The meaning of life according to Simone de Beauvoir - Iseult Gillespie

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  • Опубликовано: 14 янв 2025

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  • @ushagupta6973
    @ushagupta6973 4 года назад +3580

    The concept, the style of narration, the visual effect and the animation is itself an art. Its awesome that Ted ed dwells into topic one hardly knows about and explores...so fascinating...thanks ted ed!

    • @myyou7335
      @myyou7335 4 года назад +13

      And she pronounced the french name byutifully

    • @chununanunan4040
      @chununanunan4040 4 года назад +1

      its revolutionizing

    • @Motorwali
      @Motorwali 4 года назад +1

      ruclips.net/video/7d16CpWp-ok/видео.html might answer some questions

    • @sharonchoong4678
      @sharonchoong4678 3 года назад

      Nice comment

    • @Theouterrim77
      @Theouterrim77 3 года назад +1

      The title is wrong. It should refer to Feminism somewhere!

  • @MangOnang611
    @MangOnang611 4 года назад +1983

    Sartre on date night be like:
    "Hey gurl, you want some existential crises?"

    • @AnetSpear
      @AnetSpear 4 года назад +8

      That's ne

    • @yasminmendonca6751
      @yasminmendonca6751 4 года назад +33

      she did want it...

    • @sharmishtaa
      @sharmishtaa 4 года назад +61

      On that date night, Sartre heard: Hey dude, want some existential crises from a woman's perspective?And they became partners, intellectual, romantic and lifelong.

    • @linalebied8439
      @linalebied8439 4 года назад +5

      I read crises in french

    • @larissarodrigues1234
      @larissarodrigues1234 3 года назад +12

      "I thought you wouldn't ask 😍"

  • @sourabhs14
    @sourabhs14 4 года назад +2918

    "A freedom which is interested only in denying freedom must be denied."

    • @omri9325
      @omri9325 4 года назад +49

      Sounds kinda paradoxical-self-referencial

    • @invalidavatar
      @invalidavatar 4 года назад +158

      @@omri9325 well, it is. but you can't have tolerance if you tolerate intolerance, can you?

    • @charleschong7362
      @charleschong7362 4 года назад +14

      @@invalidavatar maybe read the definition of tolerance.

    • @charleschong7362
      @charleschong7362 4 года назад +19

      Depends on what is meant by "freedom". Nihilism is a dead end, too.

    • @maiar.3344
      @maiar.3344 4 года назад +11

      I believe an example is the right to bear arms- guns can only take freedom from others, not offer it.

  • @Sly_Spy
    @Sly_Spy 4 года назад +1781

    "our greatest ethical imperative is to create our own live's meaning"
    This is such a good quote.

    • @Sly_Spy
      @Sly_Spy 4 года назад +5

      @A curious Jaggi this makes me truly sad ;-;

    • @selfishgene2412
      @selfishgene2412 4 года назад +3

      From ana theistic perspective there is no objective morals it's all subjective so you can't speak about morals from an atheistic perspective
      And that's what faced Emanuel Kant when he tried to establish objective morals in an atheistic view.

    • @virtualdrudgery
      @virtualdrudgery 3 года назад +3

      sartre said something similar: "people are like dice, we throw ourselves into the direction of our own choosing"

    • @satnamo
      @satnamo 3 года назад +1

      The meaning of life is to become god unto our self because man is a god in ruin

    • @gordonlekfors2708
      @gordonlekfors2708 3 года назад

      nah. as a "greatest imperative" it is certainly questionable, and looking at it in a scope of many schools of moral philosophies, it's not entirely unproblematic.

  • @aadivrath2407
    @aadivrath2407 4 года назад +1486

    People should really read a bit more about philosophy, it's absolutely amazing.

    • @spongekun4246
      @spongekun4246 3 года назад +12

      Your profile photo seems familiar

    • @warlock1809
      @warlock1809 3 года назад +13

      It's from Stephen West show. Philosophize This!! My favorite show 🤩

    • @bellamarcon2664
      @bellamarcon2664 3 года назад +19

      What would you recommend for a beginner to all of this stuff? I'm super interested in philosophy, but I don't even know how to break the surface.

    • @aadivrath2407
      @aadivrath2407 3 года назад +30

      @@bellamarcon2664 Honestly? Anything. Pick a topic you're interested in, and try and find resources and famous writers on it. Podcasts and YT videos are what I'd recommend to start off, then you can go into the heavier lit.

    • @im_learning_bicth
      @im_learning_bicth 3 года назад +2

      I wished everyone truly has the same opportunity to do so, but sadly, we don’t.

