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@artcurious807

4 жыл бұрын

8 people downvoted have the plague.

@susannereifenrath2752

4 жыл бұрын

Great! Please could you do Ionescos Rhinocéros too?

@cs3105

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds great. Alain please could you read some guided philosophical meditations for the pandemic. 20 to 30 mins long? Thank you for all your work.

@keeperofthecheese

4 жыл бұрын

Do more Philosophy, Art and Literature videos!

@shili1962

4 жыл бұрын

I am china girl. my beautiful country make virus to be world leader

I can't believe it took a pandemic for TSoL to finally bring back its Literature analysis videos. Please, keep these coming!

@margotskapacs1903

4 жыл бұрын

cynical cenobia I feel the same way....I really missed these videos...they are epic

@Vladimares

4 жыл бұрын

I couldn't believe this analysis didn't exist already, I was wondering why my feed was suggesting an older video...

@melissaCgreenwood

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, their videos seem to focus on interpersonal relationships too often for my taste since I'm a loner. This is the first I've watched in months.

@MelitaBintoro

4 жыл бұрын

yes i super miss thesse tooo

@Llixgrijb

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, this was the kind of content that made me a subscriber in the first place.

"We Learn from History that we don't learn from History". - Hegel.

@edholohan

4 жыл бұрын

No, we don't learn shit.

@iggyblitz8739

4 жыл бұрын

Yes and No.

@mozart8142

4 жыл бұрын

@@edholohan That's another way of saying the same thing ...

@lospopularos

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, we do learn from history. But, since history is false because it is written by whoever is in power, we learn the wrong lessons.

@RickMacDonald19

4 жыл бұрын

Hegel is the man.

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion." - Albert Camus

@sebastianelytron8450

4 жыл бұрын

As pretty as the rhetoric is, let's be honest, this quote is devoid of any real substance or meaning. How do you "become" free? or more free? We are all born free and freedom can only be taken away from us. Is he perhaps suggesting we become rebels? In what capacity? I fail to see how rebels are more free than non-rebels.

@jhunt5578

4 жыл бұрын

@@sebastianelytron8450 I think Camus means we should be authentic in the face of a society or situations that would have us conform. To express ones self, is to express ones life. To live freely in a world you deem unfree, is to be a nonconformist and thus a rebel.

@mr8ty8

4 жыл бұрын

@@sebastianelytron8450 yes! Rebel against non-freedom wherever it exist. By demanding and voting for more freedom and less rules and laws, by limiting governance, and make freedom the rule and not the outlier. By thinking free and being critically. By speaking free even tough it's not in fashion are the mainstream as long as it follows logic and common sense. In essence Not a social justice oppressive nut but a Liberitarian who speaks its mind.

@spfbaits

4 жыл бұрын

Sebastian Elytron if you believe that the world is slowly, well as of late rather quickly, creeping towards an authoritarian technocratic nwo with types like bill gates and other philanthropists calling for depopulation this quote has a very literal meaning. I mean if one believed such a crazy thing that people conspire, and not that it's all just random.

@jhunt5578

4 жыл бұрын

@@spfbaits NWO? Depopulation? What are you talking about?

Amazing how therapeutic pessimistic ideas can be when delivered intentionally and with kindness

@kshirin0298

4 жыл бұрын

it feels less pessimistic, and more consolingly rational

@DZ-hh5dw

4 жыл бұрын

I get what you are saying but I'd disagree. Pessimism isn't what it is. It's a view of life without the mythical. It's only pessimistic when placed up against the idea that there is something more to life than just our time on Earth. I'd say its a sort of humbling of humanity in that it brings us back down to what we really are-animals. I might go insofar as to say that his view is less pessimistic than others. While this is pretty obvious in comparison to many nihilists, i'd even say he is more optimistic in comparison to religion. Religion (generally speaking) says that our lives on Earth are the prerequisite to the life in the heavens. Our time on Earth doesn't matter and is really just a test for us to prove our worthiness in the eyes of God. That idea to me is more pessimistic as it's a view that is built off of denial. We are just animals, we aren't important. That isn't pessimism, it's being realistic. Saying we are important is a denial of this reality. This denial results in us living a life in fantasy. However, there is somewhat of a paradox in this as the idea that we are something special is optimistic (hope). So in a way, this pessimism is translated into an optimism. I guess it renders the words useless and just highlights the irrationality in religious thought.

