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@WelcomeToDERPLAND

6 ай бұрын

Today, I learned I was an Absurdist all along... thanks mate.

@jchicago6131

21 күн бұрын

You talk fast. It's fun to listen to. Note: looks like you've edited out every time you take a breath. Intriguing result.

Absurdism is one of the main reasons I came out of my depression and became happier than I have ever been

@unsolicitedadvice9198

6 ай бұрын

That’s wonderful! I am glad you found Camus’s philosophy so helpful

@kingkyanogd2500

6 ай бұрын

​@@unsolicitedadvice9198 Yeah its also why I probably got into philosophy, I just love learning about philosophy and how different people think about similar questions

@user-fz5dw1ip7i

6 ай бұрын

The idea is to not have any concept about happy or sadness. Which means after understanding this philosophy it isn't happiness u feel it's something beyond that

@kingkyanogd2500

6 ай бұрын

@@user-fz5dw1ip7i hmmm I must have misunderstood it then, I guess its time to read the myth of sisyphus again

@gamezswinger

5 ай бұрын

Same here. I love laughing at the absurdity of life. :)

"The absurd hero's refusal to hope is his singular ability to live in the present with passion" - Camus

@tarhunta2111

Ай бұрын

How would that work in the middle of a scorching desert?

@Slickshadow11

Ай бұрын

@tarhunta2111 Dig a hole​, in pessimistic terms it's your grave. In pragmatic terms it will cool you down and keep u from overheating. The things we run from can be the very thing that saves us from doom

@Slickshadow11

Ай бұрын

Why?

@Slickshadow11

Ай бұрын

​@@tarhunta2111what

"Imagine Sysiphus happy" Okay, you have my attention.

@unsolicitedadvice9198

6 ай бұрын

Haha! It’s a good quote

@BardovBacchus

3 ай бұрын

We can imagine Sisyphus happy, but why do we need to? Perhaps his feelings change from day to day. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

13:30 I chose detachment over indifference. Indifference is when you turn your back to something and ignore it. In detachment you face everything but you are not controlled by it.

@unsolicitedadvice9198

6 ай бұрын

Ah yes, I like the distinction there

@opulance101

3 ай бұрын

thats true, i prefer that as well.

@beat-yo9wh

Ай бұрын

Indifference is politics whereas detachment is zen

@Bf26fge

Ай бұрын

In psychodynamic theory detachment would be similar to intellectualization. That is considered a higher level ego defense but is still neurotic in psychodynamic theory. I think psychoanalysts have it wrong. They view intellectualization as kid of an all or none thing. It is there or it is not. While stoics develop just as much detachment as they need, so detachment is a matter of degree, perhaps?

@Bf26fge

Ай бұрын

​@@beat-yo9wh i have considered Zen like states to be similar to flow states.

Maybe the meaninglessness of life is in fact meaning in itself, serving as a blank slate for an individual to establish their own reasoning. The lack of reason therefore allowing for one to establish their own reason, flawed or sound as it may be. Anyways, great video, love learning more about Albert Camus!

@unsolicitedadvice9198

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! And that’s an interesting idea

@sacredgeometrees

Ай бұрын

Love this! Always thought the same.

@Bf26fge

Ай бұрын

I used that for myself. The meaning of life is whatever you create it to be. Empowerment and self agency as the antidote to nihilism and relativism. However there is a problem. What if the meaning and purpose you create all goes to sheit? Detachment helps. Oh well, wtf. Meaning and purpose are overrated. Meaning schmeaning, or is that indifference or just sour grapes?

@Dang.-

Ай бұрын

that makes quite an intresting paradox if you tweak the idea a bit! I believe I heard that philosophy somewhere other than this one; though forgive my questioning, what would one seek if purpose is unevidental to them? This could be a branch in a root cause of refusing to give value to any means. Well I do suppose one could deter that their purpose is to grasp the ability of assigning value, but that does seem a little insubstantial (especially if they hold significant self awareness of the fundamental understandings of absurdism)

@chrisbrowne239

20 күн бұрын

Establishing your own meaning (whatever that meaning may be; family, career, pursuit of happiness etc.) is essentially Optimistic Nihilism. This is quite similar to Absurdism as both have accepted that there is no meaning, but Optimistic Nihilism tries to create a meaning to fill the void where Absurdism doesn't

Haven't watched this yet. Saving it for later.. just wanted to share a small story. I just got out of the psych ward a couple months ago. I had a lot of stuff going on and once and it went from feeling like I had the weight of the world on my shoulders to having the weight of the universe on my shoulders. I wasn't coping well. My therapist and psychiatrist had me committed. It honestly helped me a lot not gonna lie. But ever since I got out my biggest mantra has been "one must imagine Sisyphus happy" and focusing on that phrase. And this story in general, has done so much good for my life. To the point where I now have a tattoo of Sisyphus pushing his boulder on my right shoulder. So in a way. Sisyphus is helping me push my own boulder.

