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@beanie_meanie

5 жыл бұрын

Hey. May i know what software you use for making these videos. And of course, amazing channel. Have been learning a lot from these videos.

@veganrican606

4 жыл бұрын

You should have a podcast on Spotify or whatever platform you prefer, would be awesome.

@shainakelly2067

3 жыл бұрын

Best , the reason for me to open KZread . Will soon join site.

@dodecaheathenblue8132

3 жыл бұрын

Hey..thank you.

Kierkegaard the only philosopher whom i could relate to religiously, existientially and ethicly. A wise man indeed.

@MrSlyguy26

6 жыл бұрын

Ha Kou saaame

@oddishWILD

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@benjammin6228

5 жыл бұрын

He's definitely breaking stereotypes of Christianity.

@kimberlyallen4934

5 жыл бұрын

My brother from another mother Kierkegaard

@zelareka

4 жыл бұрын

just meditate and say no to existencialism

"anxiety is a dizziness of freedom" (without possibility there would be no anxiety)

@georgiamakris7676

3 жыл бұрын

Or the illusion of freedom

@buktomsin

3 жыл бұрын

@euler's identity y dough?

I so wish I had read some of Kierkegaard's works when I was a teenager, because if I had, a lot of my life would have been a whole lot clearer to me

@jamiemitchel7656

8 жыл бұрын

What age, you would have to be a very advanced reader if it were in your mid teens!??? God knows I failed!

@themeadowlarkminutewithpau8184

5 жыл бұрын

Jetpack Rorschach no f*cking kidding. I agree 100%.

@sohumbasu8810

5 жыл бұрын

@@jamiemitchel7656 I'm reading a bit of Kierkegaard, and I'm 15

@roxolanathor48

5 жыл бұрын

Ssuss Yam I’ve read in as a teenager back in the Soviet era and it did not help me... I found meaning in Religion... 20 years later I am back to philosophy and it give me more meanings than religion... to understand Kierkegaard one should live life first...

@midshipman8654

5 жыл бұрын

Jetpack Rorschach I was fortunate enough that my high school english teacher loved philosophy, and so when we were in our American literature unite, reading existentialist pieces like Moby dick, we discussed and explored these ideas of the self, the finite, and the infinite, to a respectable degree. It was definitely a formative period in my life, and I wish more people had teachers like the one I had.

This channel quite literally saved my life.

One of the things I appreciate most about these thinkers is that yes, I agree with and also feel their ideas, but that in the loneliness of embodying these ideas, I can look back over my shoulder or look ahead and see them trudging along all around me, their gazes cast down at the ground in front of them. Paradoxically, even in walking alone, there are still companions.

This is easily my favorite channel on all of KZread

@brojuiceunderfoot5765

4 жыл бұрын

It's like a much more precise and well researched version of School of Life's youtube channel. This is way better

@nonentitynaila4229

4 жыл бұрын

Yess. I have a few favourites. But this one, this one is really important.

@willhafen9929

3 жыл бұрын

I'm telling reviewbrah

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@academyofideas

9 жыл бұрын

Jacob Goldman I appreciate the comment and support! I also recently set up a Patreon page where one has the option to contribute any amount per video I create: www.patreon.com/academyofideas.

The idea of self is still a mystery to me. A lot of conformists and crowd-pleasers talk about being 'themselves', but I think they would have made Kierkegaard giggle.

@Runaflex

4 жыл бұрын

Greg Deane absolutely love this comment

@platoniczombie

4 жыл бұрын

Knowing that we still don't really know what consciousness is, it's not really surprising the idea of self is a mystery. My issue has always been with those who claim they or others need to be their "authentic self," I'm glad to see Kierkegaard didn't bother with that, as such an idea is worthless. We are and can be, anything, their is no authentic self, only the one you have chosen to be for a given time.

@2coulin

4 жыл бұрын

@@platoniczombie I wouldn't say that the idea of an authentic self is worthless; it provides a unifying structure to one's character. No doubt this concept may develop over time, as it's really a living 'archetype' and not some static idea, but it's still authentic/unique to the individual. As for being 'anything' in life, this was addressed in the first few minutes of the video - 'losing oneself in the infinite' generally leads to people achieving nothing.

