This Is How the Germans Dominated (and Killed) Philosophy

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[loriedmundson]

The best thing about your channel is your whimsical sense of humor. An intellectual who values laughter is rare indeed.

[michaelgoetze]

The problem with the watch making analogy is that a good portion of it is in French speaking Switzerland.

[mariavairo]

Soy una doña (argentina) de 81 años, sin estudios universitarios pero siempre he pensado que había un antes y un después de Nietzsche en filosofía, ya que, en mi reducida posibilidad de explicarme, él "completaba" los "devaneos teóricos" con el "componente psicológico" pero no tenía argumentos como para sostenerlo frente a una amiga Dra en Filosofía y creyente cristiana. Pocas veces he disfrutado tanto un video como este por la "completísima síntesis" y el humor con la que ofreces tan maravillosa información. Es un abrazo para mi alma.
NO veo la casualidad de q Byung haya elegido ese pais para estudiar...todas sus orienta-les-tivas células lo deben haber guiado❤

[oreocarlton]

The humour theory falls once you realize how good british humour is and they arent far from Germany geographically or genetically.

[terminatorr]

An over analytical German, reflecting on the over analytical nature of Germans.

[shaunmclorie]

This channel is unbelievably good, educational, entertaining and well researched.

[dohlecarnett]

I think that is a good essay about how the Germans are as philosophers. It's still funny how people repeat this story about Kant's structured day. While this indeed happend he only did this at the last year of his life. Before his neighbour did it and Kant learned from him that it was necessary in later life to keep your mind up. In his younger days Kant was maybe not a party animal but often in salons and telling jokes.

[sollbruchstelleamknicklich]

6:55 he did laugh, quite a lot in fact. We have many reports from Kants students that he would often make downright childish jokes while he lectures. Other reports from acquaintances strongly paint the picture of Kant as a jovial happy fellow who loved silly jokes. - besides Kant, Mozart for example is also famous for his dull childish humor. I mean he composed a canon with the title "Leck mich im Arsch" which literally translates to: lick me inside my asshole.

[arminulrich]

11:02 The Chinese did it long before. Wiki:
"Bi Sheng (Chinese: 畢昇; 972–1051 AD) was a Song dynasty Chinese artisan, engineer, and inventor of the world's first movable type technology. Bi Sheng's system used fired clay tiles, one for each Chinese character, and was invented between 1039 and 1048. Printing was one of the Four Great Inventions. Because Bi was a commoner, not an educated person, little is known about his life besides this invention."

[adelaova]

Brilliant video! And a brilliant ending! I appreciate your way of explaining things, Thank you and keep up the great work!

[muctebanesiri]

This was actually a question I've been thinking lately. It was really odd how Germans dominated philosophy.

[cheri]

Thank you, Fiction Beast!!! Brillant as always!!!🙏❤️🌎🌿🎵🕊🎵🎶

[misterprogressive]

Germans didnt kill philosophy. Its still live and kicking here. People are still studying it and still use it in public discourses. Its just that people dont usually get a job with a philosophy degree. So, capitalistic job market is killing philosophy not the germans.

[Sachie]

As is the case in German, the majority of words in Chinese are compound words. As you pointed out, compound words are an effective way of creating and conveying meaning.

[Sachie]

I really enjoyed this one. The last word sent shivers down my spine.

[jimvonkropsberg]

Germany is called… Das Land der Dichter & Denker… the Country of poets & Philosophers 📖

[TheArchives]

The truth about philosophy is to magnify the deep dark areas of our life. Those who seeks to replace philosophy are hiding their darkness. The real great respects of philosophers are those who have contained the darkest aspect of their lives eg. envy, greed, unauthentic etc. JamesWhiskey

[RedSntDK]

4:47 "Cold climate" theory sounds a lot like Schopenhauer's race theory doesn't it?
" The highest civilization and culture, apart from the ancient Hindus and Egyptians, are found exclusively among the white races; and even with many dark peoples, the ruling caste, or race, is fairer in colour than the rest, and has, therefore, evidently immigrated, for example, the Brahmins, the Inca, and the rulers of the South Sea Islands. All this is due to the fact that necessity is the mother of invention, because those tribes that emigrated early to the north, and there gradually became white, had to develop all their intellectual powers, and invent and perfect all the arts in their struggle with need, want, and misery, which, in their many forms, were brought about by the climate. This they had to do to make up for the parsimony of nature, and out of it all came their high civilization. "
In fact, there are many such old fashioned scientific racism theories.

[chrislusk]

What is that painting that appears at 4:30?

[niccoloflorence]

Your content is good but you need to use better artwork (especially for thumbnails) and remove this blue background to attract more eyeballs!!