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@tomrhodes1629

2 ай бұрын

Like anyone, Nietzsche is wrong any time he attributes power to EGO, which he does quite frequently. The only power the EGO has is to DECEIVE. And here's a big secret: The "Philosopher's Stone" is the simple fact that there is One Mind that is ALL. Many call this Mind "GOD," not knowing what GOD is. But one MUST know before one can truly understand absolutely ANYTHING. That's why this information is called the "Philosopher's Stone." It's the foundational and absolute Truth upon which true understanding is built. The biblical prophet Elijah has returned, as prophesied, and testifies. And thus sayeth the LORD: "Understand totally by understanding totality." If you want to know more, click and ye shall find...

Never stop making content please. I'm 16 and am having so much trouble understanding my thoughts and perceptions. Your vidoes help me greatly, so I wanted to thank you.

@stickoutofthemud

13 күн бұрын

Hang in there. It does get easier.

@ttazz2007

13 күн бұрын

@@stickoutofthemud i hope so, ill always try to get smarter in hopes it will fix my issues

@NepholaNight

12 күн бұрын

I'm also 16 and I've been also facing quite a lot of confusion with my emotions and my notorious daydreaming habits and all. Not to mention I just got out of an existential crisis recently, but I believe that it will get better so let's try our best=}

@ttazz2007

12 күн бұрын

@@NepholaNight we will, its just a matter of time Nephola

@mistasomen

3 күн бұрын

let me recommend another channel in this case: healthygamergg

You speak clear and eloquently while also reminding us that this is just a view point and not “the truth”. A true modern day philosopher thank you for exposing me to all these ideas and concepts I was unaware of before hand. Congrats on 100k!!

The only right answer was Immanuel Kant, but yours was quite good too. :) Thank you for the shoutout!

@unsolicitedadvice9198

2 ай бұрын

Haha! I did harbour some resentment towards him about midway through the Critique of Pure Reason, to be fair

@TwoDudesPhilosophy

2 ай бұрын

@@unsolicitedadvice9198 That is not a book, that is a torture device!

@Philosophy24.7

2 ай бұрын

@@TwoDudesPhilosophy Hegel is even worse!

@djquinn11

2 ай бұрын

Nietzsche called Kant, “The most deranged concept cripple of all time”.

@whispergleam3576

2 ай бұрын

Respectfully, that just Kant be so

Channel is amazing 🙌 thanks

Congratulations on surpassing 100,000 subscribers! It's always a pleasure to watch videos on your channel.

Thanks for answering my question, enjoyable and insightful video too!

This was delightful and I hope you do more of these.

LESS GOOOO NEW SETUPPPP, CONGRATSSS BUDDYYYY

Getting a notification from your channel certainly brightens up my day! Thank you for teaching us something new with every video :)

I saw this on the Patreon early, very cool video watching again 🙏

Thank you for answering my non-materialist metaphysics question. If you ever decide to make a full length video on the topic, I would be much interested, as it’s a topic with a lot to unpack.

You are truly one of the best youtubers, I love every single one of your videos, you delight us with your wisdom, clarity and nuanced way of appreciating our consciousness, the human experience. Your philosophy is Gold. Keep up with this wonderful work. 💜💜💜

Always a pleasure to watch your videos, mate. I don't have anything in particular to say right now, so I'm just commenting for the sake of it. Much respect, and Please Come to Brazil.

this guy is so cool i love this channel

These are great questions

Great video, keep up the good work. Always waiting for your videos👍.

@unsolicitedadvice9198

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! I appreciate it!

Enjoyed this through & through!

@unsolicitedadvice9198

2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Great work, I recently got in touch with your channel and you really caught my attention. English is not my native language so sometimes I have to research on different quotes but it is still better than a lot of german channels. Keep up your work! (And maybe learn german)

Congratulations on the 100k!! Totally deserved, you do an amazing work and I'm sure there are many more to come!

