6 Great Sayings From Western Philosophy
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- The great sayings of Western Philosophy capture some of the most daring and helpful thoughts humans have ever exchanged. Here is a list of our favourites, which reflect the adventure and wisdom of philosophical history.
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“‘What need is there to weep over parts of life? The whole of it calls for tears.’ The Roman philosopher Seneca used to comfort his friends - and himself - with this darkly humourous remark which gets to the heart of Stoicism, the school of philosophy which Seneca helped to found and which dominated the West for two hundred years. We get weepy and furious, says Stoicism, not simply because our plans have failed, but because they have failed and we strongly expected them not to. Therefore, thought Seneca, the task of philosophy is to disappoint us gently before life has a chance to do so violently. The less we expect, the less we will suffer. Through the help of a consoling pessimism, we should strive to turn our rage and our tears into that far less volatile compound: sadness. Seneca was not trying to depress us, just to spare us the kind of hope that, when it fails, inspires bitterness and intemperate shouting.…”
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The School of Life I love Senecas quote. As a naturally pessimistic person, this makes me laugh.
De Montaignes quote is one I will share with my teen daughter, who at the moment needs to know that deep down we are all equal. Thank you for this interesting video. One of my favourites.
Existential philosopher Jean Paul Satre's concept of "mauvaise foi", would have been a good one to include as, it seems to me, so much of our unhappiness seems to stem from folk living in bad faith with themselves.
Thank you very much for another great video...I love your work.
The School of Life under the eye of aeternity - very profound
I've always been fond of "The sleep of reason brings forth monsters," and "How fleeting are all human passions compared with the massive continuity of ducks."
Unforeseen consequences... Half-life
What about Goethe?
"None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free."
"Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words."
"Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do."
Goethe is hideously underrated in the Anglosphere. One of the problems is that I don't think he translates well into English.
Not a unique problem. I gather Shakespeare doesn't work well in French.
Goethe is a Philosophical Titan. He's the intellectual equivalent of fine dining.
Yes and there’s another one like ‘ a man sees in the world what he has in his heart’
Western philosophy is really complex emo culture
TAD Lord HaHa interesting take of events! 😁 Or it could be that emo culture is a simplified version of western philosophy
Hahaha
On point ! Never realised it tho
Not even close.
@@mattkierkegaard9403 Of course, Kierkegaard agrees ;)
@@obviativ123 He’s one of the best 😎
1. 'What need is there to weep over parts of life? The whole of it calls for tears.' 0:18
2. 'Peccatum Originale (Original sin) 1:22
3. 'Kings and philosophers shit, and so do ladies' 2:35
4. 'All our unhappiness comes from our inability to sit alone in our room.' 3:44
5. Sub Specie Aeternitatis (under the aspect of eternity) 5:06
6. 'Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made.' 6:13
Appreciate you taking the time to create this.
Hello there! Thanks a lot for your time :- )
Meteaura22 I
Each viewer just read and heard these. Why post them?
#3 🤣🤣🤣🤣
"The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding because to understand is to be free" (Baruch Spinoza)
Alain de Botton's delivery is calm, succinct and in my view clear enough to appeal to a wide audience. He might well be remembered as a man who reminded our neurotic n technocratic society of the importance of good questions, wisdom through the ages and the use of philosophy.
I loved the graphics in this video, especially the lobster hands.
dr Zoidberg ?
Jordan Peterson reference?
So you're saying women belong in front of the camera?
Nathaniel Supan what i was thinking. Guess we can’t all be fucking lobsters.
"When a wise man points at the moon, an idiot looks at his finger." Attributed to Confucius.
I actually apply all of these amazing Philosophies in my life.
I've been a subscriber for 2 years now, and I can't believe how much I've grown both mentally and emotionally.
Thank you The School of Life and thank you Alain de Botton.
+TheJD like a true stoic he didnt care
+TheJD like a true Stoic he didnt get bothered at all... !!!
"Being lost is the inability to draw a point of reference from where you are to where you should be." Acid trip in Quetico Provincial Park during a 2 week canoe trip in 1975.
I was getting nervous and procrastinating an important speech I had to do, but listening to this gave me the confidence to just go for it and do my best :)
I don't think it's possible for me to love your channel more than I already do.
As a theist, I am appreciative - time, and again - that your videos are not squeamish about theological ideas; and even though you make it pretty clear that this is not a theological channel (not a 'believing' channel, you could say), you are not 'anti-theist', so to speak, but show a positive point of view, even when you may not personally espouse the belief. Even if the Garden of Eden is a myth or metaphor, it does relay a truth: We are flawed, down to our soul and bones. Very nice to be thinking together in this sleepy and distracted age! Thanks!