  • @user-kj9jv4dp6n
    @user-kj9jv4dp6n 4 года назад +3379

    Humans: exist
    Philosophers: But why would you do that?

    • @robertnagy985
      @robertnagy985 4 года назад +25

      Humans and animals: exist

    • @howie6768
      @howie6768 4 года назад +153

      More like -
      Universe: exists
      Philosophers: but why?

    • @amadeus5182
      @amadeus5182 4 года назад +126

      Humans:*exist*
      Philosophers: Or do you?

    • @selfishgene2412
      @selfishgene2412 4 года назад +14

      If you don't know what is your destiny why will you go in the trip ??
      And if when we die there is nothing after why will we resist all the suffering
      And whatever will you do from an atheistic perspective there is no escape from nihilism because all what exist is only matter no more.

    • @badibadabadum
      @badibadabadum 3 года назад +5

      my brother: *says anything*
      me: but why is that?

  • @Alkalus
    @Alkalus 4 года назад +3661

    Simone de Beauvoir: *masters philosophy*
    Also her: _Yeah...naw._

    • @sip__
      @sip__ 4 года назад +2

      Mht Mdy bro are you ok

    • @sip__
      @sip__ 4 года назад

      Mht Mdy yes

    • @Alkalus
      @Alkalus 4 года назад

      Cult of the United Earth C.U.E
      What are the requirements or criteria?

    • @Foodlov-123
      @Foodlov-123 4 года назад +6

      Mistress of philosophy 🤣

    • @Nalhek
      @Nalhek 4 года назад

      Yeet them platonic forms right tf outa here

  • @laksheya
    @laksheya 4 года назад +936

    1:00 the 'e' flew away because existentialism is spelled existentialisme in french!

  • @somewiseguy7245
    @somewiseguy7245 4 года назад +1414

    I'm a simple man.
    I see a philosopher, I click.

  • @Emme-Kappa
    @Emme-Kappa 4 года назад +2021

    Sartre looks like a fun quirky dude in these drawings.

    • @satyamprakash7030
      @satyamprakash7030 4 года назад +45

      Only if people knew what he was in person

    • @kurtlindner
      @kurtlindner 4 года назад +48

      Just sitting there, enjoying his conversation and radical freedom, thinking, "I'd sure like to do some drugs."

    • @RisikoAO
      @RisikoAO 4 года назад +56

      He wasn't. He lied about him being part of the french resistance (Beauvoir supported his lies), and repeatedly attacked Albert Camus who was the real nice guy and philosopher that backed his words with actions.
      Sartre was an a-hole, and Beauvoir not far from it.
      You should read Michel Onfray's "L'ordre libertaire", it does have a brilliant chapter about Sartre.

    • @narozstyle
      @narozstyle 4 года назад

      "A sweet two minute story about the meaning of life" answers the eternal question: "What's the point of it all?" : ruclips.net/video/Jt0hV6xvWSI/видео.html

    • @beththreat5098
      @beththreat5098 4 года назад +2

      @@RisikoAO Nah sure the author has been biased towards them!

  • @sethleoric2598
    @sethleoric2598 4 года назад +954

    Existence: exists
    Philosophers: do you really tho?

    • @unityunity5086
      @unityunity5086 4 года назад +1

      :=)

    • @99MKris
      @99MKris 4 года назад +8

      this comment structure became so dull and prevalent that I'm not even surprised to see it here

    • @yeisongomez4286
      @yeisongomez4286 3 года назад

      Why do you?

    • @hirutargaw6543
      @hirutargaw6543 3 года назад

      Lol

    • @Jackgritty28
      @Jackgritty28 3 года назад +1

      If it shapes your life,ideas are used to burden our existence, when it should have been kept simple,don't need to feel restricted, redefine our limits, the pursuit of an ideal, a controversial life is not for everyone✅

  • @themarquis336
    @themarquis336 3 года назад +144

    How brilliant 😭
    Possibly the most fascinating thing about knowledge is that it cannot wane, it can only become greater. The fact that de Beauvoir could come up with these brilliant seminal ideas and that decades later other researchers could (and can) build up on that with newer knowledge and a newer understanding of the world so that the brilliant essence of the original idea can become more universal and help many more of us to understand and endure our lives better, is such an extraordinary thing.

  • @katrinkasanfranciscobayare7364
    @katrinkasanfranciscobayare7364 3 года назад +41

    "The loneliest people are the kindest,
    the saddest people smile the brightest,
    and the most damaged people are the wisest.
    All because they don't wish to see others suffer like they do"
    ~ anonymous ~

    • @mishynaofficial
      @mishynaofficial 4 месяца назад +1

      Freaking nailed it!

