Descartes doesn't say he hoped into a stove. He meditated and developed his method while living in a small room heated by a stove. Such a room was called "poêle" which is the french word for stove. when recounting this In his "Discours de la méthode", he is referring to the room, not the stove itself.
you are right lol i speak french and in school we are studying descartes and it's more accurate caue we sudy him in french. I didnt get it when he said descartes was in a stove lmaooo
@@Paddy984 No he is right, the word poêle was used by Descartes to refer to a heated room with a stove. There are many metonyms in the french language.
Descartes is a very important person. He is regarded as the father of modern philosophy. He is also regarded as the father of modern mathematics. That is amazing. As a math teacher, I used his coordinate plane every day.
I absolutely love Descartes's books. Specially the ' Meditations on First Philosophy', it was so personal and his emotions and thoughts were vividly expressed as he imparts his wisdom. It's absolutely wonderful.
I fkn love this channel & everyone who reads this comment!! Those who listen to this content can, & will, do great things in the future world! My hat comes off to all of you who take the time to learn, as, when you think about it, time is all we really have at our disposal ! Our only precious resource! I'm taking some of my time to write this comment, to commend such a great channel and to extend my written voice to the many future thinkers, philosophers, poets, scientists, sociologists, that have all gathered here, on this video, in but a fleeting moment in time , as fate & chance will have it !
I was sort of expecting a few remarks on his mathematical genius. It is often overlooked by people how the most brilliant of mathematicians were at the same time rather sober and helpful thinkers...
+quinndiesel1977 mathematics is accessible to people in science, philosophy helps everybody that what he is remembered for. No I don't remember what his theorems talked about.
I see that many of you have missed my point. I do not find it relevant to speculate on whether Descartes had more significance as a philosopher than as a mathematician or scientist. The point is that wisdom of many of history's intelectual giants was not channelled solely through philosophy, but also through mathematics and natural sciences, to the point that there seems to be strong correlation between these areas of human intelect. Descartes is a prime example of this, but others like Spinoza, Leibniz or even Einstein could easily be placed in that same context. It is therefore unfortunate that many think of mathematical or natural sciences as dry or unimaginative, or of philosophy as disconnected from reality of practical life. A genius like Descartes showed that profound wisdom is just a common trait of different areas of human activity.
+Selman Adzovic That goes without saying. People don't usually name all the ingredients of pizza, they simply say pizza or the kind of pizza, pepperoni, mushroom, etc. Nothing "overlooked" here, just the point that the "part" of the whole you are most interested in was not discussed in this particular video. Many other parts of the whole were left out as well. The logical thing to do is to search youtube for Descartes Mathematics. You will find in many of those videos that his philosophical "parts" are not included.
Descartes to me is the most important philosopher ever. That is, in relation to the formation of modern science. He was to Newton, as Newton was to Einstein. Although a rationalist(as opposed to an empirical scientist), his work in mathematics was necessary in shaping Newton's mind in terms of structuring the world. My personal favorite work of his is the well-established Cartesian Coordinate System.
+Satoshi Nakamoto I wonder why many overlook the Cartesian Coordinate System, the concept that every man will eventually understand despite their will.
The internet has proved René wrong. There's plenty of people out there who has never been thinking a single thought their whole lifes, but apparantly they still exist.
@@ren.8137 I know what he was trying to say. But what he said simply didn't make any sense and is plain wrong. You guys clearly don't understand "I think, therefore I am". First of all, you can't know whether or not someone else's existence is CERTAIN, because you can't read their minds, only your own. So you cannot hear them thinking and therefore knowing they ARE. There is a reason René said "Therefore *I* am", not "Therefore *they* are", or "I *see* [them], therefore *they* are". This goes completely against what René said.
@@arisoda This wasnt meant to be analyzed, it was a joke basically saying people now a days dont think. Therefore theres nothing wrong with it, you just want to sound smart which isnt really working for you.
@@ren.8137 But there IS something wrong with it. Jokes aren't working when they're wrong. It's as simple as that. And there was a reason I said "Technically", implying that I WANT to analyse it, regardless of the intention of the joke. You should read better, or else you sound no smarter me. PS: why are you liking your every comment lol.
I hate to be "that guy," but at 3:18 the book shown was Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica by Isaac Newton. I only noticed because I was so impressed by the animations. They were great... like, Terry Gilliam level animations!!!
Just watched Nietzsche, Kant and now Descartes. I cant thank you and your producers enough for summarizing and collecting these methods. Bite sized pieces that not only validate but foster the growth of good people within society.
Excellent philosopher, a true lover of wisdom, a passionate and honest intellectual, the creator of 'self', of our consciousness and, like it or not, we cannot go back to Greek naiveté. So, let's embrace it with joy!
the information contained in these videos can make the world a better place if understood and used properly. Using the info learned in these videos had certainly made my life richer. thank you school of life...and to all of you who also support their work :-)
An author and researcher I respect says that philosophers can be wrong, but we have to see their strengths and weak areas and appreciate them as those who *think*. This presentation of this philosopher who I've learned to despise has made me capable of seeing the whole man. Thank you
I thought about Eratosthenes! The guy who calculated the circumference of the world 2300 years ago! He only used his own reasoning and two sticks for that! ( And a poor guy whose name is not written nowhere, who was - hopefully properly - paid by him to walk 800 km to measure the distance between those sticks. May he rest in peace... History is so unfair.) Or let's remember Democritus and Leucippus and their speculation on atoms 2500 years ago! Or someone like Newton who all by himself discovered the laws of optics, laws of motion, universal law of gravitation and invented calculus! So Descartes certainly had a point there when he argued that we must trust the strength and the capacity of our own minds. But still: I think it is a much wiser approach not to divide the world into " me and the others", but to see those others " as a part of yourself". This way you would be very kind to everybody and you would respect and consider their thoughts, and value their legacy as a part of our shared human experience. Besides, if you are so confident in your own reasoning why should you be afraid of being " badly influenced" by other people's opinions? Therefore "seeking no knowledge other than that which could be found in yourself" may not be all that reasonable.... Thank you very much for another wonderful lesson!
