Student Philosopher: Nietzsche, Apollo & Dionysus

Friedrich Nietzsche believed that human life is fundamentally divided into the 'Apollonian' and the 'Dionysian'.
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  • @danielphilo
    @danielphilo8 жыл бұрын

    My apollonian side wants to pay attention, but my dyonisian side can't stop thinking about how hot she is. Damn you Nietzsche.

  • @nalcow

    @nalcow

    8 жыл бұрын

    Lol

  • @S2Cents

    @S2Cents

    7 жыл бұрын

    ^Beta

  • @drewchestnut468

    @drewchestnut468

    7 жыл бұрын

    Don't blame Nietzche, blame Zeus!

  • @malachaippulidop7942

    @malachaippulidop7942

    7 жыл бұрын

    2cents anyone who calls another person beta is most likely beta themselves.

  • @S2Cents

    @S2Cents

    7 жыл бұрын

    Malachaip Pulidop ^ beta

  • @ExistentialistDasein
    @ExistentialistDasein8 жыл бұрын

    He also knew Greek and Latin, by the way!

  • @clamda

    @clamda

    8 жыл бұрын

    A knowledge of Greek and Latin is very useful in understanding science and the humanities. It adds depth and discipline and explains terminology with greater accuracy and provides historical and mythological depth. I wish more schools had it on their curriculum

  • @Ninja9191

    @Ninja9191

    8 жыл бұрын

    clamda I had classical Greek and Latin during my middle school years but I wish I appreciated it more. At the time it was all just boring to me, but now it all seems so interesting.

  • @lindseyjo1759

    @lindseyjo1759

    8 жыл бұрын

    +The School of Life You're brilliant.

  • @GoToGuy222

    @GoToGuy222

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Mia McGee The best way to get something is to give it away... You are Great and wonderful

  • @iliketofuckwomen1265

    @iliketofuckwomen1265

    6 жыл бұрын

    clamda the new french president emmanuel macron is planning to restore latin learning in france 's high school

  • @78rupp
    @78rupp8 жыл бұрын

    This may just be the later Nietzsche, but after he's combined the two ideas into one, which he also calls the Dionysian, he wants Man to overcome his carnality by sublimating it into higher actions, such as the sex drive into love poetry since both are manifestations of the will to power but the latter involves more power. His view of the Ubermensch being the strong and passionate man who controls himself and 'adds style' to his existence: Goethe. Thanks for all your videos.

  • @pennyrain6481

    @pennyrain6481

    8 жыл бұрын

    William Rupp Kind of like becoming a Gay Preacher right? Or a Pornstar becoming a Teacher or Principal? I find your view very nice, it reminds me of my alchemical studies back when. Transmute the gold, it's within.

  • @78rupp

    @78rupp

    8 жыл бұрын

    Penny Rain Almost, but those are professions, not drives. He suggests maintaining the aim, but altering the means, i.e. love poetry still being an expression of sensuality. Naturally it's fine to have sex, but in those instances where you can't, i.e. the woman/man rejected you, rather than drinking the problem away or repressing it, you instead create poetry, music or whatever art form you prefer. This sublimates the passion without repressing it.

  • @svetlinsofiev6729

    @svetlinsofiev6729

    3 жыл бұрын

    good comment

  • @nani9102

    @nani9102

    3 жыл бұрын

    Then doesn't it just make his entire work subjective advice by an emotionally controlled person. I mean if in case the woman he desired had accepted his proposal, he wouldn't have created his work, or more importantly, he wouldn't have agreed with work similar to his?

  • @117Industries

    @117Industries

    3 жыл бұрын

    I had professors who didn't seem to understand this and certainly couldn't articulate it so accurately and concisely at the same time. His final interpretation of Dionysus was very much a unification of the Greek conception of both dispositions. Interestingly, in ancient Greece, the two Gods (Apollo and Dionysus) originally had largely overlapping qualities, but they became more distinct as Greece approached its inevitable collapse. It would appear that we have entered the same stage of our cultural cycle, which might explain why this particular dichotomy has appealed to people of late, and also why we interpret these concepts as if they are polemic contradictions, rather than essential aspects to a grander harmonious integrity.

  • @kwetsbarevrijheid2720
    @kwetsbarevrijheid27208 жыл бұрын

    If you were a classmate of mine in college I would have never quit studying philosophy.

  • @xSupFool

    @xSupFool

    8 жыл бұрын

    Sisy Phos niceee.

  • @ceekay9253

    @ceekay9253

    8 жыл бұрын

    Tom Scharf The power of a woman with brains.

  • @Xzibit9

    @Xzibit9

    8 жыл бұрын

    Razor Ex no, the power of a woman with tits and a vagina

  • @nickstoli

    @nickstoli

    8 жыл бұрын

    Tom Scharf Um, is there any other kind of woman?

  • @nickstoli

    @nickstoli

    8 жыл бұрын

    Tom Scharf Shemales are females? You're the expert, so I defer to your knowledge.

