Where is this quote (I think, therefore I am) from????? Because, dude, I'm thinking, Wait (I think) I read his Mediations On First Philosophy (or something along those lines), Translated into English it was a text book. And for the life of me i can't remember him proffessing this... The closest would have been something like, I am an object which thinks.
Having seen the entire video, I'm thinking, well his meditations on his first philosophy might as well be clearer, or more further analysed and resolved; at least that's how it was presented in the textbook; it had critical notes and even his response to said notes... Given that, One can Imagine a big fat one-eyed purple people-eater, therefore it exists although It may not be able to think. And then, his profession, I think therefore I am, sort of makes less sense philosophically. But then, I'm not college-educated. And sorry for wasting your time, if that's what you think of my dumb inquiry.
Descartes doesn't say he hoped into a stove. He meditated and developed his method while living in a small room heated by a stove. Such a room was called "poêle" which is the french word for stove. when recounting this In his "Discours de la méthode", he is referring to the room, not the stove itself.
you are right lol i speak french and in school we are studying descartes and it's more accurate caue we sudy him in french. I didnt get it when he said descartes was in a stove lmaooo
@@Paddy984 No he is right, the word poêle was used by Descartes to refer to a heated room with a stove. There are many metonyms in the french language.
I was sort of expecting a few remarks on his mathematical genius. It is often overlooked by people how the most brilliant of mathematicians were at the same time rather sober and helpful thinkers...
+quinndiesel1977 mathematics is accessible to people in science, philosophy helps everybody that what he is remembered for. No I don't remember what his theorems talked about.
I see that many of you have missed my point. I do not find it relevant to speculate on whether Descartes had more significance as a philosopher than as a mathematician or scientist. The point is that wisdom of many of history's intelectual giants was not channelled solely through philosophy, but also through mathematics and natural sciences, to the point that there seems to be strong correlation between these areas of human intelect. Descartes is a prime example of this, but others like Spinoza, Leibniz or even Einstein could easily be placed in that same context. It is therefore unfortunate that many think of mathematical or natural sciences as dry or unimaginative, or of philosophy as disconnected from reality of practical life. A genius like Descartes showed that profound wisdom is just a common trait of different areas of human activity.
+Selman Adzovic That goes without saying. People don't usually name all the ingredients of pizza, they simply say pizza or the kind of pizza, pepperoni, mushroom, etc. Nothing "overlooked" here, just the point that the "part" of the whole you are most interested in was not discussed in this particular video. Many other parts of the whole were left out as well. The logical thing to do is to search youtube for Descartes Mathematics. You will find in many of those videos that his philosophical "parts" are not included.
Descartes is a very important person. He is regarded as the father of modern philosophy. He is also regarded as the father of modern mathematics. That is amazing. As a math teacher, I used his coordinate plane every day.
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I absolutely love Descartes's books. Specially the ' Meditations on First Philosophy', it was so personal and his emotions and thoughts were vividly expressed as he imparts his wisdom. It's absolutely wonderful.
Descartes to me is the most important philosopher ever. That is, in relation to the formation of modern science. He was to Newton, as Newton was to Einstein. Although a rationalist(as opposed to an empirical scientist), his work in mathematics was necessary in shaping Newton's mind in terms of structuring the world. My personal favorite work of his is the well-established Cartesian Coordinate System.
+Satoshi Nakamoto I wonder why many overlook the Cartesian Coordinate System, the concept that every man will eventually understand despite their will.
The internet has proved René wrong. There's plenty of people out there who has never been thinking a single thought their whole lifes, but apparantly they still exist.
@@ren.8137 I know what he was trying to say. But what he said simply didn't make any sense and is plain wrong. You guys clearly don't understand "I think, therefore I am". First of all, you can't know whether or not someone else's existence is CERTAIN, because you can't read their minds, only your own. So you cannot hear them thinking and therefore knowing they ARE. There is a reason René said "Therefore *I* am", not "Therefore *they* are", or "I *see* [them], therefore *they* are". This goes completely against what René said.
@@arisoda This wasnt meant to be analyzed, it was a joke basically saying people now a days dont think. Therefore theres nothing wrong with it, you just want to sound smart which isnt really working for you.
@@ren.8137 But there IS something wrong with it. Jokes aren't working when they're wrong. It's as simple as that. And there was a reason I said "Technically", implying that I WANT to analyse it, regardless of the intention of the joke. You should read better, or else you sound no smarter me. PS: why are you liking your every comment lol.
Excellent philosopher, a true lover of wisdom, a passionate and honest intellectual, the creator of 'self', of our consciousness and, like it or not, we cannot go back to Greek naiveté. So, let's embrace it with joy!
Just watched Nietzsche, Kant and now Descartes. I cant thank you and your producers enough for summarizing and collecting these methods. Bite sized pieces that not only validate but foster the growth of good people within society.
the information contained in these videos can make the world a better place if understood and used properly. Using the info learned in these videos had certainly made my life richer. thank you school of life...and to all of you who also support their work :-)
I hate to be "that guy," but at 3:18 the book shown was Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica by Isaac Newton. I only noticed because I was so impressed by the animations. They were great... like, Terry Gilliam level animations!!!
Thank you for the hard work your team puts into educating us. You've given me a launching point for further studying when I felt very lost but had a desire the learn. Your work will inspire many, can't thank you enough!
