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@IronWarriorMarine2 ай бұрын
How do I speak like you?
@ianbuilds7712Ай бұрын
I googled "the stranger" and got something much different... It's when you take your hand.... Well nevermind. suffice to say it wasn't a novel😂
@cerdic65862 ай бұрын
"Those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music" - Nietzsche
@shahzamannarai55532 ай бұрын
This is a great quote, however, do not misunderstand the book, while the protagonist is an interesting character, he is not to be endorsed, it is a sort of warning or downside of Absurdism by Albert Camus.
@tunamayo35872 ай бұрын
Meursault neither dances nor hears music, he watches from the sideline, not interacting and not judging.
@MRFLOPPYmr2 ай бұрын
@@tunamayo3587 A quiet and peaceful excistence
@nocheoscura2 ай бұрын
Anyway the quote it's beautiful ❤
@Unknown-hm3wq2 ай бұрын
Bro no offence but did nietzche really say it ??
@johanLiebert0002 ай бұрын
Albert Camus might just be one of the most handsome philosophers ever
@carmens_heaven222Ай бұрын
REALLLLLL
@noni744221 күн бұрын
LITERALLY girl i have a crush on him😭😭😭😭😭
@trailblazerr.20 күн бұрын
man's majestic
@noni744217 күн бұрын
@@trailblazerr. the way he talks and his smoking and his face 😍🩷.. and his work!!!! omg i fall more in love the more i read his works
@joe1337-k6p2 күн бұрын
Camus aint got nothing on Nozick
@pork58772 ай бұрын
I clicked on this video because of the sun.
@helloworld5836029 күн бұрын
HAHAHAHHAAHAHHA
@DrRCStone11 күн бұрын
But I kept watching because of the sun.
@marcino89662 ай бұрын
there is only one thing worse than being alone. Finding someone who makes loneliness disapear, only to lose that someone
@liamwebster4252 ай бұрын
Yeah currently dealing with this right now
@gustavoreyesponcedeleon44122 ай бұрын
@@liamwebster425sorry bout that
@cabbage_cat2 ай бұрын
Happened to me last year. Felt like shit for 6 months. Rescued a kitten last February. Felt better. I'll do anything for this cat.
@JoaoVictor-rg5ix2 ай бұрын
@@cabbage_catGood one bro. Enjoy the times you have together. Life its rough!
@cabbage_cat2 ай бұрын
@@JoaoVictor-rg5ix thanks mate, I hope you're doing good
@High-Impact-Vivid-Colors2 ай бұрын
I often times find myself alone. I'm autistic, so I can't dance to the tune of other people as much as I'd like. Not that I haven't tried, mind you, it's just that I am incapable of picking up social queues or reading body language. There was one time a coworker flirted with me for a few weeks and implied heavily she wanted to go out with me, but I never knew. Someone had to tell me after the fact. To me it's like most of the world is speaking in riddles, but I can only hear the literal words they say. Not that I want to be seen as a victim though. My condition is a blessing and a curse, and it's up to me to make the most of it.
@authaire2 ай бұрын
Solidarity
@amyscarlett55022 ай бұрын
Have you heard of the double empathy problem? Basically says that, it's not that a social deficit is inherent to autism, but appears that way, because most of our interactions are with allistic people, and our ways of communication are vastly different, akin of someone trying to comunicate speaking Spanish in China. What I'm trying to say is, find other autistic people that you can relate to, as you use the same communication style, or language, if we follow the analogy. I know it can be hard, there aren't that many of us, but for the first time in three decades of my life I can say I have a true friend. I am no longer alone. Have hope
@lirgamingthings60352 ай бұрын
I also found solace in the book as an autistic person. Felt like a protagonist I could relate to in ways
@EnglishEvolutionАй бұрын
@@amyscarlett5502we need an app for this
@jean-francoiskener6036Ай бұрын
If she knew enough about you to decide with a good judgement that she actually likes you, she would also have known that she should have told her intentions directly to you. Therefore, you can dismiss calmly her non sense, which is sadly very common in women.
@SaintOli2 ай бұрын
The rate you upload is incredible. I have been working through your catalogue, love your oration style. You bring enthusiasm to Philosophy which is palpable and makes it so much more engaging. Don't burn yourself out though! We will still be here, don't worry.