Ah .. ok... Eratosthenes.. he was recognised at his tym tho.. the reason he is not featured so much is because other people during his time did more substantial or rather accurate work.. take for example Archimedes... anyway... i do agree that his work was very key to growth of Astronomy..
Thank you for the hard work your team puts into educating us. You've given me a launching point for further studying when I felt very lost but had a desire the learn. Your work will inspire many, can't thank you enough!
I just love this channel..soothes my mind and actually make me happy....Its such a wonder that knowing onself is so full of amazement.... and we try find it everywhere else.
Thank you for making these videos i am taking a college philosophy class and these videos simplify it for my dumb mind. I like the style and the calming voice it helps me pay attention to the subject at hand
4:05 To elaborate on this (because I don't think it's done justice here), Descartes believes you can doubt pretty much everything due to a theoretical demon (or matrix, dream, or whatever). But even if, for instance, a demon existed that sought to trick him, there must be something (i.e a medium) to be tricked: his own mind. The one piece of knowledge that cannot be doubted is the sheer existence of his mind, even if one considered these illusory-inducing factors. The process of thought (questioning, observing, reasoning, doubting, etc.) has led him to the conclusion of his mind's existence. That doesn't necessarily mean the body exists, but for Descartes, this was good enough. The clearer version of cogito ergo sum is therefore "I am a thinking being, therefore, I exist".
If the world is a dream it still exists as much as reality but we only know if anything exists if we can observe it. It doesn't matter if you think or not, anything you observe exists as information at least. It is human nature to think about anything we observe
Descartes didn't directly dismiss God from his philosophy, he tried to philosophically reconnect to God. He tried to do away with the dubious and uncertain aspects of knowing God.
This channel is good at giving a good overview or philosophers, but it seems like anytime he can quote a philosopher downplaying God or Christianity he does. The only exception being I've seen being the explanation for Nietzsche's "God is Dead" quote.
Once upon a time, I dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, to all intents and purposes a butterfly. I was conscious only of my happiness as a butterfly, unaware that I was myself. Soon I awaked, and there I was, veritably myself again. Now I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly, dreaming I am a man.
+mike jones lol no dude that's the quote that you're speaking of. It was a dream from a famous Taoist, he dreamt he was a butterfly and when he awoke he said how can I be sure I'm not a butterfly dreaming I am a man, he then went further and said he can't, it's impossible! That's the famous writings after his dream... 😂👍
I remember once hearing about a fellow who told his loan shark, to whom he owed $10,000 - he doubted the existence of all things,including money. The painful loss of several fingers permanently changed his perception...
The seventeenthcentury philosopher Descartes, regarded as the founder of modern philosophy, gave expression to this primary error with his famous dictum (which he saw as primary truth): “I think, therefore I am.” This was the answer he found to the question “Is there anything I can know with absolute certainty?” He realized that the fact that he was always thinking was beyond doubt, and so he equated thinking with Being, that is to say, identity - I am - with thinking. Instead of the ultimate truth, he had found the root of the ego, but he didn't know that. It took almost three hundred years before another famous philosopher saw something in that statement that Descartes, as well as everybody else, had overlooked. His name was JeanPaul Sartre. He looked at Descartes's statement “I think, therefore I am” very deeply and suddenly realized, in his own words, “The consciousness that says 'I am' is not the consciousness that thinks.” What did he mean by that? When you are aware that you are thinking, that awareness is not part of thinking. It is a different dimension of consciousness. And it is that awareness that says “I am.” If there were nothing but thought in you, you wouldn't even know you are thinking. - Eckhart Tolle
I think in your statement....consciousness is being equated with thinking. Consciousness itself is simply just an awareness. A "room" where thoughts, feelings/emotions, intuitions and etc., can be brought into and processed....like a computer. I think Descartes may have meant, the "i" was the consciousness- not thinking or thought itself. Bc if thinking is cause for existence, it seems computers do it, it seems animals do it. But to another of Descartes's points, I can't know that with absolute certainty bc I am not a conscious entity inside other beings, only my own.
Descartes wrote in his book Passions of the soul that love is simply attraction towards a person who makes our 1/2 complete, that we believe that we’re a defect of our own, and we long for someone who can complete us. Make us whole, or have all the goods the world could possibly give.
Well this presumption has completely tarnished your knowledge in my eyes. Neither of us know what is the true "good". But there is this difference between us, that, although you know nothing, you believe that you know Something. Whereas if I don't know anything, at least I'm not in doubt. So all of this wisdom superiority that is given to me by the Oracle is reduced to only knowing that I know nothing.
@@MidnightMatta Chill it was a joke. It's just a Socrates reference. I thought I didnt have to say it since it's one of the most famous quotes in philosophy
I had an Ayahuasca trip and I experienced death. I was thinking if I am dead why I still think?! I am thinking so I must exist. Kudos to him for reaching this experience without any psychedelic substances.
