Why Do We Live For No (Real) Reason? - Nihilism & The Philosophy of Emil Cioran

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In this video, we take a look into the life and philosophy of Emil Cioran, exploring nihilism, creativity, and paradoxes of meaninglessness.
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[@FriedFreya]

*"I'm simply an accident. Why take it all so seriously?"* That was an excellent quote to end on.

[@Bucko99]

Spoiler alert!

[@barrelsinger9828]

How are we an accident we exist by chance not by accident

[@thenameisjohncena2005]

@@barrelsinger9828 i mean, if the condom breaks, its by accident fam.

[@rainbow-er4py]

the stupid thing u mean

[@fakename3440]

@@barrelsinger9828 evolution was kind of an accident but yeah your parents giving birth to you is by chance.

[@AlexBlank]

Nihilism doesn't have to be negative at all. On the contrary, it can give us the freedom not to take things so seriously.

[@kabusohikaru6187]

Exactly. Nihilism is a liberation! Too many people confuse nihilism with pessimism

[@keyboardevangelist8956]

Life is not objective meaningless as Fredrich Nietzsche claimed. There is a purpose to life. To know the Great I AM . So that you can know who you were created to be.. A wise man once said "I am who I AM says I am" kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqaYmaiGjtKHhdU (the purpose of life) Is to be kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5PMoauCedmMbsU (the image of God)

[@keyboardevangelist8956]

@Kiwi Smith am telling you God exists. He is real. We, human beings try to look for meaning in the universe. Because the universe is meaningful..why is the purpose of evolution installing that need in our soul if that need doesn't actually exist.. Am trying to tell you we have that need cuz that need was installed by God in order for you to seek him. Mathew 7:7 Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.

[@violethaye6987]

@@kabusohikaru6187 well it might be because they're purpose driven and people without purpose scare them since they're different? I don't know

[@xnj913]

@@keyboardevangelist8956 meaning is just a human concept. Think about it, if the humanity disappear everything will become meaningless.

[@earthling03]

"If nothing matters then it shouldn't matter that nothing matters."

[@SPQR_14]

Except pain matters.

[@billbo7630]

And yet it does.

[@ozzylepunknown551]

@@raresmircea the mere idea of god has changed humanity so much, i hate it

[@raresmircea]

@@ozzylepunknown551 The things you hate have power over you. Someone who meditates and develops mindfulness (a kind of meta-awareness that’s allocentric instead of egocentric) starts seeing just how many parasitic activities plague the normal human mind. In my case, a lot of things pertaining to fake news, politics, religious motivated acts, etc are grabbing onto my attention and trigger very ugly states of being. And unfortunately i’m the one who lives with these toxic states-those who are the cause of those "wrongdoings" are fine and dandy. You mustn’t hate it, you must understand it. You must learn how it came about and you must accept its necessity and merits. Only then you can engage in the social discourse in such a way to aid transcending it, or help reform it. Sitting parasitized by negative states like hate is prejudicing both you and the world. Acting from hate only serves to inflame the people in the other camp. In fact they need you to hate them, that’s how they build and maintain their own identity and zest for doing what they do. "Haters" is what motivates them. Just like muscles are strengthened against opposing forces, the religious spirit is strengthened when it’s pitted against vehement atheistic retorts. Like someone once said, if you start by shouting at someone you’ll automatically switch something in their brain that will prevent them from taking in any further information from you, so better save your breath.

[@ozzylepunknown551]

@@raresmircea i know, i have studied a lot of buddha and other religions along with philosophies like positive nihilism and absurdism. I am very aware of my own thoughts and actions and it is often hard to not get anxious from them. Sometimes i reach a feeling of thinking nothing, its the calmest state i can ever be in.

[@mozambique9113]

I have a thought when I was a little kid. "Who is the father of my great grand father?" Nobody in the family can answer me. I have learned so much from that lesson that when we die, within 100 years nobody will ever know or remember us anymore. *"All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in the rain." - Roy, the blade runner*

[@robert6106]

Which of the four great grand fathers?

[@Czarina888777]

For my family sitting around telling us anecdotes of their fathers and their grandfathers and great grand father's is a normal and enjoyable thing, and now I understand the point of passing them on.

[@countdracula2695]

Even if someone remembers you after your death, it doesn't matter, you will be non existent.

[@NoPrivateProperty]

Ask the heirs of Fidel Castro. Revolutionaries live forever

[@user-kb1hw2yq2f]

7 billion people on this planet don't know 99.9% of people that have ever lived. In 100 years we will be forgotten, and yet, we fight for respect on a daily basis. It's insane but it's necessary for survival. I think we're being played by a higher power.

[@ogbm4338]

My thoughts before this video: “I need to do my school work.” My thoughts after this video: “School work, there is no point in doing it.”

