Albert Camus - 4 Principles for Being Present
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- Опубликовано: 14 авг 2024
- Do you struggle to be present? Well, Albert Camus and his philosophy are a great place to start - here are 4 existentialist principles for being present.
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Albert Camus was a French philosopher who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1957. He became the second-youngest recipient in history. Some of his most popular books are The Stranger, The Plague, The Myth of Sisyphus, The Fall, and The Rebel.
1. Focus on the small things
2. Just be yourself
3. Stop looking for happiness and meaning
4. Live with passion
But i look at my dog and he gives me happiness. :{
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Straight to the point and great editing. Nice work, man! Keep up.
Recently got into Albert Camus, just started the Myth of Sisyphus! I’m hook from the first page. Thank you for this video. He certainly had a great mind!
Nice! I'm glad you're enjoying the read, he definitely did have a unique form of expression.
Myth of Sisyphus was so difficult for me yet so rewarding.
@@simonpaul3051 yes lol I find myself rereading certain parts to get a better grasp.
@@TurtleneckPhilosophy yes! Thank you for summarizing his principles of being present! I’m incorporating them into my life!
Just finished reading The Plague. I’ve never read Camus before. One of the best books I’ve read in my life. It’s very appropriate for these times of Covid. It’s as if he was here during Covid, living it. Highly recommended. With acute observation skills, he reveals the many varieties of psychological states such as lies, denial, anxiety, hopes, dreams, anger, desolation and loneliness people have in times of a plague. His writing is masterful and believe it or not, the book is not depressing. The story is rich in subtle details and flows perfectly.
Very helpful video, very good presentation. Turtleneck Philosopher, the world needs you. Keep up the most excellent work Gratitude! ❤️
Was very surprised to see this channel only has less than 500 subscribers.
Just starting. Doubled subscribers 6 days later.
@@cominoengenharia Hes pretty much tripled his subs in a week
@@thucydides7849 it's almost as if youtube is shilling him huh
@@kinggang2221 Yes I'm sure RUclips as a corporation is shilling for a random channel about philosophy
With consistency it’ll grow over time
I really enjoyed my coffee while watching this.
So Camus’ point to “don’t aspire to have a different life” bc that means you miss the life that is here and now seems to contradict his point on “live with passion” which says when you strive to a goal you are more focused and living with excitement/enjoyment. To strive for a goal means you are aspiring to a different life.
The only way I can reconcile this seeming contradiction is to include the following idea: “living with passion” means *pursuing* a goal (but not aspiring to it, i.e. not being attached to the goal outcome). That way you live more focused and thus more “passionately” but do not miss the only life you actually have - what is now.
Yes, that's a great observation. I would add also that “living with passion” means pursuing a goal but not aspiring to an identity claim associated with any point of the pursuit. So for example, in making art or music, the mindset here is in aspiring to associate yourself with the process (the verb: making art or music) and not the outcome (the noun: becoming an 'famous artist' or 'mainstream musician' or whatever).
...I thinks this is basically what you're saying as well in your second paragraph? haha
Watching this aged 73 I realise that I took it all on board aged about 20 and have lived it ever since BUT … they have been a comfortable, important and effective part of my life as a Catholic!
This was beautiful my dude. Thank you so much. I’ll never forget Camus’ “The Renegade” and the last
Line “A handful of salt fils the mouth of the garrulous slave”
What a great video. It's short but it's got all the content one needs for understanding camus' philosophy. Really helped me in a bad nihilistic moment in my life.
Hi Everyone, I'm writing this coz I need some clarity on the second point - "just be yourself"
Something I hear Jiddu Krishnamurti often say, along the lines of "Do not try to achieve or arrive somewhere" or "Don't try to be better, there is nothing else to be", likewise.
My problem with this reasoning of "just be yourself" is, what if I am a person with negative traits? What if I use people subconsciously and play mind games? I don't want to be that version of myself. I want to be better, ofc.
We might not realize it in the ordinary course of life, but since early childhood, we start developing many devices and character traits to interact with the world. Both overly-protected and negligent environments will force us to develop negative coping mechanisms in childhood. We might become manipulative in wanting attention or become aloof and withdrawn. From what I understand, this is just the start and with each interaction with the outside world we put on new defences and responses.
