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Why You're So Lonely | Camus' The Stranger
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- Опубликовано: 6 авг 2024
- There are few experiences as terrifying as feeling totally alone. Being lonely and feeling alienated from everyone else around you. And nowhere is this explored better than in Albert Camus' landmark novel, The Stranger. So get ready to dive into this wonderful novel, and maybe answer the question of why we are so lonely.
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00:00 The Ultimate Outsider
01:29 Indifference and Difference
07:08 Judgement and Condemnation
13:18 Confusion and Chaos
20:22 The Comfort of The Absurd
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I googled "the stranger" and got something much different... It's when you take your hand.... Well nevermind. suffice to say it wasn't a novel😂
"Those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music" - Nietzsche
This is a great quote, however, do not misunderstand the book, while the protagonist is an interesting character, he is not to be endorsed, it is a sort of warning or downside of Absurdism by Albert Camus.
Meursault neither dances nor hears music, he watches from the sideline, not interacting and not judging.
@@tunamayo3587 A quiet and peaceful excistence
Anyway the quote it's beautiful ❤
Bro no offence but did nietzche really say it ??
Albert Camus might just be one of the most handsome philosophers ever
REALLLLLL
LITERALLY girl i have a crush on him😭😭😭😭😭
man's majestic
there is only one thing worse than being alone. Finding someone who makes loneliness disapear, only to lose that someone
Yeah currently dealing with this right now
@@liamwebster425sorry bout that
Happened to me last year. Felt like shit for 6 months. Rescued a kitten last February. Felt better. I'll do anything for this cat.
@@cabbage_catGood one bro. Enjoy the times you have together. Life its rough!
@@JoaoVictor-rg5ix thanks mate, I hope you're doing good
I clicked on this video because of the sun.
HAHAHAHHAAHAHHA
I often times find myself alone. I'm autistic, so I can't dance to the tune of other people as much as I'd like. Not that I haven't tried, mind you, it's just that I am incapable of picking up social queues or reading body language. There was one time a coworker flirted with me for a few weeks and implied heavily she wanted to go out with me, but I never knew. Someone had to tell me after the fact. To me it's like most of the world is speaking in riddles, but I can only hear the literal words they say. Not that I want to be seen as a victim though. My condition is a blessing and a curse, and it's up to me to make the most of it.
Solidarity
Have you heard of the double empathy problem? Basically says that, it's not that a social deficit is inherent to autism, but appears that way, because most of our interactions are with allistic people, and our ways of communication are vastly different, akin of someone trying to comunicate speaking Spanish in China. What I'm trying to say is, find other autistic people that you can relate to, as you use the same communication style, or language, if we follow the analogy. I know it can be hard, there aren't that many of us, but for the first time in three decades of my life I can say I have a true friend. I am no longer alone. Have hope
I also found solace in the book as an autistic person. Felt like a protagonist I could relate to in ways
@@amyscarlett5502we need an app for this
If she knew enough about you to decide with a good judgement that she actually likes you, she would also have known that she should have told her intentions directly to you. Therefore, you can dismiss calmly her non sense, which is sadly very common in women.
The rate you upload is incredible. I have been working through your catalogue, love your oration style. You bring enthusiasm to Philosophy which is palpable and makes it so much more engaging. Don't burn yourself out though! We will still be here, don't worry.
Haha! Thank you! To be honest I try to take breaks but every time I do I end up reading something and then I want to write something about it and before you know it I’m making another video haha!
@@unsolicitedadvice9198 Awesome to hear, it's working very well evidently. Just wanted to say I loved your podcast with Alex, hope you guys do some more content in the future :)
There's a podcast too?
@@lolisimon2933 Podcast he did with Alex O'Connor, another Philosophy RUclipsr. It's about Nihilism, it's a really great watch.
"Vanity, all under the sun is vanity."
Its interesting how closely this sense of apathy aligns with the symptoms of Psychopathy. In many ways, there are many people who are literally indifferent to the world around them...
Well psychopaths are actually care about their own happiness particularly power and more importantly are very good at acting sane
This video dropped at a strangely personal time... it was only a few minutes ago that I was thinking about this very same thing.
