The meaning of life according to Simone de Beauvoir - Iseult Gillespie

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  • Explore the life and works of Simone de Beauvoir, the author of “The Second Sex” and existentialist philosopher who influenced early feminist theory.
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    At the age of 21, Simone de Beauvoir became the youngest person to take the philosophy exams at France’s most esteemed university. But as soon as she mastered the rules of philosophy, she wanted to break them. Her desire to explore the physical world to its fullest would shape her life, and eventually, inspire radical new philosophies. Iseult Gillespie explores the life of the revolutionary thinker.
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  • @sourabhs14
    @sourabhs14 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2742

    "A freedom which is interested only in denying freedom must be denied."

    • @omri9325
      @omri9325 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Sounds kinda paradoxical-self-referencial

    • @invalidavatar
      @invalidavatar 4 ปีที่แล้ว +150

      @@omri9325 well, it is. but you can't have tolerance if you tolerate intolerance, can you?

    • @charleschong7362
      @charleschong7362 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@invalidavatar maybe read the definition of tolerance.

    • @charleschong7362
      @charleschong7362 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Depends on what is meant by "freedom". Nihilism is a dead end, too.

    • @maiar.3344
      @maiar.3344 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I believe an example is the right to bear arms- guns can only take freedom from others, not offer it.

  • @MangOnang611
    @MangOnang611 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1848

    Sartre on date night be like:
    "Hey gurl, you want some existential crises?"

    • @AnetSpear
      @AnetSpear 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      That's ne

    • @yasminmendonca6751
      @yasminmendonca6751 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      she did want it...

    • @sharmishtaa
      @sharmishtaa 3 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      On that date night, Sartre heard: Hey dude, want some existential crises from a woman's perspective?And they became partners, intellectual, romantic and lifelong.

    • @linalebied8439
      @linalebied8439 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I read crises in french

    • @larissarodrigues1234
      @larissarodrigues1234 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      "I thought you wouldn't ask 😍"

  • @user-kj9jv4dp6n
    @user-kj9jv4dp6n 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3272

    Humans: exist
    Philosophers: But why would you do that?

    • @robertnagy985
      @robertnagy985 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Humans and animals: exist

    • @howie6768
      @howie6768 3 ปีที่แล้ว +149

      More like -
      Universe: exists
      Philosophers: but why?

    • @amadeus5182
      @amadeus5182 3 ปีที่แล้ว +123

      Humans:*exist*
      Philosophers: Or do you?

    • @selfishgene2412
      @selfishgene2412 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      If you don't know what is your destiny why will you go in the trip ??
      And if when we die there is nothing after why will we resist all the suffering
      And whatever will you do from an atheistic perspective there is no escape from nihilism because all what exist is only matter no more.

    • @badibadabadum
      @badibadabadum 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      my brother: *says anything*
      me: but why is that?

  • @Sly_Spy
    @Sly_Spy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1693

    "our greatest ethical imperative is to create our own live's meaning"
    This is such a good quote.

    • @Sly_Spy
      @Sly_Spy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @A curious Jaggi this makes me truly sad ;-;

    • @selfishgene2412
      @selfishgene2412 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      From ana theistic perspective there is no objective morals it's all subjective so you can't speak about morals from an atheistic perspective
      And that's what faced Emanuel Kant when he tried to establish objective morals in an atheistic view.

    • @virtualdrudgery
      @virtualdrudgery 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      sartre said something similar: "people are like dice, we throw ourselves into the direction of our own choosing"

    • @satnamo
      @satnamo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The meaning of life is to become god unto our self because man is a god in ruin

    • @gordonlekfors2708
      @gordonlekfors2708 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      nah. as a "greatest imperative" it is certainly questionable, and looking at it in a scope of many schools of moral philosophies, it's not entirely unproblematic.

  • @ushagupta6973
    @ushagupta6973 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3552

    The concept, the style of narration, the visual effect and the animation is itself an art. Its awesome that Ted ed dwells into topic one hardly knows about and explores...so fascinating...thanks ted ed!

    • @myyou7335
      @myyou7335 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      And she pronounced the french name byutifully

    • @chununanunan4040
      @chununanunan4040 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      its revolutionizing

    • @Motorwali
      @Motorwali 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      th-cam.com/video/7d16CpWp-ok/w-d-xo.html might answer some questions

    • @sharonchoong4678
      @sharonchoong4678 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nice comment

    • @Geronimo7-7-7
      @Geronimo7-7-7 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The title is wrong. It should refer to Feminism somewhere!

  • @aadivrath2407
    @aadivrath2407 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1364

    People should really read a bit more about philosophy, it's absolutely amazing.