I come here and subscribe to a well spoken description of topics I have checked out NUMEROUS library books or bought and tried to finish but never kept their basic difference beyond capitalist, commie, liberal religious, atheist. This is like PBS in a nice package.
In around fourth grade or earlier maybe, I had the idea that I know that I exist, but I didn’t know that anyone else did. It’s really cool to know that an old philosopher had the same idea, but way later in life.
Rene Descartes , the great French mathematician of the seventeenth century , liked to lie in bed and think ! One day , when resting in bed , he solved the problem of describing the position of a point in a plane . His method was a development of the older idea of latitude and longitude . In honour of Descartes , the system used for describing the position of a point in a plane is also known as the Cartesian system .
Why is the statement, "I think therefore I am" so important? Have you ever read to the end of the section containing this quote? He only uses this statement as a stepping stone to prove God, and not only A god, but the Christian God. He was not "SELF-confident," but rather confident in the fact that there is a perfect, unchangeable, rational God. He was ministering to others, using the thing that they knew (or we know) best: Reason. When he explained how to control our passions, he was doing it through reason, but he never said not to use our passions. He was using a Biblical standpoint found throughout the scriptures: Proverbs 3:13 says, "Happy is the man who finds wisdom, And the man who gains understanding." Wisdom (and reason) should rule over your passions. He would not approve of how people have twisted his writings.
People often find what they are not looking for. Columbus for example. Descartes didn't want to undermine religion, but in his search for a new rational approach toward God, he found so much more than he realized himself.
I'm aware that I'm incredibly late, but for the fact that Descartes lived in Christian Europe (time in which it was normal to scrutinize any heresy) it is an incredible feat to even dare to question the ideals of his own god, especially since he went as far as to argue whether God was merely a deceitful spirit or not. I'm not an expert on the subject so forgive me if I said anything infactual, but regardless of his conclusions, I think he was quite brave in a time in which it was rare to be.
@1seala0 This channel is good at giving a good overview or philosophers, but it seems like anytime he can quote a philosopher downplaying God or Christianity he does. The only exception being I've seen being the explanation for Nietzsche's "God is Dead" quote.
You are the universe. Know yourself know the universe. Rule yourself rule the universe. When you know how to rule yourself please let the rest of us know.
It would be so intresting to find the entire text of such a beautiful documentary (yes I know: subtitles are there, but the whole written text would be other thing, exspecially for us, non english speaker teachers) !
"We recognize that separating humanity from nature, from the whole of life, leads to humankind's own destruction ... This striving toward connectedness with the totality of life, with nature itself, a nature into which we are born, this is the deepest meaning and true essence of National Socialist thought." - Ernst Lehmann, 1934
It would be amazing if you guys made a video on more modern philosophers who are still alive! For example, Chomsky, Zizek, Peter Singer or even Michael Sandels. Or even Alain de Botton himself! I would love to see and learn about how contemporary philosophers think and comment on modern society :)
When Descartes talked about the "great books" or "letters", what was he referring to? Was he talking about the classical texts of Plato and others that were used in his primary education?
The key to happiness is hidden deep inside you. Ppl search for happiness from 1 end of the earth to the other but its there inside u the whole time u just need 2 spend time alone thinking to find it
You are brilliant for summing up one of the most complicated philosophies in the world in a short, interesting, and comprehensive way! I truly appreciate your great efforts.
I almost liked this video. But, you completely ignored Descartes's contributions to the field of mathematics. His influence on mathematics is undeniable and the same qualities that made him a brilliant mathematician are what gave him his unique philosophical insights. You could have at least mentioned Cartesian coordinates.
Philosophy in general helps you to understand your authentic self and all philosophers are looking for what missing in our personalities in this distracting world .
+The School of Life thank you very much for what you are doing.will u guys be able to post video series on famous ethical dilemmas like the trolley problem and philosophical ones like the ship of theseus?
“And I see plainly that the certainty and truth of every science depends exclusively upon the knowledge of the true God, to the extent that, prior to my becoming aware of him, I was incapable of achieving perfect knowledge about anything else . But now it is possible for me to achieve full and certain knowledge about countless things, both about God and other intellectual matters , as well as about the entirety of that corporal nature which is the object of that pure mathematics “-Descartes first philosophy (last paragraph of meditation 5)
I believe that what he says is more important than the images that appear on the screen... probably the person who does the videos doesn't know the difference.. and in the end it doesn't really matter.
Hard determinism changes the question of "I think therefore I am" to "How Can I think if my thoughts are predetermined. Leading most to dismiss hard determinism, yet that is exactly what hard determinism predicts.
David Vahnderhaur It was, but then again all further acquisition of knowledge relies on the premise that there is a god who is so perfect that he would not deceive us. So the statement that he did not found most of his beliefs on a god is just wrong
@@Shiny100L That argument is weak, but you must understand it is was a necessary one and it wasn't based on belief but rather on circumstance. He simply knew it would be unwise to deny the existence of god at that time. See it as a sacrifice he had to do in order for his work to live on. Up until that point the church was very mad at the things he was saying. The argument was some sort of appeasement.
No. 1, I think therefore I am. No. 2, I thought therefore I know. No. 3, I judge to give to myself what is better for myself. . 1 acknowledges the existence of self. 2 acknowledges the effect of experience creating time, 3 acknowledges the existence of choice, creating contrast (love and fear), and separation (I and other), and makes space for the emotion of love. My own 2 cents.
Will you guys being doing any videos of Eastern philosophers like Adi Shankara? I'd love to hear a explanation of non-dualism/Advaita Vedanta in layman's terms. Thanks!
