NIETZSCHE: The Art of Not Reading (And What to Do Instead)

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  • Опубликовано: 21 дек 2024

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  • @WeltgeistYT
    @WeltgeistYT  2 года назад +78

    We hope you enjoy this one. It's a bit of a follow-up to a previous vid we did when Schopenhauer argued much the same as Nietzsche. Go for a walk and enjoy the sun, but not before leaving a comment for the algorithm of course... Anyway, thank you for watching! Support us on Patreon if you want more longer videos: ▶ www.patreon.com/WeltgeistYT

    • @alupelimjamekwana2174
      @alupelimjamekwana2174 2 года назад

      👍🏾👍🏾

    • @adam2aces
      @adam2aces 2 года назад +1

      I love your synopsis of key points on these works. I have now read five of Nietzsche's works as a result. Some things Nietzsche says result in a bit of repulsion, but as that feeling passes the truth is revealed. We may be disgusted by our own species, the truth can be piercing, but in the end we are human, all too human.

    • @meichuenlee9212
      @meichuenlee9212 2 года назад

      Great critique of the scholarly life!

    • @kiljaeden5405
      @kiljaeden5405 2 года назад

      I have found the Overman, it is Andrew Tate

    • @PavelGheorghe
      @PavelGheorghe Год назад

      😮😊

  • @g3nj1
    @g3nj1 2 года назад +903

    I think Nietzche would be legitimately impressed with how many people have taken that first step towards not reading.

    • @kvk812
      @kvk812 2 года назад +52

      i cant imagine what his reaction would be to the present setting

    • @kentjg32
      @kentjg32 2 года назад +76

      @@kvk812 he'd probably be very grateful for syphilis medicine.

    • @tituslucretiuscarus659
      @tituslucretiuscarus659 2 года назад +50

      Modern times show how stupidly short-sighted Nietzsche's thinking must have been on this topic. Obviously, training yourself to only regurgitate other people's thoughts is a surefire way of becoming a braindead NPC, but how can anyone evaluate the quality of their own thinking without reading? One should strive to both read as much as possible *and* not just being a passive consumer. You can do both, it's not that hard. (The banality of this is so evident that I assume that Weltgeist must have taken Nietzsche out of context for clickbait reasons.)

    • @nestorgermanos3979
      @nestorgermanos3979 2 года назад +96

      @@tituslucretiuscarus659 you seem to have completely misunderstood the contents of this video. Nietzsche is not supportive of not reading books, but rather points out the dangers of JUST reading books and avoiding self contemplation.

    • @JabaliLoco1979
      @JabaliLoco1979 2 года назад +16

      @@nestorgermanos3979 Sorry for my bad English.
      That is one of the problems of many who "read" Nietzsche, and misunderstand him. To understand it you must not only read a lot, but also "live" (And be "disgustingly" honest with yourself).
      "Life" is not on the internet, nor in books, it is in the "streets".

  • @willb295
    @willb295 2 года назад +522

    I completely agree. I do believe that one ability we lost as individuals in our modern society today is the ability to tolerate boredom. I’ve noticed that whenever I find myself in long periods of silence, my first instinct is to watch something on RUclips or play a game to past the time. When I’m on a train ride or long walk, my first instinct is to play music. It’s gotten to the point where I have to have something on in the background in order for me to focus. This is a habit of constantly needing stimulation that I’ve been trying to kick by reading more books. After watching Nietzsche and Schopenhauer’s critique of reading too many books though, I now think my new approach to life should be as follows: read more than I’ve been reading now, but with long periods of silence in between to allow my mind to process what I’ve learned. It’s when we are bored when our creativity and imagination thrive. Boredom was once something that needed a remedy, hence the rise of ever present entertainment. However, in this day and age, enduring boredom and letting your mind wander to new places is a vital skill to have that will put you above everyone else.

    • @sohamdave9184
      @sohamdave9184 2 года назад +10

      Ya but that's his point. We cant take boredom so we are always keeping ourselves busy. In this day and age its phones so yes we should read more but don't constantly entertain yourself

    • @silent_stalker3687
      @silent_stalker3687 2 года назад +4

      Buy a Zanuton and maybe check out Brad Warner’s books, he also has a RUclips called hardcore zen.
      One book I suggest is ‘how not to be a jerk’ the audiobook is godly good and adds a lot, it’s very entertaining.

    • @kingstarscream320
      @kingstarscream320 2 года назад +1

      Keep up the good work, kid.

    • @jackmorgan8931
      @jackmorgan8931 2 года назад +4

      "Boredom" you say?
      Fascinating conclusion, the perfect way, to describe what everyone has been telling me for, yeah, most of my 69 years on this planet, is that "life" of all those great "technological advances" that has served to...to what? Yes, (01) make life oh so much easier...as in the increasing absence of the "need" for "manual labor", i.e., machines will do all that "hard" work or hell, bring in those poor, uneducated masses from around the globe to do that work as well as, of course, go to college and learn all that stuff so they, too, will not have to "work for a living," (02) give every oh so much "free time" to...to do what, exactly? Well, it ain't like "spending time with their families" is anything people care much about doing...with all that "free time"...because, well, all invovled prefer staying buried in their phones and tablets and....
      Yeah, I'll just shut up and go away but it is quite poetic that you did allude to a favorite old saying, "Idle hands are the tools of the devil."
      Sure looks to me like the truth of all this "free time" and subsequent "boredom" has, if nothing else, revealed just what a pathetic slob the human animal really is.

