often properly articulated. But (despite the ineloquence of most stoners) society has still delegitimized something legitimate. Stoners are quite possibly thinking the same thoughts as great philosophers, and do not have the foundational knowledge to recognize it. Which is why stoners are amazed by things like trees and buildings and, yes, seats. And don't even get me started on other psychedelic drugs...

[@empty_cognizance2234]

+Kyle Melones I smiled while I was shaving earlier today. I used to think my teeth were white...they are OFFwhite. (paraphrasing Mitch Hedberg off the top of my head)

[@bunnyTTtango]

+Julius Air Kull wow, tru

[@g-wen6875]

+Kyle Melones I haven't actually smoked, but I think that pot actually gives one a kind of disinhibition... They aren't really aware of what's socially acceptable for example. Everything they saw as "known" and "true" suddenly becomes source of questioning. The same thing happens when you repeat a word over and over, it isn't something you were taught to do, and isn't something you actually are expected to do... You become free of expectation and begin to question how a bunch of letters could actually mean something... Even though that's what you were taught.

[@samrobinson5761]

the satrian description of an evening meal is quality

[@bublepoof]

wow you are so good-looking

[@bublepoof]

I wish you had videos on your channel but I'll subscribe just so I go and look at your profile picture once in a while

[@bailinnumberguy]

Whenever I get somewhat depressed I read Sartre or Kierkegaard. They remind me that my life is utterly meaningless and my depression implies that I should give a shit about anything.

[@angieyeah1793]

Good idea

[@jordandthornburg]

Your depression is telling you they’re wrong

[@dripstein6130]

Lmao that’s the saddest thing I’ve read in a while lol. Death to the nihilists

[@tac6044]

Start here kzbin.info/www/bejne/e3XUonVuoM2Se80

[@acrux1918]

That's not where existentialism ends. If you just end it there, it's nihilism. There being no set meaning to life means you can assign whatever you want to it.

[@TomboTime]

"You don't arrest Voltaire" haha . . . rad.

[@JordanALAllen]

Apologies for my ignorance, but what was meant by this may I ask?

[@2fKYQNoiJ3jvzR]

@@JordanALAllenI believe it refers to the episode in which they asked French President Charles de Gaulle to arrest Sartre, because of his engagement with leftist ideals. Then the President replied: "you don't arrest Voltaire" wich ackowledge how important Sartre was, putting him side by side to the french writer and philoshopher Voltaire.

[@Thejampacker]

Who is ‘you’ in this quote... Cause the French certainly did arrest Voltaire.

[@googlestinkt6647]

@gary grine They were both free thinkers, with a realtively large following. I guess you could say they were influencers haha. I don't think he was comparing them in weight of brain matter, but in how the public would react to them beeing locked up, as fighters of freedom.

[@samluke8121]

@@googlestinkt6647 A fighter fore freedom who admired Fidel Castro? Oh how brilliant.....

[@Charvack]

Bus conductor: sir please take a seat. Sartre: What do you mean by seat?

[@h0ph1p13]

What do you mean by "sir"? ;)

[@bobafett4457]

Jordan Peterson is just his successor

[@victormacedofilosofia1403]

@@bobafett4457 why?

[@bobafett4457]

@@victormacedofilosofia1403 do you know a bit about JP?

[@Undesignedd]

@@bobafett4457 why?

[@ihazthots]

You know you're onto something if the FBI maintains a file on your actions.

[@OHYS]

Linton S. Dawson, this made me smile

[@superleipoman]

Probably because he liked Marxist ideas...? I say before I watch the video. I was right :D It's one thing though to be free but one cannot deny the scarcity of goods. I don't see why being less materialistic should be the responsibility of the rest of society, rather than yourself. Plus, if you come from a "high rated country" you can go to pretty much any country in the world if you really want to.

[@davidmarshall3683]

By your logic ISIS terrorists or terrorist sympathisers are on to something, of course they kept tabs on him he was talking to their enemies.

[@superleipoman]

The main problem with communism is that everyone should want to be communist. Honestly, that just doesn't make sense, especially when you find yourself in a job that is simply worse than another. I'd rather be a lawyer than a sewage worker, but if all pay is equal, I might as well be a stock boy. So now, if I have to be a sewage worker, I'm going to be angry. So you may say true communism has no leaders, but without goverment force no society is going to exist. And that's just one aspect of ignoring inevitable reality. Another example: some black market is going to exist, thus communism is undermined.