@unsolicitedadvice91982 ай бұрын
Haha! Thank you! To be honest I try to take breaks but every time I do I end up reading something and then I want to write something about it and before you know it I’m making another video haha!
@SaintOli2 ай бұрын
@@unsolicitedadvice9198 Awesome to hear, it's working very well evidently. Just wanted to say I loved your podcast with Alex, hope you guys do some more content in the future :)
@lolisimon29332 ай бұрын
There's a podcast too?
@Aeryazz2 ай бұрын
@@lolisimon2933 Podcast he did with Alex O'Connor, another Philosophy KZfaqr. It's about Nihilism, it's a really great watch.
@mikejarrells4312 ай бұрын
I'm starting to see a pattern suggested by philosophy and embraced by modern psychology: pursue authenticity and reject conformity. It seems that we are trapped in a web of toxic relationships with narcissists. Maybe that's why philosophers are executed. They inspire rebellion. Don't settle. Break the cycle. Rebel.
@DevoidVoid9 күн бұрын
Yup. Best part is the stranger sounds a lot like a legit Psycopath. Not a Malignant Narcissist so a sadistic psycho. All psychopathy is, is a blank slate human. Incapable of lots of things because of brain deficits, so exploring the world and moving through it is very challenging. Lacking internal drives and not really understanding the emotional reasoning for caring about certain rituals turns a lot of people off. Lots of what causes bad behaviour is, bad environment, projection from others, wierd dynamics between people being thrust into us (like triangulation from women lmao like in the stranger is a bad one) and even the whole predatory thing is more so a means of survival and getting needs met in a last ditch effort or after severe resentment builds. We breaking the cycles. Going to therapy. Getting meds. Trying to just understand people will be my goal going forward. I've lacked that from most people. It's very isolating. Not for my own benefit, but for the benefit of the people that need someone in this very shaming and judgemental cold world, I've already been destroyed, so there's no point in putting that energy back out there. Appreciate this one 🖤
@Tedy4192 ай бұрын
Damn the timing was perfect, I really need this because i have a presentation at school and it's about this exact book. Now I'll look really smart and not have to read the second part of the thing today. Thank you bro
@unsolicitedadvice91982 ай бұрын
Haha! I hope it helps! Though I do think you will enjoy the other half of the book as well :)
@TwoDudesPhilosophy2 ай бұрын
“Read less books, watch more youtube” - Joe from unsollicited advice
@projectadrift77112 ай бұрын
"Vanity, all under the sun is vanity."
@avipsaghosh14982 ай бұрын
This video dropped at a strangely personal time... it was only a few minutes ago that I was thinking about this very same thing.
@unsolicitedadvice91982 ай бұрын
Ah I hope it helps
@pacoloco19912 ай бұрын
I'm schizoid, and this novel ilustrates how i feel about everything
@kevinsayes2 ай бұрын
Lost my mom Friday, I’m 37, and some of the lessons I’ve learned from your videos/lectures, along with others, have helped me find the inner strength to be the strong and stoic one this week and that in turn is comforting others. So your passion and work is having real world effects out here brotha. If we could get the world to think about the topics you cover, we maybe could have a calmer and more compassionate world, instead of whatever this is we find ourselves in.
@TheJoshestWhite2 ай бұрын
Or was it Thursday? I am sorry for your loss though
@conorplunkett73982 ай бұрын
Sorry for your loss.
@ThePond1352 ай бұрын
@@TheJoshestWhite Not a very appropriate joke
@kevinsayes2 ай бұрын
@@ThePond135 no it’s all good, thanks for standing up in a way for a complete stranger. But humor can be good, maybe everything was last thur right?
@kevinsayes2 ай бұрын
@@TheJoshestWhite thank you
@kanupriyagrewal436112 күн бұрын
I am leaving this comment with commitment to watch this video again everytime someone likes it. I find content of this video really captivating. 🌸
@ImNoBSING2 ай бұрын
Being alienated by the absurd and pointlessness shows a sign of mental weakness. To understand everything has no value and still value the world around takes a lot more inner strength.
@authaire2 ай бұрын
PostScript Addendum; Weakness according to this definition is also NOT a flaw of personal morality or unmet personal desire. No one inherently wants to perpetuate misery. To pretend otherwise is more harmful than helpful.