    • @Simiaai
      @Simiaai 2 дня назад

      I really feel this, can I talk to you please

  • @marthapresent4992
    @marthapresent4992 4 года назад +337

    For me, the meaning of life is to touch other's life and make a difference while we still exist.

    • @europeansovietunion7372
      @europeansovietunion7372 4 года назад +43

      Wrong! The meaning of life is to crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women.

    • @shoaibakhtar4389
      @shoaibakhtar4389 4 года назад +2

      @@europeansovietunion7372 really bro 😅 do you think that?

    • @shoaibakhtar4389
      @shoaibakhtar4389 4 года назад

      Nearly correct

    • @anatine_banana_69
      @anatine_banana_69 4 года назад +2

      @@europeansovietunion7372 Nicloe?

    • @Farisss92
      @Farisss92 4 года назад +12

      @@europeansovietunion7372 username checks out

  • @weegeeismad9298
    @weegeeismad9298 4 года назад +433

    “As soon as she mastered the laws of philosophy, she wanted to break them”
    *We used the laws to destroy the laws*

    • @satnamo
      @satnamo 3 года назад +2

      Sometimes it just feel freaking good to destroy things because we are wretched

  • @maryannedelossantos8218
    @maryannedelossantos8218 3 года назад +188

    for me simone de beauvoir is such an inspiring female philosopher, her works, books were inspirational, and it has very powerful meaning behind it, she's very creative and wise on her works

  • @golightly123456
    @golightly123456 3 года назад +45

    I love how Sartre’s eyes are correctly depicted in cartoon form.

  • @zeholandajunior
    @zeholandajunior 4 года назад +17

    Thanks for the Portuguese subtitles. From northeast Brazil. Congratulations on the video.

  • @minms38
    @minms38 4 года назад +519

    Plato: discovers philosophy
    Simone: I'm gonna end this man's career

    • @99MKris
      @99MKris 4 года назад +5

      dull

    • @danpetru
      @danpetru 4 года назад +1

      @Alex AS did she?

    • @charleschong7362
      @charleschong7362 4 года назад +13

      In the end, Plato will win in this respect.

    • @michaelwu7678
      @michaelwu7678 4 года назад +11

      danpetru de Beauvoir did not “end Plato’s career,” nor was this her intention

    • @michaelwu7678
      @michaelwu7678 4 года назад +2

      danpetru de Beauvoir did not “end Plato’s career,” nor was this her intention

  • @Pixie2sweet
    @Pixie2sweet 3 года назад +112

    “If everyone deserves to freely pursue meaning, why was she restricted by societies ideals of womanhood?” That stuck with me

    • @mantabsekali920
      @mantabsekali920 2 года назад +5

      Deserved doesn't mean acknowledged

    • @suino1433
      @suino1433 3 месяца назад

      If that is a question that assumes there is no answer, the questioner is wrong in that assumption.

  • @mrstoic4338
    @mrstoic4338 3 года назад +27

    This is exactly correct. Create your own freedom and allow (or even; help) others to do the same. Do whatever you want (that makes you happy), as long as you do not prohibit others from practicing their freedom as you do. I have lived this way for about 12 years now (my life is a long story that I won't tell at this particular moment) and I am becoming happier and happier (and more one with myself) for every day that passes. I am also helping my girlfriend to become more aware of her power in CHOICES (that; everything in life, is a result of previous choices made by oneself, in one form or another). She's making very fast progress and it makes me a very happy man to both live the way that I want to and to see her smile when she wakes up, eager to become more powerful and to find herself.

  • @sylvy16
    @sylvy16 2 года назад +29

    The meaning of life for me is to be happy and learn. Learning could mean realising you have changed in personality over a year.
    contradictorily, I also believe that life doesn’t have or need a meaning to be fulfilling. Life is just something we do in between periods of unconsciousness and we do whatever we can during life. We care for people around us and try to be nice and contribute to society.

    • @amanumin7201
      @amanumin7201 2 года назад +3

      Why we are here??, one article for read.. What is the Purpose of Life Islam Guide

    • @Manybar1
      @Manybar1 Год назад +1

      I also agree that to be happy is the meaning of life. But at the same time life is meaningless. Let me expand it. Imagine life is a movie and we are characters in it. Our role is to be happy. The meaningless part of this is for what this movie has been shot. it is my opinion how ridiculous 😅

  • @KTChamberlain
    @KTChamberlain 4 года назад +155

    "What do you want a meaning for? Life is a desire, not a meaning. Desire is the theme of all life. The meaning of anything is merely other words for the same thing."
    --Charlie Chaplin

    • @disrael2101
      @disrael2101 4 года назад +7

      Interesting! Elaborate desires please

    • @hirutargaw6543
      @hirutargaw6543 3 года назад +5

      @@disrael2101 There is desire in your own question; that desire is to understand desire….😁

    • @pushparahi5681
      @pushparahi5681 2 года назад

      @@hirutargaw6543 lmao

  • @sanjogitagulati2683
    @sanjogitagulati2683 4 года назад +4

    People are talking about philosophy while I'm still interested in the accent of the speaker.. Such a beautiful voice!!