@kirandeep1534

13 күн бұрын

This was so nice to read ❤ keep it up man 😊

Since becoming interested in philosophy about two years ago, I've found much comfort in Stoicism and Absurdism. Your juxtaposition of the two philosophies at around 11:50 is the most concise way of differentiating them from each other that I have encountered yet. I have thought about this myself, and you put my thoughts into words in a way that I myself was not able to. I've subscribed to your channel, and look forward to seeing more from you!

@unsolicitedadvice9198

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! I am very glad you enjoyed the video. I am hoping to make a video on Stoicism at some point as well. It is just harder to say something that has not been said better by other people, since so many others are working on Stoicism

The purpose of life is a life of purpose.

@unsolicitedadvice9198

6 ай бұрын

That is a lovely turn of phrase

@jamesdragonforce

6 ай бұрын

And if you can’t find purpose, you must MAKE it yourself.

@sonadiabate8587

6 ай бұрын

Existentialist approach

@keylanoslokj1806

6 ай бұрын

Sounds like a circular logic sophistry rather than something of substance. Also if humans could create meaning, they wouldn't ask for it outside of them in the first place.

@Daneiladams555

6 ай бұрын

The purpose of life is no purpose

The explanation was soo good with subtitles, it really kept my attention on each point the whole video.

Life can be a little hard but we must come together, love people that look out for others

@unsolicitedadvice9198

6 ай бұрын

That seems a sound way to approach life

This is the most understandable explanation of Camus' argument that I have encountered. Thank you.

Meaning is not something to be pursued and attained, it's something you construct through the act of living. It's not a goal, it's a work in progress.

I love how much you talk about Non-essentialism without directly describing it.

I consider the lack of purpose/meaning to overlap with some concepts in Zen where it's like everything just arises in this nothingness, two objects may judge each other based on their value, but to the source of it all, it's all the same in a sense. My favorite Camus quote is: “This heart within me I can feel, and I judge that it exists. This world I can touch, and I likewise judge that it exists. There ends all my knowledge, and the rest is construction. For if I try to seize this self of which I feel sure, if I try to define and to summarize it, it is nothing but water slipping through my fingers. [...] They are sterile exercises on great subjects. They are legitimate only in precisely so far as they are approximate.” Having grown up in religion and then getting into a lot of philosophy, spirituality, etc. this was ultimately the conclusion I came to and hearing him say it was so validating at the time. It's like any purpose/meaning is the finger pointing at the moon, it's certainly pointing to something, but isn't the thing itself.

@unsolicitedadvice9198

6 ай бұрын

This is a really interesting thought. Thank you

@Bf26fge

Ай бұрын

HL Mencken said something similar. We are here. This is now. That is all we know. To really grok that statement of Camus and Mencken creates a rather permanent humility.

I really enjoyed this video. You do a great job with explaining your thoughts and the subject all together.

Loved this. Keep them coming.

I had some genuinely Sisyphean reflections some months ago and then I remembered that Camus wrote a book called the Myth of Sisyphus. I looked it up online to see if Camus' conclusions were similar to my own, thinking that I might want to read the book. What I found online discouraged me from seeking out the book. Your interpretation of Camus, however, is very close to my own thinking. The pushing is indeed the source of happiness.

Camus is my favourite writer ( and one of my favourite philosophers); his art of describing scenery (especially the sea) is something else. I very much enjoyed learning on his philosophy on the Philosophize This! podcast, especially seeing him compared to his friend and fellow existentialist Sartre.

another great video of yours, great work there! your videos are easy to understand yet interesting, that’s a combination that matters :)

@unsolicitedadvice9198

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! I am glad you liked it!

Excellent presentation and explanation of the ideas. Nice work!

i recently fell in love with camus' works and i feel lucky cz i can read the original text in french, this video came just in time ! thank you !