[@ogbm4338]

@@keyboardevangelist8956 bruh I’m Christian and all but I didn’t ask for this and I’m pretty sure no one else has either

[@lyr5641]

@@keyboardevangelist8956 HA the irony of this on a video about nihilism

[@bob-manuel]

@@keyboardevangelist8956 ah shit Jehovah witness have gone digital.

[@bereketmekonnen1416]

@@bob-manuel I'm a jehovah witness but I laughed when I saw this😂☺️

[@user-vr5zk9ox8d]

@@lyr5641 The absurdities of life, amirite?

[@1999_reborn]

Lol I’m lying down in bed just feeling lost in life. 21 and don’t know what I’m doing. I have no goals. I kind of just take it day by day. But it’s getting boring.

[@ogbm4338]

Set goals bro and fulfill them!

[@tanviohol6807]

Hang in there. You will eventually find what you want to do. One step at a time. It's never too late. The most important thing obviously is to be a rational kind human being.

[@1994deepan]

Ifkr! Nothing excites anymore.

[@user-vr5zk9ox8d]

“When all the current reasons-moral, esthetic, religious, social, and so on-no longer guide one’s life, how can one sustain life without succumbing to nothingness? . . . 𝘐 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨...”

[@ruohonleikkaaja5728]

You might have depression? I don’t know seriously but I hope you’ll get better ❤️

[@globalnomad1221]

this video was an accident, why should I take it seriously....

[@mator2339]

Dont. Even asking that question is effectively redundant then. Alternatively, "Your comment was an accident, why should I take it seriously ??" It then goes into an infinite regress effectively proving the very first assumption but actually the later infinite assumptions that follow are actually a consequence of the first. So it becomes tautological.

[@edgepixel8467]

@David Thornton This video was created. There is no proof the universe was. Where did God come from?

[@edgepixel8467]

@David Thornton This video was created. There is no proof the universe was. Where did God come from?

[@iTsMrHiGHDeFF]

me·men·to mo·ri

[@edgepixel8467]

@David Thornton No. If everything must have an origin, so does God. If you make an exception, you can't make it only for your favorite fantasy, like God. You commit the logical error of Special Pleading. You invented something in your head (God), then you use the invented characteristics (eternal) of the invented God to argue God. Doesn't work like that. We can SEE the universe. That helps a lot. God is nowhere to be found. It's just as if he didn't exist. Oh wait! He doesn't.

[@Cupo22]

I found his writings weirdly uplifting. ˝What do you do from morning to night? I endure myself¨ EC

[@realisticthinking3490]

Me too. It's so over the top pessimistic that it makes me giggle.

[@quirinoguy8665]

Hits hard as a guy with insomnia.

[@richardrallo6605]

The best.

[@drjimnielson4425]

"Everything that is formulated becomes more tolerable." Thank you.

[@einsteinwallah2]

there does not exist an expressive method which can express truth and as soon as truth is understood you cannot express it therefore truth is really never completely understood therefore what you formulate must fall short of complete truth ... last mile to complete truth must seem reachable or else you will give up running that last mile ... now why did i write this? did spirit of Emil Cioran enter me while i was asleep?

[@Player-ix7rx]

I think the correct version is (ro) "Orice este formulat, este diminuat in intensitate" / (en) "Anything that is formulated, is diminished in intensity"

[@TheBuri00]

The irony in feeling happy that I'm not alone in feeling meaningless and miserable during bouts of insomnia, depression, sleep paralysis, and drug abuse

[@yaphonghor4409]

Exactly!!!!

[@gavabundo_0072]

Like, nihilism tend to bend and entangle itself from it's two points (the pessimistic and the optimistic) in a cicle, just like most things in our physical Universe. It's beautiful and scary at the same time.

[@bwruh6207]

@@gavabundo_0072 Absolutely underrated comment, was just what I wanted to say.

[@bwruh6207]

@@gavabundo_0072 Maybe what makes something beautiful is in the depths of fear. But something that is too beautiful can generate fear.

[@jaxonrood7533]

The sleep paralysis really gets to me . Even the day feels strange when these have happened ,strange and hellish, even eerie but all too real.

[@Eternalised]

This hits home. “Man stands face to face with the irrational. He feels within him his longing for happiness and for reason. The absurd is born of this confrontation between the human need and the unreasonable silence of the world.” - Albert Camus

[@Dacademeca]

Good to see you here!

[@Eternalised]

@@Dacademeca You as well, the philosophy community is small! :D

[@maciej4349]

Fun fact! Cioran has met with Camus once, but he really didn't like him and he sometimes used to talk about him, calling Camus "mediocre". There's even a video on youtube when Cioran talks about him.

[@Eternalised]

@@maciej4349 interesting! will check that out, thx

[@jacobjacob4139]

@@maciej4349 Mediocre in what way? Camus found a way to have fun and enjoy life in the midst of absurdity and Cioran stayed at heights of despair till his last breath.