Ah I hope it helps
Damn the timing was perfect, I really need this because i have a presentation at school and it's about this exact book. Now I'll look really smart and not have to read the second part of the thing today.
Thank you bro
Haha! I hope it helps! Though I do think you will enjoy the other half of the book as well :)
“Read less books, watch more youtube” - Joe from unsollicited advice
I'm starting to see a pattern suggested by philosophy and embraced by modern psychology: pursue authenticity and reject conformity. It seems that we are trapped in a web of toxic relationships with narcissists. Maybe that's why philosophers are executed. They inspire rebellion. Don't settle. Break the cycle. Rebel.
Lost my mom Friday, I’m 37, and some of the lessons I’ve learned from your videos/lectures, along with others, have helped me find the inner strength to be the strong and stoic one this week and that in turn is comforting others. So your passion and work is having real world effects out here brotha. If we could get the world to think about the topics you cover, we maybe could have a calmer and more compassionate world, instead of whatever this is we find ourselves in.
Or was it Thursday?
I am sorry for your loss though
Sorry for your loss.
@@TheJoshestWhite Not a very appropriate joke
@@ThePond135 no it’s all good, thanks for standing up in a way for a complete stranger. But humor can be good, maybe everything was last thur right?
@@TheJoshestWhite thank you
I have never seen a better unintentional advertisement for a novel than this. Thank you Joe, I will now be ordering The Stranger and reading it for myself.
Just read this one recently. Honestly it was just such an unsettling read, Mersault feels so empty and separate from humanity, and he almost reminded me of rhe protagonist in "The Wasp Factory"
My name is Marsel (same pronunciation) and I have never felt so attacked.
It’s a nice name idk what it is about it
finally a vid bout Camus! Thank u :)
Haha! He is a cracking thinker!
I'm schizoid, and this novel ilustrates how i feel about everything
Your work here is always marvelous. Straight to the point, intelligent, well made. It's great to see when you upload a new video, and I always feel like I learn a lot from your content. Truly, thank you.
If we live our lives by this indifference, it becomes harder to love. For dostoevsky, everything settles down when you can love but after reading camus, i wonder if we can still love and have that much excitement if we aren't concerned by most matters
Being alienated by the absurd and pointlessness shows a sign of mental weakness.
To understand everything has no value and still value the world around takes a lot more inner strength.
PostScript Addendum;
Weakness according to this definition is also NOT a flaw of personal morality or unmet personal desire.
No one inherently wants to perpetuate misery. To pretend otherwise is more harmful than helpful.
I agree partly.
Valuing something means we are in debt to or responsible for it.
You value your health, like 99% of us do? Well how come were are not so healthy. Because we value some things more.
After all, being indifferent does not mean you do not value something but atleast the outcome of your actions shows you did not.
What I am saying, is that just like nihilism, also indifference has a map to follow and thus values. Well, thus he just values some things more.
Giving ultimate value to everything is impossible from physical standpoint as we are not omnipotent, so giving any value is a strength. I say we can demand (and do demand) some core values from other people as not giving value can go to such absurd situations when human interactions do occur.
Some people just arnt good painters…no wonder their life seems meaningless…their canvas is still blank
Found your channel 2 months ago thanks to RUclips recommendations, since then I'm addicted to your videos, keep up the great work bro, wish you all the best in this universe!
Hi joe, just wanted to say your videos are fantastic and it's crazy how you manage to upload so consistently, i really appreciate it.
I think the indifference Mersault demonstrates can be somewhat attributed to the fact that Camus' inspiration was based on an autistic friend rather than shades of indifference per se.
There's a paper written about it www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5903843/
I mean, in my case that doesn't cause indifference, but being overly zealous of moral dogma. I mean, most people will be kind of supportive of human rights, but then will be perfectly fine when society neglects or directly violates someones rights if they're the "wrong kind" of person, like criminals, homeless people, addicts, immigrants who enter illegally, or even legally, political opponents, sexual minorities, some races, some cultures, some religions, you name it. They call it mental rigidity, I call it consistency. Maybe some of them are horrible human beings, but human nonetheless
Mersault is flat...he doesn't care about anyone, not even himself. He's not even able to feel fear for himself.