@unsolicitedadvice9198

6 ай бұрын

That is lucky indeed! My French is unfortunately too rusty and forgotten, but I am glad you enjoyed the video

@yiiinggy

6 ай бұрын

@@unsolicitedadvice9198 we have to take french from the 3rd grade in primary school till we finish uni lol , most of the students hate it cz it's hard , Camus' works saved me from hating this language 🥰

To see your workups of these is a joy

Its been 6 years that im struggling with Depersonalization,5 years in a dead end job...last month i had glimpses of purpose,as i used to have in my teen years. As soon as that passed it made me stress out about what is my purpose,how to achieve it etc etc...and it made me feel like my life is meaningless(pun not intended) much more than before...ever since the DPDR i haven't found anything that stuck with me. This video did. Thank you.

Just discovered the channel. Awesome analysis and looking forward to working through previous videos.

@unsolicitedadvice9198

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! And I hope you enjoy them

Excellent discussion of this topic. I taught English for about 10 years and used The Stranger with my seniors. Your explanation of Camus and absurdism is great. I wish I was still teaching just so I could show your video! It's a tough topic to explain, but you did it well. 😊

Immaculate timing. I just finished reading The Myth of Sisyphus, my third Camus book, and was looking to find other people’s interpretations and thoughts. Great video 😊

@unsolicitedadvice9198

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! I’m glad you liked it

@sierramaestra4998

5 ай бұрын

In what order should one read camus' literature? I'm interested to start reading them.

@fakenamebro7005

4 ай бұрын

@@sierramaestra4998sorry for the late response. But I believe the general consensus is that you should start with The Stranger. Not only is it an amazing read, but it conveys the fundamentals of Absurdism well through its narrative.

Love your work man keep up the amazing work

@unsolicitedadvice9198

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! I shall do. I really appreciate encouraging comments like these!

In a vacuum where you can't improve your life or those around you then yes absurdism works. However, even in the face of certain doom, survival itself has value, and empathy and humanism still exists.

I’ve probably watched all the Camus videos on YT. This was one of the best. Thanks mate. Love from Aus-jail-ya x

Thank you always for the good content !!!

@unsolicitedadvice9198

6 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching and for leaving such a kind comment!

What an incredible interpretation of Absurdism. Really hit the nail on the head and covered all the bases. Next time I make toast I will remember that it is the meaning of life 😊

@alexanderdalton425

2 ай бұрын

vegemite or peanut butter though? that is the life question

@scott5671

2 ай бұрын

Peanut butter 🥜😎

second video of yours I’ve watched. Love it and it made me want to learn more

@unsolicitedadvice9198

6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@Bf26fge

Ай бұрын

Dude is F-ing awesome. Why couldnt school have been this way?

thank you for helping me interpret this work better! would you consider covering Bataille?

I’m starting to truly underrstand absurdism now! Thank youuuuuuu!

this video is so cool 😭 thank you

Man I love the way you present the ideas, you should make one video to explain how to think/speak more clearly.

@unsolicitedadvice9198

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! And I may make it a subject for my email list

Thanks bro Gained some perspective Good work

very well made video. please encourage people to read these books themselves, you made it very clear that this video is only to open a discussion but not everyone will see it that way. helping one to start reading will change ones life

@fast.food.ninjalarry954

6 ай бұрын

Yeah but don't forget that books cant change your life. Only point you to the right direction.

@unsolicitedadvice9198

6 ай бұрын

A good point. Though I do hope people do end up reading these works as they are fantastic

Yep. Adding yet another book to my "to be read" collection. ...never enough time to read all that I want. I do find it perplexing that there is such effort put into findind purpose and meaning in our lives from without. The perplexing part is that if we pay attention to our lives we see the manifestation of purpose and meaning throughout. We see it manifest when we live in a way that aligns with our basic nature as humans. We are social creatures and need a sense of acceptance in a social group. We have a need to strive against something. We need a sense of understanding/control over the things in our lives. We need a sense of fairness and reciprocity in our lives. We need a sense that what we do benefits us and the society we live in. We can readily see that throughout our lives, the times we have the greatest sense of purpose and meaning is when our lives are more in line with these human needs. I see the confusion come in with our evolutionary need to conserve resources. We exert the least amount of energy needed to attain what we need. Therefore, instead of doing the work required to manifest and maintain the circumstances required to meet our needs, we yearn for someone/something else to do it for us. All the while, that lack of action, and lack if understanding of the problem/solution deepens our felt need for the solution. Looking outside ourselves for a solution rather than understanding the problem and doing what is needed reminds me of the saying: "Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach him to fish and he eats for a lifetime."