@ImNoBSING2 ай бұрын
I agree partly. Valuing something means we are in debt to or responsible for it. You value your health, like 99% of us do? Well how come were are not so healthy. Because we value some things more. After all, being indifferent does not mean you do not value something but atleast the outcome of your actions shows you did not. What I am saying, is that just like nihilism, also indifference has a map to follow and thus values. Well, thus he just values some things more. Giving ultimate value to everything is impossible from physical standpoint as we are not omnipotent, so giving any value is a strength. I say we can demand (and do demand) some core values from other people as not giving value can go to such absurd situations when human interactions do occur.
@Mr.Storytime959Ай бұрын
Some people just arnt good painters…no wonder their life seems meaningless…their canvas is still blank
@SharedPhilosophy2 ай бұрын
I have never seen a better unintentional advertisement for a novel than this. Thank you Joe, I will now be ordering The Stranger and reading it for myself.
@masha53652 ай бұрын
finally a vid bout Camus! Thank u :)
@unsolicitedadvice91982 ай бұрын
Haha! He is a cracking thinker!
@Stealth13372 ай бұрын
I think the indifference Mersault demonstrates can be somewhat attributed to the fact that Camus' inspiration was based on an autistic friend rather than shades of indifference per se.
@silopante2 ай бұрын
There's a paper written about it www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5903843/
@amyscarlett55022 ай бұрын
I mean, in my case that doesn't cause indifference, but being overly zealous of moral dogma. I mean, most people will be kind of supportive of human rights, but then will be perfectly fine when society neglects or directly violates someones rights if they're the "wrong kind" of person, like criminals, homeless people, addicts, immigrants who enter illegally, or even legally, political opponents, sexual minorities, some races, some cultures, some religions, you name it. They call it mental rigidity, I call it consistency. Maybe some of them are horrible human beings, but human nonetheless
@Lyrielonwind29 күн бұрын
Mersault is flat...he doesn't care about anyone, not even himself. He's not even able to feel fear for himself.
@Gustmazz2 ай бұрын
Your work here is always marvelous. Straight to the point, intelligent, well made. It's great to see when you upload a new video, and I always feel like I learn a lot from your content. Truly, thank you.
@Ph4ntomHourGlass2 ай бұрын
Its interesting how closely this sense of apathy aligns with the symptoms of Psychopathy. In many ways, there are many people who are literally indifferent to the world around them...
@mayankgaikwad18921 күн бұрын
Well psychopaths are actually care about their own happiness particularly power and more importantly are very good at acting sane
@DevoidVoid9 күн бұрын
@@mayankgaikwad189 this isnt entirely true. Yeah they do, but its because you realistically cant ever get your needs met. Its always a power play to barely make a foot in the door. You observe how much easier people have it with money, because of power dynamics. If you are doomed to that, and realize it young, you become very callous and remorsless, to get needs met. Some psychopaths are a lot more pro social. But they have a lot of lacking needs being met and are constantly confused why people treat them so badly. Some choose avoidance and complete isolation from adapting a very good theory of mind, and not wanting to hurt others. If you dont want to be hurt in a certain way, you dont do it to others, you adapt lesss manipulation and try to be a better person in society eyes. But in a society with Narcissistic morality flourshing everywhere, its hard to tell what the limits should be for your own behaviour. You dont need reflexive empathy or pro social emotions, just observation over a longer period and probably a slightly higher IQ to make these observations.
@khrisjamesmiddleton53172 ай бұрын
Joe we need a video talking about your philosophical beliefs pleaseeeeeee
@HajerahUmarАй бұрын
Yessss
@DevoidVoid9 күн бұрын
10/10 would love this tooo
@TwoDudesPhilosophy2 ай бұрын
Philosophy is a voluntary living among ice and high mountains!
