Albert Camus says “You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.” We hope that you enjoyed this video and for more videos to help you find success and happiness using ancient philosophical wisdom, don’t forget to subscribe. Thanks so much for watching.
I think that you are wrong about "giving meaning to life", this statement is rather Sartre/debeauvoir way of existentialism. The mythe of sysiphus help us to free our selves by learning how to accept that life has no meaning. The first aim is to live with this idea without getting further to any attempt of finding or creating meaning.
Definitely an interesting perspective from camus. If you or anyone else like that philosophy of thought around meaning, I would love to hear a perspective of a philosophy also centered around meaning but goes in a different direction. th-cam.com/video/QmHXYhpEDfM/w-d-xo.html
Through living my life I have basically come to these same conclusions. It's incredible hearing that there is actually a name for it and others have the same belief.
@@JamieJacksonati If anyone likes these philosophical thoughts I would love to get perspectives on a philosophy that says goes in a different direction. th-cam.com/video/QmHXYhpEDfM/w-d-xo.html
Same, i pretty much developed this ideology in its entirety on my own since i dropped out of college 7 years ago. watching this video was mind blowing because nearly every single one of these lessons is a conclusion id come to already
My mother died today. Or maybe yesterday, I don't know. I received a telegram from the old people's home: "Mother deceased. Funeral tomorrow. Very sincerely yours." That doesn't mean anything. It might have been yesterday These words have been burned into my skull since I read them almost 15 years ago. Absolutely love Camus
6 Important Guidelines in Life -When you are Alone, mind your Thoughts. -When you are with Friends, mind your Tongue. -When you are Angry, mind your Temper. -When you are with a Group, mind your Behavior. -When you are in Trouble, mind your Emotion. -When God starts blessing you, mind your EGO.
That is so untrue. I never tell anyone about my billion dollar bank account, my paralyzing good looks, my giant boner, my Lamborghini, my giant house on the hill complete with giant swimming pool complete with waterfall and slide, my movie star wife or my 97 million followers on instagram.
I’m 14, and I’m so glad I discovered Camus and his philosophies because it gives me the entire rest of my life to live by them. I’ve been through a lot and he’s helped me accept it and without him and his ideologies
This was so perfect for me. I have the same opinion on life as Camus. I didn't know he had that opinion as well. I heard about a book called The Stranger. I read it. It was the best book I have ever read. I'm 17 btw, I'm sure that throughout my life I will read a lot of more masterpieces, but this is the 1st one I've read. I was interested in Camus and I found out that he was not only a writer but also a philosopher. And that he "founded" absurdism which has the exact same life thought as I do!!! This is so perfect. I already ordered 3 different books that he wrote.
This famous Camus quote needed a slight correction .... "To be happy we must not be too concerned with strangers". Without a deep concern for those we love life becomes even more absurd.
Camus is so right - life can often seem absurd and meaningless, but how we choose to respond to it makes all the difference. This video is a great reminder of that
My favorite Camus quote on Fascism and Marxism, and his abhorrence for both- from the guy who insisted he is not an existentialist ( probably due to his fallout w/ Sartre): “ The first [ Fascism] represents the exaltation of the executioner by the executioner; the second [ Marxism], more dramatic in concept, the exaltation of the executioner by the victims. The former never dreamed of liberating all men, but only of liberating a few by subjugating the rest. The latter, in its most profound principle, aims at liberating all men by provisionally enslaving them all.” -Albert Camus, The Rebel-
I love this channel because it's not a self help channel. We are just hearing thoughts of the well known philosophers rather than self help sharks/cowboys who trying to sell you more of their junk stuff.
Ok, am I the only one who always heard that absurdism never proposed for us to create meaning, that's existentialism. Absurdism was about accepting that life has no meaning, and remain happy, as an act of rebelion.
Fantastic video, thank you. Looking back, Camus was clearly influenced by the Stoics, and also by Socrates who said all evil is ignorance. Finally, I'm not sure he studied Eastern philosophy, but his emphasis on not striving for some illusory happiness in the future - but being content in the present moment - is absolutely Buddhism and Taoism.
@@johnz8843 Hi John. Consider Camus’ philosophical treatise, The Myth of Sisyphus, based on the Greek myth of Sisyphus whose punishment it is to roll a boulder up a hill, then down, then back up, for all eternity. For Camus, Sisyphus is a hero because he willingly accepts his fate - the absurd job/existence (i.e the human condition) of rolling a rock back and forth - without resentment. This seems to me a virtue he took from the Stoics and the importance they place on accepting, rather than fighting ones’ fate. ‘Focus only on what you can change; not on what is out of your control’. There could be other parallels in Stoicism and Camus’ philosophy, if I thought about it, like regarding agnosticism.
@@coadmiller5010 Nice one. I hadn’t made that connection before, but you’re right. I think both Dadaism and Camus’ philosophy were a reaction to the insanity/absurdity of WWI and the arrogance of society’s hypocritical Bourgeois values. (Also very inspired by Nietzsche, generation or two, before.)
@@ericjohn277 Eric, thanks for your reply. I know that Camus studied ancient philosophy, having done a thesis on St. Augustine and Plotinus. And certainly accepting one's fate and being without resentment are essential principles of Stoicism. Camus, however, would consider the acceptance of other Stoic principles as philosophical suicide. The Stoic believed our reason was a portion of Divine Reason and that God cared for us by giving us resources to deal with our fate. It was a theodicy with which Camus would disagree. Also the Stoics believed our virtues derived from the defined nature of human beings. I believe Camus conceived of human virtues as our response to our tragic fate -- the certainty of death without hope. The Stoics did not have a tragic view of human life. Stoics accept their fate as a reflection of the unfolding of Divine Reason immanent in the universe and they seek to have natural virtues of a human being. Doing so leads to happiness and peace of mind. I'm not trying to be simply contentious. I love the Stoics. I read them each day as an inspiration and guide. But I believe what virtues we cultivate reflect in a meaningful measure existential choices without some assurance of ultimate consolation or transcendental grounding. That position would be consistent with Camus but not with the Stoics. Perhaps I'm missing something though. Again, thanks for your comment.
What it's important is that we study different Philosophy from different Philosophers. So, we can always have questions and never hit a wall. That's why philosophy and psychology go hand to hand
This is a very interesting lecture which makes me reflect upon my own life. As a teenager I was a big fan of Camus and Sartre and I read all their books in the original language. Now I find it really amazing that I recognise myself in all seven points of this video: 1) I create my own meaning of life by not following the herds. 2) I use to live in the “here and now” and thereby don’t see happiness as a distant goal. 3) I can very well relate to the wonderful sentence “the root of all evil in the world is ignorance.” For example I firmly believe that the root of conspiracy theory is ignorance of scientific facts. 4) I am a rebel in the sense that I live authentically, without trying to please others. My lifestyle is guided by my rebelling against the absurdity of materialism. 5) I very much enjoy spending time alone and meditating on love and the absurdity of life. 6) Tolerance is one of my highest moral values. I am flexible with regard to new challenges regarding work or a relationship. And I totally agree that we have to be flexible when dealing with the world’s biggest tragedies which at the moment is climate change. So we need to adapt our lifestyle accordingly. 7) Last but not least I have chosen love above any thing else in my life.