@gagz2474

4 жыл бұрын

Those are not pessimistic ideas. Camus intended to make us understand that life has no meaning whatsoever, but even if it is meaningless, it deserves to be lived and yes, death is unavoidable and there is nothing afterwards, but we have to fight it because life is the only thing we really have!

@deepstariaenigmatica2601

4 жыл бұрын

@@kshirin0298 exactly!

@marcdecock7946

4 жыл бұрын

I think the word absurd is a bit too simple - one dimensionally negative - for the context of his stories. If life has no purpose, you should put that purpose in yourself.

Sisyphus giving the thumbs up at 8:06 up made me smile.

@wcg66

4 жыл бұрын

Gaseous Clay who knew? It was his workout regime all along.

@kaunisrumilus

4 жыл бұрын

Made me laugh! Haha thought it was brilliant! Also all this editing was. Made me wonder how they do it.

@jdones5475

4 жыл бұрын

Sammee lol

@Trowblood

4 жыл бұрын

@@wcg66 That's the view I use to get through my workday.

@RafidelisMaker

4 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha I laughed hard at this hahaha

'This whole thing is not about heroism. It's about decency. It may seem a ridiculous idea, but the only way to fight the plague is with decency.' .- Albert Camus

@VernCrisler

4 жыл бұрын

Plagues and viruses don't care about decency. "Decent" people can die just as well as indecent people. Pandemics are a matter for modern medicine, using science, not philosophical pessimism.

@user-lj5ot5bi4i

4 жыл бұрын

It is not pessimism. Camus just reminds us that the fact that we live it's absurd and that we should be grateful but also act by helping the others

@VernCrisler

4 жыл бұрын

@@user-lj5ot5bi4i I dunno, but saying life is absurd is like abandoning the ship before it pulls out of the dock, i.e., giving up before the journey has even started. That's pessimism.

@unchartedrocks1

4 жыл бұрын

@@VernCrisler u clearly have not read an Albert Camus book or studied his philosphy.

@VernCrisler

4 жыл бұрын

@@unchartedrocks1 I've studied existentialism in class, plus I'm reading Hegel and Husserl right now. I'll have to wait on Camus, although "The Plague" sounds like an interesting novel.

“It is not humiliating to be unhappy. Physical suffering is sometimes humiliating, but the suffering of being cannot be, it is life.” - Albert Camus

@ilqar887

3 жыл бұрын

I always thought that my whole life if your healthy it's a joy fighting ..but I unfortunately not physically well

Literally one of my most favourite books of all time. Read it three times and reading it now again. High recommend

@curiousworld7912

4 жыл бұрын

Same here. I've lost count of how many times I've read this book and the 'Myth of Sisyphus'. The heroism I find in characters like Rieux , Tarrou and Grand all but break my heart. 'Doing one's job' in the face of such pain and hopeless fear, is heroic to me. Kindness is heroic to me. Plain decency is heroic. And understanding and acceptance of the randomness and absurdity of life, yet doing what you can for others, taking simple enjoyment from what is available - like a swim in the sea, or a pleasant conversation with a friend - seems to me to be the only point to our existence.

@liaqatasadi7359

4 жыл бұрын

I am also reading it. From where you are Shyan Ali?

@shayanali9141

4 жыл бұрын

Liaqat Asadi bd

@danrocky2553

4 жыл бұрын

When the kid died in the book....man, that stuck with me. What a thinker Camus was

@jdones5475

4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful book! Read it a few months ago before this pandemic and been reflecting upon it ever since

“At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike any man in the face.” -Albert Camus

@heart3356

4 жыл бұрын

Goddamn

@heart3356

4 жыл бұрын

@Archnid 001 because women don't think. Is that what you wanted to hear ? Is that what you were telling yourself are you looking for validation for your own bullshit fuck off yeah ?

@yasha12isreal

4 жыл бұрын

What's up Camus 🙋🏾‍♂️

@absurdcamus6026

4 жыл бұрын

Absurd Hero Hey! nothing much, just chilling and writing some philosophy ;). It’s good to see others following my philosophy.

@yasha12isreal

4 жыл бұрын

@@absurdcamus6026 I don't think he would like to call it "his" philosophy but he'd be happy to see people think and be more aware of the Absurd.

Me: "Well, time to take my mind off this quarantine with some fun KZread videos." KZread:

@beechnut8779

4 жыл бұрын

Fun videos are like a box of your favorite cookies: tasty and enjoyable, but not very nutritious. Videos like this one have substance to them that give meaning to your quarantine.