It is literally just things happening and beyond absurd! Such a relief.

This is a great video and interpretation with a constructive message. Well done

This is one of the best sites on the web ! Always worth dipping into !

This video is excellent in that it does not sugarcoat Camus. I can tell that you have done more in-depth research on Camus than the more surface layer approaches in other videos. Not to trash others, but they speak of Camus like he was a frat boy who said you can do whatever you want and create your own meaning. When in reality, the core of his ideas was his idea of the meaninglessness of existence and what are the consequences of that. It is a very dark philosophy, as we have no values guiding our judgments including morality, which is something people really need to take into account of what that truly means.

The Sisyphus story has parts that i think most people miss. I spend countless hours and energy in the hot sun to grow a garden. The weeds are constant and at times are unmanageable, and the reward is not that great, but yet i do it every year as if the punishment is inescapable. And i think of Sisyphus while doing my torturous task. I think, while the bolder is falling down the hill he gets to relax, and enjoy the moment. And I'd like to think that with each fall, maybe the rock gets smaller, or the hill more level or him more capable.

Great video! The bit on ethics was the part of The Myth of Sisyphus I struggled with the most, and I appreciate your thoughts on it. I wonder about your interpretation when it comes to incorporating absurdism into our lives though. Camus does seem to put a lot of emphasis on continually reminding ourselves of the absurd. If we digest Camus's ideas and then largely go about our lives unchanged, would he call that forgetfulness/distraction from the absurd a form of philosophical suicide similar (but less conscious maybe) to what he makes fun of in Chestov and Kierkegaard? I think Camus would say that the only way to avoid the leap is to consciously confront the absurd every day. I'm no philosopher though, and I'm very new to Camus!

such a good video, thank you

This is GOLD!

Ah, seems like a defence strategy to me. When life gets overwhelming it's only natural to simplify things. Practical application: a (temporary!) mindset for treating burnout. Shut out incoming demands while you take a sort of inner health retreat. Thanks for introducing us. ❤

@nomadman5288

6 ай бұрын

Perhaps the seeking of meaning is the defense or distraction. We can use it to lean on as a reason why we can't seem to be happy or do certain things in life. It seems an unanswerable question to me, at least here in this life with our limited perception, intellect and understanding. And like he said at the end of this video, living life is the point - it is the meaning we've been seeking. Oftentimes we are looking for some grand answer from the outside, but how often do we seek that answer internally or as part of our nature itself. Just as we are one with the universe and all that exists, could we not be one with our conceptions or that to which our words point? Are we not one with the reality of meaning itself?

@defj660

6 ай бұрын

@@nomadman5288 If seeking meaning is the (not a) defence (against unrest), then how does that disqualify the radical ignoring of meaning from being a defence against a confusing or overwhelming existence?

@wasteplace1705

6 ай бұрын

@@defj660I’d say almost all philosophies aim to defend against the confusion and unknown of the world. I don’t really get what point is being made in calling attention to that lol

@defj660

6 ай бұрын

@@wasteplace1705 That's ok! You don't have to get it lol

@DeSpaceFairy

6 ай бұрын

What is not? Terry Pratchett wrote "Humans need fantasy to be human." Then something about grinding the universe to the finest powder and sieve it to seek if anything we put meaning into are still there. Seeking (or not) for answers matter to us only because we put meaning to questions, but those questions are arbitrary and intrinsically moot by themselves.

Im just binging your videos 😊 I've subscribed ad well.

An extension to this ideal is, just like the push-pull of the universe, our lives are also in a constant state of pushing (struggle) and pulling (ease). Knowing that it is just part of life, and that it will come and go endlessly until we die, can release one from the burden of analysis.

I would love to have this on spotify !!! A lot of times i want to listen, i cannot open yt. Podcast would be a BANGERRRRR, Pleaseeee joee

Exciting ❤

@unsolicitedadvice9198

6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Please appreciate the good moments, however simple they are, enjoy the people and animals around you, and please remember you can do this, you are strong you will be able to enjoy your life dont give up i know you are strong, even if you think you're weird, the things you really want and believe in, you can do them. You're stronger than you think, when you care about something. If you cant seem to do it dont hate yourself or give up, seeke peoples help. I believe you can do this I wish you all the best ❤

Gotta say, i really enjoyed the sysiphos, but i think radical abshrdism is pretty much impossible to truly live by. Even Nietzsches Übermensch seems more practical to me, not entirely, but as an ideal to hold up high, and i would rather strive for the Übermensch, than for the absurd man. Hreat Video, as always :)

Another great one! I really like your Dostoevsky videos, too.

