How Did Ancient Philosophers Make Money? (Short Animated Documentary)

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There were many philosophers in the ancient world but one thing not often spoken about is how they actually made a living and didn't starve to death in the age of subsistence farming. If you want to know how, find out by watching this short and simple animated documentary.
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@ChessedGamon 4 года назад

“How did philosophers pay the bills?” Marcus Aurelius: “I found making the bills helps.”

@IamAWESOME3980 4 года назад

they are all rich, they do not need to worry about it.

@vegasweddings3532 4 года назад

This comment 👌🏻

@adisyar3353 4 года назад

Marcus Aurelius: "oh wait, is that my face on the coin?"

@cinskybuhsrandy5099 4 года назад

that's an interesting philosophy

@ghjklkop7868 4 года назад

what bills lol? it was all made up just recently by the nwo

@savage4749 4 года назад

"Selling knowledge is immoral" Colleges: *nervous sweating*

@lukezuzga6460 4 года назад

Bahahahahaha0

@slappy8941 4 года назад

A college's what?

@lukezuzga6460 4 года назад

@@slappy8941 Seriously worried about grammar? Cmon Dude, you got what he was saying like I did. Easy, MMM K?

@NeroPiroman 4 года назад

laughs in free university education

@savage4749 4 года назад

@@NeroPiroman crys in thousands of dollars worth of debt

@sacta 4 года назад

"And you know, guys! I'll be here in the public square every Monday morning. If you want me to finish my Theory of Forms and Ideas make sure to donate so that I can dedicate myself to philosophy full time!" Philosophers were just youtubers.

@reijek990 2 года назад

From Patrons to Patreon, the more things change the more they stay the same

@IsraelCountryCube Год назад

Lmao neh

@distendedmist5840 Год назад

And according to my calculations, only 1% of my followers are actually donating

@LiezAllLiez Месяц назад

@@distendedmist5840 Sounds reasonable.

@halla9538 3 года назад

King: should i conquer more land? General: dont know, sir. king: aight, imma ask my pet philosopher also King: hey philosopher! should i conquer more land? Philosopher: you never conquer land, you merely mold it to your life. King: marvelous!

@pwnmeisterage Год назад

This is essentially what still happens today. Science, Philosophy, Politics, Law are supported by the wealthy. Corporations instead of individuals these days. But they still finance "learning" which supports their interests. So the "learning" itself is systematically biased.

@qy9MC Год назад

@@pwnmeisterage In what way can it be biased? Supported by the wealthy sure why not, but the biased part needs to be clarified.

@kapadocia-sama3449 Год назад

@@qy9MC I think he criticizes systematic learning, for example some form of underhanded indoctrination in schools, than an act of learning, which is the most important aspect of life

@qy9MC Год назад

@@kapadocia-sama3449 Not all learning in school is necessarily biased. There you learn the bare minimum to survive like basic math, basic biology, basic science understanding and basic philosophy understanding. History is the only odd one out. But instead of seeing this as a bias you can also see it as a way to understand your country’s position in regards to education.

@kapadocia-sama3449 Год назад

@@qy9MC But i didnt deny it, we look into structure of countrywide learning, which is often molding us into "perfect citizens" without creative approach, its obvious you will learn a lot in a school, it doesnt need a clarification. In my country (Poland) school is teaching a lot of everything, really good knowledge base, but also restricts us in our own approach, often enforcing on us dry following of rules without explaining why do they exist, most of our subjects is learning everything by heart and then forgetting because it was pointless without a context, even if you are a pristine student

@thomasjordan2153 4 года назад

“Homeless and briefly lived in a jar”, just like modern philosophers

@lukezuzga6460 4 года назад

As you do...

@Cheesblenders4all 4 года назад

truly a man ahead of his time

@monslenomer 4 года назад

A lot of philosophers now are university professors.

@j.i.s.l178 4 года назад

👍...👌... 🤔... 😹

@MatheusLB2009 4 года назад

"They'd find a wealthy patreon" oh things really havent changed much

@deno7236 4 года назад

Diogenes was homeless on purpose though. Part of his philosophy was, that happiness doesn´t depend on material posessions.

@floricel_112 4 года назад

No, but he does depend on them for living

@Nootathotep 4 года назад

that was just what he told himself

@J0hnHenrySNEEDen 4 года назад

Hell alexander himself came to him and promise to give him anything he wants and then diogenese responded "stand a little out of my sun" Somehow diognese live up to the age of 89

@harttsteen9128 4 года назад

Are homeless people of America philosophers?