  • @ExistentialistDasein
    @ExistentialistDasein8 жыл бұрын

    "Apollo could not live without Dionysos. The 'Titanic' and 'barbaric' was ultimately just as much of a necessity as the Apolline!" Friedrich Nietzsche - The Birth of Tragedy

  • @problematicalgorithm6743

    @problematicalgorithm6743

    8 жыл бұрын

    Existentialist Dasein Every reason needs a bit of madness

  • @Sanjaykumar-zr8my

    @Sanjaykumar-zr8my

    3 жыл бұрын

    Dionysus couldn't live without Apollo either .

  • @musgrave6886
    @musgrave68868 жыл бұрын

    this is an ASMR experience...

  • @donnalp5339
    @donnalp53394 жыл бұрын

    When she started with „I`ve fallen a bit in love“ I was like: „same“. She is so freaking cute and that accent is to die for #

  • @StarblindKing
    @StarblindKing8 жыл бұрын

    I always think it's important to keep in mind how much of an influence Schopenhauer was on Nietzsche--particularly at this point in his academic life. For Nietzsche, the Apollonian-Dionysian isn't just a point of psychology for Nietzsche, but the essence of the will ('Will' in the Schopenhauerian sense, not necessarily the 'will' as in 'freewill'): from the preface to Wagner, "I am convinced that art represents the highest task and the truly metaphysical activity of this life"--aesthetics = metaphysics...in the sense that metaphysical drives and impulses (aspects of the Will) become the expression of aesthetics. Nietzsche thereby comes to us as the bridge that allows people like Freud, and almost all 20th century psychology, to occur (Nietzsche and Schopenhauer). There are these metaphysical drives that exist as Will (later, for Nietzsche, Will to Power) and demand satiation; we are nothing more than expressions of these metaphysical drives--so we can repress them but we can't eradicate ourselves of them. Birth of Tragedy becomes, I think, particularly beautiful when Nietzsche writes about how science, being an Apollonian expression, needs some kind of Dionysian companion to go along with it (sections 14 and 15); it's not enough to sustain a culture, or the way that a society depends upon a culture/cultural expressions to justify the challenges of life as Tragedy did in Ancient Greece before Socrates--we remember here, of course, that Nietzsche is writing at a period of great change in Germany, and he's desperate for Germany to establish for itself a healthy culture, involving both aspects of the Will. Later in his life, Nietzsche becomes obsessed with seeing the Will as Will to Power rather than as possessing the duality of Apollonian-Dionysian, with the duality becoming a means of diagnosing either repression or acceptance of the Will to Power--hence his aligning himself with Dionysus at the end of his life, even signing off one of his last letters before collapsing, 'Dionysus'. Sorry for rambling--wonderful video as always.

  • @antoniosalinas5369
    @antoniosalinas53698 жыл бұрын

    This channel is amazing, one of the few places I can go on the internet and receive actual discourse that makes me think. I learn something new with every video, keep it up! :D

  • @7kurisu
    @7kurisu8 жыл бұрын

    this was the first Nietzsche i read too. i think that he later refined these ideas in order to think about science and art. at his most optimistic moments about the future, he seemed to embrace science, at his most melancholic, he needed the pleasures of art. i can definitely relate

  • @_________________________7050
    @_________________________70508 жыл бұрын

    I heard none of this, and its not because of the sound quality.

  • @MyManThong

    @MyManThong

    8 жыл бұрын

    Mongol JJ I understand the humor of this joke, but I must gather your attention and point out that your avatar is not a person but a dog. Just making sure you're okay.

  • @_________________________7050

    @_________________________7050

    8 жыл бұрын

    Broderick Gerano Wait WHAT! I'M A DOG!

  • @princetonkihd5055

    @princetonkihd5055

    8 жыл бұрын

    me too! and I'm really confused how she can even think to fell in love with that person. I'm offended since such girl deserves better than that. At least she should go into science not in philosophy .

  • @MrAnimebuster
    @MrAnimebuster8 жыл бұрын

    We all fall in love with Emma by her charm but also by her wisdom like she said on her video about platonic love

  • @tahasullivan1996
    @tahasullivan19968 жыл бұрын

    Em, you make wonderful and interesting videos. I also love the touch of humor you add. Keep up the good work! :)

