i realized after watching this video that my thinking "this could all be solved if i ran away into a forest" was, in fact, sublime. because it made me realize that my issues are small compared to the universe, and gave me comfort
It's like you read my mind this morning. I have people at work ask me how I can handle such a stressful job and never seem overwhelmed by it. I could never quite put it into words. But this is it. I literally remind my self of the sublime nature of being alive and nothing else seems to matter as much. This was lovely to watch Thanks School of Life!
+The School of Life Dear School of Life, could you do Hannah Arendt (so there could be at least one woman in the Curriculum) She's awesome! and also maybe you can do series on Ideologies. Thanks :) Keep up your amazing work! You're the best :)
I'm really impressed by how you turn such dauntingly expansive philosophical works into short, beautifully presented videos. I always have an urge to research the topic after watching these. Thank you!
I once had a a feeling of the sublime when I starred into the night sky for a long period of time. To know that there are countless stars and endless planets left me feeling like a speck of dust. I realized how insignificant my life will be in the entirety of the universe. We might as well do good, be happy and enjoy the ride!
Lucas Huppunen I know already. google translate. I was just sayn that I can't write zhuangzi in chinese charakters. also I now see a different approach of 林玟廷's answer. did you mean yes? or did you just repeat, what I said, only with the proper charakters?
I always loved this feeling of view a thunderstorm out my window and everyone seems to forget minor anxieties and conflicts and come together and appreciate on another
The Internet is a dark, deep sea with horrible monsters lurking beneath, which get more terrifying the farther down you go. Stay always on the surface or best yet just spend your time outside the house away from it.
+Waleed Alam I believe that's a bit of a fear mongering perspective to take. There is nothing really that terrifying on the internet, no more so than the terrifying creatures one would encounter in person that are often just hidden behind their guises of political correctness.
I have one word for you: Sublime ! Wow, thank you so much, I cried watching this because I didn't even knew that someone had already put what I have always felt inside into a philosophical and brilliant perspective. I'll have to read Burke now ! Thank you, thank you !
My first encounter with the sublime was in a discussion with my professor, his massive intellect was the greatest check and humbling experience of my life. The school of life this is great work keep it up!
'The clearest way into the universe is through a forest wilderness.' - John Muir I'm not sure that we are in need of a new way to encounter the sublime. All those mountains, and some of those forests which once inspired the highest frenzies of exultation in poets, philosophers and wanderers past are still there. As I see it, nature is at the core of sublime experiences and we are still free to delve into her wonder (though the landscape may be more human-influenced than it used to be). Explore nature and you may well be met with inestimable glory!
I have spent the last 5 years devoting my life to this idea, and it's been at once enlightening and lonely, but always gives me hope to see others recognizing the importance of nature:)
I personally find the sublime in cities. They are these huge living organisms that no single man can control. They are not man-made but rather men-made.
Now I know the word that expresses these feelings I have when I see something like a big storm, for example. In such moments I feel like some kind of inspiration strucks me and I think thoughtfully about philosophical concepts and think deep about everything.
I think that this video makes a good point about how exercising your sublime can make one a better person, people can realize that their world and reality isn't necessarily others and that translates to positive tolerance and understanding. great video
This goes a long way to explain why historical cathedrals were so huge and ornate, even though they were built in a time before gasoline-powered backhoes, cranes and the like. I always used to wonder, Why take the effort to make the ceiling five or six times as high as it needed to be? Maybe it was to illustrate the scale of God compared to man.
+Jodi Compton yeh they rise up in the glory of god . craftsmanship was crazy back then . makes the church a tranformed place away from everyday life , you walk in and are bathed in light filtered through stained glass , paintings illustrate biblical tales for the illiterate. Architecture creates the space we exist in and they recognised the power of great architecture more back then. It can draw people in , create a sense of authority
The 19th century romanticist movement was born from this! Shelley, Wordsworth, Byron etc all applied this format of thought to bring the arts , emotion and contemplative thought to a better appreciation of our world and our place in this vast universe. Good video, as always.
