PHILOSOPHY - Sartre 

Descartes: "I think therefore I am" Sartre: "I overthink, therefore what even am I?!"

"One eye on the intrinsic meaninglessness of life, and another on the bitches."

"Hello, sir. I will be your waiter this evening." - attentive waiter "Yeah, well, that's just, like, your opinion, man." - Sartre

who else just gets a sudden existentialism crisis when they focus on someone's face they have known and have been seeing for a long time and it turns out that they look nothing like you think they do.

I remember the first time i had a moment of absurdity. I was talking to my mother and all of a sudden i saw her as if I have never seen her, as if she was a complete stranger to me. And when i told her that in that very instant she could not understand it. I hope everyone can fell such moments. It is really invigorating.

'Another being who's genitals you sometimes touch' thats just what I call all of my significant others

Bus conductor: sir please take a seat. Sartre: What do you mean by seat?

Whenever I get somewhat depressed I read Sartre or Kierkegaard. They remind me that my life is utterly meaningless and my depression implies that I should give a shit about anything.

I've had those moments of absurdity frequently, where I'll think about how weird a word is, for instance.

"The admission that life doesn't have preordained logic and is not inherently meaningful can be a source of immense relief when we feel oppressed by the weight of tradition and the status quo"

Sartre died and arrived in Heaven. St. Peter showed him around, showing the gardens, the animals, the people. Sartre: "It's nice, but not what I imagined." St. Peter: "What did you imagine?" Sartre: "Nothing."

Philosophy is such an invigorating force for me. When I hear a new idea and have it instantly resonate with my own feelings and thoughts, it is a feeling like no other. This also underlines the idea that your every feeling and thought has already been experienced and widely explored by others in the past, put into words and described by philosophical writers at length. I am so fortunate to understand the implications of this... how important reading is, educating oneself, and how these things help deepen the understanding of yourself and the world. What an impact consistent study of this kind of material has over time... even if it's just 5-10 pages of a book a day, or a single video like this - the effect is cumulative. It's what Stephen Covey would call a Quadrant II activity (Not-Urgen and Important), but what most people would not even think of as important.

Satre's philosophy is classical stoner philosophy. "Seat.... whaaat?"

You know you're onto something if the FBI maintains a file on your actions.

the satrian description of an evening meal is quality

lowkey, sartre probably was a good philosopher because his lazy eye could look into another dimension

"You don't arrest Voltaire" haha . . . rad.

This moment when police are trying to understand your philosophy but fail.

Sartre had a unique perspective. It's almost as if he could see in two directions at once... I enjoy these summary videos about philosophers. I feel like an expert on philosophy now XD

The interesting thing about Sartre is that the general idea of his philosophy is quite simple and easy to understand, but his delivery is incredibly confusing almost as if he’s proving the point of the absurdity of the world. He’s by far my favorite philosopher and my favorite philosophy.

Is it normal if I felt like clapping at the end of the video? Jokes aside, to whoever actually makes these: thank you.

So... The land of milk and honey is actually the land of animal secretions.

"...the weight of tradition and the status quo." The descriptive term for my issue with society today that I've been searching for most of my life. This channel is like free therapy! Proud to be a "Student of Life"

This helps when I feel too caught up in the outcome of something; like a job offer or school admission. As a human I have unlimited potential, but it's easy to feel like there's a way things should go, and if they don't go that way is a frightening idea. Keeping the idea of not acting in bad faith is important to not feeling overwhelmingly stuck

I'm not high enough to think about existentialism.

It's incredible that people who have different pasts, different languages, different countries, different cultures, different ages etc... Have come to the same conclusion or idea. Without reading any of his works I got exactly the same ideas in the same order. Things are weirder than we think, and because of that we are free. It's almost like we were connected somehow to an unconscious universal knowledge

It's awesome how you can explain his thoughts with that simplicity. Thank you for that.

Interesting that his life-long partner Simone de Beauvoir wasn't mentioned once.

Oh my God there's a man that has basically defined what I've been feeling increasingly for the past year. Thank God.

