that's what I've been doing recently, ehh, the last 40 years. Just stick to wine and whisky, and occasionally books and music. Glenn Gould tickles me pink.
Schopenhauer's brilliant and insightful philosophy is a slap in the face to modern psychology when it comes up with the idea that humans are hardwired for social connection, meaning that relationships are a basic need. Excuse me, but the only basic needs are eating and sleeping. Beyond that anyone is free to build their life as they like. Until I turned 40 I lived brainwashed by the idea that something was wrong with me because I don't have friends. Then I freed myself by getting rid of this nonsensical prejudice so now I feel free and happy since I have all my time at my disposal to think, write, read, enjoy art or other intellectual endeavours. And most important: I claim shamelessly my viewpoint of enjoying, loving and craving solitude. Keeping company is so draining apart from pointless. Schopenhauer is my hero, my idol, my solace.
Modern psychology is based on research showcasing that on group level social relations are a basic need. Most people, not everyone. The other route that modern psychology use: evolution - without the group in prehistoric times you would be excluded and die; therefore being social, conformative and scared of being excluded were traits that ensured your survival and a high rate of procreation - thus getting passed on for generations making these traits the absolute norm today. Again; norm, not everyone. But I can agree that oftentimes in the media it's conveyed as "we humans need..", but know that all research is always presenting results and conclusions "on group level", there are always some individuals in a study that differ.
Since 17 years I am alone, which means without a partner but having friends. Sometimes I find it hard to be alone, sometimes I like it. But to me it still feels unnatural, something is missing. On the other hand I can’t imagine to have a partner anymore. I try to find what is missing in myself. I’m old now, but I still got a lot to learn.
@lifeisabadjoke5750 I think Schopenhauer lived in a time when women were almost condemned to be just mothers and housewives. I also think that the way a person is treated by his mother during childhood is very important in shaping his view of women. In his writings, he poured out all the resentment he felt toward his mother and the disappointment he felt when he was rejected in love many times. On the other hand, as far as I know, he loudly praised two women: a mystic woman - whose name I can't remember, unfortunately - and Elisabeth Ney, the sculptor who cast his bust. Also, when he talks about the will and the intellect, he always says that the will is masculine and the intellect is feminine.
"Most people are dull because they are driven to interaction with others. It's as if the average person is not a full person by himself and needs others to complete him" Brilliant. Love the video.
Do you see what is actually being expressed there though? It is an introverts expression of their distaste for the shallowness of those high in trait extroversion, a creatives expression of their distaste for the closed-mindedness of those not high in trait openness, a skeptics expression of their distaste for the naivety of those high in trait agreeableness.
Schopo hated the common man. With a passion. In his opinion most people liked the company of others because they are dull and incomplete. Its a moronic generalisation. If you are not part of the aristocracy or a fellow genius then you are stupid and mean and pointless. Thats his belief. And you love that.
Idk, it's some nonsense. Looking at people "objectively", as if you'd be "observing animals" is a natural consequence of you being alone, both the "wise man" and "the fool that gets burned by the fire" of society experience this perspective of an observer, so what is Schope even talking about?
@@Bambim8 It's only "nonsense" because you don't understand it. Gotta open yourself to it: it's balance and paradox. All is one and One is All: we need to interact with society but while maintaining our individual sense of self. The objectivity is that detached distance where you don't take the actions of others personal nor mirror what they're doing and saying. Keep your mind open and dive deeper.
I lived alone renovating a house for years, I became at one with myself, sitting in the garden at the end of the day stargazing and contemplating life. I realised that when you’re isolated from society (or choose not to be too involved) that you can really start to see what you really want from it. The best thing that I learned was that I was becoming happy. In becoming happy I began to meet some amazing people. Now I have a family and I’m happy to have lived that way, I will tell my children that they don’t need to worry about popularity, but to be themselves and to be at peace to see life’s positives.
For most of my life i felt there was something wrong because i always felt alone and in solitude even when i was surrounded by people. Now this man is telling me that's what i should strive for! What a madman, i love it.
You are not alone.im also with you.its ok to have a surrounding which don't have a same wavelength of us. We are just different not a one of em in that herd.
I've always felt most alone in a room filled with people. I always ended up pushed aside into a corner, and slipping quickly out a side door. I'm most comfortable and relaxed at home alone. No gossip-mongers, no drama, no small talk about mundane matters.
"Isolation is a gift." Once I realized that 99 percent of your problems come from interacting with other people, I began to treasure isolation. A ton of introspection and growth comes from isolation as well, because the mind that guides you into making foolish decisions, can not hide behind life's meanderings.
The internet makes being isolated a lot less stressful. We are able to live our lives outside the parameters of society, yet still have the benefit of reaching out and having limited communications with other people. Just the right amount of contact for me personally. I don't have to get my life intertwined with others just for a few simple compliments, debates, arguments and insults. And I most certainly am fine with not being around or having a female in my life. At my age you have been around the block a few times and know enough to stay as far away from modern western woman as possible. When the system is stacked against you, the only reasonable answer is not to play the game. Funny how relationships can be akin to nuclear war.