"Life is like a waiting room except people don't leave in the order they come". I love the absurd reality that life is really a hospice 💔

"¿Who could say that eternity of joy can make up for an instant of human pain?" One of my favourite quotes of the book.

@Life_Of_Mine_

4 жыл бұрын

Cannot wrap my mind around it. Can you explain it for a novice?

@adamj8974

4 жыл бұрын

@@Life_Of_Mine_ I see this as a dig against religion perhaps? he is making the human argument that religion/god or the concept of everlasting life could not make up for a singular moment of human suffering...that's what I understand from this.

@Mehowqoo

4 жыл бұрын

Adam J you are right. It’s direct reference to the promise of nearly all religions that heaven will give you a reward that will compensate all life sufferings. Camus thinks that human sufferings cannot be compensated by promise of eternal life.

@deanodog3667

4 жыл бұрын

Perpetual sunshine will only create a desert!

@DOODYDUM

4 жыл бұрын

We could also read it with Schopenhauer's idea of the negativity of satisfaction: “We feel pain, but not painlessness; worry, but not freedom from worry; fear, but not safety... We painfully feel the loss of pleasures and enjoyments, as soon as they fail to appear, but when pains cease even after being present for a long time, their absence is not directly felt, but at most they are thought of intentionally by means of reflection"

Finished this book a couple weeks ago, such a great great book, the scene when Dr Rieux and Tarrou are on the rooftop then take a swim in the waters in silence and they feel free after working so hard to keep the plague under control. That part got to me.

@omar-is-host

9 ай бұрын

Yes indeed great passage!

camus: writes about half of town die due to plague everyone in 2020: *nervous laughter*

I read this as a senior in high school and have reread it many times since. Decency, compassion, moving forward in the face of all odds - the antidote to the fear of death. I pulled this book off the shelf two weeks ago- thank you for reminding me why I need to read it again right now.

I’ve realized how much stuff in this book I failed to appreciate when I first read it. With all this free time and also online school, I might consider reading it again before I go on to 9th grade.

@radiooperator3176

Жыл бұрын

I’m reading it and I’m in the 10th grade right now

Does this remind anyone of the old School of Life videos around 2014-2016 about literature,politics,history,psychology etc? Oh my god these were the videos that made me fall in love with this channel, I’m glad there back 🕺🏿

@RestingBitchface7

4 жыл бұрын

right wing left wing chicken wing yep. I’ve missed them, too.

@loredananiculae4060

4 жыл бұрын

The same here!

@RobertSeviour1

4 жыл бұрын

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@4455atrain

4 жыл бұрын

right wing left wing chicken wing modest mouse!!!

“Thus each of us had to be content to live only for the day, alone under that vast indifference of the sky.” -The Plague, Albert Camus page 71 (depending on your translation)

@ThisLateHistoricalHour

3 жыл бұрын

Existential Weirdo to quote the man himself “I view my work as a lucid invitation to live and create in the very midst of the desert.” Goodluck my friend!

@johnw9245

2 жыл бұрын

Similar quote from The Stranger: "gazing up at the dark sky spangled with its signs and stars, for the first time, the first, I laid my heart open to the benign indifference of the universe."

The best thought I can remember from reading the book was the idea at the when all castarophoe and bedlam were taking place was this notion that even in that hell, one must take time for themselves to self-love, self-heal, "take time to go swim in the sea."

Please do more of these breakdowns. The Classics more specifically. -The Picture of Dorian Gray -A Tale of Two Cities -The Count of Monte Cristo

@BigHenFor

4 жыл бұрын

What does these books tell us about the human condition? This video has appeared not to talk about literature per se. This appeared to talk about being alive in the midst of death, and how to adjust to that fact. It's a commentary on the Covid-19 Pandemic, that is trying to tell us that literature like Camus can tell us about the conundrum of our impending death, an event most of us pretends does not exist. If perhaps, we were more mindful of our own end, we would live differently.

@jasperoshea7831

4 жыл бұрын

@@BigHenFor thanks captain obvious. They still want to see those videos.

@lucianene7741

4 жыл бұрын

- The Picture of Dorian Gray is a tale of hedonism. It's so dense in ideas that when I first read it I told to myself: This author has put all of his ideas in one novel, he couldn't possibly write any other. And as it turned out it was true, this was Oscar Wilde's only novel. I was right! - The Count of MC is a tale for kids, man, let's get real. - I haven't read the other one, to my great shame.