@mikenotsue

4 жыл бұрын

@Samuel Eastlund Jealous?

@2coulin

4 жыл бұрын

@clariboia anal By the same token I could claim that the 'western idea of self' has led to the creative/exploratory/inventive/innovative aspects of the west. We can all sling mud at modern western civilisation and its decadence but to deny its incredible achievements would be disingenuous. And as far as I'm aware Schopenhauer did study eastern thought.

Kierkegaard changed my life's path. I became utterly absorbed in him but still there was much beyond my comprehension. I still love his journals. Nice video.

This was actually incredibly insightful. I've been dealing with the existential anxiety for a while, and never learned how to handle it until recently after only gaining clarity here and there. Instead of running away from it, avoiding it, or hating myself, I learned to sit with it and understand it. What turned into a fear of fear morphed into peace. Anyway, this video actually helped me find a solution to it as I couldn't really find a purpose to aid it. Lately this channel has been indispensable for me. It's been a shortcut to something I know I would have eventually figured out, but why wait too long? I've finally been at beautiful peace with the world around me and am excited to rejoin the world. In a nutshell: thank you for your contribution.

@JonnaaM

5 жыл бұрын

Hey. I'm replying because I can deeply resonate with what you wrote. Literature and philosophy has been a great help for me in the inevitable existential anxiety that has arisen over the last years. I have a feeling you're an INFP too. Look it up if you're not familiar with the term.

@roizeldiez3500

Жыл бұрын

Sending u love!

You are the voice of these great philosophers. They are thanking you for that. So am I.

It's videos like these that remind me why you're content is needed more than ever. Thank you

I hope you're making money from this great content

@travisfiander3528

7 жыл бұрын

I hope you're supporting them on Patreon

@labbeaj

7 жыл бұрын

I hate money...

@good4insects

6 жыл бұрын

I just hate

@seanmcconnachie4353

6 жыл бұрын

I just money

@Ffsdevgj

6 жыл бұрын

hope YOU are making something out of this... if not...

My Philosophy teacher always told the class to read Kierkegaard's. I can now grasp this sense of his uniquely interesting character.

This is astonishing. A person listening to this suddenly awakens ! Thank you.

Kierkegaard was horribly smart

@stevehollahan3533

4 жыл бұрын

And stupid at the same time.

@YarivanderHorst

4 жыл бұрын

@@stevehollahan3533 Why was he stupid?

@CompletelyRandomAndUnknown

3 жыл бұрын

@@YarivanderHorst because every human is stupid. Trust me, I would know

@vincentho3964

3 жыл бұрын

I would say he is Deep, Profound, Insightful.

@Fackinfine

3 жыл бұрын

@@stevehollahan3533 agree, its horrifying that some humans are so intelligent, Nietszche also was so smart he went mad.

This is a great overview for Kierkegaard. It has really crated a solid foundation in understanding the premise of the basic ideas he puts forward. Awesome content!

The existential problem is life is a horrific nightmare, but we must keep facing it

@sytran666

5 жыл бұрын

You can quit whenever

@javierlandry7246

3 жыл бұрын

Face ourselves.

@recuerdos2457

Жыл бұрын

It depends on your beliefs, death might not be the ending, and living might mean you re giving a chance to taste and to challenge and learn… it’s a grateful thing to have🤔

Great work. Love philosophy but the ideas are easily forgotten in the mundane, mechanistic and energy zapping day to day world we live in. So these videos are a lovely reminder of the power and beauty of human thought. Something society unfortunately tries to irradicate from the earliest opportunity.

@reacasalta3009

Жыл бұрын

Agree

For me, there is something so true about Kierkegaard's perspective, even though it goes against some to the spiritual truths I have come to accept. His perspective, particularly about anxiety and despair, gives me some hope and some self-acceptance as well. I keep coming back to the realization of the truth behind all seeming opposites and paradoxes. It is all paradox to me; both existence and non-existence, self and non-self, someone and no-one, love and emptiness, clarity and recognized confusion, striving to come to rest in what simply is already.

Thank you for these posts! They open a window in my soul!