@@OldieWan Kenobi you are right. Many men trap themselves in relationships and especially relationships with women as if women are some sort of savior. I came to the same conclusions myself as I have also been around the block.
@@biashacker As an isolated woman,my troubles came from men that landed me where i found myself. I think i made bad choices but today am happy alone,the freedom i wanted. A burden was lifted from my shoulders.
@@OldieWan I'm a modern western woman and yet I feel exactly the same as you, and apparently Schopenhauer as well! Not all modern western woman are the same. there are those like me that shun that box. It's a ridiculous box.
I love solitude. People try to make it seem like its so sad to be alone, but I think it's sad when people constantly need humans around to function. Being alone to me is like a breath of fresh air!!!!
i relate to this philosopher a lot...ive been alone all my life and i used to want to be friends with people now i realize that im better off on my own, had i had his words when i was a kid the world would have been so much more bearable
no. it would have taken time to adapt. I'm like you. A loner by nature. When I was young being alone could be very difficult at times. Now, bearing down on 60 years of age..., I have no use for humans where my personal life is concerned. For the most part they sicken me.
"A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it io only when he is alone that he is really free." -Schopenhauer This is the realest and most relatable quote I've read in a while🔥
Its because none of em wants to listen to pulling back the veil on reality, or when you threaten their delusional existence with difficult truths. Tends to make the sleepers and deluded get upset. So i quit putting myself through the arguing and bitter reactions... Rather just be by myself and not have conversations with anyone because it just always tends to go off the rails when fools start babbling their brainwash tripe like its reality.
I've always liked being alone. I actually enjoy my own company. It really is the true meaning of freedom. I didn't always like myself, but when you accept all of yourself the good, the bad, and the ugly then you at peace with yourself. I've barely learned how to interact with society, but I've also barley learned to love myself. When I'm alone it's my peace away from the world.
This is really good advice. I've always found that my desire for social interactions is paradoxical. On the one hand, social interactions are fun but they can also get quite annoying and people can become quite unbearable. So it's important to find a balance in life and learn to live in the world among people but also find peace in solitude.
I frequently interact with society as if I am an anthropologist observing an alien species and trying not to make judgements about them. It is a feeling of aloneness within a social group that I still need to some extent to feel human.
I had a great master who told me: “don't observe society through the cold lens of scientist. Then you are judging. Rather, observe with compassion, and you will understand their suffering. Lately, I find myself saying “I see dead people”
I love being by myself in a cottage on the mountains. The less people I see or speak to, the better I feel. People think I'm strange, I couldn't care less.
When you are isolated from other people and the world,you often create unique things that are not found anywhere else. You become original in the true sense. Thats a gift.
4:00 That's why I would rarely leave the house, when I lived in cities, without very large and loud headphones blasting music. A professor once asked me why I always walked into class blaring music and I immediately responded, "so I don't have to listen to all the idiotic conversations going on around me."
Idk what’s happened to me but I was the dull person all my life. In my 20s now after pain put me on a path to understand, I find myself withdrawing from society a lot. I thought it was unhealthy until I came across this video. I’m happy to just be on my own and occupy my hours with what I want to occupy them with. Mainly reflection and knowledge.
Amazing! I experienced this same construct in my late 20’s, and then proceeded to write a Poem about it. More meaningful now, after having shared it and after nearly 30 more years!
This is how I live. I am really alone but rub shoulders with the massess, whom I keep at a polite distance. The best I can manage is to have associates. Friendships are too costly. They hijack my time sapping my energy and cause a kind of diabetes of the soul.
Schopenhauer, although he had many interesting things to say, had a tremendously high self-opinion and contempt for others he felt were not as intelligent as he thought he was. He was indeed a man of his times and culture.
I've wanted to live alone since I was 5 years old; I finally managed to move into a studio, all by myself, just shy of my 50th birthday, and that in the Eternal City. The funny thing is this place is sort of a gift from a friend: I'd never have met her if my "splendid isolation" hadn't been preceded by some going out in society.
@@MM-nl8ci I meant TOTALLY solo! I moved out of my mother's at 17, then, after several co-habitations and girlfriends (never a marriage, though), finally TOTALLY By MYSELF (no-one to answer to) at 48. It hadn't been possible earlier because of economic reasons, and, as I wrote, it was finally made possible by the generosity of a lady friend.
Thanks again for a profound video. You teach me again how great Schopenhauer was and IS ! He grows wiser the more I learn about him. Please keep sharing your thoughts with us, our current times need philosophy 🙏❤🙌
@@WeltgeistYT Can't speak for OP but it is a very well written book. Flows nicely, clearly written, and makes a strong case that social interaction isn't all that it's cracked up to be - that human growth and creativity requires solitude. Full title is "Solitude: A return to the self"
Thank you for this video. It really hit home at this point in my life, into my sixties. Not that I am a genius but I do like challenging conversations and finding it harder to tolerate dull ones. It all makes sense now.
In psychiatry, voluntary solitude is called "isolating" & the goal seems to be to shame the patient for their choice of solitude. I do pay a high price for being mentally ill, but I have a reward in solitude that most cannot achieve even when they try. When people working in psychology or psychiatry tell me how bad solitude is for me, I nod & ponder how that human has never experienced the joy of solitude & likely never will.
