A history of the philosophy of happiness
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Philosophers have suggested various ways to live, and attitudes to hold, in order to maximise happiness. Here I go though what many of them have said over the years in the western world, starting with Socrates.
I probably should not have written the notes with the dates of all the people I planned to talk about - I used few of the dates, and ended up being distracted by them.
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@arnijulian6241 4 ай бұрын
Funny thing is stoicism isn't always used for the pursuit of happiness if even often though can help. I'm rather stoic but I see it as a means to control yourself to make a better decision based on your & other experiences. To put mind before sentiment to gain a better outcome. Honestly everyone want happiness but it is fleeting thing you should recall fondly & enjoy when you can but life is much easier if you are content. Hardship will come but the stoic prepares for it to challenge it unlike other philosophies or beliefs that avoid hardship or think hard ship is a punishment for original sin or default state. Being an Englishmen i certainly am stoic but I consider it more tool in my assortment of mentalities to adopt in life depending on what the moment calls for. I'm a private person with my emotions want & cares to those not familiar-important to me but my mind I share freely for recollection from memory is marvellous thing we should all share freely even if some fantasists don't like it as it doesn't conform to their false comforts like religion or some contrived hoopla. Do I belief in an personified great sage like the early Greek stoic then off course not but the Romans refined it to a very useful mind set in trying times. Stoicism is for the Person that want to achieve against great odds not because they are guaranteed success but that challenges of life present opportunity to put your mental preparations against. People think me soulless or uncaring but if I knew what was coming & steered myself for it then why would lose composure at what came to be? When what comes is known & new I simply treat it as another trail to consider to be better prepared for in the future. mind I am flawed so even I lose my composure in the most trying of times on occasion. I'm only Human but you will be surprised what a mere human can achieve & do that will surprise. Christian haven't even accepted reality craving non existence of the afterlife. They fear defeat so much that they do not participate in life which death is a part off. They crave a probable fantasy of a perfect paradise that has no evidence or grounding. The ancients has their God's but even they openly questioned if they are real unlike those of the church for Abrahamic faith to not have blind fate is worse then any sin being laughable in it's inability to consider. Be content & know what you can & can't do then perhaps you should aim for happiness if that is your goal. Happiness is secondary to what I desire that I prefer to keep private but to those I trust & hold dear to me.
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@elmaxidelsur 4 ай бұрын
ok, so the stoics got it right, thanks.
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@IronKilt 4 ай бұрын
Loyd is back in longform talking about philosophy! This pleases me greatly.
@mannylopez2388 4 ай бұрын
indeed
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@FunLovingPotato 4 ай бұрын
Truly an unnatural necessity!
@stevenwiederholt7000 4 ай бұрын
When I was in Basic Training I learned what it took to be happy. A Cold Coke, A Snickers Bar, 10 minutes without someone yelling at you.
@garrysekelli6776 4 ай бұрын
Haven't tried it yet but I hear that if you stuff your spacebar in Taylor swift that that is the key to happiness. Also you can substitute for your favorite personal singer.
@casamurphy 4 ай бұрын
Watching the weird Trump cult lose their minds over Taylor Swift's suggestion that people vote is quite amusing.
@More_Row 4 ай бұрын
Suffering in a planned willingness kind of way often can lead to some happiness after or breaks during. Not just because of the pause, but also your assessment of how well you are holding up considering.
@stevenwiederholt7000 4 ай бұрын
@@More_Row "OMG, What Have I Gone And Done!" Aug 25 1967 Lackland AFB(my 1st night in basic I can Still picture it in my head today. Over the decades I have yet to meet a Vet who has not said something similar to that. Thing is, being in the Military is a lot like sex (You ARE going to get screwed at some point). You can read about it,, watch movies about it, Think about it talk about it. BUT unless you have experienced t, you have No Clue.
@jonnick3634 4 ай бұрын
Same applies if you live in the Balkans
@Zakalwe-01 4 ай бұрын
Having backed a copy of Lindy’s Hannibal book, I’m finding stoicism to be a vital coping mechanism 😁.
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Whatever happened with that?
