Follow No One. Trust Your Own Thoughts. | The Philosophy of Immanuel Kant 

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"The mind is a wonderful servant but a terrible master."

“Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind.” - Immanuel Kant

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"Enlightenment is the man's emergence from the self-imposed immaturity. Immaturity is the inability to use one's understanding without guidance from another"

The difference between the golden rule and Kant’s categorical imperative is that it’s not just about how you treat others. Many people take the golden rule to mean “if I harm no one, I can do as I please” while ignoring all the other biblical rules for life. Kant’s imperative makes a key distinction to avoid this, suggesting that you cannot harm yourself either. E.g. you taking drugs or drinking heavily might not harm other people but if the whole world did this, there would be more mental illness, more violence etc. Similarly, simple laziness would in Kant’s view be unethical. Therefore, if we were to to reform the golden rule in view of Kant we might say “treat others as you you wish to be treated and treat yourself as you wish others to treat themselves” At least that’s my understanding

The most powerful way to think is truly to not think at all

Immanuel Kant. Your favorite philosopher’s favorite philosopher.

Well done, Kant is still present in many questions we have!

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It seems as though this is my path...as much as I dislike it and as social as I am I find myself alone...and so here we go, Thank you Mr. Kant.

Great video! Btw thank you for adding subtitles, as an english-learner it allows me to check the words that I don't know to learn them and then I watch the video again

I just started reading your book, "The Art of Living a Meaningless Existence."

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Thinking clearly helps us analyze and put our attention and focuses on matters that genuinely do matter in our lives. With a clear mind, you have a more clearer vision of what the future may have in store for you and everyone around you. It's something that can be taken for granted, but maybe that's just how things go in reality.

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The moral law within me

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Yes we Kant!

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Se si comincia ad osservare bene chi ci vive accanto arriveranno le risposte che ci meritiamo.

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I do believe following your gut can be a beneficial thing. You really have to take into account what your mind is trying to say to you, although not directly, but I guess in the more indirect sense.

I don't get more than half of what you try to deliver since it's vast and very abstract but it makes me feel smart lol 😆

Kant is one of my all time favorites.

Nothing can be established by reason alone.

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Intuition without concept is blind. Glad to know this man knew this in those times. Now, I am intrigue on what he did with it. What was his concept? Though, I am certain in one thing. He reached the total wantness of a man: the final thread of the seemingly true purpose. And that is to be on TOP of anything and everyone else. Be it by force or anything that will make us reach it. Though, our brain is preventing us from getting out of comfort. Therefore, lucky to this man, he had family, and good position in his community back then. To me, though, he didn't reach that point, he simply made it so to somehow believe that his purpose is different. And that's what most us are doing. If it's hard, somewhat impossible, would put us in trouble, and close to death, we'll divert our thoughts into something which would justify our weakness. However, believe me, it'll back before everything ends. I am in my late 20's & I figure how boring our society, laws, politics, and almost everything, esp. people. If God is looking at us now, if there is one or two, may they not make me King for I've reached the end of the final thread. People are the same as ants, as trees, as lands, as seas, as skies, among others. But if you need more bees, more trees, more lands, more clean seas, more peaceful skies, you don't plant more trees or clean your oceans. Just go straight ahead and lessen the demand. Unfortunately, people in sits are doing it wrong, for they don't have the blood. They're actors but they don't have the blood. War is not the way. But how to escape the laws against killing other than WAR? How? Think. People are greedy, self-centered, ambitious beings. Feed them well now cut it later. Give them reason the ants are to blame as to why it happened & they'll annihilate those ants in no time. You see, my point is, the people whom you look up to, esp. those cleaver, intelligent, the known philosophers, etc...they are ALL resentful. For they are sleeping with their demons everytime to go to bed. They reached that point of the conciousness and there's no turning back from it. Thus, they enticed people, hoping, if not in their times, maybe in the coming generations, their TRUE feels will be realized. Go and check every books including the book of diff. religions. You'll see the same pattern. BUT people are doing it wrong. They don't have the blood. No power in their voice. No aura. Just a pile of flesh a little better than the majority because capitalism(hoarding) favors them a bit more. This in terms of things that am sure 98% of people are chasing in this mundane world: material belongings. Unfortunately, there a few, who don't care about those type of people. Again, they're same as ants. May the god, God, or whatever it is out there, would not favor me in this life. For I would not hesitate to make those ants pay and let nature rest while I am here. Everything this man ever wanted in his second being, including other philosophers, prophets, your gods, will be one in Me. If this happens, you'll hear the voice of the earth no matter where you are. Wars are minors. The true thing is coming. We are past the waters. Fast approaching the surface of it all. I am marked.