An author and researcher I respect says that philosophers can be wrong, but we have to see their strengths and weak areas and appreciate them as those who *think*. This presentation of this philosopher who I've learned to despise has made me capable of seeing the whole man. Thank you
I thought about Eratosthenes! The guy who calculated the circumference of the world 2300 years ago! He only used his own reasoning and two sticks for that! ( And a poor guy whose name is not written nowhere, who was - hopefully properly - paid by him to walk 800 km to measure the distance between those sticks. May he rest in peace... History is so unfair.) Or let's remember Democritus and Leucippus and their speculation on atoms 2500 years ago! Or someone like Newton who all by himself discovered the laws of optics, laws of motion, universal law of gravitation and invented calculus! So Descartes certainly had a point there when he argued that we must trust the strength and the capacity of our own minds. But still: I think it is a much wiser approach not to divide the world into " me and the others", but to see those others " as a part of yourself". This way you would be very kind to everybody and you would respect and consider their thoughts, and value their legacy as a part of our shared human experience. Besides, if you are so confident in your own reasoning why should you be afraid of being " badly influenced" by other people's opinions? Therefore "seeking no knowledge other than that which could be found in yourself" may not be all that reasonable.... Thank you very much for another wonderful lesson!
Ah .. ok... Eratosthenes.. he was recognised at his tym tho.. the reason he is not featured so much is because other people during his time did more substantial or rather accurate work.. take for example Archimedes... anyway... i do agree that his work was very key to growth of Astronomy..
I just love this channel..soothes my mind and actually make me happy....Its such a wonder that knowing onself is so full of amazement.... and we try find it everywhere else.
You are the universe. Know yourself know the universe. Rule yourself rule the universe. When you know how to rule yourself please let the rest of us know.
Descartes didn't directly dismiss God from his philosophy, he tried to philosophically reconnect to God. He tried to do away with the dubious and uncertain aspects of knowing God.
This channel is good at giving a good overview or philosophers, but it seems like anytime he can quote a philosopher downplaying God or Christianity he does. The only exception being I've seen being the explanation for Nietzsche's "God is Dead" quote.
If the world is a dream it still exists as much as reality but we only know if anything exists if we can observe it. It doesn't matter if you think or not, anything you observe exists as information at least. It is human nature to think about anything we observe
The key to happiness is hidden deep inside you. Ppl search for happiness from 1 end of the earth to the other but its there inside u the whole time u just need 2 spend time alone thinking to find it
4:05 To elaborate on this (because I don't think it's done justice here), Descartes believes you can doubt pretty much everything due to a theoretical demon (or matrix, dream, or whatever). But even if, for instance, a demon existed that sought to trick him, there must be something (i.e a medium) to be tricked: his own mind. The one piece of knowledge that cannot be doubted is the sheer existence of his mind, even if one considered these illusory-inducing factors. The process of thought (questioning, observing, reasoning, doubting, etc.) has led him to the conclusion of his mind's existence. That doesn't necessarily mean the body exists, but for Descartes, this was good enough. The clearer version of cogito ergo sum is therefore "I am a thinking being, therefore, I exist".
Descartes wrote in his book Passions of the soul that love is simply attraction towards a person who makes our 1/2 complete, that we believe that we’re a defect of our own, and we long for someone who can complete us. Make us whole, or have all the goods the world could possibly give.
The seventeenthcentury philosopher Descartes, regarded as the founder of modern philosophy, gave expression to this primary error with his famous dictum (which he saw as primary truth): “I think, therefore I am.” This was the answer he found to the question “Is there anything I can know with absolute certainty?” He realized that the fact that he was always thinking was beyond doubt, and so he equated thinking with Being, that is to say, identity - I am - with thinking. Instead of the ultimate truth, he had found the root of the ego, but he didn't know that. It took almost three hundred years before another famous philosopher saw something in that statement that Descartes, as well as everybody else, had overlooked. His name was JeanPaul Sartre. He looked at Descartes's statement “I think, therefore I am” very deeply and suddenly realized, in his own words, “The consciousness that says 'I am' is not the consciousness that thinks.” What did he mean by that? When you are aware that you are thinking, that awareness is not part of thinking. It is a different dimension of consciousness. And it is that awareness that says “I am.” If there were nothing but thought in you, you wouldn't even know you are thinking. - Eckhart Tolle
I think in your statement....consciousness is being equated with thinking. Consciousness itself is simply just an awareness. A "room" where thoughts, feelings/emotions, intuitions and etc., can be brought into and processed....like a computer. I think Descartes may have meant, the "i" was the consciousness- not thinking or thought itself. Bc if thinking is cause for existence, it seems computers do it, it seems animals do it. But to another of Descartes's points, I can't know that with absolute certainty bc I am not a conscious entity inside other beings, only my own.
Philosophy in general helps you to understand your authentic self and all philosophers are looking for what missing in our personalities in this distracting world .
Well this presumption has completely tarnished your knowledge in my eyes. Neither of us know what is the true "good". But there is this difference between us, that, although you know nothing, you believe that you know Something. Whereas if I don't know anything, at least I'm not in doubt. So all of this wisdom superiority that is given to me by the Oracle is reduced to only knowing that I know nothing.
@@MidnightMatta Chill it was a joke. It's just a Socrates reference. I thought I didnt have to say it since it's one of the most famous quotes in philosophy
Rene Descartes , the great French mathematician of the seventeenth century , liked to lie in bed and think ! One day , when resting in bed , he solved the problem of describing the position of a point in a plane . His method was a development of the older idea of latitude and longitude . In honour of Descartes , the system used for describing the position of a point in a plane is also known as the Cartesian system .
"We recognize that separating humanity from nature, from the whole of life, leads to humankind's own destruction ... This striving toward connectedness with the totality of life, with nature itself, a nature into which we are born, this is the deepest meaning and true essence of National Socialist thought." - Ernst Lehmann, 1934
Once upon a time, I dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, to all intents and purposes a butterfly. I was conscious only of my happiness as a butterfly, unaware that I was myself. Soon I awaked, and there I was, veritably myself again. Now I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly, dreaming I am a man.
