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@sensukii6446

5 жыл бұрын

Academy of Ideas thank you for the creation of this content of authentic wisdom

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5 жыл бұрын

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@lukekoleas3378

5 жыл бұрын

Gratitude.

@evanwolf6618

4 жыл бұрын

@Philip Thomas Right . You beat me to it . Perhaps the narrator pronounced Kirkegaard too often.

@merazhmoscato9186

4 жыл бұрын

I love your work and can best support you now with another humble pronunciation pointer: [cultural] more = mor-A

So tamed that actually when the cage is open they choose not to get out of it.

@reck0n3r

5 жыл бұрын

Zeman Meneb Learned helplessness.

@j.j.4708

5 жыл бұрын

Zeman Meneb reading this hurts but it's so true

@apuapustaja9236

5 жыл бұрын

Even worse, the cage has been open the entire time.

@stevenli3034

5 жыл бұрын

Because we try to "fit in" with society, which is just a fancy way of being enslaved.

@yoco93cro

5 жыл бұрын

When I was working on a pig farm, I observed one gilt (a young sow) who was smaller then the others so she was able to pull beneath the bars of her cage and escape it. With time workers started to leave her cage opened so she would always exit it and walk around the barn, explore it a bit and then return to her own cage on her own initiative.

He who wants to reach his full potential must trust his animal instincts, intuitions, talents and skills.

@juliemauger6183

3 жыл бұрын

Whether one admits it or not, man is a moral creature (if you don't agree with, this, ask yourself if you make moral judgements about other people - you will find that you do). When our animal instincts are let loose without restraint, they will inevitably clash with our morals at some point or other.

@user-ig1ew2kb8t

2 жыл бұрын

@@juliemauger6183 Nice point. What is your view on the video and thoughts on this subject? Would like to know what you think.

@alvinjohnson9531

Жыл бұрын

And I must add; those who have the WILL to fight, let them fight. But those that don't have the WILL to fight, in this eternal world of STRUGGLE, have no right to live!!!!!!!

@davemccage7918

13 күн бұрын

Speak for yourself, I’ve overcome my baser instincts, mastered self discipline and have obtained a body & a mind that are the envy of many.

I feel that I release and channel these primal instincts through intense exercise/ strong focus. Civilized life cut us off from nature and therefore our natural instincts. Current society breeds frustration, anxiety and even quiet resentment. Intense exercise helps me connect to my primal unconscious and temporarily relieves this trapped energy that again accumulates via everyday/ @civilized” life.

@natrelacoustix

3 жыл бұрын

Sadly you just sound like the hamster... Frantically running on its wheel, but still in the cage.

@orangewarm1

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for telling us

@afridibinsayed9864

2 жыл бұрын

Society has always been a disease since its inception

@TheDionysianFields

2 жыл бұрын

@@natrelacoustix Maybe, but a hamster with a strong and sound mind at least has a chance. Or do you see some *current* way out that the OP is overlooking?

@tom-eliasknosp5267

Жыл бұрын

I agree, that is what I feel as well. Nothing more pure and true than pushing through pain we chose ourselves.

"All good things are wild and free." - Henry David Thoreau

@jJust_NO_

5 жыл бұрын

LIFE is FREE

@Bocbo

5 жыл бұрын

Easy to be free when someone else is footing the bill for your time at the pond.

@vaimast

5 жыл бұрын

videogames áre wild

@johnsun3854

5 жыл бұрын

''I like pie'' - Johnny Bravo

@zyrrhos

5 жыл бұрын

"To be self-reliant is to listen to and heed the still small voice of God within." -Ralph Waldo Emerson

Always blown away by the art in these.

@bignoseharry6561

4 жыл бұрын

Hhhmmn... Just the "art", calls for a statement ?

@bewusstsein3527

3 жыл бұрын

@@bignoseharry6561 i was blown away by his outfit..

@bewusstsein3527

3 жыл бұрын

@@bignoseharry6561 i was blown away by his outfit..

@cindyl3297

3 жыл бұрын

A man of culture

@td8383

3 жыл бұрын

@@cindyl3297 Thank you.

