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"I don't want you to remove my pain. I need my pain. My pain is what makes me who I am." James T. Kirk.

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I was thinking of writing the comment from a long time. To Whoever is the creator of this content- Nietzsche would be proud of you for the kind of work you are doing through these videos. Not only him, but a lot of great thinkers would be proud of you. You have helped me, and I'm sure you have helped a thousand others. I'm from India- a country which itself has a great ancient tradition of intellectual thought as it is the birthplace of Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism, and the home of Sufi Islam. However, we went into a rot a couple of hundred years ago- a total and absolute rot! we have not produced anything original or significant since at least 500 years. Indian society needs a big shock or destruction in order to start afresh without being weighed down by its own ancient traditions.This video just reminded me of it. Societies need shocks and suffering to truly flourish. Anyways, I will surely support you through Patreon. If you ever visit India, just let me know - you have a host.

The more I get familiar with Nietzsche's thoughts, the more I understand what a great person he was.

"The secret is that only that which can destroy itself is truly alive." ~ C.G. Jung

The best channel on Nietzsche!

This certainly put today's crazy-ness in perspective. I suddenly feel free to embrace all of life, without resentment. This is definitely a message for our time.

Please never stop man. You are changing people's lives whether you know it or not. You changed my whole outlook

love is dionisian, we experience insane duality of suffering and joy, but all what we would recall is the brief moments of joy we felt, i love Dionysus so much

The world needs this information more than ever right now. We struggled for thousands of years acting, mimicking, iconically representing, and finally articulating these important human truths. These ideas need to be made common knowledge again if not in the articulated way at least acted out and discovered.

I am at one of the toughest times in my life right now and have had several vivid dreams involving Dionysus and his companion Pan, as well as strange synchronicity events of them randomly popping up in my life in completely unrelated contexts, so I decided to look into it more, since I knew nothing about the two. Thank you for this video. Its messages are very important to me. I will take it to heart.

amor fati

Accidentally stumbling on this jewel of a channel, I can say that this is what's missing in my KZfaq diet. Unlike the more popularising philosophy channels (which I also find useful), this is much more focused and nuanced, if not a little tedious at times. A worthwhile sacrifice, to be a little Dionysian :) Great work AoI. Cheers! Also, I find having a little foreknowledge greatly helpful to my understanding of the topic, thus I recommend Taleb's 'Antifragile', a more modern take on Dionysus.

Dionysus be like Yin and Yang on crack

The words of Joseph Campbell came back to me while listening to this. You must say, "yes" to all of life, the good and the evil. It was in the context of questioning a Buddhist teacher touching upon the essence of enlightenment. It sounded familiar and true at the time I first encountered it, but I had never before associated this with the ancient Greek myth of Dionysus. This has definitely given me a new perspective on both Nietzsche and Dionysus. What a mind stimulating and terrific lecture! Thank you.

This is saving me. I started meditating today after a couple weeks of not doing so. As I was meditating on the root chakra, the name Dionysus just came in my head and it sounded so familiar. I woke up this morning feeling empty, I was certain it was due to me not focusing on the moment and starting to let thoughts take over. I had negative thought patterns all day till I meditated and researched who Dionysus was when the name sounded in my head. I’m a huge fan of Donnie Darko and everything that has the “as above so below” complex. Destruction is a form of creation

So the duality of joy and virtue with sorrow and sin.

So nice... your narrative and narration itself feels like poetry.

Your channel gives me hope at least two folks in my country share the same fascinations as I do.

For better or for worse, it seems one must first thirst in order to appreciate the quencher. In other words, it may be that the Taoist assertion that positivity and negativity are necessary to each other, is true. You may be an eternal being engaged in the negative phase of a never ending cycle, a form of eternal recurrence if you will, of oscillating polarity which enables you to cope with that which you neither determine nor control. Like breathing, first you find yourself in a state of unbearable deprivation, which is wonderfully satisfying to fulfill. Once fulfilled, if one attempts to hold on to that feeling, it loses its potency and becomes unbearably burdensome, leaving one desirous of relief. That relief is oh so sweet but comes at a price; returning one to a state of deprivation and so, the cycle continues.

cheers to a dyonysian exsistence

Great video, although if you could insert the names of the paintings as you show them that would be fantastic :)

That was scary and beautiful.

Without life there is no death. Without death there is no life. Life is the source of death. Death is the source of life. Therefore, when I meet death, I want to say to him: `I am ready for you, my friend.'

I'm intrigued by the similarity between Shiva and Dionysus

i love your nietzsche videos, good job! great channel!

