This Pocket Notebook Can Make You Wise (Commonplace Book)
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- Commonplace books have been a key tool for philosophers and thinkers of all kinds going all the way back to Greek philosophers like Aristotle. In this video I cover a brief sketch of the history of commonplace books and then I show you how you can keep a pocket notebook as a commonplace book of pocket proverbs and wise sayings. Become wise like the greatest philosophers instead of doom scrolling! I also read a selection of my favorites entries from my golden book of wisdom so make sure you watch until the end!
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0:00 - Video Overview
1:13 - Commonplace Books vs. Diaries, Journals, and Compendiums
2:27 - Different Ways to Keep a Commonplace Book
3:58 - The History of Commonplace Books
6:13 - The Story of My Golden Commonplace Book of Wisdom
8:36 - How To Keep a Commonplace Book of Pocket Proverbs
12:32 - Some of my favorite wise sayings
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"Perfect is the enemy of good" -Voltaire
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I actually got in a lot of trouble for saying this is at work in a meeting. The company I worked for at the time was really caught up in the "optimization" culture that takes everything into absurdity and worshipped "efficiency". And i heard the phrase "Good is the enemy of great" one too many times. I'm glad I no longer work there
The palest ink is better than the best memory. -Chinese proverb. That Oxford UP book on how Victorians and Romantics organized information looks intriguing.
Love that one!!
I wanted to just scroll past the thumbnail, but that mustache is…magnificent.
Let's go! 🤝
"In the end, everything will be ok. If it's not ok, it's not the end." - Fernando Sabino
I love that
"Subtlety is the art of saying what you think and getting out of range before it is understood." - Found typewritten on a scrap of paper in a rolltop desk in an antique store.
Love that line!
That's pretty epic lol
“this is one of my favorite videos bro, thanks” -Einstein
One of my favorites
Truly ahead of his time
When I started my first sales job and was nervous to call people, my boss said to me: „You already have a No, but you can get a Yes.“.
That saying stuck and I think about it almost every day.
Oh I'm writing that on my commonplace book! I find the quote to have a strong paradigm shift in handling rejection
I honestly love the somewhat sloppy and chaotic handwriting. In a world of picture perfect notebooks, yours seem the most authentic to me. (This is likely due to my jealousy about not having the most aesthetic notebooks)
I just don't have the time to not be sloppy and chaotic haha. I'm working on my handwriting with these commonplace books but my philosophy notebooks will always be manic scribbles lol
When I tried to do artsy notebooks it just didn't work - it was about trying to create something pretty rather recording what I really thought or was interested in.
"We accept the love we think we deserve" - The Perks of Being A Wallflower
Wow 🙌
Bro, I stumbled on your channel in the most random way, and i'm not gonna lie, I didn't know what to think at first. Why would I ever watch a youtube channel on philosophy and documenting things that I find in my day today life? Thats not me...or at least it wasn't to this point. Not only have you given me perspective into the benefits of this practice, but you've also made it so non-threatening and very "common man". Thank you for putting together a channel that is not pretentious or full of ego. I truly feel like you are just trying to share ways to make people better. I can't stop watching now. God bless.
"That is the real secret of life - to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play." - Alan Watts
Oh that's gold!
This gave me goosebumps, because it's how I live. Nice to know I'm doing something right!@@ParkerNotes
"I'ts worth remembering that it is often the small steps, not the giant leaps, that bring about the most lasting change." This quote from Queen Elizabeth II helped me finish my masters degree!!
I love it! Thank you!!
thats how long they had you bowing to your masters.
I been doing this for about a year now and i loved the journey. it increases your wisdom , manages your time, changes the way you see the world in a positive way, increases your productivity and everything. my pocket notebook is full now so i have to buy a new one now.
Hey man, I love your channel. Because of you, I now have a devotional notebook, a reading notebook, a commonplace notebook and a prayer notebook. Keep up the videos man I love all of your content.
This is awesome!! I will take the credit now and none of the blame when you see how much you end up spending on notebooks haha
@@ParkerNotes LOL, I bought somewhat cheap moleskin notebooks with grid paper and have bought a nice leather cover for my commonplace notebook as well as my prayer notebook.