Beautiful principles. We should encourage teenagers to read more existencialism. It gives the young minds the mental peace to become what they decide to be and work hard for it. It helps the whole society to become more human oriented.
@@addevries8163 love is a mental contruct. It, in itself, does not have more purpose than the person who is deconstructing it gives it. In other words. You find the purpose of your interpretation of "love"
I've been going through a mysterious time for a while now. I've been visiting with my VA psychologist also and we are trying to discover what my underlying issue has caused this. I have felt like I broke out of something. Like I broke out of the bubble of life as we think of it. We've cistern some topics including Alan Watts, existentialism, even Bruce Almighty. None of them fit exactly, but they come close. Dark Nigh of the Soul was a near match. I would recommend that to any one searching this path. I've mentioned in sessions a lot pointless of suffering, disappointment and disgust (with God,) futility, etc. We are slowly making progress, but emphasis on slow. This philosophy of Albert Camus is amazing and probably the closest match to what's been going on in my head and my gut. My counselor had questioned me about suicide and I asked her that wasn't a possibility or an issue. I told her I do not have faith. I believe (in God) but do not have faith in him. She brought up the option of acceptable interestingly, but not understanding how that applies, I calmly disregarded that our questioned it. I don't have the feeling that the origins of her idea actually came out of Camus' philosophy but I am definitely going to inquire and share the knowledge. I am sure she will investigate. This discovery is leaving me hopeful that this confinement of discontent may subside... or morph into the form of acceptance in terms of this philosophy. I've mentioned all of these upbringings as pieces of some puzzle that haven't found their place yet. A lot of the prior work has literally fallen into place upon adding this perspective, yet there is still work to be done. O do know that what emerges out the other side will be a much more light, free, enlightened and content me. I wish the best to all out there with yourselves.
The only solution to freedom and justice is to live a righteous life. We need a justice system for those who live unjust and harm humans, animals and the environment.
Realising that there is no god and the universe doesn't care about us was probably the most freeing realization I've ever had. After learning about Camus I realized that I had come to many of his conclusions without even knowing his philosophy.
Life is good itself. People give a bad meaning when they use it for a bad reason. A good tree just like a good life is supposed to bear good fruits in due season even if it undergoes numerous calamities beyond control but only when cultivated with appropriate care. Time or chance is the key. If you have TIME no matter how little, you have LIFE no matter how short and you can do something good no matter how absurd you think about this world.
You know, I've spent so much time dreading accomplishments because I've never felt happy when it's done and I feel like it's expected of me. A party to celebrate graduating is more of a hang out with my friends because I've done it daily over time. I want to laugh because I've felt like "other" or broken because people congratulate me in that instance but I feel out of place. It's comforting to watch this video
I love the balance between freedom and justice, very sage. "Know ye that the embodiment of liberty and its symbol is the animal. That which beseemeth man is submission unto such restraints as will protect him from his own ignorance, and guard him against the harm of the mischief maker. Liberty causeth man to overstep the bounds of propriety, and to infringe on the dignity of his station. It debaseth him to the level of extreme depravity and wickedness." ~Baha'u'llah
Thank you for this. I have felt this way most of my life but tried to complicate it. Thanks for helping me get straight. Makes pefect and simple sense.
Life is just a bowl of cherries Don't take it serious Life's too mysterious You work, you save, you worry so But you can't take your dough When you go, go, go Keep repeating, it's the berries The strongest oak must fall The best things in life to you were just loaned So how can you lose what you never owned Life is just a bowl of cherries So live and laugh at it all Keep repeating, it's the berries You know the strongest oak has got to fall The sweet things in life to you were just loaned So how can you lose what you never owned Life is just a bowl of cherries So live it, love it, wriggle your ears And think nothing of it, you can't do without it There's no two ways about it You live and you laugh at it all.
I just subscribed to these videos and really enjoy them. I wish I could’ve applied some of these thoughts to my life many years ago and avoid some unhappiness.Time to apply them now I guess.Thanks for posting these.
Camo is sometimes used in the military as short for camouflage. Cammo is a north-western suburb of Edinburgh. The philosopher's surname (or at least a reasonable approximation in English) is Camoo, like cows.
"No man with enough intelligence would choose to harm others, as the harm would come back to him eventually" I can't say I agree with that statement, because it contradicts the observable world. It sounds a lot like karma, which is nothing but faith-based hope. People harm others all the time so as to preserve their own existence, and these people very often live very long lives. Power reigns in this world, and this power comes not just from knowledge, but from wealth and influence. Call me cynical, but in my view, this is merely fact. That said, Camus's philosophy aligns very strongly with my own. I shared his philosophy long before I ever heard of him, and I'm delighted to know that there are many others who can accept the absurd
I interpreted it differently. To me, they mean that doing bad or evil things makes you more miserable on the inside, which could be seen as one of the 'bad things that come back to you,'.
And just because someone lives a long life doesn't mean they live a good life. I don't think you believe this, but I'm pointing it out because it seems that's what you're suggesting when you say, "they live very long lives".
When I watch the videos of TH-camrs who explain how to live a better life I really think that everything has been said and wriiten about the meaning and purpose of the human being. Everyone parrots what has been said since long whether Camus, Marcus Aurelius etc... People have always been aware of the absurdity of life but saying that life is absurd is meaningless because It's the human soul that is absurd, stupid. The world is absurd because humans are an absurd species.
People have not been aware of the absurdity of life. Pick 10 people randomly and I guarantee you that at least 8 of them will not think that life is absurd or that it has no meaning.
Exactly. So much to agree with in Camus' theories, but a good deal to view as universally questionable in the praticals. I would NOT want Camus as my therapist.
I'd really like to see an overview of philosophy to be included in high school curricula. Providing our children with critical thinking concepts is essential.
My 18yo son recently told me my outlook on life was not as a Cheerful Nihilist but as an Absurdist. I arrived there probably from Buddhism, Vedism with as dash of Osho. I’m 53 now and honestly can’t see any other view point to better live and actually enjoy doing it.
Camus says everything should be sacrificed for love. But, how can you know that what you are feeling is love? I think love is a concept taken for granted. Like, of course, every body knows how love feels like. What If it is just an illusion, a beautiful feeling that will go away sooner than later? Can we really trust our feelings? Then you throw your whole live down the drain to persue this "love" feeling, only to realize later on that actually your life has become much more miserable. That you were much happier before you took the plunge into "love" . I think the word "love" is usually taken too divine. Like a kind of God, deciding for us, demanding to sacrifice our lifes for it. As an existencialist, one should reflect on the part "love" has in obscuring our aim to freedom.
You are confusing the meaning of 'LOVE' with the meaning of 'love'. It's like saying I have $ 100 but they have not value because they are a counterfeit. But the reason there is a counterfeit is because somewhere else there is the real thing. The existence of something false has a meaning because somewhere there is the real thing. The love that has been presented to us by the materialistic culture or society is the counterfeit of real love ( the spiritual one). Therefore people are growing miserable, they become pray of the illusion that what we thought was real love is in reality a falsification of that love. So, without the real experience of love we start rejecting all together any form of love and conclude that love is simply a fabrication of man to keep us prisoners in a materialistic societal system. Real love is not based on feelings, but on actions to do good for others. The feelings is simply the result of good actions for the benefit of humanity at large. Food for thoughts.