@lightfallonthehead3842 4 года назад

well yeah it was on purpose, but the point in the video was that he made money from begging not that he did it on purpose

@Catman2123 4 года назад

Scraggly-haired Philosopher: “Hey, have you considered what the true purpose of life is?” Athenian citizen: “Here man, take my coin for some bread, just promise me that you won’t use it on wine.”

@dannypipewrench533 2 года назад

I got the 123rd like. Nice, 123.

@Hossak 2 года назад

Not a chance! Philosophers are well known teetotallers! For real!

@thisisaname5589 2 года назад

I prefer to kick the degenerates.

@thisisaname5589 2 года назад

@@macaroon_nuggets8008 Unlike the cartoon villain in a kid's show, I have a real reason to do it, nobody is going to stop me, and nobody's opinion about it means anything.

@weresmasoup5831 2 года назад

@@macaroon_nuggets8008 you are very wise for a nugget

@BlakeTheDrake 3 года назад

You left out my favorite - Socrates of Athens himself, the Wisest of All the Greeks! He fell into the category of 'had a job on the side', since he was STRONGLY opposed to the whole 'selling knowledge' thing. Those who did that - by working as tutors, speech-writers and whatnot - he termed 'Sophists' rather than true Philosophers. 'Philosopher', after all, means 'Lover of knowledge', whereas 'Sophist' just means 'dude who knows stuff'. And if you ask Socrates, no-one who truly LOVED knowledge would dare to put a price-tag on it. His side-gig? He was a stonecutter - a bit of a growth-field in ancient Athens, as it happens. Also might explain why his frequent philosophical takedowns so rarely escalated into fist-fights - I betcha he had a mean right hook!

@Skorpychan 2 года назад

I love that in ancient Greece, punching your opponent in the face was a viable way to win an argument.

@petr79 2 года назад

He also joined the military and took part in a war.

@AsbestosMuffins 2 года назад

"Your position is wrong headed and stupid!" "Yea well my arms and fists say your face is stupid." *Wham*

@BlakeTheDrake 2 года назад

@@AsbestosMuffins Come now, a real philosopher would say it in a far more CLASSY fashion. Like, say, "As you know, a healthy mind springs from a healthy body. At times, however, it seems that a foolish mind can exist in an otherwise intact body. This imbalance, fortunately, is fairly easy to correct." *cracks knuckles*

@yanniammari1491 2 года назад

@@BlakeTheDrake nice one

@redvorno 4 года назад

They were sponsored by Raid: Shadow Legends

@user-uy7bn4kt2b 4 года назад

Hell yeah

@bificommander 4 года назад

This did undermine their lectures on morality somewhat, however.

@Castdeath 4 года назад

Virgin Raid: Shadow Legends vs Chad James Bizonette.

@ngogercin 4 года назад

Don't forget the Skillshare too

@gamerboy6643 4 года назад

Raid Shadow Legends didn't exist back then

@ThiccNose 4 года назад

The real question is , how does James Bisonette make his money?

@mazen6446 4 года назад

That's actually a good question, I'd love to know his secret for making money

@raptorfromthe6ix833 4 года назад

hes a pimp and sell drugs

@Nicolas-hh5cp 4 года назад

*James Bisonette:* Don't ask me about my business.

@Ar-pz4cp 4 года назад

He established a Trading Post in the East Indies and Established *Bissonette's East India Company*

@abhiprakash74999 4 года назад

Isn't he a chef ?

@ronaldderooij1774 3 года назад

My favorite is Socrates. He just started discussions on the street with total strangers and tried to let them see the error of their ways, without having a predetermined philosophy. Sometimes he would start to talk deeply about random subjects somewhere in a park in Athens. He got a great following of youths who voluntairily paid him some money or gave him food.

@andy99ish 2 года назад

I once thought like you. But then I came to realize that undermining what people hold dear without giving them some alternative is not a good thing to do. No wonder he was given a strong signal to flee Athens.

@ronaldderooij1774 2 года назад

@@andy99ish True, but that is the human psychology behind it. A real factor, but philosophically "an sich" (e.g. as a way of constructing/deconstructing thoughts) not important.

