Arthur Schopenhauer on Noise (Misophonia)

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[kubasniak]

"Noise kills thoughts"

I cannot agree more. I was actually talking about it with my friend. I love music, especially metal and all it's variants and lately I was listening to brutal death slam metal and black metal, technical etc. in a car or in a shower. It was fun for a while and I literally blasted my thoughts out of my head while headbanging to the music. I started feeling disconnected... I already disconnected a lot because of my surfing and video game addictions that fluctuate between casual and hardcore. Same with jogging. I used to always wear galaxy buds but found myself distracted when thinking or losing my breathing rhythm.

Anyways I really needed the pause from all of this. I listen to nothing while in the car, not even a radio, listen to my thoughts in the shower, having conversations with myself, daydream, plan, meditate just listening to water coming down and enjoying the hot shower. I also drive for work so I listened to many podcasts on yt and always had to have something going on. Today I put on maybe one or two and when they finish I just enjoy the silence.

I can really relate to Schopenhauer. Constant noise, music, entertainment etc. makes us LOSE ourselves and even our identity and it can be scary because you might feel like you might not get yourself back, your creativity and thoughts.

Good content as always! Cheers.

[Cordellium]

As Schopenhauer says of those claiming to be unaffected by noise, be wary too of the empty boasting of so-called “multitaskers.”

[AhmadHammadPoet]

Just beautiful. Excellently narrated. The voice over is so good. The deep-throat voice, and the clear pronunciation of the words spoken by the narrator collectively make this video quite valuable. Schopenhauer is one of my favorite philosophers. This video is not less than a feast for me therefore. Thank You Weltgeist!

[treck]

I needed this. Thank you. I had not heard that any philosopher had written about noise. I will look into it more now. Also, the most legendary mathematician and wizard of war inventions in the ancient world, Archimedes was recorded to have gotten angry when he was disturbed while working on one of his complex problems or designs, all the way up till the Roman soldier killed him for scolding him at being disturbed.

[richardedward]

Your insight into Schopenhauer and other philosophers I find delightful. I can't seem to find explanations this clear and straight forward anywhere else. 👍👍👍

[profile_]

I wish my neighbors appreciated peace and quiet the way I do.

[yehiaelyamani]

Thank you for this channel. It's a life-saver that helps the mind to survive and perhaps rise above the noise of everyday life. Please do carry on

[tejasgudi]

The “whips” near my home are the annoying kids who make loud noises constantly from afternoon till night and at night the dogs start barking at around 2 am,
I think I should change my neighbourhood.

[samuelterry]

The essays in parerga and paralipomena are very interesting to read. My favourite one is "psychological observations", Schopenhauer ties everything together perfectly.

[aziz]

"If nature meant for man to reason, she would not have given him ears" - Schopenhauer

[retribution]

I work in a very noisy open plan office, hours of my time are wasted with useless distractions. The cracking of a whip would be nothing by comparison. Excellent video.

[tlomowb]

Watching this whilst the builders are upstairs for the next 2 weeks

[Mickeycuatropatas]

If Schopenhauer was living in Latin America, he would have an epileptic fit with all the cars blaring their megawatt speakers at all hours of the day to advertise something or just to let others hear their taste of music at 3am.

[almor]

I love him even more now. If only he knew the pain of constantly having to listen to the sound of neighbours radios. For 2 years I've been unable to get a single day of peace. On the plus side, I made working from home impossible so now I'm unemployed so I get to spend my days seeking out the silent places! :p

[ZYX]

Listening and learning from you, and Mr. Schopenhauer… Has been and will continue to be, a respite… It’s almost as when I’m listening, I’m walking through the woods, and my imagination at the same time… Thank you… Be good wherever you are!

[lilatolouian]

Oh my gosh, the loud whip sound is probably the equivalent of the loud cars, honking their horns, or mufflers when drivers step on the gas. THOSE SOUNDS DRIVE ME ABSOLUTELY INSANE! (Other sounds as well, but I have a lot of speeding muffler-lovers who drive on my street) I love Shopenhauer. I never thought I'd ever hear of someone I could relate to until him. Thank you for your educational videos!

[jackmorgan]

I have been having this discussion with people for most all of my conscious 69 years on the planet. It is a simple question: "Why do you always have the television turned on? Why is there always music playing? Why do you love being in a crowded bar with all that endless chatter?" And on and on and on. And every single time, with no exceptions--when I have been able to get others to actually sit and have an "intelligent" discussions (and that is indeed, to state it bluntly, rare as hell)--the answer has always been the same: "To drown out all that noise in my head." Yes, they so hate the "sound" of their own thinking that they settle for anything, any other noise at all, to drown it out.
Don't misunderstand. The endless cacophony of thoughts and "voices" inside my own head is maddening...but that is my personal hell.
And since this taps into the darkest side of who I am--not the "me" I like but I am stuck with the guy, after all--this is when I like to imagine that if there is an afterlife then hell will be a place of eternal silence, the absence of all external sounds, and total isolation, removed from anyone and everyone else and you will be isolated, alone with the solitude of your soul and those inner demons.

Time to cut to the chase: The collective is hell. The human animal, clumped together in cities, is hell. People, so at ease with car horns, people yelling, screaming, "music" playing everywhere all the time (as if hip-hop/rap should dare be called "music"), thousands of people at a ball game all cheering and screaming...anything and everything to avoid...the peace and quiet.
What is it about peace and quiet that the human animal so hates?
Answer that and you have solved the riddle of life.

[FuelAirSparkTime]

The cracking of whips are preferable to loud motorcycles obnoxiously revving their way down a quiet residential street at midnight or later .

[sarunasgincas]

Wow, such a good video. Thanks for creating it. This video made my day as I was browsing from agony caused by misophonia.

Nowadays we don't have horses. But damn these vehicle drivers are annoying with their music and sound signals.