    • @spongekun4246
      @spongekun4246 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Your profile photo seems familiar

    • @warlock1809
      @warlock1809 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      It's from Stephen West show. Philosophize This!! My favorite show 🤩

    • @bellamarcon2664
      @bellamarcon2664 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      What would you recommend for a beginner to all of this stuff? I'm super interested in philosophy, but I don't even know how to break the surface.

    • @aadivrath2407
      @aadivrath2407 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@bellamarcon2664 Honestly? Anything. Pick a topic you're interested in, and try and find resources and famous writers on it. Podcasts and YT videos are what I'd recommend to start off, then you can go into the heavier lit.

    • @im_learning_bicth
      @im_learning_bicth 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I wished everyone truly has the same opportunity to do so, but sadly, we don’t.

  • @laksheya
    @laksheya 4 ปีที่แล้ว +903

    1:00 the 'e' flew away because existentialism is spelled existentialisme in french!

    • @NitemareMoon
      @NitemareMoon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      That's so clever! 😁

  • @Alkalus
    @Alkalus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3611

    Simone de Beauvoir: *masters philosophy*
    Also her: _Yeah...naw._

    • @sip__
      @sip__ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Mht Mdy bro are you ok

    • @sip__
      @sip__ 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mht Mdy yes

    • @Alkalus
      @Alkalus 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cult of the United Earth C.U.E
      What are the requirements or criteria?

    • @satyajitpal8587
      @satyajitpal8587 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Mistress of philosophy 🤣

    • @Nalhek
      @Nalhek 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeet them platonic forms right tf outa here

  • @Emme-Kappa
    @Emme-Kappa 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1999

    Sartre looks like a fun quirky dude in these drawings.

    • @satyamprakash7030
      @satyamprakash7030 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Only if people knew what he was in person

    • @kurtlindner
      @kurtlindner 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Just sitting there, enjoying his conversation and radical freedom, thinking, "I'd sure like to do some drugs."

    • @RisikoAO
      @RisikoAO 4 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      He wasn't. He lied about him being part of the french resistance (Beauvoir supported his lies), and repeatedly attacked Albert Camus who was the real nice guy and philosopher that backed his words with actions.
      Sartre was an a-hole, and Beauvoir not far from it.
      You should read Michel Onfray's "L'ordre libertaire", it does have a brilliant chapter about Sartre.

    • @narozstyle
      @narozstyle 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      "A sweet two minute story about the meaning of life" answers the eternal question: "What's the point of it all?" : th-cam.com/video/Jt0hV6xvWSI/w-d-xo.html

    • @beththreat5098
      @beththreat5098 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@RisikoAO Nah sure the author has been biased towards them!

  • @somewiseguy7245
    @somewiseguy7245 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1384

    I'm a simple man.
    I see a philosopher, I click.

    • @verne8997
      @verne8997 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      The ambiguity of this comment is beautiful

    • @Jobe-13
      @Jobe-13 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Verne Yes

    • @keajaalexander6279
      @keajaalexander6279 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

    • @keajaalexander6279
      @keajaalexander6279 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Verne Ik it’s inane

    • @sourabhs14
      @sourabhs14 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Then you must not be simple

  • @sethleoric2598
    @sethleoric2598 4 ปีที่แล้ว +943

    Existence: exists
    Philosophers: do you really tho?

    • @unityunity5086
      @unityunity5086 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      :=)

    • @99MKris
      @99MKris 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      this comment structure became so dull and prevalent that I'm not even surprised to see it here

    • @yeisongomez4286
      @yeisongomez4286 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why do you?

    • @hirutargaw6543
      @hirutargaw6543 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol

    • @Jackgritty28
      @Jackgritty28 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      If it shapes your life,ideas are used to burden our existence, when it should have been kept simple,don't need to feel restricted, redefine our limits, the pursuit of an ideal, a controversial life is not for everyone✅

  • @themarquis336
    @themarquis336 2 ปีที่แล้ว +136

    How brilliant 😭
    Possibly the most fascinating thing about knowledge is that it cannot wane, it can only become greater. The fact that de Beauvoir could come up with these brilliant seminal ideas and that decades later other researchers could (and can) build up on that with newer knowledge and a newer understanding of the world so that the brilliant essence of the original idea can become more universal and help many more of us to understand and endure our lives better, is such an extraordinary thing.

  • @weegeeismad9298
    @weegeeismad9298 4 ปีที่แล้ว +418

    “As soon as she mastered the laws of philosophy, she wanted to break them”
    *We used the laws to destroy the laws*

    • @satnamo
      @satnamo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sometimes it just feel freaking good to destroy things because we are wretched

  • @marthapresent4992
    @marthapresent4992 4 ปีที่แล้ว +330

    For me, the meaning of life is to touch other's life and make a difference while we still exist.