I remember reading this book during high school for a reading assignment a couple of years back. Though I was only 15 and knew little to nothing about philosophy, I thouroughly enjoyed this book. Though I was looking through this book through a slightly different lens (bc I had a very bare-bones definition in my head as to what existentialism and absurdism was at the time), I still thought the book was really insightful and standout-ish compared to other books I normally read (fiction, fantasy/sci-fi, etc). I remember oddly liking the ending, where Mersault came to the conclusion of coming to terms with the meaninglessness/objectiveness of life and full on embracing it, but if u were to ask me about the rest of the book in a deeper manner i wouldn't be able to answer that for you at the time. But then came the work and assignments following the reading and it just completely threw Camus' message out the window. The next month following the conclusion of the book were analyses of Mersault, why he behaved this way, why he was so indifferent and objective and cold towards everything, trying to come up with some meaningful explanation to all of this. In a socratic seminar I was in, the rest of the class came to the conclusion that Mersualt is just flat out weird and a straight up sociopath. And another assignment consisted of coming up with a potential traumatic childhood backstory that could serve as an explanation to Mersault's strangeness. No one else enjoyed the book because they all thought Meursault was weird and unrelatable.
Of course, for the sake of my grades, I had to follow along with the workload but none of the assignments I had to do ever sat right with me however, despite not fully understanding Camus' depth of absurdism - but with the help of this video I understand now. Not only did my teacher completely miss the message but she ran away with it in the complete opposite direction. It was never about any deeper meaning or explanation as to why Mersault behaved that way, rather the complete opposite, and how it effects everyone else in the story.
I'm not really sure where I'm going with this little anecdote of mine but I think this story is simply so ironic that it's almost funny and worth sharing. I'm definitely going to reread this book now that I can understand it on a deeper level (and without the predispositions provided by the school curriculum) and I might even bother looking into Camus' other works after. Thank you for making this video, it really helped me answer some question's I've been holding onto for a while
Mersault was a psychopath.
The worst thing is many men finds it manly. Anger, agression, envy...are emotions and I find so many people, especially men, who are so disdainful and scare about emotions when even animals have emotions.
I don't see the point in any human unable to feel emotions...or empathy. They are not humans to me. They are intra-species predators.
Another incredibly thought inducing video! Love seeing your channel grow and hearing your different takes on pieces you have covered before :). My nan gave me this book the other week which I find almost uncanny now you’ve brought this out! Keep up the great work
I appreciate the videos. It helps me self examine and take a sober step back and evaluate life. Smart man, amazing content ❤
Hey brother I just felt that you have good orating skills
Another great video, been really enjoying the Absurdist content in particular, highly relevant
I was literally just thinking about these exact topics for the past few days! great video :D
I do love this channel. Thanks for the content.🙌
Your videos are so dense and i love it!
Love your videos mate, always hella enlightening and they always open me up to new ways of thinking
Thank you! That is very kind!
Perfect timing, just finished reading this. Great perspective
I fine comfort in the meaninglessness of the universe too. So many people don't see it but I do. Meaninglessness means that sure there is not a deity or entity that ultimately cares about you, but that also just makes connecting to others all the more important right? AFter all we're future corpses, no matter how you slice it. And if you can't do that, because of the absurdity of others,like our protagonist and Camu himself, that is also fine. Take comfort in the fact the universe doesn't care either way what happens. Why should you if others can't see that? Many may see this as cruel prospect, but I see it as liberative. No expectation can possibly be forced on you objectively, because it doesn't matter. Reality is the true sandbox rpg game.
I’m a newcomer to your channel, and I’m very glad I am. :)
Your content has been some of the meaningful and engaging I’ve found regarding philosophical works & debates. Keep it up!
Your command of the English language and interpretation of The Stranger is extremely impressive. Very engaging. Thanks!
Finally a video on The Stranger!! I was hoping to see your take on it and I loved it, this helped me settle down some of the ideas I have around it.
