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@60secondpages

Жыл бұрын

What's the painting at 2.25 ish?

@janel342

Жыл бұрын

What’s the odd accent of the narrator? Hard for us old deaf people.

@xiaol6694

4 ай бұрын

I support a bit.too today You are wonderful, can you tell us a bit about yourself...

@mimszanadunstedt441

4 ай бұрын

Albert Camus wasn't the only animal speaking their words in the video.

It has been said that that the sisyphus myth is not all about pushing a rock for all eternity but that he also gets to enjoy his walk back down the mountain to retrieve the rock. So while life may be a struggle and futile it can still be enjoyable in between struggles.

@Mikaboba100

Жыл бұрын

There's a character in The Plague whose life plan was to work a rather meaningless job, and earn just enough money to spend his free time living for his hobbies. Life didn't quite work out like that for him, whereas Sisyphus was able to live the life he wanted due to the restrictions put upon him.

@thedolphin5428

Жыл бұрын

The Sisyphus myth is laughable nonsense predicated upon there being a NEED to push rocks up hills -- ie, life being full of pre-ordained "struggles". Take away "the gods" and there's no compulsion to push rocks. Sure, nature still presents challenges. Willfuly choose which and when and why to push rocks (ie, choose your battles in life) offers the freedom to be content within any "struggle". Eg, cancer can be a "battle" or just another day in a body under the influence of nature's entropy. Sisyphus sounds like the kind of guy who keeps going back and back for chemotherapy cos his doctor told him it was the "only way" and because he sees some virtue in "not surrendering to the disease". Classic Aristotelian neurosis.

@alschmidt1560

Жыл бұрын

🙌 👏 🙏 🤝 👍 YOU made my day mate !!!

@14docmurph

Жыл бұрын

The Sisyphus myth is an analogy for every day of our lives. Day after day we play out our programming and purpose.

@thedolphin5428

Жыл бұрын

@@14docmurph Pathetic philosophy. What kind of fatalistic automaton are you? Just because something is a 2000 year old analogy doesn't make it an inescapable law of existence. Sysiphus was a fool and an OCD stereotype, indoctrinated by the "inevitability" of the "will of the Gods" of his time. Marry that with the Western Judeo-Christian mythos of "struggle is never-ending and good for" and you have idiots who go to work Mon-Fri, 9-5, party hard all weekend, and die of a heart attack at 55. Learn some Zen or Tao, practise discriminatory free will upon every action. Live in happiness and peace, all whilst carrying out the *necessary tasks in life* without resignation or obsession.

I always liked philosophy, but Camus really ignited a fire in me. Thanks to The Myth of Sisyphus I really got into literature. Camus was the one who introduced me to the works of Dostoevsky and Kafka.

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

How would rate the three? For me Dostoevsky, Camus and Kafka.

@KevinSantifort

Жыл бұрын

​@@Fiction_Beast I think I'd have them in the same order. Nothing tops C&P imo.

@iameternalsunshine

Жыл бұрын

@@KevinSantifort ​ Crime and Punishemt is also my favorite book! Try out The Brothers Karamazov if you haven’t already. I’ve heard nothing but fantastic things about it. I started it today.

@literature_plus

Жыл бұрын

Bro, same brother...

@jamesbarlow6423

Жыл бұрын

Me too. And Kierkegaard.

I had a philosophy professor who literally wrote a book on Camus' Absurdity 'Beyond Absurdity'' by Dr. Robert Trundle and Ramakrishna Puligandli), this professors doctoral professor was Hazel Barnes (English translator of Sartre's "Being and Nothingness".) As good as this professor was (one of my absolute best teachers in my entire schooling), this video's explanation was by far the most clear and concise overview of Camus I have EVER heard!

@2msvalkyrie529

Жыл бұрын

Yes but what a pity he couldn't resist the virtue signallers ! ie. He repeats the unfounded accusation that Camus was a racist . His Arab " victim " wasn't given a name in the book ? Maybe he should have named him Mohammed ? But then ...what outrage would that have unleashed ?

@jayjayfreeman

Жыл бұрын

I agree. The narrator's video here was very well done! Clear and concise. It's a shame that Camus' decision to drive a car that day, resulted in his death. But then again, I think of the term "Momento Mori" This day may be the day you die, or "remember, one day you too will die."