@stevenmentor

4 жыл бұрын

@SIR CENTURY Terrific reply here; made my almost happy hour day. I teach the World War 1 poems in my Lit class to college students, and those poems never fail to move me in just the way you mention. Camus would have probably said that we learn little from the collective crisis (see the end of La Peste) but I disagree; I think we are reminded that collectively we are not very good as primates at preventing even the most stupid of collective actions. Why is that?

@Dzzy123

4 жыл бұрын

@@lucianene7741 Tale of Two Cities was really nice IMO.

Thanks for bringing back The Curriculum series. That's what made The School of Life worthy!

His philosophy leads me to conclude that we are all in this together (decency). Fruitful society would mean we would have learned how to be intuitively decent to each other.

I read The Plague this past December, along with The Myth of Sisyphus. The prose of Camus continues to inspire and terrify me. His words have gracefully guided me onto a path that I hope will allow me to explore philosophy and literature in great detail. The timely nature of my consumption of The Plague, while I find it absurdly amusing, has also been increasingly helpful for me, both now and before all of this came to a front in the politics of the world. Thank you guys for getting this video out. Exploring the themes of the novel again is a joy and a pleasure that I would recommend to anyone. Camus will (probably) forever be one of my favorite writers and thinkers.

One of the most memorable books I've ever read. Camus became an instant favorite of mine. I grok. Thanks SOL. Wishing you and the rest of the world peace, safety and love.

I've been thinking about this lately. How 1st world modern life and medicine has in a lot of ways made us utterly naive and sheltered from death. With the lack of concern toward ones of mortality, as well as the mortality of loved ones, infant mortality rate at an all time low, and the capacity to be able to put yourself in harm's way, whether it be putting yourself in a dangerous situation potentially resulting in physical harm, or substance abuse, you can always rely on modern medicine and technology to help you recover. We all assume that we'll live beyond 80, but what if we didn't? What if the concept that we could die tomorrow was dragged from the depths and pinned to our concious mind? Perhaps then would we be more conscious of our time? Would be derive more motivation to utilize our time to do more? Would we treat everyday as if it were our last? Would we decide to put something important off for another day, if we knew there might not be another day? Would we start to look after and maintain our bodies and minds better, engage more in life, perhaps even return to the likes of family values? Something very potentially old and primitive about these concepts I find. When reading these reports about Covid since January, I had an idea of what was going to happen, I was prepared for when it came at our doorstep, but I noticed something different, something clicked in my brain, and my priorities instantly rearranged and I began to truly appreciate how stupid and simplistic first world problems are, and how they aren't even real problems, they're just spoiled complaints and potentially boredom.

@kevincherian8190

4 жыл бұрын

My boss is making me work extra time because of this pandemic man... Profit and wage earning is gonna decrease. That's what we'll be focussing on soon enough...

@esther_thee_awesome185

4 жыл бұрын

Well said

@coolpfpbut9505

4 жыл бұрын

I wish my mindset would be the positive answers to all of your question, but i keep living life as if one day I will succeed as long as I keep half-assing, being carefree and that it's destined for a happy ending.

@jamesforran9409

4 жыл бұрын

@@coolpfpbut9505 Then I think you will find a happy ending. I'm not being sarcastic, attitude is everything (sorta...).

@joshuapartridge5092

4 жыл бұрын

we aren't made for what we made

Thanks for recommending this amazing book. I finished reading it and to be honest there could not have been a more apt time to read it. He analyses human behaviour throughout the plague from denial, to acceptance, to ignorance and then finally forgetting that it happened. Loved it! It is really thought provoking how he mentions that the plague will always be there and that no human is ever immune.

Studying French Literature for a senior level in uni, and just discussed this last week, this week Sartre .

@kittydoran9597

4 жыл бұрын

I hope you're my future.

@noexisten1044

4 жыл бұрын

Reggie Cyde why poor?

@theresewalters1696

4 жыл бұрын

Sartre 's the Wall is a short story that gave me such a visceral reaction at the end. I laughed and cried. Never happened before or since.

@seanmoran6510

4 жыл бұрын

Travis Yanes Hope they discussed his flip flopping from Marxism to Anarchism Not a person I’d seek inspiration from !

@hostesscupcakes8130

4 жыл бұрын

Yawn, cool story, bro

I started again reading this book a couple of weeks ago in the light of the current situation. I tried to read it some years ago but I just was not able to (my ego and a few vices, the usual, you know). Then I had a chat with one good friend some months ago and he mentioned it and the core of the novel, which is that, in the face of death and adversity, one must carry on doing what one is able to. It is a powerful message for this times indeed. Thanks for the great video, loved it.