    • @europeansovietunion7372
      @europeansovietunion7372 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Wrong! The meaning of life is to crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women.

    • @shoaibakhtar4389
      @shoaibakhtar4389 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@europeansovietunion7372 really bro 😅 do you think that?

    • @shoaibakhtar4389
      @shoaibakhtar4389 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nearly correct

    • @anatine_banana_69
      @anatine_banana_69 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@europeansovietunion7372 Nicloe?

    • @Farisss92
      @Farisss92 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@europeansovietunion7372 username checks out

  • @katrinkasanfranciscobayare7364
    @katrinkasanfranciscobayare7364 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    "The loneliest people are the kindest,
    the saddest people smile the brightest,
    and the most damaged people are the wisest.
    All because they don't wish to see others suffer like they do"
    ~ anonymous ~

  • @minms38
    @minms38 4 ปีที่แล้ว +508

    Plato: discovers philosophy
    Simone: I'm gonna end this man's career

    • @99MKris
      @99MKris 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      dull

    • @danpetru
      @danpetru 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Alex AS did she?

    • @charleschong7362
      @charleschong7362 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      In the end, Plato will win in this respect.

    • @michaelwu7678
      @michaelwu7678 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      danpetru de Beauvoir did not “end Plato’s career,” nor was this her intention

    • @michaelwu7678
      @michaelwu7678 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      danpetru de Beauvoir did not “end Plato’s career,” nor was this her intention

  • @Pixie2sweet
    @Pixie2sweet 2 ปีที่แล้ว +95

    “If everyone deserves to freely pursue meaning, why was she restricted by societies ideals of womanhood?” That stuck with me

    • @mantabsekali920
      @mantabsekali920 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Deserved doesn't mean acknowledged

  • @maryannedelossantos8218
    @maryannedelossantos8218 2 ปีที่แล้ว +179

    for me simone de beauvoir is such an inspiring female philosopher, her works, books were inspirational, and it has very powerful meaning behind it, she's very creative and wise on her works

  • @ThiagoCorbari
    @ThiagoCorbari 4 ปีที่แล้ว +223

    She's the perfect example of "do what I say but not what I do".

    • @mantabsekali920
      @mantabsekali920 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Look the art not the maker haha

    • @arhatyellow
      @arhatyellow ปีที่แล้ว

      @Asim Malik And that is lightweight pedantry. Try reading a book sometime, or ever.

    • @percycesar769
      @percycesar769 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well said my friend. We are not idiots.

  • @KTChamberlain
    @KTChamberlain 4 ปีที่แล้ว +153

    "What do you want a meaning for? Life is a desire, not a meaning. Desire is the theme of all life. The meaning of anything is merely other words for the same thing."
    --Charlie Chaplin

    • @disrael2101
      @disrael2101 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Interesting! Elaborate desires please

    • @hirutargaw6543
      @hirutargaw6543 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@disrael2101 There is desire in your own question; that desire is to understand desire….😁

    • @pushparahi5681
      @pushparahi5681 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@hirutargaw6543 lmao

  • @mattfz7593
    @mattfz7593 4 ปีที่แล้ว +216

    "You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life."
    Albert Camus

    • @kingfisher9725
      @kingfisher9725 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Alex AS Interesting thought. Well said :)

    • @Motorwali
      @Motorwali 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      th-cam.com/video/7d16CpWp-ok/w-d-xo.html might answer some questions

    • @andrasnemes5427
      @andrasnemes5427 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Alex AS I mean the feeling of hapiness is real we just had to name it somehow

    • @LounaM11
      @LounaM11 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Alex AS "Like great works, deep feelings always mean more than they are conscious of saying... Great feelings take with them their own universe, splendid or abject. They light up with their passion an exclusive world in which they recognize their climate."
      - Albert Camus

    • @marcodragneel8035
      @marcodragneel8035 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Only when we accept the meaninglessness of our lives can we face the absurd with our heads held high -Camus

  • @golightly123456
    @golightly123456 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    I love how Sartre’s eyes are correctly depicted in cartoon form.

  • @zeholandajunior
    @zeholandajunior 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Thanks for the Portuguese subtitles. From northeast Brazil. Congratulations on the video.