[@jayjohns1391]

Had a death in the family yesterday, this helped put things into perspective. We all have to die of something, pain only exists in the living. For whatever reason, these "dark" thinkers have always seemed to bring a certain comfort. Or maybe it's the totality of a lack thereof that makes it all even out. Either way thank you for this, I needed it

[@jvckpott]

First, I'm sorry for your loss, even if this is an old comment, I know deaths are hard. I just wanted to add, I wonder if 'dark' thinkers bring a certain comfort to so many through sheer acceptance of suffering. I feel like so often our suffering is met with judgment like "you shouldn't feel that' or 'that is a negative feeling' etc. The logic always seems to go "That feels bad, therefore it is bad, and since it is bad, we have to eradicate it." (Think toxic the positivity spread in popular psychology all the time these days) I think that leads to a denying of and discomfort around 'negative' feelings like sadness, anger, frustration, despair, shame, fear, etc. For many 'dark' thinkers these feelings are just a day-to-day reality, probably from depression or anxiety or other mood 'disorders' (I put disorders in quotes here because I think even that language is an example of what I'm talking about, that if you are experiencing that, then there is something wrong with you), it becomes an inescapable fact. Then, when met with the denial and rejection of society, that frustration and disconnect is deepened and reinforced, forcing them to confront those aspects of society, denial is no longer an option. Their criticisms and thoughts are freeing to many of us as they discuss all the things that we are typically forced to hide, deny, or otherwise ignore the existence of. But we all experience them. For the 'dark' thinkers the depression or anxiety leads them to reflection of their internal life, they try to understand their own psyche and emotions, as well as their relationship to society. While not all of us are rejected by society in the same way as the 'darker' thinkers may be, and have been, we all still suffer from the rejection of 'negative' thoughts and feelings. When we see someone expressing these things, writing and reflecting on them, it is freeing, because we are finally seeing our own suffering acknowledged. At least, that's what makes sense to me.

[@Chaos779]

​@@jvckpottabsolutely

[@user-vr5zk9ox8d]

I’m a simple man. I see Pursuit of Wonder, I click for no reason.

[@ogbm4338]

I disagree, the reason was actually for no reason.

[@user-vr5zk9ox8d]

@@ogbm4338 That’s a very reasonable point

[@ogbm4338]

@@user-vr5zk9ox8d Correct, with much reason being reasonably reasonable.

[@nairolf32]

@@user-vr5zk9ox8d reasonably pointless

[@theone-fy3dg]

Lol

[@ArichiKulukatoo]

This episode coming exactly on Romania's national day is such a great match (or coincidence).

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Its all planned!

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[@h0stI13]

It's simply an accident. Why take it so seriously?

[@0kam210]

What a good way to start off December

[@user-pr6gn2un8z]

Pog

[@acosta9034]

November is over though

[@kantimmanuel4397]

Depression;*

[@danhartwigPerch]

Ha

[@yungsevens217]

What a good way to start the new year

[@InTheI]

“After having struggled madly to solve all problems, after having suffered on the heights of despair, in the supreme hour of revelation, you will find that the only answer, the only reality, is silence.” -Emil Cioran

[@grahaminglis4242]

@ Tom Robinson Human beings who come into contact with the psychological reality of suffering etc have to find a way to carry on being faced with the unrelenting phenomena of despair for no discernible reason. Ordinary thinking based upon logic and reasoning, the so called remedy of positive psychology doesn’t cut it and oneself is therefore seemingly bereft and feels adrift of society’s traditional conditioning with no apparent way back. At this point the despairing person either surrenders to the need to get help from other people who are regarded as knowing what to do next, or they may take the opportunity to self learn by demanding that enough is enough of suffering and remain steadfast with the fact of ‘what is’ without resistance or escape, not as a strategy, but just to understand the full extent of the situation. This approach, although not recommended by specialists, enables oneself to go beyond the boundaries of man made thought processes by seeing firsthand the limitations of fragmented knowledge/experience and the inherent dangers in expecting that every situation has a readymade answer in the form of a doing action. Only through self-knowledge can the wholeness of non-verbal ‘silence’ enter into consciousness to negate and mutate the psychological suffering state by the action of insight that in not yours or mine and therefore perhaps the natural meditative movement of compassion. I have no way of knowing if Emil Cioran had reached the full understanding of this mind state, but the quote reads that he likely did.

[@Satyam.27]

@@grahaminglis4242 I'm 18, I find these philosophy videos quite intriguing, but in most of them the conclusion I get is, life is meaningless and we don't know anything about it, I could be wrong but this is what I'm getting from a surface level, is philosophy even worth spending time diving in and giving it a couple of years if in the end I'm gonna come to the same conclusions, also philosophy seems kinda dark and dull, I feel like it's gonna make me emotionless and depressed, so in the end, my question is, is philosophy worth studying?