  • @ivansalamon7028
    @ivansalamon70288 жыл бұрын

    I've noticed something among many philosophers, and not just philosophers, but psychoanalysts. The concept of Apollonian and Dionysian, judging by this video (haven't read Nietzsche yet for fear of misinterpreting him, reading Greek philosophy instead) seems to be a slightly different interpretation of a concept also theorized by Freud; the Id, (the Ego) and the Superego, Dionysian being the Id, naturally, and Superego the Apollonian side of us. There are key differences, mostly that these were unconscious for Freud, but the principles seem very much the same to me. Both seem to, in essence, propose that one ought to make amends between the two and satisfy both. It also draws some parallels with Lacan's the Real, the Symbolic and the Imaginary, although these are far more branching and arguably complex concepts. This video got me intrigued, it makes me realize the staggering parallels in ways of thinking; Greeks and Buddhists both seem to polarize in favor of one over the other, with passions being more or less the root of all unhappiness, or at the very least, as Plato put it, the meaning of happiness being the end of desire. I know Greeks were not all for eliminating passions altogether but rather subjugating them in favor of reason, with nevertheless a somewhat stoic lifestyle seems to be the key to happiness by more than one Greek philosopher. Would be interesting to read up on philosophers challenging that view. Does anyone know any books that explore the subject more? What would be a good book to start Nietzsche with? Would Birth of Tragedy be a good starting point?

  • @kevinbeck8836

    @kevinbeck8836

    2 жыл бұрын

    Freud was greatly influenced by Nietzsche

  • @aidenchmura

    @aidenchmura

    2 жыл бұрын

    I’d suggest reading some Carl Jung. The ID is what drives us according to Jung. I don’t think it’s fair to say that Dionysus was wholly unconscious. I think that Apollo and Dionysus were both unconscious of each other… The super ego is the partnership between the ID and the Ego (Dionysus and Apollo). When the two are able to work in unison, then the super ego is able to flourish.

  • @richardouvrier3078

    @richardouvrier3078

    Жыл бұрын

    Freud plagiarised Plato like Newton plagiarised Galileo.

  • @tristecherie7464

    @tristecherie7464

    Жыл бұрын

    Feud Jung both came up with everything through this

  • @SimplyMayaBeauty
    @SimplyMayaBeauty8 жыл бұрын

    I am amazed at the timing of your particular videos on this channel. I have an exam on this exact topic - among others of course - Tomorrow morning. Philosophy is so beautiful :)

  • @MajinXarris

    @MajinXarris

    8 жыл бұрын

    Philosophy starts where religion ends

  • @SimplyMayaBeauty

    @SimplyMayaBeauty

    8 жыл бұрын

    Western philosophy progressed when we started drifting away from strict church influenced philosophy a-la Aristotle. The god used by modern philosophers was not the same god religion talked about - and even that concept is considered "the trash can" of modern philosophy, because it was often used as a patch when they couldn't answer to a hole in their theory. They are related, but great philosophy tends to stay away from religion as an explanation.

  • @pennyrain6481

    @pennyrain6481

    8 жыл бұрын

    ***** Lol, I love the direct "I dont really want to read it" This is true that there are lots of counter arguments. I feel like this world is made up of Religions that are actually guides to perform Ritual Magic. It gets shaky when you start to bring up the concept of "Tulpa" to a religious person. All love to the world though.

  • @pennyrain6481

    @pennyrain6481

    8 жыл бұрын

    ***** I get you friend. But some of these people only know part of the truth. There was a time when we all knew nothing at all. To be HERE on this video on Philo says alot about someone. Shoot I feel like a baby everyday relearning things. Did you know if you Sungaze you can acquire powers and become Ubersmench? I think we need to be taught philosophy and energy,metaphysics early on, I'd say 6th grade(Mythology level).

  • @pennyrain6481

    @pennyrain6481

    8 жыл бұрын

    ***** Yes, I think a well rounded person is key. In the U.S. here, (i'm not sure which country your from) we are taught merely to memorize 90% of meaningless things. It's crazy. When I say taught Science and Spirituality as a whole species, picture a Hogwarts with DaVinci, Buddha, Tesla, Margaret Knight, Dawkins :)

  • @graciastephan
    @graciastephan8 жыл бұрын

    Excellent Em! Keep up the good work!

  • @nagapilota
    @nagapilota8 жыл бұрын

    Hello from Germany! I loved to see you talk about Nietzsche. He surely is one of the most controversial German philosophers. When we behold his life and his work, there is so much to think and to wonder about. Not just when it comes to Philosophy. I find myself thinking, that he must have had an even more interesting personality. I often wonder about his friendship to Lou Andreas-Samlomé. And of course about his mental derangement in his final years. Can we really know for sure, that his last writings were written in total darkness of his mind? In addition to that I like the thought how networked Nietzsche was and still is. Look at all the people he had contact to, and look at the even bigger number of people he influenced. Sigmund Freud, Franz Kafka, Hermann Hesse, Thomas Mann, Richard Wagner, Rainer Maria Rilke, just to name a few. Long story short: I really appreciate your work (that of the whole School of Life Team) and I'm glad to see a community like that growing. Keep on doing that, you thus will excite more and more people - which is an important thing to do nowadays. Oh and by the way; I'd be pleased to see a video about Nietzsches greatest influence: Arthur Schopenhauer. A true mastermind of his generation. Eventually I have a question: do you think that language (translations) somehow changes (it might be slightest change!) the philosophical system of a person? Like, have you ever considered the idea that you reading Nietzsche in English (or me reading David Hume in German) could distort our picture of their ideas? My thought on this is, that, whenever one is able to, one should read in the mother tongue of the author. I hope it is clear what I aimed to express! Thank you again!

