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Sisyphus 55
02/14/2025
Sisyphus 55
02/14/2025
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@davidlozier8606
02/14/2025 - 5:58 AMI just can’t square the projection that the universe is inherently meaningless. It doesn’t require god or anything else like that, it just is and is beyond meaning. I resonate with the ideas of how we can live and overcome ourselves but I think a new term is needed.
@VrayCat
02/14/2025 - 5:58 AMAbsurdism and surrealism are often confused because both deal with irrationality and the breakdown of conventional logic, but they come from different philosophical and artistic traditions. Here's a breakdown of the key differences, along with some tips to help you remember them:
### Absurdism:
– **Philosophical foundation**: Absurdism is rooted in existential philosophy, particularly in the works of Albert Camus. It deals with the tension between humans' desire for meaning and the universe's apparent lack of inherent meaning.
– **Focus**: Absurdism focuses on the struggle to find purpose in a chaotic, indifferent world. It explores how people react to the "absurd" (the clash between human desire for meaning and the meaningless universe).
– **Tone**: Often bleak, questioning, or even darkly comic.
– **Key theme**: The meaninglessness of life and the search for meaning in a world that offers none. It's about accepting that life is absurd and continuing to live despite this realization.
**Tip**: **Absurdism = Existential Crisis**. Think of it as the "life is meaningless, but you keep going anyway" philosophy.
### Surrealism:
– **Artistic and literary movement**: Surrealism emerged in the early 20th century as an artistic and literary movement, with figures like AndrĂ© Breton, Salvador DalĂ, and RenĂ© Magritte. It sought to express the unconscious mind and break free from the logical constraints of reason.
– **Focus**: Surrealism is concerned with depicting irrational, dream-like scenes that often have a strange or illogical quality. It's about tapping into the unconscious and presenting the world in ways that defy rational explanation.
– **Tone**: More whimsical, fantastical, or bizarre. It often has a dreamlike quality where strange images and juxtapositions appear.
– **Key theme**: The importance of exploring the unconscious mind, dreams, and irrationality. Surrealism challenges conventional reality and aims to surprise or shock by presenting things in unfamiliar ways.
**Tip**: **Surrealism = Dream Logic**. Think of it as a "dream-like" world where things don't make sense but are intriguing or visually arresting.
### Key Differences:
– *Absurdism* is about the meaning (or lack thereof) of life and the struggle against an indifferent universe.
– *Surrealism* is about creating illogical, dream-like scenarios to challenge perceptions and explore the unconscious.
### Memory Tricks:
– **Absurdism**: "Absurd" sounds like **A**lbert Camus, and it deals with life's meaning—or lack of it.
– **Surrealism**: "Sur" (sounds like "surreal") as in **S**alvador DalĂ, who painted wild, dream-like scenes.
By focusing on the philosophical foundation of absurdism (meaninglessness) and the creative freedom of surrealism (dreams and the unconscious), you'll more easily remember the key differences.
@megha9789
02/14/2025 - 5:58 AMi went through a terrible heartbreak, it felt like i was close to death at some point. letting go was the hardest thing ive ever had to do (still haevnt really achieved it entirely) camus somewhat saved me. wish i could put it into words, the relief i felt when i first read that "one must imagine sisyphus happy" paragraph, "my mind was blown" is an understatement this video was amazing!
@abyss8124
02/14/2025 - 5:58 AMDamn, i finally understand the core meaning of absurdism which lies in the revolution concept… before i used to kill the whole absurdism concept by accepting things like death and so on.
But the point is not to accept absurdism at all, because accepting it means killing it at the same time ! One must permanently allow absurdism to be born again and grow again by using its reason to fight that fucking meaningless asshole universe !!!
@SuicidelG
02/14/2025 - 5:58 AMtest
@SuicidelG
02/14/2025 - 5:58 AMBourgeois ideology designed to convince you, Sisyphus, that you should be happy toiling to create surplus value for your bourgeois masters.
@ListenToPowerViolence
02/14/2025 - 5:58 AMI was a nihilist until I discovered absurdism.