@andy99ish 2 года назад

@@ronaldderooij1774 That philosophy is to be seen as an endeavor or a category detached from the needs of life is a modern idealistic position. That issues of the soul are detached from the "an sich" sphere is even more recent. The classic position seems to have been that the soul is an integral part of philosophizing and philosophy is a way of life. Measured by these standards Socrates did not fare well.

@ronaldderooij1774 2 года назад

@@andy99ish Well, I think we all can agree that Socrates did not fare well in the end. 🙂

@andy99ish 2 года назад

@@ronaldderooij1774 :) Actually I should change my previous point: One should not project his longings for a higher truth on other people. At least he should stop when he is perceived as someone who takes away useful certainties without offering an alternative. To have missed that point was Socrates' fallacy - and probably the fallacy of the radical Enlightenment more than two thousand years later. Thanks for the conversation !

@derekchristenson5711 2 года назад

I loved how no only was Diogenes' jar in many of the scenes, but in the one about inheriting wealth from a patron, the jar was again pictured, but with a very fancy entrance, complete with elaborate columns. 🤣

@J_Araw 4 года назад

Starting to think this “James Bissonette” guy likes this channel

@arbyjack2552 4 года назад

Kelly Moneymaker. 🤣

@ShouldOfStudiedForTheTest 4 года назад

Gustav Swan

@triflomastera4882 4 года назад

phil the oink oink

@de132 4 года назад

Party Boyko

@Ar-pz4cp 4 года назад

David Archaeologist

@mrgreengolem 4 года назад

On this episode of “I didnt ask but now am very interested”

@mrdictator7030 4 года назад

Usually the case but this time he answered a question I have been asking for years

@JohnDobak 3 года назад

This is how it starts.

@musa2775 3 года назад

Weird. I've literally wondered this for about 30 years.

@edwinhuang9244 2 года назад

Who as... _The rest of this comment has been censored by the International Society for Stopping The Who Asked Statement, and we are willing to use the "Who Asked" statement against the "Who Asked" statement. Before you asked why we censored this comment, who asked you to ask that?_

@darthpaul1092 4 года назад

"many where kept by the wealthy" Oh don't mind him, he's just my philosopher

@samwecerinvictus 2 года назад

Sorta like that guy and his pet future-seeing dwarf.

@long-hair-dont-care88. Год назад

How thing's stay the same.

@gabrielmichaelromito4386 3 года назад

«Γέλε, ζήτε, στέργε» (“Laugh, live, love” in Greek) on the academy’s wall. What a legend

@howtoappearincompletely9739 2 года назад

Yeah, although «ζῆτε, γελᾶτε, στέργετε» or even «ΖΗΤΕ‌ΓΕΛΑΤΕ‌ϹΤΕΡΓΕΤΕ» would have been more authentic / less anachronistic.

@m.s.9744 Год назад

Google Lens Translate : Laugh , Live, Erase

@Guitcad1 24 дня назад

@@m.s.9744 It gave me "Laugh, ask, wipe" 😄

@BigBeakEntertainment 4 года назад

The Virgin Ancient Greek patron vs. The Chad James Bisonette patron

@alexander1055 4 года назад

The Virgin *Raid: Shadow Legends* Sponsorship vs. the Chad *James Bizonette* Patronage.

@mirzaahmed6589 4 года назад

It's spelled Bisonette. Read the video description.

@cazbackondiscord 4 года назад

You can literally just look up his name and the results lead back to History Matters lmao

@math3000 4 года назад

Bold of you to assume that James Bisonette didn't sponsored them

@salvadorhenriquez4091 4 года назад

Who's James Bizzonette?

@marcelo626able 4 года назад

Part of the mystery of James Bizonett is how each comment has a different spelling

@jamesbissonette8002 4 года назад

Adds to the myth

@donovanpiro3383 4 года назад

Don’t forget Ozark Aflash

@ShouldOfStudiedForTheTest 4 года назад

Jems Beezunate

@sam08g16 4 года назад

James Bisz Anette*

@terner1234 4 года назад

ג'יימס ביזנט Simple

@justintylerwashere 4 года назад

“How did philosophers pay the bills?” They asked money from James Bisonette, Phil de Oink Oink or that Spinning Three Plates person

@Numba003 4 года назад

Don’t forget Izzy?