[@AAfif-gd4px]

Einstein had an FBI file too, so yeah.

[@j.d.4697]

My favorite philosopher and a great foundation for intellectual comedy.

[@ClassiicMe]

The interesting thing about Sartre is that the general idea of his philosophy is quite simple and easy to understand, but his delivery is incredibly confusing almost as if he’s proving the point of the absurdity of the world. He’s by far my favorite philosopher and my favorite philosophy.

[@KittySnicker]

I've had those moments of absurdity frequently, where I'll think about how weird a word is, for instance.

[@taskinabdur-rahman3487]

Same

[@victorcubas7248]

@gary grine not exactly, when the entropy of a system decreases, entropy of the universe increases

[@ayushagarwal8284]

It's called "jamais vu"

[@anuragmalla3814]

Exactly!

[@sw.7519]

Pseudo intellectual thoughts of a teenager.

[@fermiLiquidDrinker]

"One eye on the intrinsic meaninglessness of life, and another on the bitches."

[@fermiLiquidDrinker]

any wallsocket That's why you have the other eye on the bitches.

[@Tjp7624]

King Crimson!

[@andremuniz6623]

Bubbadoobop this, this needs to be on the cover of every book Sartre ever wrote...

[@ravikantbhatt1]

Bubbadoobop niceeeeee

[@avery-quinnmaddox5985]

Bubbadoobop My everyday life as a lesbian philosopher. 😂😂

[@shailendrasingh-lj9ri]

never connected so well to a philosopher. going to read all his writings. thank SOL

[@user-hc4ls5of3g]

Did you get to his pedo self justifications

[@PlasmaCoolantLeak]

Sartre died and arrived in Heaven. St. Peter showed him around, showing the gardens, the animals, the people. Sartre: "It's nice, but not what I imagined." St. Peter: "What did you imagine?" Sartre: "Nothing."

[@akinlajaakinwande8177]

Good one.

[@Yzjoshuwave]

Have you seen or read No Exit? There are several performances of it up on KZbin.

[@TheBigMclargehuge]

it's funny because a socialist got into heaven

[@charlieclark9552]

Well, pal there is something so the downside of this place is you can no longer think about nothing, because from now into eternity, you are something

[@ajarofmayonnaise3250]

@@TheBigMclargehuge socialism is when no heaven.

[@AKNeal81]

"...the weight of tradition and the status quo." The descriptive term for my issue with society today that I've been searching for most of my life. This channel is like free therapy! Proud to be a "Student of Life"

[@kealohabraceros7617]

Nausea is an amazing book and really gives some insight into the ideas of Sartre and how they play out in real life.

[@SilasF1sher]

Wow I've been thinking very similarly to Sartre for so long and am only now learning of him (thanks public education); favorite philosopher so far.

[@FiisforMichael]

+Silas Fisher In defence of public education, Sartre would probably prefer it to private education or no education, Marx definitely would. can it be improved? yes. Is it something to blame for not knowing certain aspects of life and academia? I'd say no respect for being free thinking and getting sartre's ideas without knowing of him though. also one of my favorites

[@ultimatereviewer01]

Silas Fisher Exact same case here

[@khaledyasser8293]

Silas Fisher I don't think you should call this guy your favorite philosopher out of all people because it makes this sort of thinking possible: Oh there is no meaning to life? Ok then what could possibly make life's struggles worth it? Because if you truly see the world as a bunch of moving atoms and nothing more then what's the point of living? Well I guess I'll just shoot myself, then I wouldn't have to deal with all of life's tragedies

[@MurkyFlabberGast]

I view my life as having no meaning other than the long term meaning of continuing the human race. I believe this way of thought was the biggest influencer in helping me cope with my depression. As soon as I saw the world for what it is, i no longer cared to be judged as different. Instead of conforming to what the society expected of me, I have begun to learn what I value and I have begun to pursue my dreams. Though i do understand if someone wanted to they could say their moral code allows for killing... but that is why we have a government. they set a baseline for what we all value and punish those who defy it.