@@rosariomusumeci3615 Thank you for your answer. It is very positive and gives me hope in the better understanding of this concept of "love". However, if real love is not based on feelings, as you say, and yet we are supposed to be able to perceive it somehow, because otherwise we could not talk about it, then the only two alternatives we are left with are: 1) It must be a fabrication of humans (mental construct), not necessarily "to keep us prisoners in a materialistic societal system", but maybe to give some purpose to existence. Which is a noble cause that somehow has lost its way in a materialistic world. 2) It is SOMETHING, not in the realm of feelings but in the realm of things that exist independently of human abstractions or feelings. Something real, as a fact. Then, when you say that "Real love is not based on feelings but it is based on good actions", I assume you accept real love as SOMETHING that comes to life when good human actions are performed. Then, how can we recognize that SOMETHING if not by our senses (feelings)? With all due respect, feelings are essential in the conversation about 'love'. Then, my problem continues to lay on the fact that feelings are subjective and inherent to every person's life (history). So, the tool we have to recognize LOVE is our feelings. I would say that feelings among many of us are a twisted chaotic mess during different stages in our life, so how can we say so easily "follow LOVE no matter what"? Is like sending somebody to do a very specific complicated work without the right tools. The intention is good but riskier than presumed.
@@mauriciocardona2853 Love is the outcome of desiring the welfare of the other, and acting upon that desire. The feeling which is called love is not actually love as it can easily, and often does, turn into hatred. How many many marriages have ended in this way? The feeling commonly called "love" is actually the feeling of attraction. That doesn't mean that attraction, or that feeling, cannot be combined with love (the act of loving, to care for another being, etc ...) as in good marriages, or good friendships etc. But the two are separate. Really loving people desire the welfare of all living beings. They aren't kind to their dogs and support cruelty and slaughter of farm animals. They aren't just kind to their families, or to people they are attracted to, but all beings. This real love cannot be taken away, or transformed into hatred, as it isn't based on fleeting attraction, which pleases the senses, but a sense of empathy and caring. Thank you for taking the time to express your understanding.
@@rosariomusumeci3615 I agree. Your thoughts about love are really well tuned. However, most people, on my opinion, do not think like that and that is why reflection on the matter is necessary. Just as we are doing it now 🙂
Lock-down in Melbourne (again!) in my apartment & working from home, no problem with being alone here. Being alone becomes being lonely pretty damn quickly.
I appreciate all 6 propositions expect for the seventh one. It contradicts his notion of stopping the cycle of hate where when you choose someone else while being committed to your current partner, you will cause them grieve in the same way Camus acquired a broken sense of love when his first wife cheated on him.
Good point. But, is loyalty the ultimate prove of love? I do not think Camus cheated on his wife out of hate as a consequence of a broken heart, but out of freedom. He stoped cheating out of compassion.
Perhaps a re-think of your position is in order. Do we own other human beings? On the flip side, how many infidelities against all the other vows are committed on a daily basis? To love, to honor, to cherish…. spouses across the world are constantly berating each other, tearing each other down, embarrassing each other, ridiculing each other. Yet somehow, infidelity has come to be defined only by physical and/or emotional connection with another - by the “forsaking all others” clause.
@@Gk2003m perhaps you didn't stick to Albert's philosophy as well. That our choices aren't dictated by what others do or think. So yes, I'm set on that proposition.
Interesting and instructive video, everything explained in a clear and succinct way. But I have learned that Camus had many problems in the intelectual world in France due to his opposition to communists and Sartre and I think it you have been addressed in the video too. Even there is a theory that the car accident that caused his death was not so accidental.
@Aiden Logan I understand what you say . but perhaps I did not explained myself clearly before, what I was trying to say is that he criticized the URSS invasion of Hungary, and he named killings thereafter the URSS's KGB minister of the time. And this individual ordered him to be killed. But anyway I think that you are right and his contributions to philosophical thinking are more important than all that. I think that many things attributed to the late Soviet Union were the entire responsibility of some individuals, and I am not in any way criticizing the basis of the Soviet Union's political foundations.
Lessons: 1- Create your own meaning in life. 2- Don´t make happiness a distant goal 3- Don´t be ignorant 4- Be a rebel 5- Spend time with yourself 6- Be flexible 7- Choose love
I really try to embrace the absurd but my depression is always dragging me to nihilism. I Just can't find the energy to make or to see my own purpose in this life. I think like an absurdist but i live like a nihilist. I hope i will break from this circle one Day. Because now i really feel trapped in my life , my job, my relationship, all the debts.
It relieves a lot of pressure when you accept that you live in the midst of random meaninglessness, that life really is absurd, and that's not a bad thing, it's just the way it is. It makes people easier to accept also, because you don't take them all that seriously, and yourself as well. Have a good time, enjoy the incredibleness of existence, and don't trouble yourself with any illusions of control, or that some spiritual entity meant for you to be here so that you could complete some path to enlightenment. If you can let all that go as a bunch of nonsense, along with the savior sinner mentality that is breed into western thought then you are free, and if you end up finding out when you die that there is a spiritual dimension then it will just be a pleasant surprise and there are no punishments for not believing a certain thing in this life.
"On this earth there are pestilences and there are victims, and it's up to us, so far as possible, not to join forces with the pestilences. That may sound simple to the point of childishness; I can't judge if it's simple, but I know it's true." - Albert Camus, The Plague
Pretty Good - worth a like. Small quibble at the end, #7. Seems Camu may have been rationalizing (being irrational) his affairs and wanderings. Confusing 'love' with 'lust/desire' occurs way too often. A true 'love' recognizes duty to others and yourself. 'Love is our only duty in life' -- maybe state it this way 'Duty is our only love in life' (and a path to meaning) to recognize the rational path not the desirous path. Seems Camu recognized this finally. [Am subscriber and forwarder to aid the channel and others seeking/needing 'philosophies for life'] Thank You!
facing a terminal cancer diagnosis at 55, in the time of covid, and a global environmental devastation, i find my early adoption of camus' perspectives in my 20's stand the real test of life's challenges. There ARE atheists in fox holes. Camus' advice and ideologies caused me to live a life i feel is profoundly satisfying. Because of his writing I face my own shortened life span supremely happy with my personal history. And no, I never had children, pretended at monogamy, had a fancy job, bought a house, or built a large material hoard. For me life has been about love, service, art, and joy. Turns out he was right and i was right to consciously adopt his ideas into life choices.
Except the last lesson (choose love), all lessons are real gems. The reason is that 99% of the time, we mistake many other things for love (e.g. dependence, obsession, trade, showing off, defense mechanisms against the fear of death, etc.) and choosing that thing is going to be a real disaster. I suggest this lesson instead: "Choose facts". This is a fact that if you don't have a source of income, you can't make a living and pay your bills. So your "love" for your partner or spouse most probably doesn't fix the problem. Choose a fact-based life and the so-called "absurd' can't get to you.
Funny whenever you say WE you just talking about yourself. Just your own meaning observing others What if there are no other just only you and you observation of yourself
Albert Camus was a great writer, but he seems to have been mixed up love with being in love. Cheating is not love, it's a lack of respect and just feeds shallow, immature, emotional cravings.
