I first read this when I was 19, about 6 years ago. I read it through a particular lens and enjoyed it, but didn't really get it. Since then, this last year, I've suffered from a condition known as Depersonalization, I've started reading this book again this past week and it's comforting to read how the experiences described in this novel are exactly the ones I experience with my condition. One very common symptom of Depersonalization is existential angst and perceiving the world as if you're trapped in a very strange, detached sort of a bubble. Sartre must have experienced depersonalization to be able to describe it so accurately and I'm convinced that existential Philosophy was born from this condition. When it creeps up on you, you know something's not right, everything looks different. For example in the opening of the book where he's describing how a tankard he's drinking from looks intangibly different, but he knows logically it's still the same. He thinks that either the world must of changed, or more frighteningly, he has. He feels like he could slip into insanity. He also describes how when he remembers his travels that they feel like someone else's memories and not his own, they're distant and empty of colour and emotion. I and many other people around the world perceive the world like this daily. I'm basically telling you this for your interest, if you're still interested in this book then maybe you'd like to read about Depersonalization and come at the novel from a different angle.
The first few pages I read I was like “damn this dude has dpdr” I’m glad I was right on target. I’ve experienced it quite a few times and damn straight when you separate from yourself you feel nauseous.
After finishing the book, about a few months ago, I was practically convinced this was the case. Having my fair share of dpdr thus researching for any kind of link between the book and dpdr I could not find any correlations made in any of the papers I read, so glad to see someone finally pointing out!
im pretty damn desensitized to an extremely wide variety of violence and horror but i found this book pretty terrifying. there is something about sartre's "nausea" that really hit home in a way that i previously couldn't put into words.
Thank you so much for uploading these videos! After reading Nausea for my own enjoyment, I've become extremely interested in the concepts philosophers like Sartre and Nietzsche explore. I really wish philosophy was offered at my university, which is why I'm so appreciative of the fact that you've uploaded these videos for people like me to watch and enjoy. Thank you!
I took a few college philosophy classes but never had such a great teacher as you, Professor! Thanks for all your great effort into this grand project!
Well. . . as it so happens, by the end of this year, one of my goals is to have an affordable online set of courses on Existentialist thinkers developed. So, keep an eye out for those
Absolutely brilliant. My dad recommended this book to me when I was 18 and suffering existential angst and sickness due to summer isolation. I read it on holiday in Brittany where my family were far from human contact. This made the reading even more sinister and threatening. 'The Stranger' is up next. Keep up the work!
You're very welcome. I will be uploading some additional videos on Nietzsche, Sartre, and many other Existentialist thinkers this summer, and hopefully starting the first of what will be four online courses on Existentialism in the Fall
Yes, I have read Being and Nothingness -- you might check out my recent video about my Sartreian phase. I will be doing lectures on it as part of the this Existentialism series -- which, until my knee heals, is unfortunately on hold
I'm glad you like them! I do have plans to spend a good bit of time on Being and Nothingness -- probably at least 4 lectures, hopefully before Christmas
I think it would be a good idea to be familiar with some of the themes of some of the philosophers Sartre is referencing. I don't think it's necessary to know those figures in and out before reading Being and Nothingness In particular, I'd say the three H's (Hegel, Husserl, Heidegger), Bergson, and also Descartes
I'm glad I found your lecture because I had a difficult time trying to understand much of the novel. Its my first time reading existentialism...You're a very good speaker, well done.
i really enjoy watching your videos always, but when i’m having a panic attack(which is very frequent) i find your videos calming in some way lol i cant explain it. the way you talk and explain things i guess . “good vibes” i should say lol. that probably sounds SUPER weird. but you’ve helped me calm down from panic attacks so many times 😂 you’re awesome, a rare spirit, thanks for doing what you do
They are very different, to be sure. I do like Bakhtin, but I think that the notion of the carnival, taken from his Rabelais book, has been read into way too much, and needs to be framed better in terms of other key Bakhtin notions (very much like Lacan and the Mirror Stage). Perhaps down the line -- once I've got some other projects brought to fruition, I'll shoot some videos on Bakhtin's works
As an artist creating a series of sculpture considering the work of these two philosophers (specifically Sartre's Nausea and Bakhtin's Carnivalesque and how the two relate to questions of freedom and authenticity), I would really love to hear your ideas..... I understand they are two very different types of philosophers operating in quite different spheres but would love to hear your thoughts on the matter
Hey I've enjoyed your videos. My father teaches philosophy at st. Patrick's seminary in Menlo Park. I've been working in a wear house for about two years. You lecture last have helped me get through it.
