About memorability, Schopenhauer blew my mind. What an excellent writer (and translator). He articulated things I had thought before, but so clearly and eloquently to boot!
Careful with Schopenhauer - he was depressed - thats a bad sign if you are a philosopher - philosophers are supposed to be happy and joyful else they must have got their thinking wrong. The reason for this is that the purpose for philsophy is the love of wisdom - and wisdom is to be perpetually happy and joyful and not miserable so, if you go by logic a philsopher that is miserable got it all wrong.
@@BanditZA wikipedia: In 1805, Heinrich drowned in a canal near their home in Hamburg. Although it was possible that his death was accidental, his wife and son believed that it was suicide. He was prone to anxiety and depression; each becoming more pronounced later in his life.[44] Arthur showed similar moodiness during his youth and often acknowledged that he inherited it from his father. There were other instances of serious mental health history on his father's side of the family.[47] Furthermore: Upon his arrival in Frankfurt, he experienced a period of depression and declining health.[140] Philosophers are supposed to be paramount exercisers of morals and thus be Healthy and Joyous - its a key indicator - a philospher that is Glum is simply not worthy.
You may not be the number one philosophical content creator on TH-cam, but you're the coolest and funniest for sure. I really enjoy your uploads. Thank you for the time and creativity you put in your videos. Hope you stick around for us and stay healthy. Best of luck
100 million % agreed. You gotta make time out for this stuff in your day to day life. Because studying the Humanities i.e. philosophy, art and music, like working out, sticking to a diet or going for a run; is its' own reward. There's not enough that can be said. Other than to "just do it." You'll thank yourself later that you did. 🍻😎
I personally use TH-cam sort of like an answer key for books I read. Most recently I finished Plato’s symposium and then I watched some of what you had to say about it to compare my conclusions and make sure I was properly understanding the meaning
Yes, the whole idea however is to take it as wisdom and not as truth - wisdom has to be useful, applicable and applied else it is nothing more than sensless cogitative pleasure.
A note on the effort required: There's a lot of distance between not-reading and going over an entire text with a highlighter. Skimming a text is OK too! In fact...it's a valuable skill in its own right
The main criticism that I have for books that comes to my mind is Socrates - who hated committing to writing for he claimed that if you committed something to writing others would claim it to be a truth simply because it is written. Its a trick used in many debates: you want to win a debate? Use citations from famous authors as supporting elements - that tends to impress the pubblic and silence opposition - and it has an effect even if you speak nonsense.
The low and high intrest in philosophy somehow catched me. Intrest should not be bound to the time you're able to invest. Imagine a man A who has 12 hours a day to spend how ever he wants, and he spends 6 hours for philosphy. And imagine a man B who has 4 hours a day to spend how he likes, and he spends 3 of them for philosphy. A spends 1/2 of his free time for study, B spends 3/4 of his free time. Of course A can spend more time and dig deep into topics, but B sacrifices more time in percentage. And a bigger sacrifice can be a bigger intrest. Maybe I'm picky with this, if some disagree I gladly take the risk and learn
I know reading philosophy is so important, but as a 17 year old, I feel like I should understand way more than I do. I feel so stupid when I do not immediately get it and unlike arithmetic, there is no way to verify if you "get it". With math or science, you have a concrete answer and usually a set number of answers, but how many ways are there to word a concept? This is my first video of yours I discovered, so I am going to give it a try. I am interested in feminism and aesthetics. Any book recommendations? P.S: I subscribed :) I love to support educational channels
Well, for what it's worth, you are wayyyyyy ahead of the game by taking interest at 17 years old. It may be difficult now, but you'll improve overtime (like anything else). Philosophy is very, very challenging, but incredibly worth reading and deciphering. When I was 17, I didn't even know what Philosophy was, so I envy that you're starting early :) Edit: For books, Plato is always a good starting point, such as the Republic!
In any case I council Descartes "Discourse on the method" where he simply states that a cathedral is built with many bricks and that the small leads to the large - so if you are interested in a concept just try reading the simple (or sometimes not so simple) short books on the issue which might give you hints as to what to read next so you can start with your cathedral. Doing the simple easy things will give you the satisfaction to continue and will eventually lead you to do the hard things.
About memorability, Schopenhauer blew my mind. What an excellent writer (and translator). He articulated things I had thought before, but so clearly and eloquently to boot!
Agreed! Especially his aphorisms
Careful with Schopenhauer - he was depressed - thats a bad sign if you are a philosopher - philosophers are supposed to be happy and joyful else they must have got their thinking wrong.
The reason for this is that the purpose for philsophy is the love of wisdom - and wisdom is to be perpetually happy and joyful and not miserable so, if you go by logic a philsopher that is miserable got it all wrong.