  • @perpetualjon
    @perpetualjon8 жыл бұрын

    Just watched this video --the first of your channel. I've fallen a bit in love too!! Well explained, brief, and you're mesmerizing to watch and listen to. Bravo!!

  • @povilasrackauskas857
    @povilasrackauskas8578 жыл бұрын

    Do a video on the ubermensch, please.

  • @peroz1000

    @peroz1000

    8 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, it's about time!

  • @drakesmith1794

    @drakesmith1794

    8 жыл бұрын

    Povilas Račkauskas seconded

  • @miadavis9864
    @miadavis98647 жыл бұрын

    short but sweet and really helped me out :) i'm studying Nietzsche's impact on early 20th century art and this little video is just what I needed, thanks very much xx

  • @victors.k.p.7328
    @victors.k.p.73288 жыл бұрын

    As far as I understand, like most things in life, a balance is required. The overly "Dionysian," folks tend to act without thinking, or by ignoring the possible consequences of their actions. The "Apollonians" are those that think too much, yet act too little; they watch life pass by them as they think it through by standing on the side, largely motionless. The fine centre would be to think honestly, and rationally, without letting our thoughts discourage, get in the way of the actions we ought to, and want to undertake. Would that be right? Also, any works to recommend in literature, films, magazines, or even music, for a teen interested in studying philosophy? Thanks. As per always, great video.

  • @SamMoreno970

    @SamMoreno970

    5 жыл бұрын

    Excellent comment. I've been struggling with finding this balance. It's been three years since you wrote this. Have you come any closer to figuring things out? Any wisdom you might be able to give me? :)

  • @Gameplayerxyzxxx

    @Gameplayerxyzxxx

    5 жыл бұрын

    philosophizethis podcast is great 😉

  • @darinasa4428

    @darinasa4428

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@SamMoreno970 Not sure if you're still looking for the answer but I recommend exploring Carl Jung's works. He studied Nietzsche and wrote about Individuation, the process of integrating one's Shadow. The Jungian Shadow mostly corresponds with the "Dionysian", and it's worth looking into, I believe.

  • @Confucius_76

    @Confucius_76

    3 жыл бұрын

    Sexual Personae by Camille Paglia. It takes the Apollonian/Dionysian split and analyses western art through it

  • @travismoore22

    @travismoore22

    2 жыл бұрын

    Accepted and The Doors. With respect how can either ever 'find' balance? How could you make ever tame a wild one? Or wild a tame one? Sincerely, camel, lion & baby

  • @SketchyWhiteDude
    @SketchyWhiteDude8 жыл бұрын

    Nietzsche was probably the key philosopher that helped propel me into a larger, braver world of reason and wonder.

  • @mihoma1769
    @mihoma17698 жыл бұрын

    Girl you're just amazing. I mean I liked your videos before (well, I hardly know a girl being interested in philosophy. I always feel a little bit lonely.), but the statement of falling in love with Nietzsche just break the last border to finally write a comment. I never read Nietzsche itself (I should as all his literature is German and I am too) but lots of articles and books about him. I am so amazed by his brilliant, strong, intelligent character full with all those human emotions which so many philosophers deny or not included in their texts. "You need chaos in your soul to give birth to a dancing star" is the quote I which is kind of the motto of my inner world and when I think the whole world sucks and now one understands me I am always cheered up by "and those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music." Yes, I love writing (too much.) Anyway, keep your inspiring passion for philosophy, it's great that to watch your blogs. All the best with your new job and I hope your mum will be fine soon!

  • @winstonstruye8289
    @winstonstruye82898 жыл бұрын

    As another young twenty-something I think Nietzsche relates to us so well in this sort-of hyper-information age where as someone growing up into the world we are devoured by choice and opportunity, seemingly without any way of understanding it all, let alone where we are supposed to fit (or work towards fitting) within it all. I think Nietzsche speaks well to this confusion that young people have now and I think you did a great job at explaining one of reasons why! Thank you, have really been enjoying these videos! (btw - the last chapter in the "The Consolations of Philosophy", the one that relates to Nietzsche, is incredible!)

  • @PabloIzurieta
    @PabloIzurieta8 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic book indeed. The conflict between the Dionysian and the Apollonian, between aesthetic pleasure and moral duty. This is something Kierkegaard wrote about as well. Also, if we must let the Dionysian influence us in order to understand ourselves better... I believe our dear friend Marquis de Sade put it well when he said "in order to know virtue we must first acquaint ourselves with vice".