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A Beige Interpretation of Happiness is happiness itself.
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This
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Lindybeige is so British, he’s always gotta make a stab at the French 😂
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I suspect you mean English, The Celtic colonies have a long history of getting on well with the French
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@nialltownley1788 4 ай бұрын
This just in: people who enjoy thinking about things think the best way to be happy is to spend lots of time thinking about things!
@hughbarton5743 4 ай бұрын
I think they may well be right.
@colinmackay92 4 ай бұрын
Incredible to see these classic Lindybeige videos returning
@colonelkernel2959 4 ай бұрын
You released this video on the very same day I was assigned a paper on happiness in my ethics class. I clapped in excitement. Thanks.
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Started watching this dude from 2014. Definitely the world’s best storyteller, raconteur.
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Maybe... But Beau Miles is very close! ;-)
@coreyblaisdell 4 ай бұрын
First off, I'm a long-time viewer and glad to see another long video. However, I have to say that this is a very old fashioned and wiggish version of the history of philosophy. I am by no means a Christian (agnostic bordering atheist), but the description of the impact of Christianity in this video completely leaves out the fact that almost all modern western moral values are based on ideas that are inherently Christian, even if modern atheists may prefer to call them "humanist." Of course, many bad ideas have also been justified through religion, but Christianity was the basis for abolishing slavery and for the general idea in the west that all people have inherent value. I recommend checking out the book "Dominion" by Tom Holland (an actual full-time historian) if you want a much more historically accurate view of the Christian impact on the evolution of western philosophy.
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True. I just thought it was too obvious. Neat that you picked it out.
@GooglyEyedJoe 4 ай бұрын
Lindy has always had a chip on his shoulder about religion, it came to the surface in this video.
@Arete1 2 ай бұрын
Lindy is just your typical snarky british materialist. That whole nation is epitomized by people like Bertrand Russell
@myparceltape1169 2 ай бұрын
@@GooglyEyedJoe Religion is one thing. Knowing that Jesus Christ came to save him and accepting it is another.
@1v966 Ай бұрын
@@myparceltape1169wdym know? I don't think you would be able to find an honest even very old fashioned Christian scholar like Thomas Aquinas claiming to KNOW that, you're supposed to believe, right?
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@Champ-0999 4 ай бұрын
To be honest I'm a bit disappointed that there wasn't even a mention of non-western philosophies, but I understand that creating a continuous narrative is better for a video, and there wouldn't be any time to talk about everything else anyway, as one hour is already a lot. Still, I hope there will be a follow up video talking about more perspectives on this topic from around the world
@AverageAlien Ай бұрын
If its non western its probably irrelevant
@lilacheaven222 3 ай бұрын
Finding the root of psychological distress is important though. It may not be enough to make it go away but working on ways to understand what happened, how it affects you and finding ways, be it exercises or medication, to ease that distress is crucial.
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A one hour LindyBeige drop! Lets gooooooo.
@raphaelvulfs5467 3 ай бұрын
I have not started the video yet but seen a 1-hour video from LindyBeige about philosophy makes me happy. I missed those! Please keep them coming!
@chriscookesuffolk 4 ай бұрын
Only 5 minutes in and already learning more than the combined pearls of wisdom. This makes me happy.
@VosperCDN 3 ай бұрын
His explanation of Stoicism is probably the simplest I've seen/read so far. (edit: spelling)
@LaneLibra 4 ай бұрын
Thank god... we finally got a proper video.
@goodlookingcorpse 4 ай бұрын
"Eudamonia" "No, _you_ da monia."
@tomb7901 Ай бұрын
LoL. Well, done! 😁
@goodlookingcorpse Ай бұрын
@@tomb7901 Thanks!
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I want a playlist of all Lindy 45 min+ videos to sleep to.
@rubenskiii 4 ай бұрын
Just watch his video about beds, that will do it.
@HanzoChop 4 ай бұрын
Lindybeige's left hand is quite the philosopher
@dappledlight8073 3 ай бұрын
I feel like this was an hour long video teasing a second video. And I am here for it!