@unsolicitedadvice9198

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

This type of videos are more enjoyable than i thought they would be. I really admire your work and representation, and the amount of knowledge you have. Best wishes for you and congratulations❤

@unsolicitedadvice9198

2 ай бұрын

Ah thank you! It was fun to make a more casual one

Congratulations for 100k sub man, keep it up

@unsolicitedadvice9198

2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Arrogance is something that I used to struggle with when i was younger as well. It wasn't till I became a full adult and was enveloped into the real world that i gained enough experience with others and different views to realize that I dont have all the answers. This plunged me into a deep existential crisis that iv only recently came out of. I did not come out of this crisis with really any new answers then I did before, but a better understanding that I dont and never can have all the answers. The only thing I can really do is learn the best way to live for myself and try to help others do the same. Keep up the great work! Your content is truly a pleasure! 😊

@ElonMuskrat-my8jy

2 ай бұрын

Look into the works of Father Seraphim Rose. Start with God's Revelation to the Human Heart and Nihilism: The Root of the Revolution of the Modern Age.

Yiu should consider reacting and sharing your throughts on other people's critiques of philosophy. That would be a very interesting journey

Good stuff. Appreciated this. The dream you remembered was absolutely wicked 😅. Cheers mate!

@unsolicitedadvice9198

2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Glad that you answered my question on eastern philosophy! I would recommend you to read S. Radhakrishnan's two volumes on development of Indian philosophy as a single tradition of thought, they provide a classical exposition of Indian thought.

@unsolicitedadvice9198

2 ай бұрын

Ah thank you! I shall add it to the list of things I hope to read

I often feel alienated from my friends from school, but turns out I feel great about it, because somehow It keeps me connect to myself. And yeah, I do agree that social alienation is one of the most common kind of alienation. Btw, great video. Thank you for sharing your thoughts. Best regards

@mynameismice

2 ай бұрын

you are just not loved, deal with it it is ok

@dante1875

2 ай бұрын

@@michahcc I don't even know how to say much about my feelings. Just instinctively understand that I feel comfortable in a decent amount of solitude.

@riverman6462

2 ай бұрын

​@@mynameismiceMe too. I don't know how to deal with it

Amazing vid.

For Eastern philosophy, if you want a nice beginner friendly crashcourse, I would suggest Alan Watts be the man you read first. My favorite book by him is "the wisdom of insecurity." I think that might be a good place for you to start as well. But do check out his entire bibliography. His lectures too! I listen to them every night before going to sleep

Congrat on the 100K! Your Nietzsche and Marquis de Sade videos were AMAZING!!! I do have a book recommendation, but it's a bit unorthodox. You should try Reverend Insanity by Gu Zhen Ren (not a self promotion, or at least not trying to. I'm not Gu Zhen Ren, although my channel is about his book). It's a Chinese webnovel that had been banned in China due to allegation of anti-social content (part of a huge internet content censorship in China). The story take on the classic Daoist pursuit of immortality but with a worldbuilt heavily influenced by Greek tragedies and Western philosophical questions. The world of RI is very nihilistic, where Fate Gu control every facets of reality and therefore, while free will exists, it can never be truly free. The ways of Heaven is to destroy surplus and fill up scarcity, it doesn't care about the feelings of people. Yet Fate is absolute. The question of "what is the meaning of life?" come up many times throughout the book with vastly different characters reaching their own different answers When nothing you can or want to do ever matter. How to find meaning in such a universe, to bow down or to rebel? The main character Fang Yuan, in my opinion, is very similar to Nietzsche's Superman. He is unencumbered by any form of morality, both personal and societal. He is ruthless and, one can say, very cruel, and yet he is not driven by any resentment, humiliation or hatred. And then you have the Legends of Ren Zu, a series of folklore fairytales told by the inhabitants of the Gu World about the first human and his 10 children. The stories carry lots of philosophical messages on what is the meaning to be human, to be alive and self-aware in a completely deterministic and uncaring universe. Life itself does not have any meaning, it is your job to create one for yourself. The best type of East meet West philosophy, in my opinion.

100K!!!!!