I love the audio content. However, the blinding white background is very difficult to look at or leave on when trying to fall asleep. Not to mention, it just uses slightly more electricity than a darker hue. Many of us in the software development world have slowly, but steadily transitioned to "dark themes" as our eyes get tired from staring at screens all day. Just a thought.
Am I an idiot or was this video describing existentialism as opposed to absurdism during the point of “create your own meaning of life”? According to Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus, “Hope of another life one must “deserve” or trickery of those that will transcend it, refine it, give it a meaning, and betray it” (pg. 8). Camus describes the creation of a subjective meaning as eluding the truth in search of comfort. The point of absurdism is to live despite lack of meaning. Existentialism is more about having the freedom to give your own meaning to the concept of life.
No, you are correct. The video confuses existentialism with absurdism. He calls the subjective creation of meaning as a way to cope with meaninglessness “philosophical suicide”.
As a pragmatist and rationalist, I can't take lesson no. 7 from Camus. Firstly, it contradicts one of the first things he believed, as stated in this clip. Among the 3 approaches to life, he didn't choose FAITH, because it's based on irrationality. Same with love. Love is irrational and supposed to fade in time. Then you will have to chase another lover to excite your heart and oppcupy your mind again. I think this viewpoint was perhaps a result of his failed first marriage due to cheating. It's not very sustainable for nearly everyone to choose love over commitment in their life.
Life with no purpose is like a blank slate , you have a cornerstone or faculty power of will to create a meaning for yourself .Individual seeks meaning of his life through exploring anything he may find meaningful for himself that's the first step to find meaninf of life for yourself.
I don’t know if Camus was inspired by Eastern thought. But some of his philosophy reminds me of teachings from the Tao te Ching. Lao Tzu or whomever was the author, wrote about, for example, being flexible.
this feels like it’s appeared at a good time for me to watch…i’ve been struggling with working at school and honestly it makes me desperately unhappy. I have to say i’ve been a little torn between trying my hardest at something which makes me so burnt out and depressed to achieve something i don’t care a whole deal about and trying my best to get the amazing grades i’m capable of and please my friends and my family but being desperately unhappy and depressed. i know it might sound silly but i’ve always seen school as an absurd concept and i can’t see how it’s qualifications will have any real meaning in my life but everybody around me disapproves of my style of thinking but ultimately i just want to be happy and it seems silly to actively strive for the opposite effect. nonetheless i’m torn between making myself happy and others happy
As all adages, parables, wise tips --- some can have exceptions to the guidance. Re: Choosing Love over Morals. I chose not to get involved ih a budding romance with a married woman ( though tempting as hell ). Later, I saw her with her young son and husband. I was so glad I had declined the invitation to pursue. I did love that I wasn't the man who'd destroy this family. To be truthful, it was part morals and part didn't want to get killed by an angry husband.
Life must overcome itself again and again because das struggle itself towards great heights is sufficient to replenish a man’s heart. Camus is a cool guy; I like him.
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Albert Camus says “You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.”
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Camus is ancient, lh!
Yes , but knowing it has a meaning helps guide you to a good life. And , I do appreciate your videos. Thanks.
I think that you are wrong about "giving meaning to life", this statement is rather Sartre/debeauvoir way of existentialism. The mythe of sysiphus help us to free our selves by learning how to accept that life has no meaning. The first aim is to live with this idea without getting further to any attempt of finding or creating meaning.
Unexamined life is not worth living plato....
“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.”
---Albert Camus
Definitely an interesting perspective from camus. If you or anyone else like that philosophy of thought around meaning, I would love to hear a perspective of a philosophy also centered around meaning but goes in a different direction. th-cam.com/video/QmHXYhpEDfM/w-d-xo.html
Through living my life I have basically come to these same conclusions. It's incredible hearing that there is actually a name for it and others have the same belief.
Camus’ philosophy is certainly the most aligned to my own. I find it much more realistic than something like stoicism which is fashionable right now.
@@JamieJacksonati They're both pretty similar, honestly. Both outline many of the same core ideas.
Stoicism is fashionable right now ?
Awha, who are hangin' with lol.
@@JamieJacksonati If anyone likes these philosophical thoughts I would love to get perspectives on a philosophy that says goes in a different direction. th-cam.com/video/QmHXYhpEDfM/w-d-xo.html
Same, i pretty much developed this ideology in its entirety on my own since i dropped out of college 7 years ago. watching this video was mind blowing because nearly every single one of these lessons is a conclusion id come to already
“When you can’t control what’s happening, challenge yourself to control how you respond to what’s happening. That’s where your power is.”
What about...change your being to be able to change whats happening...
That is Stoicism
I concur.
Yo icecold, I asked you about your thoughts on philosophy in a live a while ago lol
@@privatprivat7279 if someone you love is dead How will you change it?
At last! A philosopher who makes real sense. Totally appropriate and relevant for today.
I would love to get perspectives on a philosophy that says goes in a different direction. th-cam.com/video/QmHXYhpEDfM/w-d-xo.html
The FIRST made perfect sense, and still does - His name was Aristotle. I agree however, that it's been a downhill ride ever since.
My mother died today. Or maybe yesterday, I don't know. I received a telegram from the old people's home: "Mother deceased. Funeral tomorrow. Very sincerely yours." That doesn't mean anything. It might have been yesterday
These words have been burned into my skull since I read them almost 15 years ago. Absolutely love Camus
6 Important Guidelines in Life
-When you are Alone, mind your Thoughts.
-When you are with Friends, mind your Tongue.
-When you are Angry, mind your Temper.
-When you are with a Group, mind your Behavior.
-When you are in Trouble, mind your Emotion.
-When God starts blessing you, mind your EGO.
Well said boss
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Well said boss
Where'd you learn/read this? Thank you.
Make it simple mind your life.
This is interesting. We spent so much time of our lives trying to impress people at the expense of our happiness.
And did this video make you stop doing this? Will you be an entirely different person from now on? What do you think?
That is so untrue. I never tell anyone about my billion dollar bank account, my paralyzing good looks, my giant boner, my Lamborghini, my giant house on the hill complete with giant swimming pool complete with waterfall and slide, my movie star wife or my 97 million followers on instagram.
Yes we are all Nuts.. then we die... Dance with life NOW
absolutely !
@@knotwilg3596 I sleep in an emperors size bed being fanned by two dozen island girls...do you?
I’m 14, and I’m so glad I discovered Camus and his philosophies because it gives me the entire rest of my life to live by them. I’ve been through a lot and he’s helped me accept it and without him and his ideologies
You are so ahead of the curve
I discovered Camus in my high-school library at 14. Taught myself a little French and painstakingly translated it word by word. Was never the same.
Did you keep up with the French?@@luiscastro-my3iw
Unbelievably intelligent for your age.
Do yourself a favour, explore beyond Camus, even though he is brilliant. Philosophy is the spice of life, do not be content with only one✌️💚🖖
This was so perfect for me. I have the same opinion on life as Camus. I didn't know he had that opinion as well. I heard about a book called The Stranger. I read it. It was the best book I have ever read. I'm 17 btw, I'm sure that throughout my life I will read a lot of more masterpieces, but this is the 1st one I've read. I was interested in Camus and I found out that he was not only a writer but also a philosopher. And that he "founded" absurdism which has the exact same life thought as I do!!! This is so perfect. I already ordered 3 different books that he wrote.