+mike jones lol no dude that's the quote that you're speaking of. It was a dream from a famous Taoist, he dreamt he was a butterfly and when he awoke he said how can I be sure I'm not a butterfly dreaming I am a man, he then went further and said he can't, it's impossible! That's the famous writings after his dream... 😂👍
I remember once hearing about a fellow who told his loan shark, to whom he owed $10,000 - he doubted the existence of all things,including money. The painful loss of several fingers permanently changed his perception...
Thank you for making these videos i am taking a college philosophy class and these videos simplify it for my dumb mind. I like the style and the calming voice it helps me pay attention to the subject at hand
I come here and subscribe to a well spoken description of topics I have checked out NUMEROUS library books or bought and tried to finish but never kept their basic difference beyond capitalist, commie, liberal religious, atheist. This is like PBS in a nice package.
I had an Ayahuasca trip and I experienced death. I was thinking if I am dead why I still think?! I am thinking so I must exist. Kudos to him for reaching this experience without any psychedelic substances.
It would be so intresting to find the entire text of such a beautiful documentary (yes I know: subtitles are there, but the whole written text would be other thing, exspecially for us, non english speaker teachers) !
It would be amazing if you guys made a video on more modern philosophers who are still alive! For example, Chomsky, Zizek, Peter Singer or even Michael Sandels. Or even Alain de Botton himself! I would love to see and learn about how contemporary philosophers think and comment on modern society :)
When Descartes talked about the "great books" or "letters", what was he referring to? Was he talking about the classical texts of Plato and others that were used in his primary education?
I almost liked this video. But, you completely ignored Descartes's contributions to the field of mathematics. His influence on mathematics is undeniable and the same qualities that made him a brilliant mathematician are what gave him his unique philosophical insights. You could have at least mentioned Cartesian coordinates.
“And I see plainly that the certainty and truth of every science depends exclusively upon the knowledge of the true God, to the extent that, prior to my becoming aware of him, I was incapable of achieving perfect knowledge about anything else . But now it is possible for me to achieve full and certain knowledge about countless things, both about God and other intellectual matters , as well as about the entirety of that corporal nature which is the object of that pure mathematics “-Descartes first philosophy (last paragraph of meditation 5)
You are brilliant for summing up one of the most complicated philosophies in the world in a short, interesting, and comprehensive way! I truly appreciate your great efforts.
Hard determinism changes the question of "I think therefore I am" to "How Can I think if my thoughts are predetermined. Leading most to dismiss hard determinism, yet that is exactly what hard determinism predicts.
I believe that what he says is more important than the images that appear on the screen... probably the person who does the videos doesn't know the difference.. and in the end it doesn't really matter.
In around fourth grade or earlier maybe, I had the idea that I know that I exist, but I didn’t know that anyone else did. It’s really cool to know that an old philosopher had the same idea, but way later in life.
The quest for certainty was not just meant to tell whether the outside world exists, it was actually meant to tell what we can be absolutely certain of, in order to determine an absolutely certain foundation for knowledge.
Great video. But no mention of Descartes’ revolutionary mathematics. The XYZ Cartesian coordinate system, and the inverse square law. The father of rationalism.
No, Descartes believed in Mind/Body dualism, not idealism as the only reality. After proving "I think therefore I am" and that he exists because of the fact he can think independently, he goes on in the chapter to use that fact as a lever to prove the reality of the physical universe beyond himself, and also the existence of God, which was his goal of writing the book as he states in the preface.
David Vahnderhaur It was, but then again all further acquisition of knowledge relies on the premise that there is a god who is so perfect that he would not deceive us. So the statement that he did not found most of his beliefs on a god is just wrong
@@Shiny100L That argument is weak, but you must understand it is was a necessary one and it wasn't based on belief but rather on circumstance. He simply knew it would be unwise to deny the existence of god at that time. See it as a sacrifice he had to do in order for his work to live on. Up until that point the church was very mad at the things he was saying. The argument was some sort of appeasement.
No. 1, I think therefore I am. No. 2, I thought therefore I know. No. 3, I judge to give to myself what is better for myself. . 1 acknowledges the existence of self. 2 acknowledges the effect of experience creating time, 3 acknowledges the existence of choice, creating contrast (love and fear), and separation (I and other), and makes space for the emotion of love. My own 2 cents.
+The School of Life thank you very much for what you are doing.will u guys be able to post video series on famous ethical dilemmas like the trolley problem and philosophical ones like the ship of theseus?
Rene Descartes was the most thoughtful and articulate defender of Dualism. Descartes believed that animals were material things. He thought that the doctrine of Materialism was correct about non-human animals. “Cogito Ergo Sum” I think , therefore I am .”
Will you guys being doing any videos of Eastern philosophers like Adi Shankara? I'd love to hear a explanation of non-dualism/Advaita Vedanta in layman's terms. Thanks!
Why is the statement, "I think therefore I am" so important? Have you ever read to the end of the section containing this quote? He only uses this statement as a stepping stone to prove God, and not only A god, but the Christian God. He was not "SELF-confident," but rather confident in the fact that there is a perfect, unchangeable, rational God. He was ministering to others, using the thing that they knew (or we know) best: Reason. When he explained how to control our passions, he was doing it through reason, but he never said not to use our passions. He was using a Biblical standpoint found throughout the scriptures: Proverbs 3:13 says, "Happy is the man who finds wisdom, And the man who gains understanding." Wisdom (and reason) should rule over your passions. He would not approve of how people have twisted his writings.
People often find what they are not looking for. Columbus for example. Descartes didn't want to undermine religion, but in his search for a new rational approach toward God, he found so much more than he realized himself.