@tilltronje1623 2 года назад

Kelly Moneymaker. It is in the name

@HVLLOWS1999 3 года назад

"I pissed on the man who called me a dog. Why was he so surprised?" - Diogenes

@qfox16789 4 года назад

‘Stand a little less between me and the sun’- Diogenes when asked by Alexander the Great if there was anything he wanted. I’m gonna go with ‘By being absolute madlads’ for 10

@64standardtrickyness 4 года назад

Wait did Diogenes ever ask people to give him money? because you know this seems like a pretty good time.

@johnno. 4 года назад

legend

@cobytang 4 года назад

You might be badass, but you will never be "telling Alexander the Great to get out of my way" badass

@McNugget_Buddy 4 года назад

@@64standardtrickyness Only when he REALLY needed it, like on the verge of starving kind of needing it. He was more about just living off whatever he could find and living with the bare minimum. Digging through garbage for food, using the streets as a bathroom, living in a giant pot, ect. He even threw out a bowl he was using to drink water because he saw a poor child drinking from his cupped hands and decided the bowl was too much of a luxury. He most likely could have gotten a job or made a decent living, he was well known and respected, but those weren't in his beliefs. There's actually a quote after Diogenes told Alexander to move that OP is missing. Alexander told him "If I were not born Alexander, I would wish to have been born Diogenes." to which Diogenes replied "If I were not born Diogenes, I too would wish to have been born Diogenes."

@64standardtrickyness 4 года назад

@@McNugget_Buddy I just thought it would be weird to tell people that wanted to help there was nothing they could do for him and then later beg them for money.

@appleslover 4 года назад

" Bissonette the Great" would be an interesting topic

@smilingearth5181 4 года назад

Everyone: they were obviously financed by James Bisonette Me, an intellectual: Rob Waterhouse

@HeadCannon19 3 года назад

My galaxy brain: Kelly Moneymaker would make money for them

@markadams7597 2 года назад

Also, some philosophers (i.e., Plato's "Academy", Aristotle's "Lyceum", etc.) set up "schools" in which "students" received lectures and training, which became the seminal base for the western college (and university) system. These collegia could be very lucrative for some of the philosopher-owner. Interesting vid, Ty.

@jesseberg3271 4 года назад

_Ah, but what even is money?_ *Philosophers:* THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS!

@Marinealver 4 года назад

"But what if we had money that wasn't money?" "Oh you mean like communism?" "No, I'm talking about Bitcoin!"

@foooooof 4 года назад

Markus Aurelius: "A fairly easy question, when your head is on the money"

@Admiral45-10 4 года назад

Marcus Aurelius: ,,Only thing I know about it is that I just have a lot of it"

@erlinacobrado7947 3 года назад

Adam Smith, Ricardo, and Marx considered Aristotle and Xenophon to be the first economists. They're not that dumb in finances, you know.

@promethium-145 2 года назад

@@erlinacobrado7947 But sadly, Marx didn't understand economics too well. He believed wealth would decline in a capitalist system, but that has always happened under socialism.

@scanida5070 4 года назад

Simple: James Bizzanet gave them all of that cash...

@appleslover 4 года назад

You mean Bissonette I (a.k.a. Bissonette the great) ?

@dou5689 4 года назад

Most ancient philosophers (less well know ones) are orators, who were mostly representative of court cases and defense lawyers. A huge chunk of knowledge today on ancient worlds were provided by these orator scripts.

@utkphilobio 4 года назад

Great video! One more thing that you briefly touched on but could say more about is that they were simply wealthy themselves and could thus afford to devote their leisure time to the discipline. Marcus Aurelius is a good example, but so is Plato, who was independently wealthy through his family and thus could afford to hang around that Socrates chap, and also book it out of town once he died.

@AverytheCubanAmerican 4 года назад

James Bisonette was Archimedes' first Eureka moment after all

@whathead07 4 года назад

Why are you in every comment section

@mirzaahmed6589 4 года назад

Bisonette. The name is listed in the description, yet people still spell it wrong.

@realhawaii5o 4 года назад

Hello. I think I am subscribed to your comments.

@Cjnw 3 года назад

All along, I thought that it was because of a vacuum cleaner! 😂😛

@QuestionEverythingButWHY 4 года назад

“The real measure of your wealth is how much you’d be worth if you lost all your money.”

@sharkestry1119 4 года назад

well your heart alone can be sold for a million bucks and your kidneys can go for like 260k so i'd say im worth way more dead with my organs sold on the black market then i'd be alive

@mesa9724 4 года назад

Sharkestry ! What if you have AIDS? Your organs would be worthless

@Marinealver 4 года назад

Sounds like a daily occurrence for me. Or at least bi-annually

@willembester4969 4 года назад

Well,in that case,I'm worthless.