My favorite scene from the plague was when M.Othon's son died. I was literally holding back tears, the image of M.Othon say 'just save my boy' came in front of me The suffering the boy went through was truly evil. And how this one death caused the pastor to question his belief, and then come to conclusion that he had tqo options either stop believing in God, or stop being rational. I had always thought that the argument from evil, was a weak argument against theism, that scene changed my mind.

Love Camus, he speaks so clearly to something deep inside of me. I actually feel I already knew what he is saying in his books but had forgotten it. Thanks for helping me remember Albert 😁👍

I missed these videos!! Thank you for bringing this format back!!

So happy to see a new Literature video! Please make more of these! Your old videos on key figures in Literature, Philosophy, Political Theory, Sociology etc. are your best work!

I had read this about 15 years ago and remember it fondly. After watching this wonderful video I just had to download the eBook so I can read it again!

One of the most amazing books I’ve ever read. The description of the death of one of the main characters is haunting and epic and unforgettable.

Thank you for serving his brilliant work justice with your brilliant work. By doing that, you’ve captured exactly what Camus did when Rieux said he’s just doing his job.

Thank you so much for making this film!!! Love all your films please make more be safe. 🙏💚💚💚

I read The Plague when I was in my early 20s and it surely had an effect on me. Then at 36 I fell, died, and was resurrected out of exercise-induced sudden cardiac arrest, which confirmed everything Camus had said to me 14 years earlier.

@yasha12isreal

4 жыл бұрын

So you died and came back to life? Did you ever at one point assume it was the power of God? 🤔

@rayhuster5212

4 жыл бұрын

@@yasha12isreal So...Your "god" gave him a heart attack!? He was revived with human technology! Seems to me that your "god" might benefit from some more modern teaching methods! Maybe read some Camus?!

@yasha12isreal

4 жыл бұрын

@@rayhuster5212 I don't believe in God! All I read is Camus, you can say I'm a Camusian 😏. But I was just asking in general, just making conversation🤷🏾‍♂️

@rayhuster5212

4 жыл бұрын

@@yasha12isreal Sorry for my confusion! My grandkids are trying to teach me about Imoges!(sp.) I am still in remedial smiley face!

@yasha12isreal

4 жыл бұрын

It's ok 😊

Whether you're happy or sad, Camus will always remind you, of your fundamental, human vulnerability. Only such an excelling mind in a devoted thinker, could ever come to weight, with such baffling accuracy, the ultimate condition of humanity. Truly inspiring painting of what seems to be for many, a far too alien concept. And that with such modesty, Camus had expressed, as a mere concern for the good and prosperity of human history.

These are the type of videos that I wish you guys still made!! Really hope there are more of these coming soon :)

Thanks for making this video, School of Life. I took out this book from my library just before quarantine began a couple months ago here in Barcelona and am loving rereading it. Though we'll always be living through a plague, as we always have, the videos you make help remind us that the absurd life, life with the plague, can still be a fun one.

This is one of the greatest books in the French litteracy. I've just read it in French (I'm Belgian) a few days ago, and I was stunned by the beauty of the writing.

@antifazisbonifaz6964

2 жыл бұрын

Congratulations. You are very fortunate of domaining french and english and problably flemish as well 🙂👌👍👍👍

@VisualTreats4U

2 жыл бұрын

I feel like so much of Camus is lost in translation, even though we gain so much from the translated words. I feel like he was a poet and his true magic is in the way he expressed those thoughts in his own language! I truly feel like he was an eternal optimist, who viewed that world as "Silly" more than "Absurd", and that life is NOT meaningless, but the attempt to assign meaning to it is. Life is to be lived and to fall into governmental or societal traps is to deny your thoughts and your life. That is optimism!

La Peste is my first exposure to Camus. I fell absolutely in love with his writing.

@coreycox2345

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the recommendation, Black Coffee. It seems a good time to get some reading done.

@ChristopherTheBanana

4 жыл бұрын

If you have not yet, you should read The First Man. I think it's his most beautifully written

@coreycox2345

4 жыл бұрын

@@ChristopherTheBanana Thanks. It looks as if we will be confined to our homes for a while, so we might as well make the best of it.

@payennicolas4018

3 жыл бұрын

Booba and La Fontaine write better!