  • @xkenetic4673
    @xkenetic4673 4 года назад +78

    I’ve been searching for the meaning of life, my whole life!
    Sometimes I think of just dying just too know if theres a meaning after life.

    • @Elwould23
      @Elwould23 4 года назад +15

      @@sebastianelytron8450 last I checked, no one gets out of life alive.

    • @korozackikorozacki7444
      @korozackikorozacki7444 4 года назад +19

      I have done the same. At the age of 11 I started question my existence,my meaning,my purpose. I am now 17 and I have formulated a simple approach to the big questions. My universal meaning of life is to simply enjoy what is given,to compare when one is eating a slice of cake does one ask why this cake? How was it made? What is it made of? What to do with it? No, one just enjoys it.

    • @xkenetic4673
      @xkenetic4673 4 года назад +1

      Korozacki Korozacki No, what is the literal reason for life, living and for our creation to exist for.

    • @korozackikorozacki7444
      @korozackikorozacki7444 4 года назад +8

      @@xkenetic4673 To be enjoyed until its over. Thats what I am trying to point out. There isn't no bigger plan. The meaning is to find meaning in actions you create/do everyday.

    • @shoaibakhtar4389
      @shoaibakhtar4389 4 года назад

      Same 😂😅

  • @aie_aie_
    @aie_aie_ 4 года назад +32

    "Elle est exclue de l’Éducation nationale en juin 1943 - non pour détournement de ces deux mineurs comme on le dit souvent (cette affaire se clôt en effet par un non-lieu), mais parce que le recteur d’académie dénonce le fait qu’elle vit en concubinage, qu’elle enseigne Proust et Gide à ses étudiants et qu’elle affiche un mépris supérieur de toute discipline morale et familiale.
    Le recteur demande aussi la révocation de Sartre, qu’il n’obtient pas.
    Beauvoir sera réintégrée à la Libération mais décidera de ne pas reprendre l’enseignement."

    • @seda8044
      @seda8044 4 года назад

      ı wish you translated this into english:( apologies madame

    • @tridente4769
      @tridente4769 3 года назад +1

      @Asim Malik "She was excluded from National Education in June 1943 - not for the misappropriation of these two minors as is often said (this case indeed ends with a dismissal), but because the rector of the academy denounces the fact that 'she lives in cohabitation, that she teaches Proust and Gide to her students and that she displays a superior contempt for any moral and family discipline.
      The rector is also asking for Sartre's dismissal, which he does not get.
      Beauvoir will be reinstated at the Liberation but will decide not to resume teaching."

  • @mattfz7593
    @mattfz7593 4 года назад +219

    "You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life."
    Albert Camus

    • @kingfisher9725
      @kingfisher9725 4 года назад +1

      @Alex AS Interesting thought. Well said :)

    • @Motorwali
      @Motorwali 4 года назад +1

      ruclips.net/video/7d16CpWp-ok/видео.html might answer some questions

    • @andrasnemes5427
      @andrasnemes5427 4 года назад +1

      @Alex AS I mean the feeling of hapiness is real we just had to name it somehow

    • @LounaM11
      @LounaM11 4 года назад +1

      @Alex AS "Like great works, deep feelings always mean more than they are conscious of saying... Great feelings take with them their own universe, splendid or abject. They light up with their passion an exclusive world in which they recognize their climate."
      - Albert Camus

    • @marcodragneel8035
      @marcodragneel8035 4 года назад +5

      Only when we accept the meaninglessness of our lives can we face the absurd with our heads held high -Camus

  • @ThiagoCorbari
    @ThiagoCorbari 4 года назад +229

    She's the perfect example of "do what I say but not what I do".

    • @mantabsekali920
      @mantabsekali920 2 года назад +3

      Look the art not the maker haha

    • @arhatyellow
      @arhatyellow 2 года назад

      @Asim Malik And that is lightweight pedantry. Try reading a book sometime, or ever.

    • @percycesar769
      @percycesar769 Год назад +1

      Well said my friend. We are not idiots.