[@khaledyasser8293]

Karl Briegel If your only motivation was the survival of the human race you wouldn't have a morality. For example killing old people and unproductive people would be completely justified. Cloning and genetically editing babies would also be completely justified. Heck science itself would NOT be justified because when the enlightenment happened I doubt anyone expected to be able to cure polio after a few centuries so there would have been no reason to research. See how this also doesn't work? Most people SAY they believe in certain philosophies but almost everyone believes in higher values in the end (some call that God)

[@slappybigalow8971]

So... The land of milk and honey is actually the land of animal secretions.

[@KevinSpencerTV]

Slappy Bigalow Yo slappy

[@michaelocallaghan1163]

Slappy Bigalow hope you dont mind if i quote your succinct existential symopsis. Ha ha ha. Very good.

[@taiyihanle]

@André Victor Yes

[@michaelfeeney369]

It is all in your head... but you won't get what I mean.

[@POVShotgun]

Bodily secretions

[@boonejones7373]

This helps when I feel too caught up in the outcome of something; like a job offer or school admission. As a human I have unlimited potential, but it's easy to feel like there's a way things should go, and if they don't go that way is a frightening idea. Keeping the idea of not acting in bad faith is important to not feeling overwhelmingly stuck

[@Luca-qk2lr]

So I am VERY new to philosophy, and this man kind of just met a certain part of me. It's like he describes one of my favourite societal characters I put on, which is the essence of the "Me" I know... It's weird to describe but he touched a part of my ideology and physical presence that is undeniably an unchangable part of me. Like the basis of me.

[@funkygroovysoul]

How do you start getting into philosophy? I’m only here because I’m studying one of his other books “essentialism is a humanism”. I’m just a French student lol

[@CCCCCCCCC11]

@@funkygroovysoul to get into philosophy I would start where it started. Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. The writings of Plato and Aristotle are free and online. Socrates didn’t really write but you’ll sure hear a lot about him if you read Plato or Aristotle.

[@AnnaKraft97]

These videos are so informative and wholesome. I feel so satisfied after watching them.

[@alkimbozkurt508]

Thanks alot Alain. These short videos are very accurate and extremely helpful in understanding the ideas and philosophy of great philosophers. While the ideas may appear to be complicated with the prose and language of the philosophers, this format really simplifies them and makes it comprehensible with great examples.

[@MrColdJin]

Is it normal if I felt like clapping at the end of the video? Jokes aside, to whoever actually makes these: thank you.

[@davidfalcao335]

***** yes it is. I felt something similar after experiencing this, and other videos of this channel. Plato's feature is also an eye opening piece o media. It's amazing to see how much we are actually moving backwards as thinking beings rather then pursuing the thaughts and riches these men have gave us all that actually think.

[@foxfire1345]

***** im glad im not the only one , whenever the video finishes i always felt a sudden awe with my eyes fixed on one place, and just saying wow or bravo. its thats good.

[@kevindreslin5925]

***** Think of it this way, we applaud to show another person (or persons) that we enjoyed whatever they have an association with, so why show your appreciation in a way that the other person cannot see or hear? Sorry, I like to watch these videos when I'm high.

[@mrtambourineman6107]

I make jokes all the time bud

[@KOREAyoungwoo]

There is no normal

[@jamiemcmillan6742]

Sartre had a unique perspective. It's almost as if he could see in two directions at once... I enjoy these summary videos about philosophers. I feel like an expert on philosophy now XD

[@AstralApple]

I mean look at his eyes. He could.

[@GabrielAcostaCodeNinja]

@@AstralApple no need to explain the joke mate!

[@WelingtonVeiga]

It's awesome how you can explain his thoughts with that simplicity. Thank you for that.

[@talynhastime9343]

Oh my God there's a man that has basically defined what I've been feeling increasingly for the past year. Thank God.

[@archadeinteriors]

wow a whole year; thats the most anti-climactic sentence i have ever heard haha; )

[@VPN14494]

Behold, Satre reborn

[@veronicalvendahl1332]

Dude. Low key same

[@cartergomez5390]

Do you mean 4 years ago?