I'm aware that I'm incredibly late, but for the fact that Descartes lived in Christian Europe (time in which it was normal to scrutinize any heresy) it is an incredible feat to even dare to question the ideals of his own god, especially since he went as far as to argue whether God was merely a deceitful spirit or not. I'm not an expert on the subject so forgive me if I said anything infactual, but regardless of his conclusions, I think he was quite brave in a time in which it was rare to be.
@1seala0 This channel is good at giving a good overview or philosophers, but it seems like anytime he can quote a philosopher downplaying God or Christianity he does. The only exception being I've seen being the explanation for Nietzsche's "God is Dead" quote.
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@UCIhV7lRTIQVzzb6ya_KPAhA .. excuse me wtf?!
Where is this quote (I think, therefore I am) from?????
Because, dude, I'm thinking,
Wait (I think) I read his Mediations On First Philosophy (or something along those lines),
Translated into English it was a text book.
And for the life of me i can't remember him proffessing this...
The closest would have been something like,
I am an object which thinks.
Having seen the entire video, I'm thinking, well his meditations on his first philosophy might as well be clearer, or more further analysed and resolved; at least that's how it was presented in the textbook; it had critical notes and even his response to said notes...
Given that, One can Imagine a big fat one-eyed purple people-eater, therefore it exists although It may not be able to think.
And then, his profession, I think therefore I am, sort of makes less sense philosophically.
But then, I'm not college-educated. And sorry for wasting your time, if that's what you think of my dumb inquiry.
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Descartes doesn't say he hoped into a stove. He meditated and developed his method while living in a small room heated by a stove. Such a room was called "poêle" which is the french word for stove. when recounting this In his "Discours de la méthode", he is referring to the room, not the stove itself.
It sounds cooler if he hopped into a stove tho
you are right lol i speak french and in school we are studying descartes and it's more accurate caue we sudy him in french. I didnt get it when he said descartes was in a stove lmaooo
Shut up buzzkill
@@Paddy984 No he is right, the word poêle was used by Descartes to refer to a heated room with a stove. There are many metonyms in the french language.
Thanks. I couldn't match the logical and down to earth mind of descartes jumping into a coal stove.
This makes way more sense
I was sort of expecting a few remarks on his mathematical genius. It is often overlooked by people how the most brilliant of mathematicians were at the same time rather sober and helpful thinkers...
+Selman Adzovic He was a far better mathematician than philosopher.
+quinndiesel1977 mathematics is accessible to people in science, philosophy helps everybody that what he is remembered for. No I don't remember what his theorems talked about.
I see that many of you have missed my point. I do not find it relevant to speculate on whether Descartes had more significance as a philosopher than as a mathematician or scientist. The point is that wisdom of many of history's intelectual giants was not channelled solely through philosophy, but also through mathematics and natural sciences, to the point that there seems to be strong correlation between these areas of human intelect. Descartes is a prime example of this, but others like Spinoza, Leibniz or even Einstein could easily be placed in that same context. It is therefore unfortunate that many think of mathematical or natural sciences as dry or unimaginative, or of philosophy as disconnected from reality of practical life. A genius like Descartes showed that profound wisdom is just a common trait of different areas of human activity.
+Selman Adzovic That goes without saying. People don't usually name all the ingredients of pizza, they simply say pizza or the kind of pizza, pepperoni, mushroom, etc. Nothing "overlooked" here, just the point that the "part" of the whole you are most interested in was not discussed in this particular video. Many other parts of the whole were left out as well. The logical thing to do is to search youtube for Descartes Mathematics. You will find in many of those videos that his philosophical "parts" are not included.
+Selman Adzovic If you like mathematics check out Numberphile
Descartes is a very important person. He is regarded as the father of modern philosophy. He is also regarded as the father of modern mathematics. That is amazing. As a math teacher, I used his coordinate plane every day.
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But time does not exist...
See what I did there? Ey?
+SuperiorSeven
That was f**kin' beautiful, man!
+jaidsalgado bundle theroy aswell we can only be sure that the properties of items exsist.
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Thank you for this comment, it really made my day:)
Descartes walks into a bar.
"Would you like a drink, sir?" the bartender asks.
Descartes responds with, "I think not," and ceases to exist.
Sarah, that is funny application of Descartes's skeptical method..
***** Thank you. I thought long and hard about it. Longer and harder than I really should have.
Awake ned No. I don't make innuendo puns, mate.
Awake ned In your dirty mind, perhaps.
Did you think long and hard enough to realize that you exist?
In the world of social media it's nice to get away from meme posts and celebrity news, and instead go back to what really matters, Knowledge.
Kelvin_ Eclectic in the end not even knowledge matters
@@huejanus6459 Well .. why does that matter ?
zxviii X it doesn't, nothing matters
Agree with you.
Damian Elizondo Just because nothing ultimately matters doesn’t mean things don’t matter to me.
I absolutely love Descartes's books. Specially the ' Meditations on First Philosophy', it was so personal and his emotions and thoughts were vividly expressed as he imparts his wisdom. It's absolutely wonderful.
damn if they were shocked to see him in bed at 11am, i would like to see their reaction when i am in bed at 3pm
Well daylight meant something back then.
zakariya mohamud I wake up at 3pm but stay in bed until 5pm...you could say I'm thinking...but I really don't want to do life
zakariya mohamud or imagine how they'd react to me not getting up all day on vacations period!
It is what I thought
I think in bed, therefore I am in bed.
I eat, therefore, I am.
You should always strive to modulate the savegeness
Random Me I eat, therefore, I live.
so what the distinction between you with an animal then.