  • @olliemealing
    @olliemealing8 жыл бұрын

    loving these vids :)

  • @cpoterry
    @cpoterry8 жыл бұрын

    :) Hum as always the team that worked to put this together and Em's magnificent passion for helping many understand the depths of philosophy are too kind; having done such a great job on this one.

  • @proxy8918
    @proxy89182 жыл бұрын

    Incredible video. I am currently reading BT and have almost finished it. I struggle with understanding a lot of the vocabulary, terms and references to ancient greek art. But it's a fun learning process, and I find the concept of the apollonian and the dionysiac absolutely fascinating. It gives me a whole new lens through which I can understand and perceive the world and myself.

  • @mammothmotouk
    @mammothmotouk3 жыл бұрын

    Well, you and the channel have helped me take a step closer into my philosophy journey. I needed to start somewhere and I started here.

  • @UEx26
    @UEx263 жыл бұрын

    Good to see this video before reading the book. And btw, you have a really really nice voice

  • @fredventure
    @fredventure5 жыл бұрын

    "Thanks, Friedrich" at the end had me stunned for a bit - as I forgot Nietzsche's name is Friedrich - because so is mine.

  • @meharshah6117
    @meharshah61176 жыл бұрын

    She is so calm and composed and has explained incredibly. Thank u so much

  • @arielatartakovsky
    @arielatartakovsky6 жыл бұрын

    you are so smart and awesome. I admire you for making this video. it really helped me. its like EXACTLY what I needed to learn right now. love you keep being awesome. I support you.

  • @coffeebot7016
    @coffeebot70168 жыл бұрын

    Hate to be the 421st comment but this was a very beautiful video all around -- well done. You've certainly earned yourself a subscriber and a returning student. I look forward to more philosophical content. Cheers!

  • @GlabrioGavriloo
    @GlabrioGavriloo8 жыл бұрын

    i was also obsessed with that book in my early 20s, and i was lucky to have found around the same time Hermann Hesse's Narcissus and Goldmund which illustrates the apollonian and dionysian thing, both books captivating indeed!

  • @Arcticcfoxx
    @Arcticcfoxx8 жыл бұрын

    Great video! I've read tried Birth of Tragedy but failed to really understand the message. Might have to go back to it now, thanks for helping me understand the complex Nietzsche!

  • @benbritten4967
    @benbritten49674 жыл бұрын

    you tell nietzsche you are in love with him, and he says: shit i forgot the whip, i'll be right back

  • @cinemaghost3149
    @cinemaghost31493 жыл бұрын

    This was an amazing breakdown!! Thanks for the knowledge drop

  • @kaaaaakooooo
    @kaaaaakooooo8 жыл бұрын

    Keep them coming. Thanks

  • @andybelcher6168
    @andybelcher61688 жыл бұрын

    I really enjoyed this video and the other Student Philosopher videos on this channel, but I found this one very difficult to follow because of the music in the background... I just thought I would say. Thank you for making these and keep up the good work!

  • @SuperDarkTemptation
    @SuperDarkTemptation8 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic work, yet again!

  • @krom9393
    @krom93936 жыл бұрын

    I appriciate the effort. That was a lovely explaination of a complex thought. I found it amazing because of the slight music played in the background. Can you tell me the name of the music?

  • @matthewgoncalves2348
    @matthewgoncalves23488 жыл бұрын

    & Thank you for beautifully breaking down how human-beings should live life. Such a great message.

  • @Flipstar117
    @Flipstar1178 жыл бұрын

    Best video yet! Really cool! Also I'd love to get really Dionysian with you....

  • @MrUndersolo
    @MrUndersolo7 жыл бұрын

    He also had syphilis, my dear. Good luck with the relationship...

  • @michaelp.4890

    @michaelp.4890

    5 жыл бұрын

    Interesting, but he wasn't very sexually active, was he?

  • @nantzstein3311

    @nantzstein3311

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@michaelp.4890 Everyone was sexually active. See how many europeans are there now.

  • @mac1414

    @mac1414

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@nantzstein3311 Nope. Schopenhauer was a virgin all his life due to his views.

  • @harrybellingham98

    @harrybellingham98

    4 жыл бұрын

    you spelt necrophilia wrong

  • @bebeezra

    @bebeezra

    4 жыл бұрын

    _"Many scholars have argued that Nietzsche’s dementia was caused by syphilis. A careful review of the evidence suggests that this consensus is probably incorrect. _*_The syphilis hypothesis is not compatible with most of the evidence available._* _Other hypotheses - such as slowly growing right-sided retro-orbital meningioma - provide a more plausible fit to the evidence."_ - Leonard Saxman MD PhD www.leonardsax.com/what-was-the-cause-of-nietzsches-dementia/

  • @SirSpinach
    @SirSpinach8 жыл бұрын

    Great video, Em!

  • @joneshebron2395
    @joneshebron23958 жыл бұрын

    these videos are really good and interesting!

