*“There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide. Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy.”* - Camus Support this channel: www.patreon.com/eternalised Subscribe with email eternalisedofficial.com/subscribe RU-vid Member Perks: ru-vid.com/show-UCqos1tl0RntucGGtPXNxkkAjoin Donate a Coffee: ko-fi.com/eternalised PayPal: www.paypal.com/paypalme/eternalisedofficial Official Merch: eternalised.creator-spring.com
I like it, Eternalised! De eternal bliss of nirvana lies in the mind at rest. Be still and the whole universe will surrender. Be still and know that I am God. God is in us, the author of our dream. Our job is to dream big and not worry how things will manifest. Ever desiring we see the manifestation. Ever desireless we see the mystery. Darkness within darkness is the gateway to all mystery. Man wants mystery and adventure, and woman is the most dangerous toy.; Skateboard is the second most dangerous toy.
As you say, Camus in The Myth of Sisyphus says that "There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide". There is another problem, philosophical and practical, which in my opinion is of equal importance. That is "why should I not murder my neighbour?" Camus seems to answer this question in "The Stranger" by allowing his main character to murder a stranger - without remorse. If under existentialism murder is a just another choice which can be adopted or not, then Existentialism is not a philosophy that I want to adopt, nor want anyone else to adopt, as a philosophy to live by. It lacks a moral core to guide its adherents on how people should live together.
Just finished this book. Absolutely profound. I read a lot of philosophy but something about this book is special. The sheer positivity seeping out of a seemingly morbid philosophy is unreal.
Same for me. It completely abated my suicidal thoughts. In addition, reading it I could relate to Camus as someone who probably suffered chronic depression and that eased my own suffering
The plight of Sisyphus is a metaphor for circumstances we are powerless to control or change. Sisyphus is a metaphor for you and me. We tend to deem such situations as absurd because we cannot face our powerlessness. It is too terrifying. We may not be able to change the outer. That doesn't mean we can't change how we feel about it. Circumstances can crush anyone who looks to them for "meaning", or to feel okay. IMO This magnificent essay showed me the goal: we must obtain everything we need from within, and when we do, it cannot ever be taken away by any circumstance. Over fifty years after first reading this work, I am only ever more grateful to Mr Camus for having changed my life forever.
I'm a smoothbrain who really struggled to grasp what Camus was talking about in Sisyphus. This video helped clear up a lot of the issues I was having, thank you. Now I'm going to go reread it
life is NOT ABSURD is our mental vision our mental illness ( we are all mentally sick) that finds it absurd millions of years of life animals no one kills himself but humans !!! they get mad asking far too many WHYs that are absolutely superfluous as have no answer
Just found out who Camu was. It was pretty cool that he thinks similarly to myself, and it was surprising on the correlation of what he believed and something I wrote a while back after going through some difficult stages of growth. I’ll put it below if anyone is interested. In the midst of a windy day, there danced a cloud of dust. It was so spontaneous, as if the wind summoned a dancing spirit, and as if it were to give the wind some meaning. Twirling infinitely in circles, it danced with the wind, and then the gathering of dust began to think. It wondered why it spun so furiously, and why no one ever told it why it began to do so in the first place. Nevertheless, there must have been a reason why it had awaken in the first place in this spinning state, so it continued to let its particles flow rapidly with the wind. The cloud of dust then noticed that from its friction with the surrounding dirt, it began to sing. “What lovely sounds,” the cloud of dust thought, “I must have been made to sing like this.” And so it sang, becoming bigger as each melody invited more earth particles to join its choir. It wasn’t long until it wondered even further, and it questioned the meaning to it all. “Who may I be singing to?” it asked, but no one would ever answer its continuous questioning. The cloud of dust, who dance furiously, demanded answers. It would rebel against its own nature and quit the forceful spinning if no one answered. As much as the cloud of dust tried, it couldn’t stop. None of it was its decision, not even if it were to will it. The dust cloud cursed the surrounding forces that pushed its particles. “Stop!” It said, “I did not choose to move!” But no consolation would fall into the cloud’s understanding. As time went by, the dust cloud began to give up hope. No happiness ran through its sandy veins, and the once singing tune became monotonous. “I have no meaning,” it declared, “life is but the spontaneous awakening of the spirit without answers to be found.” The wind finally gave out, and the cloud that once danced and sang gave out with it. No further than a mile from where it began, no longer than an hour from its birth, it stood there in pieces indistinguishable from the other clumps of dirt on which it died. Soon enough the wind began to blow again, and it picked up a clump of dust that rested loosely on the surface. It was so spontaneous, as if the wind summoned a dancing spirit, and as if it were to give the wind some meaning.