@unsolicitedadvice91982 ай бұрын
Haha! Or descending to ascend
@urlovekir2 ай бұрын
If we live our lives by this indifference, it becomes harder to love. For dostoevsky, everything settles down when you can love but after reading camus, i wonder if we can still love and have that much excitement if we aren't concerned by most matters
@SympatheticStrawman2 ай бұрын
Just read this one recently. Honestly it was just such an unsettling read, Mersault feels so empty and separate from humanity, and he almost reminded me of rhe protagonist in "The Wasp Factory"
@Some_odd_guy2 ай бұрын
Last year in april I attended the funeral of my uncle who died of cancer. I sat in the front row next to his coffin and while my family and his friends were crying… I couldn’t force myself to give a single shit about this situation. Maybe even felt slightly amused. Why ? Because while others may knew him as an dependable and hardworking man, I received the other side of his character. The always angry, dissatisfied and prickly dickhead who found it easy and quite possibly stress relieving to lash out at me when given a chance. Thus while being looked up with a scorn from other members of my family, I simply sat there thinking to myself - „Even though they know about his attitude towards me, they still expect me to shed a tear upon his grave ? Why won’t they take MY feelings into consideration ?” And that’s when it hit me. I was all alone with these feelings of mine and while yearning for the understanding from others, I did not took into consideration to shift my point of view of the whole situation. While yes, my feelings were real and true I did not bother to understand what others might felt, thus making the false assumption that they all should have seen him in a way as I did. Once again the question is - why ? Why should they bother ? I’m not the main character of this story so why should they care ? My feelings are mine only and as such I am bound to be left with them for the rest of my life. No one shall ever know how it feels to be me, nor will I ever know how it feels to be you. We are all alone with our feelings and emotions in this world. We can share them, but we can’t feel them in the same way.
@mhameedi71842 ай бұрын
Found your channel 2 months ago thanks to KZfaq recommendations, since then I'm addicted to your videos, keep up the great work bro, wish you all the best in this universe!
@spacebuddy53392 ай бұрын
My name is Marsel (same pronunciation) and I have never felt so attacked.
@skunkguccАй бұрын
It’s a nice name idk what it is about it
@xavierzabie81842 ай бұрын
I fine comfort in the meaninglessness of the universe too. So many people don't see it but I do. Meaninglessness means that sure there is not a deity or entity that ultimately cares about you, but that also just makes connecting to others all the more important right? AFter all we're future corpses, no matter how you slice it. And if you can't do that, because of the absurdity of others,like our protagonist and Camu himself, that is also fine. Take comfort in the fact the universe doesn't care either way what happens. Why should you if others can't see that? Many may see this as cruel prospect, but I see it as liberative. No expectation can possibly be forced on you objectively, because it doesn't matter. Reality is the true sandbox rpg game.
@ahmetdogan56852 ай бұрын
Philosophy is the main thing to convince and fool yourself while life has its way with you.
@Upholstered_2 ай бұрын
Hi joe, just wanted to say your videos are fantastic and it's crazy how you manage to upload so consistently, i really appreciate it.
@drm543212 ай бұрын
Your command of the English language and interpretation of The Stranger is extremely impressive. Very engaging. Thanks!
@jackrose10162 ай бұрын
I’m a newcomer to your channel, and I’m very glad I am. :) Your content has been some of the meaningful and engaging I’ve found regarding philosophical works & debates. Keep it up!
@gabrieldelfronton25842 ай бұрын
What if Mersault was meant to be understood as a failed man who couldn't engage with anything amd create no meaning either for himself or for the people around him instead of a lonely and understood hero? Camus himself came to terms with his philosophy and engaged in things that he deemed worthy such as resilience, theatre or literature
@logic71242 ай бұрын
It doesn't matter even if you're right
@tunamayo35872 ай бұрын
That’s the same conclusion I came to
@ThinkingYesimathinkee-pz1rf2 ай бұрын
He has a girlfriend dawg what do you mean no meaning for other people
@envahanime62202 ай бұрын
Well, if you consider all of Camu's works and philosophy, it will be hard to reach this sort of conclusion.
@muxshy5 күн бұрын
I read this book as it was originally written in French just to have some reading language study material. Because I didn’t read it in my native language, I missed a lot of the nuances of the text. This video helped me better understand this complicated work while learning about something that hasn’t typically been an interest of mine-philosophy! very well made video😊
@catherineye-v5d5 күн бұрын
love it! thank you! I am going to read this book again, and kind of understand myself better as I do sometimes feel alienated from the world.
@Starman9092 ай бұрын
The truth is; We are never alone but we may convince ourselves or wish that we were alone.
@themutualfriend52862 ай бұрын
Love your videos mate, always hella enlightening and they always open me up to new ways of thinking
@unsolicitedadvice91982 ай бұрын
Thank you! That is very kind!