@robwalker4452 4 ай бұрын
Lindybeige has made LindyGOLD with this one. Love the subject and the presentation so much... this man DEFINITLEY has more than 1 fan.
@StonedWidowOnDoom 4 ай бұрын
Stoic philosophy and Nietzsche helped me to overcome a lot of things that held me back. Nietzsche liked to dance a lot. He had a lot of examples linked to dancing. In some cases, he said musicians and dancers are closer to the Ubermensch as anyone else can be. I saw a theatrical play where this Nietzsche figure described the core of his philosophy the best, in my opinion. My philosophy is a thin rope stretched across an abyss (Nihilism). With this rope, you can cross this abyss and dance with joy while you do. Have to say, even when philosophers are obvious, if you never got in contact with these concepts you will never know it is obvious and even miss it. We only know some philosophy is wrong, because we see people experimenting with these concepts and either got happier or not. In my opinion, philosophy is important for all.
@forthrightgambitia1032 4 ай бұрын
By all accounts he just danced by himself though. He also saw laughter as important.
@StonedWidowOnDoom 4 ай бұрын
@@forthrightgambitia1032 Didn't know that. Fits his character, I guess. :^)
@myparceltape1169 4 ай бұрын
Like Lindy dancing in a shiny new suit of armour.
@SplendidFellow 4 ай бұрын
Excellent summary of a lot of philosophies, Lindybeige! And I've missed this long-form lecture content. Bravo!
@jakobfredriksson2272 4 ай бұрын
Yes! I've missed a background full of pictures/stuff instead of books (for some reason). Now I'm going to watch the actual video.
@tomtateson8660 4 ай бұрын
Great to see you back doing long videos again. An enjoyable and informative perspective as ever.
@whatevsimbulletproof 3 ай бұрын
Love hearing your long talks!
@gusgusington710 4 ай бұрын
Amazing video! I could watch you talk about any subject for hours! Please keep making these!!!
@MySENNAa 4 ай бұрын
OMG FINALLY 1 HOUR OF JUST TALKIN ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
@Jsi01 4 ай бұрын
Great! A nice long video. I rewatch each one at least 10 times and sometimes fall asleep to them, this is nice to mix it up. Thanks Lloyd.
@itai4ever16 4 ай бұрын
I am so happy to hear you in a long form video! I missed those a lot.
@mikemorr100 4 ай бұрын
Ayy, Ive been watching past Lindy hour long videos to fall asleep, this week. This is great timing.
@More_Row 4 ай бұрын
Awesome video Lloyd. Well done for choosing the topic and going through and condensing it more succinctly from each of the actors you choose to talk about, It did give me some fleeting good feelings. Although my brain instantly trying to pull me back to my depressed anxious state. Noticing patterns or objectivity I feel you skipped a bit. But that can relate to stoicism in a way so i'm also excited for that. Cheers
@joshuagarwood9733 3 ай бұрын
Amazing video. I've missed these long form ones!
@charlesporsbjer2416 4 ай бұрын
It's funny I never realized until now that the whole "Law of attraction" philosophy is pretty much an exact opposite of the stoic philosophy or even buddhist philosophy. AMAZING VIDEO NIKOLAS!
@brandoncaulfield9617 4 ай бұрын
Really appreciate the video lloyd! Amazing work as always
@HostileMakeover 4 ай бұрын
My favorite is still Diogenes of Sinope, the Cynic. His interactions with Alexander the Great are hilarious, and his trolling Plato is even better.
@jdjones4825 4 ай бұрын
My all time favourite 😂😂😂
@King.Leonidas 4 ай бұрын
sigma male
@Dap1ssmonk 4 ай бұрын
The wtf fun fact of philosophers, said nothing of import and did nothing of use but he’s funny so we still need to hear about him.
@Simon_Nonymous 3 ай бұрын
Thankyou, its so good to see you back! We have missed you. Really enjoyed this video, very very interesting, especially for my wife, who learnt alot !Please do more of this subject xx
@bigboi9997 4 ай бұрын
Finally a lindybeige philosophy video! Waiting years for this one
@LeandroCapstick 4 ай бұрын
I thought Aquinas' main contribution was his study of Aristotle, not the stoics.