Thanks to advances we now know that the reverse is true as well - "I do, therefore I think" Studies have shown that if we force ourselves to laugh, we feel better And of course anyone who has gone thru a workout knows that they feel great afterwards
+TheMraptor I heard it this way. Descartes was having a pint. When he finished the bar keep asked if he'd like another. "No,I think not" replied Descartes and vanished.
Descartes doesn't say he hoped into a stove. He meditated and developed his method while living in a small room heated by a stove. Such a room was called "poêle" which is the french word for stove. when recounting this In his "Discours de la méthode", he is referring to the room, not the stove itself.
It sounds cooler if he hopped into a stove tho
you are right lol i speak french and in school we are studying descartes and it's more accurate caue we sudy him in french. I didnt get it when he said descartes was in a stove lmaooo
Shut up buzzkill
@@Paddy984 No he is right, the word poêle was used by Descartes to refer to a heated room with a stove. There are many metonyms in the french language.
Thanks. I couldn't match the logical and down to earth mind of descartes jumping into a coal stove.
This makes way more sense
Descartes walks into a bar.
"Would you like a drink, sir?" the bartender asks.
Descartes responds with, "I think not," and ceases to exist.
Sarah, that is funny application of Descartes's skeptical method..
***** Thank you. I thought long and hard about it. Longer and harder than I really should have.
Awake ned No. I don't make innuendo puns, mate.
Awake ned In your dirty mind, perhaps.
Did you think long and hard enough to realize that you exist?
Descartes is a very important person. He is regarded as the father of modern philosophy. He is also regarded as the father of modern mathematics. That is amazing. As a math teacher, I used his coordinate plane every day.
I absolutely love Descartes's books. Specially the ' Meditations on First Philosophy', it was so personal and his emotions and thoughts were vividly expressed as he imparts his wisdom. It's absolutely wonderful.
I fkn love this channel & everyone who reads this comment!! Those who listen to this content can, & will, do great things in the future world! My hat comes off to all of you who take the time to learn, as, when you think about it, time is all we really have at our disposal ! Our only precious resource! I'm taking some of my time to write this comment, to commend such a great channel and to extend my written voice to the many future thinkers, philosophers, poets, scientists, sociologists, that have all gathered here, on this video, in but a fleeting moment in time , as fate & chance will have it !
But time does not exist...
See what I did there? Ey?
+SuperiorSeven
That was f**kin' beautiful, man!
+jaidsalgado bundle theroy aswell we can only be sure that the properties of items exsist.
+SuperiorSeven Awww you just motivated me and made my day :,)
Thank you for this comment, it really made my day:)
damn if they were shocked to see him in bed at 11am, i would like to see their reaction when i am in bed at 3pm
Well daylight meant something back then.
zakariya mohamud I wake up at 3pm but stay in bed until 5pm...you could say I'm thinking...but I really don't want to do life
zakariya mohamud or imagine how they'd react to me not getting up all day on vacations period!
It is what I thought
I think in bed, therefore I am in bed.
I was sort of expecting a few remarks on his mathematical genius. It is often overlooked by people how the most brilliant of mathematicians were at the same time rather sober and helpful thinkers...
+Selman Adzovic He was a far better mathematician than philosopher.
+quinndiesel1977 mathematics is accessible to people in science, philosophy helps everybody that what he is remembered for. No I don't remember what his theorems talked about.
I see that many of you have missed my point. I do not find it relevant to speculate on whether Descartes had more significance as a philosopher than as a mathematician or scientist. The point is that wisdom of many of history's intelectual giants was not channelled solely through philosophy, but also through mathematics and natural sciences, to the point that there seems to be strong correlation between these areas of human intelect. Descartes is a prime example of this, but others like Spinoza, Leibniz or even Einstein could easily be placed in that same context. It is therefore unfortunate that many think of mathematical or natural sciences as dry or unimaginative, or of philosophy as disconnected from reality of practical life. A genius like Descartes showed that profound wisdom is just a common trait of different areas of human activity.
+Selman Adzovic That goes without saying. People don't usually name all the ingredients of pizza, they simply say pizza or the kind of pizza, pepperoni, mushroom, etc. Nothing "overlooked" here, just the point that the "part" of the whole you are most interested in was not discussed in this particular video. Many other parts of the whole were left out as well. The logical thing to do is to search youtube for Descartes Mathematics. You will find in many of those videos that his philosophical "parts" are not included.
+Selman Adzovic If you like mathematics check out Numberphile
When it's 3am and you're awake, reflecting on your own existence
"I think, there I don't sleep"
In the world of social media it's nice to get away from meme posts and celebrity news, and instead go back to what really matters, Knowledge.
Kelvin_ Eclectic in the end not even knowledge matters
@@huejanus6459 Well .. why does that matter ?
zxviii X it doesn't, nothing matters
Agree with you.
Damian Elizondo Just because nothing ultimately matters doesn’t mean things don’t matter to me.
This 9 minute video was more helpful than 2 entire lectures i attended.. THANKYOU
Descartes to me is the most important philosopher ever. That is, in relation to the formation of modern science. He was to Newton, as Newton was to Einstein. Although a rationalist(as opposed to an empirical scientist), his work in mathematics was necessary in shaping Newton's mind in terms of structuring the world. My personal favorite work of his is the well-established Cartesian Coordinate System.
+Satoshi Nakamoto I wonder why many overlook the Cartesian Coordinate System, the concept that every man will eventually understand despite their will.
Can you please explain to me the difference between a rationalist and an empirical scientist?