YOU HAVE GOOD VIBES 😎 CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR SUCCESS

@unsolicitedadvice9198

2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Damn, I like that youre trying new stuff

@unsolicitedadvice9198

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! I’m playing around a bit with the channel at the moment

I like when you put the subtitles

@unsolicitedadvice9198

2 ай бұрын

I will normally! It’s just that I didn’t have a script to work from this time

worry is motivation to do something, so do.

your key beliefs are identical to mine i did have some inkling that we were similar i didn't realize it was identical till now perhaps this is why i was drawn to your content

Wait how is everyone glossing over the fact that he's benching 100kg for 3 reps? Dude you are fking jacked

@stickoutofthemud

13 күн бұрын

When I was 26 I could do 150 lbs. for three reps. And I never got beyond that. 100 KG?! Wow.

11:30 you should definitely check out adi shankaracharya and nagarjuna, some book recommendations are tattva bodh, bhagwad gita, atma bodh upanishads (upanishad ganga is a nice yt series with english subtitles covering a bit of those), ashtavakra gita , vivekachudamani.

Not the question I asked, but I am really impressed by the fact that you can bench 100kg 3 times!! Can you really though? ;) jokes aside, would be cool if you made a video on philosophy and fitness, as you probably know yourself, the stoics were keen on intellectual and physical discipline! And then you can show us if you can really bench 100 kg!!

🦇🌹I appreciate the Walter Kaufmann mention. He is the authority on Friedrich Nietzsche. Congratulations on your well deserved success.

I would so love to sit with you at your local pub, have a beer or three, and see where the conversation goes. I know so few people who have ever been wrong about anything.

Great video(s)! Please keep up the good work. Sidenote: You look like a villain from a Sherlock Holmes novel 😁

I appreciate your existence

@unsolicitedadvice9198

2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

I recommend Tao Te Ching by Lao-tzu. I've been digging deep into Stoicism and I'm quite surprised at how the Tao seems to complement and yet defy at the same time some of those underlining tenets..

Sir, what do you think about the philosophy of buddha and Chanakya?Also, I would love to learn your opinion about ancient Indian philosophies?your videos are great.

When i watch ur videos, i be like wow, why dont u sit with me, in a park, on the grass, under the blue blue sky, sun shining bright and you tell me all this and i can ask questions in real time and engage as i pass the blunt to u.. beautiful.. that was a long form of saying i am a fan

I think Tender Is the Flesh Novel by Agustina Bazterrica may interest lot who ask the zombie question or have interest in your dream 😅 I really enjoy your videos though!!

Good evening 🌆

@unsolicitedadvice9198

2 ай бұрын

Good evening to you too!

Bagavatgita is good opportunity to know some indian philosophies. Eg: non dualism

Suddenly I feel so lucky: core principle: "life is good" because I chose to take that as my guiding principle.

I have an idea on the ideal society. Working on the books.

Loneliness has been hitting me pretty hard recently even though I have a friend to confide in, I found myself thinking more and more that if I just don't tell them anything's wrong then I won't make them feel bad for any reason. It turns out that trying to hide how you feel even in the most innocent ways ends up eating you alive and can temporarily turn you into someone you're not until you let all of it out.

@unsolicitedadvice9198

2 ай бұрын

I think a lot of this rings true. I notice if I put a lot of effort into pressing my emotions down rather than confronting them head on they tend to explode sideways

@Anand2024

2 ай бұрын

Many people before becoming great experience loneliness you are destined for greatness my friend you will be tested you will be broken you will be destroyed that is because you are going to be great

@ElonMuskrat-my8jy

2 ай бұрын

Lying to people, especially to those whom you love and those that love you, is a sinful thing. It destroys trust in a relationship. Your conscience is accusing you of sinning against love. Explain how you're struggling in life to them, explain why you hid it from them, ask forgiveness of your friend and try not to repeat the same mistake in the future. "Above all, don’t lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love." - Elder Zosima from Brothers Karamazov

Your smart mate

Pragmatist story of maths: Maths are kind of like one of the many “languages” that the universe itself speaks. It works because it’s a pattern-recognition system using positive, negative, and neutral values, and something is only added to the “maths language” once it successfully predicts a pattern. So, it is sort-of a “brute fact of the world that maths works,” but that’s because we as humans only add something to the “maths language” once it predicts correctly. Anything that does not predict correctly is not mathematical in nature, so that excludes anything that “doesn’t work” by its definition. Please correct me if I misunderstood the premise of your question around why maths works.