@bobshimits

3 ай бұрын

​@@2msvalkyrie529I also picked up on the minor virtue signals against religion. Somewhat childish framing for such a professional video.

"....life itself is the biggest gift and that's what matters. " Well said.

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

Awesome

@tonyshortland8812

Жыл бұрын

I agree, but objectors to the thought may be worried by the responsibility

@Westcoastrocksduh

Жыл бұрын

BS, life is a fing joke

@genkiferal7178

Жыл бұрын

and, its the gift to each individual. its not my life is a gift to others. Camus' philosophy sucked. He thought _his_ burdens should be others' burdens. That's a grim view of life.

@willsimp1273

Жыл бұрын

what matters is the one who gave the gift of temporary life

'In the midst of winter I found there was within me an endless summer'. Having lived a lot of my childhood in violent darkness, in adulthood I eventually found light which I learned was always there. Where the actual quote comes in 'the stranger' resonates deep with me. There were some good times. They help to keep the darkness at bay.

@spacewad8745

Ай бұрын

doesn't this quote come from Camus' essay "Return to Tipasa"?

@Musselchee

Ай бұрын

​@spacewad8745 I read it in the stranger. It is a reflection by Camus of what the place of his youth looked like before war bombs made a mess of it. That's the context where I read and know it. It is the height of resilience. It might be written where you say, but I've not read that.

Absolutely fantastic! The best I have ever heard or read so far about the essence, philosophy and analysis of Albert Camus’ prominent books and essays. This helps me understand more about Marxism and Nihilisme. I choose Absurdity which I found closer to the concept of impermanence in Buddhism. What counts is the road - not the end or destination. Thank you very much. Je vous remercie.

@iliapustinqk3378

Жыл бұрын

Yes and still so many are hunting for success all they lives.

@dantechersi6056

4 ай бұрын

Only dont know like new born childe back to inocent natural state just like new born childe New born childe they no have eny idea abut mind good bad ugly beuty suffer hapines like dislike permanent or impermanent void or fulfulment aversion or craving no dukka no anata no anikcha just to be witout eny concept idea in zen we say inocent muuu Djoju master when ask him what you are pont one finger other master shoting hhhaaaaa.

His book The Rebel has had a massive influence on me. I don't claim to fully understand it but I think as a novice I've absorbed a substantial amount of the book's ideas, especially the importance of the rebel for the health of a culture and without them there tends to be stagnation and in many cases a regression to a primitive mentality. The one line that struck me comes in the first page where it states that: The rebel slave says yes and no simultaneously. At first I didn't understand this and it seemed to be contradictory action, but then I got it and it concerns the principles of the rebel that keeps them focused and free from dogmatic traps. They have to be in a position to see the traps, always wary of their allure to compromise and break them. At one time I read The Rebel once a year and always found a passage that took on a new perspective as my own perspectives widened.

I appreciate the amount of work you put into your videos it's amazing

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

I appreciate that!

@niranjandesai6413

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for all your passion and commitment . It means a lot to us.

Thanks for all the rock pushing. Great job.

Great vídeo. I love the texts comprehension, the reflections and the paintings. I need to watch it many times so that I don't miss anything. Thank you so much

Just discovered your channel, been binging all of the videos. The best philosophy channel I must say, keep it going! 👍❤️💪💯

Great work! Thank you for your hours of work. I edited a little webseries once and the patience required is immense. I loved learning that he played football, and the quote you included was very inspiring, as I've played that sport forever. Love it. Also, to hear you say out loud the absurdity that everyone was more pissed that he didn't cry at his moms funeral than at the murder he commits! The level of somehow comical barren joyous non-chalance societal action reminds me of Chekhov- another writer I was enthralled to see you include.

Loved this ! Thanks for your work. Totally on point 🙌🏽

Thanks a million for these videos! They are so unique and helpful for people like me who wants to understand great minds and their works.

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

That was the most comprehensive video on Camus I have seen so far - and I spent the last 3 days watching all day.

Thank you for the brilliant summary of novels and essays written by Albert camus ,specially articulation of philosophic themes of the stories he wrote.

Really nice videos, thanks for what you're doing man!

one of the most charmful channels on all KZread channels thanks for your important content that you present keep it up keep going

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Schopenhauer is a future project. I need a bit more time.