Wow. This is one of the most profound comments I've come across. Amazing writing, very reminiscent of absurdism in a sense. Thanks for sharing, loved it!
@@Eternalised I had no clue what absurdism was until I saw your vids, but it sounds really interesting. I’ll have to keep reading to learn more. Awesome vids and good work! My eyes were glued to the screen haha
Philosophy is such a fun experience for me that tears me up because i can always relate to it.I wish I was mature enough to have read about Absurdism and Stoicism when I was a kid.But its never too late to begin thinking and living.I want to read more of what those brilliant men of the past thought. Meditations of Aurelius is my next book
The myth of sysiphus is definently very interesting. Man these videos are making me feel like I'm missing out! I need to read these awsome books! Great video by the way!! :)
Video: _This video presents the main ideas of the book in 10-minute limited format. It is not a substitute for the actual reading_ Me: Literally taking the video as a substitute for actual reading
You'd really enjoy and get a lot out of reading it ! Maybe over the summer instead of the school year so you have time to enjoy it, cause it sure took me a while!
@@magicknight13what additional information does it provide? Does it say what happens when Sisyphus conquers the boulder? Or when the rock smashes after tumbling down so many times?
Great narration, loved the video. I was a little anxious to watch the video as I'm stuck with myth of Sisyphus for quite some time and thought a video about it could put me off the book but after watching this, I'm even more motivated to continue it.
I love your videos mate! The myth of sysiphus and the philosophy of camus was one of the things that got me through my own suicidal battle. And your videos was a part of the learning process!
Connecting with the joy of looking at absurd things. This will make you fall in love with life. The absurdity of when I walk out of my house, I look at trees, cars, the sun, the clouds, the desert, where I live. Even my own body. When I look at my own body I just get joy out of looking at the absurdity of my own body. My body is a work of art. I can connect with that um. Just that alone is enough to create an amazingly fulfilling life.
A few months ago, I first experienced the profound, and sudden realization of the mathematical fact that I will die relatively soon. Not just like, "Yeah, I'm mortal." But like a visceral understanding that that the sand is rapidly falling and I can not stop it and that at absolute best I have but a short 70 years left. I will soon have to face the unknowable. I have been wrestling with the absurd ever since.
Fantastic video! The origins of absurdum and its connection to existentialism and nihilism creates an astounding philosophy mixed with acceptance and Nietzscheism embracement of art and creation. The view of religion intrigues me the most and it connects with me on a personal level due to my hatred of organized religion. Of course religion is often the easy path as everything that has ever happened, can happen, or will happen is the cause of a brilliant creator who happens to be working in our favor (lucky us). Absurdism personally keeps me wanting to learn more and be an intellectual. I also hope to improve my physique and take in all the absurdness I can within this life. "Man is his own end; and he is his only end."
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it. I share the same view of organised religion, Absurdism is a refreshing view on life without religion :) Great quote at the end.
The act of suicide...no matter your theory...is NOT that life isn't worth living. No. The TRUE reason is easily and often explained, but somehow rarely understood as rational , and difficult for people to deem acceptable(because they've never experienced it). The reason is that they were truly UNABLE to attend life due to agony above their threshold that simply never ceased, and crippled with that pain, they were hopeless and felt the only way to stop it was to end the ability to feel it. There is something or SOMEONE that all of us can not and would not be able to live either with or without. There's no cure for its presence or absence. The real reason there are theories about the meaning of life, and it isn't a known fact is the human ego and the human fear of loss and rejection of things we have never seen, felt, heard or even knew existed in the first place. I'm a guy who experienced a profound NDE this year. The meaning of life is the first knowledge I received(besides the fact my body and my life were no longer desirable and I was "HOME".
What's the difference between (a) thinking that Life is not worth living and (b ) being unable to bear the pain of Existence...?? You seem to differentiate between the two as a reason for suicide ? Your " problem " is actually the inexact use of language .
Everyone gangsta till the day Camus somehow managed to find Sisyphus only to realise that Sisyphus is completely different to what he thinks/portrays of.
I love listening to your videos. Very good information on the go. I have not commented on your videos in a while but I’m still here listening to you and loving it.
It's weird how I came about reading this when I was alone.. so glad I was loved. This man knows not that it exists. My Lord gave me a light burden. I am satisfied. I will follow the path home. Shalom.
I've never lived down being a young student and asking my learned tutor if he had read any Al-burt Kamm-us... "You mean Al-bear Cam-oo?" Oh....ummmm, yes :(
“We all live in a world of absurd freedom.” On one hand, that is the price of being human. On the other hand, some of us are not even allowed to be human. ❤😊
1:15 if you want to know the meaning read words of enlightened saints, see how they leave their body when they want and how they are not afraid of pain. Read about - Ramana Maharshi, Paramahansa Yogananda, Swami Vivekananda, Many more!