I would like to add to this, in that the story of Dionysus did not begin with his birth; In many myths, he was previously born to Zeus in the form of a serpent, and Persephone - Rulers of the heavens and the underworld, respectively. The titans captured him, torn him limb from limb, boiled his flesh and devoured him, save for his heart, which Athena managed to rescue and return to Zeus. Zeus ground the heart into a potion to give to Semele, and from there, Dionysus was reborn once more, not only of the divinity of the light on high and the dark below, but also of the mortal in-between. Thus he is shown in many cases to have two distinct forms - This older Dionysus, known as Zagreus, with a beard and masculine features - And a younger, effeminate form. I read of the myth of Zagreus and saw within him the duality and contrast of my own soul over a year ago, and that is why I have decided to bear his name.

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I don't think you realize how immensely important the work your doing is friend, thank you

I'm replaying this over. It's so comforting and the paintings are superb accompaniment.

I've seen a number of your videos, I'm especially impressed with this one.

Just seeing this video.... Awesome Work! This was the fastest most in depth synopsis of Nietche Dionysus/Dionisio and Dionysian principles. Thanks!!!

Great lecture ...thanks for imparting the profundity of Dionysian imperatives , which is sublime .

Your videos are so good - and very important. Thanks.

Before I knew of Nietzsche I was loving the pain with the joy, but it was because I was so poor and neglected as a child that my only possession was an encyclopedia; I read it, in fact, I learned to read by reading it and once I had exhausted every article, my mind made an insane leap forwarders and I literally evolved into a higher man that could see and love the duality of pain and joy. Though I was poor and neglected, I was blessed.

“If you have hitherto believed that life was one of the highest value and now see yourselves disappointed, do you at once have to reduce it to the lowest possible price?”

I love your carefully and creatively made videos. Great job 💛💛

WOW what valuable work you present! Thank you! Greetings from Switzerland

One of the best Academy of Ideas'videos. GREAT DEPTH!

Amazing passion to put this together. I will share this with my circle.

this channel deserves more views

By far the best video I have found on this channel so far

reading The Immortality Key right now, this video has so much more depth as Dionysus is a key center figure/idea in the book...

Wow, I am so glad KZfaq recommended this to me. Incredibly interestingly made. Thanks so much.

This was great! I starting writing after hearing this. It's a great analogy to use, no wonder Nietzsche liked it.

Absolutely incredible content. Thank you so much

Thank you my friend! I needed this today!!

I know this might be something somewhat offtopic, but I now better understand something about *SKYRIM* thanks to this video Yes, I know, Skyrim. Hear me out. Up to this point I always thought that Dyonisus was just a god of parties of drinking wines, of orgies, etc. What I didn't realize is how complex and close to nature of an entity of chaos he actually is in reality. This is where *Sheogorath* comes in. He was a complete copy of Dyonisus all along. Hailed as the dadric prince of madness, Sheogorath is capable of the greatest gifts and terrifying horrors, he is insane and his disposition will dictate his actions. He is also the god of the arts, and created the 3 musical instruments when he stumbled upon a maiden singing. Delighted by her sound he promptly caused her to "explode" in a burst of gore, taking her tendons and fashioning the lute, her hollowed bones to create the flute, and the hide of her skin to make the drum. Additionally, when a king decided that his city's economy was not as well as it could, thanks to excessive partying and artistic endeavour, he decided to forbid such excesses. Sheogorath was not amused by such a decision and thus cursed the city's women by making them bear crazy demented children who would to the most horrifying actions, eventually the king's wife was afflicted by this same fate, and at a tender young age, the king's son murdered his own father. Thus the city reflourished in art. Sheogorath was so pleased that he blessed 2 generations of children with madness as well.

Your channel is amazing man thanks for the content really means alot!

Apollo next please! this was great!

Thank you, this is a game changer in perspective. And rightfully so as things are as such.

Beautifully spoken!

I thought Nietzsche’s Birth of Tragedy was great. As Kaufmann said in the preface, that small book has often hypnotized people. It certainly brought back my deep love for Greek culture that I had had in my childhood. The Apollonian and Dionysian idea was interesting. Since reading that work, I have reread Homer, studied tragedy, read Herodotus and many of Plato’s dialogues. Now I am reading Thucydides, studying Ancient Greek and Latin. I find it all fascinating! I hope to master it all so I can pass it on to someone else one day. It cannot become lost!