These traits harden over time, and without a course correction, could create an unpleasant person with many character flaws - unkind, narcissistic, low self-worth, etc. If I don't dedicate time to unlearn these responses, I'll keep hurting people around me and even go on to impart these to my children, directly or indirectly.
This is my problem - How can I be my flawed self? Why should I not work to better it? How does "Just Be Yourself" fit into this line of thinking? Thanks for reading : ) All the best!
I would argue that being your true self means that you are always in a process of self discovery, change, and evolution. Thus it is natural to be both your true self and be in the process of working out flaws, problems, and fears.
You can think i a way that this "negative traits" are just that, traits, but understood in a wrong way, and acted in a wrong way.
If you are in a certain way, you cant just start to repress this, or you will just blow up in a bizarre destructive way, you cannot just remove something you have that maybe is, as well, a good part of you.
But for example, if you are a "violent" person, you can think "what this violence really is in me?" and you can start to see that maybe this "violence" iis just a high sence of will, or a some kind of strength that you have in your life but you are applying to a wrong thing, or in a wrong way.
Maybe this violence is something that make you dont give up in things, maybe is something that grants you a good firmness on what you stand for, but because you don't understand that place that this "violence" have in your life, you end up apliyng this trait to something "bad", or just to something that dont work well.
Understanding the real place and action of that "violance" can make this a more equilibrated trait, and analysing other things in you, you can find out that you have as well some kind of "kindness" that is the "opposite" of that violence, and because you dint knew that good thing in you, you ended up apliyng that violence over the place that the "kindness" that you didn't know should be acting. And now that you know both things you are more "in peace" with yourself and in a more equilibrated way.
Again, this is just a exemple, but you can use this interpretating to see other traits that you still see as "negative" but at the end maybe they are just still "out of place" and with their complements unknow inside you.
Try to think that you already have everything right there, but you still need to understand those things that you have, in a better way.
Because at the end, repressing something just turns to make it worst, is like having a traumatized dog and stead of understanding him and treating him well with what he can be, you put in a chain and he just get crazily violent and destructive.
Is like a Nietzsche frase: "Be careful when you cast out your demons that you don’t throw away the best of yourself.”
One of the very best summarizations of Camus’ work I’ve seen for a while! Kudos!
This man's philosophy can save lives. Great video as always!
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Saved mine, and I never even heard it from him (or anybody). Convergent evolution of Albert's ideas with my own findings about life is reassuring. I think it's the legit way to live. Like it's literally the answer.
The question that Steve Jobs asked himself to find his passion was something like “What makes my heart sing?”
Came to this conclusion separately after a full steam collision with the black pill. I ran through nihilism so hard I went right through it into the white pill after 6 years of "medically resistant depression." The evidence of convergent evolution in Albert Camus ideas with my own findings is a great reassurance.
I literally philosophized my way out of suicide and I was probably correct all along. Life doesn't need an afterlife, if it does, that's a bonus. It's way more likely whatever souls are, is all one "force" aka god himself is puppeting us all to experience the universe, so enjoy it, you volunteered for the suffering. We just aren't allowed to realize that in our puny limited bodies because it detracts from the experience.
3:55 million dollar simplification there, just asking a question differently creates a great deal of clarity
Wonderfully edited and presented video, this channel deserves way more subs and exposure. Keep it up, dude!
Thank you, and will do :)
This is one of the best videos on RUclips. Direct, simple yet profound and full of knowledge in an easy way. Of course it helps if you have already read Camus, especially "The myth of Sisifus", but its not mandatory.
Good job, sir. ❤
Love the music you chose for this video. Subscribed.
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Thank you so much. It is very helpful. The part on passion reminds me of something I read that Beethoven said, "To play a wrong note is insignificant. To play without passion is inexcusable! "
Such elegance and clarity, brilliantly explained. I always feel like “the stranger” so this tip that you mention about “finding something to be passionate about” has sparked a tiny mental firework of joy and hope in the possibilities of the here and now.
You are a beautiful man, with a beautiful smile and a soothing voice! Thanks for the video my friend.