Two thing I realize no matter how happy you are people will find some way to argue with you. Being alone is so liberating because you don’t have to deal with anyone echo
I am turning 50 next month And I cannot see a better path then to be alone at this point I am accepting some misery that comes with it And I'm asking the divine for guidance as I move forward
Some insight from my perspective: Common people are dull in the sense they act and think by the cultural influence they have accepted rather than thinking like they have an awareness to how culture influences their thoughts, this limits a person's thinking making them simple and dull. With that said; it makes a genius difficult to relate to the common man because there is a difference in personal/sub culture that is created by this isolation. If a genius were to be studying the socialogical side of things they may see something similar as mentioned, if they are studying something else then they maybe so caught up in their own context of study that it makes no sense to the common man or less sense to the common man in the same field of study. It is this divide of cultural awareness that separates us from the common man to genius.
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that last minute & a half hit home ✊🏼 even tho I myself have come to this conclusion ‘ not without the influence of others’ to be unbound to others it’s still very difficult to figure out if I want to try to be more caring to others & sociable’ charming which are all great or just focus on the long term goal that’s going to move me up the hierarchy ladder & be a Lone Ranger. If there’s a perfect sweet spot it is like Schopenhauer said to be alone’ around others even while relating to others.
Thank you for bringing so much wisdom to a place that is all too often vapid and empty. If only everybody craved this kind of knowledge and insight even a little we'd all live a more tranquil life..
Still kinda struggling with this myself. Didnt really care much for friends or social interaction beyond the 3 or so that i had, developed a strong desire for companionship in college and ran smack into conflicting feelings of being frustrated with and generally disliking the bulk of humanity but still wanting to make new friends and have more of the social experience that i had in college. A bit easier to meet like-minded individuals in college though XD
This was excellent! It fits so well with me. We are social beings but when you realise you have nothing in common with the rest, solitude is like rescuing myself from the dull society around myself. Solitude can be creative, can fulfill in many ways. Depression rears its head in periods, I know then that I have to pay a price for choosing solitude. I have become a rich person in myself. Although you would like, I admit, to have somebody to share many interesting ideas with. But that's the way it is and I like it for the most.
It would seem that what is required in order for someone to maintain a sense of solitude while in the midst of a turbulent society would be a developed sense of stoicism, a part of, but also apart from.
Engaging in small talk energy realms destroys the potential. people function within predictable mind patterns therefore they seek external thrills.Isolating and cultivating extreme dedication and a rigid structure actually frees the mind.
I spend most of my time alone but still within close proximity of other people. I differ from most in the fact that I prefer change rather than taking comfort in the same old routines and being in the company of people who have known them for an overly extended amount of time and hearing the same old stories and the same old drama. On the weekend sometimes I will pack what I need into my camper van and drive to another town in a different county and stay until time to return to my job. I find being around new people to be refreshing but I have my limit when it is time for me to break away I break away back to my camper van or to a motel room where I take pleasure in reading or watching television programs until I feel the need to go out again. I will talk to people I see in restaurants or in the market in whatever town I happen to be visiting at the time. It makes life so much more interesting.
The thoughts expressed in this video are quite relatable. Has anyone else noticed how crowded this country has become? I live in SE Pennsylvania and find the constant barrage of people and cars to be unbearable.
Schopo hated the common man. With a passion. In his opinion most people liked the company of others because they are dull and incomplete. Its a moronic generalisation. If you are not part of the aristocracy or a fellow genius then you are stupid and mean and pointless. Thats his belief. And you love that.
@@bottomendbliss For me the definition of love is pleasure, and I get a lot of pleasure from reading Schopenhauer. Maybe Schopenhauer was an elitist as was Nietzsche, both though had amazing minds and a lot to teach. It's not necessary to agree with everything to find gems in someone's work. A lot can be said against Schopenhauer, he was sexist, racist for example, but the world as will and representation is a master work of insight. There are no philosophers apart from Spinoza that I can not find some fault with, but I can still appreciate their work.
@@robertcoltrane5602 Sorry i thought you meant your love extended to him personally. Most people take his work on face value without applying any critical thinking. Because of these videos he gets a lot of hero worship.
This was maybe the most direct on point perspective that I 💯 agree with. Several years ago I learned to study society through observation but I must admit I am still a unique test subject myself so I must always try to be aware of the influences and side effects in society.
My dear friend , i have always felt you. Even so , in a crowded place. I never rejected you, cause you have been with me always. I Know, you will still be by my side In my last breath on this earth. I will always be yours and you always be mine. Ho Solitude because of you i am free.
For me, I was miserable and even suicidal when I forced myself to try and socialize with others. When I finally accepted that socializing with others only would result in my destruction I began staying to myself and immediately after doing so, life became tolerable.
Though I agree that solitude is an integral part of finding yourself and your peace, we do need each other. We aren’t completely self sufficient, we have flaws and inadequacies that need to be filled by others. Becoming a recluse isn’t going to fix this. Maybe smaller societies and micro cultures (like clubs and neighborhoods) might help, but I don’t know
People and society can distract you from any deep introspection. Also, it takes away from your peace of mind. ...Live free and in peace by living on your own. This is why wise men and women have become hermits through the millennias.