    • @VVeltanschauung187
      @VVeltanschauung187 2 года назад +3

      Lel, boredom as a recipe for greatness is the biggest cope these existentialists have ever come up with. Everyone has tolerated boredom and accepted it as a living fact of reality to the point we made instant gratification and consumerist hobbies a necessity. The hardest thing to do in the world is to find ENJOYMENT in living life

  • @adam2aces
    @adam2aces 2 года назад +129

    The most valuable advice is to pause and reflect on what you have just read. Sometimes people are chastised, especially in schools, for reading too slowly. I am not a slow reader! I'm pausing and taking upon myself deeper contemplation of the topic as well as an entire branch of new ideas may hit me from a single line I have read. I have to put down my book and begin writing the new topic as inspiration hits.
    People who read too fast are missing out on the deeper meanings, or they are reading terribly written books, either of the two are a waste of time.

  • @zoehltsen83
    @zoehltsen83 2 года назад +20

    This was really encouraging to me. As someone who had to cram 3 semesters into 2, I spent the last year as a sedentary house plant. The few moments where I went for a jog rewarded me with insight into what I was writing at that given moment. I'm encouraged to dedicate more time to exercise and less time to social media

    • @ToxicTurtleIsMad
      @ToxicTurtleIsMad Год назад

      I dont think Nietzsche is speaking to you. But by all means do what you want.

  • @RaffiMaurer
    @RaffiMaurer 2 года назад +17

    Loved Schopenhauer’s quote about internal motion requiring an external counterpart. As a child I hated exercise or sport of virtually any kind and poured scorn on those who spent hours on them. This changed dramatically as I aged and I realised the degree to which my mental and physical well-being depended on this. Now I’m the one who many think is crazy, refusing to let a day elapse without some kind of cardio exercise. It hasn’t cured me of my fundamental problems but I’m certainly less restless when I’ve been exercising regularly and I now can’t imagine life without it.

    • @Lumosnight
      @Lumosnight 2 года назад +2

      Exactly, in a healthy body is a healthy mind. I also don’t like exercise and avoided it as a child, but I noticed I feel better and think more clearly after exercise, so I must not avoid it.

  • @MosesRabuka
    @MosesRabuka 2 года назад +77

    “Throw away your books stop letting yourself be distracted” ~ Marcus Aurelius

    • @leonardonetagamer
      @leonardonetagamer 2 года назад +7

      The people in Fahrenheit 451 did this and look where it got them ... books are important they just shouldn't be your entire life

    • @voiceofomiej7722
      @voiceofomiej7722 2 года назад

      Its true Moses

    • @YourAverageYoutubeCommentor
      @YourAverageYoutubeCommentor 8 месяцев назад

      In the past, books were a source of mental stimulation for people.

  • @JanxakaJX
    @JanxakaJX 2 года назад +17

    I appreciate you not trying to give your own intepretation of every single little thing, unlike some other youtubers I have seen covering Nietzsche and philosophy. Your effort to relate things to the modern world is a simple yet effective motif, one that can bring out little bits of brilliance for me. I like that you don't try to 'reinvent the wheel' with niezsche here; you just show his thoughts and leave it up to us, the viewers, to read and find the meanings ourselves. Thankyou! New subscriber kurz gesagt! Ich steh auch auf deinen Namen uebringens, wie Zeitgeist, mega authentisch :)

  • @jamesembrey3100
    @jamesembrey3100 2 года назад +16

    No book has ever given me the almost religious experience of walking in nature on a beautiful day. Wonderful video bro.

    • @WeltgeistYT
      @WeltgeistYT  2 года назад +1

      Thank you, and very true!

    • @Anon1gh3
      @Anon1gh3 2 года назад +2

      It's an almost incomparable experience - perhaps you could call it psychedelic. But religion is the thematic opposite to walking through nature..

  • @nicolaswhitehouse3894
    @nicolaswhitehouse3894 2 года назад +8

    A even better way to think freely is not walking only but swimming. When your swim, all your body is activated, not just your feet when hiking. Your mind and your body is always on flow with perfect synchronicity, instantly you become more creative when you’re swim. A must for people who want to think correctly in my opinion.

  • @noahpincus8344
    @noahpincus8344 2 года назад +88

    Love Nietzsche’s extremism. Hike for 8 hrs or write for 8 hrs

    • @satnamo
      @satnamo 2 года назад +5

      And gets up before the sun

    • @alaron5698
      @alaron5698 2 года назад +1

      Perhaps be careful to not love it too much. Might sound good on paper, yet if he had paced himself more, his health might not have been in such a sorry state. There are certainly those that would say that without this extremism, he would have been mediocre, yet I'm not entirely confident this is true.

    • @alaron5698
      @alaron5698 2 года назад

      @pzepoekpo zpekpzoek Well, that's what I'm saying. Not necessarily something one would be wise to emulate.