@theangel666100 4 ай бұрын
Yeah I can't find any info about Thomas Aquinas bringing about the stoics online. Maybe he made a mistake here ?
@yeetoburrito9972 4 ай бұрын
I haven't seen the whole video yet, but Aquinas is known for reconciling Aristotelian philosophy with Christian thought, I'm not sure about stoics, I've never heard anything about his connection with stoicism :)
@philippugh9159 4 ай бұрын
That's correct. In fact, it was Augustine who Christianized the Stoics, along with Boethius who is best characterized as a Christian Stoic.
@Ninja.Alinja 4 ай бұрын
20:09 Lloyd mentions Augustine, the Berber, condemning Stoics, and then suddenly brings up Thomas Aquinas and then a few minutes on he get to TA, he just got the two confused I think.
@gireeshbogu8580 Ай бұрын
I wish I had a teacher like this. So much fun and wisdom.
@christopherhancock9041 4 ай бұрын
thank you for pointing out a few names I may have overlooked. terrific video
@MrDowntemp0 3 ай бұрын
I am EAGERLY awaiting your deeper dive into the stoics
@sststr 4 ай бұрын
Remembering self vs. experiencing self - when I did my Ironman, spectators put up all kinds of signs and write stuff on the street in chalk to encourage the athletes, and the one that stands out to me is "Pain is temporary, victory is forever!"
@arlen_95 4 ай бұрын
Thank you, Lindy! You put out the exact right video, right when I needed it most :)
@livingbeings 4 ай бұрын
I understand your distaste for philosophy in modern practice, but your philosophical videos have always been my favorites. Looking forward to more like this. Thank you.
@GinoLuccio 4 ай бұрын
Oooh shit, another long Lindy video! You sir, made the start of my early weekend a good one.
@stadtbekanntertunichtgut 4 ай бұрын
Good summary Andy! Thanks a lot.
@purshottamadevadhikar5035 4 ай бұрын
Lindy the enlightenment wasnt just "a british thing". Descartes and Kant were 2 of the enlightenments biggest thinkers. Surely England, France and Germany played pretty equal roles in the enlightment. Even italy contributed with thinkers like Beccaria.
@niniv2706 3 ай бұрын
Looking fwd for the follow up to Stoicism ... Mr Beige that was a pleasant experience .
@TheOldBlackShuckyDog 4 ай бұрын
I’ve always found philosophy interesting. Everything is obvious once it has been said/done/written. But until that point it was likely markedly less obvious. And in terms of what direct impact it has one one’s life, it has as much impact as you let it have.
@evghb 4 ай бұрын
Especially ancient greek philosophy, and I find its larger implications more interesting from the perspective of Mazlow's pyramid. Like for the first time in history, to that point, some people had the means and free time to ponder the greater questions of life. 99.99999% of people were still worrying about farming and surviving, but the trend started to shift upward.
@ozelhassan8576 4 ай бұрын
I really enjoyed this and I like listening to what you have to say, usually I won’t watch a hour or more of a other content creators videos but yours always. I can’t wait for the next episode. Thanks very much. 👍👍✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨
@The_Opinion_of_Matt 2 ай бұрын
This video is the first of your's that I've watched with my headphones on. Just wanted to say that it has, by far, the best audio quality I've heard from any KZfaq video. It sounds like you are in the room with me. It is so good that it confused me at first because it sounded like the audio was from the room I'm in and not from the headphones. I had my wife listen as well and she said, without prompting, that it sounded like you are in the room with us. My wife also loves your sweaters!
@joezephyr 4 ай бұрын
Reading the titles at the end would have made me happy thank you
@el_wumberino 4 ай бұрын
I shall wait in stoic patience for your next video on philosophy.