[@grahaminglis4242]

@@Satyam.27 Thanks for reading my comments. Although the lead subject mentioned Nihilism and the philosophy of Emil Cioran, my comments are not directed from the abstract perspective of academic studies of philosophy per se, they come directly from my lived experience of suffering in the context of caring for my son who was diagnosed with an acute serious mental illness 26 years ago and the present day situation whereby the behavioural symptoms are as evident today as they were way back. So psychological disorder and consequently suffering are a part of the daily exigencies of his and my life, given that he lives with me. The reality is that the orthodox advice of professionals is not meeting my needs as his carer and significant other person in his relationship with the world around him, unfortunately and so in order to survive I am forced to look elsewhere for wisdom that meets the circumstances we are faced with. After searching far and wide, not by studying philosophy, religion or psychology as an academic pursuit, I have found that the teachings of J Krishnamurti are really the only thing that I can relate to that speaks directly to my situation. The gist of it is learning about facts and non-facts instantaneously, not building a memory base of ideas as reference points for later uptake as required. As to your remarks about studying philosophy as a career course, I am not in a position to provide any advice to you, but I wish you good fortune in whatever you decide regarding your future. cheers!

[@Satyam.27]

@@grahaminglis4242 Thankyou very much for your response sir, I probably wasn't clear enough but I wasn't talking about learning philosophy for career or through formal education, I've this desire to become wiser that I should be able to make right decisions and I should know what's important in life and what's not, do you think studying philosophy (through youtube and books) can help me fullfil this desire of becoming wise and emotionally mature, and maybe increase the overall happiness in my life? Ever since I've started watching these videos I've noticed that I've become kinda dull and monotonous, I'm never too happy never too sad, I lost motivation to do anything as everything seems pointless, I find myself forcefully making goals to get myself excited, i kinda miss riding that rollercoaster of emotions, why am I feeling this way? looking forward to your reply, thankyou.

[@grahaminglis4242]

@@Satyam.27 Ah for an 18 year old you are asking some questions that go beyond the superficial aspects of the roller coaster of the teenagers’ emotions and life expectancies. Welcome to the emerging adult world where happiness is not an assured reality. By all means the KZbin channel carries a vast diversity of stuff that is designed to catch the viewers attention, but the downside is that it is confusing at the same time as there’s too much divergence in the matters covered. From KZbin’s perspective they are interested in quantity of opinions so as to appeal to the widest audience uptake. It can cause contradictions and conflict between opposites, particularly in the area of politics. Many people are featured as contributors because they are authors seeking publicity and therefore book sales. Others have editorial links to specific public domains that have a large supporting group of followers and clientele whose interests and appetites for certain causes are expanded by video presentations. So be careful not to overload your perceptive curiosity with junk information that will only leave you disenchanted and disappointed. After all there is no one repository of wisdom that suits everyone and guarantees happiness at the end. From my 77 year old view, the best advice I might offer you is to doubt anything that purports to know everything and resist conclusions that close down your natural curiosity to see life as a living movement with no fixed permanent outcomes. Good luck!

[@mtg_phoenix698]

I have a simple philosophy. I see a Pursuit of Wonder notification, I click it.

[@user-vr5zk9ox8d]

Lol, we have a similar sense of humour 😉

[@aqwandrew6330]

"I'm simply an accident. Why take it all so seriously?" - Emil Cioran

[@Wilkins325]

Who says youre an accident?

[@aqwandrew6330]

@@Wilkins325 "This is a world in which reasons are made up because reality is too painful." - Barry Diler

[@frankmcnally5993]

There are no accidents

[@thedragonofthewest5789]

@Juan Perez master oogway

[@tooyoo2078]

@@aqwandrew6330 you sound really depressed 😂😂

[@marianflorea7724]

So glad to see that you chose to talk about Emil Cioran one of biggest thinkers my country had. Thank you so much for all the amazing videos that you are creating!

[@DestructorEFX]

Another great video! Thanks!

[@dolorosaenigmakil]

This resonated with me greatly. Cried a little inside then purchased an Emil Cioran book straight after. Fantastic page. Subscribed!

[@madmaximum875]

Cioran is probably my most favourite "dark side" philosopher, love his aphorisms

[@heyitsmed4556]

All gall divided is a wonderful read if you ever find the time

[@user-gt3dt7mv1o]

Dear @Pursuit of Wonder i am writing a 10 page paper about existential nihilism for my ethics class right now. I chose to do so because of your Videos, they were what got me interested in philosophy in the first place. This video is literally perfectly timed. I think your videos are absolutely amazing and so far i have enjoyed every single one of them!