@camfella6472 ай бұрын
I haven’t read the novel but your interpretation of it makes me think that’s how the world would seem to someone who doesn’t experience conscience or deep emotions or any emotions at all, they would be left with a strictly academic or rational view, I suppose this highlights how important a role emotions play in the life of humans
@mollystewart-gallus5372 ай бұрын
I didn't take Mearsault as unemotional, just depressed. It reminded me a lot of my own experiences with dissociation. When you're dissociating it's like you're in shock after a tragedy and emotionally numb. But you're numb because there's an underlying boiling intensity that you are unable to handle. It always confuses me when people think of dissociation as lacking emotion. To me, dissociation is an extremely strong and terrifying feeling.
@camfella6472 ай бұрын
@@mollystewart-gallus537 but hasn’t the character been this way his whole life? This is normal for him, it’s not like he’s disassociating from himself if this is how he’s always been, unless I missed where he experienced some trauma or something, I e never read the novel so I’m just going on the channel’s interpretation
@mollystewart-gallus5372 ай бұрын
@@camfella647 Unfortunately, depression and isolation is pretty regular for many people, especially neurodivergent people. Could be early childhood trauma or other issues. So depression isn't necessarily like a temporary trauma after a parent's death or something like that. This is reading way into the book too much but the narrator may have suffered emotional neglect and may not like his mother. But there are any number of reasons why depression and dissociation could be pretty normal for a person.
@scarf5502 ай бұрын
@@camfella647depression can persist for someones entire life never really leaving them, just dissipating at moments.
@HajerahUmarАй бұрын
@@mollystewart-gallus537I agree,I've never felt this indifference as much as when I was in a very depressed state,and as I wrote in my journal, "The real torments,the real terrors are whem we cannot feel anything.Safe from pain,yes,but also from joy, from ecstasy. Moments when we can only look at life with half open eyes,disinterested and empty.They scare me. When life seems to find it in herself to whisper to you all your fears made real,your obsessions seen for what theyare,abd all your ugliness bared. As if that is the only thing about you that has ever existed....An empty, worthless facade made real only through your despicable mind." So the lack of emotion or feeling for any part of life ,can be the worst kind of pain,as you look only into the Absurd and are faced with no answers, only an emptiness
@toryntucker48192 ай бұрын
Another incredibly thought inducing video! Love seeing your channel grow and hearing your different takes on pieces you have covered before :). My nan gave me this book the other week which I find almost uncanny now you’ve brought this out! Keep up the great work
@militustoica2 ай бұрын
If your philosophy cannot deflect the arguments of absurdism with an argument for the nature of humanity and its purpose, I’m not so sure you have a philosophy at all. Camus is brilliantly gifted at forcing people to account for that. You summarized The Stranger brilliantly, my dude.
@The_Gake2 ай бұрын
I just finished reading this earlier this week let’s go. These are awesome to watch after i finish a book
@comegetzome2 ай бұрын
Loved this episode. When I read 'The Stranger' the first time, I couldn't put it down. I loved it to the point of tears.
@BrianDefferding2 ай бұрын
I can see heavy parallels of someone that has diagnosed psychopathy. How some psychopathic killers, in their confessions, talk about how they felt no different at all after they committed murder. Almost as if they feel no rush or adrenaline at all, just indifference.
@VincyHartwright2 ай бұрын
There are quite few instances in my life recently which has made me wondered if a God exists, this just so happens to be one of them. I have had many sleepless nights in recent memory as i am unable to close my eyes due to a nagging feeling that makes me think i am all alone in this universe. Even a few hours ago, that's what i literally felt in my classroom surrounded by 20 people yet feeling a connection to no one. BUT you just posted a video on this exact topic the moment i needed it! If there exists a God, this sure is a gift from him!
@lynnfisher30372 ай бұрын
Yes this creator does exist. Find him where he hides in plain sight, and that locus is within you. The source, the force, the great spirit, the holy spirit can only be found inside. It can never be realized using the five senses. "God is a spirit and they that worship him must worship him in spirit..." "The Kingdom of God is within you."