The formal psychiatric term for feeling disconnected/alienated from oneself is called depersonalization. Feeling disconnected from reality, as if ones life is a movie,some sort of videogame or novel is called derealization. :)

The mere fact that people like you exist proves that philosophy has a bright future, even if it does not seem like that nowadays. Therefore, philosophy is really not dead... or at least it is up to us to save it.

I really like your thought-provoking videos but I find that viewing them at 3/4 speed makes you quite a bit more comprehensible by alleviating the noticeable pressure of speech.

Kindly make a entire playlist on Ayn Rand philosophy

@ElonMuskrat-my8jy

2 ай бұрын

lol rational egoism and objectivism are stupid and both are disproved by fatherhood

@alfadlfadah4258

2 ай бұрын

@@ElonMuskrat-my8jy😭😭

When you said: "decline in religion " it hit home... for I find easy to question religion than Divine power😢😢 I don't want to find my self at the cross road..😅

Learn to enjoy solitude. It's the success chasers dream.

High-low, my name is insignificant. I watch it videos often and would like to personally thank you for being an enjoyable inspiration to me; I'm -now- a foolish clouwen 🤡whom derives so much info/knowledge thnx to said your videos. This is my first Q&A of yours, i serendipitously fell in heow. I should keep this short. Im thrilled at the bountiful name drops and specially your five book recc..s. i have one for you: useful delusions. By Bill Mesler and Shankar Vedantam. It may be rudimentary and quite redundant but isn't redundancy great at times, though?

“…so again don’t take my word for it. I’m quite often wrong and misinformed.” Same here ✌🏼😅

An historically informed acquaintance with mathematics is one of the world's best antidotes to arrogance. Even the most brilliant and successful mathematicians are strikingly humble people, precisely because they know, through extremely memorable and mortifying personal experience, how often they err, and how often they fail, for embarrassingly long periods of time, even to notice that they've erred. To be mathematically correct about anything non-trivial is incredibly difficult, and even more difficult is to have a promising new mathematical idea, which is why even the most eminent mathematicians feel completely stumped, most of the time. And feeling completely stumped, almost all the time, is simply not compatible with believing yourself a uniquely talented and penetrating intellect, which is what you need to believe in order to be really arrogant. Once you know that even the illustrious Euler asserted (and indeed even announced in writing) propositions to which a moderately clever eight-year-old might readily have produced counterexamples, you're highly unlikely to believe yourself any less subject to making equally hilarious errors.

This guys is becoming the next biggest philosopher this world has to offer. Keep on uploading the content mate 👍

As someone with a chronic illness myself, I would be interested to hear about yours (although I know it's quite a personal topic, so don't feel obligated to tell me anything you don't want to). I have M.E (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome). As I understand it, you have some kind of very painful illness: how do you deal with maybe not just the pain but the utter bleakness and monotony of life during the especially bad times? Thank you for the video also!

You don't need to want to be curious about things, you are naturally mate.

27:20 he really did the game theory advice right there

Bro I have a question: I live in the UK too, would you be willing to meet up with a new fan of the channel and discuss philosophical and psychological ideas over a pint?

Hey any Italians here? Do you guys have Machiavellis grave? That would be so cool.

Nobody is ever really wrong in philosophy. Only people who can't properly support their opinions...

@stickoutofthemud

13 күн бұрын

“I came here for an argument.” 🤣

I am a little confused on how No Longer Human was not talked about when alienation came up however I am assuming that you have not read it and if you have not then you should definitely read it.

Great video. Though the thumbnail makes you look a bit like a young David Hasselhoff. Perhaps you have a bright future in Germany. Those orderly Germans do have a history of looking to foreigners after all.