So could we say that Schopenhauer had avpd? this is what i was diagnosed with and this i resonate deeply with! im not saying im intelligent i have learning disabilities but i find my self often talking to a different species and i am the one who has to adapt to them everytime to be invisible.
Schopenhauers recommendation for “taking” your solitude with you into social settings is also a sufi Islamic idea. Interesting how a 19th Century European philosopher correspondences with 13 century Muslims scholars.
@@jean-frederic-pascalgoddar9801 never heard of such an concept in Greek philosophy but sounds interesting mind sharing where you read that? Also would be wonderful if you explain how you deduced that Greek philosophy influenced the sufi orders of the 13c Iran there was a knowledge transfer but as of my knowledge not in the spiritual field. Just want to make sure bc you know a lot of people have prejudices against Islam and try to belittle everything that stands in connection with Muslims. For example claiming that most of Islamic scientific progress was nothing more than copying Greek texts without contributing anything.
@Ziplokk you must be a pretty dumb guy to come to such a simplistic generalisation and then present it as an axiom adhered to your equally simplistic conception of what being intelligent entails.
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Could you please make an in-depth video on how Nietzsche disagreed with regards to the nuances present in this solution to the hedgehog's dilemma? 😅
"The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less." - Socrates
that's what I've been doing recently, ehh, the last 40 years. Just stick to wine and whisky, and occasionally books and music. Glenn Gould tickles me pink.
less is more
Socrates didn't have ferraris or s22 phones to think of...
@@iga279 Glenn Gould is the best consolation
“People =shit” -Corey Taylor.
Schopenhauer's brilliant and insightful philosophy is a slap in the face to modern psychology when it comes up with the idea that humans are hardwired for social connection, meaning that relationships are a basic need. Excuse me, but the only basic needs are eating and sleeping. Beyond that anyone is free to build their life as they like. Until I turned 40 I lived brainwashed by the idea that something was wrong with me because I don't have friends. Then I freed myself by getting rid of this nonsensical prejudice so now I feel free and happy since I have all my time at my disposal to think, write, read, enjoy art or other intellectual endeavours. And most important: I claim shamelessly my viewpoint of enjoying, loving and craving solitude. Keeping company is so draining apart from pointless. Schopenhauer is my hero, my idol, my solace.
Agreed with the points you made. But do you agree with what Schopenhauer said about females as a female yourself?
We should remember Schopenhauer was speaking of 19th century women, primarily in Germany. Repressed by society to a great extent.
Modern psychology is based on research showcasing that on group level social relations are a basic need. Most people, not everyone.
The other route that modern psychology use: evolution - without the group in prehistoric times you would be excluded and die; therefore being social, conformative and scared of being excluded were traits that ensured your survival and a high rate of procreation - thus getting passed on for generations making these traits the absolute norm today. Again; norm, not everyone.
But I can agree that oftentimes in the media it's conveyed as "we humans need..", but know that all research is always presenting results and conclusions "on group level", there are always some individuals in a study that differ.
Since 17 years I am alone, which means without a partner but having friends. Sometimes I find it hard to be alone, sometimes I like it. But to me it still feels unnatural, something is missing. On the other hand I can’t imagine to have a partner anymore. I try to find what is missing in myself. I’m old now, but I still got a lot to learn.
@lifeisabadjoke5750 I think Schopenhauer lived in a time when women were almost condemned to be just mothers and housewives. I also think that the way a person is treated by his mother during childhood is very important in shaping his view of women. In his writings, he poured out all the resentment he felt toward his mother and the disappointment he felt when he was rejected in love many times. On the other hand, as far as I know, he loudly praised two women: a mystic woman - whose name I can't remember, unfortunately - and Elisabeth Ney, the sculptor who cast his bust. Also, when he talks about the will and the intellect, he always says that the will is masculine and the intellect is feminine.
"Most people are dull because they are driven to interaction with others. It's as if the average person is not a full person by himself and needs others to complete him"
Brilliant. Love the video.
Love is not consolation because love is de light of my soul intuition.
Thank you friend!
Do you see what is actually being expressed there though? It is an introverts expression of their distaste for the shallowness of those high in trait extroversion, a creatives expression of their distaste for the closed-mindedness of those not high in trait openness, a skeptics expression of their distaste for the naivety of those high in trait agreeableness.
Schopo hated the common man. With a passion. In his opinion most people liked the company of others because they are dull and incomplete. Its a moronic generalisation.
If you are not part of the aristocracy or a fellow genius then you are stupid and mean and pointless. Thats his belief. And you love that.
@@NihilRuina Hes a gaslighting tool.
"The goal is to move with society without actually becoming part of society "
I am using these line from way back
How do you do it?
That’s actually scriptural, to be in the world, but not of it.
Idk, it's some nonsense. Looking at people "objectively", as if you'd be "observing animals" is a natural consequence of you being alone, both the "wise man" and "the fool that gets burned by the fire" of society experience this perspective of an observer, so what is Schope even talking about?