Thanks! I'v always been interested in astronomy and take regular trips out of city life to photograph the milky way and star scapes. Many people ask me why I enjoy these activities and this video really helps explain why! Thanks SOL!
Nice snapshot of Francis Danby's 'Opening of the sixth seal' at 2:24. I've seen this painting in person many times and every time I get that sublime feeling Burke spoke about. Good stuff!
I reckon we all experienced this type of feeling, but I didn't know it had a name for it. particularly I find tranquility in nature, for instance, broad and idyllic sights enchant me a lot.
I finally found a video about this. I thought that me thinking this was negative and made me sound as if I was suicidal. But the feeling was always “sublime” I just didn’t know that was the word I was always searching for.
This is by far, my favourite youtube channel. Excuse my account name, but dear god, you people are knockingit out of the park. I love your channel more and more with each video I watch. Keep up the great work!
The idea of the Sublime also makes us want to achieve bigger things. I think it is not that difficult to confront it on our daily life: the grandeur of nature and museums are not the only part where to find it. You just need to develop a certain outlook on things to be able to find the sublime in a small leave falling from a tree, in the perfection of someone's eye or in a good book. I also think that when we experience that sublimity we are more likely to believe there is something bigger and more powerful than that we all know. Maybe that Sunday encounter of the old days wasn't such a crazy idea... Thank you for this video.
School of life, here's a hint for a future video. Alan Watts: a lesser known, but rather ingenious thinker. In his time he dessiminated eastern philosophy to a western audience with a western twist. This was before the rather weird sporadical New Age movement. One of his ideas was that the western idea of the ego is a result of western societal thinking which in turn trickers alienation from our true selves along with other neuroses.
Lacking the ability to distinguish and appreciate the sublime is at the core of our intolerance of others and the struggles that still assail mankind. I imagine some of these people as being devoid of imagination. Standing before pieces of the hull of Titanic, they are unmoved. I feel hopelessly sad for them, but also for us.
The sublime could be found in the most ordinary parts of nature, you just have to love some particular part of nature and ultimately you will see the sublime, it doesn't quick, it has to be built into you. When I saw the sublime I cried for at least 15 minutes, on and off, mostly crying, it felt like I was one with that view, I loved it. The view was a small landscape where people couldn't go regularly, it was uneven, some small parts of it were watery, I felt like I became one with it for a moment. It happened on 22nd of March 2022. I aslo think that you can't find the sublime if you are looking for it, it comes unexpectedly.
Cheers for that, another great video as usual. As a suggestion, would you consider including, either on the videos themselves or on their descriptions, the names and authors of the paintings used on your videos? I'm sure a lot more people would love to get to know the "sublime" masterpieces you regularly use in your videos. Keep up the great work.
Life is not meaningless. All that happens around us is just a trick and we are a part of it everyday. Some are participating, others are struggling to find out the secret behind it and a few try to change it. I prefer to enjoy it :)
This sums up what my artwork is about... From now on every time someone asks me to explain my work, I will make them watch this video. Thanks for uploading:):) Would you consider making one about the artist and their existence in society and how they cope with being/feeling different in their world view?
That awkward moment when you're the Catholic in the room who still looks to the sublime on a regular basis. Reminds me of when I was attending Mass at Notre-Dame. All the tourists were watching the Mass like a spectacle when I was there just to go to Mass like any other Sunday. It was like we were Zoo animals on display. On that note, if you ever want the experience he's talking about go to a large Catholic basilica and if you ever get the opportunity go to Notre-Dame for the authentic Old-school European experience he's talking about.
Hmmmmm...this was a good explanation of the sublime. I live in Manhattan and I try to, at least once a day, look up from the ground as I go about my every day business and observe the massive skyscrapers that are all around me. Gazing south down 6th Avenue from Midtown and gawping at the straight skyscraper canyon can definitely make one feel small, tiny, humbled. A truly sublime experience, and all man-made.
