Not to be too much of a pedant, I'm not certain that it's an accurate statement to say that someone is so unique that only he or she *can* do something. It might be the case that he or she is the only one who will in fact do the thing but that's a separate issue. You mention art and poetry. I fail to see it's at all tenable to say that only one person can, say, paint the Mona Lisa even though it was true for a while that only one person did.
@tranquil87 rank speculation. There is no reason whatever to suppose that it would never have been painted but for Da Vinci do it. It might have or it might not have. All we know is that he did as a matter of fact paint it first.
I think you are pretty accurate about "they understand that if they don't do it, no one else will." Indeed. I find myself doing a lot of things I do-even for other people because I understand that either they won't do it, or I will do a better job. But I think there is a fine line between this idea and uniqueness. These famous artists and writers did not do what they did b.c they knew they were unique. No. They did it out of self fulfillment.
@frichikendz It's the same self fulfillment that overwhelms you the second you're about to go sleep and you think of something brilliant. Are you just going to go sleep at that moment? No, of course not. It's not every day you think of something that ingenious that second. So you're going to get up, write it down or do it because of self fulfillment. Not because you're unique or anything.
@frichikendz These famous people might have recognized their talents, but they most probably did not think anything big of them. And I think because of this, I guess you can call it, humbleness to a certain extent, they got to where they did in life. As in, because they were modest enough about this talent of theirs, they were a big hit.
Because the names by which I denote particular persons and things either implicitly or explicitly render them members of classes or general categories containing other possible/actual members, I confuse this fact of interchangeability in language with alleged fact of interchangeability in being itself. Just as I can wish my black car were red, I can wish my parents were different, or that the space-time event which is me were another person. Thought & language themselves reify possible worlds.
To oppose a violent "institutional" solution is important if we want to grow as people/society in general. *NOTE* i'm not saying that we should not have defensive systems against threaths, but an army as it is understood presently is not a good solution at all for our needs and problems.
wow. glad I looked into your older vids. I think I'm beginning to understand a bit more about your stand on certain things. especially when you talk about reading a book the way the author would've wanted you to read it, under his terms. reminds me of something my boss shared with me about communication and how crucial it is to get where the other is coming from, to listen to and get it the way he does before you respond. very happy to know of you on youtube, thanks prof!
We have our genesis in the general, the universal, and whatever uniqueness is to be appreciated stems from a denial or modification of this, ie, of what Heidegger called Das Man. The final stage in Lacanian analysis is the traversal of the fantasy of one's deep uniqueness, relinquishing the illusion that there is 'something in you greater than you'. One assumes one's nothingness (lack), renounces any promise of one's general intelligibility, endures the evanishment of any deep meaning inside you
i think people liquidate profound thoughts because they disike disturbance in their lives. Death, for example, is something that people avoid thinking about because it disturbs their lives, once thought about enough it will change the way they see life, and I think that it's this that scares people.
Not to be too much of a pedant, I'm not certain that it's an accurate statement to say that someone is so unique that only he or she *can* do something. It might be the case that he or she is the only one who will in fact do the thing but that's a separate issue. You mention art and poetry. I fail to see it's at all tenable to say that only one person can, say, paint the Mona Lisa even though it was true for a while that only one person did.
integralmath 2 months ago
@integralmath You miss the point that the Mona Lise would have never existed to be painted by others.
tranquil87 2 months ago in playlist Quickies
@tranquil87 rank speculation. There is no reason whatever to suppose that it would never have been painted but for Da Vinci do it. It might have or it might not have. All we know is that he did as a matter of fact paint it first.
integralmath 2 months ago
@integralmath There is reason to understand that all art is completely unique.
tranquil87 2 months ago
Why can't more people think this this man... the world be in such better shape...
TheWisemonkey8 2 months ago in playlist Quickies
I take it for what is is, I always say "we are all unique, but that doesn't make anyone special.". Some people confuse the two.
Iamfatbrain 2 months ago in playlist Quickies
wonderful stuff!
biasedpoet 11 months ago
You continue to inspire me ♥
JoSieLove2Sing4u 1 year ago
thank you again!
taratasarar 1 year ago
I think you are pretty accurate about "they understand that if they don't do it, no one else will." Indeed. I find myself doing a lot of things I do-even for other people because I understand that either they won't do it, or I will do a better job. But I think there is a fine line between this idea and uniqueness. These famous artists and writers did not do what they did b.c they knew they were unique. No. They did it out of self fulfillment.
frichikendz 1 year ago
@frichikendz It's the same self fulfillment that overwhelms you the second you're about to go sleep and you think of something brilliant. Are you just going to go sleep at that moment? No, of course not. It's not every day you think of something that ingenious that second. So you're going to get up, write it down or do it because of self fulfillment. Not because you're unique or anything.
frichikendz 1 year ago
@frichikendz These famous people might have recognized their talents, but they most probably did not think anything big of them. And I think because of this, I guess you can call it, humbleness to a certain extent, they got to where they did in life. As in, because they were modest enough about this talent of theirs, they were a big hit.
frichikendz 1 year ago
thankyou i agree peace!
thesunshon 1 year ago
Because the names by which I denote particular persons and things either implicitly or explicitly render them members of classes or general categories containing other possible/actual members, I confuse this fact of interchangeability in language with alleged fact of interchangeability in being itself. Just as I can wish my black car were red, I can wish my parents were different, or that the space-time event which is me were another person. Thought & language themselves reify possible worlds.
NeoChalcedonian 2 years ago
@NeoChalcedonian Wow. Great comments. Thanks
Professoranton 2 years ago
I LOVE Mikhail Bakhtin.
BiteHunter 2 years ago
THIS MAN HATES THE U.S. MILITARY!
rendan96 2 years ago
good thing he does
Nebelung13 2 years ago
@Nebelung13 and why would that be?
rendan96 2 years ago
To oppose a violent "institutional" solution is important if we want to grow as people/society in general. *NOTE* i'm not saying that we should not have defensive systems against threaths, but an army as it is understood presently is not a good solution at all for our needs and problems.
Only a aggravation.
Nebelung13 2 years ago
Could you elaborate on that?
diomedes39 2 years ago
wow. glad I looked into your older vids. I think I'm beginning to understand a bit more about your stand on certain things. especially when you talk about reading a book the way the author would've wanted you to read it, under his terms. reminds me of something my boss shared with me about communication and how crucial it is to get where the other is coming from, to listen to and get it the way he does before you respond. very happy to know of you on youtube, thanks prof!
katerinabonvora 2 years ago 2
We have our genesis in the general, the universal, and whatever uniqueness is to be appreciated stems from a denial or modification of this, ie, of what Heidegger called Das Man. The final stage in Lacanian analysis is the traversal of the fantasy of one's deep uniqueness, relinquishing the illusion that there is 'something in you greater than you'. One assumes one's nothingness (lack), renounces any promise of one's general intelligibility, endures the evanishment of any deep meaning inside you
notonewhit 2 years ago
VERY inspiring video! Yes, your right. we're all unique. Every leaf on a tree, and every stone is unique.
But many of us feel need to conform and thats when it can get ugly. Rather than embracing uniqueness long as it is not harming others.
zezt 2 years ago
i think people liquidate profound thoughts because they disike disturbance in their lives. Death, for example, is something that people avoid thinking about because it disturbs their lives, once thought about enough it will change the way they see life, and I think that it's this that scares people.
begily 2 years ago
I'm really enjoying this train of thought.
SpiritualAtheist 2 years ago