@unsolicitedadvice9198

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! Glad you like them, and I am hoping to have another on Dostoevsky out soon

great video x

@unsolicitedadvice9198

6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

What a great channel

i love this video. thank you

@unsolicitedadvice9198

6 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Hi, I am high functioning Autistic and this just about outlines not just my feelings on life and our existance but the most natural way I have found to be. I wandered many many years hating myself for just not caring. When i was able to take that and step throughand experience the NOW. Only a phenomonoligist could evolve to this.

I do not need to search for meaning, nor do I need anyone or anything to give any to my existence. My existence itself as meaningless as it may be is enough. All my experiences are that which I am and all that I will ever be.

The irony of Camus is that by moving past all values he affirmed liberty as his highest value. You can't excape value. His highest value was simply "not caring".

How much time do you work on your youtube channel daily ? You re posting a lot of great content

@unsolicitedadvice9198

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! And basically any time I am not with clients I am working on it. Luckily for me I enjoy it, so I really don't mind how much it dominates my time

Beautiful.

@unsolicitedadvice9198

6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

0:41, attributing values on the universe is that which is absurd. The universe exists, we exist. Isn’t it enough? But of course we need a grand purpose towards exactly what? Life and evolution, and the universe is a process. Be part of it instead of trying to dictate it with ridiculous values.

We came from the stars and when we die we return to the stars. Absurdity and banality are temporary 🔔🌻

“For Sisyphus to find meaning in the pushing itself” I can’t pin down if the point is to live without meaning or find your own. Wouldn’t finding meaning in the pushing just be philosophical suicide yet again? I think looking at The Absurd through a Buddhist lens is the only thing that comes close to satisfying for me.

@unsolicitedadvice9198

6 ай бұрын

I know what you mean. I often wonder whether Camus achieved his aim of making sense of life without meaning, or merely found meaning in the process of life in the same way Kierkegaard found it in God

@timmyturner7494

6 ай бұрын

@@unsolicitedadvice9198 It's turtles all the way down.

@unsolicitedadvice9198

6 ай бұрын

Quite! It’s a difficult conundrum to parse

@Smalty96

3 ай бұрын

Is there really a practical difference in believing we will never grasp a meaning of life because it is gods plan (Kierkegaard) or because there is none (Camus)? Another philosophy which weaves quite well into this, in my opinion, is Taoism.

@timmyturner7494

3 ай бұрын

@@Smalty96 The middle path does seem to fit. But then again, there is no path!

Meaninglessness is a very meaningful word in my journey through life.

Brooooo what are these paintings pls list them on the discription thingy

I think the meaning of life, as in the purpose of our lives is simply to live them. It's the experience of life through our senses of sight, hearing, taste touch and smell and how we process that info as good, bad, delightful, horrific etc. However I don't believe life needs meaning in order for us to live a meaningful life and what is meaningful for one person may not seem meaningful to another.

Hello! I'm probably a lot younger than your average viewer... but I've to ask, do you know or watch Alex O'Connor (cosmic skeptic)?

@unsolicitedadvice9198

6 ай бұрын

I have heard of him but if I am honest I am not online very much. If you recommend him I will give him a Google though!

I did say I *love* Camus. Meaning, in my not so humble opinion, is a Buddhist sand mandala, ephemeral. Well done on the first part! You brilliantly articulated my understanding of Camus. The most frightening solution is less so after one attempts it. {Can't talk about that here} I assert that the meaning of life, is to live. It's really that simple, and it is absurd to ask for more than that. Biology, that is what we have, make the most of it. OMG, the Knowing Ant is brilliant. Piracy, in it's modern romanticized incarnation is also a good metaphor; The rules, The Code of the Brethren, it's more of a guide line. We should follow the rules and best practices, unless doing so would be stupid. I think we can resolve Camus' tension if we don't think of caring as a binary. I don't care what you think of me. I don't know you so why would I. Yet, I care what you think of my comments, or why would I leave them. I care very much what my children think of me. All of this is still ephemeral. It's an amusement for me while I am here. Yes, it is always within our power to be indifferent, but that would be boring, and cynicism solves nothing. We can imagine Sisyphus happy, but why do we need to? Perhaps his feelings change from day to day. Others have spoken of the death of the ego. I think the "solution" is when we realize; It's not all about me.