    • @auguste573
      @auguste573 2 года назад +3

      @@alaron5698 Maybe it is

    • @Danko_Sekulic
      @Danko_Sekulic Год назад

      Luckily, I cannot write, and I only sleep 5-6 hours a night so I have all that spare time to read !

  • @StreetsOfVancouverChannel
    @StreetsOfVancouverChannel 2 года назад +12

    Dear Jette,
    Above all, do not lose your desire to walk: every day I walk myself into a state of well being and walk away from every illness. I have walked myself into my best thoughts, and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it. Even if one were to walk for one’s health and it were constantly one section ahead - I would still say walk! Besides, it is also apparent that in walking, one constantly gets as close to well-being as possible, even if one does not quite reach it - but by sitting still, and the more one sits still, the closer one comes to feeling ill. Health and salvation can only be found in motion. If anyone denies that motion exists, I do as Diogenes did, I walk. If anyone denies that health resides in motion, then I walk away from morbid objections. Thus if one keeps on walking, everything will be alright. And out in the country you have all the advantages; you do not risk being stopped before you are safe and happy outside your gate, nor do you run the risk of being intercepted on your way home. I remember exactly what happened to me a while ago and what has happened frequently since then. I had been walking for an hour and a half and had done a great deal of thinking, and with the help of motion had become very agreeable person to myself. What bliss, and, as you may imagine, what care did I not take to bring my bliss home as safely as possible. Thus, I hurry along, with downcast eyes I steal through the streets, so to speak; confident that I am entitled to the sidewalk, I do not consider it necessary to look about at all (for thereby one is so easily intercepted, just as one is looking about in order to avoid) and thus hasten along the sidewalk with my bliss (for the ordinance forbidding one to carry anything on the sidewalk does not extend to bliss, which makes a person lighter) - and run directly into a man who is suffering from illness and who therefore with downcast eyes, defiant because of this illness, does not even think he must look about when he is not entitled to the sidewalk. I was stopped. It was quite an exalted gentleman who now honoured me with his conversation. Thus, all was lost. After the conversation ended, there was only one thing left to do, instead of going home, to go walking again.
    Yours, Soren Kierkegaard
    From ‘Letter to Henrietta Lund’, 1847 (trans. Henrik Rosenmeier, 1978

  • @milascave2
    @milascave2 2 года назад +79

    He slowed down his reading because of his bad eyesight, really. Before that, he read more books then most of us have heard of.
    However, in his last and strangest book, "Ecce Homo" he did say,in thetranslation that I read, "to read a book first thing in the morning is simply depraved."
    Geeze, tell us how you really feel.
    But of course, over reading is NOT the problem that most peolpe have nowadays.

    • @13hehe
      @13hehe 2 года назад +9

      If he thinks that's depraved, what would he say to the replacement: to scroll the news first thing in the morning, and all day long

    • @ohma.youtube7307
      @ohma.youtube7307 2 года назад

      Well, if we count instagram or any social media in, then we certainly read no less than people of the 19th century

    • @ointermediador
      @ointermediador 2 года назад +8

      you can translate “to read too much” to “to consume too much information”. After all, today our world is full of information. So in the end, reading too much or consuming too much information without digesting it is still a big problem.

    • @Moesmakendehakker658
      @Moesmakendehakker658 7 месяцев назад

      I disagree. There are still a lot of people who can't think for themselves because of reading too much.

  • @Brooder85
    @Brooder85 2 года назад +485

    The key is not reading too many books...But reading the RIGHT books, and not wasting time with mediocre content. Select just a few of the best ones and you can learn a wealth of wisdom.

    • @highdesertdrew1844
      @highdesertdrew1844 2 года назад +68

      In order to formulate an idea of what is RIGHT, sometimes you must discover what is not-RIGHT. To depend on the judgement of others as the sole measure of what is RIGHT leads equally to a vortex of thinking identically to those whose judgement you depend on.

    • @None-jy4sc
      @None-jy4sc 2 года назад +4

      @@rosskoumantarakis8976 Read the relevant people in that area i.e. On the meaning of life you read Camus, Sartre, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche etc.

    • @tan-yildiz
      @tan-yildiz 2 года назад +20

      @@None-jy4sc All of those men were undoubtedly of utmost erudition. Nonetheless, I don't believe any amount of reading others' thoughts will tap into what we refer to as the meaning of life. It has to be experienced and discovered by oneself.

    • @None-jy4sc
      @None-jy4sc 2 года назад

      @@rosskoumantarakis8976 Suggesting :)

    • @satnamo
      @satnamo 2 года назад +4

      Bad books are poisons

  • @ejr3312
    @ejr3312 2 года назад +15

    Thank you for these magnificent videos of yours, you help tremendously with educating those who seek to be free spirits. Keep up the great work, Weltgeist

  • @jmiller1918
    @jmiller1918 2 года назад +16

    I'm reminded of the old "Twilight Zone" tv episode wherein a bookish chap is the lone survivor of WWIII; far from lamenting the loss of his fellow humans, he is overjoyed that he now has all the time he needs for reading...he amasses a huge pile of books on the front steps of the Library and then accidentally breaks his glasses.

