PHILOSOPHY - Sartre

Jean-Paul Sartre explored the problems and joys of being fundamentally free. Existentialism, the belief system with which he is associated, considers the anguish of freedom.
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“Jean-Paul Sartre was born in 1905. His father, a navy captain, died when he was a baby - and he grew up extremely close to his mother until she remarried, much to his regret, when he was twelve. Sartre spent most of his life in Paris, where he often went to cafes on the Left Bank and sat on benches in the Jardin du Luxembourg. He had a strabismus, a wandering eye, and wore distinctive, heavy glasses. He was awarded the 1964 Nobel Prize for literature, but refused it on the grounds that the award was capitalist and bourgeois. He was very short (five feet three inches) and frequently described himself as ugly. He wore his hair vigorously brushed back. When he died in 1980 (aged 74), 50,000 people accompanied his coffin through the streets of Paris...”
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[@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."

[@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.

[@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

[@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?

[@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.

[@tonyjohnsen3160]

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. 😂😂

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@LunaLu-00]

"The admission that life doesn't have preordained logic and is not inherently meaningful can be a source of immense relief when we feel oppressed by the weight of tradition and the status quo"

[@justwannabehappy6735]

And it can also be an incredible source of anguish when we realize that the burden of giving sense and value rest solely upon our shoulder, and that, in the end, we are ultimately responsible for everything that happens to us.

[@LunaLu-00]

Yup, very much so!

[@contemplativeidiot1]

@@justwannabehappy6735 Existentialism does not claim you or we collectively, are responsible for everything that happens. It does however claim that the meaning of those happenings is not in anyway inherent and therefore we can shape it in the way we choose. Many things happen to people that they cannot control. The meaning or impact these phenomena have can to some degree be divergent however.

[@Zaidproductionz]

Bruh…. Was scrolling down the comments while watching towards the end of the video. As soon as I started reading yours…. Me reading in my mind, and him, synced up and confirmed that life surely is a simulation. We are all living a big big lie. Life will never be the same after this. Unless my sim master decides to delete this happening from my memory and tomorrow will be all fine again. Until then…. death be upon until the Sims are pleased! Stay safe. Jk.

[@ADUAquascaping]

​​​​​@@contemplativeidiot1Except when someone's central nervous system is altered from severe abuse. They can't merely decide to define the experience based on some ideal or thought because the trauma response is somatic. Philosophy doesn't nullify objective outcomes and inherent meaning. There is inherent meaning in life. What is it? Go look around... the meaning is to exist and for the universe to increase its complexity because that is exactly what is happening. Life is meaning. The peak of being is being. The universal laws of complexity and determinism are real because mathematics transcends our limited senses, including thought, and philosophy is bound to thought. Thinking is merely one of our senses. Philosophy is inherently constipated. How is life not inherently significant? The universe existing is meaningful. We exist in a universe and are alive, but none of it is significant? That actually makes absolutely no sense. It's denying the fundamental laws of our universe. It's as if philosophers are proclaiming that they understand the entirety of the universe while using their limited senses! How ridiculous and delusional! Hey, the universe exists and it has laws, but they are insignificant. Oh, says who? Some guy who thinks too much. Oh, thanks for the enlightenment 😂

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@TomboTime]

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

[@JordanALAllen]

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

[@luisotaviosantanadeoliveir1217]

@@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.....

[@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!

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@WelingtonVeiga]

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

[@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"

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@sunsetguy37]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@themarquis336]

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

[@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

[@1337Olympia]

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)

[@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

[@sandjvj911]

same

[@cartergomez5390]

Do you mean 4 years ago?

[@continentalgin]

Brilliant! I love his short stories, too.

[@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.

[@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"

[@kealohabraceros7617]

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

[@tsunchoo]

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 😂

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@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!

[@theshaolin2391]

Outstanding.

[@theshaolin2391]

***** Praise well deserved. Would you guys ever consider doing Being and Nothingness vs. Being and Time?

[@theshaolin2391]

***** Haha yes I've always wondered what a demonstration comparing and contrasting these two works would look like.

[@sukhsonu99]

+The Scho jbj9c ; ,* : 😣😣😤--&j&ol of Life

[@ignazszlacheta5392]

Ryan Hayes Extremly interesting that kind of view on the world

[@superiorseven4814]

+Ryan Hayes exceptionnel

[@tobyzxcd]

I can really see where he's coming from, he can aswell, and where he's going to at the same time. Joking aside what a brilliant brilliant man and brilliant presentation! thoroughly informative and eye opening to the nature of existentialism

[@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 :)

[@Kingro619]

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

[@AnnaKraft97]

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

[@kanzaashar2935]

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

[@krishnantampi3996]

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

[@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.

[@donrob7779]

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

[@Diana-wp4bp]

I read his book " Existentialism&human" it's amazing💜

[@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.

[@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.