The fact that his ideas seemed cutting edge during his time is absolutely hilarious because it should be common sense, really good video though!

this is elite video bro

@unsolicitedadvice9198

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! I am really glad you liked it!

Try epicurean philosophy, in many respects is quite interesting. Also changing Sisyphus myth is brilliant. Cheers

@unsolicitedadvice9198

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! And I am a big fan of Epicurus!

great video sir

@unsolicitedadvice9198

6 ай бұрын

Thanks!

I hold that Homo-sapiens have two basic needs. 1. Agency (potential - determinism) 2. Connection. I have long searched for meaning (late 50s in age here). I believe that human society has misidentified the need for 'purpose' with the aforementioned two needs. Most wise people, toward the end of life, state that life does not have meaning, but it is we who bring (subjective) meaning via our accomplishments (agency) and our relationships (connection). I don't support absurdism, because it is unrealistic to expect the humans to live without meaning.

Reminds me of the story of the man who jumped off a cliff to avoid a tiger, landing on a tiny ledge. Above him a tiger, below a hungry pacing bear. He notices a strawberry plant on the ledge with him with a single ripe strawberry. It was the best strawberry he'd ever had!

Our response into finding meaning in a meaningless world is to simply create therefore if I reintepret this the meaning of life is to simply manifest our own creation to the world not to mark our existence but simply a process an natural reaction of human conciousness

@Albby-ti8wx

Ай бұрын

Haha. In order to create you must also destroy. That's why I have this phone I'm typing this comment with :3.

brilliant and liberating

@unsolicitedadvice9198

3 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Awareness is known by awareness alone.

We are essentially the universe experiencing itself. So that's my purpose, to experience, as many things as I can before I go.

Doesnt this mean its unrealevant if we live or die and we are to choose the live because of its nature wich includes the self justification. Wich exactly the self justification is build on that overcomes the argument of death?

living, your very being as a symbol of rebellion against the absurdity of the world

Tangible reality - the truth, is all that matters, it is the ceiling of the human condition. To live a life of the truth is to suffer, understanding that truth is your only liberation. Though your relief is never, you are free, and is freedom not so much more than meaning?

When you give a meaning to something you automatically make it limited. Be careful to not make the infinity of life limited by clinging to your meaning.

@unsolicitedadvice9198

6 ай бұрын

Is that a Koan?

@The.Zen.Cyn1c

6 ай бұрын

@@unsolicitedadvice9198 No just my opinion

@defj660

6 ай бұрын

​@@The.Zen.Cyn1c Opinion. Meaning: a view, judgment, or appraisal formed in the mind about a particular matter. Sounds... limiting ;)

@The.Zen.Cyn1c

6 ай бұрын

@defj660 yes it is limiting in the form of an opinion but its not limiting if its the truth.

@Jamb13

6 ай бұрын

​@@defj660 Unfortunately language isn't possible without limitation, hence the truth can never truly be discussed, only in silence can you appreciate the truth of the Universe, but you can never tell anyone about it

I think disregarding all Meaning and value is extremely dangerous. However, I agree absurdism gives us the freedom choose our battles wisely. Let’s say a relationship or friendship breaks down. If you’re in the wrong, learn to assign meaning and value to what you can learn from it but at the same time what others think of you doesn’t have to matter to you. By all means apologise and mean it but then simply choose not to care if your apology isn’t reciprocated. The same works in reverse if someone has hurt you deeply by all means you’re allowed to be hurt and angry but long term it gets you nowhere. By all means please allow yourself to feel your feelings because they’re valid and allow others to feel theirs of which are also valid. Philosophy is amazing tool when utilised correctly and I feel there’s a balance between giving yourself permission to feel your feelings and to then use philosophy to guide you through navigating them. For example, without realising it at the time. I tapped into a form or low level nihilism when I was at my lowest point. It gave me the courage to try things that I was previously too scared to try due to the fear of failure. For me those things were driving and learning to play guitar. By telling myself in these areas failure doesn’t matter, I was able to try and push on. Now, I am a confident enough driver to get from A to B and travel long distances (if required) As for the guitar, I’m still learning but I’ve taken the it’s a marathon not a race approach and now when I practice I play to relieve stress, fill in my time and because I enjoy it. Not because I want to be the best at it. Because I can’t be. Instead I choose to play for my own enjoyment and that’s it. I feel all philosophies although not perfect on their own, each and everyone has at least one or two valued lessons within them. Keep thinking and exploring. 🩵