I have a question about Sartres phenomenology. I'm being and nothingness in the chapters about temporality he talks about heideggers schelbstandikeit or self constancy. Since or experiences or "erlebnis" are apprehended as the quality of having sequences of appearances. How does he propose that we apprehend the multiplicity of sequences as a totality as the ego or that all those individual moments of the past are belonging to this particular for itself? Since they all have their own "being" Why doesn't reflective consciousness make them into a multi icy instead of a totality as being my pastness or my present?
Hi, I found your lecture very interesting. I'm considering what the intersection of ideas might have been between Sartre and Bakhtin, particularly in relation to the Carnivalesque, (which has the themes of rebellion, egalitarianism and renewal that Sartre, particularly in his later life, ascribed to). It also strikes me that Bakhtin's 'Towards a Philosophy of the Act' implies a personal responsibility in the construction of one's own life, just as Sartre and the existentialists spoke of
Thanks for the video suggestion. Very helpful. You mentioned the first time you read Being and Nothingness that there were references to other philosophic works that you had not read. If you were doing it all again, would you suggest becoming familiar with those other philosophers first? Or would you still just dive into Being and Nothingness? I guess I am looking for a road map of sorts to prepare me for the first reading.
I've only read the book once, about 6 months ago and can barely remember any of it. Need to read it again. Being and Nothingness is incomprehensible for me.
Gregory B. Sadler I understand his philosophies and find them fascinating when I watch lectures such as this or read books by other authors on his philosophies, but the language he uses in Being and Nothingness, the terminology is like a wall against my comprehension of the content.
Dr. Sadler-- thank you for all of your lectures, I really appreciate it! Were you ever planning on doing a couple lectures for Being and Nothingness? I read the section "The encounter with the other" a number of times but it still eludes me...Thank you!
Thank you for the Sartre lectures. I am considering reading Being and Nothingness. Have you read it? Are you considering doing lectures on it in the future? If you have read it, do you think a philosophy newbie such as myself can launch right into it or are there other works I should experience first to help me understand the book more completely?
Hello Professor. I appreciate the videos and think they are very good, but if the audio quality were better, I am sure that you would reach a lot more people. Some people don't have very loud speakers, and therefore are totally unable to hear some of the quieter videos, such as this one. You've kept me interested in existentialism, through reviewing your lectures on Hegel, Nietzsche, Heidigger, and now Sartre. It's just a shame that your audio quality doesn't match your terrific philosophical quality. I love your content and hope you keep up the good work.
Dr. Sadler, I am looking for the short play called "The Flies" by Sartre. Do you have a lecture on that subject for me to look at? Thank you sir for your help.
+ACEnBEAKY I suppose from your point of view , "just talking" (which you'd know if you'd watched the video). In education, we tend to call that "commentary" or "lecture" or sometimes "teaching about". . .
Gregory B. Sadler I was just trying to find the Audiobook of Nausea online to listen to it. I'm sure this worth listening too, so don't take offense. I was just asking if that's what this was before I started listening to the whole thing. Take care.
Gregory B. Sadler Not really. For somebody who's in a bit of a rush and trying to find a lead on where I can find an audio recording of a certain book online, who didn't exactly have time at the moment to listen to the whole thing? The point of asking was to see if somebody could direct me to a specific example of that, cuz I've been looking for a minute and haven't found it yet. If somebody knew exactly where to go cuz they found it before me, then it's reasonable to ask. It's not a silly question, at least considering the story behind it. Peace.