@TheIgnoramus 4 ай бұрын
IMO most important video you’ve ever made. Thank you for this entertaining compilation that took me half a decade to sparse out😂. The separation of memory and object experience is a prime question. The feedback of the body, vs the remembrance of the mind. Time perception. In my humble opinion. The Stoics resonate the most with me. If you assume you will always have ignorance within yourself; Stoicism, with a healthy dose of utilitarianism, humanism, and skepticism; A removal from the dichotomy of forced perception, seems the only answer to suffering/the inequality of placement of the individual. One must be able to objectively feel and accept their emotions/situation, as well as practice the opposite when necessary. Balance. Purpose in all things. Unity. The hole in the human heart, inherent separation, can only be filled by the experience of others.The human internal mind, can only heal through its own will, and acceptance of both suffering, and choice, but one can not reach correct conclusions without the other. The Oroborus. This could be expanded to the very analogy of the universe, but this ignoramus waxes poetic on this topic. I Look forward to the next video.
@montymontgomeri 3 ай бұрын
I am so glad that to have also discovered Stoicism. I am excited to hear more about what you have to say. Looking forward to it.
@40johnson87 4 ай бұрын
Crazy, I just started rewatching some of his old videos the other day and started reading Plato yesterday. Wild coincidence to see this get uploaded lol
@markwilliams3679 3 ай бұрын
I’ve recently been getting into reading philosophy so this came out at a perfect time.
@vojtavydrzel459 3 ай бұрын
What an amazing video! Keep up the great work!
@TheLuigiBrother77 4 ай бұрын
8:08 Aristotle didn't suggest they were smack in the middle. Cowardice for example was the vice, further away, foolhardiness was the anti-virtue, closer to the virtue, and courage the virtue
@polartechie 4 ай бұрын
I am absolutely adding an Etheral entity with vacuum attack to the Campaign. Thank you Lindy
@Alulim-Eridu 3 ай бұрын
I’ve incorporated the Delphic maxim “Know Thy Self” into one of my tattoos. But it’s written in an old Freemasonic script. So it just looks like part of the design of the rest of the tattoo
@hubertbreidenbach 4 ай бұрын
The points at the end about fulfilment through crisis and kindness; they put the cherry on the cake of an excellent discussion.
@thisisaduck 3 ай бұрын
A great video to watch at midnight!
@martinm3474 2 ай бұрын
Wonderfully shallow, great listening during supper of Tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches. Gratitude for your style, it helps my balance of energy and I find some happiness within this.
@dmk_games 4 ай бұрын
Fun fact: (maybe it will be mentioned in the video) - Socrates didn’t write stuff down. Most of the stuff attributed to him is from the works of Plato which used a character named Socrates (who was Plato's teacher). (And other stories starring socrates).
@myparceltape1169 4 ай бұрын
The dialogues, pre-Windows.
@1v966 4 ай бұрын
could have watched at least the first three minutes first bro
@mkillian 3 ай бұрын
Yay! Long form Lindy is back.
@ZestonN 2 ай бұрын
Lindy actually explained Stoicism better than most Stoic Channels. :)
@loki98Bp 3 ай бұрын
Great video as always!
@DesignerBerg 4 ай бұрын
This was rather amazing. Thank you!
@mikkel6938 3 ай бұрын
Great video Lindy! I do love a good talk on philosophy. Now I'm interested in hearing about your thoughts on eastern philosophy such as from hinduism and buddhism. I came to have somewhat of an understanding of these, mainly by listening to the late Alan Watts. I'm assuming you're aware of him, he has had a lot of great long audio files uploaded here on youtube. I suspect you hold a critical view of these types of mystical ideas, but also that you will see a lot of similar conclusions as to what stoicism gives us. Alan has a way of turning the mystical into something more practical I think. Cheers!
@erichammer5502 2 ай бұрын
Glad to see the return of long form content as well! Thank you sir! I am a little surprised your history doesn't include David Hume or the great Adam Smith. Then again, if you are summarizing based on the book I am a lot less surprised; Smith's Theory of Moral Sentiments is unknown to most philosophers, and David Hume is "improbably baroque" and thus rather hard for most of them.
@whydingus2379 3 ай бұрын
Thanks for this. Perfect while I'm doing my night job!
@ShagShaggio 4 ай бұрын
This was fun. Cheers!