@khizzard_069

Жыл бұрын

السلام علیکم

This video lives forever in my Watch Later. Your voice is perfect for sleeping, but it's the detailed analysis that keeps me up! TY Beast 👏

Fantastic video! The art is wonderful the presentation skillfully delivered. Thanks you!💯

I need these videos I re watch them over and over taking more each time please keep them coming thank you .

Been waiting for this, excited

This is truly what I needed to see. So soothing and inspiring for the creative souls out there. As someone who have struggled with being an artist, loosing my connection, and any drive I had before this is something I needed. Thank you so much for sharing the wisdom, experience, and words out to the world. Wishing you the best :)

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

That’s wonderful!

Such a masterpiece of video. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

This is a great detailed overview of Camus! Like exactly what i was looking for! I have one note/question though: you made many asides talking specifically about the condition/experiences of men. It wasnt always clear whether that was camus’s philosophy/example or your application of his philosophy to the subject. Either way it sparked my curiosity and made me think so thanks for the video!

I especially like the ending. Telling of the purposes he found for himself. I like cooking over the fire and planting fruit trees. #BringbackEden

I enjoyed this enormously. Thank you for such an invigorating discussion.👏👏👏

I think it's probably the healthiest to experience whatever emotions your experiencing. Even absurd happiness. I tend to agree, though.

@lizandro7728

Жыл бұрын

Why do you say that?

@chriszablocki2460

8 ай бұрын

It's a perilous world out there. Doing the healthiest thing isn't always the right move. And let's be real here. Happiness is absurd. Truth.

@nickb1762

15 күн бұрын

@@chriszablocki2460I knew someone who lost their daughter who was 30.. they didn’t have a funeral, but a “celebration of life”. As if sorrow wasn’t allowed. Sure, everyone deals with loss differently but it didn’t feel appropriate at all.

Truly valuable contribution. Congrats and thank you.

This was an amazing, enriching 51 mins of my life. Thank you! Excellent analysis and commentary.

Happiness isn't absurd. The search for happiness, is.

I devoured your video. Thank you so much.

My philosophy is that the meaning of life is to live it. The way it should be lived is to keep doing things that makes our life comfortable, less chaotic. In order to achieve it one must be involved into conti nious difficulties chosen voluntarily because that keeps us sane.

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

That’s a good philosophy

Marvelous Interpretation.Inspiring.Thank you for sharing.

As I wrote previously, I'm learning English by listening your thoughts about literature, but the problem is no one talk like you in everyday life😂😂😂. Great KZread channel 👍

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

That's awesome. Once Fiction Beast takes over the world, I will make everyone speak like me. :) (kidding)

@iameternalsunshine

Жыл бұрын

@@Fiction_Beast i wouldn’t mind this fate

@lionelthebuilder

Жыл бұрын

Yes no one says previously 🤣

@indfnt5590

Жыл бұрын

It is so much better trust me. Simple everyday things can be learned easily. To think this profoundly? That is rare. Even in the US, the language is being lost. You’d be surprised. No one speaks properly, and that’s fine, but obviously our literature will suffer for it. It can all be reversed of course so we go easy on people who don’t have interest in learning their own** language. 🫤😂

@kristiskinner8542

Жыл бұрын

@@indfnt5590 some people just need to learn when/where to turn it off. At home/with friends fine talk how you want to but when typing comments! & at work (no matter where that is) & when dealing with any type of business etc turn it off. Its a common sense thing- that a lot of people have turned off 24/7 for some reason smh🤦‍♀️

Brilliant summaries of Camus' books! 👌

Excellently informative and very impressive video on Camus.

You made me read his Stranger and I loved it, going to read more.

Excellent videos m8, top tier content 🐲

I enjoyed your video it made much sense to me the stagnant water analogy towards the end especially.

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

Wonderful!

Have you ever heard of Antonio Gramsci's theory of cultural hegemony? Cultural Hegemony is the idea that the dominant ideology of society -the beliefs, explanations, perceptions, values, and morals-reflects that of the ruling class. The dominant ideology justifies the social, political, and economic status quo as natural, inevitable, perpetual and beneficial for everyone, rather than as artificial social constructs that benefit only the ruling class.

