Ludwig Wittgenstein: The 20th Century's Greatest Philosopher
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YES! Please do more philosophers Simon! Jung, Kant, Heidegger, Thomas Paine, etc. Definitely an unexplored subtopic on this channel.
He's done Nietzsche. Check it out, pretty decent
Paine's not a real proper philosopher, but he's a great thinker.
Next philosopher on this channel needs to be Alfred North Whitehead.
yessss agreed
@@stevemiller4201 Totally forgot about that one, def need to rewatch it. I edited the original comment to better reflect the request
Adorno!
I stumbled accross his grave, literally, its in a small cemetary in cambridge set flat in the ground, a nondiscript grey stone. i had no idea he was buried there so it was quite a surprise. someone had put a yellow rose on the stone.
the grave yard is lovely - definitely worth checking out if in Cambridge
Wow, he was a successful philosopher if you didn't find him just thrown roughly into an open trench and left for the buzzards. But this guy is ballin, own tombstone and everything
Dream of mine to visit. I'm from Canada.
I went there today!!!
Thank you so much for doing a bio on my favourite philosopher of all time. One important omission : when Wittgenstein came back to teaching philosophy in the 1930s he completely renounced his former philosophical views based the Tractacus to adopt an approach of dissolving philosophical problems by focusing on the use of language in everyday life. 'Philosophy is language going on holiday' as he famously said.
That's why we always make a distinction between 'the former' and 'the later' Wittgenstein.
Great job.
The picture of Wittgenstein as a young child at 4:07 with that deeply worried, concerned look on his face. So heartbreaking.
In Ireland, if one visits the Botanical Garden (in Dublin), one can find the steps where he stayed and thought about his philosophy. There's a plaque marking his spot. He'd often visit that place and write.
Wittgenstein and his cousin Hayek have had a great impact on my life so far. Thank you for covering one of the most interesting philosophers of all time.
yikes Wittgenstein's cousin was Hayek?
I hate Hayek but he’s a bit more intelligent then the other Austrian school folks
You deny the action axiom?@@Rednines
"Philosophy?!, completed it mate!" L. Wittgenstein
"We were discussing Wittgenstein over a game of backgammon."
Not sitting in Barney's car eating packets of mustard?
How kinky
What we cannot speak about we must pass over in silence.
And that's why Wittgenstein is, ultimately, a mystic.
@@thedude4672 very much!
@@thedude4672 And, we're told, a beery swine who was just as sloshed as Schlegel.
Whereof one can not speak thereof one must be silent
unless you have a flute or something
I was disappointed that you didn't mention that his standing today in philosophy is really due to those postumously published works, The Philosophical Investigations. It was there he said his first book was complete rubbish and set sight on a new foundation based on the understanding of thought as language games.
Language is the result of the minds desire to express thoughts. Language as a byproduct introduces some minimal influence on thought, but it's complete BS that thought is derived from language, or as some people suggest, if you don't know the word, then you can't have that thought... as if an increased vocabulary is equivalent to or required for profound thought. No, the brain is already analyzing from pre-birth, and language is learned to express what the brain wishes to communicate. Without words, the brain has ideas it's trying to express... language in fact limits the full impact of the brains message.
Ranger4564 exactly
yes
@@Ranger4564 It seems that every kind of language is trying to communicate/express the pictures that are being created in your brain. In other ''pictures'' (words) , an Image can be the reason for the brain to produce thoughts and therefore language is the tool and communication the result.
@@HENRYIII003 That’s a perfect way to put it actually. I think it is precisely their madness that is the alchemical source of their genius. It has that transformative quality for the reader when you do pick up, even intuitively, on that little kernel of truth amidst the heaping piles of crap (I love that btw)
Thank you for crash presenting Wittgenstien in such a lively manner, a pleasant way to absorb much information in a short time and with great focus. Very well done!
I think you’re a great narrator and I love all the channels
Love Wittgenstein. Got to study with world renowned Wittgenstein scholars in grad school.
Now do Alfred North Whitehead.
Please do more on thinkers and philosophers. Always enjoy your videos
I’m glad you did Wittgenstein. He’s one of my favorites.
Can you please do Mustafa Kemal Atatürk? More people need to know about him. Thanks.
He haven't done it yet sadly!
Nice touch, adding sections of Brahm's music! 🖒
Great work on a challenging subject! Thanks ! !
Hitting all my favs lately! Please do Heidegger!!!
That's one hell of an assertion in the title.
It is called marketing with some and clickbait with others.
Not a controversial one, though. Many great contemporary philosophers would concur.
@@PhillipCummingsUSA Not called marketing or clickbait. It's a fact that most consider Wittgenstein to be the greatest of the 20th century. Do your research before making glib accusations, mate.
@@thedude4672 Philosphers agreeing on things is highly suspect!