[@danefleck5320]

Lol don’t think Sartre believed in God…

[@Banjaari]

The quintessential meaning of life, on point. Much thanks to the curators of the video. Being a Psych major, and having Philosophy as a minor can be crushing. The 6 minute gist about Sartre was really helpful to get an overview of Existentialist routes without digging deep into pages. Kudos!

[@mercyritz1311]

How do I get started with Philosophy? What books to read, what chronological order to follow and what method to use/un-use while reading?

[@mercyritz1311]

+The School of Life Read an extract. Will order and get started! thank you!

[@atwaterpub]

+Mercyritz13 It would be best to start with a good understanding of history and historical events both classical and modern. The historical timeline will give you a context for the philosophical ideas discussed. One great place to start is Will Durant "Story of Civilization." It is a little dated, but still a great academic foundation. Will Durant also wrote "The Story of Philosophy" and THAT might be good for you to read also. It was a best seller in its day.

[@daysipaolacruzcastillo7800]

I am not a philosophy student or anything, but I got much interested in it through reading literature, Dostoyevsky's Crime and punishment. Then, I started with postmodernist philosophers, like Foucault and Sartre. And modern ones like Nietzsche, Freud and Marx. You will find many references to classical philosophers and 17th century thinkers in their writings. So you are not only reading the ones I am telling, you but you are approaching others that are very important like Kant, Kiekkegaard, Leipzig... so you will get to choose who you would like to read in depth. I got to tell you that have come to a good understanding of philosophical matters in the way I think and speak.

[@hazedown5108]

+Daysi Cruz Starting philosophy with Nietzsche, Kierkegaard and Liebniz ? What a joke : you need so many decades so as to understand them, especially Nietzsche (his writting is so rich and demands a HUGE culture from the reader...) Well, do not listen to her, she doesn't know what she's saying... Start with the fundamental : Plato, Socrate, Aristote

[@atwaterpub]

Daysi Cruz Don't listen to detractors and doubters. Start with whatever author you like and just start reading. Over time, you will learn to put it all together. Starting with "The Ancients" is a good idea , but not vital. Just getting started is the important step.

[@themarquis336]

Brilliant people who have walked the Earth and the brilliant ideas they had. It makes me so emotional.

[@marcpadilla1094]

Simple concepts with very elaborate explanations. I really love thst about philosophy because you can't remember any of it in detail unless you study it. Like mental gymnastics. Very elegant.

[@Mr8lacklp]

This moment when police are trying to understand your philosophy but fail.

[@kx7500]

Jannis because if they did maybe they wouldn’t be policing it

[@selina6107]

@Quinn Murph oh shush you silly bean, there is much more behind it than just a burning building

[@selina6107]

@Jesus Christ you just don’t get it

[@outaspaceman]

“Oops-a-Daisy, sir.. You appear to have fallen downstairs..”

[@sakariaskoivisto1471]

I didnt know police could read.

[@cldreyer1756]

I'm not high enough to think about existentialism.

[@tookool4school]

+Gnōsis high enough or sad enough?

[@abegohr2576]

Bananasauce High, because of drugs

[@beauknows1677]

- ̗̀Ḡeᾔøη ̖́- you not being high is enough to understand it.

[@eltonparks659]

Lol !!

[@danNo_nin0]

I think the word is: "depressed", not "high"

[@Kingro619]

"This chair is crazy.." This is how my mind thinks most of the time

[@DonCarlosHormozi]

I read "Being and Nothingness" years ago. I picked up the book in Inchon Airport. I finished it, however, it was very very hard to understand. It was like higher math put into words. You had to fully understand premises from the beginning to understand what came next. It wasn't like most books that you could kind of glide over and understood by context. But that was my experience. I read other books by Sartre and had no difficulty. Thanks for posting.

[@elnicho1]

Of all the philosophy books I read. Human All To Human, changed the way I viewed life as a whole.

[@Leviathon672015]

I have literally felt this way my entire life. The existentialists get me. They just do.

[@bananatube6004]

This dude was mad smart n shit

[@firewizzard86]

He was actually an ugly, wonky eyed, idiot.

[@opses546]

while i don't wholeheartedly agree i laughed pretty hard at your comment nonetheless

[@firewizzard86]

+Eric Bacon He was the inspiration for a whole new wave of French pseudo-intellectuals, calling themselves post modernists.