@purr_purr_meow_meow2 ай бұрын
I appreciate the videos. It helps me self examine and take a sober step back and evaluate life. Smart man, amazing content ❤
@animationfreak6552Ай бұрын
I remember reading this book during high school for a reading assignment a couple of years back. Though I was only 15 and knew little to nothing about philosophy, I thouroughly enjoyed this book. Though I was looking through this book through a slightly different lens (bc I had a very bare-bones definition in my head as to what existentialism and absurdism was at the time), I still thought the book was really insightful and standout-ish compared to other books I normally read (fiction, fantasy/sci-fi, etc). I remember oddly liking the ending, where Mersault came to the conclusion of coming to terms with the meaninglessness/objectiveness of life and full on embracing it, but if u were to ask me about the rest of the book in a deeper manner i wouldn't be able to answer that for you at the time. But then came the work and assignments following the reading and it just completely threw Camus' message out the window. The next month following the conclusion of the book were analyses of Mersault, why he behaved this way, why he was so indifferent and objective and cold towards everything, trying to come up with some meaningful explanation to all of this. In a socratic seminar I was in, the rest of the class came to the conclusion that Mersualt is just flat out weird and a straight up sociopath. And another assignment consisted of coming up with a potential traumatic childhood backstory that could serve as an explanation to Mersault's strangeness. No one else enjoyed the book because they all thought Meursault was weird and unrelatable. Of course, for the sake of my grades, I had to follow along with the workload but none of the assignments I had to do ever sat right with me however, despite not fully understanding Camus' depth of absurdism - but with the help of this video I understand now. Not only did my teacher completely miss the message but she ran away with it in the complete opposite direction. It was never about any deeper meaning or explanation as to why Mersault behaved that way, rather the complete opposite, and how it effects everyone else in the story. I'm not really sure where I'm going with this little anecdote of mine but I think this story is simply so ironic that it's almost funny and worth sharing. I'm definitely going to reread this book now that I can understand it on a deeper level (and without the predispositions provided by the school curriculum) and I might even bother looking into Camus' other works after. Thank you for making this video, it really helped me answer some question's I've been holding onto for a while
@Lyrielonwind29 күн бұрын
Mersault was a psychopath. The worst thing is many men finds it manly. Anger, agression, envy...are emotions and I find so many people, especially men, who are so disdainful and scare about emotions when even animals have emotions. I don't see the point in any human unable to feel emotions...or empathy. They are not humans to me. They are intra-species predators.
@scythegaming992 ай бұрын
Hi from Ecuador! Love your videos, just started to read the brothers karamazov i've been loving doestoyevsky so far!
@unsolicitedadvice91982 ай бұрын
Ah thank you! And that's my favourite book! I am slowly writing a video on it but I think it will end up being like 3 hours long and will take months haha!
@KaranbirSingh-if6kk2 ай бұрын
@@unsolicitedadvice9198 please let it be as long as it wants to be.no more 20 min video, i want its length to put your c&p video to shame.
@scythegaming992 ай бұрын
@@unsolicitedadvice9198 take your time!! I dont want to have to skip it because i haven't finished it yet (i already skipped two videos avoiding any kind of spoiler and personal interpretations) although i should finish it sooner than 3 months thats for sure
@Moon.light062 ай бұрын
I read this book recently, love having an analysis from you right after😊
@unsolicitedadvice91982 ай бұрын
Thank you! There is so much I didn't get to talk about, but I hope you like it
@themanofteeth2 ай бұрын
I was literally just thinking about these exact topics for the past few days! great video :D
@HajerahUmarАй бұрын
Much appreciation from Pakistan! I read 'The Stranger' a few months ago, and ironically enough was completely indifferent to it.Your video started playing unintentionally today and as always I was engrossed.This is a fantastic take on something i was not only wondering about since some days but experiencing as I proceeded further into my late teens... As for what you've said aptly at 19:26 it is spot on with my own personal experiences!!!It is far easier to imagine we are tafrgets or victims of fate or the universe than to imagine that simply...we are nothing of any importance to these forces at all. Same as with people ; the idea that our existence means nothing to anyone or anything is terrifying and a mental anguish like no other .Perhaps,it is the "will to power "as Nietzsche calls it or our own ego's defences breaking at the notion of our self being nothing important. It surely harms your self importance and esteem when realized organically! Then,it also seems to lead onto a further,more painful realization,that if nothing cares abojt our existence that our existence itself is futile or ineffectual. For to effect something one must have power over some aspects of it,be of some consideration in the first place.I'd even go as far as to say that we experience the Absurd when much like (yet much more mundanely) Kafka,we are faced with circumstances,society or systems that donot acknowledge our individual existence,as they're indifferent to it.