@nate665 4 ай бұрын
Just when you really need a new Lloyd video, there he is.
@TheDigitalStoic 4 ай бұрын
"The purpose of life is happiness, which is achieved by virtue, living according to the dictates of reason, ethical and philosophical training, self-reflection, careful judgements and inner calm." - Zeno of Citium
@SpeakyDeak 4 ай бұрын
lindy cares about our happiness! that makes me happy, nice one, i''m gonna wear beige today.
@shaynehughes6645 2 ай бұрын
I believe Charles Schulz once wrote, "Happiness is a warm puppy"
@faramund9865 4 ай бұрын
I hope this is what I needed, gonna fall to sleep slowly to it.
@perniciouspete4986 4 ай бұрын
No, the 5 elements are earth, fire, air, water, and Leeloo.
@TomFynn 4 ай бұрын
Lets not forget the sixth element which is surprise.
@donweatherwax9318 4 ай бұрын
No one expects a one-hour-long Lindybeige video!!
@Bexebeche 4 ай бұрын
It's Heart. Duh. Go Planet!
@StergiosMekras 4 ай бұрын
~8:00 something to note here, that principle is often misquoted as "Pan Metron Ariston" (roughly translated as "measured in everything is best") but the original, if memory serves, is "Metron Ariston" ("measured is best"). It's not all encompassing, and it's not necessarily about finding the "middle".
@milesdavis1620 4 ай бұрын
Interesting, and impressive that it was apparently made in one take!? (that sounds unbelievable). A good description of many philosophies.
@baconcatbug 4 ай бұрын
My Right Ear very much enjoyed this video.
@mk-ki3jc 11 күн бұрын
This man is whats known as a "human encyclopedia." Us mere mortals could only hope to be so knowledgeable
@hughbarton5743 4 ай бұрын
Great job, as always. And I'll bet you're right about the Stoics; looking forward to your thoughts. Thank you, sir.
@finlaybond 2 ай бұрын
44:50 - "The life of Jesus critically examined" really got me.
@rubenskiii 4 ай бұрын
Your poin about blame culture is quite interesting, it ties into something i am having a bit of trouble with in personal life. No parent is perfect, but some are very far removed from perfect. I had one of the latter. And in therapy it's about that a lot. It's weird because the blame is justified, but what then? It's something i had a lot of discussion about with my therapist. And what he said might be helpful for others: being able to pin why you do, think or feel certain things on someone's (past) behavior towards you is not so much about blame itself, but about understanding where your behavior comes from. It gives more understanding of the self. Being able to understand how the things are wired in your brain can give you a more objective (Stoic?) viewpoint on that. Knowing the root cause helps a lot with adressing problems. But before you can do that it is important to understand what has happened to you, and by who. Especially with people who you care about it can be easier to just point the blame inwards. Instead of understanding that you do a certain thing because in the past certain behavior by for example a parent made that the best reaction you just see yourself as a fool that can't be normal. And that obviously is detrimental to oneself. So a certain amount of blame when it's justified is good. As with almost all things it is about the measure of it and what you then do with it. Just blaming your parents for making you miserabele and then calling it a day is obviously not the answer. Blame is a tool, not a goal.
@katyamohina6145 4 ай бұрын
Yes. And it is also about having emotional experience of it (rightful anger and blame that were denied to a person when they were a child, which essentially lead to their current traumatized condition). Shaming blame is stopping person in their first steps of recovery.
@365InnerPeace 3 ай бұрын
Fascinating exploration! This history of the philosophy of happiness offers profound insights into human thought. Thank you for sharing!
@theeyehead3437 3 ай бұрын
"The Enlightenment was a British thing" is the most British thing I've ever heard
@dechasrisen4783 4 ай бұрын
Faith, Hope, and Charity are 1 Cor 13. St Thomas wrote a lot about them, but he was explaining the NT verse when he did so.
@FlukeTog 4 ай бұрын
Shout out to Thomas Aquinas. That was funny. Hopefully Mac is on the brighter side of the street today. I enjoyed this happiness unboxing. Thank you
@Haegar2o2 4 ай бұрын
Great video!
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