The word commonplace was used 54 times approx if anyone was curious.
Dang those are rookie numbers! I gotta pump those numbers up!!
Just spent some Christmas money on a smaller notebook (slim B6-sized MD Paper one) to do this. But because I want to be able to make it searchable, I put a John Locke style index in the back.
I know it's probably not a huge deal, but just saw another channel that stole your videos and made them into shorts. There's no credit given to you, which can be irritating because as a new subscriber, I can already tell how passionate you are about your videos and how it took a long time and a lot of effort to make these perfect. I mentioned your channel and gave credit in their comments just incase someone else happens upon their shorts. Really enjoying these commonplace book videos!
I saw those the other day. I was wondering if I should copywrite strike them but I'm really glad you left a comment. Thank you!!
@@ParkerNotes You should if they don't edit their descriptions and don't give you credit. Too many fake/spam channels that steal videos of hard workers, just for a few views.
@@ParkerNotesmost definitely. It’s obvious you’re passionate about your work so nobody else should be stealing your content without giving credit. Go for it!
"primum vivere, deinde philosophari", I don't know who said the actual quote but it was what my tutor told me when I couldn't continue with my studies after my father died, and I hold it close to my heart since then
“Today is victory over yourself of yesterday; tomorrow is your victory over lesser men.”
-Miyamoto Musashi, Book of Five Rings
Epic!!
Can you please explain the victory of a lesser man part I am having trouble understanding it
As for me, every time I encounter the justification of evil in the world (including my own by myself), I remember the phrase by Russian playwright Evgeny Schwartz, *_'We all studied at the school of evil, but who forced you to be the first student?'._* This phrase means that we are all to some extent familiar with the concept of evil and its manifestations, but nobody forced us to be the first students in this 'school of evil.' It serves as a reminder that each individual has the autonomy to determine how they will utilize their knowledge and experience. Ultimately, it is only the individual who bears the personal responsibility for their choices.
By the way, you are an incredibly inspiring individual, Parker. You have ignited in me the idea of creating commonplace books for each branch of knowledge (formal, natural, social sciences, and philosophy). May I inquire about your note-taking process? Do your notes possess their own independent ontological essence and are stored separately, or are they merely temporary drafts awaiting their turn to be included in the commonplace book?
Some of my notes are completed and some are manuscripts waiting to be worked on
Also thanks for this quote and your kind words!!
“Don’t let your mouth write a check that your behind can’t cash.” -Mama❤
Amen!
You might look into Charlotte Mason. She is known most by homeschool moms, but her entire philosophy of education hinges on three notebooks that a student keeps over the years, a commonplace, a nature journal, and what’s called a book of centuries.
The book called The Living Page by Laurie bestvater is all about these journals and how they work together for both students and adults. Might be interesting to you ♥️
This is a great tip!! Thank you!!
Thank you for posting this, I am collecting authors and information for my dissertation on alternative modes of education!
@@ohbaananaaJohn Taylor Gatto....Growing Without Schooling....Unschooling. all place to help you.
"When someone tells you a piece of their life, they're giving you a gift, not granting you your due".
-Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss, Ch. 47
Seems rather fitting with the culture of how the audience of some content creators tend to "expect" things from them as they progress and get bigger.
What you're doing @ParkNotes is superbly appreciated! Love the content! Look forward to future releases! But only do it while you want to, not cause anyone expects it!
Wow, thank you so much for this. What a kind word of encouragement!
A man of understanding remains silent. Empowered!
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one of my favorite quotes, all time, ever, by Miyamoto Musashi: "There is nothing outside of yourself that can ever enable you to get betterm stronger, richer, quicker, or smarter. Everything is within. Everything Exists. Seek nothing outside of yourself."
The quote that saved my soul and my mind.
Would love an explainer video on compendiums vs commonplace books. Really enjoy the history lessons you’ve provided.
Dude! I'm so glad to hear this!!
Thank you. I love that your systems are a little more relaxed than others
For sure. I think there's probably a place for all of us but I'm glad to play my role
I’m so thankful I found your channel! I can’t wait to see what videos you will create for all of us deep thinkers.
