I appreciate a Catholic (correct if incorrect) philosopher covering Schopenhauer in a clear and unbiased manner. One does not need to take everything he wrote as matter-of-fact, but his words really do make one suspect that there is something "fallen" or "incomplete" about the world we inhabit...
@@ChristopherAnadale I am really grateful to you for making these videos. Your commentary is really helpful for someone like me. I would be obliged if you could make such a playlist on the "World and Will as representation". Thank you so much.
Remember, people hate to see others achieve their satisfying goals of acting, modeling and singing. Especially narcissists who are the most miserable people on the planet and want you feel miserable as well.
The narcissist will do everything possible to dim your light, delay your goals, ambitions. They want you alone, isolated, and struggling to survive by stealing your energy.
Schopenhauer really has good points and ideas,i liked his view on lowering our expectations from the world as i think this principle is important to be happy
J’ai apprécie la lecture. Schopenhauer fait sens. J’ai aimé aussi vos vidéos sur Aristote. Tout tes vidéos sont utiles pour moi. You read a bit in French, so I’m using that as an excuse to write in French. I assume you know some French. You might be interested to know Aristotole’s Ethics is what made me realize I needed to learn another language. And he was right! It’s the most stimulating thing I’ve ever done. I feel like I’ve been born again. There’s a saying, learn a new language, get a new soul. The only thing I could ever do well in school, was write, and better than most ( which is the consensus of most of my teachers, it wasn’t my idea). How that happened I don’t know because I was a multiple time flunkie, hate reading, and writing for that matter, which is why I appreciate your videos. I find them very useful. I learn better by listening, than I do by reading. Merci Professeur.
I've just watched a video of Schopenhauer - On Women". And I've began watching this series; however good these advice might be,,, and they are, what concerns me is ones' ability to then navigate through ones society and culture. It seems that ones adopted philosophy ought to commensurate with ones locality because it's all different and continually evolving. Dr. Jordan Peterson advocate for monogamy, whereas, Schopenhauer gives merits to polygamy.. What one adopts seems contingent on what is is that individual is facing in terms of what he wants, taking into account the culture and the surrounding norms
I have a question. If I am bored or sad and drink alcohol to avoid the pain signal of those feelings, would that be what Schopenhaeur is teaching. But that would be bad for me, right. Perhaps, he meant not running away but to stay with the pain until one fully realizes they have control over themselves.
I'm starting to see what Nietzsche was talking about. It seems like this whole philosophy is just a really elaborate justification for his own cowardice and a little bit of sour grapes from not achieving the level of success he thought he deserved. The thing is that all of his descriptive statements are basically true which entices the reader but then he starts giving his prescriptions which ultimately just amount to running away from life. The reality is that if you followed his prescriptions you are not eliminating suffering from your life because all that will happen is that you will become afraid of life and this fear will also cause you to suffer greatly
My initial reaction is - one can take the bland path of room temperature oatmeal, or instead embrace the pain and drama, as it makes a much more interesting story. The trick is to watch one’s life unfold from a distance, a detached observer director of the play.
I'm not a linguist, but I'd think your Latin pronunciation would be right on in some Latin community were you able to get back to that era and look around. A language and its spoken version varies place to place. There's no one correct pronunciation across a language world. So don't fear speaking Latin. Your Latin accent would no doubt have been perfect somewhere.