Here are some of my favourites from all over the place:
1. No plan survives the first punch. Mike Tyson
Seneca could have perfectly said that too! You should be as well prepared as you can, but also always be ready for the worst to come.
2. Cervantes was a very wise and funny man. In Don Quijote he said:
" Every man is just the way God made him and often even worst"
( Cada uno es como Dios le hizo, y aun peor muchas veces )
3. The wisest person in the world, finally tracked down to a remote mountain-top, offered humanity only a single word of advice: ENDURE!
Alain de Botton
4. Do you think you won't die?? ( My mother ) Well she keeps saying this at every argument since I was a child. It is a cruel thing to do and of course it is very ironic that the person who brought you to life also be the one who constantly reminds you of death. But she surely does have a point.
5." I have been a lucky man, nothing in my life has been easy". Sigmund Freud
6. Maturity' really means: being very unsurprised by, and calm around, pain and disappointment. Alain de Botton
7. " I don't know if it is human nature or the way of life on earth, but we seldom become all of who we are until forced to it. Some say that something in us rises to the occasion, that there is, as Hemingway called it " a grace under pressure" that comes forth in most of us when challenged". Mark Nepo
8. You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait, be quiet, still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet.” - Franz Kafka
9. "We don't see the world as it is, we see it as we are". Mark Williams.
10. " My experience is what I agree to attend to. Only those things which I notice shape my mind". William James
11.
I'm nobody! Who are you?
Are you nobody, too?
Then there's a pair of us - don't tell!
They'd banish us, you know.
How dreary to be somebody!
How public, like a frog
To tell your name the livelong day
To an admiring bog!
Emily Dickinson
12. “We have a choice. We can embrace our humanness, which means embracing our broken natures and the compassion that remains our best hope of healing. Or we can deny our brokenness, forswear compassion, and, as a result, deny our own humanity”
Bryan Stevenson ( From the book " Just Mercy, A Story of Justice and Redemption". )
13. Finally a very consoling and important quote for all night bird friends who feel guilty about not being able to wake up early in the morning :- )
"The early bird might get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese! "
Lua Veli Thank yooooouuuu )) love the last Quote!!!
Hello there Fillemon! You are most welcome. And thank you for reading all this. Oh, so you are a fellow night bird... I love that one too! I wish you a long productive night :- )
These are all so beautiful!♥️ i knew and especially love the one from Kafka. Thank you for sharing! And i am a night owl too:))
The late worm misses the early bird.
1. Treat time as a commodity
2. Don't invest your time preparing for life. Live right now, don't delay happiness, it's now.
3. Life life for your own self
4. Practice premeditato malorum Short term gratification vs long term commitments. Design around distractions.
5. Make long term rewards immediate - putting things off is biggest waste of life.
6. Make the most of your free time.
7. Spend time reflecting on your past.
8. Stop wasting time of life's trivialities.
9. Invest your time making new memories. Memory is more enduring than grief.
10. Invest time in your philosophies. So that we can live wide rather than long.
I think this video is the summary of everything this channel taught us
I never comment on CZcams but this time I really had to. I can't express what I felt when reading Pascale's saying. Absolutely beautiful. Thank you.
I always appreciates videos like these--and The School of Life in particular--because it simply brings me back to a place of (albeit temporarily) clarity and contentment.
You guys forgot the best one of all. “Cash me ousside, how bout dat?”
"politicians and diapers need to be changed often and for the same reason."
Haha bhad babie
Could you translate the quote into basic English?
soslothful - sorry Danielle Bregoli aka Bhad Bhabie doesn’t speak plain English.
Hahaha!!!!!Oh my God!!
Lol I love how you put Jay-Z in this, it makes sense with his new album.
Watching this has made me put the curriculum parts one and two on as my next play list. Thanks SOL
Please bring back your philosophy series
We are - and have done!
You're doing good, ADB. Many thanks and much love from Singapore.
Homo sum: humani nihil a me alienum puto. - Terence. One of the least useful things people say is that they just don't know how someone else could have done some such harmful or stupid thing. Our unwillingness to put ourselves in the shoes of people we find distasteful is the reason history keeps repeating.
Very true! Thank you.
The best quote of the century!!!!
This is similar to Buddhism except in Buddhism they teach the final result of no expectation is freedom and happiness. It's very true. As a Zen practitioner for many years. It works and I am happy with no expectations from life or others.
May all humanity be free from expectations and live a happy healthy balanced life!