@RE ID nothing important, animal
RE ID dont forget, we are animals. Just particularly smarter ones who can analyse our perceptions a little bit better.
Descartes to me is the most important philosopher ever. That is, in relation to the formation of modern science. He was to Newton, as Newton was to Einstein. Although a rationalist(as opposed to an empirical scientist), his work in mathematics was necessary in shaping Newton's mind in terms of structuring the world. My personal favorite work of his is the well-established Cartesian Coordinate System.
+Satoshi Nakamoto I wonder why many overlook the Cartesian Coordinate System, the concept that every man will eventually understand despite their will.
Can you please explain to me the difference between a rationalist and an empirical scientist?
@@shivammishra1720 truth is derived from logical concepts vs. truth derived from observation. Science places the latter in greater importance
@@satoshinakamoto5710 Okay so both are the means of getting knowledge but the latter one is better but not perfect.
He ranks equal to Rousseau and Kant in terms of complete idiocy
Not even one mention of him as a mathematician.. =(
AnonymousRandomMan Yeah I was definitely surprised
maths sucks get outta here
Sad Boi Tim Surely, but you need to mention his achievements in this field
@@thomascatty379 i think i remember something about the descartian equation ?
this is the "PHILOSOPHY" of Descartes.
The internet has proved René wrong. There's plenty of people out there who has never been thinking a single thought their whole lifes, but apparantly they still exist.
Technically, that has nothing to do with what René said. Sorry, but your joke is wrong
@@arisoda He said "i think, therefore i am" so what the dude is trying to say is that many people now adays dont think, yet they "still are"
@@ren.8137 I know what he was trying to say. But what he said simply didn't make any sense and is plain wrong. You guys clearly don't understand "I think, therefore I am".
First of all, you can't know whether or not someone else's existence is CERTAIN, because you can't read their minds, only your own. So you cannot hear them thinking and therefore knowing they ARE. There is a reason René said "Therefore *I* am", not "Therefore *they* are", or "I *see* [them], therefore *they* are". This goes completely against what René said.
@@arisoda This wasnt meant to be analyzed, it was a joke basically saying people now a days dont think. Therefore theres nothing wrong with it, you just want to sound smart which isnt really working for you.
@@ren.8137 But there IS something wrong with it. Jokes aren't working when they're wrong. It's as simple as that.
And there was a reason I said "Technically", implying that I WANT to analyse it, regardless of the intention of the joke. You should read better, or else you sound no smarter me.
PS: why are you liking your every comment lol.
This 9 minute video was more helpful than 2 entire lectures i attended.. THANKYOU
Excellent philosopher, a true lover of wisdom, a passionate and honest intellectual, the creator of 'self', of our consciousness and, like it or not, we cannot go back to Greek naiveté. So, let's embrace it with joy!
+Elsa Alves Greek naiveté?
+ThePeaceableKingdom Yes, before Sin came in.
+Elsa Alves Pardon my English - naivety
Maybe innocence should be the word
Elsa Alves
I'm not disagreeing. I was just wondering what you meant...
Just watched Nietzsche, Kant and now Descartes. I cant thank you and your producers enough for summarizing and collecting these methods. Bite sized pieces that not only validate but foster the growth of good people within society.
give her the philosophy
I understand this reference
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@@jabir5768 I am not sure
I clicked on this video just because of that picture hahahaha
I'm doing philosophy at uni so this helps a lot. Thank you!
which university?
Sniffles is this ur final year or you dropped out
@@footballyzvid2780 lol 😂
Why that question?
@@ashwinkumar9732 none... its not a real person. its a fkn npc
Have you majored now?
the information contained in these videos can make the world a better place if understood and used properly. Using the info learned in these videos had certainly made my life richer. thank you school of life...and to all of you who also support their work :-)
Whenever I think of the meditations of Rene,I feel life depends on an individuals mind..virtue and vice.....He was man who never belief in dualism....
I hate to be "that guy," but at 3:18 the book shown was Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica by Isaac Newton. I only noticed because I was so impressed by the animations. They were great... like, Terry Gilliam level animations!!!
lmao ^
Artistic license?
I noticed that too.
Master Therion really look at my last name
And I'd swear that's Charles I of England duelling that Lion in the third minute.
not to take away from the content but i could listen to this narrator speak all day.
Thank you for the hard work your team puts into educating us. You've given me a launching point for further studying when I felt very lost but had a desire the learn. Your work will inspire many, can't thank you enough!
An author and researcher I respect says that philosophers can be wrong, but we have to see their strengths and weak areas and appreciate them as those who *think*. This presentation of this philosopher who I've learned to despise has made me capable of seeing the whole man. Thank you
Out of curiosity, what caused you to become less fond of him?
Descartes is currently my favorite PHILOSOPHER 💙
When it's 3am and you're awake, reflecting on your own existence
"I think, there I don't sleep"
I thought about Eratosthenes! The guy who calculated the circumference of the world 2300 years ago! He only used his own reasoning and two sticks for that! ( And a poor guy whose name is not written nowhere, who was - hopefully properly - paid by him to walk 800 km to measure the distance between those sticks. May he rest in peace... History is so unfair.)
Or let's remember Democritus and Leucippus and their speculation on atoms 2500 years ago! Or someone like Newton who all by himself discovered the laws of optics, laws of motion, universal law of gravitation and invented calculus! So Descartes certainly had a point there when he argued that we must trust the strength and the capacity of our own minds.
But still: I think it is a much wiser approach not to divide the world into " me and the others", but to see those others " as a part of yourself". This way you would be very kind to everybody and you would respect and consider their thoughts, and value their legacy as a part of our shared human experience. Besides, if you are so confident in your own reasoning why should you be afraid of being " badly influenced" by other people's opinions? Therefore "seeking no knowledge other than that which could be found in yourself" may not be all that reasonable....