Someone wiser than I once said that when the ego confronts something it cannot deal with, it disappears...and without ego, you no longer see the separation between yourself and everyone else, I think this is at the heart of what is sublime, and what it means to feel "small". Facing death can also give you the same feeling, in short separating you from the shackles off what must be done as part of the human game, that boring job or the drudgery of a failing marriage, since nothing ultimately matters in the context of the cosmos, it absolves you for chasing what you truly want to do.
Inspired by theorists of the Sublime before him, Burke states that the Sublime is not an actual danger. Situated in distance, the Sublime is thus modified from humans' instinct to preserve him/herself. Such self-preservation consolidates our appreciation of the infinite, the greatness, and the obscure. For Burke, the Sublime experience is a "delightful terror." It would be interesting if there is a parallel analysis between the Burkean Sublime and the Kantian Sublime. In Kant, the Sublime indeed transcends way further and sublimates into a higher level!
Sublimity is why I like being introduced to philosophical ideas. These thoughts of: "Did anyone really think about that? xD" and "Oh, I thought of the exact same thing the other day! :D" They reassure you of your connection to humanity and when you ponder these sometimes beautiful works of imagination and logic you feel belittled and inspired at the same time. Very sublime example, this video.
Play a bit with Space Engine. That was the moment i realised how small we really are. I wept. But it also was a very liberating and amazing. Suddenly your oh, so big problems arent so big. Im so glad someone is thinking about things like these. I wish i could discuss many things like this with someone, but i dont know anyone who even bothers to hide his distaste when i bring it up. Im so glad you do, guys. Thank you for all your videos.
Great video, one of my favourite topics! I suggest Terrence Malick`s Tree of Life for a sublime experience on screen, if you dont have Oceans or Himalayas available.
The School Of Life I want to say your works have helped me quite a bit, thank you for this channel and your work :) Could I make a recommendation for a future video?I would love to see your take on the works of Willard Van Orman Quine.
I am taking a class, the Philosophy of the Sublime. Thank you for the Burke on the Sublime video! Can you please make more videos on the Sublime? Particularly regarding Longinus, Kant, Schiller, Dennis, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Kearney, Lyotard, Wong, Derrida, Nietzsche and anything about Freud's sublimation connection. There is so little on the Sublime that goes into detail and connects how each philosopher influences the next. The class text is The Kantian Sublime and the Revelation of Freedom by Robert Clewis and we rely on several handouts to get the theory of everyone else I listed above but I need more!
Once I did the drug MDMA and I came to the moksha-like realization that ego negation is the only way to live a consistently content life. This has stuck long after the drug wore off (thankfully) and while I still have an ego, the daily activity of suppressing it, walking away with a genuine smile if someone gets one over on me for example, has made my life much happier.
So the general gist is: "Just remember that you're standing on a planet that's evolving And revolving at nine hundred miles an hour That's orbiting at nineteen miles a second, so it's reckoned A sun that is the source of all our power The sun and you and me and all the stars that we can see Are moving at a million miles a day In an outer spiral arm, at forty thousand miles an hour Of the galaxy we call the 'milky way'"
Edmund Burke is considered by many as the father of conservatism. He saw the French Revolution when it was happening, and he hated the violence and chaos.
i realized after watching this video that my thinking "this could all be solved if i ran away into a forest" was, in fact, sublime. because it made me realize that my issues are small compared to the universe, and gave me comfort
It's like you read my mind this morning. I have people at work ask me how I can handle such a stressful job and never seem overwhelmed by it. I could never quite put it into words. But this is it. I literally remind my self of the sublime nature of being alive and nothing else seems to matter as much. This was lovely to watch Thanks School of Life!
Edmund Burke is by far one of my most favorite of western philosophers
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School of Life. We can't get enough. But go at your natural pace. We want to continue to see your best stuff. Signed Big Fan
+The School of Life
"Always leave them wanting more."