    • @C8ffeine8983
      @C8ffeine8983 7 месяцев назад +2

      Why do you care about the person, think about the idea

    • @Luixxxd1
      @Luixxxd1 6 месяцев назад

      It's easy to tell you to give away money, whilst you keep it for your own satisfaction

  • @ggweasel
    @ggweasel 4 года назад +36

    Loving the animation and awesome art style mixed with education. If i learn stuff this way when i was in school, would have been much more enjoyable experience!

  • @jannetteberends8730
    @jannetteberends8730 4 года назад +17

    What a pleasant surprise to hear de Beauvoir mentioned as one of the founders of existentialism.

    • @melissanunez9266
      @melissanunez9266 4 года назад +13

      She was Sartre's lover
      She believed in abortion
      She founded feminism as a class struggle
      She thought of pleasure as an end in itself
      She didn't do anything to help anyone
      Of course she was existentialist

    • @theYTwatcher200
      @theYTwatcher200 4 года назад +12

      @@melissanunez9266 Wow, now I love her even more, thanks!

    • @Aditi-mb3qm
      @Aditi-mb3qm 3 года назад +5

      @@melissanunez9266 Wow!!! Now I love her too, thanks.

  • @cybrace
    @cybrace 4 года назад +9

    04:10 I love this channel because they chose to include this side of her.

  • @vittoprince
    @vittoprince 4 года назад +104

    Simone de Beauvoir: we live in a society

  • @dystopia390
    @dystopia390 4 года назад +32

    I feel so connected to her reading her memoirs, idk I just love her

  • @trevormartin1944
    @trevormartin1944 4 года назад +22

    The entire composition of this video: the voice, the animation, the content, everything, is wonderfully pulchritudinous.

    • @hindaltahir817
      @hindaltahir817 3 года назад +2

      Thank you for teaching me the word "pulchritudinous". 🌷

  • @Dan-ud8hz
    @Dan-ud8hz 3 года назад +6

    "Freedom of choice is the essence of all accountability.”
    ― Frederick Douglass, My Bondage and My Freedom

  • @jacobzaranyika9334
    @jacobzaranyika9334 3 года назад

    Thank you 🙏 for your support Ted-Ed

  • @sebastianelytron8450
    @sebastianelytron8450 4 года назад +440

    There is only one place in the world where you can find the meaning of life
    The dictionary.

  • @johnpijano4786
    @johnpijano4786 4 года назад +8

    The relationship between De buvior, Satre, and Camus is very interesting. Satre and Camus were good friends but came into conflict regarding Communism, and De Buvior's relationship to them

  • @beatrix160
    @beatrix160 4 года назад +8

    Literally no one :
    De Beauvoir : *blasts everything and everyone*.

  • @joaenahyewonGFM
    @joaenahyewonGFM 4 года назад +1

    Love how at the end of the video the editor timed the appearing of the women's heads with the beat of the music.

  • @sharonsekhon9475
    @sharonsekhon9475 3 года назад +25

    So lucky to have found her when I was 17.

  • @ghostiaa
    @ghostiaa 4 года назад +3

    ted ed videos are the videos keeping me in school

  • @ENARMtips
    @ENARMtips 4 года назад +128

    Lets just remember she was a philosopher, not a social scientist.

    • @alexandrub8786
      @alexandrub8786 4 года назад +10

      And according to some here an antisemite pimp who wanted to lower the age of consent from 15 with 1 or 2 years.

  • @queensaharaice7376
    @queensaharaice7376 4 года назад +1

    I haven't finished this video yet, but I gotta say I LOVE this female narrator 😍😍

  • @marvin55
    @marvin55 4 года назад +12

    For me, "La Vieillese" by Simone de Beauvoir is her greatest work.

  • @be432n3
    @be432n3 3 года назад

    love this channel so much

  • @katiecook8195
    @katiecook8195 2 года назад +3

    “Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board. For some they come in with the tide. For others they sail forever on the horizon, never out of sight, never landing until the Watcher turns his eyes away in resignation, his dreams mocked to death by Time. That is the life of men.
    Now, women forget all those things they don’t want to remember, and remember everything they don’t want to forget. The dream is the truth. Then they act and do things accordingly.” - Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, 1937

  • @vikramsingh1795
    @vikramsingh1795 Год назад

    Amazing Narration and visuals

  • @user-rf2pq8eu1b
    @user-rf2pq8eu1b 4 года назад +193

    the meaning of everything is 42 ;)

  • @jodycarter9677
    @jodycarter9677 4 года назад +118

    “Created the foundations of Existentialism” ???
    I guess Kierkegaard and Nietzsche came after de Beauvoir. I’m a fan of her thinking but this is a misleading statement. Her concept of freedom is well expressed.