@@shivammishra1720 truth is derived from logical concepts vs. truth derived from observation. Science places the latter in greater importance
@@satoshinakamoto5710 Okay so both are the means of getting knowledge but the latter one is better but not perfect.
He ranks equal to Rousseau and Kant in terms of complete idiocy
I eat, therefore, I am.
You should always strive to modulate the savegeness
Random Me I eat, therefore, I live.
so what the distinction between you with an animal then.
@RE ID nothing important, animal
RE ID dont forget, we are animals. Just particularly smarter ones who can analyse our perceptions a little bit better.
The internet has proved René wrong. There's plenty of people out there who has never been thinking a single thought their whole lifes, but apparantly they still exist.
Technically, that has nothing to do with what René said. Sorry, but your joke is wrong
@@arisoda He said "i think, therefore i am" so what the dude is trying to say is that many people now adays dont think, yet they "still are"
@@ren.8137 I know what he was trying to say. But what he said simply didn't make any sense and is plain wrong. You guys clearly don't understand "I think, therefore I am".
First of all, you can't know whether or not someone else's existence is CERTAIN, because you can't read their minds, only your own. So you cannot hear them thinking and therefore knowing they ARE. There is a reason René said "Therefore *I* am", not "Therefore *they* are", or "I *see* [them], therefore *they* are". This goes completely against what René said.
@@arisoda This wasnt meant to be analyzed, it was a joke basically saying people now a days dont think. Therefore theres nothing wrong with it, you just want to sound smart which isnt really working for you.
@@ren.8137 But there IS something wrong with it. Jokes aren't working when they're wrong. It's as simple as that.
And there was a reason I said "Technically", implying that I WANT to analyse it, regardless of the intention of the joke. You should read better, or else you sound no smarter me.
PS: why are you liking your every comment lol.
Not even one mention of him as a mathematician.. =(
AnonymousRandomMan Yeah I was definitely surprised
maths sucks get outta here
Sad Boi Tim Surely, but you need to mention his achievements in this field
@@thomascatty379 i think i remember something about the descartian equation ?
this is the "PHILOSOPHY" of Descartes.
I hate to be "that guy," but at 3:18 the book shown was Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica by Isaac Newton. I only noticed because I was so impressed by the animations. They were great... like, Terry Gilliam level animations!!!
lmao ^
Artistic license?
I noticed that too.
Master Therion really look at my last name
And I'd swear that's Charles I of England duelling that Lion in the third minute.
Just watched Nietzsche, Kant and now Descartes. I cant thank you and your producers enough for summarizing and collecting these methods. Bite sized pieces that not only validate but foster the growth of good people within society.
Excellent philosopher, a true lover of wisdom, a passionate and honest intellectual, the creator of 'self', of our consciousness and, like it or not, we cannot go back to Greek naiveté. So, let's embrace it with joy!
+Elsa Alves Greek naiveté?
+ThePeaceableKingdom Yes, before Sin came in.
+Elsa Alves Pardon my English - naivety
Maybe innocence should be the word
Elsa Alves
I'm not disagreeing. I was just wondering what you meant...
I'm doing philosophy at uni so this helps a lot. Thank you!
which university?
Sniffles is this ur final year or you dropped out
@@footballyzvid2780 lol 😂
Why that question?
@@ashwinkumar9732 none... its not a real person. its a fkn npc
Have you majored now?
the information contained in these videos can make the world a better place if understood and used properly. Using the info learned in these videos had certainly made my life richer. thank you school of life...and to all of you who also support their work :-)
An author and researcher I respect says that philosophers can be wrong, but we have to see their strengths and weak areas and appreciate them as those who *think*. This presentation of this philosopher who I've learned to despise has made me capable of seeing the whole man. Thank you
Out of curiosity, what caused you to become less fond of him?
give her the philosophy
I understand this reference
ahahaha
😂😂😂
@@jabir5768 I am not sure
I clicked on this video just because of that picture hahahaha
Descartes is currently my favorite PHILOSOPHER 💙
I thought about Eratosthenes! The guy who calculated the circumference of the world 2300 years ago! He only used his own reasoning and two sticks for that! ( And a poor guy whose name is not written nowhere, who was - hopefully properly - paid by him to walk 800 km to measure the distance between those sticks. May he rest in peace... History is so unfair.)
Or let's remember Democritus and Leucippus and their speculation on atoms 2500 years ago! Or someone like Newton who all by himself discovered the laws of optics, laws of motion, universal law of gravitation and invented calculus! So Descartes certainly had a point there when he argued that we must trust the strength and the capacity of our own minds.
But still: I think it is a much wiser approach not to divide the world into " me and the others", but to see those others " as a part of yourself". This way you would be very kind to everybody and you would respect and consider their thoughts, and value their legacy as a part of our shared human experience. Besides, if you are so confident in your own reasoning why should you be afraid of being " badly influenced" by other people's opinions? Therefore "seeking no knowledge other than that which could be found in yourself" may not be all that reasonable....
Thank you very much for another wonderful lesson!
+Lua Veli Thank you so much. My thoughts as well.
Eugene Sudi
Hello Eugene:-) Thank you for reading and for your message!
+Lua Veli nice comment right there
+Chino Rodríguez
Gracias por leer! :-)
Ah .. ok...
Eratosthenes.. he was recognised at his tym tho.. the reason he is not featured so much is because other people during his time did more substantial or rather accurate work.. take for example Archimedes...
anyway... i do agree that his work was very key to growth of Astronomy..