Only watching because you're good looking. The pros are knowing stuff about philosophy

Im also very worried about our attention spans acutely degrading

Others might say that my foolishness has produced a wasted life, but looking back I see a life full of meaning. Now if the crocodiles would just stop seeking my friendship...

hey man... I dont like pointless struggles so I'll throw a pebble your way and let it ripple until you can distance yourself from the olds and become one of your own. So languages kind of evolve semi-randomly. The reason I bring this up is that you speak about several topics that all revolve around this one. Getting out of our own heads require to grasp that language is a tool (an extremely flawed one). If you want to perceive the world objectively, this is probably the best means to do so [learn to not fall in the mold]. You're born an empty shell... you learn to have feelings of the world we live in... then express those feelings (not communicate) through emotions... then, if you've learned those properly, you learn to express them in words And regulate them yourself (for they're your response to what you understand from the world... therefore are yours and yours alone.. women have a skewed perspective of the world because their only wish is for relationships.. its nearly all they think about so they look for the best partner and always believe the grass is greener everywhere else for they never learn to grow beyond their impressions as everyone attempts to impress them............... language fails them because, as a society, we've let them think that emotions are valid. They are... but you need to regulate them And express yourself Better.. learn your own wishes etc). Once you've learned how to master yourself (have solutions for most of your emotions) then it's time to align your thought processes through reality (and only reality... that way you can grow past its confines if necessary... I dont think it is, but, a lot of our ancestors have... B of years ago). Without predictive models of reality (there are 3 basal assumptions which seem to create any set of beliefs.. thus demonstrating that this one is the right one) I do think that the first few notions that we need to learn should be taught by our parents (more often than not: Are), but those can range from stupidity to adequate. Defining the categories that exist would be smart, but.. create clear notions and improve them. They will end up boiling down to more rudimentary ones and you might grasp it. Take care

There is a good bit of philosophy disguised as fiction, particularly science fiction.

I would love it if u read Bhagavat Gita, and express your thoughts on it

@ElonMuskrat-my8jy

2 ай бұрын

It's stupid, illogical, demonic and denies the possibility of knowledge by claiming everything is illusion but also one.

17:40 the average bus stop experience

May I ask - what do you do for a living? Are you still in university?

Heres a question for you, do you think people can grow wary of always being good?

Where is Machiavelli?

100 KG Bench Cool

Maybe. He's not from the UK. I'd like to say no but it has to be...correct.

So, I have a question which is unlikely to be answered: From a philosophical perspective, I think it wouldn't be too controversial to say that you can't definitively define an objectively correct way of life, because even something as simple as context can impact how you interact with reality, let alone all the other variables. One of the things that really exploded in the 20th century was strongly partisan ideas on political lines (an example being the tri-fector struggle between capitalists, communists and fascist, to oversimplify that mess), which to this day remains quite prominent. While I'm not naive enough to think this can be removed (if it even should, as distasteful as that might be), do you feel that there is a distinct lack, certainly in English speaking countries (I cannot speak to others) of political or even philosophical nuance at the public level? A memory of Stephen Fry, a self-confessed "lefty" arguing against PC influence alongside a conservative right-wing proponent comes to mind. This was so interesting to watch, because you could see Sir Fry drew his position from a perspective he had thought through (whether you agreed or disagreed) and was happy to articulate why, alongside what was ostensibly a political opposite. His integrity came from backing an idea based on his position, not pitching a flag in a camp and taking the expected position for loyalty or group-thought reasons. I ask because I have found politics in democratic countries to be a growing importance in our lives (as we can engage, to some degree, on decision making), but my observation is that the nuance and knowledge of a position, ideology or philosophy is so simplified and poorly understood by the average person that it's hard to make any case for change, without being immediately lumped into a partisan camp. It is difficult, for example, to vote for a party along ideological lines, as opposed to single or a small few select topics, understanding that broadly they will represent your thoughts, and may get some things wrong, because the public discourse has broken into single topics and partisan sides. I'd be curious to hear your (I'm sure careful trodden to avoid the pitfalls) thoughts on this, as someone who professionally and deeply engages on this topic.