@alexmoreno574713 күн бұрын
I wish you would make a video on every book I've just read. Increíble videos sir, well done
@MontgomeryMonsters16 күн бұрын
Camus’s philosophy of the absurd saved my life.
@sloppymudpie81102 ай бұрын
As a fellow Camus enjoyer, I’d love to hear about your reading of Samuel Beckett! In many ways, although he is notoriously enigmatic as a thinker, I feel Beckett to be a successor to Camus’ absurdism, accepting absurdity but further stripping away Camus’ ideas of rebelling against it and ultimately finding happiness. I think Beckett would imagine Sisyphus as simply “going on” :D
@funkymunky2 ай бұрын
As waiting, rather.
@amazonmasarira55382 ай бұрын
Profound insights man, can't wait to read the novel. Another novel with the almost guillotine ending is Stendal's The Red and The Black.
@CapriconQuin-ep5ds2 ай бұрын
My favorite channel
@unsolicitedadvice91982 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@aisforapple24942 ай бұрын
My Mom was the one who suggested that I read 'The Stranger' as a teenager. I need to reread it.
@lindapowell9688Күн бұрын
Wow, this is fantastic! I must read the book!
@user-bb1rn4cc5z2 ай бұрын
Hey brother I just felt that you have good orating skills
@aimlessf2 ай бұрын
Finally a video on The Stranger!! I was hoping to see your take on it and I loved it, this helped me settle down some of the ideas I have around it. I found this book on a very difficult time in my life (as the last five years have been) and grief had slowly turned me onto the idea of things truly feeling absurd. I feel like I've been mimmicking what life is supposed to be like since I read this book, with the fear of feeling that like Mersault, my questioning might bring more trouble than joy and it might make people around me put more distance between us. It just feels wrong to know pain and to know it's inflicted on others, but still feel no strong reaction towards it too. Today a new idea came up- perhaps things are absurd, but seeing comfort on it instead of straight out allienation might be the way to go. Maybe I can go through life, and see blue skyes and storms alike, and maybe once things are done I'll die knowing I still experienced everything on it's truest form, without bias or opinions to sway me one way or another onto what is happening in front of me. Perhaps this way too, pain and grief might not be as heavy.
@logarithmus.naturali2 ай бұрын
The IB is making us read this book and I actually love how it delves into philosophical concepts
@someonesomeone252 ай бұрын
Autism and chronic emotional loneliness are both untreatable.
@ProfJasonC15 күн бұрын
“…or one of my good friend’s obsession with LEGO” I realize it’s silly to assume that all KZfaqrs know each other, but I hope so much that you were talking about Half Asleep Chris
@JudeLuca6852 ай бұрын
I finished the book nearly a minute or two before you released this video, excellent summary and insight into the novel as always
@andycopland31792 ай бұрын
I was a professional skydiver and BASE jumper. I done it for over a decade, and you can't make those relationships in the real world. I've done CPR on friends and then told their family that their son is dead. All my qualifications are useless in the real world also. So I'm in a shit job that I hate after suffering a horrific injury and the only thing that gets me by are my wife and kids.. I question my ego, I question my narcissistic traits and more importantly I question other people's intelligence. That's wrong and I know it. I often look at others in disgust and dismay at their failed attempts at "living" and their lack of courage to step out of the box. I'm not even sure where I'm going with this, other than that I feel alone.
@rjflores438Ай бұрын
Ive come to the realisation now that me and most people would rather be hated by people than face their indifference. There is nothing worse than being a nobody ubiquitously to everyone that supposedly matters. At least when you are hated you are of some significance to an individual or individuals that you have made a visceral emotoonal impact on them in some way, but when you are treated with complete apathy and indifference, you have been given no fuel to feel any sort of love or significance, and I think in term that then breeds hate in those who feel the constant indifference from those they wish felt the contrary towards them.
@robertberns52202 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@g-lo57682 ай бұрын
Perfect timing, just finished reading this. Great perspective
@Alex-vm6ef2 ай бұрын
Another great video, been really enjoying the Absurdist content in particular, highly relevant
@letsgotothemalltodayyy2 ай бұрын
I think the fear of the unknown is the thing that needs to be mastered if someone is feeling this way
@giornogiovannax4124Ай бұрын
Dude , your voice is beautiful . Why don t you post the audio of your videos in podcast form on spotify?