    • @arghyashubhshiv3239
      @arghyashubhshiv3239 2 года назад +1

      F

    • @herptek
      @herptek 2 года назад +5

      Accumulating knowledge with no intention of putting it into practice is an ironically self-defeating vice.

  • @Markipedia
    @Markipedia 2 года назад +29

    So basically Nietzsche wants you to "think out of the books"

  • @K1PPY_05
    @K1PPY_05 Год назад +6

    Honestly, as a teenager, here and there when I'm bored and want to make ideas. I completely agree with Neitzsche and Schopenhauer here though, walking is the best tool for thinking. It's also nice when you are feeling down at times
    And this helped me ALOT, it's kind of true, I'm an absolute addict when it comes to books
    Thank you for the video. You're work is great! 👍

  • @uncommonsensewithpastormar2913
    @uncommonsensewithpastormar2913 2 года назад +4

    I very much agree with Nietzsche and Schopenhauer on the sin of reading too much. While I walk the dog nearly an hour a day, it is not in walking, but in writing that I come up with the most original ideas.

  • @env0x
    @env0x 2 года назад +15

    it took me until i was in my 30s before i even figured out what books i WANTED to read. i never had any interest in reading books before because i would just read everything online or watch a video. but for some reason after i turned 30 i figured there was a lot of information in books i wouldn't be able to find online. also nice to spend some time away from a screen once in a while.

    • @magenertech9412
      @magenertech9412 2 года назад +1

      What kind of information did you find exclusively in books?

    • @env0x
      @env0x 2 года назад +2

      @@magenertech9412 i guess what i am referring to is writings directly from the author. there are translations as well, and each translator will have a different perspective of the author's original work. there are variations of interpretations and summaries you can find online. but if you can read the original writings straight from the author or trusted translator you're getting a unique perspective that is fleshed-out and well thought out. also a lot of the original writings of some authors (like the lesser known works) aren't available online.

  • @Masamune2001
    @Masamune2001 2 года назад +5

    This is exactly the conclusion I had come to in my mid-teens, but had no idea Nietze advocated this. The more I listen to his ideas, the more I feel I should look into them.

  • @retrofuture1989
    @retrofuture1989 2 года назад +10

    "Touch grass."
    -Nietzsche

  • @themindbodyhearts4320
    @themindbodyhearts4320 2 года назад

    but what of the paradox between calling a thought "original" and yet Nietzsche admitting that the power of the idea Zarathustra "came to [him]"? what is an "original" thought actually? what is the nature of thinking? are our thoughts not ineffable reorganisations of the impressions we collect all along our lives, blended with our previous experience and our sense of space-time/continuity? did the panoramic vistas of Schopenhauer's youth not impress upon him (from without)? where do we draw the line and say that it was "Schopenhauer" who had a thought, and not the thought that overtook Schopenhauer? these questions are not trivial, but are at the centre of what constitutes to limit of the "individual" and the relations one shares with(in) an "environment" while having/being "a body"...
    great video, as always, thanks for your continued dedication to spreading these awesome ideas :)

  • @nantarn5375
    @nantarn5375 2 года назад +5

    Very under-appreciated channel, amazing content and voice acting

  • @georgestefanov2098
    @georgestefanov2098 2 года назад +2

    I wholeheartedly agree. After a day of hard work of both reading and writing, I always like to go on a walk.

  • @FrankWAlfieri
    @FrankWAlfieri 2 года назад +2

    Best videos for how to spend your remaining revolutions around the sun on all of RUclips! Thank you for taking the time to make these. You are a blessing!

  • @yashmishra17
    @yashmishra17 2 года назад +20

    Man this is such a great channel, helped me a great deal in understanding various philosophies of both Nietzsche and Schopenhauer. Thank you for another great video.

  • @mildsauce5019
    @mildsauce5019 2 года назад +5

    Ive found times in my life where I was most 'under the gun' to complete a task I would often take long walks. Perhaps some intuitive thing sprung up from within me and informed this.

    • @WeltgeistYT
      @WeltgeistYT  2 года назад +1

      Walking is very underrated

  • @arslongavitabreves
    @arslongavitabreves 2 года назад +34

    One thing you should realize is, at that time, the only entertainment that any scholars can get is, well, mostly books.
    Nowadays, we have phones, computers, TVs, etc. I think the ideas in this vid apply to those media as well

    • @iga279
      @iga279 2 года назад +1

      if books are entertainment to you, like tv, phones and the internet, then I think you mean comic books (no intent to maliciously denigrate comics though)

    • @pratikashranjande7833
      @pratikashranjande7833 7 месяцев назад

      ​@@iga279Well that's what pulp literature as mentioned in the video is.

  • @plf5695
    @plf5695 3 месяца назад

    Excellent video. The same can be said of watching too much television or engaging too much on social media. I never read much, and I'm very selective about what I read. However, I have written 8 books that I couldn't have done if I had spent too much of my time reading lots of books

  • @andrewpochedly4636
    @andrewpochedly4636 2 года назад +6

    *me walking over to bookcase full of books I haven’t read yet*
    “We need to talk”

  • @minhtrungle1241
    @minhtrungle1241 2 года назад +1

    So thankful for that video, me reading alot of book and feel a little result and don't know why. Thanks you

  • @liberationinourdays
    @liberationinourdays 2 года назад +1

    This was a most needed guiding message. Very well put together to top it off. Gratitude from Israel

  • @tuckersmoak6632
    @tuckersmoak6632 2 года назад +3

    im a Schopenhauer style daily walker. I take my dog on a 1hr walk in the morning and in the afternoon through the woods near my house. We did over 700hrs of trail walking last year alone.