Thank you for the hard work your team puts into educating us. You've given me a launching point for further studying when I felt very lost but had a desire the learn. Your work will inspire many, can't thank you enough!
Whenever I think of the meditations of Rene,I feel life depends on an individuals mind..virtue and vice.....He was man who never belief in dualism....
The facial expressions of the guy solving the rubik's cube as the representation of trusting logic has made me burst into laughter. Fabulous!
I just love this channel..soothes my mind and actually make me happy....Its such a wonder that knowing onself is so full of amazement.... and we try find it everywhere else.
not to take away from the content but i could listen to this narrator speak all day.
"I think therefore I am" was first written in the metaphysical meditations I believe :)
Nope!, He said it first in the Discourse on the Method. He expands on it in Meditations.on First Philosophy, with slightly different wording.
Thank you for making these videos i am taking a college philosophy class and these videos simplify it for my dumb mind. I like the style and the calming voice it helps me pay attention to the subject at hand
literally me rn 😆 how'd philosophy go though?
4:05 To elaborate on this (because I don't think it's done justice here), Descartes believes you can doubt pretty much everything due to a theoretical demon (or matrix, dream, or whatever). But even if, for instance, a demon existed that sought to trick him, there must be something (i.e a medium) to be tricked: his own mind. The one piece of knowledge that cannot be doubted is the sheer existence of his mind, even if one considered these illusory-inducing factors. The process of thought (questioning, observing, reasoning, doubting, etc.) has led him to the conclusion of his mind's existence. That doesn't necessarily mean the body exists, but for Descartes, this was good enough. The clearer version of cogito ergo sum is therefore "I am a thinking being, therefore, I exist".
Im so glad it has lots of translations! Thank you very much!
There are sooo many 69's in this video. Descartes was indeed the dankest philosopher.
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LMAO
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What about Montaigne? Or Camus, he was a player for sure. Lol
If the world is a dream it still exists as much as reality but we only know if anything exists if we can observe it. It doesn't matter if you think or not, anything you observe exists as information at least. It is human nature to think about anything we observe
A man who was rational in times of religious people. brave man
He was a Catholic and he gave a very deep critique of atheism yet he was considered an atheist which he was not
Descartes was still Religious.
I loved studying Descartes work. When The Matrix hit the theaters, “I think, therefore I am” flooded my mind.
Descartes didn't directly dismiss God from his philosophy, he tried to philosophically reconnect to God. He tried to do away with the dubious and uncertain aspects of knowing God.
This channel is good at giving a good overview or philosophers, but it seems like anytime he can quote a philosopher downplaying God or Christianity he does. The only exception being I've seen being the explanation for Nietzsche's "God is Dead" quote.
Speech in harmony with the law of Nature, REASON LOGIC and SCIENCE. A WORD TO THE WISE. SALUTE SIR, FOR IMPARTING THESE PRECIOUS KNOWLEDGE. Thks.Bye.
I'm remember once hearing that no matter what, you can not prove wrong that you are actually a butterfly dreaming of being a human being.
Once upon a time, I dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, to all intents and purposes a butterfly. I was conscious only of my happiness as a butterfly, unaware that I was myself. Soon I awaked, and there I was, veritably myself again. Now I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly, dreaming I am a man.
+Awakening to oneness you were neither, you were a man on crystal meth lol
+mike jones lol no dude that's the quote that you're speaking of. It was a dream from a famous Taoist, he dreamt he was a butterfly and when he awoke he said how can I be sure I'm not a butterfly dreaming I am a man, he then went further and said he can't, it's impossible! That's the famous writings after his dream... 😂👍
I remember once hearing about a fellow who told his loan shark, to whom he owed $10,000 - he doubted the existence of all things,including money.
The painful loss of several fingers permanently changed his perception...
One can't prove that, you are right in saying that. However, the person that makes a statement also has to prove that the statement is correct.
+The School of Life Thank you for introducing me to this great philosopher. I think I am going to read more about his works.
Descartes original quote:
"I think I am, therefore I am, I think"
A logic loop with a dash of uncertainty.
Shaken,not stirred if you please.
I watched this video 2 times now and i know i will see it 5 more times at least. Bravo for every aspect of the video !
The seventeenthcentury philosopher Descartes, regarded as the founder of modern philosophy, gave expression to this primary error with his famous dictum (which he saw as primary truth): “I think, therefore I am.” This was the answer he found to the question “Is there anything I can know with absolute certainty?” He realized that the fact that he was always thinking was beyond doubt, and so he equated thinking with Being, that is to say, identity - I am - with thinking. Instead of the ultimate truth, he had found the root of the ego, but he didn't know that.
It took almost three hundred years before another famous philosopher saw something in that statement that Descartes, as well as everybody else, had overlooked. His name was JeanPaul Sartre. He looked at Descartes's statement “I think, therefore I am” very deeply and suddenly realized, in his own words, “The consciousness that says 'I am' is not the consciousness that thinks.” What did he mean by that? When you are aware that you are thinking, that awareness is not part of thinking. It is a different dimension of consciousness. And it is that awareness that says “I am.” If there were nothing but thought in you, you wouldn't even know you are thinking. - Eckhart Tolle
I think in your statement....consciousness is being equated with thinking.
Consciousness itself is simply just an awareness. A "room" where thoughts, feelings/emotions, intuitions and etc., can be brought into and processed....like a computer.
I think Descartes may have meant, the "i" was the consciousness- not thinking or thought itself.
Bc if thinking is cause for existence, it seems computers do it, it seems animals do it.