Another view of the message in the Myth... Survival is an instinctive trait of humans. For survival, one needs food and life sustaining. necessities.. Sisyphus pushing of stone uphill can be better understood on the premise that he's getting paid for his labour to get his daily bread, to sustain his life. To make the whole thing more bearable he can keep the size of the stone smaller and thus lighter, signifying that he keeps his life necessities as less as he can, so as to reduce his burden thus making life more bearable....
Being human is the very thing that condemns us, since we experience are able to self-reflect, we can experience repeated dissatisfaction, disappointment and loss. But our biological instinct to survive, pushes us to the next moment, the next day, the next year, with more emotional and psychological pain at every step.
One is not lost but continues to think that we left or were kicked out of this place most of us call heaven. Ask a child who has not been touched in any other way than with love if they believe in hell and they won't even have a concept about such a place. It is not until we start judging It's creation that we then feel our acts can buy us redemption so we create a devil to keep straight but in doing so we then judge It for what It has created. We dig an eternal hole when we assume "we" know what right is instead of It. Just because one doesn't understand it doesn't mean it's bad, wrong or negative. Shoot even electricity needs negative polarity to exist .
I recommend one of his short stories : The Guest . Sheer thought provoking brilliance. Many novelists try to philosophise in their novels and many philosophers attempt to write philosophical novels. Camus ( and Dostoevsky ? ) are the only two who succeed in combining both. ( just my opinion ).
This is making me think we are all killing ourselves through anything. We can stagnate or grind till death. But living and just normal os tough but its our communities core
This is one of those books i keep picking up, putting it down, and picking it up again. I believe the definition he has for the absurd is spot on. I like the comparison to the greek myth and the argument against suicide. But this can be one paragraph and done. I think this book is extremely long winded and difficult and somewhat repetitive in round about ways. I respect and appreciate camus but am i the only one who felt this?
It's essentially a flawed man who strives to move a Boulder forward despite it seemingly always coming down. The utopia ideal vs the struggle to make life worth every moment. Living a 1000 years is not really a life if you don't appreciate the moments you have, while it's life can be short it's a good thing to know something is keeping you moving around, searching for what you want in that life is completely worth it once you experience it.
In a nutshell he’s saying develop resiliency so you can stand the pressure of your own will against the will of the world … in saying what you mean and mean what you say you generate chaos this chaos requires a will that can strife against it otherwise it will be crushed into conformity
"For if there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life, as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life." what does this final sentiment mean? Should I not daydream about a life that brings me comfort, but instead be present for the experience of reality, and love it because it is real? (as painful or uncomfortable as it may be). The absurd man can see past the everyday struggle, see that there is nothing else, but choose to continue to engage in the struggle because the alternative is non-existence. Is this what is being said here?
It's sort of like amor fati, loving your fate. Camus believes (like Nietzsche), that we should not devalue this life by believing in an afterlife, but rather affirm this one no matter the obstacles, as it is the only life we can live, until death comes. Camus calls our attention to the absurdity between wanting to live life fully and the inevitability of death, specifically a sudden death. Camus himself died in a car crash at the highest point in his career.
@@Eternalised Thank you for your response, and for the video. I would like to continue this as a conversation, as I am trying to adopt new ways of thinking to better my own life. Videos like yours are very helpful to understand what these philosophers are getting at. I will come back here when I can better articulate my questions.
@@ThomasARichardson I think what Albert is trying to say is that be happy with what you have as you do not have control over your life. As in it is a sin to expect something that is not in your control for there is no one great truth and happiness is innate. One can choose how he feels to an extent , I believe that. I hope I am clear enough since English is not my first language.
Interesting ideas, I did enjoyed them also it felt, that Camus had a lot of time on his hand to go all trough that meaningless trouble of going trough these type of thoughts, but than again people had a lot more free time back in the day when things where moving a lot slower and they had far less distractions, even tho they had much more physical tasks to carry out each day.
The imagery of the reinterpreted "the scream" painting @3:07 made me pause the video for one hot second. Can anyone provide a link or the artist for that?
3 years late, but question. An absurd man, revolts, is free and passion. Where does this tie in with many humans innate want to do good. For example. In an RPG game there’s no real consequences and yet many if not most ppl chose to be a “good day”. Would the absurd man do this? They are freely choosing to do good, it’s something they can feel good about so can be passionate. But revolting against what? And an absurd man wouldn’t bother with values right? So how would they view good and bad. Right and wrong? Just some ideas I had after the video. Anyone feel free to answer, give opinion, correct if needed
