Henri Bergson (18) - The Elan Vital

[@absurdbeing2219]

*Contents*
01:00 Materialism and idealism
04:05 The source of mind and matter
06:52 A tension, or effort
10:07 Time / duration
13:52 A detension, or relaxation
17:03 Space / extension
28:58 Diagram: Comparing the two ‘directions’
29:36 Process
31:28 Key insight: The tendencies to tension and detension must be in the original impetus
33:06 The second law of thermodynamics
41:32 Key insight: Life is originally a tendency to accumulate in a reservoir
45:29 Analogy: Vessel full of steam at pressure
48:58 The one and the many
52:58 Summary

[@catherinepeter5231]

Well done. Thank you.
I am also looking at the thinking process. Difficult task.

[@absurdbeing2219]

@@catherinepeter5231 Interesting. Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment!

[@Sakura-fw2fy]

Excellent work Nathan ! Kudos for your great efforts !!

[@absurdbeing2219]

Thanks a lot!

[@amirleshem6720]

If I say that the core distinction between Bergson's dualism and Decartes Dualism is that Bergson replaces Substance with process, will it be correct?

[@absurdbeing2219]

Yes. I think I could get behind that. He replaces _two_ substances with a _single_ process which yields two aspects (that are nevertheless different in kind, hence dualistic).

[@Vooodooolicious]

Comparable somehow to Hegel..

[@aek12]

Read dane rudhyar in your channel if possible

[@absurdbeing2219]

Sorry, I don't believe in astrology.

[@aek12]

@@absurdbeing2219 It was my point of view too. Before I read Rene Guenon - The crisis of the modern world. It is good. Make video about Rene Guenon. He is needed in these times of confusion and infinite progress.

[@aek12]

@@absurdbeing2219 In the first place, it should be noted that the attribution of different meanings to the terms 'astrology' and 'astronomy' is relatively
recent; the two words were used synonymously by the Greeks to
denote the whole ground now covered by both. It would seem at
first sight then that we have here another instance of one of those
divisions caused by 'specialization' between what originally_ were
simply parts of a single science. But there is a certain difference in
this case, for whereas one of the parts, namely that representing the
more material side of the science in question, has taken on an independent development, the other has on the contrary entirely disappeared. A measure of the truth of this lies in the fact that it is no
longer known today what ancient astrology may have been, and
that even those who have tried to reconstruct it have managed to
create nothing more than parodies of it. - This paragrpah is form rene guenon's book.

[@anhumblemessengerofthelawo3858]

@@absurdbeing2219
Never heard of Project Hindsight ? All the original ancient Greek texts recovered, translated, and grasped metaphysically by the scholar Robert Schmidt? It's based on a language model. I don't "believe" in Dane Rudyar's approach either. It's pathetic. It's embarrassing even. It's no wonder it's not taken seriously. He reinvented astrology according to psychology... based on the rags and tatters that still exists. But things changed the last 20 years. Now, saying you don't believe in astrology is like saying you don't believe in English, or mathematics or music. Literally. The timing methods make this abundantly obvious; clockwork. Greek astrology originated in the classical era. You may have heard of Plato's Timaeus. Or the Cratylus? A man named Eudoxus who named the constellations and encoded the mathematical ratios of the Sun and moon? Why? Save the Appearances, my friend.

[@참티비영구아빠와외제]

Why did you go bald?

[@absurdbeing2219]

Just sick of getting my hair cut. This should give me a couple of months!

[@vp4744]

@@absurdbeing2219 That's because hair cut is an event but hair growth is a process. 😜

[@absurdbeing2219]

@@vp4744 Exactly. It was my visual aid to understanding Bergson's philosophy!