  • @mrstoic4338
    @mrstoic4338 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    This is exactly correct. Create your own freedom and allow (or even; help) others to do the same. Do whatever you want (that makes you happy), as long as you do not prohibit others from practicing their freedom as you do. I have lived this way for about 12 years now (my life is a long story that I won't tell at this particular moment) and I am becoming happier and happier (and more one with myself) for every day that passes. I am also helping my girlfriend to become more aware of her power in CHOICES (that; everything in life, is a result of previous choices made by oneself, in one form or another). She's making very fast progress and it makes me a very happy man to both live the way that I want to and to see her smile when she wakes up, eager to become more powerful and to find herself.

  • @sylvy16
    @sylvy16 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    The meaning of life for me is to be happy and learn. Learning could mean realising you have changed in personality over a year.
    contradictorily, I also believe that life doesn’t have or need a meaning to be fulfilling. Life is just something we do in between periods of unconsciousness and we do whatever we can during life. We care for people around us and try to be nice and contribute to society.

    • @amanumin7201
      @amanumin7201 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Why we are here??, one article for read.. What is the Purpose of Life Islam Guide

    • @a.s.o9496
      @a.s.o9496 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I also agree that to be happy is the meaning of life. But at the same time life is meaningless. Let me expand it. Imagine life is a movie and we are characters in it. Our role is to be happy. The meaningless part of this is for what this movie has been shot. it is my opinion how ridiculous 😅

    • @ConservativeCatholic2000
      @ConservativeCatholic2000 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@a.s.o9496In other words, you are a nihilist.

  • @ggweasel
    @ggweasel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Loving the animation and awesome art style mixed with education. If i learn stuff this way when i was in school, would have been much more enjoyable experience!

  • @aie_aie_
    @aie_aie_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    "Elle est exclue de l’Éducation nationale en juin 1943 - non pour détournement de ces deux mineurs comme on le dit souvent (cette affaire se clôt en effet par un non-lieu), mais parce que le recteur d’académie dénonce le fait qu’elle vit en concubinage, qu’elle enseigne Proust et Gide à ses étudiants et qu’elle affiche un mépris supérieur de toute discipline morale et familiale.
    Le recteur demande aussi la révocation de Sartre, qu’il n’obtient pas.
    Beauvoir sera réintégrée à la Libération mais décidera de ne pas reprendre l’enseignement."

    • @seda8044
      @seda8044 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      ı wish you translated this into english:( apologies madame

    • @tridente4769
      @tridente4769 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Asim Malik "She was excluded from National Education in June 1943 - not for the misappropriation of these two minors as is often said (this case indeed ends with a dismissal), but because the rector of the academy denounces the fact that 'she lives in cohabitation, that she teaches Proust and Gide to her students and that she displays a superior contempt for any moral and family discipline.
      The rector is also asking for Sartre's dismissal, which he does not get.
      Beauvoir will be reinstated at the Liberation but will decide not to resume teaching."

  • @dananabread6632
    @dananabread6632 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What an amazing video! Thank you ao much for this, TED-Ed!

  • @trevormartin1944
    @trevormartin1944 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    The entire composition of this video: the voice, the animation, the content, everything, is wonderfully pulchritudinous.

    • @hindaltahir817
      @hindaltahir817 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thank you for teaching me the word "pulchritudinous". 🌷

  • @xkenetic4673
    @xkenetic4673 4 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    I’ve been searching for the meaning of life, my whole life!
    Sometimes I think of just dying just too know if theres a meaning after life.

    • @Elwould23
      @Elwould23 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@sebastianelytron8450 last I checked, no one gets out of life alive.

    • @korozackikorozacki7444
      @korozackikorozacki7444 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      I have done the same. At the age of 11 I started question my existence,my meaning,my purpose. I am now 17 and I have formulated a simple approach to the big questions. My universal meaning of life is to simply enjoy what is given,to compare when one is eating a slice of cake does one ask why this cake? How was it made? What is it made of? What to do with it? No, one just enjoys it.

    • @xkenetic4673
      @xkenetic4673 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Korozacki Korozacki No, what is the literal reason for life, living and for our creation to exist for.

    • @korozackikorozacki7444
      @korozackikorozacki7444 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@xkenetic4673 To be enjoyed until its over. Thats what I am trying to point out. There isn't no bigger plan. The meaning is to find meaning in actions you create/do everyday.

    • @shoaibakhtar4389
      @shoaibakhtar4389 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same 😂😅

  • @vittoprince
    @vittoprince 4 ปีที่แล้ว +102

    Simone de Beauvoir: we live in a society

  • @watchit387
    @watchit387 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I never thought you could make an interesting topic so dull with a tone

  • @cybrace
    @cybrace 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    04:10 I love this channel because they chose to include this side of her.

  • @sebastianelytron8450
    @sebastianelytron8450 4 ปีที่แล้ว +435

    There is only one place in the world where you can find the meaning of life
    The dictionary.

