yo, Voltaire did not say that 'all is the best for the best of all possible worlds' (or something similar). he actually wrote a book, "Candide", critiquing that view
Oh it's just a pity philosophy is not about single quotes. Though it's always very nice to see the whole complex thinking of each philosopher focused in one short sentence. .
Lets say that you were dreaming , and someone said that observation is never wrong.
If you observe something , of course it will seem real , but it will be gone when you wake up. When you look at something (when your awake) , how will you know if it's real ?
The only answer to that question is , no one can know if it is real or not.
'All is for the best in the best of all possible world'. The quote is indeed from Voltaire (Candid, I guess), but it is not the best choice. Saying that Voltaire alluded to Leibniz's optimism which he ridiculed. The thought does not represent Voltaire's philosophy very well. I also agree with other comments about Buddha. Otherwise a good job and a nice video.
'All is for the best in the best of all possible world'. The quote is indeed from Voltaire (Candid, I guess), but it is not the best choice. Saying that Voltaire alluded to Leibniz's optimism which he ridiculed. The thought does not represent Voltaire's philosophy very well. I also agree with other comments about Buddha. Otherwise a good job and a nice video.
"Western" Philosophy? With the Buddha in here? True, the ancient Indo-Aryan whites invaded and conquered India to establish it's civilization, and part of that is the Rig Veda and the line of thought that produced Buddhism, but that is hardly "Western". And why the hell end it with a quote from a Semitic Jew? Einstein, the plagiarist and scientific hack who's papers were so riddled with errors, many of them were fundamentally useless? He's a media creation and hardly Western, either.
Holy shit, Marx is in there too? What, just because he pitched his subversion from inside the premiere western nation of the time? His is Eastern and Semitic philosophy, not Western! Good grief.
I like Rene's philosophies the best . Although his "I think , therefore I am" philosophy is a bit flawed , he has done a lot of good things in my life.
The quote you ascribed to Voltaire should be attributed to Leibnitz, for it was he who made it. Voltaire simply used it in his Candide in an attempt to parody him (Leibnitz).
One doesn't give an introduction "into" philosophy, one gives an introduction "to" philosophy. Furthermore, speaking as a philosophy Ph.D., I can tell you that the notion that one can get an introduction from a list of quotations is utter rubbish, and if you don't understand this intuitively, you probably don't know much about philosophy. The quotations are frequently out of historical order, and in many instances don't encapsulate (and therefore introduce) the thinker's thought (esp. Plato!).
Oh, spare us the pretentious indignation! I'm sure the maker of the video in question is quite aware that a video of quotations does not constitute an introduction to philosophy. Nevertheless, the video is quaint.
Simply put, any group of people that gets to design the rules of the game and make you follow them and further threaten to take your freedom and even your life away if you play against their rules is detrimental to a person's freedom.
uh....brother, u r missing the point here when he actually said "everywhere he is in chains". We are not just talking specifically China or North Korea for example. A person is in chains EVERYWHERE, understand? GOVERNMENT, LAW ENFORCEMENTS, CIVIC CUSTOMS? HELLO? RIGN ANY BELL? It does not matter what "sort of political system" you are in, if you are in any kind of political control, you are in chains. Even AMERICA!
I agree with you there. This term is eurocentric, Europe and America are the 'West' in a map with Rome in the centre. The term 'West' began to be used to describe Europe and America after the term 'white' could not serve the purpose.
But that was not the issue here. I did not name this video Introduction to Western Philosophy. My problem was more with the chronological order part.
I am studying biology, and love philosophy and science. Philosophy ask, while science answer. In fact, science follow a philosophy, which is empiricism. So without philosophy, there would be no answers. Even hypothesis and question, which are in the Scientific Method, is a philosophical thing. Even the Scientific Method was made by the philosopher René Descartes.
It's meant to imply that we all have a purpose in life and that we all do what we are meant to do and that we cant do anything other than what we were meant to do. Once you have fullfilled your purpose you die.....
so then, what about people who die young, before they get the chance to fulfill their purpose. And what about people who have an idea of what their purpose is but choose not to do it.
Are you arguing fate as well, that no matter what we do, whether we choose or not, it's our purpose?
Also, it's somewhat misleading to attribute the best of all possible worlds quote to Voltaire. This was a view he satirized harshly, but it sounds like he's endorsing it.
So were the Upanishads from India, he says "It has been the solace of my life, it will be the solace of my death!" ... Buddha doesn't belong in this video, nonetheless it is a good video.
@KikiManini I thought about that as well when I saw it, but there have been influences from eastern philosophy. Mainly after the east became open to the west in the 1500s...there are many theories of when this influence started, but it started indeed...
This video should contain mentions to the sophists and the gymno-sophists...and other pre socratic philosophers...aside from that its really good.