+The School of Life Dear School of Life, could you do Hannah Arendt (so there could be at least one woman in the Curriculum) She's awesome! and also maybe you can do series on Ideologies. Thanks :) Keep up your amazing work! You're the best :)
I am in love with this idea. Keep blowing peoples minds SoL.
Every time I hear scientist say why would God make a Universe so big for Life on Earth, I think about this video
I'm absolutely obsessed with the SUBLIME ... It's humbling and just deep. Ah 💜
If I could, I would've Just eat, watch SoL's videos, and sleep... till the moment I'm dead, Thank You for these amazing videos.
+med omari I think that just against the teachings. They want you to learn, doubt and explore.
how would you use any of the information you gained watching? that would make the information useless
I'm really impressed by how you turn such dauntingly expansive philosophical works into short, beautifully presented videos. I always have an urge to research the topic after watching these. Thank you!
I once had a a feeling of the sublime when I starred into the night sky for a long period of time.
To know that there are countless stars and endless planets left me feeling like a speck of dust.
I realized how insignificant my life will be in the entirety of the universe.
We might as well do good, be happy and enjoy the ride!
If only more people were to realize this.
"But, I am Magnificent", said the small butterfly.
Zhuangzi?
+Symbiotic Coherence 莊子
林玟廷
yes. can't write in chinese. can't read ether :D
but seriously, is it him?
+Symbiotic Coherence 莊子 = Zhuang Zi
Lucas Huppunen
I know already. google translate. I was just sayn that I can't write zhuangzi in chinese charakters. also I now see a different approach of 林玟廷's answer. did you mean yes? or did you just repeat, what I said, only with the proper charakters?
I truly admire the work of the schooloflife. It is a relife to know there is people out there who still appreciate this kind of knowledge.
Contentment and peace is what I get from this channel. Thank you so much. :)
I always loved this feeling of view a thunderstorm out my window and everyone seems to forget minor anxieties and conflicts and come together and appreciate on another
legit my favourite CZcams channel of all time. Keep reaffirming my belief with every new video :D
I love this channel. It's truly one of the best and most underrated out there.
You guys can't humbly imagine the impact that you're making on your most avid watchers' lifes. It is truly sublime
The internet is, in its own way, sublime.
+Basil Mencias I believe you're referring to the incredible dankness of great memes.
The Internet is a dark, deep sea with horrible monsters lurking beneath, which get more terrifying the farther down you go. Stay always on the surface or best yet just spend your time outside the house away from it.
+Waleed Alam I believe that's a bit of a fear mongering perspective to take. There is nothing really that terrifying on the internet, no more so than the terrifying creatures one would encounter in person that are often just hidden behind their guises of political correctness.
oh you have no idea.
+Waleed Alam Enlighten me then as to what you find so terrifying about the internet "below the surface"
I have one word for you: Sublime ! Wow, thank you so much, I cried watching this because I didn't even knew that someone had already put what I have always felt inside into a philosophical and brilliant perspective. I'll have to read Burke now ! Thank you, thank you !
"And at once I knew I was not magnificent"
My first encounter with the sublime was in a discussion with my professor, his massive intellect was the greatest check and humbling experience of my life. The school of life this is great work keep it up!
With this video, I finish watching your entire philosophy playlist. It was an incredible experience guys. Keep it up.
'The clearest way into the universe is through a forest wilderness.' - John Muir
I'm not sure that we are in need of a new way to encounter the sublime. All those mountains, and some of those forests which once inspired the highest frenzies of exultation in poets, philosophers and wanderers past are still there. As I see it, nature is at the core of sublime experiences and we are still free to delve into her wonder (though the landscape may be more human-influenced than it used to be). Explore nature and you may well be met with inestimable glory!
I have spent the last 5 years devoting my life to this idea, and it's been at once enlightening and lonely, but always gives me hope to see others recognizing the importance of nature:)
I personally find the sublime in cities. They are these huge living organisms that no single man can control. They are not man-made but rather men-made.