  • @Vipassanas
    @Vipassanas8 жыл бұрын

    Lovely, video! Reminds me of Hermann Hesse's Steppenwolf. In Steppenwolf, Hesse eventually encourages one to do away with the dichotomies, but that is only eventually, he starts with the distinction between apollonian and dionysian characteristics of the protagonist. I've been wondering what work of Nietzsche to pick up first, this seems perfect :)

  • @Wrenasmir

    @Wrenasmir

    2 жыл бұрын

    Like so many German authors of the period, Hesse was absolutely inspired by Nietzsche’s ideas (he talks about this in his letters to Thomas Mann, for example, who would later cast Nietzsche in his Doctor Faustus), as you say with Steppenwolf, and later with Narcissus and Goldmund, and the Glass Bead Game, Hesse was always fascinated with the dichotomy of order and chaos.

  • @mythosandlogos
    @mythosandlogos4 жыл бұрын

    Rush’s song “Hemispheres” is a beautiful look into this.

  • @EthanDPW
    @EthanDPW8 жыл бұрын

    Hi Em, I love your videos and find some them very interesting, thought provoking and inspiring. Are you on Twitter?

  • @strainedfoul
    @strainedfoul8 жыл бұрын

    The music is a cover of Innsbruck by Owain Phyfe :-)

  • @beybye8366

    @beybye8366

    3 жыл бұрын

    I LOVE YOU !

  • @aden8022

    @aden8022

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thankuu

  • @amritsharma5373
    @amritsharma537311 ай бұрын

    Loved your Dyonosian act. More of it please.😉😄

  • @maycoleman7348
    @maycoleman73488 жыл бұрын

    She is so beautiful. And love that she's talking about something actually informative

  • @10Kinsella

    @10Kinsella

    3 жыл бұрын

    Was she talking?

  • @middlegrounds109
    @middlegrounds1097 жыл бұрын

    Em, please do more videos. Your so intelligent and you make philosophy fun, please😃😃

  • @LauraGrisales12
    @LauraGrisales128 жыл бұрын

    Really enjoyed the video, your voice is beautiful.

  • @whydisputeonoz
    @whydisputeonoz8 жыл бұрын

    I'm going to hire her to speak to me over my death bed; the closest thing to heaven I'll ever experience

  • @ImmaterialDigression

    @ImmaterialDigression

    8 жыл бұрын

    whydisputeonoz You won't experience it if you are dead.

  • @ThePeaceableKingdom

    @ThePeaceableKingdom

    8 жыл бұрын

    ImmaterialDigression Epicurus would remind you that until you are dead you are not...

  • @S2Cents

    @S2Cents

    8 жыл бұрын

    Manginaism

  • @stuartwelch2724

    @stuartwelch2724

    3 жыл бұрын

    Not true. Khrist is the way. Nazarene

  • @springbok2354

    @springbok2354

    3 жыл бұрын

    I wonder if AA Battery has died yet?

  • @PositiveANegative
    @PositiveANegative8 жыл бұрын

    Great, as always. I personally will always remember Nietzsche for "Also Sprach Zarathustra", an epic song by Strauss inspired by Nietzche's book, "Ainsi parlait Zarathustra", for I love music and this piece of Strauss is amazing. I am trying to stay rational, it is actually harder than one might think. Every time I'm trying to read or write extremely rational stuffs, there is this Folie inside of me growing up, to keep some sort of irrational balance. Why should it be so? My rational part refuses to believe irrationality is necessary, then again, thinking about it makes me want to throw it away and forget about it. I write, and i sometimes go through really difficult periods of doubts and mind-torture; I told it to a friend of mine who told me something really Nietzsche-like, to my feeling of its philosophy (i might be wrong) : "of course you are, you wouldn't be happy with what you are if it didn't torture you from time to time" (I'm not entirely sure to have translated it well since it was in french, but anyway). Thank you again, Em, for making such inspiring vlogs. It is really interesting. I liked The School of Life before, and you really add up something intimate and deep to it. This yearning approach is so in accord to the subject. Keep up the good work !

  • @johnclhugyugihjbvgbkj9729
    @johnclhugyugihjbvgbkj97295 жыл бұрын

    Topic made my search, you're beauty made me smile and voice/accent made me melt.

  • @effluocausaevolved1529
    @effluocausaevolved15292 жыл бұрын

    This was a fantastic portrayal of sides of humanity; reminding us all that it’s good to have balance

  • @sreyasreeroy2329
    @sreyasreeroy23292 жыл бұрын

    The way you portrayed two contrasting ideas that's really amazing

  • @jghamann
    @jghamann8 жыл бұрын

    3:03 I watch this part 100 times and never get tired of it. I'm in love.

  • @chrishuffman5736
    @chrishuffman57363 жыл бұрын

    This is very well done, thank you.

  • @TomHasVideo
    @TomHasVideo8 жыл бұрын

    What we really need is a case video on Slavoj Zizek. We all do.