This dude was mad smart n shit

So I am VERY new to philosophy, and this man kind of just met a certain part of me. It's like he describes one of my favourite societal characters I put on, which is the essence of the "Me" I know... It's weird to describe but he touched a part of my ideology and physical presence that is undeniably an unchangable part of me. Like the basis of me.

Sartre's philosophy has helped me so much. Love the video

Wow I've been thinking very similarly to Sartre for so long and am only now learning of him (thanks public education); favorite philosopher so far.

Can you start making videos on key philosphical movements once youre done with specific authors? Like Existencialism, Stoicism, Nihilism etc.

I read "Being and Nothingness" years ago. I picked up the book in Inchon Airport. I finished it, however, it was very very hard to understand. It was like higher math put into words. You had to fully understand premises from the beginning to understand what came next. It wasn't like most books that you could kind of glide over and understood by context. But that was my experience. I read other books by Sartre and had no difficulty. Thanks for posting.

Weird how ideas from a man long gone, so accurately match the thinking of my own internal landscape...great clip; thanks!

"This chair is crazy.." This is how my mind thinks most of the time

Nausea is an amazing book and really gives some insight into the ideas of Sartre and how they play out in real life.

Brilliant people who have walked the Earth and the brilliant ideas they had. It makes me so emotional.

I’ve never done drugs but I’ve experienced a lot of loneliness and watching this explained a lot of the things I’ve been going through. Driving one moment, and then next being scared out of my mind of this strange circular wheel that have two slabs of meat on them.

If you weren't also born in 1905 you'll probably want to know that "5 feet 3 inches" is medievalspeak for 1.60 m.

I have literally felt this way my entire life. The existentialists get me. They just do.

Simple concepts with very elaborate explanations. I really love thst about philosophy because you can't remember any of it in detail unless you study it. Like mental gymnastics. Very elegant.

Watching this while on the cusp of starting my first job is a great reminder that life is and will be more than my occupation. thank you :)

never connected so well to a philosopher. going to read all his writings. thank SOL

Outstanding.

Brilliant! I love his short stories, too.

"All men are born with a God shaped hole in their heart"

These videos are so informative and wholesome. I feel so satisfied after watching them.

The quintessential meaning of life, on point. Much thanks to the curators of the video. Being a Psych major, and having Philosophy as a minor can be crushing. The 6 minute gist about Sartre was really helpful to get an overview of Existentialist routes without digging deep into pages. Kudos!

I bloody love these, thanks Alain and whoever else is behind these, the animations and art picks are wonderful too and I laughed my ass off when he broke down the evening meal with partner 😂

Of all the philosophy books I read. Human All To Human, changed the way I viewed life as a whole.

Thanks alot Alain. These short videos are very accurate and extremely helpful in understanding the ideas and philosophy of great philosophers. While the ideas may appear to be complicated with the prose and language of the philosophers, this format really simplifies them and makes it comprehensible with great examples.

How do I get started with Philosophy? What books to read, what chronological order to follow and what method to use/un-use while reading?

I can really see where he's coming from, he can aswell, and where he's going to at the same time. Joking aside what a brilliant brilliant man and brilliant presentation! thoroughly informative and eye opening to the nature of existentialism

This chat should have a group,where we can refer our dilemmas and seek second opinions

I have a ten page paper due about him next month, thank you so much for letting this exist

I'm French and a philosophy student. Actually, with Sartre and within his theater pieces (as much relevant as his philosophic books/essays) what is important to catch is that we are nothingness, ourselves, basically. We do not have a nature/essence (nor identity logically (the critic) ) and so we are undeterminated : we are and have everything to become, and it's by our choices(which must lead to freedom) that we become free. "The existence before Nature/Essence (the Idea), " but where Sartre goes too much beyond the existence and others (autrui) in his philosophy is when he says that I can do everything as long as I'm responsible of my acts : the absolute freedom (which can mislead and fuck mankind up) there is not limit, to sum up, in his way of seeing freedom. Men has everything to become, he is nothingness because if he is smthg, others will determine him according to their way of seeing him, they would determine him at the moment to keep in mind this particular image. He disagrees, our reflected acts on this specific moment cannot absolutely show what we are really, because we build ourselves with the time. Sartre's philosophy is a philosophy of responsibility. THIS is just a sum up, but what you have to keep in mind essentially concerning the author. I suggest you to read his theater (Being and nothingness is quite exhausting ^^) Sorry for a few mistakes in the idiom that you have probably noticed.. bonne continuation et vive la philo ;)

