What Is a Good Life? : Crash Course Philosophy #46
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Date: 2022-04-04
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Nearly everyone has a great respect for philosophy, as if it was something superior, and that the philosophers are really -wise- men, and possessed real wisdom, while in reality, they are only what the word -philosopher- means - the -lover of wisdom-, and anyone who loves -wisdom-, can be called a philosopher!
The truth is, that, while the writings of Cicero, Seneca, Aurelius and others are pleasurable to read, admiring their astonishing way of thinking, in reality, all that philosophical thinking is completely useless and pointless.
That's why Socrates, the wisest of the wise, was so great, by facing and admitting the truth, saying: - -I know that I know nothing-!
In another way, Solomon has said the same at the beginning of the Book of Ecclesiastes: - -Life is useless, all is useless. It is all vanity and in vain. -.
The same has said Schopenhauer: -- -The vanity of existence is revealed in the whole form existence assumes: - in the infinity of time and space, contrasted with finiteness of the individual in both. Time and that perishability of all things existing in time. the will to live. reveal the vanity of its striving. Time is that by virtue of which everything becomes nothingness in our hands and loses all real value-.
--- Would you see any sense to take the wise advice of philosophers, on how to live to have a happy life, to the inmates on the death row, which already lost ALL appeals, and their execution is absolutely inevitable?
All of us are on the same situation, are we not?
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Nearly everyone has a great respect for philosophy, as if it was something superior, and that the philosophers are really -wise- men, and possessed real wisdom, while in reality, they are only what the word -philosopher- means - the -lover of wisdom-, and anyone who loves -wisdom-, can be called a philosopher!
The truth is, that, while the writings of Cicero, Seneca, Aurelius and others are pleasurable to read, admiring their astonishing way of thinking, in reality, all that philosophical thinking is completely useless and pointless.
That's why Socrates, the wisest of the wise, was so great, by facing and admitting the truth, saying: - -I know that I know nothing-!
In another way, Solomon has said the same at the beginning of the Book of Ecclesiastes: - -Life is useless, all is useless. It is all vanity and in vain. -.
The same has said Schopenhauer: -- -The vanity of existence is revealed in the whole form existence assumes: - in the infinity of time and space, contrasted with finiteness of the individual in both. Time and that perishability of all things existing in time. the will to live. reveal the vanity of its striving. Time is that by virtue of which everything becomes nothingness in our hands and loses all real value-.
--- Would you see any sense to take the wise advice of philosophers, on how to live to have a happy life, to the inmates on the death row, which already lost ALL appeals, and their execution is absolutely inevitable?
All of us are on the same situation, are we not?
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Fortnite
Ever since I was a kid i'd been having existential thoughts which I grew up to understand as philosophy. At the time I thought that the way I was thinking was sacred and only I have ever been about to think the way I was because i'd never heard someone else talk about it and none of my young friends could even fathom what I was on about. I had gotten to the point where I felt like a higher being and I already thought about and understood almost every topic covered in this series before watching it, I always wished that one day i'd come across something consumable which taught me all of these thoughts like a book or series. When I realised it was called philosophy and it is actually a highly studied area which I could learn myself I was overjoyed and only now have gotten around to watching the whole series and I feel so satisfied with my philosophical understanding. Thank you for making this series so good, I will go on to have an interest in philosophy for the rest of my life
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Ever since I was a kid i'd been having existential thoughts which I grew up to understand as philosophy. At the time I thought that the way I was thinking was sacred and only I have ever been about to think the way I was because i'd never heard someone else talk about it and none of my young friends could even fathom what I was on about. I had gotten to the point where I felt like a higher being and I already thought about and understood almost every topic covered in this series before watching it, I always wished that one day i'd come across something consumable which taught me all of these thoughts like a book or series. When I realised it was called philosophy and it is actually a highly studied area which I could learn myself I was overjoyed and only now have gotten around to watching the whole series and I feel so satisfied with my philosophical understanding. Thank you for making this series so good, I will go on to have an interest in philosophy for the rest of my life
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Braden
So, I-m just genuinely curious because I haven-t read any Camus, but by his philosophy (as this video made it sound anyway, did Hitler supposedly lead a -good life, - because it was one in which he did succeed in finding meaning in eradicating those of a -despicable race and culture-? I-m not condoning his actions, obviously, but I just was wondering how Camus would view that dilemma. I get the feeling that maybe Camus- whole thoughts on the topic weren-t shared (which of course, is fine - once again, I-m just curious.
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So, I-m just genuinely curious because I haven-t read any Camus, but by his philosophy (as this video made it sound anyway, did Hitler supposedly lead a -good life, - because it was one in which he did succeed in finding meaning in eradicating those of a -despicable race and culture-? I-m not condoning his actions, obviously, but I just was wondering how Camus would view that dilemma. I get the feeling that maybe Camus- whole thoughts on the topic weren-t shared (which of course, is fine - once again, I-m just curious.
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Silence
Thank you, CrashCourse, for this amazing adventure in philosophy. I surely can feel how it impacted my life and my personality just after this 7 hours course, I'm grateful I found it. Now I will look at everything in different, more deeper, analytical, beneficial way.
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Thank you, CrashCourse, for this amazing adventure in philosophy. I surely can feel how it impacted my life and my personality just after this 7 hours course, I'm grateful I found it. Now I will look at everything in different, more deeper, analytical, beneficial way.
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Unapologetic
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Yes to the experience machine. What if I've always wanted to sky dive and that would make me feel complete but I'm scared and the experience machine helps my fears so i can do the sky dive or feel more complete after virtually doing it and it feeling real to me
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Lord_master
You are amazing and it was a pleasure to listen to you explain everything from episode 1 untill number 46. Thank you so much and i hope many other people will do the same. This really helps me in life, greetings from the Netherlands!
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You are amazing and it was a pleasure to listen to you explain everything from episode 1 untill number 46. Thank you so much and i hope many other people will do the same. This really helps me in life, greetings from the Netherlands!
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Keima
I learn so much from this Crash Course. A big thanks to the team. I have watched Crash course Psychology, Philosophy, World History, European History. I am planning to watch all the other subjects as well.
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I learn so much from this Crash Course. A big thanks to the team. I have watched Crash course Psychology, Philosophy, World History, European History. I am planning to watch all the other subjects as well.
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Dio
Thank you. This course has changed my life. Now i'm going to dive deeper into some of these topics and also start the psychology course. Thanks for making the internet way better with this kind of content.
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Thank you. This course has changed my life. Now i'm going to dive deeper into some of these topics and also start the psychology course. Thanks for making the internet way better with this kind of content.
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MockUpGuy
So, 46 episodes and 2500 years later and still no definite answers. That tells me there are no answers. If there are no answers, then arguing over them is kind of pointless. So long philosophy.
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So, 46 episodes and 2500 years later and still no definite answers. That tells me there are no answers. If there are no answers, then arguing over them is kind of pointless. So long philosophy.
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carmilla
I know I-m 3 years late, but THANK YOU for these videos! I watched all of them in one day, and an interest in philosophy has been sparked that otherwise would have never been acknowledged.
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I know I-m 3 years late, but THANK YOU for these videos! I watched all of them in one day, and an interest in philosophy has been sparked that otherwise would have never been acknowledged.
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