Thank you very much for another wonderful lesson!
+Lua Veli Thank you so much. My thoughts as well.
Eugene Sudi
Hello Eugene:-) Thank you for reading and for your message!
+Lua Veli nice comment right there
+Chino Rodríguez
Gracias por leer! :-)
Ah .. ok...
Eratosthenes.. he was recognised at his tym tho.. the reason he is not featured so much is because other people during his time did more substantial or rather accurate work.. take for example Archimedes...
anyway... i do agree that his work was very key to growth of Astronomy..
A man who was rational in times of religious people. brave man
He was a Catholic and he gave a very deep critique of atheism yet he was considered an atheist which he was not
Descartes was still Religious.
I just love this channel..soothes my mind and actually make me happy....Its such a wonder that knowing onself is so full of amazement.... and we try find it everywhere else.
You are the universe. Know yourself know the universe. Rule yourself rule the universe. When you know how to rule yourself please let the rest of us know.
Descartes didn't directly dismiss God from his philosophy, he tried to philosophically reconnect to God. He tried to do away with the dubious and uncertain aspects of knowing God.
This channel is good at giving a good overview or philosophers, but it seems like anytime he can quote a philosopher downplaying God or Christianity he does. The only exception being I've seen being the explanation for Nietzsche's "God is Dead" quote.
Speech in harmony with the law of Nature, REASON LOGIC and SCIENCE. A WORD TO THE WISE. SALUTE SIR, FOR IMPARTING THESE PRECIOUS KNOWLEDGE. Thks.Bye.
"I think therefore I am" was first written in the metaphysical meditations I believe :)
Nope!, He said it first in the Discourse on the Method. He expands on it in Meditations.on First Philosophy, with slightly different wording.
If the world is a dream it still exists as much as reality but we only know if anything exists if we can observe it. It doesn't matter if you think or not, anything you observe exists as information at least. It is human nature to think about anything we observe
There are sooo many 69's in this video. Descartes was indeed the dankest philosopher.
jajajajaja
LMAO
top kek
What about Montaigne? Or Camus, he was a player for sure. Lol
6 passions have only 64 combinations, not so endless
Sometimes I feel utterly alone in this line of thinking and it's relieving to know that there are others who place as much importance on it as I do
The key to happiness is hidden deep inside you. Ppl search for happiness from 1 end of the earth to the other but its there inside u the whole time u just need 2 spend time alone thinking to find it
4:05 To elaborate on this (because I don't think it's done justice here), Descartes believes you can doubt pretty much everything due to a theoretical demon (or matrix, dream, or whatever). But even if, for instance, a demon existed that sought to trick him, there must be something (i.e a medium) to be tricked: his own mind. The one piece of knowledge that cannot be doubted is the sheer existence of his mind, even if one considered these illusory-inducing factors. The process of thought (questioning, observing, reasoning, doubting, etc.) has led him to the conclusion of his mind's existence. That doesn't necessarily mean the body exists, but for Descartes, this was good enough. The clearer version of cogito ergo sum is therefore "I am a thinking being, therefore, I exist".
Happy Birthday René Descartes 03-31-2022!
This sounds so freaking interesting but the fact I fell asleep 3 times duringthe video says something about me, something I want to change
Passion of soul is just bohemian rhapsody
Descartes original quote:
"I think I am, therefore I am, I think"
A logic loop with a dash of uncertainty.
Shaken,not stirred if you please.
Descartes wrote in his book Passions of the soul that love is simply attraction towards a person who makes our 1/2 complete, that we believe that we’re a defect of our own, and we long for someone who can complete us. Make us whole, or have all the goods the world could possibly give.
The seventeenthcentury philosopher Descartes, regarded as the founder of modern philosophy, gave expression to this primary error with his famous dictum (which he saw as primary truth): “I think, therefore I am.” This was the answer he found to the question “Is there anything I can know with absolute certainty?” He realized that the fact that he was always thinking was beyond doubt, and so he equated thinking with Being, that is to say, identity - I am - with thinking. Instead of the ultimate truth, he had found the root of the ego, but he didn't know that.
It took almost three hundred years before another famous philosopher saw something in that statement that Descartes, as well as everybody else, had overlooked. His name was JeanPaul Sartre. He looked at Descartes's statement “I think, therefore I am” very deeply and suddenly realized, in his own words, “The consciousness that says 'I am' is not the consciousness that thinks.” What did he mean by that? When you are aware that you are thinking, that awareness is not part of thinking. It is a different dimension of consciousness. And it is that awareness that says “I am.” If there were nothing but thought in you, you wouldn't even know you are thinking. - Eckhart Tolle
I think in your statement....consciousness is being equated with thinking.
Consciousness itself is simply just an awareness. A "room" where thoughts, feelings/emotions, intuitions and etc., can be brought into and processed....like a computer.
I think Descartes may have meant, the "i" was the consciousness- not thinking or thought itself.
Bc if thinking is cause for existence, it seems computers do it, it seems animals do it.
But to another of Descartes's points, I can't know that with absolute certainty bc I am not a conscious entity inside other beings, only my own.
Philosophy in general helps you to understand your authentic self and all philosophers are looking for what missing in our personalities in this distracting world .
I'm so smart now that I've found this channel
Well this presumption has completely tarnished your knowledge in my eyes. Neither of us know what is the true "good". But there is this difference between us, that, although you know nothing, you believe that you know Something. Whereas if I don't know anything, at least I'm not in doubt. So all of this wisdom superiority that is given to me by the Oracle is reduced to only knowing that I know nothing.