I hope you as a philosopher will take this criticism in a light spirit: a lot of the time when we quote things, especially out of context, what we are really doing is trying to prove by reference to authority our own beliefs and to make them seem nobler and truer without really testing them. Sometimes in actual contradiction with the authority we quote.
When I was a kid I used to keep a txt file of all the funny things I'd heard, just as a pick me up. I liked Monty Python and Douglas Adams so they showed up a lot there. As an adult I have found I do not like transcribing things at all, but I will still write about something interesting I learned earlier in the day mostly as a means of improving my memory of that thing by free recall and transformation. I could and usually do just do that in my mind, but I will sometimes falsely fall for this trap of hoarding references I inevitably don't ever refer to.
For me I think keeping a book of my own poetry is more enjoyable, because that I do find myself coming back to and being surprised at the memories it conjures. Somehow for me that doesn't quite feel like transcribing or hoarding, because it takes quite a bit of mental effort and time to compose, so it's worth recording even if it's just for me.
I think 🤔 this is better honestly
Yeah I mentioned in the vid that this was Boethius's criticism of commonplace books. Gnomic statements are self-contained phrases that don't need context for interpretation, however. Quote mining to prove your point can definitely be a bad thing though
Of all the videos I’ve seen explaining commonplace books, your’s was the most clear and easy to understand of all
The classical school I teach at introduced me to Commonplace Books. In my humanities class we do a Harkness Discussion on whatever book we're reading and central to the discussion are the quotes the students write in their Commonplace Book.
Your channel is such a treasure! I found it yesterday and binged all of it.
I've been wanting to gather my thoughts and ideas, things I learn, quotes I find etc. in some kind of way. But I could never really picture exactly how in practice, without it being too disorganized and confusing. You have given me so many ideas of how to go about it!
This is so fantastic! Thank you!! I'm hoping to pop out a bunch more
I love this idea. I have a Google document with quotes and I also scribble them down randomly in various notebooks and notes apps, but collecting them all in one notebook is a great idea, especially as handwriting things out is supposed to help it stick. This is something I need to try. Love that you find wisdom wherever and whenever - not being pretentious about who said it, if it helpful, is wise in itself! Also, not having neat notebooks, but really getting use out of them is really giving me permission to stop worrying about perfection and aesthetics. Thanks!
That CS Lewis quote is about to live in my head rent free 🙆🏻♀️🐕😅
Hahah was hoping it get somebody!!
I started to keep one of these, mainly because I get randomly stopped from people out in the world. They usually vent to me out of nowhere and usually tell me some things followed by a story behind it.
That happens to me a lot too! I think it would actually be really fun or helpful to keep a collection of the stories and what I think about or learned from them. Thanks for the idea
Simply fantastic recommendations - you are a master!
Videos about commonplace books are my favorite! I've written in various notebooks for almost 2 decades and never had a name for it. Everything from song lyrics, quotes, stories, poems, and various information are just a few things I write down. Lately, I have using a separate notebook for my book notes just a give it a little more order. Everything is usually all over the place and not very easy to find. Poetry on one page, art notes on the next.
This is awesome. I always love hear about other people's methods
This is an awesome channel, Thank you for sharing. I love the captions and even the highlighting. It works for me…. I just subscribed.
«Не давши слово, крепись, а давши - держись»
"If you have not given your word, be strong, but if you have given it, hold fast."
Its meaning is that if a person has made a promise to someone, he should keep it, and if a person knows that he cannot fulfill the promise, it is better not to make it.
This is important because Responsibility is the most important thing in life for a man.
Amen!! Thank you!
Man this channel is so inspiring, you just earned a sub man ❤
I never really do this, but…I subscribed and turned on notifications for your channel.
Really enjoying your content!
I love that. A great compliment. Thank you! I'll keep bringing you the goods 🤝
I gravitate towards the idea of a Russian roulette way of organizing the wise sayings / thoughts
No table of contents or indexing sounds practical and also wise
Thanks for offering that tip!
I love the way you described it!! Yeah I put them in there, I'm going to like whatever I get.