I found this book on a very difficult time in my life (as the last five years have been) and grief had slowly turned me onto the idea of things truly feeling absurd. I feel like I've been mimmicking what life is supposed to be like since I read this book, with the fear of feeling that like Mersault, my questioning might bring more trouble than joy and it might make people around me put more distance between us. It just feels wrong to know pain and to know it's inflicted on others, but still feel no strong reaction towards it too.
Today a new idea came up- perhaps things are absurd, but seeing comfort on it instead of straight out allienation might be the way to go. Maybe I can go through life, and see blue skyes and storms alike, and maybe once things are done I'll die knowing I still experienced everything on it's truest form, without bias or opinions to sway me one way or another onto what is happening in front of me. Perhaps this way too, pain and grief might not be as heavy.
Great analysis - Thank you!
What if Mersault was meant to be understood as a failed man who couldn't engage with anything amd create no meaning either for himself or for the people around him instead of a lonely and understood hero? Camus himself came to terms with his philosophy and engaged in things that he deemed worthy such as resilience, theatre or literature
It doesn't matter even if you're right
That’s the same conclusion I came to
He has a girlfriend dawg what do you mean no meaning for other people
Well, if you consider all of Camu's works and philosophy, it will be hard to reach this sort of conclusion.
Really enjoying these Camus videos
Loved this episode. When I read 'The Stranger' the first time, I couldn't put it down. I loved it to the point of tears.
Thank you for adding meaning to my life
I finished the book nearly a minute or two before you released this video, excellent summary and insight into the novel as always
Thanks for uploading.
My Mom was the one who suggested that I read 'The Stranger' as a teenager.
I need to reread it.
Ive come to the realisation now that me and most people would rather be hated by people than face their indifference. There is nothing worse than being a nobody ubiquitously to everyone that supposedly matters. At least when you are hated you are of some significance to an individual or individuals that you have made a visceral emotoonal impact on them in some way, but when you are treated with complete apathy and indifference, you have been given no fuel to feel any sort of love or significance, and I think in term that then breeds hate in those who feel the constant indifference from those they wish felt the contrary towards them.
I just finished reading this earlier this week let’s go. These are awesome to watch after i finish a book
love this video! I just finished the book yesterday and saw your video and I was like LET'S GOOO😂
Great session.
As a fellow Camus enjoyer, I’d love to hear about your reading of Samuel Beckett! In many ways, although he is notoriously enigmatic as a thinker, I feel Beckett to be a successor to Camus’ absurdism, accepting absurdity but further stripping away Camus’ ideas of rebelling against it and ultimately finding happiness. I think Beckett would imagine Sisyphus as simply “going on” :D
As waiting, rather.
what an ineffable video man💚💚💚
Great timing! I just read The Stranger.
Much appreciation from Pakistan!
I read 'The Stranger' a few months ago, and ironically enough was completely indifferent to it.Your video started playing unintentionally today and as always I was engrossed.This is a fantastic take on something i was not only wondering about since some days but experiencing as I proceeded further into my late teens...
As for what you've said aptly at 19:26 it is spot on with my own personal experiences!!!It is far easier to imagine we are tafrgets or victims of fate or the universe than to imagine that simply...we are nothing of any importance to these forces at all. Same as with people ; the idea that our existence means nothing to anyone or anything is terrifying and a mental anguish like no other .Perhaps,it is the "will to power "as Nietzsche calls it or our own ego's defences breaking at the notion of our self being nothing important. It surely harms your self importance and esteem when realized organically! Then,it also seems to lead onto a further,more painful realization,that if nothing cares abojt our existence that our existence itself is futile or ineffectual.
For to effect something one must have power over some aspects of it,be of some consideration in the first place.I'd even go as far as to say that we experience the Absurd when much like (yet much more mundanely) Kafka,we are faced with circumstances,society or systems that donot acknowledge our individual existence,as they're indifferent to it.
Philosophy is a voluntary living among ice and high mountains!
Haha! Or descending to ascend
Your explanation is brilliant
Profound insights man, can't wait to read the novel. Another novel with the almost guillotine ending is Stendal's The Red and The Black.