Moral people are strong people vs strong people are good people is not same statement i think . it is not " a=b and b=a" thing it isnt like this bcz its not math , it is where nietche is wrong

One of my friends believes that she is not real , so life has no meaning. I don't know how to argue with someone who dismisses all my points by saying "You believe in this reality, but i don't" So, she doesn't get up from her bed and do anything. Is there any way i could help?

@dante1875

2 ай бұрын

Sound like she got hooked up into nihilism.

@randomactsofriding4850

2 ай бұрын

@@dante1875possibly, but I think that may stem from disassociation. I would recommend discussing with her the things she experiences that are tangible and that do impact others. Despite the thought that maybe this is all meaningless and we will all return to nothing. This reality is still a reality and matter because we are all here experiencing it. I cannot go into as much depth here in the time I have but I hope this makes sense. This is the approach I’d take

@dante1875

2 ай бұрын

@@randomactsofriding4850 Well, you should say that to the host of the comment. But yeah, this reality still the best because we live in it. And we have to live with it.

@melon9680

2 ай бұрын

Maybe ask her why she thinks that, its not about what you believe or what you assume she would, but actually understanding the root cause for her disposition. Plus being motivated is an actual chore, you cant expect motivation to always be around. Id tell you that knowledge can bring a lot of light into your world to best decipher what your feeling, thinking, about everything, but at the same time it can just bring more nihilism as you realize how insignificant everything ultimately is. And feeling lost and without purpose is just the human condition. It however doesnt help to succumb to negative self talk and just become a statistic at the end of the day, cough suicide cough. Moods change, we have our good days and we have our bad days. Best you can do for her, is talk, understand her feelings, everything else will follow.

@randomactsofriding4850

2 ай бұрын

@@dante1875 sorry for the confusion the possibly was a reply to you but you’re correct the rest was to the commenter

We need se you bench 100 kg

Excelent video mate! Would you consider participating on the CosmicSkeptic podcast? I think it would be a awesome colaboration.

German philosophy. They all went into loonie bins or killed themselves. The ancients are really all you need in my opinion, maybe it is my blue collar background that brought me to that opinion. I did like Dostoyevsky when i was a kid but he is an author not a philosopher. Crime and punishment is just a great book.

What Astrological sign are you? As someone who knows a lot about Astrology I would guess...Aquarius or Aries...or Scorpio?

@ElonMuskrat-my8jy

2 ай бұрын

Imagine being so narcissistic and having such a lack of personal responsibility that you think the stars are there to dictate your life.

@edmundstrunkis1886

2 ай бұрын

@@ElonMuskrat-my8jy That's not what (at least most) people who believe in Astrology think.

@ElonMuskrat-my8jy

2 ай бұрын

@@edmundstrunkis1886 Yea but it's how they act.

@edmundstrunkis1886

2 ай бұрын

@@ElonMuskrat-my8jy some

@XlWolfMaster

Ай бұрын

​@@ElonMuskrat-my8jy I think you refer to the stupid people. So a good chunk of them.

have watched all your videos and just realised i wasn't even subscribed 💀

yappology

@unsolicitedadvice9198

2 ай бұрын

Yapposophy

100k philosophy IQ

0:40 the best part is that u trully have no ideo how wrong u trully are...thats why an existential crisis aka dark night of the soul, aka kundalini awakening is amazing for an atheïst...and i hope u may experience it one day... camel or lion... u will be a child!

bro didnt answer my question :((

@Haqueip

2 ай бұрын

Maybe next time

Yes Nietzsche is wrong

Albert Camus can save you from this absurd life.

Why do you assume the kindest thing is the best? Even in your example you contradict yourself. Your parents did something unkind, but it was the kindest in the long run? That does not make sense, it may have been bettering the long run but better does not mean kind. This I think is a fundamental error made by most modern thinkers, the assumption that kindness is a value. It isn't, more often than not the choices/actions that are best for a person or society more broadly are unkind. Whether that means locking up an addict so he cleans up, or passing vagrancy laws being a little mean often improves lives.