I appreciate the talk given with quiet in the background. Terrific, kudos!
g content in the present moment - is absolutely Buddhism and Taoism" quite so my friend
To be happy we must not be too concerned with others ~ Albert Camus
Very true, especially when it comes to our celebrity culture here in the USA. This also applies to our friends and their posts on Instagram.
This famous Camus quote needed a slight correction .... "To be happy we must not be too concerned with strangers". Without a deep concern for those we love life becomes even more absurd.
"In the depth of Winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible Summer"
Yah but that summer come and goes inside too. I suppose nothing is forever which is a good thing.
Sounds like a quote from Olaf the snowman.
What is wrong with embracing our inter winter? Stop with all the sun shiny bullshit.
Discovered this quote after I went through hell and emerged a stronger person. It really is true.
@@joeshepherd6419 who hurt you?
Camus is so right - life can often seem absurd and meaningless, but how we choose to respond to it makes all the difference. This video is a great reminder of that
My favorite Camus quote on Fascism and Marxism, and his abhorrence for both- from the guy who insisted he is not an existentialist ( probably due to his fallout w/ Sartre):
“ The first [ Fascism] represents the exaltation of the executioner by the executioner; the second [ Marxism], more dramatic in concept, the exaltation of the executioner by the victims. The former never dreamed of liberating all men, but only of liberating a few by subjugating the rest. The latter, in its most profound principle, aims at liberating all men by provisionally enslaving them all.”
-Albert Camus, The Rebel-
I love this channel because it's not a self help channel. We are just hearing thoughts of the well known philosophers rather than self help sharks/cowboys who trying to sell you more of their junk stuff.
Great to see comparisions between Camus, Sartre, and Schopenhauer. A wonderful video.
I am using this video to explain better to my friends and family what I mean when I say that I am an absurdist. Thank you! ❤️
Ok, am I the only one who always heard that absurdism never proposed for us to create meaning, that's existentialism. Absurdism was about accepting that life has no meaning, and remain happy, as an act of rebelion.
Yes you’re completely right, I believe the main character of the “The Stranger” represents that
True
Fantastic video, thank you. Looking back, Camus was clearly influenced by the Stoics, and also by Socrates who said all evil is ignorance. Finally, I'm not sure he studied Eastern philosophy, but his emphasis on not striving for some illusory happiness in the future - but being content in the present moment - is absolutely Buddhism and Taoism.
Eric - Do you see Camus as influenced by the Stoics mainly in Camus' focus on evil as a form of ignorance because I can't think of another connection?
Isn't camus' absurdism akin to the early 20th century art movement called dadaism? Just saying...re Gurtrude Stein...
@@johnz8843 Hi John. Consider Camus’ philosophical treatise, The Myth of Sisyphus, based on the Greek myth of Sisyphus whose punishment it is to roll a boulder up a hill, then down, then back up, for all eternity.
For Camus, Sisyphus is a hero because he willingly accepts his fate - the absurd job/existence (i.e the human condition) of rolling a rock back and forth - without resentment.
This seems to me a virtue he took from the Stoics and the importance they place on accepting, rather than fighting ones’ fate. ‘Focus only on what you can change; not on what is out of your control’.
There could be other parallels in Stoicism and Camus’ philosophy, if I thought about it, like regarding agnosticism.
@@coadmiller5010 Nice one. I hadn’t made that connection before, but you’re right.
I think both Dadaism and Camus’ philosophy were a reaction to the insanity/absurdity of WWI and the arrogance of society’s hypocritical Bourgeois values. (Also very inspired by Nietzsche, generation or two, before.)
@@ericjohn277 Eric, thanks for your reply. I know that Camus studied ancient philosophy, having done a thesis on St. Augustine and Plotinus. And certainly accepting one's fate and being without resentment are essential principles of Stoicism.
Camus, however, would consider the acceptance of other Stoic principles as philosophical suicide. The Stoic believed our reason was a portion of Divine Reason and that God cared for us by giving us resources to deal with our fate. It was a theodicy with which Camus would disagree. Also the Stoics believed our virtues derived from the defined nature of human beings. I believe Camus conceived of human virtues as our response to our tragic fate -- the certainty of death without hope. The Stoics did not have a tragic view of human life. Stoics accept their fate as a reflection of the unfolding of Divine Reason immanent in the universe and they seek to have natural virtues of a human being. Doing so leads to happiness and peace of mind.
I'm not trying to be simply contentious. I love the Stoics. I read them each day as an inspiration and guide. But I believe what virtues we cultivate reflect in a meaningful measure existential choices without some assurance of ultimate consolation or transcendental grounding. That position would be consistent with Camus but not with the Stoics.
Perhaps I'm missing something though. Again, thanks for your comment.
I would love a coffee with Camus in the void
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The more I learn about Camus and abusrdism as a whole the more it resonates with me fully
In France, Albert Camus is one of the greatest autor. Glad to know that he's also known here
are you kidding me? It's an obligatory read in my country school system.
I live in Belgium and i read all his books. The translation to dutch is bad sometimes , i should've put more attention to french lesson in highschool
What it's important is that we study different Philosophy from different Philosophers. So, we can always have questions and never hit a wall. That's why philosophy and psychology go hand to hand
Know your values, strive for them, be ready to change what doesn´t fit, keep on learning, enjoy the present, live with love.
I wish i was more educated and learned about Camus earlier... it would've greatly helped to carry on with my life and make sense of it
This is a very interesting lecture which makes me reflect upon my own life. As a teenager I was a big fan of Camus and Sartre and I read all their books in the original language. Now I find it really amazing that I recognise myself in all seven points of this video:
1) I create my own meaning of life by not following the herds.
2) I use to live in the “here and now” and thereby don’t see happiness as a distant goal.
3) I can very well relate to the wonderful sentence “the root of all evil in the world is ignorance.” For example I firmly believe that the root of conspiracy theory is ignorance of scientific facts.
4) I am a rebel in the sense that I live authentically, without trying to please others. My lifestyle is guided by my rebelling against the absurdity of materialism.
5) I very much enjoy spending time alone and meditating on love and the absurdity of life.
6) Tolerance is one of my highest moral values. I am flexible with regard to new challenges regarding work or a relationship. And I totally agree that we have to be flexible when dealing with the world’s biggest tragedies which at the moment is climate change. So we need to adapt our lifestyle accordingly.
7) Last but not least I have chosen love above any thing else in my life.
Glad for you!
Beautiful principles. We should encourage teenagers to read more existencialism. It gives the young minds the mental peace to become what they decide to be and work hard for it. It helps the whole society to become more human oriented.
What is the purpose of love if there is no purpose at all?
@@addevries8163 love is a mental contruct. It, in itself, does not have more purpose than the person who is deconstructing it gives it. In other words. You find the purpose of your interpretation of "love"
@@addevries8163 where did you get that idea? Certainly not from this video. You decide what purpose your life serves.
I am glad i didn't reject this video as absurd. It is not absurd it is a paradox, and paradoxes are beautiful.