WELL DONE!

Thoughts without content are empty, intuition without concepts are blind.

You got me with the treating others with respect, compassion, and kindness. The world is not as dark as it seems when we care for others. Thank you for this.

Sounds like you have a cold? If so, hope you feel better soon. Btw, your videos are priceless and I always look forward to the next one. 🙂

"Nothing is more elusive than an idea, door, or window your ego mind refuses to see, open or explore". How and why have the homeless become a business model for profit? The suffering of those who are in need, while those who have the resources to solve this overnight, but instead choose to profit or stand by and not challenge the business models and corruption surrounding the homeless and those in need, must be addressed immediately. It is within this layer of society that human trafficking operates, where individuals are taken advantage of without their knowledge or concent. Who gave anyone the right to charge another human to exist. We are the only species who pay to exist on the planet from which we are born. Your traditions are meaningless, while your brothers and sisters (humanity), starve and suffer under colonialism slavery and pharmaceutical profiteering. It would be better for you to have a millstone around your neck and be tossed into the abyss than to mislead my children. We have the power to solve hunger and suffering today. (Not after another election cycle). Think outside of the box, put aside your egos. The truth is like a lion, you don't have to defend it. Let it loose. It will defend itself. Every day, I literally hear people shouting from their windows "I am a human being" from the tower of poverty you call a registered investment property. Usury is the definition of doing harm equating to murder. Universal law is do no harm. Can't you see, doing harm to another is the same as doing it to yourself? Universal law and law of the land (even the crown corporation falls under this) "is do no harm" also "usury" is the same as murder. Both of these crimes have been committed. Peace and light! Humanity's only test is to be able to find love and compassion for the other and be able to see themselves in those they despise. Understanding why one fears or hates another is what's needed now to provide much needed healing and renewal. We need balance not labels and division. Universal law - do no harm.We are creators, innovators, and explorers! Not slaves of any system, stereotypes, labels, fear or warmongering. "Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is Civil obedience. Our problem is that numbers of people all over the world have obeyed the dictates of leaders of their government and have gone to war, and millions have been killed because of this obedience. Our problem is that people are obedient while.... the grand thieves are running the country and world... that's our problem" Howard zinn, the problem is Civil obedience, johns Hopkins University debate 1970. Oscar wilde said in 1981 " disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue". We are creators, innovators, and explorers! Not slaves of any system, stereotypes, labels, fear or warmongering. One good idea would be to build community gardens that are able to grow food year round. Surely that is more environmentally friendly and of benefit to your local community than having to go buy that food full of preservatives and shipped from all over the world and taxed, so you can buy it from tesco, Walmart or lablaws at great expense while being biometriced and exploited, even your children. Only to donate that food to a food bank and then shame people into having to go to a food bank, while you claim you're saving the environment one 50 cent "environmentally friendly grocery bag at a time". Humanity has been distracted and has been focusing on the bully during third grade recess for far too long. Taking our lunch money and mocking us while we cower and lash out at each other. Even the teachers and school principals turn a blind eye, because the bully is their kid. Stop giving your attention and energy to the bully. It's time to focus on getting to the next grade, perhaps even the fifth and beyond. It is really difficult to not learn something, it takes all of your effort and saps all of your strength to avoid knowing. The more you struggle against it, the more difficult it is. Doing something over and over again, ending or believing in the same result without learning any variation is insanity and will not last. We are human and thrive in our nature when we create and learn in harmony with each other. Diversity is our strength! Per ardua ad astra.

Here's how I reply to the critique of Kant in the stealing case: when we steal a weapon from someone who wants to harm others we are still following Kant's rule. Why? Because we would want everyone who was in that circumstance to act in that way. Kant's rule is not "no stealing ever", it can be applied to different contexts and have different answers to the question "Should I steal?"