  • @optinoptimist
    @optinoptimist 2 года назад +5

    I think it all depends on the person. Some people, like myself, agree that, reading often isn't an efficient use of my time, and can even be counter productive. For me it's because:
    1) I currently desire to be a vessel for new ideas and innovations, not old ideas and pedagogy.
    2) I need to focus my time, energy, and head space on creating, vetting, and comparing my own ideas to that of others in a more efficient manner, and with less distraction, than long form reading will allow in my life.
    3) I don't have vivid internal imagery when reading. So at it's base, reading already offers me less than it might offer others with more vivid internal imagery, who more easily create, and see, worlds in their mind's eye.
    Someone else, who has a life or career where they don't need vast amounts of creativity, and are more interested in using their free time for either reading as education or escapism, might be heavily benefited from reading, and might not face anything counterproductive from it imo.

    • @kenillla
      @kenillla 2 года назад +1

      Any examples of your ideas?

    • @optinoptimist
      @optinoptimist 2 года назад +1

      @@kenillla check out my "philosophy with fangs" playlist on my channel, i'm just now trying to articulate my ideas to the public, and i'd love your feedback!!! I'm going to make a summary (tldr) of my "one idea" series shortly, and that will more concretely define some of the concepts/ideas in that series of videos, then i will be moving on to articulate more of my ideas! ultimately i have a ton of ideas, but will need to unpack them each properly, and am starting with basic ideas like "overemphasis of worries and fears leads to feelings of paranoia, victimization, and a general decrease in one's sense of well being"

  • @jonswanson7766
    @jonswanson7766 2 года назад +3

    Schopenhauer advised discretion regarding the reading of books.
    Ninety-nine percent are not worth the trouble.
    His essays are spot on, revealing a truly marvelous human being, do not judge him solely by his philosophical works.

  • @Mateo-et3wl
    @Mateo-et3wl Год назад +3

    i worry a lot about this. often go through periods of reading 6-8 hours a day, which usually translates to a book per day. i don't feel like i absorb much from them. the endless pile of future books to read gives me some anxiety. and i find myself more detached from the people around me, who generally aren't readers . i don't know what the solution is. i love taking walks but they're just fuel for further loneliness.

    • @Strongerthandirt8695
      @Strongerthandirt8695 Год назад +2

      Hang in there, Mateo. Hopefully, you will find a friend or someone to walk with. Smile more at others and keep the faith.

  • @musselchee9560
    @musselchee9560 2 года назад +2

    All y'all traumatised persons out there in Nietzscheland, I recommend you to read what I consider to be the triumvirate of healing/recovery/discovery reading. It will feel as if you were in direct communication with a Therapist. My words in brackets:
    Bk1 Being A Brainwise Therapist: A practical guide to interpersonal neurobiology by Bonnie Badenoch (technical and scientific study of healing);
    Bk11 The Awakened Brain by Lisa Miller (spiritual and mindful study of healing); and,
    Bk111 The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey (practical and academic study of healing);
    or not.

  • @sayresrudy2644
    @sayresrudy2644 2 года назад +1

    the images you choose are so beautiful. thank you.

  • @_mishi
    @_mishi 2 года назад +17

    Damn and I just came back after buying 2 new books. After watching this I have come to realise that I need to heavily cut back on the time I spend on youtube. I spend 36 hours on average on youtube and as you would imagine most of it is for pure entertainment.
    Once love your content.
    P.S do you have a certain upload schedule so that we can know when to expect your videos to come up (e.g weekly, monthly)

  • @juanro343
    @juanro343 2 года назад +22

    Nietzsche: “Don’t read too many books. Except mine, those are okay.”

    • @zenheadshot3742
      @zenheadshot3742 2 года назад +3

      P.d: Because I'm so wise, so clever and write such good books''.

    • @voiceofomiej7722
      @voiceofomiej7722 2 года назад

      People dont know anything about their lives

    • @BugsAGD
      @BugsAGD 9 месяцев назад

      😂

  • @tan-yildiz
    @tan-yildiz 2 года назад +111

    The more I learn about Nietzsche, the more I realize I was a Nietzschean all along.

    • @hiimacreeper1
      @hiimacreeper1 2 года назад +15

      How do you think Nietzsche would feel about calling yourself a Nietzchean?

    • @tan-yildiz
      @tan-yildiz 2 года назад +18

      @@hiimacreeper1 It's easier to use one word than to delineate my philosophy down to each element. My line of thought by no means depends on his but what I wanted to express is that I'm coming to the realization that it's very similar to his.

    • @hiimacreeper1
      @hiimacreeper1 2 года назад +2

      @@tan-yildiz I gotchu, wish you well on your journey!