@masterasher10482 ай бұрын
Thank you for adding meaning to my life
@ericad8412Ай бұрын
"I don't belong in the world, that's what it is Something separates me from other people Everywhere I turn, there's something blocking my escape"
@JEY282 ай бұрын
Damn these topics are getting too personal
@SkyeSage172 ай бұрын
What I'd like to know is how he got to this point of indifference? Was he mistreated or neglected as a child?
@hamsterpixel2 ай бұрын
Your takeaway from absurdism doesn’t have to be complete indifference. At least in my opinion, it’s the complete freedom to choose what to care about. If you choose not to care about anything, then go ahead. The universe doesn’t mind.
@tutu22tutu2 ай бұрын
Your videos are so dense and i love it!
@ezshottah37322 ай бұрын
Really enjoying these Camus videos
@Wildrover822 ай бұрын
I do love this channel. Thanks for the content.🙌
@maheenmonon061052 ай бұрын
Correct me if I'm wrong. If life has no meaning why we don't just end it? Camus stood against this idea. But in the book the stranger the narrator refuses to show any remorse or didn't even try to lie in front of the jury. If he did that he wouldn't have got the death penalty. How is that different from suicide?
@EyeLean5280Ай бұрын
I think we need to remember _when_ this novel was written. The world was in the throes of being blown apart by the absurd in its most extreme expression. Without this context, it's hard to understand why Camus would create a character so unbelievable as the police interrogator (in real life, they're not flummoxed by psychopaths - they come across them regularly). Camus, his philosophy, and his writing were wrought in the crucible of WW2. This is not to dismiss your analysis. I think it's spot on and a great lens through which to look at our own times.
@Milica006Ай бұрын
You, sir, are a genius! One of the things I could not yet understand is, why does he wishes a big crowed that hates him? Does that mean he still has a wish to leave a mark, or would that just be a proof to him that he is in peace with his life - by being unbothered with it?
@PhuongPhuong-xt8jg2 ай бұрын
I'm interested in psychology and possibly philosophy, simply love this :)
@xyzgooglexyzcloud2 ай бұрын
Great analysis - Thank you!
@anuruparamachandran86202 ай бұрын
Your explanation is brilliant
@Gala_Lmao2 ай бұрын
Fourth + love your moving graphics that explains what the topic is
@unsolicitedadvice91982 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@distinctloafer2 ай бұрын
" We're All Alone Together " High School Philosophical
@chaosserpent39792 ай бұрын
Great timing! I just read The Stranger.
@pooyax232 ай бұрын
love this video! I just finished the book yesterday and saw your video and I was like LET'S GOOO😂
@boxingjerapah2 ай бұрын
"It's life and life only" Bob Dylan
@Moodymuse602 ай бұрын
Thanks for uploading.
@youshouldintrospectmore16 күн бұрын
"People are strange when you're a stranger."
@saijuanjo27082 ай бұрын
Here for the accent. You provide a perfect shadowing material 😊
@sugus456472 ай бұрын
Would love to see you cover Proust one day! Great video as always!
@michaelbell31812 ай бұрын
I'm autistic, so yeah
@aprajita.makeup.film.dramaa2 ай бұрын
You are so good at what you post. I love your videos, absofuckinlutely.🤜🏽🤛🏽🤝🏽✨️
@Ashley-xb1dz11 күн бұрын
I've tried to pick up the stranger a few times but find it boring and keep putting it down. *Shrug* maybe I'll give it another go. 3 things came to mind with this talk Taoism, depression and dissociation.
@adonaimartins56326 күн бұрын
in the beginning I droped it too. But then I saw a post on reddit saying to read it without looking at the story but at every single thing in an isolated way, as a mean to and end. Thus making the real message of Camus philosophy easier to digest
@alogia-e1x2 ай бұрын
You posted at the perfect time...
@_Asleep_2 ай бұрын
This one really resonates. Ill find it to read it!
@doompoison23652 ай бұрын
The story to me is meant to convey to people of how un-selfaware they are.
@lynnfisher30372 ай бұрын
Is there a bio available on this young man? SO wise and SO young😎