@bilib1891 3 года назад

I would still have a valuable car, PC, TV and bed.

@jacobmackenzie4836 3 года назад

Diogenes would certainly approve of the fact that Plato - probably the most important ancient philosopher of them all, who did really interesting things to make money, like founding the Academy - isn't mentioned once.

@spax7098 4 года назад

1:12 I saw that "Live, Laugh, Love" poster in the background

@stevethegreekboi4550 4 года назад

0:20 The ancient Greek "Live Love Laugh" tho

@unclejoeoakland 4 года назад

I had supposed thats what it said but my use of google translate was fruitless. Can you confirm what I'm thinking?

@zap3231 4 года назад

Diogenes actually mostly didn't care about money or even earthly posessions. In fact his entire philosophy was how superfluously useless earthly posessions were, even throwing away his only item, a wooden bowl, when he saw a man drinking with his hands.

@kayaek2558 7 месяцев назад

Wouldn't that be illegal in this day and age? I ask because it kinda appeals to me for some twisted reason

@Alfonso162008 5 месяцев назад

@@kayaek2558illegal? To drop your posessions voluntarily and live on the streets? Why would that be illegal? As long as you don't cause any problem, you are free to do as you want 🤷‍♂️

@JonatasAdoM 4 года назад

"Selling knowledge is immoral" Universities: Wait, that's illegal.

@tana3846 4 года назад

My friend Biggus Dickus studied under Testicles.Wise man he was.

@Cjnw 3 года назад

Wouldn't Dickus be over Testicles?

@tana3846 3 года назад

@@Cjnw Hey Look at Deez Nuts

@captainrev4959 4 года назад

Teachers only saying "learn stuff." Sounds like the modern school system.

@Marinealver 4 года назад

just add politicians shouting, No learn THIS stuff.

@twicethegalo 4 года назад

1:05 History Matters and James Bisonete in a nutshell ((How is the last name spelled lmao, do we even know?))

@miroslavzelenka1502 4 года назад

That's a secret we may never know

@appleslover 4 года назад

Bisonette

@twicethegalo 4 года назад

@@appleslover thank you

@jamesbissonette8002 4 года назад

Bissonette but it doesn’t really matter

@appleslover 4 года назад

@@jamesbissonette8002 wait .....

@VictorGasconMoreno 4 года назад

This channel always manages to put out very interesting topics. I have always wonder myself about this little questions but I was too lazy to explore it by myself. You sir are a contribution to human knowledge :). Also I love that the clips are short and straight tot he point.

@marcuspiristi3043 3 года назад

Love the fact that you ask the questions we didn’t think we needed to ask but are greatful that they’ve been answered

@812gingerable 4 года назад

James Bizzanette supported them on Patreon.

@elvynmariano5454 4 года назад

Face reveal James Bisonette.

@Mulceber Год назад

Honestly, a lot of them were already independently wealthy, especially some of the ones that worked in the courts of kings and emperors. Seneca was an extremely wealthy landowner/money lender, Plato came from money, Thales (if we're going all the way back to the pre-Socratics) did too. It was a rather common theme, since you had to have a certain amount of free time in order to get access to this kind of education.

@TBDF12 4 года назад

"Give me money and I'll stop bothering you" - probably Diogenes

@lokalfubbick2376 4 года назад

"Diogenes guide to tax evasion"

@lukezuzga6460 4 года назад

This was one of my favorite videos... More than just one of my History Profs said that Aristotle, for his time, might have known everything there is to know for a particular time period or up to that date in which they lived!

@ryanvelez6367 3 года назад

I love your videos that go over subjects we dont really think about in such a straight forward simple manner

@nexo7181 4 года назад

"Selling knowledge is immoral" Teachers: '-'

@Marinealver 4 года назад

The Teachers Unions would be more accurate.

@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un 4 года назад

Shame my family are never mentioned as the greatest philosophers

@lightningfletch5598 3 года назад

Bruh.

@bigfed12 4 года назад

James Bizonette funded them is my guess.

@markvincentbonachita8950 4 года назад

I love this channel, so simple, and also answer questions that are very interesting.

@TheIrishKnight0 5 месяцев назад

"James Bisounette, Kelly Moneymaker" plays in my head an unreasonable amount of times.