[@firewizzard86]

+Eric Bacon The whole Alan Sokal affair.

[@lightgazaret6825]

The whole Sokal affair has to do with only a journal, not all post modernist philosophers.

[@donrob7779]

I have a ten page paper due about him next month, thank you so much for letting this exist

[@SuperEekie64]

Sartre's philosophy has helped me so much. Love the video

[@therealjasonc1243]

SuperEekie64 How has it helped you ? If you don’t mind me asking

[@Chronix74]

yet another great video.. you guys are quickly becoming one of my favorite channels.

[@TheAlbHunter]

Alain de Botton Holy, I didn't know this was Mr. de Botton's channel. Well, that explains the high quality material. Thanks to you sir and to the whole team, keep up the good work.

[@sunsetguy37]

Weird how ideas from a man long gone, so accurately match the thinking of my own internal landscape...great clip; thanks!

[@MaoRuiqi]

One quibble, your videos deserve higher numbers! I'm sure over time, as they form the basis of a vast video philosophical library, they will achieve the viewings they deserve. Well done!

[@meghanamanjunath4387]

+Ruiqi Mao I agree! I'd say this is the best channel of its kind on KZbin!

[@bobrolander4344]

+Ruiqi Mao I'm sure too that this series will become legend! Always a good starting point to get some perspective and some fresh ideas.

[@云频道]

法国哲学伟大！！！既有希腊的人文精神，又有对社会的批判反思，从个人到社会，从个人的思索到社会的思潮，伟大！了不起！！！

[@krishnantampi3996]

Sarte created new trend in literature,and was admired by many abstract thinkers

[@CptDangernoodle]

Can you start making videos on key philosphical movements once youre done with specific authors? Like Existencialism, Stoicism, Nihilism etc.

[@CptDangernoodle]

Great!

[@gvstudios6038]

***** How about one on Objectivism? I would be most amused, as I'm sure many others would be.

[@gplor55]

relativism and vitalism as well!!

[@knightsofempathy6768]

There is NOBODY

[@hazedown5108]

I'm French and a philosophy student. Actually, with Sartre and within his theater pieces (as much relevant as his philosophic books/essays) what is important to catch is that we are nothingness, ourselves, basically. We do not have a nature/essence (nor identity logically (the critic) ) and so we are undeterminated : we are and have everything to become, and it's by our choices(which must lead to freedom) that we become free. "The existence before Nature/Essence (the Idea), " but where Sartre goes too much beyond the existence and others (autrui) in his philosophy is when he says that I can do everything as long as I'm responsible of my acts : the absolute freedom (which can mislead and fuck mankind up) there is not limit, to sum up, in his way of seeing freedom. Men has everything to become, he is nothingness because if he is smthg, others will determine him according to their way of seeing him, they would determine him at the moment to keep in mind this particular image. He disagrees, our reflected acts on this specific moment cannot absolutely show what we are really, because we build ourselves with the time. Sartre's philosophy is a philosophy of responsibility. THIS is just a sum up, but what you have to keep in mind essentially concerning the author. I suggest you to read his theater (Being and nothingness is quite exhausting ^^) Sorry for a few mistakes in the idiom that you have probably noticed.. bonne continuation et vive la philo ;)

[@tryrshaughroad551]

+Haze Down Salut, je suis étudiant aussi et j'aimerais savoir quels livres de Sartre tu recommandes de lire. Merci d'avance

[@preciousthing101]

Damn, you just confused me all over again. But vive la philosophia!

[@miaah8562]

Haze Down w

[@sunnymarchflymcgee]

My dad told me this guy was a total wanker and after reading this I'm inclined to agree

[@mohicanmowl]

@Bruno56 you are a commie.as well, you Just don't realize It yet

[@rusy3112]

Watching this while on the cusp of starting my first job is a great reminder that life is and will be more than my occupation. thank you :)

[@Gagandeep-qd7zb]

This chat should have a group,where we can refer our dilemmas and seek second opinions

[@gsamsa]

I’ve never done drugs but I’ve experienced a lot of loneliness and watching this explained a lot of the things I’ve been going through. Driving one moment, and then next being scared out of my mind of this strange circular wheel that have two slabs of meat on them.