[@greenlandbg]

It's fascinating how much depth you can cover in 10 minutes. I love your videos. This one especially, reminds me of the early days of The School of Life. Great to hear about a new author and get to know their work in this way.

[@ipons-jv9ll]

Thank you. You've done the majority of my favourite writers now, and I'm happy to here you talk of them. I hope some other person will see this video and find some companionship in Cioran, Kafka, Bukowski, or just your videos.

[@randomme3095]

Cioran's work is reassuring. Its like a hug. I read his books when I have a depression episode and I feel better. I kind of embrace my feelings and start to move up from that.

[@TheGritherr]

A man after my own heart! Thank you for the introduction, and now to Amazon....

[@lelalelui5683]

Thank you very much for creating this KZbin channel!! You don't know how inspiring it is. It cultivates my curiosity for philosophy and helps me to cope with life!

[@somekidwithacomputer2939]

Emil Cioran was the original edgy goth kid who sat in the back of the classroom

[@ryanquester]

same was with me! lol

[@Bluegofuccincrazy]

Lol

[@ryanquester]

@@Bluegofuccincrazy What about you? lol

[@vebzia]

nah that was Mainländer

[@carl13220]

Something like that.

[@variant101]

“Since death follows from birth, it is actually the memory of our birth that is the tragic problem of life.” I love ideas like this, they make your head explode. Most people think it’s the idea of death that’s the problem, but the idea of birth? Who TF thinks like that? This guy.

[@user-gj1it4vp3l]

Let's take a minute and appreciate the visual beauty of this video. Love it. Whoever put it all together... Thank you.

[@user76239]

I've watched every video that you've made all of them are great it's your short stories that get me though. Your work is phenomenal with or without a point. I truly feel like the contents of the blender after watching them

[@hoomanot]

The Trouble With Being Born is one of the greatest books ever written-monolithic, unrelenting, merciless and troubling. It revealed to me my 60 year old self, 30 years earlier. A must read!

[@nakakamanghangkaalaman6043]

Where can i download it for free?

[@hoomanot]

@@nakakamanghangkaalaman6043 You'll have to search the internet my friend. I had purchased it.

[@Siss2012]

K O my thoughts exactly !❤

[@mindyourself7063]

I feel blessed to live in a time when life topics can be explored in the light of robust understandings. Extraordinary individuals lacking such resources seem so often predisposed to aberrant neural processing. Essentially doomed to play out an unproductive and joyless drama with misplaced conflict as motive. TY for the synapsis and I'll pass on the deep dive.

[@Omnigrotesque]

Dark and beautiful. Great Video - thank you! Emil Cioran said in an interview that he wrote these things in his dark hours and that it was always some kind of therapeutic. So it seems he wasn't unhappy all the time but when he was, he wrote.

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[@QuietlyMagnetic]

When I think about the purpose of life, the following comes to mind from Jordan Peterson ― “The purpose of life, is to find a mode of being that’s so meaningful that the fact that life is suffering is no longer relevant.”

[@Idk-ud2hg]

@Shirley Timple Am I allowed to think that one sentence makes senese and is fine, differentiating it from the author?

[@idontknowwhattonamethischa1024]

Shirley Timple completely false

[@Mani_Katti]

@Shirley Timple Even if he is, what you claim him to be, his sentence doesn't lose any meaning. He is highly educated in philosophy and psychology.

[@OHYS]

@Shirley Timple yeah he is but chill

[@blackpilledchad1927]

Nice try. It means nothing

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I am here for my regular dose of existential crisis before exam tomorrow! :) Thank you pursuit of wonder!

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Your videos are well made, well researched. This video especially speaks to me.. Love it.. thank you

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Such a good presentation! Even for a non-native person like me; also explaning deep philosophical contexts, it's quite easy to understand. Thank you for all!

[@TheGabrielPT]

I need to read Cioran ASAP. It's been on my list for a couple years now

[@theflyingguillotine3788]

I can't find translations of his stuff. Only the trouble of being born which is really good.

[@thelaunchacademy]

Me too

[@may-annpareja5411]

You should start with On The Heights of Despair. That's a really good book ♡

[@dimlighty]

@@theflyingguillotine3788 I tried to read 'The Trouble of Being Born' but most if it doesn't make sense to me; I don't understand what many of the aphorisms are trying to convey.

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I’ve been waiting for🤞🏿 something on nihilism 😌thank you

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[@gesundheit1768]

My nihilistic view of life literally transformed me into a stoic and a humorous absurdist kind of person My whole teenage years i was *so* depressed about this fact that I don't talk with this kind of stuff with anyone, even my family/friends I feel so alien and stupid for having this kind of thinking that, that time i literally wished i had those kinds of depression people typically have like having debts, relationship problems, having a disability, or any problems that can just be resolved by simply being optimistic, having help,being with others/anyone and just never give up about it This state of mine grew with me throughout the years that it literally became part of my personality and it had me accept the fact that life is indeed meaningless and absurd Saying that we *create our own color* and *meaning in our life* Is like being those colored sand pebbles amongst thousand sand in the beach Yeah that's right It doesn't make any difference

[@n0tprem1um75]

I feel you mate,in my moments of being naive I have tryed to talk with others about the meaningless of life and all I got was a smile,a laugh or vague answer.