@IanCordingley 4 года назад

"You see, a lot of philosophers weren't very wealthy and would often take to begging for food or money." So, pretty much the same thing as now.

@explosivereactionstv7414 4 года назад

Now this is the content I’m here for

@cyberbully4056 4 года назад

Absolutely love the subjects you choose to cover, 10/10 for variety

@barrett206 4 года назад

Good job with your videos I love history and you bring it and a great and easy way to digest it thank you keep up the good work!

@Chrisroygbiv 4 года назад

I HAVE WONDERED THIS SO MANY TIMES. Thank you 😢

@laosylucy 4 года назад

This video is sponsored by James Bizanet. Or is it?

@balajikumar4027 4 года назад

Or Danny maloni

@redvorno 4 года назад

Spinning Three Plates

@keithscott1957 4 года назад

If James Bizanet falls in a forest …

@ziomeke5580 4 года назад

James Bisonette, read the description

@rezaman2080 3 года назад

So nice having these videos short and concise

@odysseas_kratsas 4 года назад

0:21 he had me at the live laugh love poster in ancient greek

@asianlifter 4 года назад

One of the best history channels on RU-vid.

@Steeyuv 2 года назад

One of the best channels of any description on RU-vid!

@therealdave06 4 года назад

So I guess James Bissonnette is a celeb on this channel now?

@brrrrrtenjoyer 4 года назад

He has always been celebrity on this channel. The great Patreon of a great history channel!

@Emile.gorgonZola Год назад

The irony of doing a video about begging philosophers and then ending it with a thanks to your Patreon supporters, I love it

@pegauracheii 3 года назад

Excellent video! Thank you!

@merrittanimation7721 4 года назад

Seneca should have known where serving a neck beard would get him. He has only himself to blame.

@j.i.s.l178 4 года назад

👌... (for sure: more you don't give a Fuck, more they surrender, more you can see theirs "true colors" / Hypocrisy and meanness served for free / they don't ask for, they impose...)

@-haclong2366 4 года назад

Your jokes are so 2012, next you will say that he was an Atheist virgin.

@marioreds7826 4 года назад

He couldn't know beforehand, Nero was still a child when Seneca became his tutor.

@merrittanimation7721 4 года назад

@@-haclong2366 Of course not, he was neither of those things.

@foooooof 4 года назад

@@marioreds7826 Does'nt that means that Seneca had a large influence over the future Emperor?

@familygash7500 4 года назад

*VIDEO SUGGESTION:* Why was Napoleon Bonaparte never executed?

@nowhereman6019 4 года назад

The French would be incredibly pissed off if their beloved leader was executed, probably just leading to more war.

@Marinealver 4 года назад

But he was poisoned

@ShouldOfStudiedForTheTest 4 года назад

@@Marinealver He got poisoned by the green copper-arsenic based pigmint on his walls, because he loved the green colour. The toxicity of arsenic seems to have been unknown back then.

@caiawlodarski5339 4 года назад

Because it was considered impolite to kill monarchs

@maxeinsel 4 года назад

@@caiawlodarski5339 tell that to Robespier

@brahimali9526 4 года назад

How is possible that this channel allways has an answer for every question I come rondomly? Please keep doing this

@voxincaelo 4 года назад

You've no idea how long I've wondered this. You have scratched an immortal itch. Bless you.

@richraichu4068 4 года назад

We all know, The philosophers were paid...... By James Byzzanet

@biliminsrlar5752 4 года назад

"And the third way they made money was perhaps the most common,they'd find a wealthy patron" *We all know who was that patron is don't we?*

@nachomolaolivera7580 Год назад

No idea here, whatchu talking about?

@zaklewis7619 Год назад

I've never thought of this before! Also the signs are so good in this one!!

@trnaughton 4 года назад

This channel is definitely on my dessert island channel list. Top stuff always.

@matthewlaurence3121 4 года назад

2:28 James Bizonette, The Pastry Section..." I wish I had thought of that as my online alias! Slip an & between the two and you have an exquisite name for a pre-rock music group.

@hellenicboi14 4 года назад

Imagine getting paid to think and still getting fired lmao.

@mattmorehouse9685 3 года назад

Considering the calibre of thinking needed... that and it's often down to if your patron likes your thoughts.

@yourshames 4 года назад

Been wondering about this for a while!

@jordanmcmorris5248 3 года назад

This channel is the answer to all the questions I didn't know I had

@theskepticalwhaler4946 4 года назад

They simply got sponsored by RAID SHADOW LEGENDS!