    • @tan-yildiz
      @tan-yildiz 2 года назад +2

      @@hiimacreeper1 All the same for you!

    • @arpitthakur45
      @arpitthakur45 2 года назад

      @@tan-yildiz so is nietzsche a taniyan probably?

  • @Loty2023
    @Loty2023 2 года назад +1

    Today is a must to read. Our thinking is numb from tv and social media.

  • @redgrengrumbholdt2671
    @redgrengrumbholdt2671 2 года назад +6

    I thinks it's important to understand whether or not you're able to come up with intellectual thoughts.
    One should then choose to think and write their own thoughts instead of consuming the ideas of others. On the other hand, if you're less intelligent it's perhaps better to consume the ideas of people smarter than you...

    • @rokanza2293
      @rokanza2293 2 года назад

      Because less intelligent people are usually quite aware of that fact, right? 🤣

    • @redgrengrumbholdt2671
      @redgrengrumbholdt2671 2 года назад

      @@rokanza2293 Usually not, but you'd be surprised. Some people with low iq and poor imagination can still be intelligent enough to understand their position.

    • @wokluski
      @wokluski 2 года назад

      Yes, I think the same and agree with you.

  • @niftyskates85
    @niftyskates85 2 года назад +2

    Basically personal experience and not falling into the self improvement rabbit hole trap. Common sense but can be easy to slip into.

  • @saimak7079
    @saimak7079 2 года назад +5

    The huge majority do not read, and get along just fine. All is well. Some of the wisest people I know don't read.
    Nietzsche read voraciously, so yes, of course he would say that.
    Nietzsche is effectively contrarian here. Most people should read more.

  • @Theabysstreasure
    @Theabysstreasure 2 года назад +1

    So i think most great thoughts arise from reflecting on your circumstances and how you see the world and not how someone else wrote about it. Nietzsche wanted people to be original in a sense.

  • @iamrathercool12121
    @iamrathercool12121 2 года назад +2

    Walking is massively underrated. Mental and physical health depend on it

  • @OrdnanceLab
    @OrdnanceLab 4 месяца назад

    Letting our algorithmic overlords know this is a great video.

  • @CommonSwense
    @CommonSwense 2 года назад +1

    I love to listen to videos like this while I walk outside.

  • @frankchilds9848
    @frankchilds9848 2 года назад +4

    I like what was said about cell phones....indeed they turn into prison cells for the modern human who refuses to dare try living beyond the ever present cell phone!

  • @Nothing_to_see_here_27.
    @Nothing_to_see_here_27. 2 года назад +3

    This video is perfection.

  • @VerdantSeeker
    @VerdantSeeker 2 года назад

    though i dont agree with his philosophies, i greatly admire nietzsche for his undoubtedly vast intellect, and ive always been in very strong support of his fondness for walks. even before knowing this about him, i remember i would always go on an hourly long walk after completing any book, contemplating, reflecting, and digesting. i certainly think this type of reflection is necessary to really reap any benefit from your literature, and necessary before going to ur next read as well!

  • @q_rkmghow7083
    @q_rkmghow7083 2 года назад +7

    Beautiful. Is it presumptuous to say that I had similar thoughts about the topic before listening to this or reading them?

    • @optinoptimist
      @optinoptimist 2 года назад +2

      Not at all. I think we live in an age where there's a lot of reading snobs. So for those of us who enjoy intellectual/academic material, but don't prefer to do, nor benefit from, a lot of long form reading, it's pretty common for us to start looking for, or coming up with our own, explanations as to why reading isn't optimal for us. Cause we all know if you like talking to other people about intellectual or academic topics, someone is going to try to pretend you can't know anything about a certain topic until you've read (insert book here). And it's good to not only be able to refute the claim, but refute the whole premise, that long form (full book) reading is always the best way to ingest academic material or intellectual ideas.

    • @tan-yildiz
      @tan-yildiz 2 года назад +3

      @@optinoptimist I'm very glad that I'm not the only one who thinks this way. Hats off to all of you who don't fall for this pseudo-intellectualism of our age that only those who thoughtlessly skim through countless pages merit to themselves.

    • @nohomework2974
      @nohomework2974 2 года назад

      @@tan-yildiz what would psuedo-intellectualism be like phony smart?

    • @tan-yildiz
      @tan-yildiz 2 года назад

      @@nohomework2974 That's one way to think about it. It's a person who plays tug-of-war with the amount of books they've read. Ask them anything about the thoughts of others and they'll impress, ask them to reason about their opinions and they'll stall quickly.

    • @Richard-1776
      @Richard-1776 2 года назад

      No

  • @cabernet6052
    @cabernet6052 2 года назад +1

    I always spend at least two hours a day outside walking without my phone with me glad to know that I’m not the only one who finds it interesting

  • @sohamdave9184
    @sohamdave9184 2 года назад +6

    Man I love your videos. It's pretty hard to understand Nietzsche but the way you explain everything is beautifully done. Personally I think Nietzsche says we have gone too far from our nature and to be true to it is best. So I always try to wake up, go for a walk first thing(your brain is in an information giving state so feedback is amazing during morning walks plus the sunlight wakes up your body). I try to read 1 hour a day but recently my exams ended so I just wanna read all the philosophy I can over summer. 40hrs/week is the plan but only for a month. Thanks man looking for to your next video

  • @amidatobi
    @amidatobi 2 года назад +2

    This was really an excellent video. It seems the collective unconscious is trying to communicate to me. Time to take a walk!

