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CrashCourseNow that we’ve left behind the philosophy of religion, it’s time to start exploring what other ways might exist to find meaning in the world. Today we explore essentialism and its response: existentialism. We’ll also learn about Jean-Paul Sartre and his ideas about how to find meaning in a meaningless world.
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48 Comments
@lalva2024
02/12/2025 - 10:27 PMI think the meaning of life in its simplest form is to preserve humankind. Much better than imploding into the void of nothingness.
@ThomasAllan-up4td
02/12/2025 - 10:27 PMLife doesn't have to have " a meaning" .
@MakAnthony1105
02/12/2025 - 10:27 PMThe best course I came across this year.
@ariadnaescamilla8902
02/12/2025 - 10:27 PMOne of my favorite CC videos of all time
@kexetish
02/12/2025 - 10:27 PMI L O V E crash course
@kristina4272
02/12/2025 - 10:27 PMJust read the "Giver,: this seems related.
@arshiathereal
02/12/2025 - 10:27 PMhi i live in iran
here we look to western life-style as somewhat a ideal level. but i don't think so. i think me as a third world's citizen and a citizen of London or Paris or whatever, feel sadness and pain almost (if not exactly) the same. So i've learnt to try accept bad things in my life. Because i think that's the essence and true face of the life (the pain).
@whatup1244
02/12/2025 - 10:27 PMLook I'm a damn fool but doesn't that mean love is only what I assign to it?
@Rico-Suave_
02/12/2025 - 10:27 PMGreat video, thank you very much , note to self(nts) watched all of it 8:13
@enoeulbeht
02/12/2025 - 10:27 PMI am exhilarating about this episode and EXISTENTIALISM!!! ❤❤
@Malibu-ku2to
02/12/2025 - 10:27 PMI wish you would not speak this fast!!!
🙏🏻
@The_Anonymous_God
02/12/2025 - 10:27 PMIs procreating a meaning of human life?
@dennissmith9435
02/12/2025 - 10:27 PMSlow down a little bit in your speech you launched at 200mph brother
@thomashewlett3166
02/12/2025 - 10:27 PMSo did the dude pick the war or his mom? What's the story there.
@MommaLuigi
02/12/2025 - 10:27 PMThis is an awkward comment, but I accidentally hit report and I think my cat mashed one of the options. I am incredibly sorry.
@jmanj3917
02/12/2025 - 10:27 PM4:36 in retrospect, that seems a bit…absurd…lol
Post-WW2 thought, understandably, after everything that had happened, was not keen on seeing meaning in life.
But, from my modern perspective, at least, it seems that the defeat of the Axis powers Was the meaning…Telling the world in no uncertain terms thatbwe will not abide such actions by any nation-state.
@casibari1537
02/12/2025 - 10:27 PMCan you explain what you mean with 'meaning' when you ask 'what gives your life meaning?'?
@lauratanln
02/12/2025 - 10:27 PMVery interesting and thought provoking series.
@k9wiREless
02/12/2025 - 10:27 PMwow, this video is life changing
@kookamunga2458
02/12/2025 - 10:27 PMWe owe everything to the sun . The sun gives us food and warmth and without we're doomed. The sun will eventually murder us all when it turns into a red – giant .
@Lois-o1f
02/12/2025 - 10:27 PMJames Taylor sang the secret to life is to enjoy the passage of time. anyone can do it, there ain't nothing to it. Einstein said he never could understand it all………😊❤
@amahakiros3894
02/12/2025 - 10:27 PMReally interesting instructor !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@GarryBurgess
02/12/2025 - 10:27 PMI tend to believe in some aspects of essentialism but not the mainstream view, but we could never know if that is true or not, so believing in existentialism covers all the bases, in case I'm wrong. The absurdity of the world is nothing I can control, so like a stoic, I don't pay any attention to that.
@manofmyword2406
02/12/2025 - 10:27 PMsimply great
@amaree9732
02/12/2025 - 10:27 PMI watched this video, therefore, I am…
@robertm6208
02/12/2025 - 10:27 PMget a coat that fits
@msrohima4178
02/12/2025 - 10:27 PMPlease🙏 speak slowly
It's very hard to me to understand 😢😢😢
@SMToonLarvaHeroes-9898
02/12/2025 - 10:27 PMA brilliant teacher you are, undoubtedly.. Existentialism has always mesmerized me…
@85Funkadelic
02/12/2025 - 10:27 PMLife is a sandbox not a railroad.
@jeanettedixon7368
02/12/2025 - 10:27 PMI really enjoyed watching this – thak you
@omark310tell6
02/12/2025 - 10:27 PMi am gonna go out on a limb here and presume that all serial killers were Existentialists by nature !!
@quinndavis
02/12/2025 - 10:27 PM“Standard view of the universe…” Maybe in the West. You need to make that distinction. In Asia that was not the case. Also, your thumbnail of a soldier with a rifle makes no contextual sense to the subject.
@otiebrown9999
02/12/2025 - 10:27 PMExcellent!
@akeladavis7976
02/12/2025 - 10:27 PMSOUNDS MORE LIKE ACTIVE NIHILISM. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO??
@richardklegin-b1j
02/12/2025 - 10:27 PMIts freedom .
@whatsupwithyoudude
02/12/2025 - 10:27 PMvery fun video I love this one
@OpenBiolabsGuy
02/12/2025 - 10:27 PMI’m going to add this to my world view.
@pearlaccardo126
02/12/2025 - 10:27 PMSlooooow down…………you are speaking as fast as a runaway train
@stephenbouchelle7706
02/12/2025 - 10:27 PMHa ha, the young man’s dilemma is like Schrödinger’s cat. There is no answer till he makes the choice.
@stephenbouchelle7706
02/12/2025 - 10:27 PMWhen Trump became president, meaning pretty much died.
@CrazyUncleMike
02/12/2025 - 10:27 PMI didn’t choose schizophrenia. Schizophrenia choose me.
@racheli4365
02/12/2025 - 10:27 PMFinally, what I’ve always believed in has a name!
@meikylawan3148
02/12/2025 - 10:27 PMExistentialism is my favorite branch og philosophy.
@toddarmstrong1167
02/12/2025 - 10:27 PMOMG don't waste my time, get to the point.
@antamantium3238
02/12/2025 - 10:27 PMCan't wait to finish this series so I can see what's next….Anyone have any suggestions from CrashCourse?!??
🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
@zeecolson6838
02/12/2025 - 10:27 PMI wish I knew all this sooner and didn't have to find out the hard way
@pronouncingyorubanames
02/12/2025 - 10:27 PMThis was such a delightful watch. I feel like I need to read more books on existentialism so if anyone reads this comment and can recommend, I'll be reading. Thank you!
@ashraybhartia4607
02/12/2025 - 10:27 PMNietzsche wasn't a nihilist. He in fact helped build the foundations of existentialism!