    • @alexandrub8786
      @alexandrub8786 4 года назад +12

      It is more about the symbolism or if you would prefere propaganda, if you consider that she wasn't the creator of existentialism. And out there are similar misconceptions.

    • @user-gk2sc4ky4i
      @user-gk2sc4ky4i 4 года назад +49

      isn't Nietzsche closer to nihilism? ive been told that's why schools and others dont count both kierkegaard and Nietzsche as existentialist bc their theories and beliefs are more on the "life has no meaning, there's no point in it" outlook while existentialist believe life has no strict meaning but whatever the individual gives it?

    • @garrydarancy2425
      @garrydarancy2425 4 года назад +1

      @@ancientz7547 As should be Nietzsche ? His idea to become its own work of art is the very essence of existentialism, don't you think so ?

    • @horchatatee5407
      @horchatatee5407 2 года назад

      Kierkegaard was the one who first used "existential" to refer to the human condition of freedom and how overwhelming it can be. He can be considered the true father of existentialism if you'd like to see it that way but his notion of existentialism was very different to what was more broadly known as such and his solution was to "take a leap of faith". Satre and de Beauvoir were who really developed and defined existentialism as became widespread, even if they took inspiration from Kierkegaard and Nietzsche. Also kinda unrelated but Nietzsche was more of a vitalist/proto-existentialist than a nihilist, he spoke a lot about nihilism but steered away from it, seeing it as "the easy way out"

  • @amauritaniannomad6533
    @amauritaniannomad6533 4 года назад +8

    That's some impeccable pronunciation of those French names. Really good hear, just like a Parisian accent.

  • @kangkana5744
    @kangkana5744 3 года назад

    I'm so in love with the narrator's voice💖

  • @weegeeismad9298
    @weegeeismad9298 4 года назад +176

    “To convey the importance of her work...”
    “To show you the power of Flex Tape...”
    *Coincidence? I think not.*

  • @papa20117
    @papa20117 2 года назад +1

    Very interesting and informative video 👍🙏🏼❤️

  • @lordycostelo9096
    @lordycostelo9096 4 года назад +31

    This is prolly the best channel in yt ngl.. God speed!

  • @strange_and_magnificent
    @strange_and_magnificent 4 года назад

    TED Ed is now my official personal history teacher 👩‍🏫 for quarantine. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

  • @dananabread6632
    @dananabread6632 4 года назад +3

    What an amazing video! Thank you ao much for this, TED-Ed!

  • @jacobzaranyika9334
    @jacobzaranyika9334 3 года назад

    Thank you

  • @duchi882
    @duchi882 4 года назад +16

    This reminds me
    of the film *"Pursuit of Happyness"*

  • @kenhtinhthuc
    @kenhtinhthuc 2 года назад +2

    Much of who we are is the product of social conditioning. In Buddhism, the othering process is called BECOMING - bhava (the arising of the sense of self).

    • @amanumin7201
      @amanumin7201 2 года назад

      Try read this article.. What is the Purpose of Life Islam Guide

    • @phoedahoe5370
      @phoedahoe5370 2 года назад

      @@amanumin7201 why are u suggesting Islam to a Buddhist?

    • @amanumin7201
      @amanumin7201 2 года назад

      @@phoedahoe5370 this life is a TEST n THIS WORLD LIFE IS THE FIRST N LAST TEST to mankind for seek n accept the truth.. n i suggesting Islam to all because this religion is from messenger of God (from prophet Adam to prophet Muhammad pbuh)..
      I just recommend but not forcing theam to believe

  • @RyBrown
    @RyBrown 4 года назад +23

    Yes! I didnt know about Simone, but I agree with all of her points. I'm glad you posted this video TED.

    • @DegreesOfThree
      @DegreesOfThree 4 года назад +8

      Ry B She wanted to eliminate age of consent laws. Do you agree with that as well?

    • @RyBrown
      @RyBrown 4 года назад

      Bearly Listening im libertarian...

    • @DegreesOfThree
      @DegreesOfThree 4 года назад +10

      Ry B And obviously you're not a parent.

    • @amauritaniannomad6533
      @amauritaniannomad6533 4 года назад +2

      She's a great thinker. You should read more about her. She basically foregrounded today's third wave feminism and advocateed the rights of minorities such as homosexuals. Her views on feminism are the best imo.

    • @beththreat5098
      @beththreat5098 4 года назад

      @@DegreesOfThree That's the only thing you knew about her?
      Parents, relatives of those 13 or 14 were not ashamed for selling them back then!

