Human, All Too Human (BBC) - Jean Paul Sartre: Part 6

[RaoulMarcelEtQuoi]

BHL... quel minable...

[plasticallica]

The first one is Chopin's 13th nocturne and the second one is Chopin's 7th nocturne

[JunkerJames]

In a post literary world, my only knowledge of Jean Paul Sartre was through Monty Python sketches. I feel like I've been living under a rock.

This was so interesting. Thanks for posting it.

[S2Cents]

@JunkerJames post literary world is also a world where people are reading more than ever online and are purchasing more books than ever

[JunkerJames]

@S2Cents Hah, you're right! Probably! I guess! Assuming you have stats to back that up! But yes, I guess the person who introduced me to the idea of a post literarlarlrly world may have been loom smashing it a bit.

[S2Cents]

@JunkerJames It's a weird idea that's out there that I've heard many times.. it's like in the air. Smart, bookish people say it. Literature professors freaked out by pop-culture. It blew my mind when I heard somebody debunk it. Don't recall who. It's amazing to consider that just say 5 generations ago most people were illiterate. Public libraries are a 'new' phenomenon mostly going back to the 19th century.

[ironcladvessel77]

There are so many worthwhile reasons for existing in this life, love has to be my favourite though:D

[RADIXCHRISTUSMOLE]

5:37 Wow, the shot of the tomb stone is really blurry. The 8s in 1980 & 1986 look like 3s. My first reaction was, "They got it wrong. Jean Paul didn't die in 1930"

[RADIXCHRISTUSMOLE]

4:07 The background to that newscast looks more like the background of a game show. It in a way is a subtle revealing of how the news has been delivered to the masses in age of television media.

[glrcmptn]

i think he does answer the question 'how does one live life' by doing it and not talking about doing it.

[warhols25]

@glrcmptn Good point in case. I think that talking and thinking about doing something is actually doing something very important in its own right and way. I wish there ever was a philosopher who could ask the question whether "doing completely nothing, being utterly passive but at the same time being intelligent and critical about the reality" is a praiseworthy outlook. I think it is. I feel my existence is therefore justified.

[glrcmptn]

@warhols25

[coolguy7248]

just came to no he died exactly 30 yrs ago,he really "lived"

[jamaz666]

Does anyone know the name of the piece of music that plays immediately before the segment on Sartre's death and funeral?

[pierolivier111]

@jamaz666 That is Chopin. I don't know which one it is.

[8kasumi]

@pierolivier111 Ah... it's a lovely piece, i wanna know too :(

[glrcmptn]

@jamaz666

[Ariosvaldo670]

"The good, the bad and the crazy" is not the best way to understand philosophy... Shame on you, BBC!...