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

Yea I actually read about him at uni. While very enlightening and deep, I have come to realization that you have a few options: revolution, complain, adapt, ignore or create. When you get into literature you realize hegemony is created by humans over time. It’s the same in literature: we read homer, Shakespeare, and great authors who were outsiders in their time but with sheer power of art and storytelling established themselves as status quo for the future generations. Camus is a good example, a poor man born in Algeria conquered the French literary scene with his genius and hard work. I say create great original profound art and novels so future generations read you. I see humans as a hierarchical apes so beside the wealthy and powerful, great artists have immense power too.

@alexrosenberger4692

Жыл бұрын

@@Fiction_Beast Hegemony is still a product of class and Camus idealism seem to reflect that of the social position he rose to in class society. I am not saying he wasn't a great artist, just being critical of anarchism, which he was a proponent of. It is a product of bourgeoise individualism, and as Lenin wrote, "bourgeoise individualism in reverse"

@hansfrankfurter2903

Жыл бұрын

@@Fiction_Beastpoor man? You say in this very vid he was privileged.

@hansfrankfurter2903

Жыл бұрын

@@alexrosenberger4692its interesting that he wasn’t moved by how the Algerians were treated but only by him getting ill and then seeing animals in a butcher 😂 Even animals are more important than non-whites for this bourgeoisie idio$t. I have some disagreements with Marxism but it makes alot more sense than all the other garbage out there.

@heaven7360

Ай бұрын

In the USA we have incredible propaganda that people love. Sometimes the rampant consumerism hold breaks in certain eras and boy does the government start freaking out. It gets murderous even.....big time.

Great video as always 👍

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

Thanks again!

Thank you for your efforts 🙏

This is well done. Good info keep up the good work please

One of the most brilliant videos I have ever seen. Highly indebted!

@Fiction_Beast

4 ай бұрын

Wow, thanks!

Excellent video. Really enjoyed it. Thx.

I like this format, and your narration style. Thanks for succinct summaries.

Thank you, Fiction Beast!

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome mate!

Well done. We are all Sisyphus. If you are not a teacher or professor somewhere, you damn well ought to be. And though I was fortunate as an American to have studied in France,( and get a real education ) I never put all the pieces of Camus together as elegantly as you have done here. Wow! and again I say, "Wow!". Great job -especially leaving out shitty music, pictures of yourself, and the obnoxious pedantry of academics. You captured it. Touche' Narcissus

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

It’s so kind of you. It makes me really to hear that.

@dianal.clausen8118

Жыл бұрын

I second that :-)

Thank you for this upload. I especially loved this one on Albert Camus.❤️⚘️ I loved his novels.

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for listening

Excellent video essay. Hats off

beautiful summary of the works of Albert Camus. But always i prefer when the videos lengths are limited to 30 mins maximum. Do you think you can make a video about the history and evolution of literature in a way similar to the 2.5 hrs video you made about the history and evolution of philosophy. it will be epic if you manage to weave it together with your intelligence and ability to connect things together

Right! Absolutely agree, happiness is dangerous. It makes humans too loose. But without happiness humans will be in danger of darkness.... which might not necessarily be true.

Great insight...your reviews of great writers is creating a new literary world for me. Pls can you do a video on Jordan Peterson's Maps of meaning? Many thanks.

Thank you for sharing this gift...

So worth it, the donation I made! Another is coming i promise!

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

Really appreciate your support!

@nihilist6008

Жыл бұрын

@@Fiction_Beast great channel! Im looking for nihilistic novels like fathers and sons. Could you help me?

Wow i just read The Stranger two weeks ago... the Goated Channel strikes again!

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

Appreciate it.

thank you so much, this was excellent. also, your accent is lovely.

@Fiction_Beast

Ай бұрын

Thank you! 😃

How long did it take you to produce this video and what were the steps? Really loved the depth, the synthesis, the concision, and the imagery - impressive 👍🏼

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! It took hours and weeks!

Hey thanks for the video. Very good explanation of Camus. Congratulations!!

I appreciate your work

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear that

Great video. Never read Camus. But can understand his obsession with death which is the only certainty. If u remember that u r mortal everyday your life changes for better and u r actually happy 😊

@fench1234567

Жыл бұрын

...and taxes.

You make everything so easy to understand 😌

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

Cool. I have the talent to be a teacher 😂

Dear Mr. Beast, Thank you for your excellent exposition on the life, philosophy and writings of a remarkable man - Albert Camus. It was obviously very learned and thoughtfully arranged, and your narration was superb.