You are an excellent source of powerful common sense practices. Thanks
I enjoyed this video and all of the other work you’ve done. Thanks for your efforts. I appreciate it.
Thanks Kevin! This is encouraging. Been working on another one all day yesterday and today. Hopefully it'll be out tomorrow morning 😁🤞
You most certainly fallen down the “notebook rabbit hole!” Now you need to discover the “fountain pen rabbit hole!”
Lol I have just peaked down into it. I really want a gold nibbed one haha
Dig the videos man. Really like the information delivery.
I appreciate it! Trying to keep it cool, not over produced and still fun to make. Hopefully lots more like you find my stuff
I am new to your channel but I am an absolute fan!! Great vids, well presented, well filmed. Love and Light from Amsterdam Holland ✨💞
Loved this video thanks for sharing
🙌🙌 thank you!
wisdom is gold; so it deserves a golden notebook.👌 I like your thoughts on the subject, and I wish you the best with your golden request,,, one more thing all comments are lovely I can't stop reading them, so Thank you all
Yes you get it! And I'm so pleased with this comment section. I'm hoping this video blows up and we get a whole lot more of people's favorite sayings
I’ve watched a few of your videos and I just wanna say I love your content! Subscribing now 🙏
Thank you!! 🙌🙌
"Rather let me die a youth, living life to the full, fighting ever, suffering ever,' he said, 'than live at ease like a beast that feeds on flowery pastures and knows no fiery gladness, no heart-bleeding pain."
-Perseus, Greek Mythology
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Man! I am inspired to seek wisdom and incline My heart to understanding in This way! I'm going to start a book as a chest to store all these hidden gems!
Yess!! 🙌 I'm so glad!
I have two sayings that I draw strength from, every time my life circumstances becomes challenging:
1. "I believe I can, therefore I can" - Albert Bandura
2. "Your current state does not determine your ultimate potential" - Author Unkown- I found this on a page of planner / diary way back in 2005, when I was just starting to work. I don't know who the author is, unfortunately.
Thanks for sharing with us!
I love reading through the comments on these videos because I get to see just how different we all are, but we all arrived here on this video. You were beginning work in 2005, and I was only 2 years old. Idk, it’s just something I think is super cool
i need a full video of you just saying wise quotes
Love this. Thanks.
Thank you!
I would LOVE a vid on wisdom / philosophy from The Clone Wars. My commonplace book is an Apica premium A6ish with a cover from Etsy.
I’m glad I found your channel
I'm glad too!
This is an awesome channel and I love your ideas.
And awesome mustache btw.
Thank you so much! This is one of my favorites. I hope it becomes one of my most popular videos because this idea has helped me so much
One of my all-time favourites: chaos is merely order waiting to be deciphered (Jose Saramago)
Wow! I like that one
Love your channel.❤
🙌🙌 thank you!
I like the captions.
Woah!! Finally someone with something nice to say about the captions lol
Parker, I really enjoy watching your video about taking a commonplace book. And today I was surprised to see 'how Victorians and Romantics organized information.' Actually, I bought this one a few days ago and am reading now. So, please share a video related to that. Thanks all the time for sharing your approach to seizing quotations, wisdom, and thoughts. :)
I will!! So glad to see others interested in this and this book. I'd love to read it and get her on my podcast to discuss it. Then chop some clips and add them into a ParkNotes video. Awesome right?
Love this.
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Hey I would love to see a soliloquies video. I've been looking for a good way to process my thoughts and that seems like a great way
Working on it today 😁
"Let us examine the question together, my friend, and if you can contradict anything I say, do so and i will be persuaded."
- Socrates
Do not argue for the sake of being right, argue to learn from others. Change your beliefs if needed and admit when youre wrong.
I think it would be translated this way into English "I would rather die standing than live on my knees"- Emiliano Zapata Salazar
I love that!
Always salt your pasta before boiling it
May the bridges i burn, light my way
Wow!
I have some pretty bad trauma and this really resonated with me. I looked it up and this quote comes from the title of a song by Roxy Jules, if anyone was wondering.
I'd be keen to see a longform essay with quotes on this Aristotle-Seneca-Quintilian situation discussed around 5:33.
