Fernando Pessoa: The Man Who Never Lived

Fernando Pessoa was a writer and philosopher whose literature is filled with philosophical insights. His most famous work, The Book of Disquiet, contains many random thoughts, one of the more interesting is his thoughts on why we appreciate nature and wilderness. Chances are we live in a city or a suburb or some sort of community (unless you've gone off the grid). Because we live in our man-made communities, this has become our new nature. The artificial is the new nature. So when we do get exposed to the wilderness, it's the new artificial, and that makes it interesting and beautiful to us. It's not so much a nature vs industry battle when it comes to aesthetics, but rather, industry helps makes nature beautiful through contrast.
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[tabularasa_br]

Pessoa is also revered in my homeland Brazil. He is one of my favorite poets. He even made astral charts for his heteronyms and was friends with people like Aleister Crowley. Wild dude!

[Joseph-jjbw]

Pessoa is a treasure of an author and a personal hero. Disquiet was what launched my fascination with philosophy and literature.

[tonibael]

What a gem of a philosopher and writer. It's crazy. I've never heard of him before. His focus on the inward life and subjectivity kind of reminds me of Kierkegaard. Great video! Your videos are always insightful and a delightful reprieve to any day.

[bbbartolo]

I read The Book of Disquiet about 4 years ago, when I was 78. About time! Much Spanish and certainly Portugese literature were ignored in U.S. education while German and French lit got all the attention. Maybe that's changing. Definitely one of the all-time great books I've read. And the last 20 pages have more quotable lines than most other 300 p. tomes in their entirety.

[MG-gexq]

1:12 This picture is not Lisbon. It shows Porto. However - I love Fernando Pessoa. Imho he is a real genius. Thank you!

[tabularasa_br]

Look up "Poema em linha reta", or whatever the name is in English, a poem by him. He was a genius, way ahead of his time.

[miguelpadeiro]

12th grade Portuguese class kinda of forces you to know all these main personalities of his (heteronyms, not to be confused with the common pseudonyms) by heart and their respective writting styles, it's a bit hectic lol

[NikodemHild]

Was just about to read one of his books, thanks for the video!

[JohnCane]

Thanks for giving exposure to these great overlooked philosophers

[JewyJew]

Great video I’ve never heard of this gentleman, his book sounds fascinating

[ThesaurusDinosaurus]

that ending passage is basically the start of Watsky's song "Talking to Myself"

[MSHNKTRL]

Pessoa: "You gotta first clean your room, Bucko!"

[TheKing-qzwd]

Probably one of the most cracked sounding guys yet.

[Stevie-J]

I like cartoons and philosophy, therefore this channel is double-plus-good (to me)

[Aphorismenoi]

Idon't know why or maybe I see some Edmund husserl's inspiration in his pen

[joaopaulotc]

Great video but... that photo of Lisbon at 1:14 is actually Porto...

[ciroalberto]

4 the algorithm, also, redd the book, 100% guaranteed

[darrellee]

The blue guy with the proboscis is creeping me out. So much so that I can't subscribe to your channel.😊