I'm Jamaican, and you just have to integrate the shadow if you want to survive here. I see some videos with Americans calling the police for the most trivial things as if they don't know how to assert themselves. I think we moving too far from our instinct and that's largely why people are so easily hurt or offended, and turning to ideologies such as political correctness. Using the government to force people to be tamer and more vulnerable, and they are proud of it, claiming that it's the good and moral thing to do.

@bostonteapartycrasher

Жыл бұрын

Slave morality

@MrIgorl01

Жыл бұрын

There is definitely a point here. But what about people that freely & consciously "gave up" on their instincts for the greater good (even Nitsche explained this) out of understanding that its a necessary price to pay in order to build a mass couture.

@MrIgorl01

Жыл бұрын

Colture*

@henrybenjaminstoneking238

Ай бұрын

Jamaica has had one of the highest intentional homicide rates in the world for many years, according to United Nations estimates In 2022, Jamaica had 1,508 murders, for a murder rate of 53.34 per 100,000 people, the highest murder rate in the world. Yes, apparently too many Jamaicans are following the lead of the barbarians (like Nietzsche thought they should) You need the Church or you will be damned like all the murderers, druggies, whores, and all the other sinners in Jamaica-- ruining this tropical paradise and turning it into a Hell on Earth instead I have no idea what "integrating the shadow" means in practical terms. I assume you mean you worship demons, or are into Voodoo like most Africans are. This has nothing to do with not calling the police. Blacks in America love the police and need them to back them in all their bad works. It is probably the same in Jamaica too, otherwise they would kick you off this tropical paradise for your ridiculous crime rates. Probably is coming soon anyway.

This sounds a lot like Jung's shadow work, reclaiming repressed aspects of the psyche we have denied because they have been deemed unacceptable by those around us and the larger culture. Not always easy to do, but well worth the effort. Thank you for your videos. I always get something out of them.

@GeorgeStanleyStan

5 жыл бұрын

Leigha Chantrose Nietzsche was the foundation of a lot of Jung’s works.

@RobertF-

5 жыл бұрын

@@GeorgeStanleyStan Is that really the case? Wow, that's amazing. I didn't realize that. I have to look more into that.

@GeorgeStanleyStan

5 жыл бұрын

Robert Yes brother, essentially this problem of “God is dead”, Nietzsche proposed the cure being something along the lines of individuals becoming “Ubermench’s”/supermen, and creating there own values. However Jung agreed in the sense we need an encompassing value system, but said that actually it’s impossible for an individual to create his own values, more so that they must “rescue these values” or rescue the dead father from the abyss. Essentially proposing that these religious values from all myth and religions were fundamentally rooted in these archetypes. And Religious structures were just complex “hyper stories” of multiple layers of archetypes intawoven to make “hyper evolutionary truths” which spoke not to the conscious mind, but the unconscious mind, hence religion effecting how you act in the world. Or so this was the desired effect of religion, and how religion was until the enlightenment where this subjective spirit of religion died, as they became too dogmatic. As this rational lens prevented the religious stories affecting the unconscious, hence acting subliminally, but rather they affected the conscious rational ego because of this newly mass acquired “Enlightenment lens” acquired in the 18th century. And this lens/tool has entered as the dominant “God” of the social non Archetypal layer of the collective unconscious of the West.

@RobertF-

5 жыл бұрын

@@GeorgeStanleyStan That sounds pretty interesting. Thanks for your in depth reply, I appreciate it. I hope to learn more about all this as time goes on so I can understand it better. You seem to have a real deep grasp of it all. Are you in the new york city area by any chance?

@GeorgeStanleyStan

5 жыл бұрын

Robert Thanks mate, I’m currently working on a film screenplay which proposes a creative solution to “God is dead”. So I’m reading a lot of Nietzsche, Jung and Dostoevsky and watching a lot of Jordan Peterson to try and understand it all more deeply. I’m happy to say I’m pretty obsessed with it all ha.. But I’ve always loved thinking about deep things. Regarding philosophy and psychology. Unfortunately mate I live in London, England, and not in New York. If you’re ever in London though, send me a message.