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Buddhism far surpasses any Western philosophical thought (Greek-Roman).....Albert Einstein himself even said so. Sorry.... ;(
VanillaSnow23 2 months ago
yo, Voltaire did not say that 'all is the best for the best of all possible worlds' (or something similar). he actually wrote a book, "Candide", critiquing that view
KoalaFreedom 10 months ago
Where is Zeno's Stoicism?...
trueVincent555 11 months ago
Why did you put in a quote by Buddha?
WSWarthog 1 year ago
Great video!
But how can you not include Thomas Paine?
anonymous1trgb 1 year ago
Oh it's just a pity philosophy is not about single quotes. Though it's always very nice to see the whole complex thinking of each philosopher focused in one short sentence. .
laliluleilo89 1 year ago
The video claims: --George Berkeley, Irish empirist--. Wasn't he foremost an idealist?
BrotherTraveler 1 year ago
Well done but the Buddha just seems to be out of place here. Thanks
brrradley 1 year ago
@NBTY4ever
Lets say that you were dreaming , and someone said that observation is never wrong.
If you observe something , of course it will seem real , but it will be gone when you wake up. When you look at something (when your awake) , how will you know if it's real ?
The only answer to that question is , no one can know if it is real or not.
FreeThinkingOpenMind 1 year ago
God does not play dice! - Brilliant but...
Is there only a certain amount of knowledge to be obtained or is knowledge infinite?
PlayaNeox 1 year ago
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'All is for the best in the best of all possible world'. The quote is indeed from Voltaire (Candid, I guess), but it is not the best choice. Saying that Voltaire alluded to Leibniz's optimism which he ridiculed. The thought does not represent Voltaire's philosophy very well. I also agree with other comments about Buddha. Otherwise a good job and a nice video.
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'All is for the best in the best of all possible world'. The quote is indeed from Voltaire (Candid, I guess), but it is not the best choice. Saying that Voltaire alluded to Leibniz's optimism which he ridiculed. The thought does not represent Voltaire's philosophy very well. I also agree with other comments about Buddha. Otherwise a good job and a nice video.
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patrickesspi 1 year ago
"Western" Philosophy? With the Buddha in here? True, the ancient Indo-Aryan whites invaded and conquered India to establish it's civilization, and part of that is the Rig Veda and the line of thought that produced Buddhism, but that is hardly "Western". And why the hell end it with a quote from a Semitic Jew? Einstein, the plagiarist and scientific hack who's papers were so riddled with errors, many of them were fundamentally useless? He's a media creation and hardly Western, either.
jthomas12793 1 year ago
Holy shit, Marx is in there too? What, just because he pitched his subversion from inside the premiere western nation of the time? His is Eastern and Semitic philosophy, not Western! Good grief.
jthomas12793 1 year ago
I like Rene's philosophies the best . Although his "I think , therefore I am" philosophy is a bit flawed , he has done a lot of good things in my life.
FreeThinkingOpenMind 1 year ago
"And yet it moves..." Great piece of philosophical advice, i think
TheHomelessCripple 1 year ago
The quote you ascribed to Voltaire should be attributed to Leibnitz, for it was he who made it. Voltaire simply used it in his Candide in an attempt to parody him (Leibnitz).
XxxNuMbxxX0301 2 years ago
i have to look up who these guys are
jmm1233 2 years ago
Lose Fear, Gain freedom
theroy71 2 years ago
One doesn't give an introduction "into" philosophy, one gives an introduction "to" philosophy. Furthermore, speaking as a philosophy Ph.D., I can tell you that the notion that one can get an introduction from a list of quotations is utter rubbish, and if you don't understand this intuitively, you probably don't know much about philosophy. The quotations are frequently out of historical order, and in many instances don't encapsulate (and therefore introduce) the thinker's thought (esp. Plato!).
LarrySanger 2 years ago
Oh, spare us the pretentious indignation! I'm sure the maker of the video in question is quite aware that a video of quotations does not constitute an introduction to philosophy. Nevertheless, the video is quaint.
XxxNuMbxxX0301 2 years ago
The Buddha quote doesn't just randomly appear Chronologically.
It was placed appropriately where it was introduced to western the western world.
mlincoln7783 2 years ago
Simply put, any group of people that gets to design the rules of the game and make you follow them and further threaten to take your freedom and even your life away if you play against their rules is detrimental to a person's freedom.
Voodoofreak35 2 years ago
uh....brother, u r missing the point here when he actually said "everywhere he is in chains". We are not just talking specifically China or North Korea for example. A person is in chains EVERYWHERE, understand? GOVERNMENT, LAW ENFORCEMENTS, CIVIC CUSTOMS? HELLO? RIGN ANY BELL? It does not matter what "sort of political system" you are in, if you are in any kind of political control, you are in chains. Even AMERICA!