I loved his view on things tbh completely honest. There is appreciation in the absurdity and he allows for one to look at things in a micro and macro view which is essential to be have a heightened awareness we so lack in this age.

this is exactly how i viewed the world after experiencing ego death. sarte was able to see reality as it truly is, without thought, judgement, or beliefs about how you think things are or should be. This philosophy to me closely resembles what its like to see the world once youve experienced enlightenment, only thing is enlightenment is sure to be blissful and youd see things as miraculous. ego death means to have the same experience of the world as you would if you were enlightened but you would probably see it as strange or dreadful because of sin/karma you still carry

One quibble, your videos deserve higher numbers! I'm sure over time, as they form the basis of a vast video philosophical library, they will achieve the viewings they deserve. Well done!

I thought his big idea was: "Existence precedes essence."

As a sarterian I have to say this is one of the best quick notes on the works of sarte that I've ever seen. Although I wish you would've added his quote on freedom during nazi occupation, and maybe utilized the story of his understudys conflict with wanting to join the free french army in England. He's one of the last true continentals.

Sarte created new trend in literature,and was admired by many abstract thinkers

Can you make one on Simone de Beauvoir? ^_^

"You’re a ghost driving a meat coated skeleton made from stardust. What do you have to be afraid of?" I sense Sartrean perspective in this quote. :)

I curse you Sartre! You have inspired me to constantly reevaluate the utter strangeness of the world. I am a cook at a restaurant and find myself asking my coworkers if they find it as weird as me to be dipping hacked up pieces of an animal keep in a cage built just for it in the fat derived from a completely different animal kept in its own cage until it reaches a certain temperature and then brought on a tray (could go on about how strange a tray is as well) to other humans who will pay me to do this...the Sartrean rabbit hole runs deep in restaurants...

I’m telling you this is the best ever video I’ve ever came across during exams 👍🏻👍🏻

What a wonderful channel this is. Thank you for producing such amazing content, fascinating.

yet another great video.. you guys are quickly becoming one of my favorite channels.

So beautifully written, and narrated.

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I was searching for a video on Simone de Beauvoir - seems like an omission since both Sartre and Camus are here! I would greatly appreciate an Alain-de-Botton sketch of her philosophy.

I love this video so, so much.

I remember myself as a little child having similar questions. Like back when I was 4-5 years old... I stopped questioning these things as I grew up, I wonder what happened to me...

I read his book " Existentialism&human" it's amazing💜

Over the past week I've binge-watched all the videos on the channel. The ideas I've been exposed to have been incredibly enlightening, so thank you for that! Also, I know you get many, many, suggestions on philosophers to cover, but you should really consider Camus. Since "The Stranger" and "The Myth of Sisyphus" play so nicely off of Sartre, they seem worthy of exploration!

a clear and good summary. Interesting to see though that Simone de Beauvoir was never mentioned once when we know how much she participated in Sartre's intellectual development and how collaborative their philosophical and political efforts were. Out of curiosity: would you spontaneously make a video about de Beauvoir without mentioning Sartre? If you say yes, then forget I said anything.

Of the philosophers you have covered Satre is the one I most agree with.

I like so much this kind of existentialism

I have very similar beliefs to Satre in a lot of ways, thanks for making this great video summarizing everything! These philosopher videos are great!

He is my favorite philosopher. I love his work so much.