  • @joaenahyewonGFM
    @joaenahyewonGFM 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love how at the end of the video the editor timed the appearing of the women's heads with the beat of the music.

  • @akj3344
    @akj3344 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love this video. Nice background music. Puts on the perfect theme.

  • @dystopia390
    @dystopia390 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    I feel so connected to her reading her memoirs, idk I just love her

  • @lifeisshortdontwasteitread2830
    @lifeisshortdontwasteitread2830 4 ปีที่แล้ว +159

    Anyone else been stuck in aroutine and is feeling a bit depressed because he's not working on bettering himself but he's not working because he's depressed?

    • @carinaschuh7748
      @carinaschuh7748 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Yeah i understand that feeling too well! Recently i figured that the things that i want to change or achieve are often linked to thoughts like "somebody is better than me" i try to change that in a more positive way, like telling myelf i can only can get better and i try not to be perfect every time on the first try, i try to see and find little mistakes in others and to like and love them...and then i see my own mistakes and faults and try to be ok with them
      It is not easy and way too often i fail
      But i know my mind is my biggest enemy, when you realise smthg does not help you or make you feel good then stop that
      For me it starts on the morning, i wake up and tend to fill myself with bad news...
      I know how bad that is and i try to stop
      If you cannot do it alone you need to find professional help
      I did it a few years back and it helped a lot
      I know tht soon i should find someone to talk to and i am not as ashamed of that as i was before
      It is ok to find help and ask for it

    • @lifeisshortdontwasteitread2830
      @lifeisshortdontwasteitread2830 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @Branden Potter it's very disturbing. But i think i have a solution that it's to get out to remove all the work you don't want to do from your mind temporarily and go walk,run,do some hiking, spend time with your friends, family, or just alone in the nature even if you don't feel like any of these. I think a day like this will refresh your mind to remove you from depression and to start over.
      At least running has worked for me, everytime i feel down i go have a run till i feel my lungs will spill out, and u wouldn't believe how good i feel after, it's like this whole new me with new motivation and power to start over and achieve my goals.

    • @jac4900
      @jac4900 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Branden Potter I definitely agree with OP, running helps a lot! Try it sometime, you feel great after the first few runs. It's not that hard to do either, just grab some trainers and set a timer for 30 mins, I guarantee you it'll be worth the effort!

    • @MrDvfdsv
      @MrDvfdsv 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Branden Potter If you end it, you will never know what life changing event you missed out on - perhaps only one day after you've ended it.

    • @shivapejman8155
      @shivapejman8155 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Carina Schuh Thank you for sharing. I hope you persevere

  • @jacobzaranyika9334
    @jacobzaranyika9334 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you 🙏 for your support Ted-Ed

  • @InternalMedicinetips
    @InternalMedicinetips 4 ปีที่แล้ว +125

    Lets just remember she was a philosopher, not a social scientist.

    • @alexandrub8786
      @alexandrub8786 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      And according to some here an antisemite pimp who wanted to lower the age of consent from 15 with 1 or 2 years.

  • @katiecook8195
    @katiecook8195 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    “Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board. For some they come in with the tide. For others they sail forever on the horizon, never out of sight, never landing until the Watcher turns his eyes away in resignation, his dreams mocked to death by Time. That is the life of men.
    Now, women forget all those things they don’t want to remember, and remember everything they don’t want to forget. The dream is the truth. Then they act and do things accordingly.” - Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, 1937

  • @sanjogitagulati2683
    @sanjogitagulati2683 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    People are talking about philosophy while I'm still interested in the accent of the speaker.. Such a beautiful voice!!

  • @umf4798
    @umf4798 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    love your videos Ted-Ed, there so interesting.

  • @amauritaniannomad6533
    @amauritaniannomad6533 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    That's some impeccable pronunciation of those French names. Really good hear, just like a Parisian accent.

  • @pepe_de_phroog2.033
    @pepe_de_phroog2.033 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I think the meaning of life is to do something, like anything that can benefit or not benefit people, It doesn't matter what you do it's what will be the outcome will be.

  • @bareluk
    @bareluk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you so much ted ed! Great animation.

  • @Sourav-sy6yl
    @Sourav-sy6yl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I watched till the end even though I couldn't grasp much actually!!
    But liked it!!

  • @jodycarter9677
    @jodycarter9677 4 ปีที่แล้ว +118

    “Created the foundations of Existentialism” ???
    I guess Kierkegaard and Nietzsche came after de Beauvoir. I’m a fan of her thinking but this is a misleading statement. Her concept of freedom is well expressed.

    • @alexandrub8786
      @alexandrub8786 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      It is more about the symbolism or if you would prefere propaganda, if you consider that she wasn't the creator of existentialism. And out there are similar misconceptions.

