Lev Shestov: Philosophize with a Grenade

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Lev Shestov was a Russian existentialist philosophy working in the late 19th to early 20th century. He was very interested in the idea of freedom and creativity, wanting to see individuals have the freedom to construct and change their worldviews. However, philosophical systems that claim to be absolute and objective would get in the way of one's creativity. Logic and reason would restrain one's imagination.
Therefore, Shestov emphasized the importance of immense possibility in this world. If anything is possible and is subject to change, then any world view could be possible. We might find this to be bizarre, but it may as well be that we're like caterpillar nestled in a cocoon that we consider to be the end all be all of our world. One day we might leave that cocoon and discover a brand new world.
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8 июн 2024

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@Wahid_4770 Месяц назад

As Berdyaev would say about Shestov " Lev Shestov was a philosopher who philosophized with his whole being, for whom philosophy was not an academic specialty but a matter of life and death" ❤️❤️❤️Thank you so much for this video ❤️❤️❤️

@PhilosophyToons Месяц назад

Thank you for the quote!

@sterlingpratt5802 Месяц назад

Shestov is one of the most inspirational thinkers I have ever encountered.

@PhilosophyToons Месяц назад

He's really fun

@drawn2myattention641 Месяц назад

I seem to remember Shestov being especially exercised over the unjust death of Socrates-and that any God worthy of the name, not bound by logic or past realities, must be able to totally rewrite such past injustices and misfortunes. Shestov was furious that Christian theologians had limited their God’s power to the logically possible. I mean…wow!

@tommyrocker33 Месяц назад

I like the sound of this guy, thanks for bringing him to light. Really enjoy these bite-size introductions, you've put many people on my radar who I'd never heard of before. Grateful for it, thank you very much. Appreciate what you do, take it easy 👍

@PhilosophyToons Месяц назад

Thank you!

@rickyspanish4792 Месяц назад

I like this one! I'm so rigid in my thinking. I'm going to read Shestov's work!

@maaleladel4622 Месяц назад

Easily your channel is in my top 5 or top 3 RU-vid channels. Each time I am absolutely delighted to watch your insightful yet entertaining videos. They are a joy to watch. Thank you thank you so much ❤

@PhilosophyToons Месяц назад

Oh wow I really appreciate the compliment!

@LucaNoire 11 дней назад

A man after my own heart. Survive, adapt & overcome. Change (either for better or for worse) is inevitable & it's necessary. Closed-mindedness, is a sickness. "Philosophize with a grenade." 😎 love it 👊🏼

@AlexandruAlexe07 Месяц назад

I'm so happy seeing you make a video about Shestov! Finally Eastern European philosophers are taken into consideration on yt.

@PhilosophyToons Месяц назад

I'm glad to have discovered him! Do you have any other suggestions for forgotten eastern european philosophers?

@New_Mew Месяц назад

This is similar to Feyerabend, who proposed the method of counterinduction, where proposed and developed hypotheses that contradict established theories

@Wahid_4770 Месяц назад

I am very sure that only a few people have heard about the great Armenian philosopher (DAVID THE INVINCIBLE) philosophy as a lifestyle. I hope you will like my suggestion on the index of the forgotten philosophers🙏🏻

@PhilosophyToons Месяц назад

Looks like an interesting person, I'll look into them

@lorenzocapitani8666 28 дней назад

Good video! The importance of immagination and the breakage of rules. Structures like reason, logic and truth give power - but breaking structure permits new solutions - though some of these solutions risk being pitfalls.

@PhilosophyToons 28 дней назад

Thank you for watching!

@KlubCars Месяц назад

Love me some Amygdala Vids! This video came at an uncannily perfect time as I've been trying to flex my creative muscles, time to get all consumed by the Shestov rabbit hole, thanks!

@PhilosophyToons Месяц назад

Eyyyy you remember my original channel name!

@dw8796 22 дня назад

Great job explaining Shestov. To me he was the wests most eastern philosopher :) ... his idea of finding your own philosophy is similar to Osho's comment on everybody should have their own religion. Incredible philosopher.

@ohyourgoingdown 29 дней назад

Nice video! Still waiting for Ladislav Klíma and carlo michelstaedter

@knusperkeks87 24 дня назад

He's my favorite thinker.

@Jewish_anarchist 10 дней назад

Another great video, I've stayed away from Shestov for a couple reasons mainly his aphoristic style but you have inspired me to give him another look. Still waiting on Han Ryner

@PhilosophyToons 10 дней назад

I think I found a book by him called Ethical Individualism which I'll get soon.

@judithalisonlee1095 29 дней назад

Great message!

@Risenoph 29 дней назад

Another great video 💛 As for Shestov, I can see where he’s coming from. However, I ultimately disagree that we can think outside the framework of logic. What I mean by this is that all thought can be categorized as logical pictures as entailed by Wittgenstein. I don’t know if you’ve covered Witty or not, but he’s interesting.