This is the best podcast and might be the last I need in my life to understand the meaning of my life. Blissfull ans so pacified and solace at last.
life has no meaning: panik
you can create your own meaning: kalm
that meaning is meaningless: panik
You need to learn spelling
@@rumit9946 English teacher?
Then you learn that that concept of meaninglessness is meaningless and it goes around in circles until you decide that it means something to you.
@@rumit9946 you need to learn meme language.
spongebob cave man face
Ignorance, Greed, and Anger are "the three poisons" in Buddhism.
I've been going through a mysterious time for a while now. I've been visiting with my VA psychologist also and we are trying to discover what my underlying issue has caused this. I have felt like I broke out of something. Like I broke out of the bubble of life as we think of it. We've cistern some topics including Alan Watts, existentialism, even Bruce Almighty. None of them fit exactly, but they come close. Dark Nigh of the Soul was a near match. I would recommend that to any one searching this path. I've mentioned in sessions a lot pointless of suffering, disappointment and disgust (with God,) futility, etc. We are slowly making progress, but emphasis on slow. This philosophy of Albert Camus is amazing and probably the closest match to what's been going on in my head and my gut. My counselor had questioned me about suicide and I asked her that wasn't a possibility or an issue. I told her I do not have faith. I believe (in God) but do not have faith in him. She brought up the option of acceptable interestingly, but not understanding how that applies, I calmly disregarded that our questioned it. I don't have the feeling that the origins of her idea actually came out of Camus' philosophy but I am definitely going to inquire and share the knowledge. I am sure she will investigate. This discovery is leaving me hopeful that this confinement of discontent may subside... or morph into the form of acceptance in terms of this philosophy. I've mentioned all of these upbringings as pieces of some puzzle that haven't found their place yet. A lot of the prior work has literally fallen into place upon adding this perspective, yet there is still work to be done. O do know that what emerges out the other side will be a much more light, free, enlightened and content me. I wish the best to all out there with yourselves.
This was well presented and informative. Thank you!
The only solution to freedom and justice is to live a righteous life. We need a justice system for those who live unjust and harm humans, animals and the environment.
Too bad that the “justice” system doesn’t apply to everyone who does harm in this world. Just applies to those who cannot afford the best lawyers…
A lot of "righteous" types cause more harm then good.
Realising that there is no god and the universe doesn't care about us was probably the most freeing realization I've ever had. After learning about Camus I realized that I had come to many of his conclusions without even knowing his philosophy.
Life is good itself. People give a bad meaning when they use it for a bad reason. A good tree just like a good life is supposed to bear good fruits in due season even if it undergoes numerous calamities beyond control but only when cultivated with appropriate care. Time or chance is the key. If you have TIME no matter how little, you have LIFE no matter how short and you can do something good no matter how absurd you think about this world.
one way to rebel against the absurdity/meaninglessness of life is to love. how beautiful.
You know, I've spent so much time dreading accomplishments because I've never felt happy when it's done and I feel like it's expected of me. A party to celebrate graduating is more of a hang out with my friends because I've done it daily over time. I want to laugh because I've felt like "other" or broken because people congratulate me in that instance but I feel out of place. It's comforting to watch this video
I love the balance between freedom and justice, very sage. "Know ye that the embodiment of liberty and its symbol is the animal. That which beseemeth man is submission unto such restraints as will protect him from his own ignorance, and guard him against the harm of the mischief maker. Liberty causeth man to overstep the bounds of propriety, and to infringe on the dignity of his station. It debaseth him to the level of extreme depravity and wickedness." ~Baha'u'llah
Thank you for this. I have felt this way most of my life but tried to complicate it. Thanks for helping me get straight. Makes pefect and simple sense.
This philosophy really hits hard
Life is just a bowl of cherries
Don't take it serious
Life's too mysterious
You work, you save, you worry so
But you can't take your dough
When you go, go, go
Keep repeating, it's the berries
The strongest oak must fall
The best things in life to you were just loaned
So how can you lose what you never owned
Life is just a bowl of cherries
So live and laugh at it all
Keep repeating, it's the berries
You know the strongest oak has got to fall
The sweet things in life to you were just loaned
So how can you lose what you never owned
Life is just a bowl of cherries
So live it, love it, wriggle your ears
And think nothing of it, you can't do without it
There's no two ways about it
You live and you laugh at it all.
you need a fire beat with this art piece
explanation was amazing and far easier to understand. thank you for this
I just subscribed to these videos and really enjoy them. I wish I could’ve applied some of these thoughts to my life many years ago and avoid some unhappiness.Time to apply them now I guess.Thanks for posting these.
It’s never too late Philip, you are indeed an achiever, welcome to self enlightenment.👌
Camo is sometimes used in the military as short for camouflage. Cammo is a north-western suburb of Edinburgh. The philosopher's surname (or at least a reasonable approximation in English) is Camoo, like cows.
The British will always believe they know how to correct the French on the pronunciation of French words. 🙂
@Dan Roy Because we know how to do it best, me lad 🙂
"No man with enough intelligence would choose to harm others, as the harm would come back to him eventually"
I can't say I agree with that statement, because it contradicts the observable world. It sounds a lot like karma, which is nothing but faith-based hope.
People harm others all the time so as to preserve their own existence, and these people very often live very long lives. Power reigns in this world, and this power comes not just from knowledge, but from wealth and influence. Call me cynical, but in my view, this is merely fact.
That said, Camus's philosophy aligns very strongly with my own. I shared his philosophy long before I ever heard of him, and I'm delighted to know that there are many others who can accept the absurd
I interpreted it differently. To me, they mean that doing bad or evil things makes you more miserable on the inside, which could be seen as one of the 'bad things that come back to you,'.
And just because someone lives a long life doesn't mean they live a good life. I don't think you believe this, but I'm pointing it out because it seems that's what you're suggesting when you say, "they live very long lives".
When I watch the videos of TH-camrs who explain how to live a better life I really think that everything has been said and wriiten about the meaning and purpose of the human being. Everyone parrots what has been said since long whether Camus, Marcus Aurelius etc... People have always been aware of the absurdity of life but saying that life is absurd is meaningless because It's the human soul that is absurd, stupid. The world is absurd because humans are an absurd species.
Go to sleep, you are drunk
People have not been aware of the absurdity of life. Pick 10 people randomly and I guarantee you that at least 8 of them will not think that life is absurd or that it has no meaning.
Certainly not perfect as whole life philosophy but some great elements within. Take what resonates and move on.
Exactly. So much to agree with in Camus' theories, but a good deal to view as universally questionable in the praticals. I would NOT want Camus as my therapist.
Will try to learn at least one lesson, this great philosopher taught!
"wake up an hour early to enjoy the sunrise and meditate on the absurdity of life before your family wakes up." hahaha.
Yes, I laughed at this, too.
Hahaha ❤️
I'd really like to see an overview of philosophy to be included in high school curricula. Providing our children with critical thinking concepts is essential.
We need it now more than ever.
Fr fr. Most kids just blindly follow whatever is taught to them by their parents or immediate surroundings.
Too many religious nuts would object to it
Yeah religious parents would definitely rebel against it.
@@Tyler-hk4wo Oh well. We're either systematically and consciously learning philosophy or learning it haphazardly and unconsciously.