  • @ChinaChinaChinaChinaChinaChin4
    @ChinaChinaChinaChinaChinaChin4 2 года назад +3

    I bought two books last year Art of War by Sun Tzu and Flowers for Algernon I finished the Art of War and all I can say it helps me when I have depression. I still haven't read the book which is the Second Book Flowers for Algernon. Any recommendation? like Epictetus or any Deep books

    • @Crime_Mime
      @Crime_Mime 2 года назад

      Seeing as you mention Epictetus, have you ever read Seneca's moral letters? I find them to be a practical approach to stoicism that's perhaps more readily digestible than many other classical treatises. Or if you have any interest in psychology, books by Rollo May, like Man's Search for Himself and The Discovery of Being, are also brilliant. Both draw on Nietzsche's ideas, among many other thinkers.

    • @Fang_Zheng
      @Fang_Zheng 2 года назад +1

      My book suggestion:
      reverend insanity
      It's a chinese novel actually
      But it worth it.
      (And also you said art of War help you with your depression
      Bro what the...???
      Go read some books about happiness or depression
      Go see some trees outside or some birds in the morning, you can see all of them are happy, learn from them
      Learn how to be active, carefree and productive.
      And learn how to have hope
      Without hope you are nothing.
      (No bullshit really, these are my own thoughts)

  • @sameersawdekar3293
    @sameersawdekar3293 Год назад

    I stopped reading books for a few years after reading many for so many years.
    At one point books made me passive and impractical.
    Thanks for uploading a video which I literally experienced.
    Thanks a lot

  • @coldalchemy
    @coldalchemy 2 года назад

    in addition to getting outside more often perhaps having more sustainable-clear mindsets is equally as vital.

  • @iga279
    @iga279 2 года назад +1

    Couldn't agree more; As simple as it sounds in today's world this is pure genius.

  • @dlloydy5356
    @dlloydy5356 2 года назад

    Thanks a great reminder…although I am listening on my phone at 5am as I woke up early!! 😬

  • @lemonprime7889
    @lemonprime7889 2 года назад +1

    6:06
    I could've sworn the advert was coming. People are so sneaky these days.

  • @bhaveshpingale8803
    @bhaveshpingale8803 2 года назад +11

    Nietzsche : stops reading for dopamine detox
    Nietzsche watching 2022 unfold : HOLY F*CK

  • @matthiasreichshof9896
    @matthiasreichshof9896 2 года назад +2

    Taking into account Nietsche's health, which forced him to retire from the Basel professorship and seek a warmer climate, his extensive wanderings appear in a different light. He might have written, taught, and studied to the grave. but he was of a frail nature and constantly ailing and recognized the benefits of climate, exercise and diet for himself as a therapy and way of life. Using Nietzsche's statements without any context is the same as blindly following the words of the Bible. this applies to every philosophical text.

  • @danvega8485
    @danvega8485 2 года назад +1

    Reading is not just mechanically done, it involves thinking too.

  • @bootlegapples
    @bootlegapples 2 года назад +6

    A great writer is one who tells you what you already know,right?By that I mean I wore myself out online reading articles and studies,copious amounts.I never went to college or read much - until I got online.I found after a few years I was depressed and suffering anxiety attacks("Black pilled" as they say).I then discovered we need (what I make an analogy to ) mental dietary fibre.
    I think we have a *need* to participate in the here & now but especially and most beneficialy with activities related to basic survival such as fishing,gardening and hunting.As somebody diagnosed with "ADD" it went hand in hand with open ended pursuits of catching striper (salt water striped bass).I learned of the tides,instincts and conditions to catch them - I was on the go at all hours of the morning and night.I can say that it relieved my depression and anxiety.I also lost 15 lbs too without trying as well.You'll never catch me jogging ,good lord no,so boring! Hikes are good but I think fishing,gardening,farming,hunting is where it's mostly at.Those are survival skills too, they keep you from ruminating excessively over the future and past.Try it.

  • @doyle6000
    @doyle6000 2 года назад

    WAY ahead of you!!

  • @amanofnoreputation2164
    @amanofnoreputation2164 2 года назад

    "I might often have been seen dancing in these days..."
    Anyone who know me understands I can hardly sit still when I'm really thinking.
    Brings a know new sense to the idea of "thinking on one's feet."
    I do not beileve this waives the matter of the soul at all -- on the contrary, the soul is body, energy, life and movement. Even song. All of this is apace with thought. Not repose.

  • @socialmediaaccount4206
    @socialmediaaccount4206 2 года назад

    So in order for me to make some original sounding music (like with chord ive never heard), I need to stop listening to music and take a walk outside until something pops into my head? Perhaps carry a journal around and write down those ideas?

  • @MarcoPolo-fs5uw
    @MarcoPolo-fs5uw 2 года назад +1

    Thanks for the video.

  • @shaunkerr8721
    @shaunkerr8721 Год назад +1

    Great vid!