'The award for Children's Animation goes to.....'
Wow you are an exceptional talker, really clearly out but I didn’t really get much of a better understanding of his thinking and writings but the bio was fantastic.
Very interesting!Thank you!
Awesome video! Do more philosophers please!
watching from nairobi kenya ,your stuff is amazing
Excellent work Simon!!! 👊🥂⚡🔥
cheered me right up that one - any jolly life stories Simon?
I am exhausted about this Philospher, and if he thinks he had a wonderful life, I guess I am at a lost but, Ok!😏
Have waited for this video for a long time.. Well done Simon. I can agree with you that his philosophy is hard to understand. Can you do Franz Fanon the philosopher/psychoanalysist/revolutionary
Great video. Thanks you. Aaron Swartz please next.
So much info in 20 minutes. Just awesome education
nice one!
Great stuff!...
thanks for this amazing video! It would be great if you do a Kierkegaard's biography
Thank you
great video as always. i would like to make a suggestion : MAX STIRNER
and also : BURKE AND WILLS (australian explorers who died on the trip back)
BURN YOUR COUCH there isn’t a lot of information on Stirner’s life and it’s better that way tbh. It’s not about him as an identity it’s about superseding definition identity and limitation, taking enlightenment individualism so far into its conclusions it falls back on itself becomes a sort of Taoist nondual union with the infinite and taking property so seriously that it destroys the very notion of property.
PLEASE do a biographic on Robert the Bruce!! One of the greatest comeback stories in history
Great opening!!!!
Great video. Thanks Simon and team. A suggestion, since you have done a video on Robert Mugabe, how about one on Nelson Mandela? Love your Channels. X
“Every explanation is after all an hypothesis” Ludwig Wittgenstein
You are great!!!
Could you do a bio on Thich Nan Hanh please. He's had an interesting life. As usual Simon, nothing but perfection from you. Best channel on CZcams by far.
You mean Thich Nhat Hanh. And I agree.
THANK YOU ! PERFECTLY SHARP
Great pace...
Thanks.
I went across to my good friend Wittgenstein, I opened the door and said quite simply “that’s numberwang” as I remember... he cried!
You should really make a video about _Emil Cioran:_ another great 20th century philosopher.
Recommended reading: "Logicomix: An Epic Search For Truth" by Apostolos Doxiadis and Christos H. Papadimitrou (Bloomsbury, 2009) in which the writers along with their fantastic artists present in graphic novel format the life and body of work of Bertrand Russell along with all figures he interacted with, including Gottlob Frege, Georg Cantor and especially Ludwig Wittgentein. We get the core ideas - and historic context - of these figures presented and explained to us laymen who may not be fans of math and logic in a manner easily understood and engaging.
Please make a video about Baruch Spinoza
Please consider a video on Rudolph Steiner.
Beard is getting long Simon. Fantastic! Grow that bad boy. Another superb video. Thanks guys
He you didn't say anything about his Magnum Opus, Philosopcical Investigations. It was a break from the rest of his work - with some brilliant insights. Enjoying your series
Hey! Love the video guys :) Can you do Ataturk next? :D
Spent some time in Dublin there is a plaque too him in the botanical gardens probably the only place he could find a bit of heat even in July
I humble suggest to do one video over Max Stirner ( for the many that don’t even know is name) . Thanks for your work. Good luck from Amsterdam
Please do a biographic on the Japanese authors Yukio Mishima and Osamu Dazai
Could you do a Bio of Juvenal Habyarimana. Rwanda president 1973-1994. It would also be interesting to know about President Mobutu Seseseko of Zaire 1962-1997. Excellent work with your Chanel Simon👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Really great video, and quite amazingly done in under 20 Minutes! For me the Blue and Brown Books are the most revealing to old Witt, and who he really was. But none of us will really be able to verify that! haha!
Thanks. I almost want to read his book. Almost. I doubt I have the mental energy to spend anymore.
Idea for another one book wonder: Harper Lee.
For the record, "20th Century's Greatest Philosopher" is not clickbait. Several polls have been conducted asking various people in the field who was the most influential philosopher of the last century, with Wittgenstein almost categorically winning. Simply google "20th century most influential philosophers" and you will find several sources which confer this sentiment.
As for the video, I wish you would have taken time to address his posthumous Philosophical Investigations and Wittgenstein's later rejection of his previous works and ideas. His influence primarily lies in this revelatory work which helped push analytic philosophy past its misguided use of positivism and even influenced many subsequent continental philosophers. Many credit his work for causing the contemporary split between analytic and continental philosophy, a defining aspect of the field in the late 20th and early 21st century.
Well said.
Continental philosophy is trash
@ Chris Allen. This might just be a severe case of the Emperor's new clothing.
Please do Voltaire!