@excelsior999

Жыл бұрын

P.S. - In my not-so-humble opinion the world would have been much better off if Marx, Nietzsche and, to a lesser extent, Sartre, had never been born. The latter, I believe, was a relatively harmless misanthrope, a competent writer and a second-rate philosopher who is best known (when he is thought of at all) for writing his catchy line, "L'enfer, c'est les autres," which is usually repeated only by dullards when they want to sound intelligent (especially on a First Date).

@excelsior999

Жыл бұрын

P.P.S. - The same could never be said of Albert Camus and certain other brilliant thinkers such as the late Christopher Hitchens and his equally astute brother Peter. Listening to people like that and reading their written words is a singular pleasure, and it has the added benefit of making me realize that I an not nearly as smart as I sometimes believe myself to be. Keep up The Good Work.

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you!

I loved this. Thank you.

Thanks for sharing... it's nice to know others thoughts on life

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

Cheers

If you read Camus in French it is very simple writing and not highly complex. His book "The Plague" is a book about a community that is walled in and how they cope with it. I don't know as far about happiness but as far a being a good writer I would agree.

Really good work.

Found this helpful Good job buddy!

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

This is such a wonderful video. ❤

Excellent. Meaningful summary.

Thank u for this

"Value of life is not in it's happiness but the life itself." Just woww❤..

I do relate to the stranger/outsider type of individual that Camus and Nietzsche write of, given I listened to a lot of punk music and hated all the current trends in my teen years. Ironically, I did spend a year in football my freshmen year of high school (dad made me, the one I felt most indifference toward), and honestly enjoyed the time not playing in games or winning (we sucked!), but in the shared effort and discipline our coaches put us through, how we all pushed ourselves and each other to do better than we thought we previously could. Testing our strength and endurance through a brotherly love we practically developed, despite us all dressing difference in class and hanging with difference groups, we all bonded in this one field of struggle, support and overcoming that I never felt from anywhere else... until I later became a server haha, but that's another story.

The Plague is one of the most profound and loving books I’ve ever read. He was a true visionary and artist as well as a philosopher of note. It is a shame he died so tragically with an unfinished novel in the works.

@KevinSantifort

Жыл бұрын

I often just reread the last lines because they're so beautiful.

@hoale11

Жыл бұрын

Life is absurd according to Camus or impermanence to Buddhism!

@ron-paulsartre

Жыл бұрын

what do you find loving about the plague? that's an interesting way to describe it

@KevinSantifort

11 ай бұрын

@@ron-paulsartre Dr. Rieux' determination and his unbridled faith in humanity.

Well presented, thanks.

I needed to hear this today....Thank-you

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome.

Wonderful presentation!

Life doesn't need meaning. It just is.

This is great! Thank you sir.

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

Wonderful job. ★

Its not the pursuit of happiness but the pursuit of love and peace that gives you happiness.

So beyond great! Thank you!!!!

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

Thank you.

Thank you!

Beautiful teaching method.

Huge fan of this guy.

I love the Myth of Sysiphus. A great work of Camus.

An excellent presentation.

Excellent

Very well done, extremely well written... this is coming from a long time Camus super fan

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

Appreciate it.

@alschmidt1560

Жыл бұрын

🙌 👏 🙏 🤝 👍 Me too Abdul !!!

Excellent! Superb analysis! A tough subject like Albee Camus made so easy

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

Appreciate it.

Good one, well done. 👍

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

Outstanding ❤❤❤❤❤😊

A great writer who elaborated absurdity of human existence in face of crises of choice and unanswered cries of human beings.

Excellent…thank you

Illness seems to be a common factor be it physical or mental in many artists and writers

@genkiferal7178

Жыл бұрын

it causes you to reflect on the meaning of life and what the meaning of value is.The problem with communists like Sartre and Camus is that they want to shove their philosophy or value system onto others in the same way religious zealots do. Do I not have worth on my own, the right to be content with my own labor, thoughts, values? Do I not belong to myself? If I belong to others, am I free?

@daddycool228

Жыл бұрын

@@anjou6497 maybe even the pain of seeing reality

good work

I was curious about philosophy and I met someone who recommended this philosopher he’s a fan of this Albert Camus.

The art is amazing