Thank you so much for this lesson. 🙏
My 18yo son recently told me my outlook on life was not as a Cheerful Nihilist but as an Absurdist. I arrived there probably from Buddhism, Vedism with as dash of Osho. I’m 53 now and honestly can’t see any other view point to better live and actually enjoy doing it.
Well researched and compiled.
really excellent work. compelled me to appreciate it
Camus says everything should be sacrificed for love. But, how can you know that what you are feeling is love? I think love is a concept taken for granted. Like, of course, every body knows how love feels like. What If it is just an illusion, a beautiful feeling that will go away sooner than later? Can we really trust our feelings? Then you throw your whole live down the drain to persue this "love" feeling, only to realize later on that actually your life has become much more miserable. That you were much happier before you took the plunge into "love" . I think the word "love" is usually taken too divine. Like a kind of God, deciding for us, demanding to sacrifice our lifes for it. As an existencialist, one should reflect on the part "love" has in obscuring our aim to freedom.
You are confusing the meaning of 'LOVE' with the meaning of 'love'. It's like saying I have $ 100 but they have not value because they are a counterfeit. But the reason there is a counterfeit is because somewhere else there is the real thing. The existence of something false has a meaning because somewhere there is the real thing. The love that has been presented to us by the materialistic culture or society is the counterfeit of real love ( the spiritual one). Therefore people are growing miserable, they become pray of the illusion that what we thought was real love is in reality a falsification of that love. So, without the real experience of love we start rejecting all together any form of love and conclude that love is simply a fabrication of man to keep us prisoners in a materialistic societal system. Real love is not based on feelings, but on actions to do good for others. The feelings is simply the result of good actions for the benefit of humanity at large. Food for thoughts.
@@rosariomusumeci3615 Thank you for your answer. It is very positive and gives me hope in the better understanding of this concept of "love". However, if real love is not based on feelings, as you say, and yet we are supposed to be able to perceive it somehow, because otherwise we could not talk about it, then the only two alternatives we are left with are: 1) It must be a fabrication of humans (mental construct), not necessarily "to keep us prisoners in a materialistic societal system", but maybe to give some purpose to existence. Which is a noble cause that somehow has lost its way in a materialistic world. 2) It is SOMETHING, not in the realm of feelings but in the realm of things that exist independently of human abstractions or feelings. Something real, as a fact. Then, when you say that "Real love is not based on feelings but it is based on good actions", I assume you accept real love as SOMETHING that comes to life when good human actions are performed. Then, how can we recognize that SOMETHING if not by our senses (feelings)? With all due respect, feelings are essential in the conversation about 'love'. Then, my problem continues to lay on the fact that feelings are subjective and inherent to every person's life (history). So, the tool we have to recognize LOVE is our feelings. I would say that feelings among many of us are a twisted chaotic mess during different stages in our life, so how can we say so easily "follow LOVE no matter what"? Is like sending somebody to do a very specific complicated work without the right tools. The intention is good but riskier than presumed.
@@mauriciocardona2853 Love is the outcome of desiring the welfare of the other, and acting upon that desire. The feeling which is called love is not actually love as it can easily, and often does, turn into hatred. How many many marriages have ended in this way? The feeling commonly called "love" is actually the feeling of attraction. That doesn't mean that attraction, or that feeling, cannot be combined with love (the act of loving, to care for another being, etc ...) as in good marriages, or good friendships etc. But the two are separate. Really loving people desire the welfare of all living beings. They aren't kind to their dogs and support cruelty and slaughter of farm animals. They aren't just kind to their families, or to people they are attracted to, but all beings. This real love cannot be taken away, or transformed into hatred, as it isn't based on fleeting attraction, which pleases the senses, but a sense of empathy and caring. Thank you for taking the time to express your understanding.
@@rosariomusumeci3615 I agree. Your thoughts about love are really well tuned. However, most people, on my opinion, do not think like that and that is why reflection on the matter is necessary. Just as we are doing it now 🙂
@@macardona5 I agree.
Lock-down in Melbourne (again!) in my apartment & working from home, no problem with being alone here. Being alone becomes being lonely pretty damn quickly.
You feel lonely in such a beautiful city!
I love Camus soo much. I’m soo sad I will never be able to meet him but it is what it is.
Excellently experienced and extremely educatively exciting.
I appreciate all 6 propositions expect for the seventh one. It contradicts his notion of stopping the cycle of hate where when you choose someone else while being committed to your current partner, you will cause them grieve in the same way Camus acquired a broken sense of love when his first wife cheated on him.
Good point. But, is loyalty the ultimate prove of love? I do not think Camus cheated on his wife out of hate as a consequence of a broken heart, but out of freedom. He stoped cheating out of compassion.
Perhaps a re-think of your position is in order. Do we own other human beings? On the flip side, how many infidelities against all the other vows are committed on a daily basis? To love, to honor, to cherish…. spouses across the world are constantly berating each other, tearing each other down, embarrassing each other, ridiculing each other. Yet somehow, infidelity has come to be defined only by physical and/or emotional connection with another - by the “forsaking all others” clause.
@@Gk2003m perhaps you didn't stick to Albert's philosophy as well. That our choices aren't dictated by what others do or think. So yes, I'm set on that proposition.
@@macardona5 i think that if we're compassionate, we do not try to provoke.
Interesting and instructive video, everything explained in a clear and succinct way.
But I have learned that Camus had many problems in the intelectual world in France
due to his opposition to communists and Sartre and I think it you have been addressed
in the video too.
Even there is a theory that the car accident that caused his death was not so accidental.
@Aiden Logan I understand what you say . but perhaps I did not explained myself clearly before, what I was trying to say is that he criticized the URSS invasion of Hungary, and he named killings thereafter the URSS's KGB minister of the time. And this individual ordered him to be killed. But anyway I think that you are right and his contributions to philosophical thinking are more important than all that.
I think that many things attributed to the late Soviet Union were the entire responsibility of some individuals, and I am not in any way criticizing the basis of the Soviet Union's political foundations.
It was an accident. No doubt about it in France.
I feel like this video made for me , I appreciate your work ❤️
Lessons:
1- Create your own meaning in life.
2- Don´t make happiness a distant goal
3- Don´t be ignorant
4- Be a rebel
5- Spend time with yourself
6- Be flexible
7- Choose love
Perhaps faith is acceptance by a different word❤😂. This video explains to me a lot about French culture to this day.
Thanks! I love your summary.
beautifully explained.thank you...great video.
I really try to embrace the absurd but my depression is always dragging me to nihilism. I Just can't find the energy to make or to see my own purpose in this life. I think like an absurdist but i live like a nihilist. I hope i will break from this circle one Day. Because now i really feel trapped in my life , my job, my relationship, all the debts.
I feel the exact same way. If I don’t pull myself together my future is ruined
It relieves a lot of pressure when you accept that you live in the midst of random meaninglessness, that life really is absurd, and that's not a bad thing, it's just the way it is. It makes people easier to accept also, because you don't take them all that seriously, and yourself as well. Have a good time, enjoy the incredibleness of existence, and don't trouble yourself with any illusions of control, or that some spiritual entity meant for you to be here so that you could complete some path to enlightenment. If you can let all that go as a bunch of nonsense, along with the savior sinner mentality that is breed into western thought then you are free, and if you end up finding out when you die that there is a spiritual dimension then it will just be a pleasant surprise and there are no punishments for not believing a certain thing in this life.