But to another of Descartes's points, I can't know that with absolute certainty bc I am not a conscious entity inside other beings, only my own.
Descartes wrote in his book Passions of the soul that love is simply attraction towards a person who makes our 1/2 complete, that we believe that we’re a defect of our own, and we long for someone who can complete us. Make us whole, or have all the goods the world could possibly give.
I'm so smart now that I've found this channel
Well this presumption has completely tarnished your knowledge in my eyes. Neither of us know what is the true "good". But there is this difference between us, that, although you know nothing, you believe that you know Something. Whereas if I don't know anything, at least I'm not in doubt. So all of this wisdom superiority that is given to me by the Oracle is reduced to only knowing that I know nothing.
@@klutchboi3266 I would care more if I didn't care so little about your eyes
@@MidnightMatta Chill it was a joke. It's just a Socrates reference. I thought I didnt have to say it since it's one of the most famous quotes in philosophy
7:08 thank you School of Life for helping us do exactly that. Cheers.
Hehehe I'm totally gonna use the "gangs of scientists" as my wall paper.
So glad to have recently come across your channel, I can't get enough! Thank you!
I had an Ayahuasca trip and I experienced death. I was thinking if I am dead why I still think?! I am thinking so I must exist. Kudos to him for reaching this experience without any psychedelic substances.
I come here and subscribe to a well spoken description of topics I have checked out NUMEROUS library books or bought and tried to finish but never kept their basic difference beyond capitalist, commie, liberal religious, atheist. This is like PBS in a nice package.
3:17 That is Sir Isaac Newton's book on gravity and perhaps the most significant scientific book ever written. It is not one of descartes' books.
Happy Birthday René Descartes 03-31-2022!
This sounds so freaking interesting but the fact I fell asleep 3 times duringthe video says something about me, something I want to change
In around fourth grade or earlier maybe, I had the idea that I know that I exist, but I didn’t know that anyone else did. It’s really cool to know that an old philosopher had the same idea, but way later in life.
Sometimes I feel utterly alone in this line of thinking and it's relieving to know that there are others who place as much importance on it as I do
I have philosopy exam and I’m here 💚Thanks for this amazing channel🌻
Rene Descartes , the great French mathematician of the seventeenth century , liked to lie in bed and think ! One day , when resting in bed , he solved the problem of describing the position of a point in a plane . His method was a development of the older idea of latitude and longitude . In honour of Descartes , the system used for describing the position of a point in a plane is also known as the Cartesian system .
1. “I think therefore I am”; rationalism
2. Method of doubts
3. “Discourse on the method”
4. “Passions of the soul”
Why is the statement, "I think therefore I am" so important? Have you ever read to the end of the section containing this quote? He only uses this statement as a stepping stone to prove God, and not only A god, but the Christian God. He was not "SELF-confident," but rather confident in the fact that there is a perfect, unchangeable, rational God. He was ministering to others, using the thing that they knew (or we know) best: Reason. When he explained how to control our passions, he was doing it through reason, but he never said not to use our passions. He was using a Biblical standpoint found throughout the scriptures: Proverbs 3:13 says, "Happy is the man who finds wisdom, And the man who gains understanding." Wisdom (and reason) should rule over your passions. He would not approve of how people have twisted his writings.
People often find what they are not looking for. Columbus for example. Descartes didn't want to undermine religion, but in his search for a new rational approach toward God, he found so much more than he realized himself.
Because it's all of 5 words plus has a nice ring to it, more people recite the quote to seem educated and sassy
I'm aware that I'm incredibly late, but for the fact that Descartes lived in Christian Europe (time in which it was normal to scrutinize any heresy) it is an incredible feat to even dare to question the ideals of his own god, especially since he went as far as to argue whether God was merely a deceitful spirit or not. I'm not an expert on the subject so forgive me if I said anything infactual, but regardless of his conclusions, I think he was quite brave in a time in which it was rare to be.
@1seala0 very well said!!!
@1seala0 This channel is good at giving a good overview or philosophers, but it seems like anytime he can quote a philosopher downplaying God or Christianity he does. The only exception being I've seen being the explanation for Nietzsche's "God is Dead" quote.
You are the universe. Know yourself know the universe. Rule yourself rule the universe. When you know how to rule yourself please let the rest of us know.
I loved the effort put into the animation in this episode!
I love the way it is presented with writings.
Well done 🙏🙏🙏
It would be so intresting to find the entire text of such a beautiful documentary (yes I know: subtitles are there, but the whole written text would be other thing, exspecially for us, non english speaker teachers) !
"We recognize that separating humanity from nature, from the whole of life, leads to humankind's own destruction ... This striving toward connectedness with the totality of life, with nature itself, a nature into which we are born, this is the deepest meaning and true essence of National Socialist thought." - Ernst Lehmann, 1934
It would be amazing if you guys made a video on more modern philosophers who are still alive! For example, Chomsky, Zizek, Peter Singer or even Michael Sandels. Or even Alain de Botton himself! I would love to see and learn about how contemporary philosophers think and comment on modern society :)
Descartes; the guy who made me fall in love with philosophy.
One of my favorites
I'm not the only one who stay on his bed in the morning only for thinking...
Lol
3:00 looks like a picture of "rumah gadang", a traditional home of Minangkabau ethnic in West Sumatra, Indonesia
When Descartes talked about the "great books" or "letters", what was he referring to?
Was he talking about the classical texts of Plato and others that were used in his primary education?
The key to happiness is hidden deep inside you. Ppl search for happiness from 1 end of the earth to the other but its there inside u the whole time u just need 2 spend time alone thinking to find it
1:23 "Baby don't hurt me..."