[@Leviathon672015]

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

[@0xssff]

Please never stop making these

[@buhkangliwayway]

I loved his view on things tbh completely honest. There is appreciation in the absurdity and he allows for one to look at things in a micro and macro view which is essential to be have a heightened awareness we so lack in this age.

[@ashleyhynes2124]

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

[@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.

[@DeMause]

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

[@phouleSk8s]

As a sarterian I have to say this is one of the best quick notes on the works of sarte that I've ever seen. Although I wish you would've added his quote on freedom during nazi occupation, and maybe utilized the story of his understudys conflict with wanting to join the free french army in England. He's one of the last true continentals.

[@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.

[@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

[@splodge5714]

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

[@jamesharris184]

So beautifully written, and narrated.

[@Gagandeep-qd7zb]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@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...

[@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:

[@s70rk]

I love this video so, so much.

[@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.

[@nela0113]

Such level of awareness, brilliant!

[@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.

[@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

[@AndrewRowl]

I like so much this kind of existentialism

[@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

[@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.

[@cinnamondan4984]

The School of Life is amazing!

[@SL2797]

Very informative video about Satre. Thank you!

[@user-re7sh7nw8z]

Great Philosopher!

[@cookwithkat]

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

[@oracle_0166]

My favorite is Montaigne :)

[@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!

[@LePhilosef]

*J'aime beaucoup ce format vidéo, avec des illustrations en mouvement, une voix-off agréable... bon travail, et source d'inspiration pour ma chaîne PHILO*

[@uttaradit2]

excellent subject and discourse.

[@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

[@rolando580]

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

[@rolando580]

Great. I look forward to it.

[@evilpandakillabzonattkoccu4879]

There is this church I go to frequently because they have a free book exchange box out front. I feel compelled every now and then to check out what they have. Sartre's "The Physiology of Imagination". Amazing find! it's crazy to read ideas that seem as equally crazy as it is intuitively true.....to me, I mean. I think like this all the time.....or, as doctors say: I have ASPD. I once had the realization that I couldn't prove that anything but my experience....not even myself....was real. I realized I couldn't prove that everything was anything other than just an image in my mind. A mental symbol of an object, person, experience. ....then I thought about how a traumatic experience in a dream, if real, could likely effect the mind in the same way as if it had actually happened. One day, I put my wife and kids to bed, close up the house and go to sleep. The dream I had was a very vivid dream based half on a fear of mine and half on a near death experience I had but don't remember. IRL, when I was a teen, I drank almost an entire bottle of 190 proof everclear and almost died. I don't remember much but what I do remember of it.....was very similar to my dream. The dream: I was in my teenage room at my parent's old house. My life (wife and kids) feel like a very vivid dream that is fleeting (I feel that in the dream). I have asthma and in the dream, I'm slowly dying from an asthma attack (seeing my room from the same POV as when I drank too much). It hurt, it took forever and I felt myself fade into nothingness. The entire experience in real time, seemingly....and the whole time, the memory of my family is being disregarded as an unimportant dream. I didn't want to be mourning over a dream family as I die IRL. .....then, nothingness. Back to reality: I must have slept well because I didn't wake up in a start or even until late the next day. When I woke up, I was honestly shocked that I was, somehow, not dead. 'Also, why was I in my dream and why does this dream feel so real?' I thought. After that.....it was nearly a year before I was able to fully grasp that me dying was a dream and my life was reality. it's embarrassing to admit and it was a sign of a severe mental health crisis. I got treatment and.... funny part....the doctors and psychologists I saw agreed with me that nobody could prove that my solipsistic view was incorrect and didn't have an answer on hand. one said she hadn't thought of my ideas before and asked for time to think them through. ...absolutely genius move on their part! they got my ego to feel smart (im not smart) and that was enough to initiate rational debate about the issue. it's like being conned into chess by a grandmaster. once a logical conversation had begun, they were able to logically walk me back from my messed up ideas.

[@emmanuelagudo4918]

I don't know if Sartre's abstraction that is so brilliant and liberating, or that eloquence in diction coming from the narration of '2. We are free' (@2:46).

[@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

[@thomasanderson1786]

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

[@alonespirit_1Q84]

Truly Inspiring!

[@elnicho1]

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

[@MyOrangeString]

Oh my, this is perfect, thanks! Can you explain his most famous quote, "L'enfer, c'est les autres" (hell is others)?

[@TheRaxele]

"hell is other people" because the "others" are always trying to limit your absolute freedom

[@BlowmeRoger]

The government is this for everyone

[@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.

[@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 ;)

[@efleishermedia]

Haha I've watched nearly all your videos on philosophy and literature, and this is by far the most silly and hilarious. Love it :) Of course, my favorite humor is absurdity, so...

[@un.garcon]

Please do a clip about Camus.

[@ArisTsangarides]

Fabulous! Would making one of these shorts on Merleau-Ponty be too much to ask??

[@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.

[@darkinferno4687]

whoa! im going to start reading these books