Simply amazing. Thank you and keep up the great work.
The musical shaking sounds are similar to love in in the air and now it's stuck in my head
What is evil?-Whatever springs from weakness. Friedrich Nietzsche
Therefore the hurricanes, earthquakes, rabies and cancer are not evil, they are only occurrences of nature. Thanks Friedrich.
+Dawid those things can not be evil as they do not have consciousness. They can be bad to us, good for someone else, but never, never evil.
and stupidity
Feminism?
Not true
This is the best quote which explains so much about life,
At the end of the day we swallow the pain, accept the reality and smile. That's how life works.☺️😊
Kant's "What if everybody did it?" foundation for morality would make a nice complement to these.
Thanks guys
How did I end up here - I mean watching this? The internet never ceases to surprise.
Such a wonderful saying, insightful and compassionate as always. Thank you so much.
For me:
1- Know Thyself
2- Ubi dubium Ibi libertas
3- Dura Lex Sed Lex
4- Cogito Ergo Sum
5- Sapere Aude
6- Whereof we cannot speak, thereof we must be silent
Sapere aude is a great one, really underrated saying. It's concise, fluid, and meaningful.
Interestingly made, perfect pronunciation and great presentation. This is brilliant.
Your videos are always inspiring. Thanks.
Such great help! Thank you
So beautiful. Thanks a lot
Pascal as always: out of kindness spirit I'm not going to live alone, but my staying not alone is the ultime source for sadness.
Thank you. Well presented.
Beautiful Work
As much as I prefer Eastern teachings, I have really come to love Western philosophy.
I concur.
That's a pretty superficial connection. And there is a difference, in that the cultures they built are quite different, the societies they cradled are distinct from one another, and the way they responded to their environments are different (geography was a major player in this as well).
Please think before you write.
The east is cyclical , West is linear ...
I tend to thinkt there's no eastern teaching, not because there are no western one, but because the non-westerners are much more diverse. Like, some Catholic Bishop in South America could be as western (or kind of) to one in Germany, but it's not so clear that Chinese generals have much philosophical connection with muslim writers.
Jorge Gómez Clearly you have never been to Southern America or Germany and I doubt you’ve read much Catholic literature either.
The differences between Southern America and Germany are pronounced. Their approach to life, their engagement with life and their understanding to the meaning of life are different. Hey, Mark Twain is not Friedrich Schiller.
As for Catholicism, well of course there are going to be some shared similarities between Catholic philosophers across the world because that is what the word “catholic” truly means. However, you only have to compare the two most recent popes Joseph Ratzinger (German) and Jorge Bergoglio (Argentinian) to see a diversity in Catholic thought.
This is good work! A very useful video. keep it up!
Nice collection:)
"A skilled carpenter" very well said;-)
It's so wondrous to watch a video that is not filled with images that don't have anything to do with the topic of the video ! i am so frustrated with 99.99999% of the videos on CZcams, yet i've watched 3 of The School of L-- videos and they've all been very satisfying.
Stupidly, I was really expecting “I got 99 problems but a bitxh ain’t one”
The narrator is awesome 👏🏼
sometimes i swear alain is hiding in ma cupboard , the videos are always so relevant
Missed these videos
Another great video, the best self help channel I have found on CZcams
My favourite currently is the motto of the UK Parachute Instructors. = Knowledge Dispels Fear.
the kant quote was very well pronounced and in general nice video!
Finally back to philosophy🙏🏾🙏🏾
Being one the enthusiastic viewers of your channel I find your videos full of jargons and paraphrases sometimes that’s makes the idea less expressive
Philosophy is about seeking meaning and truth
Keep it simple
your lack of education is not SOL`s problem
thanks a lot, please continue making curriculum videos.
Philosophy is wisdom👌thanks again
Ashish Choudhary So when one philosopher contradicts another do both retain that prestigious title? Or is the "good judgement" and "knowledge" required for wisdom just as subjective as philosophy itself? :)
Finally some philosophy, yay!
I have the book. Highly recommended. Excellent introduction to doing philosophy.
*& you are a God - Hating BOT, & HeLL Bound as WeLL!!!*
Great vid guys
YAAAAAYYYYY!!!!! More Philosophy!!!
Great video guys, I just wanted to correct the bit about Seneca helping to found Stoicism which isn't entirely accurate. Zeno of Citium founded it in Athens and Seneca later helped spread it. Love your work!
all of these are very stoic, I believe the author agrees heavily with stoicism. I personally do not but you can still learn a lot from these. Well done!
Only 1 and 5 (tangentially 4) are related to stoicism.
