How To Live In The Present - Albert Camus (Philosophy of Absurdism)

In this video we will be talking about how to live in the present from the philosophy of Albert Camus. Albert Camus is one of the most representative figures of the philosophy of the “absurd” or “absurdism".

Here are 7 ways you can make most of your present from the philosophy of Albert Camus-
01. Have a motivation for living
02. Be yourself at all times
03. Live intensively
04. Live like a rebel
05. Focus on practical things
06. Accept the unpredictability of life
07. Find happiness in every phase of your life
I hope you enjoyed watching these 7 ways you can make most of your present from the philosophy of Albert Camus and find them helpful in your life.

Albert Camus is one of the greatest French writers and thinkers. He was a philosopher, an author and a journalist. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1957 and his most famous works are The Stranger, The Plague, The Myth of Sisyphus, The Fall, and The Rebel. Camus is one of the most representative figures of the philosophy of the “absurd” or “absurdism,” which is a philosophical movement having as its central hypothesis that human beings exist in a purposeless, chaotic universe. Camus considered that absolute freedom must be balanced with absolute justice - too much freedom leads to the situation when the strong suppresses the weak but too much justice kills freedom, and we need to live and let live. As a promoter of the philosophy of the “absurd”, Camus believed that life has no meaning, that the universe simply exists and that it is indifferent to people’s lives. We are like Sisyphus from Greek mythology, forever carrying that heavy rock to the top of the hill, although we know the rock will always fall down and our life's work is meaningless. Our condition might be tragic, but Camus considered that this exact condition hides a blessing in disguise: life does not have a meaning, but we are free to attribute it any meaning we want. His philosophy has inspired a lot of people in dealing with the absurdity of life and even today, his philosophy is extremely relevant.

Research/Writing: Bianca-Adina Szasz

Narration/Audio Editing: Dan Mellins-Cohen

Music - Enchanting Inspirational Music - Royalty Free - This Moment

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[PhilosophiesforLife]

Albert Camus says “Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.”

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[thechancellor-]

To the *worthwhile person* seeing this, your dream is not dead. Don’t allow the past and current pains and hurts stop and define you. You’re more than a conqueror. Rise up and put yourself together. Keep pushing your future depends on it. I wish you all the best in life ❤️.

[ReynaSingh]

So much of our time is spent thinking about being elsewhere. It is a virtue to accept that there is no where else to be

[theadrenalizedartist]

I am 51 years old and in watching this I remember reading Albert Camus’ plays in high school. My philosophy now is this: yes I’m 51, but I’m just getting started. I state that because most of my family lives to be between 85 and 100 years old. I’m not the kind of woman in her 50s that’s going to just continually sit at home and think about what used to be. I’m focused on who I’m becoming and I’m enjoying every moment of that.

[lievenyperman]

"The depressed live in the past, the fearful live in the future, and those who are at peace live in the present." - Lao Tzu (If my memory serves) -

[lovenikolatesla]

It's odd isn't it life spending years in the past thinking about suicide because my mum abandoned me was hard to cope with but fast forward to today glad to be alive having a purpose to humanity helping others help themselves is a saving grace, thank you universe ❤

[WisdominQuotes]

"For the first time, the first, I laid my heart open to the benign indifference of the universe. To feel it so like myself, indeed, so brotherly, made me realize that I’d been happy, and that I was happy still."
~~Albert Camus, The Stranger, Part II, Chapter V

[yearofthegarden]

This couldn't have come to me at a better moment. I've recently overcome a two month, midlife crisis now at 35, after I lost the core motivation to my workaholism, and the burn out had reduced my inhibition towards apathy. My whole life has been pretty smooth surface wise, but I've always been neglected spiritually, given tools, but never shown how to use them. Being raised in a faith based religion, I took a lot of damage when I was young, assuming everyone I would meet had the same general level of respect that was instilled into me, particularly in dating and having the shattering realization that faith in marriage is not the direction the majority of our society is headed down. All but one of highschool friends self deleted, and the only reason I probably did not join them is my faith, but as that got whittled down by my observations of those around me, the more I could see the value in my friend's level of escapism.