"On this earth there are pestilences and there are victims, and it's up to us, so far as possible, not to join forces with the pestilences. That may sound simple to the point of childishness; I can't judge if it's simple, but I know it's true." - Albert Camus, The Plague
Pretty Good - worth a like. Small quibble at the end, #7. Seems Camu may have been rationalizing (being irrational) his affairs and wanderings. Confusing 'love' with 'lust/desire' occurs way too often. A true 'love' recognizes duty to others and yourself. 'Love is our only duty in life' -- maybe state it this way 'Duty is our only love in life' (and a path to meaning) to recognize the rational path not the desirous path. Seems Camu recognized this finally. [Am subscriber and forwarder to aid the channel and others seeking/needing 'philosophies for life'] Thank You!
facing a terminal cancer diagnosis at 55, in the time of covid, and a global environmental devastation, i find my early adoption of camus' perspectives in my 20's stand the real test of life's challenges. There ARE atheists in fox holes. Camus' advice and ideologies caused me to live a life i feel is profoundly satisfying. Because of his writing I face my own shortened life span supremely happy with my personal history. And no, I never had children, pretended at monogamy, had a fancy job, bought a house, or built a large material hoard. For me life has been about love, service, art, and joy. Turns out he was right and i was right to consciously adopt his ideas into life choices.
Very great video about Camus. Thanks ...
There is a lot of Buddhist philosophical elements to Camus’ realism.
Except the last lesson (choose love), all lessons are real gems. The reason is that 99% of the time, we mistake many other things for love (e.g. dependence, obsession, trade, showing off, defense mechanisms against the fear of death, etc.) and choosing that thing is going to be a real disaster. I suggest this lesson instead: "Choose facts". This is a fact that if you don't have a source of income, you can't make a living and pay your bills. So your "love" for your partner or spouse most probably doesn't fix the problem. Choose a fact-based life and the so-called "absurd' can't get to you.
Funny whenever you say WE you just talking about yourself. Just your own meaning observing others
What if there are no other just only you and you observation of yourself
the absurd is not the enemy. the nature of life itself is
John Lennon was right after all - your love don't pay my bills 🎶
@@Happy-_ hmmm...? Absurd = enemy? What if there is no enemy just EGO teling there is
@@scottthomas5819 He was but you didn't understand his quote
Albert Camus was a great writer, but he seems to have been mixed up love with being in love. Cheating is not love, it's a lack of respect and just feeds shallow, immature, emotional cravings.
You don't understand philosophy as such, and your knowledge about life not much. Cheating should have been the norm
In the famous words of Billy Wilder, nobody's perfect.
@Alex Henry Garcia what’s a shittubag?
Yea he’s on that bull$hit with that. How do you even entertain someone else when you’re involved and you’re a full adult who knows right from wrong?
@@faroukobafemi5207 Says some guy on youtube.... FYI your opinion is subjective, have at it, but no one gives a shit.
Having money helps you to choose what you want out of life...
That's why you need to buy And HOLD GME or AMC short squeeze gonna make us all rich and we can do whatever we want!!@@
Hence why he was a leftist.
@@sophist7070 good luck.
@@iggykarpov I'm rich! Check AMC stock graph
@@sophist7070 if you were rich, you would not be sitting here, bullshitting, kiddo. Go do your homework.
Sad we never got to see an old Camus in real life.
Question: Did he die young or did he not practice what he preached?
@@margalitvanbergen6620 he died young in a car crash
This resonates with my views
Thank you, Philosophies for Life, for sharing this very important and meaningful video.
Thank you. Very insightful!!
I love the audio content. However, the blinding white background is very difficult to look at or leave on when trying to fall asleep. Not to mention, it just uses slightly more electricity than a darker hue. Many of us in the software development world have slowly, but steadily transitioned to "dark themes" as our eyes get tired from staring at screens all day.
Just a thought.
Perhaps limiting the time spent staring at screens all day might help. Just a thought. Cheers.
Perhaps close your eyes when trying to fall asleep. Just a thought. Cheers.
Am I an idiot or was this video describing existentialism as opposed to absurdism during the point of “create your own meaning of life”? According to Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus, “Hope of another life one must “deserve” or trickery of those that will transcend it, refine it, give it a meaning, and betray it” (pg. 8). Camus describes the creation of a subjective meaning as eluding the truth in search of comfort. The point of absurdism is to live despite lack of meaning. Existentialism is more about having the freedom to give your own meaning to the concept of life.
No, you are correct. The video confuses existentialism with absurdism. He calls the subjective creation of meaning as a way to cope with meaninglessness “philosophical suicide”.
You must have known I was going to need this. Thanks!
Simply GREAT. Thanks a lot !
Love > morality.... I’m sold!!!!
As a pragmatist and rationalist, I can't take lesson no. 7 from Camus. Firstly, it contradicts one of the first things he believed, as stated in this clip. Among the 3 approaches to life, he didn't choose FAITH, because it's based on irrationality. Same with love. Love is irrational and supposed to fade in time. Then you will have to chase another lover to excite your heart and oppcupy your mind again. I think this viewpoint was perhaps a result of his failed first marriage due to cheating. It's not very sustainable for nearly everyone to choose love over commitment in their life.
Life with no purpose is like a blank slate , you have a cornerstone or faculty power of will to create a meaning for yourself .Individual seeks meaning of his life through exploring anything he may find meaningful for himself that's the first step to find meaninf of life for yourself.
Inspiring and brilliant 😊👍
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Excellent summary. Thank you.
Impressive, adapt, overcome!
I don’t know if Camus was inspired by Eastern thought. But some of his philosophy reminds me of teachings from the Tao te Ching. Lao Tzu or whomever was the author, wrote about, for example, being flexible.
Thank you. Good work.
this feels like it’s appeared at a good time for me to watch…i’ve been struggling with working at school and honestly it makes me desperately unhappy. I have to say i’ve been a little torn between trying my hardest at something which makes me so burnt out and depressed to achieve something i don’t care a whole deal about and trying my best to get the amazing grades i’m capable of and please my friends and my family but being desperately unhappy and depressed. i know it might sound silly but i’ve always seen school as an absurd concept and i can’t see how it’s qualifications will have any real meaning in my life but everybody around me disapproves of my style of thinking but ultimately i just want to be happy and it seems silly to actively strive for the opposite effect. nonetheless i’m torn between making myself happy and others happy
So glad you brought this out
I am 53 and I choose that I am very tied to a change itself!
Thank you.
Gratitude
As all adages, parables, wise tips --- some can have exceptions to the guidance. Re: Choosing Love over Morals. I chose not to get involved ih a budding romance with a married woman ( though tempting as hell ). Later, I saw her with her young son and husband. I was so glad I had declined the invitation to pursue. I did love that I wasn't the man who'd destroy this family.
To be truthful, it was part morals and part didn't want to get killed by an angry husband.
Life must overcome itself again and again because das struggle itself towards great heights is sufficient to replenish a man’s heart.
Camus is a cool guy;
I like him.