Voodoofreak35 2 years ago
"Man WAS born FREE, and everywhere he is in chains" such irony....capitalism, government and its law enforcements and customs
Voodoofreak35 2 years ago
WTF where does Buddha come in in this 'chronological order' of Western philosophy?
HarryQuiteContrary 2 years ago
@HarryQuiteContrary what is west? if you go west you just come back to the same spot =)
(I know you meant "western" meaning america & europe, i was just kidding)
icefall1793 2 years ago
I agree with you there. This term is eurocentric, Europe and America are the 'West' in a map with Rome in the centre. The term 'West' began to be used to describe Europe and America after the term 'white' could not serve the purpose.
But that was not the issue here. I did not name this video Introduction to Western Philosophy. My problem was more with the chronological order part.
HarryQuiteContrary 2 years ago
philosophy is a totally useless subjects,it
only study different philosophers but does not provide any answer,we should study special sciences like psychology,astronomy
what these philosophers had said is totally disproved by science now
Magarmach09 2 years ago
Rational philosophy is antecedent to the physical sciences; that is to say, were there no philosophy, there would be no science.
XxxNuMbxxX0301 2 years ago
@Magarmach09
I will answer this even if it's old.
I am studying biology, and love philosophy and science. Philosophy ask, while science answer. In fact, science follow a philosophy, which is empiricism. So without philosophy, there would be no answers. Even hypothesis and question, which are in the Scientific Method, is a philosophical thing. Even the Scientific Method was made by the philosopher René Descartes.
PhysicsCardiology 1 year ago
@Magarmach09
Belief in science is a branch of philosophy of reality.
FAIL!
FreeThinkingOpenMind 1 year ago
Nice video although you are missing a few, in my humble opinion (Pascal, Waismann, Grundtvig, Habermas, Horkheimer, Feuerbach etc.)
But great list nevertheless. Very enjoyable, thanks!
Thusyanthan 2 years ago
you are spelling empiricist wrong, you are saying empirist, it is actually empiricist
olsome2 3 years ago
Human thought and its intricacies is beautiful.
WorldCollections 3 years ago 4
It's meant to imply that we all have a purpose in life and that we all do what we are meant to do and that we cant do anything other than what we were meant to do. Once you have fullfilled your purpose you die.....
newton3010 3 years ago
so then, what about people who die young, before they get the chance to fulfill their purpose. And what about people who have an idea of what their purpose is but choose not to do it.
Are you arguing fate as well, that no matter what we do, whether we choose or not, it's our purpose?
vannasan 2 years ago
exactly..........
newton3010 2 years ago
nice job , too bad that not many people see this kind of videos, instead millions of people had saw "dance evolution", as Karl Popper said
"True ignorance is not the absence of knowledge, but the refusal to acquire it."
(sorry for my spelling, english is not my first language)
vaganteviajante 3 years ago 8
Also, it's somewhat misleading to attribute the best of all possible worlds quote to Voltaire. This was a view he satirized harshly, but it sounds like he's endorsing it.
regalkidney 3 years ago
The Galileo quote is heavily disputed, and probably fictional.
regalkidney 3 years ago
nice. But why no women?
jayraskin 3 years ago
Nice video. I liked all the different quotes..
Heres mine. maybe when i am famous people will know this one too...
"The purpose of life is to be. To do what you do because ultimately you can't not do it" - newton3010
newton3010 3 years ago
Could have done with a better quote for Voltaire, could have been taken in the wrong context.
Na7han1988 4 years ago
Nice video, although I am not sure why Buddha has been included in a video about Western Philosophy.
KikiManini 4 years ago 2
Hehe I knew I would get a comment on that
Urbanus1337 4 years ago
He had a major influence on Schopenhauer is my guess.
Na7han1988 4 years ago
So were the Upanishads from India, he says "It has been the solace of my life, it will be the solace of my death!" ... Buddha doesn't belong in this video, nonetheless it is a good video.
KikiManini 4 years ago
Fair point, just my wee guess really
Na7han1988 4 years ago
Yes I found it in a book right after Schopenhauer, so I thought it would be nice to add him too, nice quote too.
Urbanus1337 4 years ago
@Urbanus1337 buddha's quote was great no matter he belongs or not the western philosophy
icefall1793 2 years ago
@KikiManini I thought about that as well when I saw it, but there have been influences from eastern philosophy. Mainly after the east became open to the west in the 1500s...there are many theories of when this influence started, but it started indeed...
This video should contain mentions to the sophists and the gymno-sophists...and other pre socratic philosophers...aside from that its really good.
trueVincent555 11 months ago
@KikiManini thats what i was thinking he was mostly living in the east
alex89843 11 months ago
very nice video.
adeel108 4 years ago
Heidegger,'Making itself intelligible is suicide for philosophy'. That's so ironic.
sugizodx 4 years ago
I think it's a very good overview about philosophy! Thank you for that video!
foraatnelse 4 years ago
Thank you
Urbanus1337 4 years ago