Last year in april I attended the funeral of my uncle who died of cancer. I sat in the front row next to his coffin and while my family and his friends were crying… I couldn’t force myself to give a single shit about this situation. Maybe even felt slightly amused.
Why ? Because while others may knew him as an dependable and hardworking man, I received the other side of his character. The always angry, dissatisfied and prickly dickhead who found it easy and quite possibly stress relieving to lash out at me when given a chance.
Thus while being looked up with a scorn from other members of my family, I simply sat there thinking to myself - „Even though they know about his attitude towards me, they still expect me to shed a tear upon his grave ? Why won’t they take MY feelings into consideration ?”
And that’s when it hit me. I was all alone with these feelings of mine and while yearning for the understanding from others, I did not took into consideration to shift my point of view of the whole situation.
While yes, my feelings were real and true I did not bother to understand what others might felt, thus making the false assumption that they all should have seen him in a way as I did.
Once again the question is - why ? Why should they bother ? I’m not the main character of this story so why should they care ? My feelings are mine only and as such I am bound to be left with them for the rest of my life. No one shall ever know how it feels to be me, nor will I ever know how it feels to be you.
We are all alone with our feelings and emotions in this world. We can share them, but we can’t feel them in the same way.
I read this book recently, love having an analysis from you right after😊
Thank you! There is so much I didn't get to talk about, but I hope you like it
Great video! 👍
I think we need to remember _when_ this novel was written. The world was in the throes of being blown apart by the absurd in its most extreme expression. Without this context, it's hard to understand why Camus would create a character so unbelievable as the police interrogator (in real life, they're not flummoxed by psychopaths - they come across them regularly). Camus, his philosophy, and his writing were wrought in the crucible of WW2.
This is not to dismiss your analysis. I think it's spot on and a great lens through which to look at our own times.
You are so good at what you post. I love your videos, absofuckinlutely.🤜🏽🤛🏽🤝🏽✨️
"I don't belong in the world, that's what it is
Something separates me from other people
Everywhere I turn, there's something blocking my escape"
You are doing the job well. Thx
This one really resonates. Ill find it to read it!
Thanks!
Hi from Ecuador! Love your videos, just started to read the brothers karamazov i've been loving doestoyevsky so far!
Ah thank you! And that's my favourite book! I am slowly writing a video on it but I think it will end up being like 3 hours long and will take months haha!
@@unsolicitedadvice9198 please let it be as long as it wants to be.no more 20 min video, i want its length to put your c&p video to shame.
@@unsolicitedadvice9198 take your time!! I dont want to have to skip it because i haven't finished it yet (i already skipped two videos avoiding any kind of spoiler and personal interpretations) although i should finish it sooner than 3 months thats for sure
There are quite few instances in my life recently which has made me wondered if a God exists, this just so happens to be one of them. I have had many sleepless nights in recent memory as i am unable to close my eyes due to a nagging feeling that makes me think i am all alone in this universe. Even a few hours ago, that's what i literally felt in my classroom surrounded by 20 people yet feeling a connection to no one. BUT you just posted a video on this exact topic the moment i needed it! If there exists a God, this sure is a gift from him!
Yes this creator does exist. Find him where he hides in plain sight, and that locus is within you. The source, the force, the great spirit, the holy spirit can only be found inside. It can never be realized using the five senses. "God is a spirit and they that worship him must worship him in spirit..."
"The Kingdom of God is within you."
Philosophy is the main thing to convince and fool yourself while life has its way with you.
What I'd like to know is how he got to this point of indifference?
Was he mistreated or neglected as a child?
Joe we need a video talking about your philosophical beliefs pleaseeeeeee
Yessss
I was a professional skydiver and BASE jumper. I done it for over a decade, and you can't make those relationships in the real world. I've done CPR on friends and then told their family that their son is dead.
All my qualifications are useless in the real world also. So I'm in a shit job that I hate after suffering a horrific injury and the only thing that gets me by are my wife and kids..
I question my ego, I question my narcissistic traits and more importantly I question other people's intelligence. That's wrong and I know it.
I often look at others in disgust and dismay at their failed attempts at "living" and their lack of courage to step out of the box.
I'm not even sure where I'm going with this, other than that I feel alone.