Cartesian normie
@@Cjnw K zoomer
6 passions have only 64 combinations, not so endless
You are brilliant for summing up one of the most complicated philosophies in the world in a short, interesting, and comprehensive way!
I truly appreciate your great efforts.
There is power in simple logic. It's so powerful that it's overlooked.
I'd love it if you could do a video on fear
+tigguh Instinct tells us to fear the unknown.
+Fi99s
No! The unknown cannot be feared. You can only fear your expectations.
B Sto Obviously you're going to expect certain things, in certain situations. But expecting something, isn't the same as knowing something..
+tigguh *"Don't fear god,
Don't worry about death;
What is good is easy to get, and
What is terrible is easy to endure"* - Epicurus.
Done.
Wimi Bussard
You can be religious and spend your while life trying not to go to hell. Or you can screw that and focus on what's important.
I've never listened to philosophy before. This is the third tonight, while working on my bike. It's very interesting!
i learned about this guy in school today
I first learned about Descartes in my Algebra class in high school through a substitute teacher. Never have I been so elated for my teacher being ill.
I almost liked this video. But, you completely ignored Descartes's contributions to the field of mathematics. His influence on mathematics is undeniable and the same qualities that made him a brilliant mathematician are what gave him his unique philosophical insights. You could have at least mentioned Cartesian coordinates.
Allen Linnen, Jr. oh my, what will they do now without your shitty like, the whole channel will go down. Sigh
@@sweetdreams961 you completely missed the point, moron.
@@deepstariaenigmatica2601 LOL
Philosophy in general helps you to understand your authentic self and all philosophers are looking for what missing in our personalities in this distracting world .
i love this chanel. pls do you have a video on John Rawls, the autor of the theory of justice?
+The School of Life What about David Hume? Looking forward to listen to your insights
+The School of Life thank you very much for what you are doing.will u guys be able to post video series on famous ethical dilemmas like the trolley problem and philosophical ones like the ship of theseus?
“And I see plainly that the certainty and truth of every science depends exclusively upon the knowledge of the true God, to the extent that, prior to my becoming aware of him, I was incapable of achieving perfect knowledge about anything else . But now it is possible for me to achieve full and certain knowledge about countless things, both about God and other intellectual matters , as well as about the entirety of that corporal nature which is the object of that pure mathematics “-Descartes first philosophy (last paragraph of meditation 5)
Now i know what to tell anyone who goes in and sees me still in my bed at 11:00 am...
C’est tellement bien expliqué, merci beaucoup!
You showed a pic of Newton's Principia over Descartes' Philosophy
Not the first time I see mistake in this channel. Suggestion: annotate over the occasional mistake, like other good educational channel do.
What a weird mistake to make though, right? I mean, they must've just googled ''Principia philosophy'' and chose the first one they saw.
I believe that what he says is more important than the images that appear on the screen... probably the person who does the videos doesn't know the difference.. and in the end it doesn't really matter.
Hard determinism changes the question of "I think therefore I am" to "How Can I think if my thoughts are predetermined. Leading most to dismiss hard determinism, yet that is exactly what hard determinism predicts.
0:24 but didn't he think we were all ideas within gods mind or am I mistaken?
Descartes was the first to understand that reason have the power to free us from the Matrix.
can you explain this further???
5:08 "Gangs of Scientists" killed me.
@Illuminatus Messiah what the hell is wrong with you?
Excellent work, got subscribed. Cheers from Brazil.
Of course you will not mentioned his argument for the existence of God
If god exists we are all already in hell
edward batista it was a shit argument
David Vahnderhaur It was, but then again all further acquisition of knowledge relies on the premise that there is a god who is so perfect that he would not deceive us. So the statement that he did not found most of his beliefs on a god is just wrong
@@Shiny100L That argument is weak, but you must understand it is was a necessary one and it wasn't based on belief but rather on circumstance. He simply knew it would be unwise to deny the existence of god at that time. See it as a sacrifice he had to do in order for his work to live on.
Up until that point the church was very mad at the things he was saying. The argument was some sort of appeasement.
Thank god, as that argument is complete bs
So great writer hats off master class , I like writers
Make a video on the Indian philosopher Chanakya.
No. 1, I think therefore I am. No. 2, I thought therefore I know. No. 3, I judge to give to myself what is better for myself. . 1 acknowledges the existence of self. 2 acknowledges the effect of experience creating time, 3 acknowledges the existence of choice, creating contrast (love and fear), and separation (I and other), and makes space for the emotion of love.
My own 2 cents.
Will you guys being doing any videos of Eastern philosophers like Adi Shankara? I'd love to hear a explanation of non-dualism/Advaita Vedanta in layman's terms.
Thanks!
Thanks to advances we now know that the reverse is true as well - "I do, therefore I think"
Studies have shown that if we force ourselves to laugh, we feel better
And of course anyone who has gone thru a workout knows that they feel great afterwards
Descartes goes to a bar. The barman asked :
- What would you have ?
- I think I would have a red wine ! - Descartes.
.... and disappeared.
haha i see the joke there.. nice humor.
+TheMraptor I heard it this way.
Descartes was having a pint. When he finished the bar keep asked if he'd like another. "No,I think not" replied Descartes and vanished.
So great the way you make a monumental philosopher fun without oversimplifying.
fiore sireci
"I believe that I am in hell, therefore I am there."
Arthur Rimbaud
lol
Still great today." I Think, therefore I Am." Great algebra!