@@Bambim8 It's only "nonsense" because you don't understand it. Gotta open yourself to it: it's balance and paradox. All is one and One is All: we need to interact with society but while maintaining our individual sense of self.
The objectivity is that detached distance where you don't take the actions of others personal nor mirror what they're doing and saying.
Keep your mind open and dive deeper.
wtf are you talking bout@@Bambim8
One doesn't have to be a genius to appreciate solitude. It does require self-respect.
I could never relate more with a philosopher
Ah yes the great philosopher shrek
Agreed, I’ve heard of him being referred to as the Philospher of the artist
@@madisonsykes4896 art is anything done for iteslf. There are geniuses in every field
@Mr fluffy Snuggle whiskers you're blocking my sunshine. Diogene
And so apropos for today in the day of social media. You must abandon 3/4 of who you are and what you would like to say.
I lived alone renovating a house for years, I became at one with myself, sitting in the garden at the end of the day stargazing and contemplating life.
I realised that when you’re isolated from society (or choose not to be too involved) that you can really start to see what you really want from it.
The best thing that I learned was that I was becoming happy. In becoming happy I began to meet some amazing people.
Now I have a family and I’m happy to have lived that way, I will tell my children that they don’t need to worry about popularity, but to be themselves and to be at peace to see life’s positives.
For most of my life i felt there was something wrong because i always felt alone and in solitude even when i was surrounded by people. Now this man is telling me that's what i should strive for! What a madman, i love it.
You are not alone.im also with you.its ok to have a surrounding which don't have a same wavelength of us. We are just different not a one of em in that herd.
I've always felt most alone in a room filled with people. I always ended up pushed aside into a corner, and slipping quickly out a side door.
I'm most comfortable and relaxed at home alone.
No gossip-mongers, no drama, no small talk about mundane matters.
"Isolation is a gift." Once I realized that 99 percent of your problems come from interacting with other people, I began to treasure isolation.
A ton of introspection and growth comes from isolation as well, because the mind that guides you into making foolish decisions, can not hide behind life's meanderings.
Yes 13 years alone no problems stress from people or women troubles.
The internet makes being isolated a lot less stressful. We are able to live our lives outside the parameters of society, yet still have the benefit of reaching out and having limited communications with other people. Just the right amount of contact for me personally.
I don't have to get my life intertwined with others just for a few simple compliments, debates, arguments and insults.
And I most certainly am fine with not being around or having a female in my life. At my age you have been around the block a few times and know enough to stay as far away from modern western woman as possible.
When the system is stacked against you, the only reasonable answer is not to play the game. Funny how relationships can be akin to nuclear war.
@@OldieWan Kenobi you are right. Many men trap themselves in relationships and especially relationships with women as if women are some sort of savior. I came to the same conclusions myself as I have also been around the block.
@@biashacker As an isolated woman,my troubles came from men that landed me where i found myself. I think i made bad choices but today am happy alone,the freedom i wanted.
A burden was lifted from my shoulders.
@@OldieWan I'm a modern western woman and yet I feel exactly the same as you, and apparently Schopenhauer as well! Not all modern western woman are the same. there are those like me that shun that box. It's a ridiculous box.
I love solitude. People try to make it seem like its so sad to be alone, but I think it's sad when people constantly need humans around to function. Being alone to me is like a breath of fresh air!!!!
But are you really alone or do you have a partner?
i relate to this philosopher a lot...ive been alone all my life and i used to want to be friends with people now i realize that im better off on my own, had i had his words when i was a kid the world would have been so much more bearable
no. it would have taken time to adapt. I'm like you. A loner by nature. When I was young being alone could be very difficult at times. Now, bearing down on 60 years of age..., I have no use for humans where my personal life is concerned. For the most part they sicken me.
@@paradoxward2533 i understand it, perhaps with time i will be more like you sir
"A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it io only when he is alone that he is really free." -Schopenhauer
This is the realest and most relatable quote I've read in a while🔥
'' He who knows more than others, becomes lonely'' - Carl Jung
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Its because none of em wants to listen to pulling back the veil on reality, or when you threaten their delusional existence with difficult truths.
Tends to make the sleepers and deluded get upset. So i quit putting myself through the arguing and bitter reactions... Rather just be by myself and not have conversations with anyone because it just always tends to go off the rails when fools start babbling their brainwash tripe like its reality.
I also find most are gullible. The strong desire for more authoritarianism nowadays blows my mind.
Hell yeah they're gullible. Most people in this comment section worship Schopo yet if he ever saw them in the street he would spit on them lol
It's called narcissism
Easier to navigate vs ocean of options for followers. That could be a reason.
Whom do you find more gullible? The intellectual man or society as a whole?
@@Enviros imo intellectuals are often the authors of the mainstream narrative but society as a whole are the ones duped by it.
I've always liked being alone. I actually enjoy my own company. It really is the true meaning of freedom. I didn't always like myself, but when you accept all of yourself the good, the bad, and the ugly then you at peace with yourself. I've barely learned how to interact with society, but I've also barley learned to love myself. When I'm alone it's my peace away from the world.