@@klutchboi3266 I would care more if I didn't care so little about your eyes
@@MidnightMatta Chill it was a joke. It's just a Socrates reference. I thought I didnt have to say it since it's one of the most famous quotes in philosophy
7:08 thank you School of Life for helping us do exactly that. Cheers.
Rene Descartes , the great French mathematician of the seventeenth century , liked to lie in bed and think ! One day , when resting in bed , he solved the problem of describing the position of a point in a plane . His method was a development of the older idea of latitude and longitude . In honour of Descartes , the system used for describing the position of a point in a plane is also known as the Cartesian system .
"We recognize that separating humanity from nature, from the whole of life, leads to humankind's own destruction ... This striving toward connectedness with the totality of life, with nature itself, a nature into which we are born, this is the deepest meaning and true essence of National Socialist thought." - Ernst Lehmann, 1934
I'm remember once hearing that no matter what, you can not prove wrong that you are actually a butterfly dreaming of being a human being.
Once upon a time, I dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, to all intents and purposes a butterfly. I was conscious only of my happiness as a butterfly, unaware that I was myself. Soon I awaked, and there I was, veritably myself again. Now I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly, dreaming I am a man.
+Awakening to oneness you were neither, you were a man on crystal meth lol
+mike jones lol no dude that's the quote that you're speaking of. It was a dream from a famous Taoist, he dreamt he was a butterfly and when he awoke he said how can I be sure I'm not a butterfly dreaming I am a man, he then went further and said he can't, it's impossible! That's the famous writings after his dream... 😂👍
I remember once hearing about a fellow who told his loan shark, to whom he owed $10,000 - he doubted the existence of all things,including money.
The painful loss of several fingers permanently changed his perception...
One can't prove that, you are right in saying that. However, the person that makes a statement also has to prove that the statement is correct.
Thank you for making these videos i am taking a college philosophy class and these videos simplify it for my dumb mind. I like the style and the calming voice it helps me pay attention to the subject at hand
literally me rn 😆 how'd philosophy go though?
I'd love it if you could do a video on fear
+tigguh Instinct tells us to fear the unknown.
+Fi99s
No! The unknown cannot be feared. You can only fear your expectations.
B Sto Obviously you're going to expect certain things, in certain situations. But expecting something, isn't the same as knowing something..
+tigguh *"Don't fear god,
Don't worry about death;
What is good is easy to get, and
What is terrible is easy to endure"* - Epicurus.
Done.
Wimi Bussard
You can be religious and spend your while life trying not to go to hell. Or you can screw that and focus on what's important.
I come here and subscribe to a well spoken description of topics I have checked out NUMEROUS library books or bought and tried to finish but never kept their basic difference beyond capitalist, commie, liberal religious, atheist. This is like PBS in a nice package.
I had an Ayahuasca trip and I experienced death. I was thinking if I am dead why I still think?! I am thinking so I must exist. Kudos to him for reaching this experience without any psychedelic substances.
I love the way it is presented with writings.
Well done 🙏🙏🙏
3:17 That is Sir Isaac Newton's book on gravity and perhaps the most significant scientific book ever written. It is not one of descartes' books.
There is power in simple logic. It's so powerful that it's overlooked.
It would be so intresting to find the entire text of such a beautiful documentary (yes I know: subtitles are there, but the whole written text would be other thing, exspecially for us, non english speaker teachers) !
Im so glad it has lots of translations! Thank you very much!
It would be amazing if you guys made a video on more modern philosophers who are still alive! For example, Chomsky, Zizek, Peter Singer or even Michael Sandels. Or even Alain de Botton himself! I would love to see and learn about how contemporary philosophers think and comment on modern society :)
Descartes was the first to understand that reason have the power to free us from the Matrix.
can you explain this further???
I loved the effort put into the animation in this episode!
Happy Birthday Father of Modern Philosophy. 31-March-2022. 🙏🏾
Make a video on the Indian philosopher Chanakya.
So great writer hats off master class , I like writers
When Descartes talked about the "great books" or "letters", what was he referring to?
Was he talking about the classical texts of Plato and others that were used in his primary education?
So much love and beauty to be the best for the world.
I almost liked this video. But, you completely ignored Descartes's contributions to the field of mathematics. His influence on mathematics is undeniable and the same qualities that made him a brilliant mathematician are what gave him his unique philosophical insights. You could have at least mentioned Cartesian coordinates.
Allen Linnen, Jr. oh my, what will they do now without your shitty like, the whole channel will go down. Sigh
@@sweetdreams961 you completely missed the point, moron.
@@deepstariaenigmatica2601 LOL
1:23 "Baby don't hurt me..."
Cartesian normie
@@Cjnw K zoomer
“And I see plainly that the certainty and truth of every science depends exclusively upon the knowledge of the true God, to the extent that, prior to my becoming aware of him, I was incapable of achieving perfect knowledge about anything else . But now it is possible for me to achieve full and certain knowledge about countless things, both about God and other intellectual matters , as well as about the entirety of that corporal nature which is the object of that pure mathematics “-Descartes first philosophy (last paragraph of meditation 5)
i learned about this guy in school today
Descartes; the guy who made me fall in love with philosophy.
One of my favorites
You are brilliant for summing up one of the most complicated philosophies in the world in a short, interesting, and comprehensive way!
I truly appreciate your great efforts.
Hard determinism changes the question of "I think therefore I am" to "How Can I think if my thoughts are predetermined. Leading most to dismiss hard determinism, yet that is exactly what hard determinism predicts.
You showed a pic of Newton's Principia over Descartes' Philosophy
Not the first time I see mistake in this channel. Suggestion: annotate over the occasional mistake, like other good educational channel do.