Thank you for sharing this. This is a heavy read, and thinking back on the text, how much it resonates with our situation right now is chilling...

Just rewatched this after a year and a half! Shockingly, this video is still fresh and up to date! Tanx School of life

Thank you Alain, i feel like my whole approach to this thing is vindicated...doing ones job, appreciating the light of a sunset and swimming in the sea.

Please keep up literature series. It teaches a lot about life. suffering is entirely randomly distributed, it makes no sense, it is no ethical force, it is simply absurd and that is the kindest thing one can say of it.

Beautiful tour! Keep up the good work! Thank you, Alan and team!

Thank you for returning to your origins of providing neat summaries of epic philosophical thoughts! Loved this one! ♥

That French pronunciation of "Albert Camus" : spot on !

@sumittiwari1711

4 жыл бұрын

The narrator, Alain de Botton spent the first twelve years of his life in Switzerland where he was brought up speaking French and German. Wikimedia

@cherif6648

4 жыл бұрын

He got also the pronunciation of Oran also

@mayakazed2101

4 жыл бұрын

Oran, Dr Rieux also

@cajunguy6502

4 жыл бұрын

By "French" I assume you mean correct, Mon frere?

@payennicolas4018

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, he pronounces "Oran" correctly, but he could have pronounced it with the English accent. Or the Arabic one, but alas, Camus was living during the colonisation era.

A couple of corrections: The plague in Camus' novel is the bacterium Yersinia pestis, not a virus. It's most common form (and the one described in the novel), bubonic plague, is spread not from person to person but by carriers such as rats and fleas.

@lissamaria09

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I came to say! NOT A VIRUS! :)

@camiloordonez4906

4 жыл бұрын

They seem to be confused about that because they start using the word virus but then the word bacillus por the rest of the video

@Tom-yd1ur

4 жыл бұрын

Well done

@felicityb

4 жыл бұрын

The point is that it is a deadly disease however caused and the similarities with now are more important than the differences to the story in the book

these video-collages are the best, and you guys/gals haven't been doing them lately anymore. In any way, I'm glad you posted this one though. It's not comforting but reality is indeed absurd, so it's best to understand it and accept it, to deal with life in a wiser manner and live it with its peril always in the back of our mind. It's now spring in New York and every day I take a long deep look at magnolia trees and cherry trees in bloom, and try to take it in as much as I can. They bloom for such a short time, and so do we.

Camus had a particularly poignant ability to see humanity as it truly is. His works never fail to educate, provocate, and entertain the introspective mind.

I'm starting to feel a certain kinship with Camus, for even as a teenage child several years before I even heard of Camus I would often think about the absurdity of the human condition. I used to confuse my friends and family when saying "People and life are absurd". At the time I couldn't articulate what I meant by that, at least without confusing people (including myself) more lol. I wish I would have found Camus back then cos I often felt like I was singularly weird or strange and prolly would have found comfort in his writing I presume.

@yasha12isreal

4 жыл бұрын

I swear me too. I'm 24 now but as a teenager I shared a lot of his views that made loved ones look at me like a 'stranger'. I grew up in a very religious household and almost everyone throughout my family tree were/are preachers. When I spoke out to people that I was a non-believer I felt a heaviness being lifted off my life and I felt sooo free and still do. I've always had a thing for philosophy but when I came across Camus in 2015 through videos from School of Life I felt like I've found a Teacher of Life 😌. Revolt Freedom and Passion 🖤

@farvezafridifaizurrahman6980

2 жыл бұрын

@@yasha12isreal We all should be best friends. Same religious background, went through a nihilistic depressive state in my late teens, now I am an absurdist through and through.

Thank you so much for making this. I really enjoy your videos, they give me some solace and perspective.

I've loved this book for years! Theres tons of new perspectives in this video, and I love it! I'm going to have to read it again now! Thanks :)

I love that covid brought you to the old style videos! I hope there will be more! Thank you so much!

I read The Plague just last year after having read The Stranger, and never in my wildest imagination would I have thought that I would be living partially if not entirely through the very same existential angst experienced and lived through by the citizens of Oran.

@ilqar887

3 жыл бұрын

Our everyday life is struggle to stay alive or not get sick

@GTXTi-db5xu

2 жыл бұрын

Did you notice the reference to The Stranger in The Plague?

oh how I’ve missed the breakdowns of literature. TSoL videos were a bridge for me, to see how beautiful books are. thank you so much!

Yay! I was wondering if you were going to cover this. I've been rereading the book, myself, for these uncertain times.