[@stoned8708]

lowkey, sartre probably was a good philosopher because his lazy eye could look into another dimension

[@rego3377]

I see where you got that name.

[@JasminaaaSingh]

Lol dude

[@zel5522]

lol

[@simfoniaco]

That's exactly what I thought while they explained the scene of the chair.

[@reneportillo532]

He also liked kids. To much I would say.

[@GavinKirby]

If you weren't also born in 1905 you'll probably want to know that "5 feet 3 inches" is medievalspeak for 1.60 m.

[@idwerk]

I'm American so I know what it is but you are right: imperial measurements are completely idiotic.

[@fargothbosmer2059]

Rule Britania

[@isaactrabuco3365]

Thanks hahaha

[@vukathers]

Fargoth Bosmer the metric system is french tho

[@splodge57]

5ft 3 sounds just great to me. Very descriptive...a little guy.

[@Nerfherder3]

"All men are born with a God shaped hole in their heart"

[@ozzylepunknown551]

God is just an illusion created by humans in the need of an purpose.

[@javierherrera8782]

@@ozzylepunknown551 say that to Einstein who said his religion consist of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit ;)

[@javierherrera8782]

@Abhiroop das good for you :)

[@javierherrera8782]

@Abhiroop das believe what you want :) it's your right to do so.

[@javierherrera8782]

@Abhiroop das yes, you are right in your own mind. Everyone is wise in their own opinion

[@SafetyMentalst]

Beauty of nature is on full display An those who seek it win the day Natures wonder behold everyday Beauty of nature to be seen today An natures beauty has a lot to say

[@informalliteraryexperiments]

I like early Sartre for his popularising and development of ideas on contingency and individualism, in the context of freedom.

[@SwagxIkarma]

At 2:30 when you broke down a 'normal' situation into something that sounds strange and insane, I do this every day and I thought there was something wrong with me? I've only just learnt about sartre.

[@zolda7179]

you were just an existentialist without realizing it ;)

[@moreapropos]

I thought his big idea was: "Existence precedes essence."

[@raphaelbonnot319]

Descartes big idea.

[@samrevlej9331]

@@raphaelbonnot319 Nope, Sartre. It means that nothing in existence has a predefined essence or inner nature before coming into being. Humans can make their own future by continuously choosing what to do while having in mind that they are free, as they have no essence that dictates they should or will act in any way, but also responsible, as any action or non-action they take sets a standard for what the morality of humankind should be (not to be likened to Kant, though).

[@lollol-ou8tp]

Rick Riordan first dude’s right tho. Nigga it’s Descartes

[@mariapaulamacedo4858]

​@@lollol-ou8tp Its actually Sartre's. Thats existencialism, that nothing has a predetermined purpose or destiny, but its purpose or destiny will come with its existence first. Thats what sets us free, acording to his philosophy. Decartes is more I THINK THEREFORE I EXISTS, which comes as a conclusion of a diferent process of tought and questions.

[@nathaliesejean]

a clear and good summary. Interesting to see though that Simone de Beauvoir was never mentioned once when we know how much she participated in Sartre's intellectual development and how collaborative their philosophical and political efforts were. Out of curiosity: would you spontaneously make a video about de Beauvoir without mentioning Sartre? If you say yes, then forget I said anything.

[@toshi292929]

well at least she was in the pictures..lol, but was thinking the same thing, her collection of letters is my current loo literature. gives you a rather intimate understanding of their relationship, tres moderne.

[@jimmarch9298]

mentorless.com Good point. I missed it. Thanks for the reminder.

[@paulhalf]

Mobutu Sese Seko Nkuku Ngbendu tres moderne, but dysfunctional. Sartre was a controlling and self-indulgent partner. I dunno - does the personal conduct of a philosopher undermine the value oftheir abstract work? I tend to feel - in the case of "philosophers of conduct" like Sartre that yes, it does.

[@continentalgin]

Brilliant! I love his short stories, too.

[@sacredscribe42]

this is exactly how i viewed the world after experiencing ego death. sarte was able to see reality as it truly is, without thought, judgement, or beliefs about how you think things are or should be. This philosophy to me closely resembles what its like to see the world once youve experienced enlightenment, only thing is enlightenment is sure to be blissful and youd see things as miraculous. ego death means to have the same experience of the world as you would if you were enlightened but you would probably see it as strange or dreadful because of sin/karma you still carry

[@ashleyhynes2124]

What a wonderful channel this is. Thank you for producing such amazing content, fascinating.