Here's what a 10 second google search comes up with: www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=audio%20mp3%20sartre%20nausea
Hahaha I forgot the self taught man was a socialist! Makes me wonder how Sartre ended up being a communist, everytime I read it I find the self taught man as a criticism to both humanism and socialism
@@GregoryBSadler I guess I didn't explain myself correctly what I meant to say is that I wondered how he became a communist since he criticized them in favour of existencialism, he talked about the idea of love of man not being the correct way to look at things yet socialism and humanism are all about it, I admit I've not read his later works adjusting existencialism to communism but makes me wonder if he bought into the idea of love of man
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I first read this when I was 19, about 6 years ago. I read it through a particular lens and enjoyed it, but didn't really get it. Since then, this last year, I've suffered from a condition known as Depersonalization, I've started reading this book again this past week and it's comforting to read how the experiences described in this novel are exactly the ones I experience with my condition. One very common symptom of Depersonalization is existential angst and perceiving the world as if you're trapped in a very strange, detached sort of a bubble. Sartre must have experienced depersonalization to be able to describe it so accurately and I'm convinced that existential Philosophy was born from this condition.
When it creeps up on you, you know something's not right, everything looks different. For example in the opening of the book where he's describing how a tankard he's drinking from looks intangibly different, but he knows logically it's still the same. He thinks that either the world must of changed, or more frighteningly, he has. He feels like he could slip into insanity. He also describes how when he remembers his travels that they feel like someone else's memories and not his own, they're distant and empty of colour and emotion. I and many other people around the world perceive the world like this daily. I'm basically telling you this for your interest, if you're still interested in this book then maybe you'd like to read about Depersonalization and come at the novel from a different angle.
Yes I agree , I am actually doing a thesis on this , i've had the condition for many years a while ago , they're definitely linked .
I experience depersonalization as well and completely agree with you.
@@mayomayo1180 did you end up doing the thesis?
The first few pages I read I was like “damn this dude has dpdr” I’m glad I was right on target. I’ve experienced it quite a few times and damn straight when you separate from yourself you feel nauseous.
After finishing the book, about a few months ago, I was practically convinced this was the case. Having my fair share of dpdr thus researching for any kind of link between the book and dpdr I could not find any correlations made in any of the papers I read, so glad to see someone finally pointing out!
im pretty damn desensitized to an extremely wide variety of violence and horror but i found this book pretty terrifying. there is something about sartre's "nausea" that really hit home in a way that i previously couldn't put into words.
Thank you so much for uploading these videos! After reading Nausea for my own enjoyment, I've become extremely interested in the concepts philosophers like Sartre and Nietzsche explore. I really wish philosophy was offered at my university, which is why I'm so appreciative of the fact that you've uploaded these videos for people like me to watch and enjoy. Thank you!
Your videos and your replies to comments are both some of the best I’ve seen on TH-cam. Thank you for your hard work, it’s much appreciated
You're welcome - and thanks!
I took a few college philosophy classes but never had such a great teacher as you, Professor! Thanks for all your great effort into this grand project!
Well. . . as it so happens, by the end of this year, one of my goals is to have an affordable online set of courses on Existentialist thinkers developed. So, keep an eye out for those
Absolutely brilliant. My dad recommended this book to me when I was 18 and suffering existential angst and sickness due to summer isolation. I read it on holiday in Brittany where my family were far from human contact. This made the reading even more sinister and threatening. 'The Stranger' is up next. Keep up the work!
Smart dad!
what do you mean existential sickness and angst ? you were bored of life ? and started asking questions about your existence ?
Thank you for posting this lecture on TH-cam. I am reading this book for the first time, and your lectures are really helping me get though the book.
You're very welcome!
Wowww Same Process ! Thanks for helping out .
You're very welcome. I will be uploading some additional videos on Nietzsche, Sartre, and many other Existentialist thinkers this summer, and hopefully starting the first of what will be four online courses on Existentialism in the Fall
You're very welcome -- glad you liked them. Yep, it's one great existentialist piece of literature, perhaps Sartre's best work
Yes, I have read Being and Nothingness -- you might check out my recent video about my Sartreian phase.