    • @user-gk2sc4ky4i
      @user-gk2sc4ky4i 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      isn't Nietzsche closer to nihilism? ive been told that's why schools and others dont count both kierkegaard and Nietzsche as existentialist bc their theories and beliefs are more on the "life has no meaning, there's no point in it" outlook while existentialist believe life has no strict meaning but whatever the individual gives it?

    • @garrydarancy2425
      @garrydarancy2425 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ancientz7547 As should be Nietzsche ? His idea to become its own work of art is the very essence of existentialism, don't you think so ?

    • @horchatatee5407
      @horchatatee5407 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Kierkegaard was the one who first used "existential" to refer to the human condition of freedom and how overwhelming it can be. He can be considered the true father of existentialism if you'd like to see it that way but his notion of existentialism was very different to what was more broadly known as such and his solution was to "take a leap of faith". Satre and de Beauvoir were who really developed and defined existentialism as became widespread, even if they took inspiration from Kierkegaard and Nietzsche. Also kinda unrelated but Nietzsche was more of a vitalist/proto-existentialist than a nihilist, he spoke a lot about nihilism but steered away from it, seeing it as "the easy way out"

  • @edwardbackman744
    @edwardbackman744 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Id love to see more videos like these. Nothing too ambitious, just an impression of the meaning of someones work. There should be one for every major thinker.

  • @CinderellaSequeira
    @CinderellaSequeira 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for the beautifully animated and very inspiring video! Please make one on Judith Butler too!!

  • @queensaharaice7376
    @queensaharaice7376 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I haven't finished this video yet, but I gotta say I LOVE this female narrator 😍😍

  • @johnpijano4786
    @johnpijano4786 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The relationship between De buvior, Satre, and Camus is very interesting. Satre and Camus were good friends but came into conflict regarding Communism, and De Buvior's relationship to them

  • @weegeeismad9298
    @weegeeismad9298 4 ปีที่แล้ว +177

    “To convey the importance of her work...”
    “To show you the power of Flex Tape...”
    *Coincidence? I think not.*

    • @merrittanimation7721
      @merrittanimation7721 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      To show you the power of Existentialism, I sawed Plato in half!

    • @TestTest-zt1lx
      @TestTest-zt1lx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This is a bad joke

    • @weegeeismad9298
      @weegeeismad9298 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ikr who would say it

    • @weegeeismad9298
      @weegeeismad9298 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Oh me of coursw

    • @darthvader6072
      @darthvader6072 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@merrittanimation7721 Now that's a lotta damage

  • @arpitaphatak8807
    @arpitaphatak8807 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love this so much. Thanku for making this ❤

  • @faisalalzhrani1301
    @faisalalzhrani1301 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks really for translated an Arabic, that help me a lot to understand n ur channel so great. Keep going🤍🤍🤍

  • @user-rf2pq8eu1b
    @user-rf2pq8eu1b 4 ปีที่แล้ว +192

    the meaning of everything is 42 ;)

  • @beatrix160
    @beatrix160 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Literally no one :
    De Beauvoir : *blasts everything and everyone*.

  • @Mabidemonstrations
    @Mabidemonstrations 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I like this Simone! I have had these thoughts without even knowing her name for years now. Thoughts that no one is born with a purpose but instead must find their own!

  • @rajdeepsarkar6288
    @rajdeepsarkar6288 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice piece of work TED-Ed!

  • @marvin55
    @marvin55 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    For me, "La Vieillese" by Simone de Beauvoir is her greatest work.

  • @jannetteberends8730
    @jannetteberends8730 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    What a pleasant surprise to hear de Beauvoir mentioned as one of the founders of existentialism.

    • @melissanunez9266
      @melissanunez9266 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      She was Sartre's lover
      She believed in abortion
      She founded feminism as a class struggle
      She thought of pleasure as an end in itself
      She didn't do anything to help anyone
      Of course she was existentialist

    • @theYTwatcher200
      @theYTwatcher200 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@melissanunez9266 Wow, now I love her even more, thanks!

    • @Aditi-mb3qm
      @Aditi-mb3qm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@melissanunez9266 Wow!!! Now I love her too, thanks.

  • @victafamilyforever4607
    @victafamilyforever4607 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I’m doing school and this just popped up

  • @lordycostelo9096
    @lordycostelo9096 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    This is prolly the best channel in yt ngl.. God speed!