[@patrickkilduff5272]

I curse you Sartre! You have inspired me to constantly reevaluate the utter strangeness of the world. I am a cook at a restaurant and find myself asking my coworkers if they find it as weird as me to be dipping hacked up pieces of an animal keep in a cage built just for it in the fat derived from a completely different animal kept in its own cage until it reaches a certain temperature and then brought on a tray (could go on about how strange a tray is as well) to other humans who will pay me to do this...the Sartrean rabbit hole runs deep in restaurants...

[@jenishaupreti7889]

Well written!

[@thomasanderson1786]

I love this channel. Philosophy is one of the topics that should be mandatory.

[@elnicho1]

Satre's philosophy was a turning point in my youth. To look at the world thru a different perspective outside the grand institutional thought

[@Lambdaphile]

I remember myself as a little child having similar questions. Like back when I was 4-5 years old... I stopped questioning these things as I grew up, I wonder what happened to me...

[@katferments]

He is my favorite philosopher. I love his work so much.

[@oracle_0166]

My favorite is Montaigne :)

[@bradendredge8792]

"You’re a ghost driving a meat coated skeleton made from stardust. What do you have to be afraid of?" I sense Sartrean perspective in this quote. :)

[@samiraisabelle]

wow, this is amazing haha

[@Irrtumvorbehalten]

I was searching for a video on Simone de Beauvoir - seems like an omission since both Sartre and Camus are here! I would greatly appreciate an Alain-de-Botton sketch of her philosophy.

[@DeMause]

Of the philosophers you have covered Satre is the one I most agree with.

[@gusguerra5595]

The more we think of existence the more we become apt to experience personalization, identification, and rationalization. The phenomenon of our ideals, beliefs, and values add meaning to thinking, feeling, and relating. This meaning can lead towards morphology as we mature, adapt, and nurture other viewpoints based on influence or new emerging personal themes in life. We then express excitement and passion to find we are part of the whole in experience as ideals through what we need, want, authority,, and money. This creates motivation and or substitution based on the underwhelming fact that there is subjectivity in being-ness. Objectivity, planning, and organizing are a myth as we don't truly have control of circumstance. What is constant in life is restraint, constraints, and recursions of thinking, feeling, behaving, and acting. The rest of meaning involves intelligence, knowledge, and proclivity to understand self and the cornerstones of rationalization. Gus Guerra MS Accountancy St. Peter's University

[@sutirtharoy]

“The fact that life has no meaning is a reason to live ― moreover, the only one.” Emil M Cioran

[@grenadier2006]

Interesting that his life-long partner Simone de Beauvoir wasn't mentioned once.

[@victordiazhierro1232]

Or the fact that there isn’t a single female philosopher in the whole playlist

[@TheEternalOuroboros]

@@victordiazhierro1232 Women are writers or poets, not philosophers. So it's hardly surprising.

[@waynej2608]

@@TheEternalOuroboros What about Virgina Wolf or Joyce Carrol Oats? They're writers, but one could argue they're philosophers, as well.

[@waynej2608]

I don't think I've seen a picture of Simone. Was she attractive? Not that it matters, it's just that Sartre wasn't exactly Cary Grant...

[@TheEternalOuroboros]

@@waynej2608 I agree. The difference is that historically a woman couldn't be much else but a "writer" if they were bright.

[@simongarrettmusic]

I bloody love these, thanks Alain and whoever else is behind these, the animations and art picks are wonderful too and I laughed my ass off when he broke down the evening meal with partner 😂

[@ministerofjoy]

Thank you🎉

[@CloudyTalksStuff]

I like so much this kind of existentialism

[@ryanhedblom2380]

Over the past week I've binge-watched all the videos on the channel. The ideas I've been exposed to have been incredibly enlightening, so thank you for that! Also, I know you get many, many, suggestions on philosophers to cover, but you should really consider Camus. Since "The Stranger" and "The Myth of Sisyphus" play so nicely off of Sartre, they seem worthy of exploration!

