The Story of Western Philosophy 

Skepticism... do you have any sources on that?

"Columbus discovered some shit" "Da Vinci drew some shit" "Shakespeare wrote some shit" wise words

you would be an interesting history teacher

I'm 39 now. I did a degree music degree in a small arts college and my wife who's also 39 did a medical degree at Manchester. I had a lot of fun and learned an awful lot about music history and cultural theories while my wife (at the time just girlfriend) worked every hour God sent studying anatomy. I graduated after 3 years and found work in a school and she studied for a further 2 years followed by 5 years of junior doctor rounds. Nowadays she is a hard-working partner in a GP surgery living in a large house on a doctor's salary and I am pretty much unemployed music teacher living in a large house on her doctor's salary. So if there's a lesson here it's do an arts degree, sure, but marry a doctor.

« I hate this degree but science has too many numbers in it » holy shit that’s me

"Let's assume we doubt everything-" "I doubt that."

Fun fact: any page in wikipedia, if you keep pressing on the very first keyword, will eventually lead you to philosophy

"Don't waste all your time you silly panda, you'll never be this young again. Best of luck."

Western Philosophy: I think, therefore I am. Indian Philosophy: I am, therefore I _may_ think.

"Everything is interpretation. Except for that statement, apparently" Might be the most succinct and hard-hitting criticism of postmodernism I have ever encountered. Well done.

The main thing I love about this channel is that he takes away the boring side of learning and makes it fun, he makes educational videos but I’m away where we enjoy ourselves and mate you’re just amazing

“Epistemology: Can we know shit? Metaphysics: how does shit ultimately work? Ethics: how do we know good shit from bad shit? Logic: How do we reason shit? Aesthetics: why does shit look so nice ? “ I loved this.

"Who's. Laughing. Now. Dad." Me that's who's laughing

if you pause at the exact right time at around 7:59 you will see that it says: *REAL TALK:* for god knows what reason, some of you occasionally drop me a line asking about what to study at UNI: whether to follow your passions or take the safe route. while im far away from an authority or anything whatsoever, i would say the following: *You will never be this young again.* it seems silly not to follow what you truly love. (there are limits to this advice. celebrity studies and twitterology are not recommended.) The arts and the humanities aren't the most practical of routes. law and medicine are probably far safer, that's true. yeah, well so is never leaving the fucking house. if it's in your blood, it's in your blood. We don't get to play the life game for too long. don't be a silly panda and waste it. Go after what you genuinely love, and i wish you the very best of luck...

As an honorary metaphysican I can assure you philosophy is simultaneously the best and worst thing ever.

RIP Gilbert.

I'm a philosophy PhD at a top program and this is one of the best glosses on history of philosophy I've seen on youtube

In case you missed it, at 7:59, you can see this: "Real talk: For GOD knows what reason, some of you occasionally drop me a line asking about what to study at uni: whether to follow your passions or take the safe route. While I'm far from an authority on anything whatsoever, I would say the following: You will never be this young again. It seems silly not to follow what you truly love. (There are limits to this advice. Celebrity Studies and Twitterology are not recommended.) The arts and the humanites aren't the most practical of routes. Law and medicine are probably safer, that's true. Yeah, well so is never leaving the fucking house. If it's in your blood, it's in your blood. We don't get to play the life game for too long. Don't be a silly panda and waste it. Go after what you genuinely love, and I wish you the very best of luck."

7:59 The blue flash you see "REAL TALK: For god knows what reason some of you occasionally drop a line asking about what to study at uni; whether to follow your passions or take the safe route. While I'm far from an authority on anything whatsoever. Would say the following: You will never be this young again. It seems silly not to follow what you truly love.(There are limits to this advice. Celebrity studies and Twitterology are not recommended.) The arts and the humanities aren't the most practical of routes. Law and medicine are probably safer, thats[Idk what he says here]. Yeah, well so is never leaving the fucking house. If its[?] In your blood, it's in your blood. We dont get to play the life game for too long. Dont be a silly panda and waste it. Go after what you genuinely love, and I wish you the very best of luck." Some of this I couldnt make out so I apologize

The father of swearing philosophy , the deppressed turtle.