  • @cartergray9397
    @cartergray9397 Год назад +1

    There is no one answer to this question, as life can be interpreted in many different ways. Some people believe that the meaning of life is to find happiness and satisfaction in what we do, while others believe that it's about learning and growing. The important thing is that you find what makes you happy and fulfilled, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise!

    • @amanumin7201
      @amanumin7201 Год назад

      Try read this article for know something... What is the Purpose of Life Islam Guide

  • @IsseySatoru
    @IsseySatoru 3 года назад +36

    Whomever drew me like this, need's to review my photos 😰

  • @marvinsaintnasisr.siarot9756
    @marvinsaintnasisr.siarot9756 Год назад +2

    "Our Greatest ethical imperative is to create our own life's meaning, while protecting the freedom of others to do the same"
    This stuck with me and became my personality.

    • @8is
      @8is Год назад

      Sounds very similar to Objectivism.

  • @buttyobject575
    @buttyobject575 3 года назад +33

    C'est une grande personnalité, qui a fait beaucoup pour l'être humain.
    Merci pour cette géniale vidéo

  • @vaishnavigupta9111
    @vaishnavigupta9111 3 месяца назад

    excellent animation

  • @physicshacks6349
    @physicshacks6349 3 года назад +11

    "Life fundamentally is meaningless , it just you who can give meaning to it. , You are the ultimate controller of your life."
    - Me

  • @simulacrum2731
    @simulacrum2731 Год назад +2

    Fantastic insight into the importance of living with purpose

  • @victafamilyforever4607
    @victafamilyforever4607 4 года назад +3

    I’m doing school and this just popped up

  • @brucelee7782
    @brucelee7782 3 года назад

    Legend!- wait for it - dary

  • @mukuljha8556
    @mukuljha8556 3 года назад +7

    I was looking for the answer of "Meaning of life" as titled. But it was more of a short biography 🥴

  • @Ln8Q
    @Ln8Q Год назад +1

    Life is easy, love and inner peace

  • @sebastianmunozochoa1485
    @sebastianmunozochoa1485 4 года назад +108

    Of course parts of her life are controversial, wanting to change the age of consent in France from 15 to lower ages is bad.

    • @rjimpervious8261
      @rjimpervious8261 4 года назад +43

      It should be noted that it was not only de Beauvoir advocating it. Sartre, Roland Barthes, Michel Foucault, and Jacques Derrida were also supporters of the abrogation of the age of consent.

    • @sebastianmunozochoa1485
      @sebastianmunozochoa1485 4 года назад +44

      @@rjimpervious8261 and the worst is that many of them are called " inspiring" by many people who are naive or dishonest to admit that she along the others you mentioned are messed up people.

    • @melissanunez9266
      @melissanunez9266 4 года назад +11

      @@sebastianmunozochoa1485 Most people think philosophy is the bible whatever kind of philosophy it is, especially the cheapest one, the inmoral one. Not all philosophers say the truth. Don't believe a word of what she said.

    • @sebastianmunozochoa1485
      @sebastianmunozochoa1485 4 года назад +20

      @@melissanunez9266 There are parts of the Bible that are not bad ideas , but also common sense. The problem with de Beauvoir is that she said that women should be respected, she seduced young women but hated when Sartre was nice to them .
      She loved the Soviet Union but never lived there.

    • @alexandrebertrand1069
      @alexandrebertrand1069 4 года назад

      @@rjimpervious8261 There was also Françoise Dolto, who was a...pediatrician, and a quite influential one to say the least.

  • @soulintent4129
    @soulintent4129 3 года назад

    These videos are amazing, so wholesome

  • @williamhenry0834
    @williamhenry0834 4 года назад +8

    Following the footage of a person is not always good, sometimes think out of the box and break the laws is way a legend born

    • @alexandrub8786
      @alexandrub8786 4 года назад

      And also how idiots appear,i mean there are laws for a reason.

    • @angquang2804
      @angquang2804 4 года назад

      Romanian Székely it is depend on how you break. It is right that many idiots appear like you said, but many legend appear too. Like Alain Badiou said philosophy make people fall into decadence, and law not always right

    • @williamhenry0834
      @williamhenry0834 4 года назад

      Breaking the laws often comes with people who have an innvation mind in their brain, and you can turn that into your succeed or your worst nightmare depend on your choice

  • @kylevincent2180
    @kylevincent2180 Год назад

    Great video! Should let others see this too.

  • @pepe_de_phroog2.033
    @pepe_de_phroog2.033 4 года назад +5

    I think the meaning of life is to do something, like anything that can benefit or not benefit people, It doesn't matter what you do it's what will be the outcome will be.