In the end, i have not found much value in the mode of how life should go, that we are given by society, I went off on my own journey for the past 17 years and have suffered through poverty to chase a passion of understanding agriculture. My original plan all those years ago was simply to teach people how to grow food, but I got hooked into the chase of the grind in each season and lost that core component, as well as the component of growing food so I could share it with my family, and even start one. These are areas I now put priority on, as I am not longer making decisions based on efficiency in production, but instead in aesthetics of place, as my surroundings have the appearance of a excel spread sheet made manifest, but I need to make it more inviting so moments can be enjoyed among them. I am learning new skills before skills become harder to learn in old age, so I may have more tools to teach with, primarily through art. Ultimately my new goal and motivation is to grow more food, by teaching more people to grow food, instead of myself growing more. Plus a teacher always learns more form their student, than the student takes away from the teacher.

[privateequityguy]

*"If people are doubting how far you can go, go so far that you can't hear them..."* If you are reading this, I hope you have an amazing day!!! 🙂🙂🙂

[Comerford]

Albert Camus: How to live in the present
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[AFMMD-q]

I’m lucky to have taken Camus philosophy in college 41 years ago, this young genius words and wisdom is responsible for many positive thought provoking afternoons. In an exercise that defies logic bordering in absurdism, he dies in a car crash @ age 46, I wonder how many more masterpieces he would have written. Love ❤️ this man, he definitely has had a great positive lasting effect in my life. His legacy ensures his immortality, proud to have all of his works and share them with family and friends.

[MrWaterbugdesign]

Decades ago I adjusted my life to live in the present and do several other things I found out later philosophers said were good ways to live. I did it only because it made sense to me.

Today I live as a hermit and have for 3 years. The issue with living as philosophers say is 99.9% of people don't. They talk a lot about wanting to live these ways, but don't. When you do live this way it puts you out of step with almost everyone else. You drift further and further from those around you. Be careful about following philosophers. Make sure you actually want that path and where it leads. I'm happy I did, but I don't think it's for everyone.

[BedeLaplume]

That's a very good synthesis of his work along with tangible examples.. Narration and montage are excellent also.. Thanks..

[PriestessAusetRaAmen]

All facts, this was the realization I came to and had to make peace that I wasted so much time, living in the past, instead of living in the present. I have always lived a rebel life, not caring on what society deemed "appropriate" however my kind, generous nature attracted the worst parasites who took advantage, until I learned discernment and had to let go of feeling used and abused. Now living in the present is so freeing.

[chemicalhearts]

I don't really watch YouTube but when I do this channel is always the reason. The best channel who enlightened my vision about philosophy so far. KEEP POSTING PLEASE, I'M ABCESSED WITH EVERY SINGLE VIDEO YOU MAKE❤️

[mizzoupatriot]

When you live in the present you are most in touch with the universe how it wants you to be...Just like Freddie Mercury said about songwriting...If it's planned it's boring. Live freely and with no regrets!! It makes you the person you're suppose to be.

[aquelpibe]

Thank you. I was not aware that Camus´ philosophy was so similar to my own. It is comforting that your attitude towards life, honed over many decades, is aligned with that of well-known and respected thinkers.

[bitingapotato]

I would love to see a discussion between Camus and Marcus Aurelius or Confucius. Rebellion and the absurd vs Duty and structure as it were.

[madahad]

The Rebel is a book that made a great impression on me and I read it every few years. I don't claim to completely understand it but I think I did pretty well for someone who never made it to high school. It seems to express the need for rebels in various positions in life or else it begins to stagnate and regress. My favourite passage comes on the first page where Camus writes: The rebel slave says yes and no simultaneously. I tend to edit out the word 'slave' whenever I use the quote. It's still a valid quote without the word. Another Camus quote (although I don't know where it comes from) is: In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer. It's a beautiful and inspiring quote .

[TheLacedaemonian]

This really hit home for me. I knew of Camus, but haven't yet studied his work.
Be it similar life choices, or pathways of thought and action, I swear to you that these philosophic ideas of his mirror my own, almost to a fault.
I'm in my early Autumn Days, and have questioned my choices in life from time to time, but after watching this, I believe I have found a common spirit that resides in myself, and it might be the spirit that inhabited the body of Camus.

I'll have to place Jean Baudrillard on pause, and go back to Albert Camus for the time being. It's good to know that I'm not as alone as I thought.
Thank you for opening my eyes to him, Philosophy for Life.