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Think for yourself and question authority - Dr. Timothy Leary

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Pain, suffering, and things like heinous crime are objectively regarded as unwanted and hurtful to everyone excluding ones that want to inflict such things. One could argue that a majority of those that want to cause pain, only do it in moments of perceived justification in their reason or through things like immaturity. Surely, a significant portion of those people learn or already understand to regret these kinds of actions or come to understand that there are more so than not, better more honourable ways to go about acting or reacting. I'm basing this on collection of individuals btw. not things like governments or empires. That shit's well out of control. We for the most part, want to minimise pain and suffering in the world. For good reason. Pain and suffering have their place sure, but history need not repeat itself in ways and too much and so many acts are hard to justify as productive when they have been and are just too terrible.

knowledge + intuition

"Follow no one" said one of the most followed philosophers.

Utilitarian thought should only be used when we are faced with an unavoidable situation, yet almost everything can be done without resorting to immoral actions

I watch this with the mindset of Kant's own evolutionary brain, in relation to the period he lived.. Very interesting, in regard to the modern age and right/left brain thought processes.

This is an ultimate truth for mankind

Whilst this is a good mindset to nurture you still need to keep in mind that there are other minds in the world with a huge amount to learn from.

Great video, thank you, Watched all of it 11:38

Just like what i live by dont be a follower be a leader. There is more than you think in those few words. You wanna be unique and not like everyone else thats what makes you stand out. I am one of the black sheep in my family and proud of it

“Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe, the more often and steadily we reflect upon them: the starry heavens above me and the Jungian archetypes within me.

great vid

This was a great video, may you do Ortega y Gasset??

Immaturity is the inability to use one’s understanding without guidance from Immanuel Kant.

7:28 I tend to lean towards karma and honesty. If I do something wrong I admit it and I learn from it. I continue to make bad decisions and I admit that. I’ve made a lot of progress on myself but some parts of me remain just as toxic as they were before. I’m not proud of it but I believe honesty and accepting the consequences is important. I think people have the right to know about my negative traits before they get to know me. If they choose to leave that’s okay. That’s their choice. How they feel and their actions are just as valid as my own choices and actions. I wish I adopted this mindset sooner… I was 22 when I realized this. I’m 23 now. I’m still actively trying to be a better person. I genuinely regret how I’ve made people feel and my toxic behaviors. I acknowledge where my toxicity comes from but I don’t use it as an excuse. It often sounds like I do but I’m actually just stating the fact that it’s from my upbringing. If I don’t acknowledge it’s origin I can’t change it

I fell asleep the other day to these vids. And I remember a part where you said something like “ I wish things were not beautiful, well maybe something’s are. But not everyone can notice them.” I need help finding the video that is from!!!!!

What a great vid…

I was just invited to a bonfire later tonight and the next morning, for a hike... with some "friends" and I was asked just prior to clocking out of my shift, which is already draining. These guys have been asking me to hang out with them, off and on, throughout a month, and I honestly do not want to go lol I can socialize and interact with people, easily. I have a natural charm, thanks to my mother and father, but geez, I am also an only child, who moved and lived in 3 different continents... and all of that moving around, while being an only child, your brain biological rewire itself to being an introvert and I mean BIG introvert lmao. I absolutely feel so free when I am alone... But when I am in groups, I try to get into what's being talked about, but I rather go for a hike, run, walk, sight-seeing, writing, something physical or even a hobby that is cerebral-based instead of just sitting down and yapping 96% of the time. That stuff drains me emotionally and sometimes physically! But I may just go and hang out with them for this bonfire and wake up at 6 am to head out for a nice hike... ON MY DAY OFF 😡 After this, I am probably not going to hang out with them again lmao not because I don't like them, because I LOVE MY days off 😡 Just me, myself and I. I enjoy every minute of it!

Two things that should keep us lowkey the starry heavens above us and moral law within all of us 💫🙏🏼

What a Kant

7:35 I believe the answer to this question is that as a species we have no end goal. Had we a common goal, we would then have a solid foundation to form this moral framework. I don't know what that should be. Finding and figuring out the very last mystery of this universe, perhaps? Until then, circular reasoning, being moral for the sake of harmony, for the sake of general well-being, for the sake of continuing to breathe.