  • @supersonico9364
    @supersonico9364 3 года назад

    Glorious purpose! 👍

  • @danielhaqim-g2y
    @danielhaqim-g2y 4 месяца назад +3

    I'm interested in her thinking but this is definitely an idealistic thoughts that can possibly cause harm in social fabric.

  • @yasminmendonca6751
    @yasminmendonca6751 4 года назад +1

    She was... just... I can't even explain. ❤🥺

  • @edwardbackman744
    @edwardbackman744 4 года назад +8

    Id love to see more videos like these. Nothing too ambitious, just an impression of the meaning of someones work. There should be one for every major thinker.

  • @akj3344
    @akj3344 4 года назад +1

    Love this video. Nice background music. Puts on the perfect theme.

  • @molojtraeloabal3668
    @molojtraeloabal3668 4 года назад +7

    Great video, it is beautiful. I wonder why existencialism is not talked about this days, maybe because we are living in a shallow era of domination where thinking about freedom is seen as an economic problem

  • @mjstory1976
    @mjstory1976 4 года назад

    Awesome and informative video

  • @pinniboinamuneeswar6962
    @pinniboinamuneeswar6962 4 года назад +4

    I consider Ted-ed videos to be the best educational videos on RUclips. However, being honest, I couldn't quite recognise where exactly you talked about "the meaning of life according to Simon de Beauvoir" in the video. The fact that the actual content was only of less than a minute and that it was lost in a 5 min long video was a little disturbing. But still, thanks a lot for making these videos.🙌

  • @84000WAYS
    @84000WAYS 4 года назад

    love the illustrations

  • @geesecouchtaming7223
    @geesecouchtaming7223 4 года назад +23

    The meaning of life, is when a creature is not dead.

  • @laxcano
    @laxcano 4 года назад +1

    Nice graphics.!! Congrats.

  • @Leto85
    @Leto85 4 года назад +5

    @TEDEx, will you be interested in making a video that goes deeper into this philosophy? I find your videos often to be very good in explaining complicated topics.

    • @Leto85
      @Leto85 3 года назад

      @Asim Malik That sounds rather boring to me.

  • @WorldAquariumSingapore
    @WorldAquariumSingapore 4 года назад

    Nice animation and voice over 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻😄😄😄

  • @samuellw8688
    @samuellw8688 4 года назад +11

    2:17- Nice Easter egg including Camus as one of the guys.

  • @Oshunpitcher
    @Oshunpitcher 10 месяцев назад

    If eu can accept that life is an adventure and consciously choose that adventure it begains to matter less weather ur experience here is good r bad because I'll experience is so valuable

  • @korozackikorozacki7444
    @korozackikorozacki7444 4 года назад +3

    At the age of 11 I started question my existence,my meaning,my purpose. I am now 17 and I have formulated a simple approach to the big questions. My universal meaning of life is to simply enjoy what is given,to compare when one is eating a slice of cake does one ask why this cake? How was it made? What is it made of? What to do with it? No, one just enjoys it.

    • @shoaibakhtar4389
      @shoaibakhtar4389 4 года назад +1

      Chocolate cake or cup cakes?

    • @shoaibakhtar4389
      @shoaibakhtar4389 4 года назад +2

      Ok get it! The meaning of life is
      TO EAT CAKES 😂
      Just joking friend, i appreciate your thoughts

    • @TheReck12
      @TheReck12 4 года назад

      Yeah give it a couple of years, that will change

  • @arnavfootballfreestylerrid8050
    @arnavfootballfreestylerrid8050 4 года назад

    Awesome video

  • @Mohtasimmow
    @Mohtasimmow 3 года назад +3

    She masters philosophy and is the first youngest person to do it.As soon as she took the exam and now her mission is to BREAK them! Wow! Something really happened during her childhood that she made this as a goal and thats why she was the youngest because she was trying her best when she was younger too! I really want to know the reason what happened during her childhood that made her to pick this goal!

  • @rajdeepsarkar6288
    @rajdeepsarkar6288 4 года назад

    Nice piece of work TED-Ed!

  • @couragethecheems5877
    @couragethecheems5877 4 года назад +11

    The meaning of life is simple
    *Live*

  • @محمدالربيعي-ز5ن
    @محمدالربيعي-ز5ن 4 года назад +1

    I love ted-ed videos

  • @norainnoflowers1551
    @norainnoflowers1551 3 года назад +4

    Sartre’s animation in this one is hilarious and endearingly dopey

  • @abdulrazack1683
    @abdulrazack1683 3 года назад

    I like the narration, the narrator did a good job.