This is really good advice. I've always found that my desire for social interactions is paradoxical. On the one hand, social interactions are fun but they can also get quite annoying and people can become quite unbearable.
So it's important to find a balance in life and learn to live in the world among people but also find peace in solitude.
Awesome, i share this with you
Peace is being still and quiet in das mist of a stormy society.
@@satnamo well put. I agree. We cant all escape to the Himalayas
It s very important in what country you live and how people behave daily.
@@gsr7706 lol do you think politics and elitism and abuse doesn't exist among monks. lmao
I frequently interact with society as if I am an anthropologist observing an alien species and trying not to make judgements about them. It is a feeling of aloneness within a social group that I still need to some extent to feel human.
I had a great master who told me: “don't observe society through the cold lens of scientist. Then you are judging. Rather, observe with compassion, and you will understand their suffering.
Lately, I find myself saying “I see dead people”
I love your analogy of describing situations regarding being alone, I'm alone all the time it took a long time to get use to it, I'm glad I did.
I love being by myself in a cottage on the mountains. The less people I see or speak to, the better I feel.
People think I'm strange, I couldn't care less.
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I get it. Metoo
Man alone suffers so deeply
That he has to invent laughter
Because life is no joke.
This video makes me smile.
So true indeed
@@Elaba_ Fight club
🙌 👏 🙏 🤝 👍
I turn to comedy,Stewart Lee,Doug Stanhope,Ricky Gervaise,to get through the darkness of a pointless existence lol.
When you are isolated from other people and the world,you often create unique things that are not found anywhere else.
You become original in the true sense.
Thats a gift.
Yes, I want more Schopenhauer. His similes are excellent for a simple soul like me. I look forward to more!
More coming
Yeah same
Yeah same
"Hell is other people." ~ J.P. Sartre
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4:00 That's why I would rarely leave the house, when I lived in cities, without very large and loud headphones blasting music. A professor once asked me why I always walked into class blaring music and I immediately responded, "so I don't have to listen to all the idiotic conversations going on around me."
I think the ideal place to be is to find a middle term. That means, appreciating solitude without having to hate society. That‘s how I found my way.
@@stela_solar How can you not hate it?
@@Bambim8 By understanding that you are not responsible for what others do, but only for your own attitudes.
Idk what’s happened to me but I was the dull person all my life. In my 20s now after pain put me on a path to understand, I find myself withdrawing from society a lot. I thought it was unhealthy until I came across this video. I’m happy to just be on my own and occupy my hours with what I want to occupy them with. Mainly reflection and knowledge.
I also love my solitude because in it I feel free.
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Amazing! I experienced this same construct in my late 20’s, and then proceeded to write a Poem about it. More meaningful now, after having shared it and after nearly 30 more years!
Living as a hermit is the best choice I have ever made.
Don't you miss the girls?
No, not any more.
@@rayclam8079you happy?
Yes, and my over all mood and outlook on life has improved a lot too. Some people aren't wired to be social.
@@rayclam8079 ayt buddy keep it up
This is how I live. I am really alone but rub shoulders with the massess, whom I keep at a polite distance. The best I can manage is to have associates. Friendships are too costly. They hijack my time sapping my energy and cause a kind of diabetes of the soul.
Schopenhauer, although he had many interesting things to say, had a tremendously high self-opinion and contempt for others he felt were not as intelligent as he thought he was. He was indeed a man of his times and culture.
I've wanted to live alone since I was 5 years old; I finally managed to move into a studio, all by myself, just shy of my 50th birthday, and that in the Eternal City. The funny thing is this place is sort of a gift from a friend: I'd never have met her if my "splendid isolation" hadn't been preceded by some going out in society.
@@MM-nl8ci I meant TOTALLY solo! I moved out of my mother's at 17, then, after several co-habitations and girlfriends (never a marriage, though), finally TOTALLY By MYSELF (no-one to answer to) at 48. It hadn't been possible earlier because of economic reasons, and, as I wrote, it was finally made possible by the generosity of a lady friend.
Thanks again for a profound video. You teach me again how great Schopenhauer was and IS ! He grows wiser the more I learn about him. Please keep sharing your thoughts with us, our current times need philosophy 🙏❤🙌
Indeed frank!
Ignorance is even more dangerous than evil intentions.
Thanks Frank!
Good work! As a complement to the video I might recommend Anthony Storr’s wonderful book On Solitude from the late 1980s.
Will check it out. What do you like about it?
@@WeltgeistYT Can't speak for OP but it is a very well written book. Flows nicely, clearly written, and makes a strong case that social interaction isn't all that it's cracked up to be - that human growth and creativity requires solitude. Full title is "Solitude: A return to the self"
Thank you for this video. It really hit home at this point in my life, into my sixties. Not that I am a genius but I do like challenging conversations and finding it harder to tolerate dull ones. It all makes sense now.
Its pure pseudo intellectual snobbery. To feel challenged is our own responsibility not that of others to provide for us.
@@bottomendbliss it's not like I expect others to provide challenges, though it is nice when they do.
@@jackiecook535 Same.