Most people live a life in the city without ever seeing wilderness.
And on to the sublime idea of Who created it all.
Now I know the word that expresses these feelings I have when I see something like a big storm, for example. In such moments I feel like some kind of inspiration strucks me and I think thoughtfully about philosophical concepts and think deep about everything.
Beautiful video. Thank you.
I have been trying to find a decent description of this term for ages. I finally feel like I get it. Thank you :)
Kind of remind me of a saying :" The first step to be great is to know how subtle you are." Really nice video btw!
I think that this video makes a good point about how exercising your sublime can make one a better person, people can realize that their world and reality isn't necessarily others and that translates to positive tolerance and understanding. great video
The best thing i could watch for guidance right now
This goes a long way to explain why historical cathedrals were so huge and ornate, even though they were built in a time before gasoline-powered backhoes, cranes and the like. I always used to wonder, Why take the effort to make the ceiling five or six times as high as it needed to be? Maybe it was to illustrate the scale of God compared to man.
+Jodi Compton yeh they rise up in the glory of god . craftsmanship was crazy back then . makes the church a tranformed place away from everyday life , you walk in and are bathed in light filtered through stained glass , paintings illustrate biblical tales for the illiterate. Architecture creates the space we exist in and they recognised the power of great architecture more back then. It can draw people in , create a sense of authority
"The average mind rises to the transcendent through the aesthetic"
To have enough fresh air inside for a big congregation, before innovation of central ventilation
Psychological manipulation. That’s why.
What a great channel. Sincere thanks to the school of life team! :)
Wonderful. I just needed this.
The 19th century romanticist movement was born from this! Shelley, Wordsworth, Byron etc all applied this format of thought to bring the arts , emotion and contemplative thought to a better appreciation of our world and our place in this vast universe. Good video, as always.
This was ... absolutely amazing! wow.
How can anyone dislike this ?!
Great video,,, I am in love with this channel
Very good video...... Helped me greatly... Thank you so much
Thanks! I'v always been interested in astronomy and take regular trips out of city life to photograph the milky way and star scapes. Many people ask me why I enjoy these activities and this video really helps explain why! Thanks SOL!
Incredible! Absolutely loving your work!
Nice snapshot of Francis Danby's 'Opening of the sixth seal' at 2:24. I've seen this painting in person many times and every time I get that sublime feeling Burke spoke about. Good stuff!
Your presentation of such an intricate philosophy in this lucid and fascinating way has astonished me..thanks for the video
awesome, things are starting to click into place. Thank you. x
Might I say these videos are a lovely little dose of the sublime.
I reckon we all experienced this type of feeling, but I didn't know it had a name for it. particularly I find tranquility in nature, for instance, broad and idyllic sights enchant me a lot.
I have always respected him and the idea of the sublime that I implied it to my philosophy
That was soooo good!
in love with the idea
Beautiful!
I am very impressed.
So incredibly interesting. Thank you for your amazing content School of Life 🙏🙏💙
I really appreciate you slowing down the pace of the narration to accommodateh nonnative speakers. That's really awesome. Thanks School of Life! :)
Your videos are desserts for the mind. So Sweet... Boring things made sweeter by animating it.. WOW
I finally found a video about this. I thought that me thinking this was negative and made me sound as if I was suicidal. But the feeling was always “sublime” I just didn’t know that was the word I was always searching for.
This is by far, my favourite youtube channel. Excuse my account name, but dear god, you people are knockingit out of the park. I love your channel more and more with each video I watch. Keep up the great work!
Beautiful
You have no idea how must I suffered trying to find this video again.
Very very nice. 👏
The idea of the Sublime also makes us want to achieve bigger things. I think it is not that difficult to confront it on our daily life: the grandeur of nature and museums are not the only part where to find it. You just need to develop a certain outlook on things to be able to find the sublime in a small leave falling from a tree, in the perfection of someone's eye or in a good book. I also think that when we experience that sublimity we are more likely to believe there is something bigger and more powerful than that we all know. Maybe that Sunday encounter of the old days wasn't such a crazy idea...