[@bigmoppa27]

As one that has a mental illness, like schizoaffectice disorder, I can tell you its not great. The help you do get are pills that stop your creative process thinking, and have this irrational fear of persecution, you dont know about who. The only blessing I have is poetry, pessimistic philosophies, and the fact that my father commited suicide, uneducated, on drugs, and he was unemployed. So just my learning about concepts of philosophies that are next to being a God, I find resolution, if not equality with the greatest minds that ever existed.

[@tokinbowls]

As I lay here in battle with my own insomnia/procrastinating sleep contemplating over life, consciousness, free will and why we even care enough to wonder, knowing I have work in less than 5 hours I somehow feel better about having to deal with it now after watching this. Thank you Emil Cioran for explaining that even though none of it actually matters the illusion of it all is just as meaningful and thank you Pursuit of Wonder for all the amazing content you put out. Every video you upload gives me faith that maybe our generation isn't so fucked after all.

[@gregsaunders3984]

Our generation absolutely is fucked. Not that it matters.

[@spacealienjesus709]

This is beautiful.. Both the video and way of seeing things. Thank you.

[@vijoonline]

Your script is so well worded and delivered. Bravo

[@TK-qh4gr]

At times when I have felt very tired in life, I have often fixated on the thought of why can't there just be nothing. The nihilist in me loves the idea. I have wtf moments of life where it seems so strange and surreal to be at a very specific point of time & space.

[@abdulbari-_-]

Yeah. U care to much . Its just a coincidence ,why take it so seriously

[@jadedseer]

I must thank you for this video. Though I am a romanian myself, I have never heard of Mr. Cioran until now. The sad part about the thinkers from my country is that they are ever hardly spoken of or mentioned. Thus, I must thank you.

[@soma7891]

Da, din pacate.

[@unwokesociety1624]

I didn't expect you to make a video on Emil Cioran,thanks for the video.

[@misanthropic985]

Wow man this was deep, made me really think. This is exactly what I needed to consume today, fitting that KZbin recommended it.

[@IKEMENOsakaman]

"anti-philosophy is a philosophy" me: who am i? where am i? what am i? what is i? asdffdgl

[@RisingPurpose9941]

😂

[@cricketwithyouth4501]

After watching the video me...I don't wanna continue my school works...I wanna just dive in all these

[@aamirkhan6692]

I think therefore I am

[@Cricket_to_wicket]

Why i am?

[@jeanierivera3334]

I woke up in the middle of the night a few years ago. I didn't know where I was, who I was, or what I was. As I ran my fingers on the bed I didn't know that it was a bed! And so I ask myself what am I as my arms came up in my hands before me looked foreign, like I didn't know what they were, as if I was seeing my hands for the first time. I felt as if my bedroom was floating but I didn't know it was a bedroom I didn't recognize anything in the bedroom. Then the question came to me who do I belong to? Who do I belong to? As I sat there waiting for an answer I remembered , I belongs to God! Then I remembered did I belong to my son! Then slowly I began to recognize did I was in my bed in my apartment I'm beginning to feel safe again. I laid down and try to go back to sleep but as I fell into slumber, I felt as if my mind was leaving again , so I quickly sat back up. And begin to remind myself that, I belong to my son and I belong to God. And then I try to remember as I could about my life where I live my apartment. I was worried that if I fell back asleep and I could not remember who I was in the morning, how would my son know how to come and find me if all that was left of me was my body. If it had not been my belief that I belong to God, I would probably be a vegetable in a mental institution. True story.

[@lucanalex3606]

I feel kinda proud to see a fellow romanian that has a similar thought process to me

[@larryd2684]

Consider talking to your doctor about depression.

[@TAROTAI]

_Suntem atât de mulți dintre noi ca asta_

[@goldenroses1911]

never have i related with an author's life vision more than with that of this marvelous dude... so beautiful

[@hanikj5757]

How enjoyable it is when you narrate the story of Emil in your own way.. I am in love with you POW ❤

[@FutureMindset]

There was an episode of House in which intelligence was mentioned as being a curse. A constant reminder that everything is meaninglessness is sad so maybe ignorance is bliss. But as Cioran mentions, "everything that is formulated becomes more tolerable." We have to accept it and not run from it because that's the only way we'll make sense of the nonsense and create our own purpose and meaning, making our accidental existence worthwhile.