In the labyrinth of existence, where every step is a move in the cosmic game, wisdom illuminates the path to triumph, as audacity whispers secrets of conquest in the ear of the persistent.- Myself.
This is really great! Thanks for sharing it with us!!
"As audacity whispers secrets of conquest to the persistent." Can you explain this to me? Does it mean the more we are persistent the more we should expect those to yell us it can't be done?
I’m the best yet and my best is yet to come. I got that from a lil wayne rap song. As someone shy and timid having a tiny bit of the rap star attitude helps a little.
Great video
Thank you!
"If you're not making waves, you're not underway." -- Chester Nimitz
Thank you!
Now, THIS is gold, like your Commonplace book. Thank you a thousand times over for this! Im going to go back (with a notebook) and write much of this down. My favourite quote: Fear is the Mindkiller. You probably know it’s from Dune. THANK YOU, I deeply appreciate this!
I love that dune quote! Bene Gesserit
I have some weird or uncommon phobias and just tend to be a fearful person in general. I absolutely love that quote and tend to repeat it to myself a lot. Thanks for commenting this, now I’ll remember to write it down once I start my commonplace book!
@@m1nouz384 excellent! I’m glad it was helpful! I’m fearful too, and remembering this does help, and so does a commonplace book (I’ve started mine) happy 2024!
Famous saying "Neil Peart (RUSH) : "I never have been bored, I have always found another way NOT to be. Read, and Write and take a vested interest in your own wellbeing & progression. Learn to adapt to your own personality & the changing time scapes. Be determined & strive to self education knowledge & make you a priority to make your own way. And be relentless in your own self discovery & explorations, try new things.
Interesting and informative. I have one main note book I use Clairefontaine I generally use as a goto (I have others as well) but I carry only the one main note book with me, then use tabs I stick on to seperate the sections, I write with a standard BIC 4 colour pen and a highlighter, I sue post it notes some times when brainstorming, a note book will last a month before I fill it. Most of the material is Counselling and Life coaching reference material for work or for workshops. I have an Ipad, but I use it to Archive my material if I need to. (Normally later on)
I love that quote! Thank you, and from Neil Peart!
"Nothing is more real than nothing. Words are all we have." - Samuel Beckett
Huh. Imma have to chew on this one
I hope there is a note in those notebooks around contrast refinement and color editing of video because I had to enable a video image control extension to tune this video and actually enjoy it
You want your money back?
@@ParkerNotes no, I actually owe you some for the knowledge
Thanks
Wow thank you!!
Love that sticker of your "most excellent" Theophilus.
Haha thanks! I love that dog
"Given the right lever, you can move a planet". This is based (if not taken) from Archimedes' "Δῶς μοι πᾶ στῶ καὶ τὰν γᾶν κινάσω ". "Give me a place to stand and I can even move Earth", implying the use of lever.
He didn't make every one and everything same and equal , because he wants to see different journey with same destiny
~ Prince K Namdev ❤
I like that!!
I saw one of your ideas was "jesus is the best phylosopher", and I'm looking forward to watching that video hehehe 🤭
😅 you may be one of the only ones but I'll consider making it!
I’m basically an atheist, but I genuinely think that Jesus was one of the greatest philosophers. I grew up in a religious/spiritual family and everything I remember or still hear about is very wise and quite useful in day to day life. I’d love to see that video as well
I'm religiously jewish but I'm interested in that video
I’m really liking this. I’m really considering making me a pocket notebook “book of proverbs”.
By the way, since you also carry a catch it all pocket notebook. Do you make your one calendar layout or use the bullet journal monthly layout perhaps in your pocketbook? Or in respect to a calendar do you keep that one via digital (phone)? I ask because Leuchtturm is like my top favorite pocket notebook because it has plenty of pages and just the way it sounds when opening that is delicious (lol) and I like to include pretty much everything within one notebook then move things to other dedicated notebooks once I’ve filled it out. I guess I’m just curious if you create your own calendar layouts or stick to using the phone for that. Currently I’m using two field notes with a onestar leather cover and one notebook is for monthly view layout and second notebook for my do it/catch it all. Very frequently I’m undecided if to continue doing this way though. Thank you and happy new year 👍🏻
“Individually, we are but one drop. Together, we are an ocean” - Ryunosuke Satoro
I wish the world would come to adapt to this wonderful quote. I believe this comment section is currently practicing this ideology. I hope you all find enlightenment in whatever it is you’re pursuing.