Such a great video thank you for making this
You have a really soothing voice! Appreciate your good editing work and no-fluff videos!
I love the positive message in this video, we should all strive to learn more about ourselves instead of worrying about others. Great video.
how does this channel only have 600 subs, this is great work
Brilliant. This is exceptionally well-conceived, interpreted and presented. You really capture the spirit of Camus here, and I really enjoyed it. Thanks. : )
Well done! Keep Camus alive in the 2020's. One of the great minds.
COMFORTABLE BEING & DOING THINGS ALONE.........
this is my daily existence & i like it!! especially eating out.... i like to take
my time & eat.... when you dine with people.. you can't take your time & eat slow
this was nice man, thanks
I like the passion one seems like a very important step
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Great podcast, put so simply. Wonderful meaning. Easy to hold in the mind. Thank you.
Just subbed. Thanks for creating the video!
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Great video and introduction to Camus. You've peaked my interest into learning more about him and his writings. Thanks!
Glad to hear it :)
Reinvigorated, subbed and off to read bout that dude and his boulder
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Awesome summary, Camus has always resonated with me. But it's taken me 30 plus years to really figure it out -these principles basically lay out how I live.
Great Video, thank you :)
Thank you. Kudos for getting to the point and doing it in less than 5 mins!
Amazing. Good job
Wow really excited for this channels growth, great work man!
Bloody Brilliant, mate! Thanks.
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Very powerful video
so glad this popped up on my feed, rly short and to the point but i learned sm
Found this channel!
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Amazing. You’re a wonderful storyteller.
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BRILLIANT.. Genius.
Excellent presentation. Thank you so much! And thanks, Albert. I will keep trying to imagine Sisyphus happy.
Great video! Camus is one of the best weapons against nihilism. I disagree with the usual presentation of him as favoring absurdism over existentialism. I know he believes and argues that, I just disagree with his interpretation of his philosophy. But anyway! We need Camus so much now!
Thank you for doing that work!!! I’m so glad I got to see this
Fav8 philosopher so far...
Brilliant video! Just finished reading The First Man, his unfinished novel. These themes are in the book as well as a real glimpse into the mind of Camus.
I have yet to read that one! Thanks for the indirect reminder
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Im happy i found your channel! I love how your actually wearing a turtleneck, and i hope you do in other videos.
Thanks Alli :) I think you'll find that I do not disappoint in that regard...
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you did a good job with this one - thanks!
Excellent video with a clear well spoken message, pity about the distracting background music
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This was just what I needed today.
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I've just discovered your channel, and I really like what I see. Subbed :)
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Nice and concise. I like it!
Great summary, and nice editing.
really cool video mate
Oddly enough, Rudyard Kipling's famous line may also have some resonance with Camus - 'If you can meet with triumph and disaster - and treat those two impostors just the same - '
Thank you. Both you and Camus.
Well that was a very fine Video. Thank you
This one of the best videos on youtube. Everything you did here was perfect .
If you watch one video today, make it this one!
I am an existentialist Buddhist and this is brilliant.
PS the little things are what life is all about. And they require very little money.
Oh, and I liked and subscribed, of course. Thanks again. : )
Love la fille du regiment being the background music...
Great vid! Looking forward to seeing more, keep it up!
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This reminds me of the Epicurean motto of loosing the fear of death and of the gods.
1:33 - I hit that like *100%* beecause of this 🤣
Amazing video, thank you!
Good stuff, man. You got a new subscriber.
Probably the best and most concise description of Camus I've heard.
This video makes so much sense to me
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This is the first of your videos I've seen. And the first I've seen of your channel - I subscribed based on the value I gave to this one video. I look Forward to more - thank you.
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Pretty cool video, recently red myth of sisyphus and this video helped me better understand it and camuses philosophy in general!
Hello, would you mind putting the source to Camus quote or whatever books/resource you are basing on?
Hi Makima, yes, I will start doing that in the future. Thank you!
Camus #1 for me.
wow amazing ! thank you
Love this. So simple. I got hung up on #3 for such a long time and I really wasn't living life to the full.
Straightforward. Nice video man
Great video! I truly needed to hear this. Thanks