[@CarlosJMunoz]

***** Schopenhauer and Cioran? C:

[@un.garcon]

Please do a clip about Camus.

[@Cvcvcvcvcv317]

Can you make one on Simone de Beauvoir? ^_^

[@sophiakavaldjieva783]

CharliGirlToast yes, please!!!

[@diezpiedrasnegras1703]

I know right! Why don't they?!

[@anweshakar146]

Because women.

[@lastmaj]

still no response ?

[@PaszerDye]

She is madly in love with Sartre, but tragically he is incapable to returning any sort of love. Her beautiful song will go unheard by the one she sings for.

[@bearlogg7974]

Sartre had an eye for seeing things from a different angle, literally

[@SuperGreatSphinx]

The Evil Eye

[@jamesharris184]

So beautifully written, and narrated.

[@areeogir5948]

so... i'm approaching existential philosophy as a novice, starting with Kierkegaard.. i watch this video. I feel like this has summed up a great deal of all of my thoughts for the past few years. wtf.

[@SilasF1sher]

+Aree ogir Same here :)

[@ergbudster3333]

+Aree ogir Hume demonstrated that our beliefs in rationality are absurd. Bertrand Russell admitted that there has been no truly satisfactory rebuttal to his claim. Nietzsche, among others, pointed out that the all encompassing idea of God has been rendered obsolete. Existence is absurd. Therefore choice is necessary to continue living. Kierkegaard chose Lutheranism. Gabriel Marcel chose Catholicism. Hiedegger chose Naziism. Satre chose communism. Camus chose football and women. Wittgenstein chose simply to write it all off as gibberish. As the biologist said: "Therefore choose life."

[@cinnamondan4984]

The School of Life is amazing!

[@charlesbruno990]

I knew Sartre. He always liked me because I knew which eye to look at.

[@eGovDewas]

Hahaha

[@Gloomysushiroll]

Sartre is a breath of fresh air in the determinism vs free will debate

[@celayyn]

How can one talk about sartre without simone de beauvoir! Absolutely need a video about her

[@s70rk]

I love this video so, so much.

[@rolando580]

Excellent channel. It would be really nice if you guys did a video about Proust.

[@rolando580]

Great. I look forward to it.

[@UsotheMarshmallow]

I have very similar beliefs to Satre in a lot of ways, thanks for making this great video summarizing everything! These philosopher videos are great!

[@PrimitiveBaroque]

Sartre was one of the earliest thinkers I studied, next to Russell. Good times. His book Being and Nothingness can get really deep and is not as "on-the-surface" as it seems. It ends with speculation at how his Existentialism could have ethics, but it just doesn't go too far. Simone de Beauvoir actually comes closer to a possible existentialist ethics in her writings.

[@kanzaashar2935]

I’m telling you this is the best ever video I’ve ever came across during exams 👍🏻👍🏻

[@py.r7257]

are you gonna do one on Simone de Beauvoire ?

[@danielalfaro8111]

Not planning on making a video about Ortega y Gasset? :)

[@ritheerithwando5895]

+The School of Life Marat-Sade?

[@johndoe-rm7sv]

+Rithee Rithwando XD

[@strega0]

Yes!

[@saprissa30]

yo pense que eran dos personas diferentes. jajajaja

[@saeedbaig4249]

3:49- If I may provide my 2 cents; eagerness in performing one's work does not necessarily mean one is acting in bad faith. The waiter (had they really been based on a real person) could be fully aware that there are other career opportunities and lifestyles available to them. Since few plan to be a waiter forever, It's more likely that he simply saw his waiter role as a temporary occupation or a stepping stone on the road to bigger things.

[@Porfirio-p6w]

Great Philosopher!

[@ar9n]

I'm grateful for how unbiased this channel is

[@carsongarfield6524]

If Sartre's world is inherently valueless and thus meaning has to be created, on what grounds can these things be created? That is also to say, how could he defend any of his beliefs or practices when confronted by someone who disagrees? Is he a hedonist? I'm genuinely curious in exploring Sartre's philosophy on life and existentialism, and would appreciate a good faith answer (pun not intended).

[@Heart2HeartBooks]

Then you are ready to drink the Kool-aid.