It's so nice to be alone,,many don't realize it because they are lonely 🎩thx,a lot ,
In psychiatry, voluntary solitude is called "isolating" & the goal seems to be to shame the patient for their choice of solitude. I do pay a high price for being mentally ill, but I have a reward in solitude that most cannot achieve even when they try. When people working in psychology or psychiatry tell me how bad solitude is for me, I nod & ponder how that human has never experienced the joy of solitude & likely never will.
Always wonderful, thank you for making these!
Thank you!
Two thing I realize no matter how happy you are people will find some way to argue with you. Being alone is so liberating because you don’t have to deal with anyone echo
I am turning 50 next month
And I cannot see a better path then to be alone at this point
I am accepting some misery that comes with it
And I'm asking the divine for guidance as I move forward
Schopenhauer when the pizza arrives- “It’s pizza time!”
(I stole this)
I am alone and isolated and as miserable as I could possibly be. And I don't understand it because a lot of other guys would kill to be in my spot.
There is no wrong practice-
Only wrong attitude.
@@satnamo Right.
Some insight from my perspective: Common people are dull in the sense they act and think by the cultural influence they have accepted rather than thinking like they have an awareness to how culture influences their thoughts, this limits a person's thinking making them simple and dull.
With that said; it makes a genius difficult to relate to the common man because there is a difference in personal/sub culture that is created by this isolation.
If a genius were to be studying the socialogical side of things they may see something similar as mentioned, if they are studying something else then they maybe so caught up in their own context of study that it makes no sense to the common man or less sense to the common man in the same field of study.
It is this divide of cultural awareness that separates us from the common man to genius.
Insightful comment, thank you
The fire and society analogy is spot on.
Schopenhauer is my favorite philosopher...👏👏👏
This is really a great & awesome RUclips channel. I have been following it from last month.
Please keep sharing.
You are really doing a awesome job.
Best of luck for Your future videos. 👍🏻🌹💐
Thank you for the kind words
that last minute & a half hit home ✊🏼 even tho I myself have come to this conclusion ‘ not without the influence of others’ to be unbound to others it’s still very difficult to figure out if I want to try to be more caring to others & sociable’ charming which are all great or just focus on the long term goal that’s going to move me up the hierarchy ladder & be a Lone Ranger. If there’s a perfect sweet spot it is like Schopenhauer said to be alone’ around others even while relating to others.
Literally this video is the explanation of my aproach with society since i was young.
Love from India ❤️ You're doing a great work
Love is a friendship inspires by beauty and truth;
And sustains by loving kindness.
Great Video. Thank you for making great content.
Thank you Nim. Always a pleasure
That's how i feel.
You can only be yourself when you are alone.
Other people will always try to impose their views onto you and make you their clone.
True - I liked his quote.
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Thank you for bringing so much wisdom to a place that is all too often vapid and empty. If only everybody craved this kind of knowledge and insight even a little we'd all live a more tranquil life..
Still kinda struggling with this myself. Didnt really care much for friends or social interaction beyond the 3 or so that i had, developed a strong desire for companionship in college and ran smack into conflicting feelings of being frustrated with and generally disliking the bulk of humanity but still wanting to make new friends and have more of the social experience that i had in college. A bit easier to meet like-minded individuals in college though XD
Being alone, being our total self is BLISS.
This was excellent! It fits so well with me. We are social beings but when you realise you have nothing in common with the rest, solitude is like rescuing myself from the dull society around myself. Solitude can be creative, can fulfill in many ways. Depression rears its head in periods, I know then that I have to pay a price for choosing solitude. I have become a rich person in myself. Although you would like, I admit, to have somebody to share many interesting ideas with. But that's the way it is and I like it for the most.
This is how I live my life for the most part. I couldn't agree more! Thank you for the awesome video. ; )
It would seem that what is required in order for someone to maintain a sense of solitude while in the midst of a turbulent society would be a developed sense of stoicism, a part of, but also apart from.
Engaging in small talk energy realms destroys the potential. people function within predictable mind patterns therefore they seek external thrills.Isolating and cultivating extreme dedication and a rigid structure actually frees the mind.
I'm so much like Arthur
I spend most of my time alone but still within close proximity of other people. I differ from most in the fact that I prefer change rather than taking comfort in the same old routines and being in the company of people who have known them for an overly extended amount of time and hearing the same old stories and the same old drama. On the weekend sometimes I will pack what I need into my camper van and drive to another town in a different county and stay until time to return to my job. I find being around new people to be refreshing but I have my limit when it is time for me to break away I break away back to my camper van or to a motel room where I take pleasure in reading or watching television programs until I feel the need to go out again. I will talk to people I see in restaurants or in the market in whatever town I happen to be visiting at the time. It makes life so much more interesting.
The thoughts expressed in this video are quite relatable. Has anyone else noticed how crowded this country has become? I live in SE Pennsylvania and find the constant barrage of people and cars to be unbearable.
The fire analogy was so powerful.
Brilliant, love Schopenhauer.
Me too
Schopo hated the common man. With a passion. In his opinion most people liked the company of others because they are dull and incomplete. Its a moronic generalisation.
If you are not part of the aristocracy or a fellow genius then you are stupid and mean and pointless. Thats his belief. And you love that.