Great work here. I would love an extension and perhaps comparison to Indian/Eastern influence. I still remember the remarkable impact of even just learning of Alexander's triumphs. That resulting trade hub, circulation of ideas from Greece to India as the result of so much spectacular death. The vedas and Hinduism borne of Steppes invaders which informed that aforementioned trade to Greece. The fact that cavalry, Scythians and their western influences as far as The Black Sea would circle back again as now a cousin-Sarmatian would again descend on Indus Valley. The beauty of the tragedies that repeat themselves and the tears which can transform into laughter. The forever wandering Atman, lost only to rediscover himself, Brahman It's so hard to explain complicated truth without sounding mad. How funny is that? You need not only be clever but also perversely clever. As you mentioned in quote, "capable of darkest thoughts" yet able to still reject them as needed and properly choose life. The rebirth is always the hardest part. Even having done it, doubting, how many more times?

Really good explanation. Congrats!

This is by far my new favourite channel on youtube!

This was such a great video! I was always drawn to Dionysis myself and especially at this point in my life have found myself surrounded by the most questionable of characters, having fun with their eccentricities. People tell me I need to find peers of "better quality" lol but they don't understand me.

Great video. Clear and easy to follow.

Heavy content all making sense. Thanks for the journey.

you have amazing videos i have seen them all and of course will send them to friends :)

Dionysus is such an interesting character in Greek myth, ignored but not forgotten

I've begun to love this channel. Personally, I find it almost addictive.lol.

Bravo, great work, my deepest thanks.

Great video. I haven't read him much since college, so this was a nice recap.

Nice information. Dionysius, such an interesting idea. So compelling, so relatable.

Reminds me of the concept of Han and Jeong in Korean Culture.

When I was 18 or something, I went to some library in Cracow, Poland, to read on site only, “Dionysus Dythrambs” Nietzsche’s tome of poetry dedicated to obvious. Has been impressed. It was printed on some special kind of paper, tens of years old, only to read on site 😁🙏🏻

After listening to a handful of youtube Nietzsche lextures, I would like to commend you for being the best of the bunch, sir.

I read Beyond Good and Evil when I was in 7th grade twice after taking it from a library under people's noses. I read each page carefully and wrote criticisms within the margins of the book then created a game with my best friend who read the book as well. We called our game :Building Blocks of Knowledge: where we took Nietzsches pages and tore them down in paragraphes with friendly debates. Looking back now 22 years later it makes sence why I hated school. It was fun to look back here after watching this nice video. Thanks

Thank you sir.

I love your channel. Thank you so much.

Loved this video, kudos!

Thank you, i really needed this... Also, very very well done. Keep going, this is what "content" should be, yet all too rare in the jungle of the internet....

I love this form of thinking and it makes me wonder

This was an excellent video. Kudos.

This is brilliant and very helpful.

It’s so nice to see the amount of subs this channel has

Ahh - I love the good vs evil paradox within all of us and collectively, thank you for sharing as I’ve never heard of Dionysus but I am eager to study him.

Excellent. Thanks

my favorite channel, thanks

say, where do you get all the ancient paintings you use in your videos? i love the style, but couldnt find a good collection of them yet.

thank you. you are doing good work

I might be worth mentioning that Nietzsche derived the distinction between the Apollonian and the Dionysian from Richard Wagner (the great composer and dramatist). Nietzsche and Wagner were friends but the friendship was not one of equality. Wagner was a kind of father-figure for Nietzsche and indeed Nietzsche regarded Wagner as his "greatest benefactor". His first great book "The Birth of Tragedy" was dedicated to Wagner and was derived in part from Wagner's writings and their long conversations together at Tribschen. No Wagner, no Nietzsche.

Fantastic video

Thank you for this beautiful video.

I love the spirit in this channel's comment section. Mostly people who are curious about life, it's so refreshing to read the comments. The internet is like Dionysus in its contradictions, there are people getting mental illness from it's overuse and then there are people over Academy of Ideas getting mental wholeness.

You showed me my truth and for that i am grateful and send my love and understanding of the known and misunderstandment of the unknown. ALL ARE DIVINE and all are of Duality but to freely embrace the mad and rad. Crazy is but a period of time not a state of mind.

I think this is my favourite of the Nietzsche videos 👌🏼

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A 10/10 video. Amor fati is the core concept of Nietzsche's philosophy imo. Everything else stems from it and aims toward it.

Favorite video hands down

Great video. Very learned.

Another great piece. More!

This revitalised me. Made me cry.

Agonizingly beautiful my friend; truly mesmerized.

Excellent. Thank you.

excellent, content! i'm a fan

Beautiful. It is really fucking difficult to affirm the greater tragedies, but it is totally true, and worth it eventually.