Schopenhauer: Life is Pain | Counsels & Maxims 1

"Pleasure is only the negation of pain, and pain is the positive element in life."
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Introduction & Section 1 of Counsels and Maxims (1851)
0:00 Introduction
3:00 Not Pleasure but Freedom from Pain
11:18 Life is Hell
16:01 Rule = Avoid Pain
23:45 Hypocrisy of the World
28:45 End
#Philosophy #Schopenhauer #Pessimism
Music: Among the Clouds, by Darren Curtis
Thumbnail Image: 1815 Portrait, By Ludwig Sigismund Ruhl - Schopenhauer-Archiv der Stadt- und Universitätsbibliothek Frankfurt am Main, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
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[@gumis123PL]

I appreciate a Catholic (correct if incorrect) philosopher covering Schopenhauer in a clear and unbiased manner. One does not need to take everything he wrote as matter-of-fact, but his words really do make one suspect that there is something "fallen" or "incomplete" about the world we inhabit...

[@ChristopherAnadale]

I agree with you on both points. This is an enjoyable series for me to make. Thanks for the encouragement.

[@Torgo1969]

We love some good old Schope!

[@bubbag8895]

This book was super important to me during my incarceration

[@JB-kw2in]

happy for you

[@GS-lp2up]

I’m reading Schopenhauer’s Essays and Aphorisms now. So, these are very helpful. Thank you!

[@dearservice1998]

Thank you so much for making this series!

[@ChristopherAnadale]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@Richard-1776]

J’ai apprécie la lecture. Schopenhauer fait sens. J’ai aimé aussi vos vidéos sur Aristote. Tout tes vidéos sont utiles pour moi. You read a bit in French, so I’m using that as an excuse to write in French. I assume you know some French. You might be interested to know Aristotole’s Ethics is what made me realize I needed to learn another language. And he was right! It’s the most stimulating thing I’ve ever done. I feel like I’ve been born again. There’s a saying, learn a new language, get a new soul. The only thing I could ever do well in school, was write, and better than most ( which is the consensus of most of my teachers, it wasn’t my idea). How that happened I don’t know because I was a multiple time flunkie, hate reading, and writing for that matter, which is why I appreciate your videos. I find them very useful. I learn better by listening, than I do by reading. Merci Professeur.

[@MPK1637]

Thank you.

[@robertvondarth1730]

My initial reaction is - one can take the bland path of room temperature oatmeal, or instead embrace the pain and drama, as it makes a much more interesting story.
The trick is to watch one’s life unfold from a distance, a detached observer director of the play.

[@rangecow]

I'm not a linguist, but I'd think your Latin pronunciation would be right on in some Latin community were you able to get back to that era and look around. A language and its spoken version varies place to place. There's no one correct pronunciation across a language world. So don't fear speaking Latin. Your Latin accent would no doubt have been perfect somewhere.

[@ChristopherAnadale]

Very kind of you, thanks!

[@brianw.5230]

Atheism is more painful :)