A Can We Please get a Biographics video on Lon Chaney
Can you do one about Michel Foucault and also one about Oswald Spengler?
Good pocket bio. Though I wish, when talking of Paul's musicality, you'd referenced Ravel's Piano Concerto for the Left Hand, a glorious piece written for and premiered by Wittgenstein, music infinitely superior to the overused Bolero.
I absolutely agree!
Hey, Simon. Please write about one of the greatest science fantasy writers to ever exist in the nineteenth century, Clark Ashton Smith. Pls.
Any chance of covering any of the Swedish people of history? Like Karl XII or Gustav Vasa II
That lad went from violin player to warlord so fast man
Do one of the poet Percy Shelley. He packed a lot into his short life.
I honestly hadn't heard of him until Peter Hitchens quoted him. Will look up some of his stuff.
9:52 This is very simple to understand. Here, let me give you an example; dont try to explain love with words -- love is what happens around and between the words.
For anyone really interested in Wittgenstein's life, read Ray Monk's bio. It's really good.
It is.
Agreed. It's a wonderful portrait of a brilliant but tortured mind.
Can someone recommend a book on the basics of logical notation? Thanks ahead of time.
You could begin with
Deborah J. Bennett, "Logic Made Easy".
Wow Simon,
You're pooping 'em today!
The videos that is.
I would love to see a biographics about Queen wilhelmina of the Netherlands
There was a Russian General Wittgenstein during the napoleonic wars that commanded the First Army Corps of the West. I am not sure if there was any shared lineage or relations however.
Last time I saw you you were breaking down fear Inoculum! Now Wittgenstein haha that’s great somehow to me
How about doing Sal from Khan Academy?
I don't understand Wittgenstein, but I've researched and studied a lot about his life. I even have The Duty of Genius book from Ray Monk.
I've been on the edge on buying Monk's book. Have you read it and is it any good?
Good but you should have discussed his later philosophy more which was quite important.
Dear Lud and Kafka have that intense look
That could quite easily explode s book!
16:34 Peter Capaldi is a shoe in to play Wittgenstein.
would be a great role for him and a great film
simon's pillow must love the beard tickles
Is there a video o bertrand russel?
Please do Hermann Hesse...please....Thank you!
This would be nice, interesting and romantic.
@@reneegiese6315 Thank you! His books are still really far ahead of even our time....all these years later. Think I will go grab Steppenwolf and listen to Pablo and Hermine laughing that Eternal Laugh!!! tata
Please do George Price, author of "The Price of Altruism"
Provocative title as subjective assessments generally are - any way it is your show!
Read Magee on the degree of subsumation of Schopenhauer’s philosophy which underpins Witgenstein’s output.
I might suggest a review of John Michell for a rounded yet minutely detailed alternative to the rationalist tradition but bounded by precise consideration of sacred number in the tradition of Plato.
Mitchell’s ambit seems altogether much larger; and for raw uniqueness RB Fuller - more in the Presocratic mode - rewrites the whole of physics upon the honeycomb principle balancing all upon the cusp of the crystallographic with the electrical.
With those two you feel you really get to know something different in another place.
Bro! You gotta do your biography at one million subscribers!
Good idea 💡
Based profile pic my man
Biographics: "20th Century's Greatest Philosopher"
Martin Heidegger: "Hold my mug of 1516 Bavarian Lager..."
If you're going for most influential, you have to admit that Wittgenstein's work is far reaching, touching on almost every contemporary work in analytic philosophy and even inspiring most, if not all, of the great continental thinkers who delved into language in the late 20th century. Although Heidegger's work is indeed deeply influential to several prominent thinkers, his audience is fairly narrow compared to Wittgenstein's.
Heidegger was definitely the most respectable Nazi.
Can u do one on the famous French existentialist philosopher, Mr.Sartre💕?
Hang Lee no
Sartre
Thanks
Please do Charles S. Peirce! The odd American polymath with an amazing story about his lost coat.
1:12 someone please tell me the name of this song
I didn't think after all this time of centuries of philosophical contemplation and writings that there was anything left for philosophy to solve.
Is there a Bernard Russell one yet? If not, go for it!
My favourite philosopher
Have you done Albert Camus?
Jamie Ballard 5
The cabin is actualy a house and its Bern restored beeing called «Wittenstein huset»aka Wittenstein house and its in Skjolden were I born and lived my childhood
Very good, although I would have liked more emphasis on the philosophy/logic/mathematics.
Create one on Bertrand Russell!
Please do Martin Heidegger at some point!
you should do Albert Camus, so much interesting history with him
Clay Kline ingesting guy, fun to read, wack philosophy tho
Only death gives life its meaning! Genius!
Philosophy will never end. Why would the love of knowledge ever be completed?
Agreed❤️