  • @molojtraeloabal3668
    @molojtraeloabal3668 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Great video, it is beautiful. I wonder why existencialism is not talked about this days, maybe because we are living in a shallow era of domination where thinking about freedom is seen as an economic problem

  • @ghostiaa
    @ghostiaa 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    ted ed videos are the videos keeping me in school

    • @vladimirjosh6575
      @vladimirjosh6575 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ted should actually keep you out of school! Weird!!

    • @hydroponic2103
      @hydroponic2103 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lisette Meyer me too!

  • @soulintent4129
    @soulintent4129 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    These videos are amazing, so wholesome

  • @sleeplesshead602
    @sleeplesshead602 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love the animation and music selection.

  • @RyBrown
    @RyBrown 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Yes! I didnt know about Simone, but I agree with all of her points. I'm glad you posted this video TED.

    • @DegreesOfThree
      @DegreesOfThree 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Ry B She wanted to eliminate age of consent laws. Do you agree with that as well?

    • @RyBrown
      @RyBrown 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bearly Listening im libertarian...

    • @DegreesOfThree
      @DegreesOfThree 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Ry B And obviously you're not a parent.

    • @amauritaniannomad6533
      @amauritaniannomad6533 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      She's a great thinker. You should read more about her. She basically foregrounded today's third wave feminism and advocateed the rights of minorities such as homosexuals. Her views on feminism are the best imo.

    • @beththreat5098
      @beththreat5098 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@DegreesOfThree That's the only thing you knew about her?
      Parents, relatives of those 13 or 14 were not ashamed for selling them back then!

  • @sebastianmunozochoa1485
    @sebastianmunozochoa1485 4 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    Of course parts of her life are controversial, wanting to change the age of consent in France from 15 to lower ages is bad.

    • @rjimpervious8261
      @rjimpervious8261 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      It should be noted that it was not only de Beauvoir advocating it. Sartre, Roland Barthes, Michel Foucault, and Jacques Derrida were also supporters of the abrogation of the age of consent.

    • @sebastianmunozochoa1485
      @sebastianmunozochoa1485 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      @@rjimpervious8261 and the worst is that many of them are called " inspiring" by many people who are naive or dishonest to admit that she along the others you mentioned are messed up people.

    • @melissanunez9266
      @melissanunez9266 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@sebastianmunozochoa1485 Most people think philosophy is the bible whatever kind of philosophy it is, especially the cheapest one, the inmoral one. Not all philosophers say the truth. Don't believe a word of what she said.

    • @sebastianmunozochoa1485
      @sebastianmunozochoa1485 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@melissanunez9266 There are parts of the Bible that are not bad ideas , but also common sense. The problem with de Beauvoir is that she said that women should be respected, she seduced young women but hated when Sartre was nice to them .
      She loved the Soviet Union but never lived there.

    • @alexandrebertrand1069
      @alexandrebertrand1069 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rjimpervious8261 There was also Françoise Dolto, who was a...pediatrician, and a quite influential one to say the least.

  • @rovnaart
    @rovnaart 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is the right way to tell a story! And important one!

  • @kangkana5744
    @kangkana5744 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm so in love with the narrator's voice💖

  • @duchi882
    @duchi882 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    This reminds me
    of the film *"Pursuit of Happyness"*

  • @mohtasimmow9466
    @mohtasimmow9466 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    She masters philosophy and is the first youngest person to do it.As soon as she took the exam and now her mission is to BREAK them! Wow! Something really happened during her childhood that she made this as a goal and thats why she was the youngest because she was trying her best when she was younger too! I really want to know the reason what happened during her childhood that made her to pick this goal!

  • @marvinsaintnasisr.siarot9756
    @marvinsaintnasisr.siarot9756 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    "Our Greatest ethical imperative is to create our own life's meaning, while protecting the freedom of others to do the same"
    This stuck with me and became my personality.

    • @8is
      @8is 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Sounds very similar to Objectivism.

  • @momastudio693
    @momastudio693 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I really really love these videos, thanks !

  • @sharonsekhon9475
    @sharonsekhon9475 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    So lucky to have found her when I was 17.

  • @buttyobject575
    @buttyobject575 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    C'est une grande personnalité, qui a fait beaucoup pour l'être humain.
    Merci pour cette géniale vidéo

  • @internetmail3888
    @internetmail3888 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    "If you don't know at any moment in time what is most important in life to your kids, wife, husband, parents, friends etc you are not doing you job"
    - A Blackstone

  • @yasminmendonca6751
    @yasminmendonca6751 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    She was... just... I can't even explain. ❤🥺

  • @Leto85
    @Leto85 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    @TEDEx, will you be interested in making a video that goes deeper into this philosophy? I find your videos often to be very good in explaining complicated topics.

    • @Leto85
      @Leto85 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Asim Malik That sounds rather boring to me.