The key to appreciating Fight Club more fully begins here.

@mrqueem1703

5 жыл бұрын

holy shit I was just listening to the OST to Fight Club this sum Baader Meinhof shit going on

@akelaambee6346

4 жыл бұрын

gtilp 🙄

@paulevans8348

4 жыл бұрын

Adults talking here on this site....go back to your Marvel movies little boy.

@dharmnayak5474

3 жыл бұрын

does fight club not simultaneously set an example for the repurcusssions of giving primary value to the subjectivity of one's experience as well ? as the "fight club" (as a community) lead to vandalism and destruction of the city and economy on a mass level. Does it not become extremely crippling for an already existing system on which the whole city or a state stands ?

@emmanueloluga9770

3 жыл бұрын

@@paulevans8348 Stated like a true juvenile. Check yourself.

Beautiful introduction to my favourite philosopher, you captured the same feeling I got when I read his works a while back.

I noticed that many expositions of Kierkegaard fail to mention he was religious, and conversely religious people never mention him.

@timhorton2486

6 жыл бұрын

That's because his religiosity is often opaque.

@MrSlyguy26

5 жыл бұрын

Tim Horton although it is a crucial view of Christianity, especially in the modern world.

@SerifSansSerif

5 жыл бұрын

I've heard a few say his christianity is dangerous to christians that don't understand it and may cause them to lose their faith. He wasn't one who cared much for the church, but celebrated the individual relationship to god, and his christianity came from just reading the bible, (mostly the gospels). It's a very dangerous form of christianity to the modern christian faith indeed...

@MrSlyguy26

5 жыл бұрын

@@SerifSansSerif I find it quite appealing. I believe a strong mixture of community and individuality are needed in the journey of the Knight of Faith.

@henriknilsson7730

5 жыл бұрын

He was very religious indeed, but ended up disgusted by the church. His nephew stood at his burrial ceremony and scolded the church, because it was using his death to promote its own cause, whatever that's supposed to mean ha ha. Kierkegaard really did lose his self after the satire paper "The Corsair" outed him as an outsider, a nobody with a large pocket who was full of himself. He was much more, as we all know. :)

Soren was afraid of being hurt! that's why he wouldn't cast himself into a relationship with with Regine, his sweetheart, she in the end finally gave up on him, and married another! He wrote so much literature, but never wrote about his mother? I always wondered about that! Greetings from Denmark ;-)

I am blown away. This literally who my personal philosophy most aligns with. Than you for the video and thank you Kierkegaard and most importantly, thank you GOD.

This is a great introductory video. Kudos to you actualizing your self :)

Thoroughly enjoying your videos. Great summations of major ideas.

Dude, Your videos are awesome, I have always been interested in philosophy and lately existentialism. You break down the concepts into great segments of positive knowledge. It would be cool if you did longer segments or more series of segments here and on your podcast. Rock on brother!

But to see another human is to know that they to struggle with the same existential crisis. To know that both you and the other human share and have inherited the same world. To simply know that you are not alone in this crisis is the best comfort to have. To only think of one's self as though only you suffer these issues is denial, selfish, and destructive. It's not just your fight it's all of ours

This is brilliant !!!!!! Thank you so much, continue the great work.

Kierkegaard, thanks for offering an answer to this unbearable state of anxiety about the self. I have been struggling with it all my life thinking something was wrong with me...or is it something wrong?😩😵 incredible content, I love this channel!

Thank you...these videos are very well put together, and not so animated that the style detracts from the substance. Keep em coming. Looking fwd to p2.

its funny. i watched so many life coach videos to help myself, went to psycchiatrist but then i find this channel and hit me harder then anything before. lot of things made clear for me. i am responsible of how i feel not my parents friends or anyone else. how i feel and what i will become depends only on me. i just subscribed to monthly membership and for all of you who watch this be kind and reword the man who shares knowledge time and effort to us.

Excellent work! Looking forward to the second part.

My favorite philosopher.

What I find especially fascinating about Kierkegaard's views on existentialism and religion is that he was really just resurrecting a dormant but always present perspective in Jewish/Christian thought. Specifically the book of Ecclesiastes is an existentialist perspective written >2000 years before the movement seemed to formally coalesce.