“Culture is not your friend” - Terrence McKenna

@tavoiaiono7885

5 жыл бұрын

Culture.... tradition, religion, family, country, tribes, customs, money, status, class....you name it. All these things are to separate humanity so they are easier to manager and control.

@ericpermenter4155

4 жыл бұрын

@@tavoiaiono7885 that's how these things are being used but to say that is the initial function is disingenuous and well, false. You, under any circumstances that would omit these things from the past, would not exist, period.

@tavoiaiono7885

4 жыл бұрын

@@ericpermenter4155 And there is the proof of indoctrination and enslavement thinking. Of course I would exist, we ALL would exist. We would exist as a collective family (for the lack of a better word) one love united in spirit and body and soul. United in love and appreciation and satisfaction. There would be NO fear, NO anger, hate, envy towards each other. We would share all things and live longer and healthier with nature. We would exist in LOVE for all things great and small. You should think more with love and stop limiting yourself to things I had mentioned earlier. Light to you my friend. xxx

@tavoiaiono7885

4 жыл бұрын

@@ericpermenter4155 Ok. I have a different understanding from yours. You are right though. We are all on the way to the same destination and we are at our own speed and at different levels. What you have said is completely true. What I know is long passed comparing the past present and future based on history. Happy journeys to you and all the best my friend.

@ericpermenter4155

4 жыл бұрын

@@tavoiaiono7885 I gave you a thumbs up, if only to satiate your ego. Take care and remember, long winds blow hard.

Frederick Nietzsche would definitely be on my list of people I would want to talk to if I could go back in time.

@chumaggots666

Жыл бұрын

he'd look down on you

@sethhillyer4443

Жыл бұрын

@@chumaggots666 why?

@amansingh2652

Жыл бұрын

@@chumaggots666 lol

@Muradsahar

Жыл бұрын

They are all big dicks in personal lives, you would be looked down, humiliated and return damaged.

@ulvfdfgtmk

11 ай бұрын

Id talk to Friedrich instead but thats just me (:

"To live is to suffer. To survive is to find some meaning in the suffering" - Nietzsche

@ryublueblanka

3 жыл бұрын

@@sophiafake-virus2456 why do you say that?

@satnamo

3 жыл бұрын

Because it is the truth.

@benjaminseng4271

3 жыл бұрын

Also Smiths lyrics😂

@user-hl1eo1hz7y

3 жыл бұрын

"Suffering is the medicine, and pleasure the disease, because where there is pleasure, there is no desire for God."- Some Sikhism guru

@michelhouelpdesque

3 жыл бұрын

Dmx - Slippin’

There is a reason why Nietzsche is your most viewed video :O

@hyperspacejester7377

5 жыл бұрын

#Ubermensch

@BadAssBullet12

5 жыл бұрын

It's because of a lobster that knows how to clean a room.

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@mixerD1-

3 жыл бұрын

Only just used this same phrase to someone a short while ago.😁😁

Yes, don't "shut down" your inner animal, or it will turn on you.

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@vv7299

3 жыл бұрын

the old ones also came into existence by being made

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8 ай бұрын

And they’re free!

Even after reading Nietzche I am always astounded at his revelations being read too me!

Your videos seem to be the narration of my life. The videos seem to echo my own self realizations made by living my life.

@zesticide1010

5 жыл бұрын

@once upon a death How many deaths have you experienced, I myself have experienced more than I can remember, cool name.

Time to watch another video about how to improve my life while taking no actual real-world action to do so.

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5 жыл бұрын

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5 жыл бұрын

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@SupaMalaman

5 жыл бұрын

Sounds like you're at a pretty good stage of development. If you've made it this far, you don't yet realize how close you are to the next stage

@jJust_NO_

5 жыл бұрын

What are we striving for anyway? Who's to set standards of what an improved, actualized human being could be?

@j.j.4708

5 жыл бұрын

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5 жыл бұрын

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5 жыл бұрын

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5 жыл бұрын

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5 жыл бұрын

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@5olas

5 жыл бұрын

momma

So tamed when looking at the "animal instinct" of others , they begin to fear the beast within...and try to assert oneself to a perceived "higher level" that is non existent.