Thank you for this video.
That was sublime. ;-)
Like the way Burke's connect man with raw nature...
School of life, here's a hint for a future video. Alan Watts: a lesser known, but rather ingenious thinker. In his time he dessiminated eastern philosophy to a western audience with a western twist. This was before the rather weird sporadical New Age movement. One of his ideas was that the western idea of the ego is a result of western societal thinking which in turn trickers alienation from our true selves along with other neuroses.
I hope they do eventually make a video about him, he deserves it! Alan Watts is what got me interested in philosophy in the first place, a great man.
I agree
Thank you!
The stars in the night sky... Are my sublime experience
Lacking the ability to distinguish and appreciate the sublime is at the core of our intolerance of others and the struggles that still assail mankind. I imagine some of these people as being devoid of imagination. Standing before pieces of the hull of Titanic, they are unmoved. I feel hopelessly sad for them, but also for us.
You have the best voice
What a sublime video
The sublime could be found in the most ordinary parts of nature, you just have to love some particular part of nature and ultimately you will see the sublime, it doesn't quick, it has to be built into you.
When I saw the sublime I cried for at least 15 minutes, on and off, mostly crying, it felt like I was one with that view, I loved it. The view was a small landscape where people couldn't go regularly, it was uneven, some small parts of it were watery, I felt like I became one with it for a moment. It happened on 22nd of March 2022. I aslo think that you can't find the sublime if you are looking for it, it comes unexpectedly.
Thanks professor
Watching this in partial lockdown due to COVID-19.
+School of Life You are the ultimate example of sublime.
awesome
Ive got to say i really enjoyed the tibre of the narrators voice.
Cheers for that, another great video as usual. As a suggestion, would you consider including, either on the videos themselves or on their descriptions, the names and authors of the paintings used on your videos? I'm sure a lot more people would love to get to know the "sublime" masterpieces you regularly use in your videos. Keep up the great work.
Life is not meaningless. All that happens around us is just a trick and we are a part of it everyday. Some are participating, others are struggling to find out the secret behind it and a few try to change it.
I prefer to enjoy it :)
This sums up what my artwork is about... From now on every time someone asks me to explain my work, I will make them watch this video. Thanks for uploading:):) Would you consider making one about the artist and their existence in society and how they cope with being/feeling different in their world view?
That awkward moment when you're the Catholic in the room who still looks to the sublime on a regular basis.
Reminds me of when I was attending Mass at Notre-Dame. All the tourists were watching the Mass like a spectacle when I was there just to go to Mass like any other Sunday. It was like we were Zoo animals on display. On that note, if you ever want the experience he's talking about go to a large Catholic basilica and if you ever get the opportunity go to Notre-Dame for the authentic Old-school European experience he's talking about.
Hmmmmm...this was a good explanation of the sublime. I live in Manhattan and I try to, at least once a day, look up from the ground as I go about my every day business and observe the massive skyscrapers that are all around me. Gazing south down 6th Avenue from Midtown and gawping at the straight skyscraper canyon can definitely make one feel small, tiny, humbled. A truly sublime experience, and all man-made.
Hey guys, fantastic video! Please keep up the stellar work.
I was wondering if you were planning on covering Roger Scruton at all?
Cheers!
Someone wiser than I once said that when the ego confronts something it cannot deal with, it disappears...and without ego, you no longer see the separation between yourself and everyone else, I think this is at the heart of what is sublime, and what it means to feel "small". Facing death can also give you the same feeling, in short separating you from the shackles off what must be done as part of the human game, that boring job or the drudgery of a failing marriage, since nothing ultimately matters in the context of the cosmos, it absolves you for chasing what you truly want to do.