From within the book he bellows with equal parts wisdom and a keen eye for compassion, "I know that man is capable of great deeds. But if he isn't capable of great emotion, well, he leaves me cold." There is a race for the vaccine yet what will keep us going through these bleak times is our capacity for love and compassion. Wrap your words into a warm fleecy shawl and send them your friend or strangers way. Light his/her candle. Keep sanitizing😊

@msmith53

4 жыл бұрын

Well said!!

Doctor Bernard Rieux: Nothing in the world is worth turning one's back on what one loves.

I really love your voice. It enlivens the stories you narrate. Makes me want to listen more...

Can you please continue making these sorts of videos. It seems before this one you gave up on doing profiles of thinkers and their works but that's what made this channel great.

I guess the only thing left to say is Long Live Camus! Long Live Alain! Long Live The School of Life! And hopefully everybody is safe and happy and healthy during this plague-19....

Stopping everything I'm doing now to read this book.

@anssim928

4 жыл бұрын

Prepare for a snooze fest

@mrtambourineman6107

4 жыл бұрын

Read 'the stranger' also.

@anssim928

4 жыл бұрын

@@miraggg I can draw parallels between two epidemics? Fascinating. I don't mean to be a dick but I just enjoyed reading Camus's other novels more than this one.

@DiegoVasconscelos

4 жыл бұрын

I finished yesterday. It is really good. Highly recommended.

@orandxb

4 жыл бұрын

@@anssim928 My favorite is "the stranger" despite the fact that Oran is my home town. If you knew why he had chosen Oran for the plague, you would have known why it does relate in these days of the Corona.

Just thank you...Alain, the consolation of philosophy can not be understated. I appreciate you so much

It is one of my favorite books I adore the allegory and the philosophical ideas within it . That’s a good summary

I just finished reading the book today it's amazing would definitely recommend it!!

Your videos are so well made

This came at a crazy time. Literally reading it right now and I’m really into it. Good video

I had completely given up on this channel some time ago when it descended into relationship advice and self-help bits. A bit more of this though and I might be willing to give it a second chance. More of this please!

I recently finished reading “The Plague” even though I started reading it before the Corona Virus pandemic, but it was a such an unique experience reading it during a “similar” time. It is amazingly well written piece and one of the Camus best works in my opinion. How he describes with such a dense and heavy narrative the events during the plague and how it affected the citizens and the aspects of the city are molded severely by the fighting against it. The characters are so genuinely “human”, showing us lots of dept layers of them as the autor kept developing and introducing pieces of their ideals, flaws and social interactions. Truly one of the best books I’ve read so far in my life :) (Sorry if there’s any grammatical or composition errors, english is not my first language)

@steadmanuhlich6734

4 жыл бұрын

Jamie, Thank you for posting your good comment on the book. :)

@Frenchkisssss

3 жыл бұрын

Steadman Uhlich did you read the original French version ?

@mwanikimwaniki6801

3 жыл бұрын

@@Frenchkisssss 😂I'd wanna but my French is on the level of a child.

@Frenchkisssss

3 жыл бұрын

roger james hunter And Trump is enjoying the fiction.

I literally read this article on their website last night

@dominickjasso5500

4 жыл бұрын

I absolutely adore Philosophical videos like this. I do hope you make many more to come soon

@keithprice7119

4 жыл бұрын

How else could you read it other than literally?

@felipeyoutube04

4 жыл бұрын

How can you not “literally” read something?

@dominickjasso5500

4 жыл бұрын

this is philosophy guys! you could always theoretically read something!

@americanscarelines2757

4 жыл бұрын

Ree 94 how literal of you.

Thank you for the comprehensive break down of this book, and the thoughtful selection of certain complex ideas to really make me think and ponder. You have even managed to make me emotional. If we really study life, it's a beautiful travesty.... isn't it. It's a tale of humans fighting against the inevitable to create and enjoy the beauty and richness there is... until their clock or the clock of their loved ones have expired. Cursed with the plague of death/suffering. Ever present and ever-looming.

I have read this book during this quarantine and it have exploited my mind. Really Good video to rethink about Camus vision of human beings.

I read The Plague over ten years ago and loved it then. Speaking of love, how about Gabriel Garcia Marquez next, say, "Love in the Time of Cholera."

Camus philosophy seem to resonate a lot with buddhist teachings

I'm delighted that you finally did A video about literature. Your philosophy, political theory and sociology conted is also awasome, pleeeeease bring it back!