@Albby-ti8wx

Ай бұрын

Yeah I think like that too. But I believe that when Camus said life has no meaning, he meant it literally, we are just here because we are, you can do whatever the f*** you want. At least that's how I interpreted it. :3

Depends on how aware/self-conscious you are I think you should either go for nitzsche and live an adventure or lower your awareness and go for indifference.

Never stop making videos

@unsolicitedadvice9198

6 ай бұрын

Thank you - and I will certainly keep going

brother is about to gain a lot of subscribers. I can see it coming. All he needs is a relatability to a youtuber.

So I'm obviously into math and logic in a big way and science of course it's all too interesting to ignore, and I can see why people would see me as being a proponent of this philosophy, and it's quite true, it is an important thing to realise, nothing we do is going to get you a sense of meaning in the likeness of the great minds you've studied, our pursuit gets rail roaded by our innate secret wish there will be some kind of absolution to how worth while it is to keep exploring, or some kind of prize existentially for struggling to comprehend

my crush watches your video so I watch your videos❤️ love it!

@unsolicitedadvice9198

6 ай бұрын

Ah that’s very kind of both of you! Thank you very much

I love it

New ideas are so easy. Changing behavior is so hard. Maybe impossible.

I personally have only read snippet of Camus’ writing, and at the moment I forgot most of what I have previously read; One thing that I found rather confusing about Camus’ philosophy, at least from your introduction of it, is that it seems he praise the condition of having no value at all: not caring about the evaluation of others nor enforcing any value of one’s own, and not having once action be determined by any evaluation… But if one doesn’t evaluate why would one ever act? Seems that Camus suggest that one doesn’t need a ‘why’ when it comes to actions, but doesn’t this entail that the motive for action or the drive for action reduces to mere desire, to mere instinct, and to the mere manipulating forces that our natural condition and environment have on us? Should one ever be in such a state, it seems that he would easily fall prey to the manipulation of anyone who is willing to take advantage of this husk of a being, who is driven solely by his instinct, to fulfill whatever evaluation that the manipulator have. If I mis interpreted it in this part, do you mean that Camus praises the ones who only ever see himself and the world around him through his own value? If this is true, it seems rather obvious to me, that’s such a person is either one who choose to do whatever he values without considering any other persons value, a sole enforcer of evaluation that is; or One who choose to do everything in solitude and attempts no interaction with anyone else… The first one embeds such a mental state as described by Nietzsche as “I am free, you must obey”… (I haven’t figured out a good analogy for the second state yet)

When you realize the world is mainly a chaotic mess, it’s makes the moment so much more enjoyable. Anything could happen at any time, better pay attention!!

well summarised. If one seeks an answer "what is the point?" its expressed well in Monty Python's sketch on "Railway Timetables" The points are frozen, the beast is dead. What is the difference? What indeed is the point? The point is frozen, the beast is late out of Paddington. The point is taken. If La Fontaine's elk would spurn Tom Jones the engine must be our head, the dining car our oesophagus, the guard's van our left lung, the cattle truck our shins, the first-class compartment the piece of skin at the nape of the neck and the level crossing an electric elk called Simon. The clarity is devastating. But where is the ambiguity? It's over there in a box. Shunt is saying the 8.15 from Gillingham when in reality he means the 8.13 from Gillingham. The train is the same only the time is altered. Ecce homo, ergo elk. La Fontaine knew his sister and knew her bloody well. The point is taken, the beast is moulting, the fluff gets up your nose. The illusion is complete; it is reality, the reality is illusion and the ambiguity is the only truth. But is the truth, as Hitchcock observes, in the box? No there isn't room, the ambiguity has put on weight. The point is taken, the elk is dead, the beast stops at Swindon, Chabrol stops at nothing, I'm having treatment and La Fontaine can get knotted

The purpose is you - David Goggins

Hedonism absurdism and stoic philosophy are the philosophies I believe to be the most based and effective to a fulfilling human life.

What is the fucking middle painting of the man holding his head in the thumbnail - been trying to find this forever