  • @TrollJohnSmith

    @TrollJohnSmith

    8 жыл бұрын

    TomHasVideo we do

  • @amritzbhurtel

    @amritzbhurtel

    8 жыл бұрын

    TomHasVideo and so on and so on

  • @prestonchilders5540

    @prestonchilders5540

    8 жыл бұрын

    TomHasVideo I don't get the Zizek cult following, but maybe the brilliant minds at The School of Life can elucidate some truth in the deluge of his mad ramblings.

  • @Robert4865

    @Robert4865

    8 жыл бұрын

    TomHasVideo No we don't. Schopenhauer first.

  • @ThePeaceableKingdom

    @ThePeaceableKingdom

    8 жыл бұрын

    relytive17 5 stars from the other fellow who saw Idiocracy...

  • @emanuellysouza1475
    @emanuellysouza14758 жыл бұрын

    Short but great video!!! Thank you

  • @alejandroruedadg
    @alejandroruedadg8 жыл бұрын

    I love the way she speak ( just expressing myself ). :) Greetings from Colombia.

  • @TaylorRealGames
    @TaylorRealGames8 жыл бұрын

    Another great vlog

  • @nicktendocreep
    @nicktendocreep3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the vid! really helped me understand. kudos!

  • @andrenobre234
    @andrenobre2348 жыл бұрын

    what hapenned to your vlog?

  • @L4wyrup
    @L4wyrup8 жыл бұрын

    Hi, I am a philosophy student from across the North Sea (Holland)! I do find this video about Nietzsche very clear in explanation. Could you recommend me an ancient Greek play that Nietzsche uses for his ideas? That would be Appolonian (educative) and Dionysian (fun!) at the same time to spend my free holiday time.

  • @Tenoken
    @Tenoken7 ай бұрын

    Wonderful video! I think I love both sides of you!

  • @MrPaulOfield
    @MrPaulOfield6 жыл бұрын

    Great chanel! Pity you don't have a better microphone, there is an annoying noise all through the video, but still, great synopsis! Keep educating us!

  • @MercurialAscent
    @MercurialAscent5 жыл бұрын

    Your beauty motivates me to study philisophy with the inertia of a troubadour romance.

  • @adlerkraft
    @adlerkraft3 жыл бұрын

    Nietzsche's entire works are like Appollonian and Dynosian. For a vague and skimmed reader could only find the Dynosian (chaotic and irrational) side and a Deep, Careful reader could only find the Appollonian (Calm and Introspective) side.❤️

  • @UTU
    @UTU8 жыл бұрын

    Same basic show, but at least now it's about Nietzsche :) I'm happy to learn of your love for him.

  • @johnreddington5533
    @johnreddington55336 жыл бұрын

    My two favourite philosophers are Epicurus and Nietzsche . I’m really a Dionysian at heart any God of wine gets my vote. I love your little talks. You’re change of clothes was a nice touch.

  • @jkrch1917
    @jkrch19178 жыл бұрын

    This is an excellent simplification of one of the key themes in Birth of Tragedy, as well as throughout Nietzsche's later philosophical work. Nicely done. It's refreshing to hear someone talk about Nietzsche, who's actually read something by him! I only wish perhaps that something could have been said about the upshot of this theme. Nietzsche was by no means interested in investigating his topics simply for the sake of knowing more about the world; rather his guiding interest was always centered on how best to cultivate an affirmative attitude towards (one's own) life. And cultivating such an attitude is precisely the reason why Nietzsche thought we needed to synthesize the Apollonian and Dionysian aspects of the human condition. That's because, as he very thoughtfully articulates in BT, life is fundamentally rooted in suffering (given the nature of all willing) and only by uniting the Apollonian and Dionysian aspects of ourselves can we 'beautify' and come to embrace this suffering core, thereby redeeming what would otherwise appear to us to be a fundamentally worthless existence. This is why the Greeks who concerned Nietzsche were allegedly able to find such satisfaction in works as stunningly dismal as their tragedies. Nietzsche later proposed that by applying this creative model to our own complex and divided personalities, we might achieve a similar kind of satisfaction with our own lives. For more on this, check out The Gay Science.

  • @counterstriving
    @counterstriving8 жыл бұрын

    Very nicely done!

  • @greenland8376
    @greenland83768 жыл бұрын

    Great video!

  • @ishfaqnisar231
    @ishfaqnisar2313 жыл бұрын

    And thank you for making it so simple ❤️

  • @lisawilson6346
    @lisawilson63467 жыл бұрын

    Beautifully spoken.

  • @mountedczarina9205
    @mountedczarina92058 жыл бұрын

    I prefer Dionysus, son of Juice.

  • @xDemonTech
    @xDemonTech2 жыл бұрын

    This is a great video. Such a fascinating subject, got me into Jung

  • @af.flo_
    @af.flo_8 жыл бұрын

    Hi Em are you on a break? it's been two weeks now that there's no Student Philosopher video uploaded! Looking forward to the next!