  • @pavel0900
    @pavel0900 2 года назад

    Thank you for your pleasant and informative videos

  • @clauderonald6724
    @clauderonald6724 2 года назад

    I needed to hear this ❤️❤️❤️

  • @astrovian2713
    @astrovian2713 2 года назад

    Watched until the end.
    Algorithm business out of the way, this video perfectly encapsulates why i listen instead of take notes. it becomes easier to process information by listening the more you do it over taking notes.

  • @denizz85
    @denizz85 2 года назад

    this video is so beautiful man thank you

  • @theFriendlyGhst
    @theFriendlyGhst Год назад +1

    Schopenhauer and Nietzsche would have loved the internet.

  • @16sputnik7
    @16sputnik7 2 года назад

    We appreciate you too. Love from Cape Town.

  • @sudarshanbadoni6643
    @sudarshanbadoni6643 2 года назад

    Nature never trouble any one even gardening that benefits the heart most and gives satisfaction of accomplishing a good task as well. Better not to read is better then following according to a Japanese proverb. Me learnt the difference between being reactive and proactive and try to understand and improve further as proactive is considered better.THANKS.

  • @Vectivuss
    @Vectivuss 2 года назад +1

    As soon as i saw this was a Nietzsche video it was an instant click

  • @PJ-ns6um
    @PJ-ns6um 2 года назад

    Homo Unius Libri ("a man of one book") is a Latin phrase attributed to Thomas Aquinas...[who] is reputed
    to have employed the phrase "hominem unius libri timeo" (meaning "I fear the man of a single book").
    wikipedia

  • @EdgeOfLight
    @EdgeOfLight 2 года назад

    do what you want to do as long as it doesn't harm anyone.. this is as simple as that.. conclusion to this is there's always going to be somone who disapproves of harmless actions. Life is too short to have a perfect stranger tell you what you should and should not do.

  • @roberttheiss6377
    @roberttheiss6377 2 года назад +1

    This is the equivalent of people nowadays saying "the experts, the science" or "what are your sources? citation needed" instead of using critical thinking.

  • @igknighte
    @igknighte 2 года назад

    Wow, brilliant ideas. Thank you

  • @khier-eddinehennaoui9783
    @khier-eddinehennaoui9783 2 года назад

    But how much should we read to stop reading? I feel like i should learn some things before i build some solid work.

  • @juancruzlives
    @juancruzlives 11 месяцев назад +1

    very great video. in the last time, i have been noticing the overwhelming amount of trash content that is out there on the internet and how easily we fall into an autopilot loop of consuming and being in a passive state of mind, mindless scrolling for hours and wasting our time on pure nonsense without even noticing it. the ideas exposed in this video are really life changing! we have been pitifully trapped into the consumism trap, and it's time to wake up

  • @damianclifford9693
    @damianclifford9693 Год назад

    Brilliant episode !

  • @TBoneTony
    @TBoneTony 2 года назад +1

    1990s - Son, get off your video games and go read a book or go outside.
    1890s - Son, get off your books and go outside or fight in a war.

  • @johngoras73
    @johngoras73 2 года назад +4

    I remember my undergrad years where I was very much in my own head. And this was years before the Ipod. And walkmans were a pain to shlepp with, so I forgo those. My one saving grace was the long walks I had to and fro housing and campus. It was a good three miles each way every day. It was probably the only thing that truly kept me somewhat healthy and sane.

  • @cagriarsln
    @cagriarsln 2 года назад +1

    Great video thanks

  • @damianclifford9693
    @damianclifford9693 Год назад

    I would love to hear Weitgeist's treatment of Ian McGilchrits work, there are many parrallels in the wisdoms in this episode with his insights and explication of the differing world our left and right hemispheres allow us.

  • @charlesdahmital8095
    @charlesdahmital8095 2 года назад

    The University of 'Basil'.
    Where one learns the fine art of Hotel management.

  • @te9591
    @te9591 2 года назад

    This is so insightful.

  • @junaetovi1132
    @junaetovi1132 2 года назад

    Well, I read to increase my thinking ability more rationally. From Nietzsche, I take what's necessary and leave what's not.

  • @asuka376
    @asuka376 2 года назад +1

    This is just a big NGE reference. Go outside, take a walk!
    ( get in the robot,Shinji!)

  • @deathrodamus9608
    @deathrodamus9608 2 года назад

    Imagine if Nietzsche stumbled upon The Library of Babel (literally, during his walks) he’d go crazy in an instant.

  • @adammiller8918
    @adammiller8918 2 года назад

    This is often difficult. Usually, when I think I have a really original thought, I find out that another thinker laid claim to it. Of course, I believe I need to read even more.

  • @cjstevens6405
    @cjstevens6405 2 года назад

    "Put down your phone and be outside more" followed by a full minute of encouragement to engage in a panoply of online activities all designed to make you spend even more time online. Positively vicious.

  • @dashdandelion3681
    @dashdandelion3681 2 года назад

    fabulous video!!

  • @Moesmakendehakker658
    @Moesmakendehakker658 7 месяцев назад

    The same thing can be said about using "studies" in your arguments while not being a scientist or anything like that :P