I will be doing lectures on it as part of the this Existentialism series -- which, until my knee heals, is unfortunately on hold
You're welcome -- glad you liked it
I'm glad you like them! I do have plans to spend a good bit of time on Being and Nothingness -- probably at least 4 lectures, hopefully before Christmas
Merci beaucoup pour votre vidéo qui accompagne parfaitement ma lecture de la nausée, excellente journée
Je suis tres heureux de lire que le video etait utile pour votre lecture de Sartre
I'm glad to read that!
We get deeper into the metaphysical content in the second lecture
I think it would be a good idea to be familiar with some of the themes of some of the philosophers Sartre is referencing. I don't think it's necessary to know those figures in and out before reading Being and Nothingness
In particular, I'd say the three H's (Hegel, Husserl, Heidegger), Bergson, and also Descartes
Glad they are useful for you. You're welcome!
I'm glad I found your lecture because I had a difficult time trying to understand much of the novel. Its my first time reading existentialism...You're a very good speaker, well done.
Thanks! Glad it was helpful for you
Marco try... reading existentialism is a humanism... then go to stranger by Camus, then myth of sisyphus then Nausea.
You're welcome -- glad to hear that you're reading the book, simply because it merits to be read
Thanks -- glad you liked it that much
Thanks for this. My school has been teaching us about Nausea and I have assignment regarded with it. This video is helping me a lot.
Glad to read it!
i really enjoy watching your videos always,
but when i’m having a panic attack(which is very frequent) i find your videos calming in some way lol i cant explain it. the way you talk and explain things i guess . “good vibes” i should say lol. that probably sounds SUPER weird. but you’ve helped me calm down from panic attacks so many times 😂 you’re awesome, a rare spirit, thanks for doing what you do
It doesn't sound weird to me, and I'm glad the videos are helpful in that way. Almost like off-label medications
They are very different, to be sure.
I do like Bakhtin, but I think that the notion of the carnival, taken from his Rabelais book, has been read into way too much, and needs to be framed better in terms of other key Bakhtin notions (very much like Lacan and the Mirror Stage).
Perhaps down the line -- once I've got some other projects brought to fruition, I'll shoot some videos on Bakhtin's works
As an artist creating a series of sculpture considering the work of these two philosophers (specifically Sartre's Nausea and Bakhtin's Carnivalesque and how the two relate to questions of freedom and authenticity), I would really love to hear your ideas..... I understand they are two very different types of philosophers operating in quite different spheres but would love to hear your thoughts on the matter
Hey I've enjoyed your videos. My father teaches philosophy at st. Patrick's seminary in Menlo Park. I've been working in a wear house for about two years. You lecture last have helped me get through it.
Glad the videos have been useful for you!
I've worked my fair share of jobs like that, but there weren't any videos back then, unfortunately
I will look forward to those!
well, hello there...
This is some good stuff, thanks! definitely going to watch more of your uploads
Glad you enjoyed it
Any books on this subject which you might recommend? Nausea was my first on existentialism.
Thank you very much for this, man. Really interesting lecture and really useful.
James Szumowski You're very welcome
thanks for uploading this, fantastic andv lucid series of lectures on a very interestic and powerful novel
I have a question about Sartres phenomenology. I'm being and nothingness in the chapters about temporality he talks about heideggers schelbstandikeit or self constancy. Since or experiences or "erlebnis" are apprehended as the quality of having sequences of appearances. How does he propose that we apprehend the multiplicity of sequences as a totality as the ego or that all those individual moments of the past are belonging to this particular for itself? Since they all have their own "being" Why doesn't reflective consciousness make them into a multi icy instead of a totality as being my pastness or my present?
Hi, I found your lecture very interesting. I'm considering what the intersection of ideas might have been between Sartre and Bakhtin, particularly in relation to the Carnivalesque, (which has the themes of rebellion, egalitarianism and renewal that Sartre, particularly in his later life, ascribed to). It also strikes me that Bakhtin's 'Towards a Philosophy of the Act' implies a personal responsibility in the construction of one's own life, just as Sartre and the existentialists spoke of
Thanks for this. Your channel is phenomenal!
You're welcome! Glad you enjoyed it
Thanks for uploading this video. I learned a lot!
Thanks for the video suggestion. Very helpful.