  • @marumakoto
    @marumakoto7 жыл бұрын

    Aside from being gorgeous, you are very good in explaining concepts others can't explain so simply. Thank you! :)

  • @thebotanicalmind
    @thebotanicalmind8 жыл бұрын

    Great video, and so true.

  • @AYstrength
    @AYstrength8 жыл бұрын

    I really love this idea, the best philosophers often tend to be the people that put words on phenomenons of our everyday life that we acknowledge but neveretheless can't understand and conceive properly. And it's funny how spinoza seems like the incarnation of apollo in a man after this video x)

  • @waves5249
    @waves52498 жыл бұрын

    Would this be similar to Freud's concept of the id and the superego?

  • @jackdawcaw4514

    @jackdawcaw4514

    8 жыл бұрын

    Daniel Cazcarro similar. Or rational and emotional. Wise and whimsical. Maybe also like yin and yang. Or like any other kind of 'good' vs 'bad' really. In my opinion none of this is about accepting the "two sides" of human psychology, but realising there are no two sides, and it is all perfectly fine. There is no good and bad behaviour, only thoughts about it.

  • @JaysEpiphany

    @JaysEpiphany

    8 жыл бұрын

    Daniel Cazcarro And Plato's theory of mind as the dark horse and white horse. Although Plato wanted to keep the dark horse in place, so that's where Nietzsche's philosophy differs because he embraces both sides.

  • @slippinjimmy3984

    @slippinjimmy3984

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Daniel Cazcarro I think Freud was very much influenced by him; in modern times I like to think of this idea within the framework of Neuropsychology. The lower, or "reptilian brain", and the neocortex. The beauty of being a highly evolved primate :)

  • @tasnim3211

    @tasnim3211

    6 жыл бұрын

    i was getting these vibes too

  • @spikemansss

    @spikemansss

    4 жыл бұрын

    yes and a bit like plato's black and white horses

  • @ThinkingNo
    @ThinkingNo7 жыл бұрын

    Here I am, set apart in the cusp of this silent crescent moon valley, connected to human kind by only an electronic signal and the appreciation of beauty. Flashing back to five years in an isolation cell in my youth, sustained by the vision of a safe harbor and a whispered voice in the night ... the voice of this commentator, by the essence of her life force and the shifting of breath as she flies in her dreams.

  • @Traveler246
    @Traveler2468 жыл бұрын

    I too am a big fan of Nietzsche. What helped me understand a lot about life were his ideas about the overman.

  • @laxave1767
    @laxave17678 жыл бұрын

    Weird question, perhaps, but what is that piece of music playing on the background? ps; love the video

  • @carolyongqichen2499
    @carolyongqichen24992 жыл бұрын

    I am also a bit in love with Nietzsche at the moment and this is the prefect video to empathize with

  • @bolivar1789
    @bolivar17898 жыл бұрын

    Hi Em! I wanted to thank you very much for tonight. Here is why: indeed I had to do a thousand things this evening: to do my Greek homework, to transcribe a few songs I have promised my students, to read, to write in my diary , to meditate...What did I do instead? I had one beer after another and one cigarette after another on the street with my neighbour downstairs. When you have a Dionysian neighbour like her it is too tempting. You can't always say no... Besides, because I have watched your lesson last night, I thought I should not feel guilty this time and Nietzsche would definitely approve of my noble behaviour:-) Well, at least I said no to the marijuana offer, since the only time I tried it I ate everything on my friend's kitchen table including half a glass of Nutella. Very bad manners indeed...:-) Sorry for my drunk comment. I am of to bed now. Hoping to wake up as an Apollonian in the morning...Have a nice Sunday!

  • @MovieCompoundBoat
    @MovieCompoundBoat8 жыл бұрын

    I think we need to see more of the Dionysian version on this channel.

  • @MovieCompoundBoat

    @MovieCompoundBoat

    8 жыл бұрын

    alienzen Or vice versa.

  • @brotard7190
    @brotard71908 жыл бұрын

    What's the background song of this video?

  • @sreejanighosh3399
    @sreejanighosh3399 Жыл бұрын

    So useful in light of studying Thomas Mann's "Death in Venice"

  • @TheLordTime
    @TheLordTime8 жыл бұрын

    I'm Love with her

  • @bslaer
    @bslaer8 жыл бұрын

    Great video. I really enjoyed the KZread vid "Wes Cecil Nietzsche" as an introduction to Nietzsche aswell

  • @raffaojeda
    @raffaojeda8 жыл бұрын

    Nietzsche facinates me! gracias for the video!:)

  • @jamal2070
    @jamal20708 жыл бұрын

    What's the music in the background? It's really nice.

  • @planksip
    @planksip5 жыл бұрын

    The influence of Nietzsche is manifest and inescapably contemporary. Extracting patterns of influence from my own personal reading list puts Nietzsche at the top of my social subconscious.