@frozenpea1848 4 года назад

In a few years: How did ancient history youtubers make money? RU-vid hates education so they had to find a wealthy patreon supporter

@dekyl935 3 года назад

in case you are wondering, the sign at 1:02 says "Live, laugh, love"

@grayfox6930 3 года назад

I never thought you'd make a video were I actually wondered about what the video was about before seeing the video.

@jaqenhgar2264 4 года назад

Ah, ancient philosophers were begging like nowadays youtubers. They had an equivalent of Patreon (very Greek name btw)

@danielnguyen2447 4 года назад

One of the best kept secrets of modern philosophers is how much money they make. Many philosophy majors become ethics consultants to big corporations or go into law. The US average salary is about $80k. Not exactly a useless profession.

@faithlesshound5621 2 года назад

Getting a philosophy degree is a good route to unemployment, on a par with English Literature. It's not even a school subject in most of the English-speaking world. Whereas combining philosophy with politics and economics has the opposite effect.

@Meanietube 4 года назад

Cool video! Forgot to mention that Thales, the first philosopher, also became rich by using astronomy to become the first real estate speculator! Maybe make a video on that?

@rocketsbyodin5499 3 года назад

Ancient philosophers: "Selling knowledge is immoral" Modern university systems of higher education: **Shrug**

@thetophatgentleman4634 4 года назад

The second method is widely adopted today even on a certain website!

@dart2475 4 года назад

I wonder how many philosophy students are watching this video, to see how they can escape crippling poverty

@justwannabehappy6735 4 года назад

Getting a job actually helps.

@shellshockedgerman3947 4 года назад

@@justwannabehappy6735 This would also help refine their philosophy lol.

@justwannabehappy6735 4 года назад

@@shellshockedgerman3947 philosophy is thinking your life and living in accordance of your thoughts. Any life experience enriches one's philosophy.

@Marinealver 4 года назад

@@justwannabehappy6735 2020 here, not really

@justwannabehappy6735 4 года назад

@@Marinealver since your argument is short and underdeveloped, all I can say is "if you say so".

@DanS044 3 года назад

I have literally ALWAYS wanted to know this!!!

@MDJButcher 2 года назад

Good for Diogenes, being able to renovate his home with pillars.

@googlewouldntletmeaccessmy7845 4 года назад

Hey, nice vid, but there was also another common source of income for philosophers: being descended from a wealthy family. Plato is a prime example of this, he came from one of the most aristocratic and rich families in Athens, and basically never ran out of money. Thucydides is another example, as he was also born obscenely wealthy, and I would claim that he does qualify as a "philosopher"

@RealArcalian 4 года назад

History Matters: some philosophers have patrons. also History Matters: I would like to thank my patrons. Philosophy Matters?

@Admiral45-10 4 года назад

Ancient philosophers: *woman with a lot of vocals* Medieval hermits: *man with one vocal*

@thenameless7505 4 года назад

Another video on something I wondered but kinda didn’t know I wondered, but I was wondering

@keziahdelaney8174 4 года назад

Alexander to Aristotelis: "Shall i conquer more?" loooooooooooooooool. U r great mate! Knowledge with fun. Thank you

@Admiral45-10 4 года назад

Answer: ,, It's up to you to decide, how much on this world you want to see and take"

@gandhithegreat328 4 года назад

Man, I can’t wait to get a Philosophy degree and enter this exciting career field!

@bernhartschmieder9401 2 года назад

Socrates was a mason. Aristotle was a teacher and a physician, and in fact tutor to Alexander the Great at one point. Plato was an aristocrat of wealthy family. (He tried being a playwrite early in his career, then gave it up for philosophy, where he could not help continuing to write dialogues. He was also, in his youth, a wrestler and built for it; “Plato” is a nickname from that time, meaning “broad.” His real name was Aristocles.)

@someguy5035 2 года назад

This a great video.

@stankolodin5586 4 года назад

This was one heck of a summary.

@appleslover 4 года назад

The had all the sugar from Bissonette the Great (a.k.a. bissonette I)

@caorusso4926 4 года назад

Selling knowledge is simply inmoral, a shame that this practice continue to this day

@dabtican4953 4 года назад

Agreed but I don't think the knowledge these guys were sharing were that important though, I do agree it would be immoral to make a fellow countryman pay for schooling.