I see some of the possible inspiration for Jung's theory of the shadow and its integration and his beliefs regarding the role of intuition

@tiranito

5 жыл бұрын

Exactly my thoughts.

@AngelosPhotiades

4 жыл бұрын

Jung was highly influenced by Nietzsche. This is generally known.

Great video. The videos on Nietzsche are particularly helpful in understanding his complex writing and ideas

Dude, I love your videos so much. Especially the melding of philosophy with psychology. Great stuff.

ThankU Academy ..Awesome & Important

Best, most impartial, understanding driven analysis going around. Thanks so much for developing yourself to the point where you can teach this material simply and well. Your videos are full of substance and critical thought. I think this has been my favourite video so far, hard to say though compared to all your other great analysis 😁

This was beautiful, thanks Academy of ideas!

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The work on this channel has changed my life, let alone my existence. Stay strong as you always are 💪

I only differ here with one thing said by Nietzsche: consciousness is our "weakest and most fallible organ." Unless consciousness has a different meaning for him, it actually is my strongest "organ." And I definitely am apart from the herd and its thinking.

@Jordannadroj20

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. You are a true individual

@redgodofwar7723

Жыл бұрын

@Noah Wolf Per Joseph Campbell, I personally have taken the "Left-hand Path." I have ventured outside civilization into a world of danger. I have chosen the Hero's journey. Except that also being aware of the collective consciousness I think also is important for different reasons -- NOT for purposes of "fitting in." What the collective sees sheds light on where there could be friction or push back. It's important to know this for next steps and the journey. Consciousness is awareness, with varying levels and degrees. At its highest, there is no more important "organ" for intellect, planning and goals. No doubt, a connection with our animal nature, and healthy expression of it, is beneficial to us, both for psyche and physical well-being.

Last few days i was listening some of interesting lectures on Nietzsche and re-watched most of Academy of Ides Jung, Ni videos.. To the point...Yes! Yes! Yes! I needed this one!

Absolutely wonderful ! Thank you for producing this

His writings mean much more to me as I look back over my life; the hard fought and won lessons that were only through the difficult work put into healing, and the maturity that sprung forth from that; than they could have before. There's a wisdom in there that I can see, and know that I couldn't have seen until now.

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This is the best of your videos I've watched. Excellent research as usual man.

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Because the only true competition we have is ourselves. So once we tame ourselves, we regress ourselves.

One of the best videos I've seen so far.

Very well done. A timely video for me. Thank you.

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Instinct is also what drove our ancestors to kill each other whenever they fell angry or threatened, because choosing irrational decisions is so much better than thinking it through, I have to disagree with Nietzsche on this.

You’re instincts are sound. Thank you for your creation.

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@whycity2057

4 жыл бұрын

Bro maybe these are max number of subscribers , and those others in majority are ignorant herd animals,they won't like great ideas,so they don't subscribe

Great content and visuals, as usual

These videos act as wonderful supplements while reading Neitzche. Thank you for the great channel!

Yet again, wow. The info is great to start of with. But the scripts you come up with to convey this information are super tight. I tip my hat!

Wonderful work!

Great video man... thanks so much

The Artwork is lovely I love your material keep up the good work.

7:14 one should also note that the Greeks did these festivals mainly for the purpose of catharsis. Does not change the argument, but is a more accurate observation

Interesting and such a great deep understanding of what separates us free every other living creature on Earth

Enjoyed it so much thanks for making it easy for us i cant believe i now know some of neitzche 's ideas!!! thank you so much

Your videos are always so good 👍🏼

Great content, hope you get more subscribers. Keep it up!

thanks for that video, as it opened up another aspect which also confirms other observations

Great video. And very timely, as I’m preparing to write an essay concerning auto domestication.

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It's nice that many here are putting some thought to this subject and necessarily agreeing with everything Neitzsche has said.

This was damn good. Keep up the great work!