I love it. Thank you!
So I guess i stumbled into this my self. I have a book full of quotes. I call it my “Quote Journal”. I put all my favorite quotes and sayings in it. From movies to books. I my self am full of quotes (helps my express ideas) so my journal is full of them. It is in a bigger moleskin which now seeing this I wish I started it off smaller. But I keep it still. Need to put more quotes in it.
I love it. So many of us started doing this randomly only to find out it's a well established thing. So cool
@@ParkerNotes I also put people I knows saying it. My favorite is from a very close friend “Everything happens for a reason” -Ally. But it’s really funny. Jsut watching having a moment of “oh shit. I do that.” Absolutely love the content. Starting my own philosophy journey and your videos have been a huge help.
I've always been fascinated by how literary detectives such as Poirot or Holmes kept their information sorted. Ms. Lemon's organizational system, for example, where all of Poirot's cases were identified and catalogued for future use.
When you consider the academic usefulness of a person of interest's private papers, it's a pity to think about what insight we're going to lose as people who embraced the digital age (especially those in walled gardens such as Apple) start dying.
Wait until you learn about digital bit rot. 😅
@@lucky179009 I'm in cybersecurity, I know. ;)
There's a back door...don't worry. And hopefully it isn't just parroting talking points but real thinking going on.
Could you tell about your note-taking systeme, sir, is it intergrated with commonplace books you have?
I usually start with marginal notes in books or articles. I also take notes from lectures. I use the marginal notes as flags to come back later and add passages, notes, and thoughts to my commonplace books
"Always conceal your intentions. If you keep people off-balance and in the dark, they can't counter your efforts. Send them down the wrong path with a red herring or create a smokescreen and by the time they realize what you're up to, it will be too late for them to interfere." - Robert Greene
I was wondering where you get all your stickers form for your books, they're pretty interesting in my opinion. :)
Thank you! I have several friends who are artists and they make them for me then I use sticker mule
People attempt to be called good by other, that is the problem, we should try to be good.
Bhaktiyograsavtaar Jagadguru Shri Kripaluji Maharaj
Thanks for this!
"You're not going to catch a cold by standing in the breeze."
Nothing wrong with gawdy! I found a super cheap LT in copper which was too good to not pick up🤪
Haha thank you!!!
Actually I found your captions very helpful….
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I got an A5 Midori blank book to use as a commonplace but can't seem to bring myself to actually write in it because it's just too pristine. An A6 for a mini bullet journal too. Maybe I need to take the fussy ricepaper cover off and attack them with watercolours or something.
now I need a commonplace book for this video lol
100% 😅
👍🏽🇬🇧 September 2023
Loving this sir!
It's actually this very subject that brought your channel to my attention.
I'm really glad to see that you're deep-diving into this area.
I love the thought that to keep a commonplace book is to partake in something that belongs in entirely ancient epochs.
It's so cool right! We are connected to some of the greatest and most beautiful minds in history!
„I‘m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.“ Thomas Jefferson
I love this!!
I love your videos and find them useful but I am also a complete beginner with notebooks. I want to get into them and eventually become a master like you but at the moment I just get confused with endless array of different notebooks and their uses. So if you were a beginner and could keep just one notebook, which would you choose?
Depends on what you like to do. Are you a reader? A thinker? A feeler? Commonplace book of your favorite quotes is great. Or a journal for your thoughts. Or a diary for time-bound feelings
I have a brief question, where did you get your "Settecase Book of Wisdom"? I have been looking for something like to keep at home. I stopped writing briefly because of my disorganization. I determined that it's preferrable to have more than one book containing different topics/thoughts. Thank you for everything. I subscribed; your content is amazing.
It's an epica journal. I love it!
epica.com/collections/leather-journals