Wow.. thank you!
I always thought Indian philosophy was better than philosophies from other regions like ancient china,Europe and Arab world but after watching your channel it has changed my perspective now i look at al humans across the earth as equals in terms for the love of wisdom
The best belong to me and mine and, if we are not given it, we take it; thest food, the purest sky, the most robust thoughts, the fairest women. Fred Nietzsche
...best food...
We NEED more eastern philosophy!Chinese,Arabic,Turkish etc
Eastern philosophy elevates dogma, authority, and obedience to virtues and has never developed a coherent and persuasive philosophical strand of humanism and freewill. If you like democracy, tolerance, and decency, you would be of the opinion that Eastern philosophy is the last thing the world needs.
The east needs to return to its Persian roots and until then it will forever remain a third world prison.
6 great sayings from eastern philosophy.
Great pronunciation :)
“Without music, life would be a mistake.” - Friedrich Nietzsche (I think...)
Humans aren't perfect, but if we redefine the term... for example: 'perfect' means that it does not matter to do things good but to do it with your utter perserverance and best intention possible. If we cannot reach the perfect we ought to do our best.
Where's my Jay Z quote, bruh?
I wanted to get his book sometime. It is called " Decoded". Nice title for
a memoir :- )
Not guilty ,he who does not feel me is not real to me, therefore he doesn't exist so poof vamoose sunavabitch
"Is pious pious cuz God loves pious? Socrates asks, whose bias do y'all seek."
Jay said some words that I live by now: "you can't afford something if you can't buy it twice."
“I’m like a dog, I never speak but I understand” never change
Ive always liked the saying "not all grow together, not all fall together"
Does anyone else feel like the women speaking at the end always sounds on the edge of tears ?
THANK GOD FOR THIS VIDEO
Here, here!
In the buffet of life you eat your fill, pay your bill, and stuff a couple of rolls in your pocket. (Dead Serious)
Reason is no justification but mere satisfaction..
You guys need to do one on Eastern Philosophy!!! Pls 💕💕
There is one, under that very title.
number 4 is the most needed. It is something which is, i would argue, very much missing from modern life! No time for thinking only doing in a society such as ours, alas!
oh my god listening to this is like listening to my boyfriend xDD (he's got a master in philosophy). "the less we expect the less we will suffer". im wheezing
*A Master in PhiLosophy & a God-Hating Dick Head, toot!!!*
well good!
This is well made! Much appreciated.
Does anyone know the name of the picture at 4:00, that man?
very nice 👌👌
Wonderful! The content of these messages was made even all the more effective by the charming Terry Gilliam-esque animations.
For my favorite phrase--I esp. like Kant's (it even gives the name to a famous blog). But the Montaigne was good to learn too (I should finally read him . . . )
Montaine was saying that the pretentious born with a silver spoon arent any more special humans than others. The French were true revolutionaries, not some comfort thought writers.
#5 was interesting, Spinoza's idea is similar to that of some Eastern philosophy, perhaps it's a good sign that it's been discovered multiple times.
Awesome
"Step into my zone, mad rhymez will stifle ya!"- GURU
Arthur Schopenhauer has a similar quote to #4: All unser Übel kommt daher, daß wir nicht allein sein können.
I always used to say it's all about feelings when I was younger.
The best saying ever, "It is what it is. "
I love comment section of this channel. Sometimes it is interesting than the video😂😂
I love sayings form -very- modern singers like Harry Chapin. Little bits from their lyrics.
I clicked on this because I thought they were going to analyze a Jay Z lyric.
I'm not a businessman, I'm a business, man! Jay Z
Here are few of my favs
1) Philosophy can best be defined as a stubborn attempt to think clearly.
2) People voting in elections demonstrates the triumph of stupidity over experience.
3) Believe nothing you're told and trust absolutely no-one, least of all yourself.
4) Insanity is when the world around you actually makes sense.
5) Don't worry too much about people's morals, it really doesn't matter if they don't have any. Finally.
6) Anything that doesn't kill you, just makes you even stranger.
Love it
The Kant and Augustine sayings echo TSOL's emphasis on the joy of assuming and expecting Imperfection. I've always seen Original Sin as good news: we're essentially flawed, ergo expectations that we be perfect are prima facie risible.
“We could all be holy
If it wasn’t for people.”
-Mother Angelica
A video on Gabriel Marcel please!
Now 6 Great Saying from Eastern Philosophy, please!
“Look out for number 1, don’t step in number 2.” - Rodney Dangerfield.
I like how cookie monster is an example of an overwhelming successful life.