Strongest I ever felt the dread was after watching a MelodySheep video about the future of the universe. After a couple of weeks though it turned into that freedom you're talking about. It's like a pressure valve went off.

This is one of your best videos, IMO!

Such a wonderful video to my all time favorite philosopher! Thank you Academy! Kiekerggard is so badass, our own Creative Writing department at my college has an entire class devoted just to him!

@tylerhill9510

5 жыл бұрын

Can I ask what college that is?

so amazing don't ever stop making videos. thank you

This was a greatly constructed video. Thank you for creating it.

This video is excellent as I found The Sickness Unto Death difficult to read, but I will give it a another try some time. Thanks for making and posting it on KZread.

I've watched a lot of your videos on the topics of existentialism and finding meaning in life, or at least an identity. They've all been fascinating and can relate to them all. And they all offer their own solutions to how to escape or at least live comfortably with existentialism. But the one thing I find myself continually looking for, is not just how to find a way out of existentialism, for I have done it time and time again throughout my life, but, rather - what do you do when you become fatigued with trying? No one seems to have an answer for that.

I'm 22 too, like when Kierkegaard realized all of this. It's really hard to experience (existential crisis) but very much freeing to realize and be self-aware of who I am and what I do and all of that human conditions.

A voice I didn't know Now I have experienced A voice with powerful communication

This is really great, thank you for making these videos.

@academyofideas

9 жыл бұрын

Benjamin Andersson You're very welcome! Thanks for watching.

This channel is of vital importance for the well-being of humanity

"If you don't have sauce, your lost; but you can also get lost in the sauce" - Gucci Mane

The part of indirect communication is something that I find very helpful in this video. I have to communicate a hard truth to a relative and I think that is the way to go. The plain truth can be too much. Thanks!

Thank you so much for this life-illuminating content.

Thats an awesome video and explanation of Kierkegaard my friend 👏

Thank you very much I really learnt a lot from this although I have been trying to read Kierkegaard as his philosophy connects with my subjectivity a lot.i look forward to next presentation.

This is a really great intro. Well done.

VERY interesting.. Thank you for your works.

I just found this channel!! Such interesting topics and not too long.

I appreciate your content. This greatly helps me get along.

Love this episode, thank you so much!

I realy needed that! Maybe I'll once be able to overcome my despair and live as an induvidual with my anxieties, not against.

Uhm, mate, i love your videos, thank you for this, this is one of the most usefull things i have ever found on the internet, what you are saying this video is stuff i have noticed during my lifetime, but there isnt many people you can talk to about it, and lets be real, people don't really wish to know themselves let alone be conscious, anyway ty for the video.

@sunilrampuria9339

5 жыл бұрын

yup, try your best to tell them, then leave it, and just focus on actualizing the self. Pick something and live it.

It's really interesting how much these ideas align with buddhist philosophy. Anxiety being a teacher, just as the dharma is. Lack of understanding in despair being the "worst misfortune". "Despair over the Earthly" being the same as the buddhist poison of attachment. It's almost like the ultimate truth of life is philosophy agnostic, and embedded within each one of us already. Like our soul thirsts for it, and we just have to look in the right place.

This video lit me up. Thank you ❤️

Wauw!! Thank you so much for this. This is really needed in my fight with despair and depression. As a Dane I feel a bit embarrassed in admitting that I haven't read Kierkegaard - only read about his works. Well actually this is not entirely true - in reality I don't give a damn about nationalities. I just wish I had studied a bit into Kierkegaard earlier in life. But then again; I might not have understood him without my own experiences. Anyways; thank you for this great video.

Thanks I've been meaning to revisit this

This is a really good introductory summary.

Great amazing mazing video, Best video about Kierkegaard, I have ever seen, Thanks

Thanks for your work! :) Philosophy has always been my biggest interest but is so hard to study myself your videos really help me a lot in understanding their ideas!