@lewismacfadyen5657
02/14/2025 - 5:58 AMAbsurdism, optimistic nihilism
@boydnicol
02/14/2025 - 5:58 AMAbsurdism is false
@panoskapellaris9930
02/14/2025 - 5:58 AMI really agre with the idea of absurdists, cause it realy gives vallue to something that usually doesn't have any, and can be summed up in a simple sentace "fuck it, we ball"
@allisonphillips1682
02/14/2025 - 5:58 AMThanks for this this is me
@sommmeguy
02/14/2025 - 5:58 AMYou want to understand the meaning of life? Stop eating. Don't do suicide, just see how long you can go without eating. Then do the same with shelter. And then human companionship.
@vidhiist_
02/14/2025 - 5:58 AMwe must imagine sisyphus happy – albert camus.
@Categoricalimperative123
02/14/2025 - 5:58 AMPlease don’t watch this video, it’s a poor analysis. You can’t use the word “unreasonable” so much without defining it.. this very definition is half of the book.
@laceyo1993
02/14/2025 - 5:58 AMI feel like Kierkegaard's response is more fitting, and could be complimentary to Camus if you interpret faith more broadly.
Any position you a person takes must necessarily depend on a proposition accepted without sufficient reason (or leap of faith). Even Camus' rebuttal that reason should not be discarded required some kind of leap of faith (that we have a free mind and that reason exists).
Once you accept that any position requires a leap of faith you are free to realise the beauty and order in the world, even among the suffering.
@emersonklement
02/14/2025 - 5:58 AMahh yes, let me use reason to disprove reasonđź’€
@ViktorLoR_Mainu
02/14/2025 - 5:58 AM"The Plague" by Camus is rlly good, would recommend to any1
@AbAb-th5qe
02/14/2025 - 5:58 AMThere's another option not mentioned here. Just laugh at all the absurdity and go with the flow. This narrator is on such a downer. Lighten up man!
@vigorouspocketpibbleton2394
02/14/2025 - 5:58 AMFlagman Flagman Flagman Flagman
I've seen the light
The burden is our friend
Without the boulder I am nothing
This is not a prison, it's my home
I am grateful for my place in the machine
How dare you
My chains are the idol I whisper my prayers to
Don't be surprised that my looks are deceiving
Don't be ashamed of this gift you're receiving
@entroponaut
02/14/2025 - 5:58 AMThe Elliot Smith poster hurt
@johnpoker-y1s
02/14/2025 - 5:58 AMthis video is total bullshit because the average absurd hero has a much larger penis.
@JamesCarr-yy5gv
02/14/2025 - 5:58 AMI love this philosophy. I will always be condemned to die. I will always be subjected to misery. It's so… absurd. I am my own man, and i will enjoy myself despite this ridiculous condemnation.
@rebecacastro9183
02/14/2025 - 5:58 AMMee af :3
@benquinneyiii7941
02/14/2025 - 5:58 AMWhy ask why?
@scotthullinger4684
02/14/2025 - 5:58 AMSome things surely NEED to be controlled …
while other things should surely NOT be controlled –
Hmm … so what's the difference?
The difference is that GOOD things absolutely DON'T need to be controlled,
whereas EVIL things must ABSOLUTELY be controlled.
@KarmaSparks
02/14/2025 - 5:58 AMCurrently a sociology major and one of my professors talked about the Delma of free will. I commented “so what, if I don’t have free will, then that takes a lot off my shoulders, if I do, that’s beautiful.” Amazing professor btw
@YeetSpace
02/14/2025 - 5:58 AMI've always looked at it like this, if we're all going to get consumed in the all-encompassing blackness then the best thing we can do is to dance our way out right? More specifically to make sure that the party is good, the drink is flowing, everyone's having a good time. It is the way of the true absurdist as I see it, to do your fucking damndest to make sure everyone that you can affect is a little better off. You can't have a good party without EVERYONE having a good time (with the exception of anyone who goes out of their way to disallow others to have a good time In which if you can't convince them to stop being so much of an asshole and just go ahead and have a good time themselves, you take them the fuck out it's as simple as that)
@kingZactheMerciless
02/14/2025 - 5:58 AMSo I agree with some parts of the philosophy. I do however object to the notion of experiencing experiences at the cost of morality. I disagree with the notion of no afterlife. Other than that, we absolutely live in a simulation. The absurdity is for a reason.
@robertengland8769
02/14/2025 - 5:58 AMIts totally the absurds fault, man.
@Skaldewolf
02/14/2025 - 5:58 AM"The universe is a cruel, uncaring void. The key to being happy isn't the search for meaning; it's just to keep yourself busy with unimportant nonsense, and eventually, you'll be dead." – Mr. Peanutbutter