[@absoluteexistence8279]

I just see pursuit of wonder notification and click instantly I'm addicted to pow

[@preeminentmoviescenes8183]

Best philosophy channel on KZbin Great work

[@interhistoria5632]

Very interesting and informative, thank you.

[@carlov.4408]

i read some quotes from his works. His work is literally my philosophy on life and I am glad to have found him through this video

[@rickyf3448]

We are not cursed with consciousness - consciousness is cursed with us.

[@lionofjudah8403]

Consciousness is goodness itself

[@emilcioran7686]

Not if we lose our minds :)

[@s.muller8688]

@@emilcioran7686 hehe, what mind?, what consciousness? where is it?

[@OntheMind]

This is truly an excellent video!

[@petitpanierdosier3206]

That editing tho, great work as usual

[@s2os22enet]

The first guy that pronounced "Hungary" correctly! Thank you!

[@deadsoon]

Turns out I've had the same exact view of life for years as this man. Mine was borne out of lifelong trauma and mental illness, however. While being deeply knowledgeable of my conditions, the human mind, society as a whole; I still struggle with the gutting impediments of my being.

[@infinitejest441]

I found my purpose with rescuing dogs. I trust them much more than humans

[@blackpilledchad1927]

What's tour lifelong trauma!

[@gylve10]

Thank you for the video. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@HappinessYata]

This video came to the right moment. I was wondering about this during lunch.

[@steposka]

Was it a good lunch?

[@sicknado]

"Where we really want to be is naked, singing in the rainforest, stoned, and exulted. One with the souls of the ancestors, one with the Gian spirit of the planet." -Terence McKenna

[@ChrisDragotta]

The bugs would eat you alive inside of 3 minutes.

[@batsky6061]

Ah, you clever hippie! Trying to use “mystical” experiences to escape the death of god are we? I still smell the stench of the old man’s corpse on you! Your god died and now you want someone else’s god to take his place!

[@fadilahmed3137]

@@batsky6061 who knows if it is he or she Or a trans haha

[@albusdumbledore4416]

@@batsky6061 wtf are u talking about 😂😂😂😂

[@ThePsycoDolphin]

Why do I want to be in a rainforest? I'd get a disease in 10 seconds. Nature nates us. It is remorseless in its attempts to destroy us. Man is innately at odds with the rest of his surroundings. We are in constant struggle. With climate change, nature will engage in pitiless revenge against us. Remorless warfare without mercy. All of nature is now merely a prelude to catastrophe. Climate change is a time barrier that turns all human hopes into mere ash. Well see how nice nature looks once we've raped it to death, and it responds by turning our planet into Venus.

[@pradeepcdimri8587]

*daily dose of existential crisis*

[@armine.a9]

Not that I'm an expert but that'd be a rather superficial interpretation.

[@necurrence1776]

When 17 I was suicidal. I literally searched for ways to die without a trace. In my search I stumbled upon a Cioran quote from the book "On the heights of despair". It sounded something like this : "if you're thinking of suicide it's already too late." Somehow I just stopped whatever tf I was doing with my life. I've read the whole book and kept notes from it everywhere. I was no longer afraid of living an absurd life. I embraced it and overcame my depression. Another 17 years later I'm a different person now. I feel powerful and meaningful. My loved ones rely on my high morale when feeling down. I believe it's because I read that book at the right moment in my life and it just clicked for me.

[@necurrence1776]

@Seriedade XD thanks for sharing your story. I wish you best of luck

[@khalidamajoud4114]

Cioran's style in french, for those who have read some of his work, is astonishingly funny and insightful...and full of despair, which amounts to being the same.

[@lly_09]

To be dead is just a matter of losing consciousness, I think death might be actually cozy and welcome it, not fear it. I don't think I've depression but sometimes I just thought about death like "why not?". In death, I'd lose greed, joy, misery, losing human consciousness might really be a salvation.

[@AmanKumarSingh123]

Right

[@threebits6689]

Here we go again hahahahha love to think about life in this position

[@RoB_Idfk]

I was just reading about Cioran the other day ! One of the biggest intelects of Romania

[@danypenzza]

Great video!!⭐️

[@rc7534]

My brain : "Stop overthinking please" Me : *watched this video*

[@marquisshaw535]

I came here to get my daily dose of knowledge

[@howiehowie7385]

Iv heard alot of videos here but this one was amazingly powerful,wow.

[@rahulrajmane6900]

6:21- 6:32 saved me from the never ending thought of 'nothing matters'... Existential nihilism earlier left me no room to live or breathe or to have been doing that may or may not matter

[@collinsokoth7262]

How practical is philosophy. Don't get me wrong, I love it.

[@RoseDragoness]

I imagine Emil as a guy swimming in ocean, at night, with no stars, sometimes with storms and sharks around him, maybe sinking. In all absurdity and meaningless of his life, sometimes he is able to take a breath and see a glimpse of hope in way of writing his journey... in the abyss.