I'm interested in psychology and possibly philosophy, simply love this :)
My favorite channel
Thanks!
Excellent
You, sir, are a genius!
One of the things I could not yet understand is, why does he wishes a big crowed that hates him? Does that mean he still has a wish to leave a mark, or would that just be a proof to him that he is in peace with his life - by being unbothered with it?
beautiful work good sir
Thank you!
Would love to see you cover Proust one day! Great video as always!
Fourth + love your moving graphics that explains what the topic is
Thank you!
The IB is making us read this book and I actually love how it delves into philosophical concepts
" We're All Alone Together "
High School Philosophical
You posted at the perfect time...
Here for the accent. You provide a perfect shadowing material 😊
I haven’t read the novel but your interpretation of it makes me think that’s how the world would seem to someone who doesn’t experience conscience or deep emotions or any emotions at all, they would be left with a strictly academic or rational view, I suppose this highlights how important a role emotions play in the life of humans
I didn't take Mearsault as unemotional, just depressed. It reminded me a lot of my own experiences with dissociation. When you're dissociating it's like you're in shock after a tragedy and emotionally numb. But you're numb because there's an underlying boiling intensity that you are unable to handle. It always confuses me when people think of dissociation as lacking emotion. To me, dissociation is an extremely strong and terrifying feeling.
@@mollystewart-gallus537 but hasn’t the character been this way his whole life? This is normal for him, it’s not like he’s disassociating from himself if this is how he’s always been, unless I missed where he experienced some trauma or something, I e never read the novel so I’m just going on the channel’s interpretation
@@camfella647 Unfortunately, depression and isolation is pretty regular for many people, especially neurodivergent people. Could be early childhood trauma or other issues. So depression isn't necessarily like a temporary trauma after a parent's death or something like that. This is reading way into the book too much but the narrator may have suffered emotional neglect and may not like his mother. But there are any number of reasons why depression and dissociation could be pretty normal for a person.
@@camfella647depression can persist for someones entire life never really leaving them, just dissipating at moments.
@@mollystewart-gallus537I agree,I've never felt this indifference as much as when I was in a very depressed state,and as I wrote in my journal, "The real torments,the real terrors are whem we cannot feel anything.Safe from pain,yes,but also from joy, from ecstasy. Moments when we can only look at life with half open eyes,disinterested and empty.They scare me.
When life seems to find it in herself to whisper to you all your fears made real,your obsessions seen for what theyare,abd all your ugliness bared. As if that is the only thing about you that has ever existed....An empty, worthless facade made real only through your despicable mind."
So the lack of emotion or feeling for any part of life ,can be the worst kind of pain,as you look only into the Absurd and are faced with no answers, only an emptiness
The truth is; We are never alone but we may convince ourselves or wish that we were alone.
Correct me if I'm wrong. If life has no meaning why we don't just end it? Camus stood against this idea. But in the book the stranger the narrator refuses to show any remorse or didn't even try to lie in front of the jury. If he did that he wouldn't have got the death penalty. How is that different from suicide?
Well this came at the right time.
If your philosophy cannot deflect the arguments of absurdism with an argument for the nature of humanity and its purpose, I’m not so sure you have a philosophy at all.
Camus is brilliantly gifted at forcing people to account for that. You summarized The Stranger brilliantly, my dude.
Dude , your voice is beautiful . Why don t you post the audio of your videos in podcast form on spotify?
Is there a bio available on this young man? SO wise and SO young😎
I have wondered for a while, what if the protagonist of the stranger was actually mourning his mother? I mean, I'm certain camue would disagree, but what do any of us really know about the relationship between him and his mother? There werent any clues in the story that i can recall. Maybe that character was in denial, and that may not be true, but the fact Is no characters in the story can even try to understand a mourning so alien to them, but how can you judge the way a person Is mourning his dead mother
This kind of relates to me
Bro love your content, please start a podcast
I think the fear of the unknown is the thing that needs to be mastered if someone is feeling this way
This video is amazing. I have so much to say because this video really touches upon who I am. Or should I say it helps me to convey who I am? Because believe it or not I can understand Meursault. I am very nihilistic, I don’t see meaning in this universe. In a philosophical sense. It’s not that I don’t value or enjoy anything nor am I indifferent and have no emotions. I laugh I cry and I love. But I also acknowledge the inherent meaninglessness of it all. Growing up I felt very much like Meursault, isolated, indifferent and very confused. I felt like an alien trying to understand other people.
