What's Philosophy?

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After listening to this entire video in one sitting my hairline receded by 80% and beard grew by 300%. What a ride!

The spirit of a true teacher shall never go unrewarded, education like this being freely available makes me happy.

Philosophy major here. Fantastic introduction that I wish I had when I first started. You absolutely nailed everything here. A note for beginners, don't be afraid to study ideas that conflict with yours. A lot of people stick to one or two thinkers and I think it's the biggest mistake you could make.

It’s crazy how even a 2 and a half hour video is still barely an introduction to the sheer amount of stuff thinkers and scholars have produced over the years, man it makes me want to get up and do something with my life

This episode is an ambitious undertaking and is surprisingly well done. This is one of the few philosophical presentations that connect western and eastern philosophies in a succinct and meaningful way, probably due to author's Indian upbringing and in-depth knowledge of western philosophy. Highly recommended.

A real treasure. I get more information and entertainment from YouTube than anywhere else, but I don't think I've seen anything better than this.

I have never seen anyone before put together such a simple understanding of this subject. GOOD JOB.

Amazing video! Correction: Yin and Yang do not represent good and evil. More like order and chaos, or presence vs absence.

I come back this video over and over again. Maybe once a week for different chapters. Each time it stimulates new thoughts. It’s like a therapy (which is maybe just what philosophy is ultimately?).

This was a monumental achievement on your part. Amazing work. Thank you for making this. I listened start to finish and it was all excellent.

This video is a Master piece! Thank you for all your work and for summarizing human thought. 🙌🏽👏🏽👏🏽 I think I resonated the most with Kant, but I love Zizek for his willingness to challenge and be disruptive while laughing about it. I also find Foucault and his take on power very interesting, but I also value the sense of balance that Aristotle developed... So yeah, still thinking about where we're heading, but intuition is a very great guess. Once again, amazing video!! 🙌🏽

I usually listen to individual philosopher ideas without seeing the bigger picture. Thank you for making this! This has opened my eyes to the world of philosophy.

This video is excellent! It explains so much of not only the history of philosophy, but what is happening around us today. And it definitely pinpointed what's wrong with Hollywood and showbusiness in recent years. They are the attention seekers who have wandered away from their art and are far too preoccupied with present day political platforms to be creative.

Thank you Fiction Beast for this video! Compared to other popular Philosophy youtube channels, I can definitely feel the passion and the depth of the content in your videos. I completely forget what I just watched and it feels rushed with other videos. This format feels as if a friend is chatting with you next to comfortable fire place, losing track of time and losing yourself in your own thoughts

Damn, the content is so dense. Will need to listen multiple times. Thanks, creator. Really appreciate the effort.

This was an absolute joy to listen to. I appreciate the work you put into this. I’ve resonated the most with Nietzsche personally, although admittedly I have not read enough philosophy yet to say definitively that another philosopher wouldn’t hit closer to home for me. I can see the future of philosophy heading towards developing the intuition of the self. Already I am noticing a trend in society of people who are turning away from modernity’s promise of what brings happiness. More people are realizing that their fulfillment cannot come from anywhere other than the self. In addition to that, with our exposure to clashing world views having increased drastically so much in the last 15 years I believe more people will have to adopt Nietzsche’s views on morality to keep themselves from suffering from all the ideological clashing. I believe as the good word spreads that recognizing there is no one “goodness” or “truth” out there and that we can healthily disagree on anything, people will want to adopt that world view more and the people who stay tethered to a single ideology will begin to be shunned.

at first i wasnt going to write anything, but then i thought of how unfair it wouldve been to take all that information and give nothing in return. To answer your question at the end, i believe in the coming centuries, or even decades, we will see a sort of renaissance of philosophy, a return to great ideas and ideologies of past times. as of late we’ve seen ideas such as stoicism return through self help and self improvement creators on social media platforms. these creators implant their views onto the youth and from there the youth will adapt and evolve these views and ideas. whether thats a good or bad thing i cannot say. since most of these creators are men targeting boys and young men, i think theres a great possibility that for female targeted philosophies will evolve as well. another idea is that since most of these creators seem to be conservative, we will see another branch of philosophy grow, a more liberal one, in order to combat the conservative views of these new aged philosophers. i also think the idea that philosophy will branch off into the study of intuition as opposed to rationality and instinct is interesting as well. thank you for this video, 2 hours and 30 minutes put to good use. the joy of learning something you’re interested in is unlike anything else and so for gifting me that, again, thank you.

One of the best educational thing I have ever come across on YouTube. Thank you very much.

Thank you very much for this summary on philosophy and introduction to so many different thinkers. At the end of the day i usually go for a 1 hour walk and enjoy listening to your videos. This unusually long video accompanied me for about 16km ... and eventually i would like to give several thumbs up. I enjoyed particularly the chapter on the differences between western and eastern philosophies and how geography and the ways of living influenced philosophy and mentality. Looking forward to your next videos !