You mentioned the first time you read Being and Nothingness that there were references to other philosophic works that you had not read. If you were doing it all again, would you suggest becoming familiar with those other philosophers first? Or would you still just dive into Being and Nothingness? I guess I am looking for a road map of sorts to prepare me for the first reading.
I've only read the book once, about 6 months ago and can barely remember any of it. Need to read it again. Being and Nothingness is incomprehensible for me.
It is a complex work, to be sure
Gregory B. Sadler I understand his philosophies and find them fascinating when I watch lectures such as this or read books by other authors on his philosophies, but the language he uses in Being and Nothingness, the terminology is like a wall against my comprehension of the content.
Dr. Sadler-- thank you for all of your lectures, I really appreciate it! Were you ever planning on doing a couple lectures for Being and Nothingness? I read the section "The encounter with the other" a number of times but it still eludes me...Thank you!
Thank you for the Sartre lectures.
I am considering reading Being and Nothingness. Have you read it? Are you considering doing lectures on it in the future?
If you have read it, do you think a philosophy newbie such as myself can launch right into it or are there other works I should experience first to help me understand the book more completely?
Hello Professor. I appreciate the videos and think they are very good, but if the audio quality were better, I am sure that you would reach a lot more people. Some people don't have very loud speakers, and therefore are totally unable to hear some of the quieter videos, such as this one. You've kept me interested in existentialism, through reviewing your lectures on Hegel, Nietzsche, Heidigger, and now Sartre. It's just a shame that your audio quality doesn't match your terrific philosophical quality. I love your content and hope you keep up the good work.
+Oliver Hohman Some of the older videos have lower audio quality. Nothing to be done about videos uploaded years ago
+Gregory B. Sadler That makes sense. I should have taken that into consideration.
beautiful analysis!!
Dr. Sadler, I am looking for the short play called "The Flies" by Sartre. Do you have a lecture on that subject for me to look at? Thank you sir for your help.
I do not. . . yet
Gregory B. Sadler ow snap!
what happened with the audio? it sounds too weak...
Read the date on the video
Is there an audio problem? I really want to understand this but it is incomprehensible
Apoorva chawla That's an easy fix. Turn your volume up.
Gregory B. Sadler its all good to me
Q+
Sick world made me seek this book again😷🤮🤮🤮
Lot's of emojis there
What does nothingness means in philosophical term?
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Now that is some scary audio.
Yep. Only comment you've got on a video shot 7 years ago?
Is this a reading of Nausea, or just talking about it?
+ACEnBEAKY I suppose from your point of view , "just talking" (which you'd know if you'd watched the video). In education, we tend to call that "commentary" or "lecture" or sometimes "teaching about". . .
Gregory B. Sadler I was just trying to find the Audiobook of Nausea online to listen to it. I'm sure this worth listening too, so don't take offense. I was just asking if that's what this was before I started listening to the whole thing. Take care.
***** No offense taken. It was a silly question, so I simply treated it as such
Gregory B. Sadler Not really. For somebody who's in a bit of a rush and trying to find a lead on where I can find an audio recording of a certain book online, who didn't exactly have time at the moment to listen to the whole thing? The point of asking was to see if somebody could direct me to a specific example of that, cuz I've been looking for a minute and haven't found it yet. If somebody knew exactly where to go cuz they found it before me, then it's reasonable to ask.
It's not a silly question, at least considering the story behind it.
Peace.
Here's what a 10 second google search comes up with: www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=audio%20mp3%20sartre%20nausea
Hahaha I forgot the self taught man was a socialist! Makes me wonder how Sartre ended up being a communist, everytime I read it I find the self taught man as a criticism to both humanism and socialism
that's funny that you think that socialism or humanism are one big monolithic thing, or that Sartre didn't make any distinctions
@@GregoryBSadler I guess I didn't explain myself correctly what I meant to say is that I wondered how he became a communist since he criticized them in favour of existencialism, he talked about the idea of love of man not being the correct way to look at things yet socialism and humanism are all about it, I admit I've not read his later works adjusting existencialism to communism but makes me wonder if he bought into the idea of love of man
Patricio Vidaurre it doesn’t sound as if you’ve even read his earlier works. You’ll discover answers to your worries there
Good luck with your studies