[@rk.r2439]

this was nice to read

[@consumedbyvefix]

Love this!

[@joeyg29jgjg]

Oh yes another excellent video thank you sir

[@isaiahsainz1040]

There is no point in living. We all live to die and once we die 99.9% of us are forgotten

[@scat7298]

100% of people are gonna be forgotten inevitably.

[@jamatoneblue]

And someday there will be zero humans left alive. There will be no memories or knowledge of anything that humans ever did. For a while, once humans are extinct, the Earth will be full of skeletons and artifacts with no one to discover them. But those too will all be gone someday. It's kind of beautiful when you think about it.

[@edgepixel8467]

This doesn’t take away any value from a sunset you can watch, from a friend you can chat to, or from a stranger you can help.

[@hunterhemingway3477]

100% imo

[@hunterhemingway3477]

@@scat7298 ooohhhhh people please remember me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@nowespojrzenie2.0]

Cioran inspired me. In my opinion, he is the greatest philosopher, but also a great writer. The fact that he can be treated as the most outstanding philosopher is also supported by the fact that he despised awards, public appearances, and that he avoided publicity in general. Moreover, he consistently preaches these terribly unpopular theses.

[@karltanner3953]

Fantastic video as usual. I would love to see you talk about Terence McKenna at some point.

[@dimaivanov6926]

Great video, thanks!

[@gregmezera6571]

The haircut he had when he was young is all the reason anyone should need to live.

[@StereotypicBehaviour]

OG Henry Spencer

[@sofiaperestrello5651]

Accepting the premise that life has a meaning, I would say that if emotion and feeling serve homeostasis, and life is regulated by emotion and feeling, then the meaning of life is: feeling to be. Sentir para ser.

[@itguy7336]

You: emotion and feelings serve homeostasis now Me: emotion and feelings can not stop rigor mortis later

[@theboombody]

No, life is about much more than feeling. Feelings are part of it but it goes deeper than that.

[@sofiaperestrello5651]

@@theboombody it can go as deep as you want it to go. I’m saying that if animals didn’t have feelings then they wouldn’t be able to survive as nimbly and would probably cease to exist. So, in order to be, we need to feel. Feeling can go from physical pain from an injury or even hunger for example. The ultimate goal is always the continuation of the species and that is possible through homeostasis.

[@PRAKASHSHARMA-bu7xi]

This was so wrong time get me notified this, pursuit of wonder. Ugh just was trying to fool around till death

[@keyboardevangelist8956]

The good news has once again come to you today. You can inherit the kingdom of God even if you are a sinner.. after all we are all sinners in God's standards of justice and holiness (he says that if a man looks at a woman with lust he has already committed adulterly with her in his heart NO MAN IS THAT PURE😅).....All you have to do is to honestly humbly pray repent/turn away from sins (read the10 commandments) and trust that Jesus for his love❤ for you he left his throne in heaven and came to the world he was humbled humiliated betrayed beaten and killed for your sake to pay the fine of your sins and mine so that we won't spend our eternity in hell but with him in heaven...this might be the last time you read the gospel...Look around🔥 be smart..the end is nigh🔥🔥 ..He is coming back soooon not as the sacrificed lamb of God🐑..but as King of Kings🤴 the judge of the whole world..Your soul is on the line😭. Eternity is a long time.

[@lyr5641]

@@keyboardevangelist8956 then i have a feeling god needs to lower his standards a bit dont you think? Edit: and dont you think its a bit bold to threaten someone with fire and torment?

[@gabriel.cashez]

I watched this video yesterday and it inspired me to write one of the best poems that I've ever wrote. Thanks, thanks a lot for dispkaying beautiful thoughts in a beautiful way.

[@AmanKumarSingh123]

Share your poem

[@ryanquester]

I am 16 and a dropout, working on my first novel and I can't believe that I have been able to think similarly as a lot of great philosophers, and Emil Cioran would be one of them. I personally have been able to accept a lot of paradoxes and absurdities of life and when I say that, I mean it from within, where there is no resistance. And trust me if anyone ever achieves their own method to accept and still stay happy, they’d probably have the true understanding and the essence of subtlety. (What I’m saying here can even be related to any kind of joy.) Note-There are many way variations to things and may or maybe not is the same with this idea, so I could be wrong and right and nothing at all and still something, but if you state it, THEN you are wrong.

[@viktortolstrup5776]

"If you can remove all of your biological factors and if you are able to accept the failure of your life, then you are not a human being - it's simply not possible, yet.

[@cosminblk8359]

3:40 Looking at his bed, I understand why he was an insomniac.

[@stoenescurobert9867]

:)))

[@icehot900]

Hahahaha

[@crepis5955]

what an absolutely beautiful video

[@brynyrbryn]

Dope video and visuals