@@lorenzocapitani8666 I can find no reference to indicate Herr Schopenhauer was depressed
@@BanditZA wikipedia: In 1805, Heinrich drowned in a canal near their home in Hamburg. Although it was possible that his death was accidental, his wife and son believed that it was suicide. He was prone to anxiety and depression; each becoming more pronounced later in his life.[44] Arthur showed similar moodiness during his youth and often acknowledged that he inherited it from his father. There were other instances of serious mental health history on his father's side of the family.[47]
Furthermore: Upon his arrival in Frankfurt, he experienced a period of depression and declining health.[140]
Philosophers are supposed to be paramount exercisers of morals and thus be Healthy and Joyous - its a key indicator - a philospher that is Glum is simply not worthy.
@@lorenzocapitani8666 that is referring to his father.
You may not be the number one philosophical content creator on TH-cam, but you're the coolest and funniest for sure. I really enjoy your uploads. Thank you for the time and creativity you put in your videos. Hope you stick around for us and stay healthy. Best of luck
Thank you Jon!
Totally agreed 👍
your honesty is refreshing
Thanks bro!
100 million % agreed. You gotta make time out for this stuff in your day to day life. Because studying the Humanities i.e. philosophy, art and music, like working out, sticking to a diet or going for a run; is its' own reward.
There's not enough that can be said. Other than to "just do it." You'll thank yourself later that you did. 🍻😎
I personally use TH-cam sort of like an answer key for books I read. Most recently I finished Plato’s symposium and then I watched some of what you had to say about it to compare my conclusions and make sure I was properly understanding the meaning
Nice nice that's a good combo
I think philosophy can let a person increase their open mindedness to ideas.
Yes, the whole idea however is to take it as wisdom and not as truth - wisdom has to be useful, applicable and applied else it is nothing more than sensless cogitative pleasure.
What if we had a discord to unite our knowledge between fellow followers?
A note on the effort required: There's a lot of distance between not-reading and going over an entire text with a highlighter. Skimming a text is OK too! In fact...it's a valuable skill in its own right
Been really enjoying your vids. Thanks for the making them :)
The main criticism that I have for books that comes to my mind is Socrates - who hated committing to writing for he claimed that if you committed something to writing others would claim it to be a truth simply because it is written.
Its a trick used in many debates: you want to win a debate? Use citations from famous authors as supporting elements - that tends to impress the pubblic and silence opposition - and it has an effect even if you speak nonsense.
I love scallops!😋 Also your delightful content ❤️
Thank you for all your nice comments Grace!
The low and high intrest in philosophy somehow catched me. Intrest should not be bound to the time you're able to invest.
Imagine a man A who has 12 hours a day to spend how ever he wants, and he spends 6 hours for philosphy.
And imagine a man B who has 4 hours a day to spend how he likes, and he spends 3 of them for philosphy.
A spends 1/2 of his free time for study, B spends 3/4 of his free time. Of course A can spend more time and dig deep into topics, but B sacrifices more time in percentage. And a bigger sacrifice can be a bigger intrest.
Maybe I'm picky with this, if some disagree I gladly take the risk and learn
That's true, time spent relative to how much free time you have available maybe
Haven't officially watched it but it's a very good video
thank ya, nice profile pic
Love the channel!
Thank you Magnus!
Thanks for the video! Would you say that reading philosophy carries over to computer science and software engineering?
What about listening to the books on Audible?
That works, but I also like to highlight personally. Rereading is also pretty big for me
Did you say effort?
I know reading philosophy is so important, but as a 17 year old, I feel like I should understand way more than I do. I feel so stupid when I do not immediately get it and unlike arithmetic, there is no way to verify if you "get it". With math or science, you have a concrete answer and usually a set number of answers, but how many ways are there to word a concept? This is my first video of yours I discovered, so I am going to give it a try. I am interested in feminism and aesthetics. Any book recommendations?
P.S: I subscribed :) I love to support educational channels
Well, for what it's worth, you are wayyyyyy ahead of the game by taking interest at 17 years old. It may be difficult now, but you'll improve overtime (like anything else). Philosophy is very, very challenging, but incredibly worth reading and deciphering. When I was 17, I didn't even know what Philosophy was, so I envy that you're starting early :)
Edit: For books, Plato is always a good starting point, such as the Republic!
In any case I council Descartes "Discourse on the method" where he simply states that a cathedral is built with many bricks and that the small leads to the large - so if you are interested in a concept just try reading the simple (or sometimes not so simple) short books on the issue which might give you hints as to what to read next so you can start with your cathedral. Doing the simple easy things will give you the satisfaction to continue and will eventually lead you to do the hard things.
I like shrimp
I think the only serious comment I can leave here is: clams! 🥲