  • @pinniboinamuneeswar6962
    @pinniboinamuneeswar6962 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I consider Ted-ed videos to be the best educational videos on TH-cam. However, being honest, I couldn't quite recognise where exactly you talked about "the meaning of life according to Simon de Beauvoir" in the video. The fact that the actual content was only of less than a minute and that it was lost in a 5 min long video was a little disturbing. But still, thanks a lot for making these videos.🙌

  • @Liz-pc3dc
    @Liz-pc3dc 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Congrats on saying the names really well !

  • @be432n3
    @be432n3 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    love this channel so much

  • @physicshacks6349
    @physicshacks6349 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    "Life fundamentally is meaningless , it just you who can give meaning to it. , You are the ultimate controller of your life."
    - Me

  • @mukuljha8556
    @mukuljha8556 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I was looking for the answer of "Meaning of life" as titled. But it was more of a short biography 🥴

  • @vikramsingh1795
    @vikramsingh1795 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Amazing Narration and visuals

  • @someonethatexists46
    @someonethatexists46 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    TED Ed is now my official personal history teacher 👩‍🏫 for quarantine. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

  • @franzwho7118
    @franzwho7118 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Whomever drew me like this, need's to review my photos 😰

  • @samuellw8688
    @samuellw8688 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    2:17- Nice Easter egg including Camus as one of the guys.

    • @samuellw8688
      @samuellw8688 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Also Maurice Merlau-Ponty

  • @84000WAYS
    @84000WAYS 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    love the illustrations

  • @kienlee6626
    @kienlee6626 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The animation is so good

  • @williamhenry4380
    @williamhenry4380 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Following the footage of a person is not always good, sometimes think out of the box and break the laws is way a legend born

    • @alexandrub8786
      @alexandrub8786 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      And also how idiots appear,i mean there are laws for a reason.

    • @angquang2804
      @angquang2804 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Romanian Székely it is depend on how you break. It is right that many idiots appear like you said, but many legend appear too. Like Alain Badiou said philosophy make people fall into decadence, and law not always right

    • @williamhenry4380
      @williamhenry4380 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Breaking the laws often comes with people who have an innvation mind in their brain, and you can turn that into your succeed or your worst nightmare depend on your choice

  • @Jari_Sanou
    @Jari_Sanou 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I can definitely agree with de Beauvoir that Life is not predetermined by some plan, but I do think that all Life is driven by one single purpose: the maximization of what it can do, and what it can create. Or simply: the maximization of Its Potential.
    And I myself currently think the meaning of Life comes down to the following: Maximize your own, unique, and God-given potential, by doing the following three things:
    1: Always strive, as well as you possibly can, for better outcomes, with the most benefit, for the least amount of effort.
    2: Use the begotten knowledge to help the other to maximize his/her own unique, and God-given potential.
    3: Store the begotten knowledge in such a way that another person can use it for maximizing his/her potential, so that after your own Death, the impact of your Life lives on in new Life.
    This, I believe, is the primary act that all Lifeforms share, from the tiniest single celled organism, to the largest blue whale. I believe that the growth of each individual Life form is our common denominator, and should be the primary act in every Life form, including us human beings.
    “The only real sin is not maximizing your God given potential.” God gave you these gifts and not respecting them by maximizing them, is the only real sin." - Unknown Jesuit scholar

  • @emilymarie9796
    @emilymarie9796 ปีที่แล้ว

    The animation for this video is incredible!

  • @ijeleo92
    @ijeleo92 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love these!!

  • @geesecouchtaming7223
    @geesecouchtaming7223 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    The meaning of life, is when a creature is not dead.

  • @korozackikorozacki7444
    @korozackikorozacki7444 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    At the age of 11 I started question my existence,my meaning,my purpose. I am now 17 and I have formulated a simple approach to the big questions. My universal meaning of life is to simply enjoy what is given,to compare when one is eating a slice of cake does one ask why this cake? How was it made? What is it made of? What to do with it? No, one just enjoys it.

    • @shoaibakhtar4389
      @shoaibakhtar4389 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Chocolate cake or cup cakes?

    • @shoaibakhtar4389
      @shoaibakhtar4389 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ok get it! The meaning of life is
      TO EAT CAKES 😂
      Just joking friend, i appreciate your thoughts

    • @TheReck12
      @TheReck12 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah give it a couple of years, that will change

  • @abdulrazack1683
    @abdulrazack1683 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like the narration, the narrator did a good job.

  • @scio9321
    @scio9321 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    This content is great! But can you make more life improvement videos like the one "How to boost your confidence"

  • @couragethecheems5877
    @couragethecheems5877 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    The meaning of life is simple
    *Live*