What a weird mistake to make though, right? I mean, they must've just googled ''Principia philosophy'' and chose the first one they saw.
I believe that what he says is more important than the images that appear on the screen... probably the person who does the videos doesn't know the difference.. and in the end it doesn't really matter.
In around fourth grade or earlier maybe, I had the idea that I know that I exist, but I didn’t know that anyone else did. It’s really cool to know that an old philosopher had the same idea, but way later in life.
I'm not the only one who stay on his bed in the morning only for thinking...
Lol
1. “I think therefore I am”; rationalism
2. Method of doubts
3. “Discourse on the method”
4. “Passions of the soul”
That brow though...
The quest for certainty was not just meant to tell whether the outside world exists, it was actually meant to tell what we can be absolutely certain of, in order to determine an absolutely certain foundation for knowledge.
Surely, Immauel Kant will come soon?
Great video. But no mention of Descartes’ revolutionary mathematics. The XYZ Cartesian coordinate system, and the inverse square law. The father of rationalism.
Hehehe I'm totally gonna use the "gangs of scientists" as my wall paper.
I have philosopy exam and I’m here 💚Thanks for this amazing channel🌻
it seems to have some in common with Buddhism that all answers lie within
interesting observation, but would it perhaps be more similar to the philosophy of ideas as the only truth? Which was very popular in antiquity
No, Descartes believed in Mind/Body dualism, not idealism as the only reality. After proving "I think therefore I am" and that he exists because of the fact he can think independently, he goes on in the chapter to use that fact as a lever to prove the reality of the physical universe beyond himself, and also the existence of God, which was his goal of writing the book as he states in the preface.
we need more men/women like this. Great, great mind.
Of course you will not mentioned his argument for the existence of God
If god exists we are all already in hell
edward batista it was a shit argument
David Vahnderhaur It was, but then again all further acquisition of knowledge relies on the premise that there is a god who is so perfect that he would not deceive us. So the statement that he did not found most of his beliefs on a god is just wrong
@@Shiny100L That argument is weak, but you must understand it is was a necessary one and it wasn't based on belief but rather on circumstance. He simply knew it would be unwise to deny the existence of god at that time. See it as a sacrifice he had to do in order for his work to live on.
Up until that point the church was very mad at the things he was saying. The argument was some sort of appeasement.
Thank god, as that argument is complete bs
All philosophical ideas from Plato to Socrates to Aristotle to Descartes are very much applicable to our modern society.If only we listen
Skipping his concept of the Ontological argument seems odd to me.
No. 1, I think therefore I am. No. 2, I thought therefore I know. No. 3, I judge to give to myself what is better for myself. . 1 acknowledges the existence of self. 2 acknowledges the effect of experience creating time, 3 acknowledges the existence of choice, creating contrast (love and fear), and separation (I and other), and makes space for the emotion of love.
My own 2 cents.
He was a good Catholic philosopher.
How can you argue Descartes was an atheist when all of his works praise God or acknowledge God as the supreme truth?
Adrian Hernandez that moment when Descartes’ III Meditation is titled “Of God: that He exists”
+The School of Life Thank you for introducing me to this great philosopher. I think I am going to read more about his works.
DO SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR PLEASE. :) LOVE YOUR VIDEOS BY THE WAY.
3:00 looks like a picture of "rumah gadang", a traditional home of Minangkabau ethnic in West Sumatra, Indonesia
i love this chanel. pls do you have a video on John Rawls, the autor of the theory of justice?
+The School of Life What about David Hume? Looking forward to listen to your insights
+The School of Life thank you very much for what you are doing.will u guys be able to post video series on famous ethical dilemmas like the trolley problem and philosophical ones like the ship of theseus?
Rene Descartes was the most thoughtful and articulate defender of Dualism.
Descartes believed that animals were material things. He thought that the doctrine of Materialism was correct about non-human animals. “Cogito Ergo Sum” I think , therefore I am .”
Will you guys being doing any videos of Eastern philosophers like Adi Shankara? I'd love to hear a explanation of non-dualism/Advaita Vedanta in layman's terms.
Thanks!
I loved studying Descartes work. When The Matrix hit the theaters, “I think, therefore I am” flooded my mind.
Why is the statement, "I think therefore I am" so important? Have you ever read to the end of the section containing this quote? He only uses this statement as a stepping stone to prove God, and not only A god, but the Christian God. He was not "SELF-confident," but rather confident in the fact that there is a perfect, unchangeable, rational God. He was ministering to others, using the thing that they knew (or we know) best: Reason. When he explained how to control our passions, he was doing it through reason, but he never said not to use our passions. He was using a Biblical standpoint found throughout the scriptures: Proverbs 3:13 says, "Happy is the man who finds wisdom, And the man who gains understanding." Wisdom (and reason) should rule over your passions. He would not approve of how people have twisted his writings.
People often find what they are not looking for. Columbus for example. Descartes didn't want to undermine religion, but in his search for a new rational approach toward God, he found so much more than he realized himself.
Because it's all of 5 words plus has a nice ring to it, more people recite the quote to seem educated and sassy
I'm aware that I'm incredibly late, but for the fact that Descartes lived in Christian Europe (time in which it was normal to scrutinize any heresy) it is an incredible feat to even dare to question the ideals of his own god, especially since he went as far as to argue whether God was merely a deceitful spirit or not. I'm not an expert on the subject so forgive me if I said anything infactual, but regardless of his conclusions, I think he was quite brave in a time in which it was rare to be.
@1seala0 very well said!!!
@1seala0 This channel is good at giving a good overview or philosophers, but it seems like anytime he can quote a philosopher downplaying God or Christianity he does. The only exception being I've seen being the explanation for Nietzsche's "God is Dead" quote.