Sartre was one of the earliest thinkers I studied, next to Russell. Good times. His book Being and Nothingness can get really deep and is not as "on-the-surface" as it seems. It ends with speculation at how his Existentialism could have ethics, but it just doesn't go too far. Simone de Beauvoir actually comes closer to a possible existentialist ethics in her writings.

Such level of awareness, brilliant!

“The fact that life has no meaning is a reason to live ― moreover, the only one.” Emil M Cioran

The School of Life is amazing!

Satre's philosophy was a turning point in my youth. To look at the world thru a different perspective outside the grand institutional thought

Please never stop making these

3:49- If I may provide my 2 cents; eagerness in performing one's work does not necessarily mean one is acting in bad faith. The waiter (had they really been based on a real person) could be fully aware that there are other career opportunities and lifestyles available to them. Since few plan to be a waiter forever, It's more likely that he simply saw his waiter role as a temporary occupation or a stepping stone on the road to bigger things.

I love this channel. Philosophy is one of the topics that should be mandatory.

I like early Sartre for his popularising and development of ideas on contingency and individualism, in the context of freedom.

There is this church I go to frequently because they have a free book exchange box out front. I feel compelled every now and then to check out what they have. Sartre's "The Physiology of Imagination". Amazing find! it's crazy to read ideas that seem as equally crazy as it is intuitively true.....to me, I mean. I think like this all the time.....or, as doctors say: I have ASPD. I once had the realization that I couldn't prove that anything but my experience....not even myself....was real. I realized I couldn't prove that everything was anything other than just an image in my mind. A mental symbol of an object, person, experience. ....then I thought about how a traumatic experience in a dream, if real, could likely effect the mind in the same way as if it had actually happened. One day, I put my wife and kids to bed, close up the house and go to sleep. The dream I had was a very vivid dream based half on a fear of mine and half on a near death experience I had but don't remember. IRL, when I was a teen, I drank almost an entire bottle of 190 proof everclear and almost died. I don't remember much but what I do remember of it.....was very similar to my dream. The dream: I was in my teenage room at my parent's old house. My life (wife and kids) feel like a very vivid dream that is fleeting (I feel that in the dream). I have asthma and in the dream, I'm slowly dying from an asthma attack (seeing my room from the same POV as when I drank too much). It hurt, it took forever and I felt myself fade into nothingness. The entire experience in real time, seemingly....and the whole time, the memory of my family is being disregarded as an unimportant dream. I didn't want to be mourning over a dream family as I die IRL. .....then, nothingness. Back to reality: I must have slept well because I didn't wake up in a start or even until late the next day. When I woke up, I was honestly shocked that I was, somehow, not dead. 'Also, why was I in my dream and why does this dream feel so real?' I thought. After that.....it was nearly a year before I was able to fully grasp that me dying was a dream and my life was reality. it's embarrassing to admit and it was a sign of a severe mental health crisis. I got treatment and.... funny part....the doctors and psychologists I saw agreed with me that nobody could prove that my solipsistic view was incorrect and didn't have an answer on hand. one said she hadn't thought of my ideas before and asked for time to think them through. ...absolutely genius move on their part! they got my ego to feel smart (im not smart) and that was enough to initiate rational debate about the issue. it's like being conned into chess by a grandmaster. once a logical conversation had begun, they were able to logically walk me back from my messed up ideas.

Please do a clip about Camus.

Excellent channel. It would be really nice if you guys did a video about Proust.

Very informative video about Satre. Thank you!

At 2:30 when you broke down a 'normal' situation into something that sounds strange and insane, I do this every day and I thought there was something wrong with me? I've only just learnt about sartre.

so... i'm approaching existential philosophy as a novice, starting with Kierkegaard.. i watch this video. I feel like this has summed up a great deal of all of my thoughts for the past few years. wtf.

I knew Sartre. He always liked me because I knew which eye to look at.

*J'aime beaucoup ce format vidéo, avec des illustrations en mouvement, une voix-off agréable... bon travail, et source d'inspiration pour ma chaîne PHILO*

I'm grateful for how unbiased this channel is