I just finished this book and wanted to listen to someone’s analysis since I actually bought a copy and took notes all over it- A WORK OF PHILOSOPHY

I do so miss these series (Philosophy/Literature and the like). They were what originally drew me to the channel. (This is not to say, of course, the recent style of videos are bad)

Literature is back! Bring back philosophy and political theory too, these series of videos are my favorites of this channel

What a great nostalgia ! I read this book 2 or 3 times back in 20 years ago ! and really enjoyed it ! Camus is one my favorite writers of all time and truly he was one of the best French writers as well ! I strongly recommend everyone to read this masterpiece !

Wonderful work. Best The School of Life video to date. Top content with very pertinent and well articulate insights. Congratulations and keep up the good work 💪

Fun fact: To avoid being approached or confronted when out in public, Albert used Camus-flage.

@Le-cp9tr

4 жыл бұрын

Sebastian Elytron Woah-oh-oh-oh, Camouflage Things are never quite the way they seem Woah-oh-oh-oh, Camouflage I was awfully glad to see this big Marine

@knapstellar

4 жыл бұрын

That was before Larry David invented the MAGA hat.

I am reading José Saramago's Blindness.

Love this content. It's so useful being able to understand general ideas of books and people as an introduction to further reading! I would love to see a video on Diogenes at some point of possible?

Magnificent analysis of one of the best books to be ever written. I thank you for such videos, and, with all due respect, I would like to ask for more of them as the Literature and Philosophy series are my favourites. My best regards to you, School of Life

That's it, you've convinced me to reread this grim book.

"We are all living in hospice, not hospital."

Keep these videos coming. We want to see about Balzac, Baudelaire, Sholokov, Nabokov, Bulgakov, Faukner etc.. They are really amazing.

Thanks, it is one of your best video work, On Time !

I read The Plague while at university about 40 years ago. I did so rather self-consciously, in pubs, to draw the literature and philosophy girls into a conversation. Didn't work. They seemed to prefer the rugby lads. I opted for a life of service, doing the right thing, doing my job, being kind, concerned and caring. But look at this place, filled with the plague of cynicism, selfishness and hoarding. Like the rock of Sisyphus, my burden has rolled all the way down the hill. Perhaps I will reread The Plague to remind myself that I have to pick up my rock and walk on up that hill with as much cheer as I can muster. That's my job.

@mjcard

4 жыл бұрын

martycrow You could launch a second career, take up the cello or drawing. You don’t have to carry the world on your shoulders.

@martycrow

4 жыл бұрын

@@mjcard Thank you kindly. If I may? I have been highly adaptable in terms of career, having had perhaps three, each lasting a decade or more, with some 'public duties' being carried in addition. It has what has given my life meaning. But things have changed and I may turn 60 soon. You are right. It does not have to be the same rock, but to carry something, I feel I must.

@mjcard

4 жыл бұрын

martycrow I responded to you because at one time not long ago I could have written your post. Nature and upbringing I guess. But humans will always be cynical, selfish and greedy, each one with the personal opportunity and choice to raise the sparks or not. I am now being kind to myself, concerned and caring about me, I think it is the right thing, and life is much sweeter and different than before. To take the opportunity to experience that before the body gives out , or the mind, is a job too. I am older than you. It took me a long time to understand this.

@martycrow

4 жыл бұрын

@@mjcard thank you. I am trying to recalibrate so words of encouragement like yours, light the path.

@mjcard

4 жыл бұрын

martycrow All the best

Dr. Rieux: Yes, an element of abstraction, of a divorce from reality, entered into such calamities. Still when abstraction sets to killing you, you've got to get busy with it.

I've always appreciated that I encountered this book both in philosophy and public health classes in college. Excellent case study on confronting the absurd aside, this book did a great job showing epidemiologic and outbreak investigations of the time. It's almost a textbook example demonstrating how social patterns can affect the spread of disease.

Amazing content as always! Ionesco’s “Killing game” would also be an interesting topic. Keep up the good work 😊

Great time to read Camus’ novel The Plague, now that the Corona virus has been going on for almost a year.

4:12 I feel like this again was the thought of the western world during corona, “this won’t happen to us.” And now look.

Such a beautiful and true novel. I read it on my own time outside of school.

Wow! this VDO is amazing. I really learn something worthy, and this is TSoL I admire. ❤ I was little disappointed by the previous VDO on to get through difficult time. I was thinking TSoL might be under pressure to produce something fast.