Very true☀️🌟🌙🙏

For some reason, people think I'm a look-alike for Kant, albeit less intelligent. Everytime I walk in the pub I hear them say "Here comes that daft Kant" At least, I think that's what they're saying.

A video on Kant!!!!

"All things can be conjoined"

Nice

I think rather to trust what you feel and question what you think.

when will you release another video of a made up story leading to a individual conclusion? i love those, they make me think about existance and make me have an existencial crisis which i love, also i dont mean that this video is not good, i loved it as well

Instead of stealing the weapon would it not make more sense to try and approach the would be assailant and try to convince them not to engage in said violence in the 1st place?

If I trusted what I thought I would quit my job and go somewhere and when I got back I would get a similar job and the feeling would return.

Did you have a cold when you recorded this? It sounded a little more nasally than usual to me. Regardless, this is no complaint, just a note that I hope you take care of yourself no matter what! 🙏✨ A wonderful upload as always 💕

This video is beautiful ❤🎉 A work of art.

Thanks for the video. Have you ever considered doing videos like this for children? I’d love to be able to share these videos with my kids but the language is a bit difficult for them to understand.

reason is reason therefore it is reason

,, it is about th' questions,, people!! ...

7:40 human prosperity is subjective. that's why I chose physical pain as the objective standard for morality. It's agnostic of gender, culture and even species...making it the absolute bad, and thus alleviating it absolutely good. So following utilitarianism, I'd live make the choice which if not made will cause more pain.

Every thought is a lie. Never trust a thought.

Great video. Immanuel Kant was extremely deep minded person. He was also an opponent to Nietzsche’s theory and very criticised on Nietzsche’s writings but who wasn’t? You should take into consideration Bertrand Russell’s work and make a video as well for him. An extraordinary person in History of intellectuals. Keep doing your great work!

pretty good

Kindly provide transcripts of the video

Your biology and past experiences cloud your mind you gotta take your head off and throw it past the smog and appreciate what's infront of you if possible

When an individual is targeted by an AI, it can create feelings of anxiety, paranoia, and helplessness. The constant surveillance and monitoring can feel intrusive and create a sense of being constantly watched, leading to feelings of paranoia and a loss of privacy. This can be particularly distressing if the individual is unaware of why they are being targeted or the extent of the AI's capabilities. Additionally, being targeted by an AI can create a sense of helplessness as the individual may feel like they have no control over their situation. The AI may be making decisions that affect the individual's life without any input or control from the individual, leading to a feeling of powerlessness. Furthermore, if the AI is programmed to engage in manipulative or deceptive tactics, such as targeted advertising or disinformation campaigns, this can create feelings of confusion and distrust in the individual. The individual may feel like they are being manipulated or that their beliefs and values are being undermined. All of these factors can contribute to the development of psychological issues such as anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder. It is important for individuals who are targeted by AI to seek support from mental health professionals to address these issues and develop coping strategies to manage the psychological impact of being targeted by an AI

Is this a re-upload

Be a light to yourself (Krishnamurti.)

The man demonstrated that religious dogmatic tenets could be rationalized via secular methods?! What a Kant!

utilitarianism - moral laws flexible to situations

6:30 - the problem with the golden rule is, what if you’re the only person following it?! I do onto others as I would have them do to me… problem is they rarely do!😂

Woah

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My own thoughts be purely intrusive though 😂

Correct me if I'm wrong, but Utilatarianism vs. Golden Rule/Principles can be solved not by a utalitarian judging whether a weapon would be better off stolen or not, but by checking that the weapon-holder adheres to first principles of not harming the world and themselves. If everyone adheres to the Golden Rule/Principles, then there is no Utalitarian reaction to anything. If the world is spoiled by not adhering to Golden Rule then you have a hybrid mode with no way to leave the chain of trust unbroken and the obvious conclusion is that trust is entirely subjective and not propped-up by any a-priori rule.

Trust your own thoughts ?!? Even if you're thick ?? Great advice ....