*This is that cheeky thing that appeared in the video at about 8 minutes and was up for about 0.01 seconds* --- For God knows what reason, some of you occasionally drop me a line asking about what to study at uni: whether to follow your passions or take the safe route. While I'm far from an authority on anything whatsoever, I would say the following: You will never be this young again. It seems silly to not follow what you truly love. (There are limits to this advice. Celebrity Studies and Twitterology are not recommended). The arts and the humanities aren't the most practical routes. Law and medicine are probably safer, that's true. Yeah, well so is never leaving the fucking house. If it's in your blood, it's in your blood. We don't get to play the life game for too long. Don't be a silly panda and waste it. Go after what you genuinely love, and I wish you the very best of luck. --- *Probably the best advice I've ever heard.*

hidden frame at 7:59 for everyone x REAL TALK: "for god knows what reason, some of you occasionally drop me a line asking about what to study at uni: whether to follow your passions or take the safe route. while i'm far from an authority on anything whatsoever, i would say the following: YOU WILL NEVER BE THIS YOUNG AGAIN. it seems silly not to follow what you truly love.( there are limits to this advice. celebrity studies and twitterology are not recommended.) the arts and humanities aren't the most practical of routes. law and medicine are probably safer, that's true. yeah, well so is never leaving the fucking house. if it's in your blood it's in your blood. we don't get to play the life game for too long. don't be silly panda and waste it. go after what you genuinely love, and i wish you the very best of luck."

“I hate this degree but science has loads of numbers in it” nailed right on the head

"Nothing means anything and we're going to die" - projection of his syphilis lmao

Can you do "The Story of Eastern Philosophy"

What a beautifuly crafted and well made video. I hope this gets views on par with 'history of the entire world i guess'

Person1:Gilbert gotfried Person2:I agree Everyone:YOU FOOL!

i think the best part of the video is the captions. it says tm R and C a lot of places witsh makes this hilarius

exurb1a uploaded something? *Drops baby* I've got to see this.

And then a cat died, but it didn’t die. Don’t really know.

“Does Gilbert Gottfried exist” Bro this hits hard now

You are the first one in YEARS who has made me unabashedly laugh out loud. Thank you for existing!

"Why does shit look so nice?" Hey man, if that's your fetish, it's OK, but I'm not going to talk about it with you.

The Greeks also invented Cynicism, and no, I'm not talking about being cranky. I'm talking about Diogenes. One of my intellectual heroes.

This is rapidly becoming my new favorite channel.

This channel is the only channel which makes me laugh and gives me headache at the same time 😅.

Getting that still at 7:59 was probably the most difficult thing i have done all day. But it was also the most rewarding. Thanks Exurb1a xoxo

*Postmodernism is just shitposting*

I really like his philosophy videos cuz he makes everything so balanced with humor and the acknowledge

Quality work mate, subscribed.

*So where the Fuck is it, Gabe?*

7:20 When you forget how to build a nether portal

When asked. "Can you make any money with Philosophy?" , he replied, "Why yes ... if you have the right Philosophy."

Coincidently Gilbert Gottfried died this week and I happen to be watching this video, spooky

Have you tried teaching? Your the only teacher that’s tough me anything, ever.

Thats how you some up philosophy: “there was stuff, and some guys wanted to know why there was stuff”

"we all ultimately die alone anyway so why not have some ice cream" I love exurb1a... even his youtube tags are the best thing ever

Great stuff dude, i love the video and the humor that you put into it

I FOUND THE PERFECT TEACHER WHO SPEAKS MY LANGUAGE

In Western Philosophy born and raised, On the playground... etc etc

this man always puts on sudden frames of text that I can't never pause to read

The description let me know I finally found likeminded people

There were about 5 times I wanted to thumb up this video, and than realised that I already did.

why is the prime minister of Norway at 1:19 haha

This was the exact colloquial, every-man explanation I was looking for. Thanks dude.

I’m just going to say it. You’re the funniest human I have ever listened to in my LIFE

Aesthetics : how does shit look so nice I’m dead

ohhh I'm so ready for another existential crisis

genuinely love your content

I dont know how but I was able to stop at that fraction of a frame at around 7:58 (after 30 minutes of pausing) and I must say it was totally worth it follow what you love everybody. Peace. And thank you sir for such a good video and fleeting advice.

here you go the hidden message from 7:59 cuz i have no other things to do: "for god knows what reason, some of you occasionally drop me a line asking about what to study at uni: whether to follow your passions or take the safe route. while i'm far from an authority on anything whatsoever, i would say the following: YOU WILL NEVER BE THIS YOUNG AGAIN. it seems silly not to follow what you truly love.( there are limits to this advice. celebrity studies and twitterology are not recommended.) the arts and humanities aren't the most practical of routes. law and medicine are probably safer, that's true. yeah, well so is never leaving the fucking house. if it's in your blood it's in your blood. we don't get to play the life game for too long. don't be silly panda and waste it. go after what you genuinely love, and i wish you the very best of luck." well, this actually took me only a minute, and i discovered i can write without looking at the keyboard, another useless skill of mine

Aesthetics: why does shit looks so nice?