Inspired by theorists of the Sublime before him, Burke states that the Sublime is not an actual danger. Situated in distance, the Sublime is thus modified from humans' instinct to preserve him/herself. Such self-preservation consolidates our appreciation of the infinite, the greatness, and the obscure. For Burke, the Sublime experience is a "delightful terror." It would be interesting if there is a parallel analysis between the Burkean Sublime and the Kantian Sublime. In Kant, the Sublime indeed transcends way further and sublimates into a higher level!
Sublimity is why I like being introduced to philosophical ideas. These thoughts of: "Did anyone really think about that? xD" and "Oh, I thought of the exact same thing the other day! :D" They reassure you of your connection to humanity and when you ponder these sometimes beautiful works of imagination and logic you feel belittled and inspired at the same time. Very sublime example, this video.
Those who don`t know history are doomed to repeat it
Edmund Burke
Play a bit with Space Engine. That was the moment i realised how small we really are. I wept. But it also was a very liberating and amazing. Suddenly your oh, so big problems arent so big.
Im so glad someone is thinking about things like these. I wish i could discuss many things like this with someone, but i dont know anyone who even bothers to hide his distaste when i bring it up. Im so glad you do, guys. Thank you for all your videos.
Is there a distinction between having a sublime experience and just reveling in what is wonderful and beautiful?
Great video, one of my favourite topics! I suggest Terrence Malick`s Tree of Life for a sublime experience on screen, if you dont have Oceans or Himalayas available.
More on Burke please!
great vid :)
School Of Life, you guys should make a video about poetry and how it's important to one's life
LOVE YOU school of life! Can we get a little Simone De Beavoir and the existentialists?
The School Of Life I want to say your works have helped me quite a bit, thank you for this channel and your work :)
Could I make a recommendation for a future video?I would love to see your take on the works of Willard Van Orman Quine.
The research of Dacher Keltner came to the same conclusion, cool to see philosophers do science by observing and thinking and find truths that way.
Study astronomy and cosmology two incredibly sublime field!
By that definition of sublime, something that makes you feel small and insignificant, then the Pale Blue Dot is quite sublime. Check it out
I am taking a class, the Philosophy of the Sublime. Thank you for the Burke on the Sublime video! Can you please make more videos on the Sublime? Particularly regarding Longinus, Kant, Schiller, Dennis, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Kearney, Lyotard, Wong, Derrida, Nietzsche and anything about Freud's sublimation connection. There is so little on the Sublime that goes into detail and connects how each philosopher influences the next.
The class text is The Kantian Sublime and the Revelation of Freedom by Robert Clewis and we rely on several handouts to get the theory of everyone else I listed above but I need more!
Once I did the drug MDMA and I came to the moksha-like realization that ego negation is the only way to live a consistently content life. This has stuck long after the drug wore off (thankfully) and while I still have an ego, the daily activity of suppressing it, walking away with a genuine smile if someone gets one over on me for example, has made my life much happier.
Every time I hear scientist say why would God make a Universe so big for Life on Earth, I think about this video
Is there any chance of making a video about Socrates? I am in love with this channel, thank you for your content. :)
What were those awesome paintings around min 1?
I'd like to see a video about W.E.B. DuBois
The sublime inspired many artists and thinkers of the Romantic era. Which two or three landmarks from the chapter most embody this theme?
Can anyone tell me the names of the three paintings shown from 1:03 - 1.12? they were beautiful :3
So the general gist is: "Just remember that you're standing on a planet that's evolving
And revolving at nine hundred miles an hour
That's orbiting at nineteen miles a second, so it's reckoned
A sun that is the source of all our power
The sun and you and me and all the stars that we can see
Are moving at a million miles a day
In an outer spiral arm, at forty thousand miles an hour
Of the galaxy we call the 'milky way'"
Never heard of him, but he seemed very interesting.
Edmund Burke is considered by many as the father of conservatism.
He saw the French Revolution when it was happening, and he hated the violence and chaos.
The beautiful and lofty