It could be a great podcast series too!

this is brilliant. I should have got onto this guy ages ago

Wow what an amazing video. Thank you so much

Kierkegaards description of the finite and infinite is such a brilliant antecedent of the psychological phenomenon known today as "splitting"

Beautiful collection of videos buddy

Thank you very much for this Video. I am eager for the second part. Especially the paintings go very well with the content and underline the message. Would you mind writing down the names of the paintings in the description. I know most of them are well know, but for the ones I dont know you really would do me a favor.

Thanks man, great job a truly "guide for the perplexed". I promptly will go look for your older videos. I hope in the next video you summarize the repetition concept. Coz that had me kind of disturbed.

Fantastic! Thank you! 😊❤

That 6:40 zoom. Lol. P.S. love every bit of this presentation, and the others as well.

This is incredible thank you!

the feel when this makes u get anxious

Amazing, thank you so so much

'mastered irony' is a superb sentiment.

Another gem

Holy shit that was a lot for 14 minutes. Thank you for this great content

Thank you !

Kierkegaard is Deep, Profound, Insightful.

Good shit bro, ty for this knowledge.

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@academyofideas

9 жыл бұрын

Mir Haque Thank you for your comment, it really means a lot! In terms of supporting us you can help us out through Patreon (patreon.com/academyofideas) by donating any amount per video we make, donate via PayPal, or you can like our videos and share them with others :)

@mirovitch2000

9 жыл бұрын

Great! I just became a patron!

@academyofideas

9 жыл бұрын

Mir Haque Amazing! Thank you so much!

Wow, this is so true

This is really good.

Brilliant stuff mate

Fascinating stuff.

I can relate to the anxiety and to an extent it is always with me. For me self- actualization is the most important journey each human being can travel. It is not easy and it would be more secure and comfortable to follow a crowd or tribe. I believe an individual can still be part of a community and still follow a solitary path of self-discovery.

@recuerdos2457

Жыл бұрын

Could you elaborate how do you deal with your anxiety? Thanks for sharing

@mrs.kathleenantuna7701

10 ай бұрын

@@recuerdos2457 /I am taking antidepressant for my anxiety, eliminating processed food and sugar from my diet and work out a minimum of 60 minutes a day. I eat an anti inflammatory diet too. My caffeine intake is also very small. Make your health and wellbeing a priority especially with what is going on in the world. God bless you. 🌻

Impressive work 💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏

This is a great video and I can't wait for the second part, since this really spoke to me. I have an unorthodox opinion on politics for most people and whenever I write a comment/post about it on Facebook or KZread I would get a reply and whenever I get a reply I get scared and it takes me from a minute to a whole day to build up the courage to look at it at which I would respond.

@danielvillano1840

9 жыл бұрын

Illya Lypyak Internet can be a scary place to participate sometimes. Which is your unorthodox opinion?

@notbadsince97

9 жыл бұрын

daniel villano Well it could be summed up in i want worker control and self management in their workplaces (by electing mangers or having direct control or a mix of both), and that resources should be in the control of the community and they decide what to do with it like sell etc through a democratic process. Also that the US constitution has long out lived it use and we need to update it now and every 20 years are so

@parahumanatara8321

8 жыл бұрын

+Illya Lypyak you're a mutualist, then? I'm a bit further left but it's nice to see people with similar opinions

It is important to remember that this video is infotainment and goes down too easily to be an actual life changer.Its great that you like it, now go read the books or find a free lecture series on existentialism. Watching this video is not the same as putting in very real effort and time to learn-actually sacrifice and struggle to understand. Unfortunately, it is not possible to achieve any personal growth through passively watching these little videos alone. There are no quick and easy shortcuts.I wish there were😅

You are my favourite chanel on philosophy. Thank you so much especially in Nietzsche and Shopenhauer.

I read all of this while working in law school library. I found that all philosophies were nothing more than philosophical boxes. If you can get outside the box, then the philosophy becomes inadequate. i.e. . Existentialism is all about what is going to happen when your outcome is oblivion. That is the hard thing to accept ! But is the most probable probability. Cheers.

I love philosophy

Superior content!

@Academy of ideas Although I enjoy watching your videos as I feel I learn a great amount from them I feel as if there is a lack of coverage in the ideas and topics discussed by prodigious eastern philosophers like Ibn Sina, Ghazalli, Ibn Rushd etc plz try to cover these men as well.