Our ancestors used to hunt lions and other beasts of prey with spears and stones to courageously overcome fears to be strong. We modern men however live in social cages and fear lions in cages at the zoo. We are weak, sick, stupid. In need of more safety, comfort, abundance, and medications. The modern world might collapse for our own good. Or the machines will take over and we might leave our comfortable zoos and venture back into the wild.

Amazing content thanks so much

These videos are amazing

This is a really good video, very well scripted and narrated.

Fantastic! Thank you.

As always great vids. I bought a book on cynicism and it was less than adequate. The vid on Diogenes was superb

Very well made video, thank you

The individual creates the collective. Don't let the collective make who you are.

What a video! So informative. The best channel on philosophy and psychology... I just wanted to know though.. How do you know if you are confronting your animal instincts or unconscious... How do you reach your unconscious and connect with your animal spirits?

Very nice point of view for "Truth as Circe" from HAH. Hadn't thought of it that way.

Beautifully integrated

We domesticated ourselves... I feel videos such as this are helping me slowly arrive at a better direction, wherever that may lead. Thanks.

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The channel that brings it.

Civilization is domestication.

@titustan3893

5 жыл бұрын

So does education, for it is like a double-edged sword, making rules and forcing children to obey through punishments and rewards are just like what we do to “train” dogs. However, without these rules and the idea of uniformity, not individualism, the classrooms would be a nightmare, with society completely collapsing and people driven by their own moral compass with varying leverages. Perhaps, it is best to find a balance between the complete ignorance of ones animal instincts and complete anarchy.

@mementocatharsis9372

5 жыл бұрын

Oh the ways in which I would retort if I cared to!!! Oh the ways!!! :(

@PrinceUxas

5 жыл бұрын

@@mementocatharsis9372 Thanos, "Perfectly balanced, as all things should be."

@thescriptwriter824

4 жыл бұрын

True. And education is indoctrination. To think that man today stands as a farcical remnant of the original divine intention, robbed of his earthly robes as the greatest of the animals, and dispossessed of his celestial glory by a suffocating civilization which was artfully crafted to subdue his best qualities . Incapable of committing himself to any kind of belief at all. Truly, we have been set upon by forces who wish to rid us of our strengths, qualities and origin. The question is by what hand or paw was this cunning chimera crafted... And is it possible to free ourselves from it? As yet these questions have not been collectively answered, and as the wheel of time spins onwards, the vast gates of freedom close that little bit more.

@mementocatharsis9372

4 жыл бұрын

We are being attacked by the perfected form of antiindividualism. It's in the media, in the advertising, and in the words we speak to our own children.

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This video is massively underrated

Nietzsche was a genius , his contemporaries treated him like he was mad and threw down his ideas with him , but I guess they deep down knew that he was right

As rational beings we, humans have such a capacity to unite our instincts with our rationality. This gives such a balance sense in our individuation process. Although I cannot provide such a guideline to do so; I can say that we should trust our guts before a significant situation requires our attention, then we should apply our intelligence on how to get through it. I think that would be the first step to develop such a balance between our instincts and our intelligence.

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Best thing on youtube

well done!!! 👍

Great piece. His idea about following our animal instincts actually sounds a lot like the higher power that Alcoholics Anonymous talks about. While that program comes directly from Christianity, its book is careful not to give a definition of the Higher Power. So, Nietzsche's theory that we have an instinct that can guide us, sounds similar. He cautions that we have destructive instincts, too. And likewise, spiritual programs cautions us about "evil" or the devil. His idea that we should have festivals that celebrate our instincts and desires sounds prescient as well. Not long after he wrote that, the modern Olympic games began. And, of course, here in the U.S. we have the Super Bowl, professional fighting, Halloween, gambling, Mardi Gras, New Year's Eve and all kinds of bacchanalia.

I've been thinking about this same topic lately, mainly because of my observation of how man is becoming more sick and absurd as it strays from nature in our modern society. perhaps I should look more into this Nietzsche dude...

I'm no fan of Nietzsche, but I am willing to listen to what he had to say. There are some profound insights.

Thank you

very good

Great video