@@bottomendbliss For me the definition of love is pleasure, and I get a lot of pleasure from reading Schopenhauer. Maybe Schopenhauer was an elitist as was Nietzsche, both though had amazing minds and a lot to teach. It's not necessary to agree with everything to find gems in someone's work. A lot can be said against Schopenhauer, he was sexist, racist for example, but the world as will and representation is a master work of insight. There are no philosophers apart from Spinoza that I can not find some fault with, but I can still appreciate their work.
@@robertcoltrane5602 Sorry i thought you meant your love extended to him personally. Most people take his work on face value without applying any critical thinking. Because of these videos he gets a lot of hero worship.
This fills in several blanks in my journey toward embracing my self awareness. This is what personal epiphonies are made of.
Glad to hear it
Wow this played a large impact in connecting the dots for me just now.... God bless & fantastic content ⚡️⚡️⚡️
The most sanest & wisest person is the one who is comfortable both while being alone or in a group.
I love solitude sooo much!!
I wish my parents or my ticher tich me about this!
Came back to this after some time
"Hell is other people."
Good content guys keep it up!
This was maybe the most direct on point perspective that I 💯 agree with. Several years ago I learned to study society through observation but I must admit I am still a unique test subject myself so I must always try to be aware of the influences and side effects in society.
this video reminds me a lot of that bukowski poem genius of the crowd
Bukowski would have wiped the floor with old Schopo.
My dear friend , i have always felt you. Even so , in a crowded place. I never rejected you, cause you have been with me always. I Know, you will still be by my side In my last breath on this earth. I will always be yours and you always be mine. Ho Solitude because of you i am free.
I wish i could play this video everyday in my head
I agree with this concept
flawlessly said, thank you schopenhauer👏
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
For me, I was miserable and even suicidal when I forced myself to try and socialize with others. When I finally accepted that socializing with others only would result in my destruction I began staying to myself and immediately after doing so, life became tolerable.
_"Hell is other people."_
Jean-Paul Satre
Thank you for your work
Weltgeist danke schön!
This shit hit home especially that part about irritation 🤣
8 billion of us are all alone its just the smart ones who understand this.
Right, cause he seems so happy in all his pictures.
What are the sources of these quotes? What book do I need to read to go depth in that?
Is the narrator focusing on one of Schopenhauer!s books or essays in particular? If so what is it, please?
Wise words thanks
This is excellent. Much appreciated.
Great lecture! From what books of the author are these quotes taken from?
Counsels and Maxims, sometimes part of the Parerga and Paralipomena
Though I agree that solitude is an integral part of finding yourself and your peace, we do need each other. We aren’t completely self sufficient, we have flaws and inadequacies that need to be filled by others. Becoming a recluse isn’t going to fix this. Maybe smaller societies and micro cultures (like clubs and neighborhoods) might help, but I don’t know
Thanks for sharing. 👍
Thank you too
@@WeltgeistYT I am one of many that appreciate all of the hard work you put into your RUclips channel.
Ever since a time I can only refer to as puberty, I have felt this *thing* as if something was tightening around my neck, and temples..
My entire 55 years of existence has led me to this exact same conclusion. I'd direct my life entirely different if I had do-overs.
Can I ask what you would do differently?
Sometimes earlier in life we got no choices,we learn from mistakes so given a second chance we go through same mistakes.
Amazing video, thank you so much sir for putting this together. :)
Thank you. My pleasure
Man, I love being alone, it's my favorite thing besides being alone with my dogs.
@TurnedLeftAtTheRockyMountains And God is a title for satan,book of Enoch.
It seems like I've found a circle that I dont mind being a part of....from a distance that is 😂
People and society can distract you from any deep introspection. Also, it takes away from your peace of mind.
...Live free and in peace by living on your own.
This is why wise men and women have become hermits through the millennias.
I understand this completely
So could we say that Schopenhauer had avpd? this is what i was diagnosed with and this i resonate deeply with! im not saying im intelligent i have learning disabilities but i find my self often talking to a different species and i am the one who has to adapt to them everytime to be invisible.
Schopenhauers recommendation for “taking” your solitude with you into social settings is also a sufi Islamic idea. Interesting how a 19th Century European philosopher correspondences with 13 century Muslims scholars.
They both come from Greek philosophy
@@jean-frederic-pascalgoddar9801 never heard of such an concept in Greek philosophy but sounds interesting mind sharing where you read that? Also would be wonderful if you explain how you deduced that Greek philosophy influenced the sufi orders of the 13c Iran there was a knowledge transfer but as of my knowledge not in the spiritual field. Just want to make sure bc you know a lot of people have prejudices against Islam and try to belittle everything that stands in connection with Muslims. For example claiming that most of Islamic scientific progress was nothing more than copying Greek texts without contributing anything.
@Ziplokk you must be a pretty dumb guy to come to such a simplistic generalisation and then present it as an axiom adhered to your equally simplistic conception of what being intelligent entails.
Thank you man for your work, and thank you Schopenhauer.
My pleasure!
I know, I don't like getting along with other people especially when they force their opinions or beliefs on you. I prefer alone!!!🙂😇