Iv read some comments here and they don’t seem to understand Meursault either. During my short life so far I did realise that most people don’t want to accept nihilism because of how existentially frightening it is. Some people can’t rationally process or understand it. It’s difficult to argue for…it’s just something I came to realise one day. Some people think nihilism is at odds fundamentally with other human values that keep society running like morals and ethics. I won’t debate on that too much except that nihilism does not suggest any of that. It is simply the indifference of the universe…which does not care about human morals. But why should that matter? So what if it’s indifferent or meaningless? We can still have love and value. It will just mean nothing or is nothing in the end. But anyways…this type of fundamental isolation is difficult. It has led to me acting as someone else to be friends with others…or I will be completely alienated. The only thing however that makes me continue to feel okay with my isolation is actually literature and fiction. Many people around the world including authors like Camus have conveyed this…they understand it. They constructed a story to convey their understanding and message to tell the story of someone like Meursault or like me. Thus I do not feel completely isolated. I will say though I am afraid to read the stranger because of how painful the emotions I will feel relating to Meursault will bring. My philosophical views do isolate me…but at the very least love and joy can still exist. I’m hoping I can meet people who understand me like this video does😅 one day. Thank you for making this video it’s a very good analysis of the book and it made me want to read it.
I have one more story to share. I have a literature teacher who is ironically very religious and moral and ethical. She preaches almost every lesson. I told her once I don’t believe in god. She once asked me when I told her I wanted to read a Russian novel called dead souls if I had ever read the stranger. Her exact words describing the opening is her quoting the main character’s first few lines about the death of his mother and his indifference. She said that with an exasperated and confused tone: “weird isn’t it? It’s a very strange novel.” So she’s one another one who does not understand Meursault. Or maybe she does understand the themes of the novel. Surely since she is a literature teacher. Not that I’m surprised but I do find it interesting that she recommended I read it. What would be her reaction if I had honestly replied to her that I think his response is perfectly fine. Not that I would truly not care if my mother died but that his words while seemingly indifferent doesn’t mean anything…he can still feel sadness. How are they immoral?
I love my mother but what does that have to do with another man’s response why must my love for my mother apply to and dictate how other people respond to their mothers? Anyways long comment just wanted to share
I find your point of view very interessting, since i had the same feeling about the world and life in general, and i can relate to you since i'm a african, who live in a christian country where every point of view different from the religion cause a isolation with your peers and even with your mother.
@@rufusitoua2481 it was difficult for me to accept that my views on life are so different…but iv also come to realise I’m not alone. There are billions of people and many actually do feel this way, but sometimes the feeling of being isolated can entrap us. You just have to find YOUR people, and trust me they must be out there. If you and I can have a conversation and similar world views trust me you will meet people like you one day, and then you might not even feel isolated or as lonely. Sure the existential feeling may come sometimes, but it will be a lot better.
Hello there, thanks again. you promised on one of your videos comment section to give us one of the book which helped you on your communication skill. You are phenomenally articulate. Please give us an advise or make a video which brings us anywhere near you.
Your takeaway from absurdism doesn’t have to be complete indifference. At least in my opinion, it’s the complete freedom to choose what to care about. If you choose not to care about anything, then go ahead. The universe doesn’t mind.
Bro your mother died sorry to hear that
But also I wanted to say that you are doing great job since you reach 10k subs usually I don't comment on your video but could you make a video on reading the other person or something like that just a selfish request hope you get 1mil soon
Ah thank you but it is a line from the book, my mother is perfectly well :). I appreciate the support nonetheless
I'm autistic, so yeah
"For all to be accomplished, for me to feel less lonely, all that remained to hope was that on the day of my execution there should be a huge crowd of spectators and that they should greet me with howls of execration." - The Stranger
The last line always hits hard ...