Self-Esteem Requires External Validation | Fred Neuhouser on Rousseau

Some links to further guide your study: * Join my email list to be notified of future episodes: greatbooks.io/ * Full transcript: www.johnathanbi.com/p/transcript-for-fred-neuhouse… Companion lectures & interviews: * Rousseau's first discourse lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8ucJ29O1kM&t=263s Professor Neuhouser's Book on Amour-Propre (affiliate): * Rousseau as Author: amzn.to/3LdOoqd * My book notes: www.johnathanbi.com/p/rousseaus-theodicy-of-self-l… TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 0. Introduction 00:02:23 1. Why We Desire External Validation 00:16:24 2. How the Desire for Validation Leads us Astray 00:37:38 3. The Dangers of Chasing Wealth 00:48:02 4. Why the Desire for Validation is a GOOD Thing 00:57:13 5. Stoicism: Can We Renounce the Desire for Validation? 01:10:20 6. Is Madness Necessary for Greatness? 01:16:38 7. How to Manage the Desire for Validation in Our Children

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Thanks Johnathan, While I'm watching this video, I'm in the lowest point of my self esteem, I ran my own start-up in my country(Iraq) and before that I had a good salary and good position, but I wasn't happy, becuase I felt like I deserve a better country to live, last year I moved to Germany, I started again, now I'm working a part time job and studying, and again I'm not happy, I feel like invisible and I don't feel the same status and respect that I had in my country, I hope that once again I will climb the ladder and achieve the same status and self respect in my new life, but one thing that I did in last couples of month is understanding myself through Philosophy.

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I went through the video hearing Amour-Prop and have no idea what that meant, overall very insightful video and conversation

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