That “Dad” bit at the end had me in tears.

Duh you're so amazing,Keep Growing 💫

Can you do one on eastern philosophy?

I’ll believe skepticism when I see it.

I really love how this guy can actually make me learn about Philosohpy in an interesting way, but also a way that helps me feel better, in this "Despite how people act, nobody knows what the fuck we are doing" kind of sense, which makes me feel like everything is okay really, and maybe I'm not doing so bad.

My 16 year old son told me about your channel! Love it! 🇺🇸❤️

"German Idealism" Hitler: "Hey don't blame me, it runs in the family"

I just realized that ex1urbia and ContraPoints are philosophy degree holders. Wouldn't it be great to get them together? Imagine the videos they could make!

exurb1a: Universities in Spain, France and England University of Bologna and the Federico II of Naples: *am i a joke to you*

I love that u talked about philosophical and lord gaben at the same time…

7:59 Thanks, that was nice and wholesome

no wonder almost every hyperlink on WIKIPEDIA goes to PHILOSOPHY as last root link.

Love it. And love the flash at 7:59

Such great work! I love your videos!!!

If someone thinks that philosophy has no purpose anymore then that’s about the most stupid thing ever

I remember telling my dad I would love to major in philosophy. The look he gave me was not to pleasant if I do say so myself.

that message at 7:59 is very nice, thank you exurb1a

Awesome video! Worth mentioning there's also some awesome lady philosophers that didn't really get recognition in history and are not taught enough in Academia.

That video was pretty funny and decently informative. My only quirks are that the creator says that Nietzche is a Nihilist but that's not entirely true. Nietzsche argued that nihilism is the sickness of mankind and a reinvention of oneself is necessary to life a full life. Therefore leading to the idea of the Ubermensch and the new table of values as well as vitalism. So yeah, Nietzche wasn't a Nihilist, in fact he was a vitalist. Also, you say that postmodernism makes no sense but that Duchamp urinal is actually quite genius. Marcel Duchamp would take objects that have one purpose and give them another one that invalidates the original one. These are called "ready-mades". The urinal upside down becomes a fountain, declares Duchamp.

Bird is the word!

Luv the vid mate and lol. Have a good one. Cheers

These videos are so ducking chaotic it makes my life seem simple

This video is genuinely inspirational. Good job Turtle Man!

I have been watching a lot of you're videos lately and I can honestly say that you've made my life better by helping to fill that gaping void in my tummy with a healthy dose of answers to questions I didnt know I had. Thank you

One of the best videos of all time. There is no other way to put it. Apart from the other way. And the other one.

LOVE THE TCHAIKOVSKY MUSIC IN THE BACKGROUND.

I love the "Real talk" at 7:59, so true... Браво, приятел! Чудесен клип!

Man I discovered your video on "what's at the bottom of physics" yesterday by mere chance and oh my god I've been bingewatching your channel since, you make me laugh and think and reflect on stuff that's everything I want from a youtuber that's some real Zach Weinsersmith shit you're doing out here. My favorite has been the story of the Tao and the snake don't remember the video name but you seem to get how important are myths for our monkey brains. Definitely the kind of channel that make me feel that watching whatever shit on youtube maybe IS a worthwile activity. Also you're right, Kant moral philosophy is just the shit you can't do simpler than that. Anyway stay fresh and keep making your thing!

I think I'm battling with a crippling addiction watching all your videos

Laffing so hard, on floor, fell over guffawing. Great summary!!!

Thanks for the advice. Hint 7:59 play the video with 0.25 speed and hit the space tab. Its only there for 0.1 sec.

Dude, the physics video had me, but this, mate. You're the best my dude. Love all of the internal struggle your present to almost everything too. Seriously great stuff.

Dude you are just amazing! Keep it up

The subliminal frame at 7:59 is very wholesome. Thank you.

I've literally fallen in love with your mind. Your humor mixed in with the brilliant understanding of abstract concepts is so refreshing!

I like the small insert towards the end. That was nice, and real talk

Pretty wonderful summary.

My philosophy teacher showed the class this. Excellent video