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The philosophy of absurdism | What is the point of life? | A-Z of ISMs Episode 1 - BBC Ideas
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What is the point of life? What if life has no meaning at all? Writer and critic David Quantick explores the absurdness of absurdism.

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@heckoffmate1392

3 years ago

Wow, I've been saying, "nothing matters, and that's awesome" for so long, didn't even know about absurdism.

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@MicrophoneHell-ec3bm

4 years ago

I thought I was nihilist. Now, I found out I am an absurdist.

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@dinglebop1279

3 years ago

I pretty much just say that if nothing matters then the fact nothing matters also doesn't matter so we should just stop worrying about it and move on

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@gwilwilliams5831

3 years ago

I’ve just discovered that I’m an absurdist. It’s only taken me 70 years to find my label. This is absurd. Incidentally I’d just like to say that two of my favourite films are Monty Python’s Life of Brian and Stanley Kubrick’s Dr Strangelove.

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@kaworureal1736

5 years ago

Absurdism says that there MAY be meaning, we just can't know it, and should instead live for the pleasures of the moment.

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@l5ggingyt666

4 years ago

One must imagine Sisyphus happy. By sisyphus accepting his punishment he became happy. By us accepting the absurd we go in accordance with it and in a way form a relationship with meaningless and somehow make our own subjective meaning. Sounds absurd but it's meaningless to ponder on it. Just act.

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@Onefootinthechill

5 years ago

Well. That's just absurd.

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@Kajenx

3 years ago

Whoever wrote this video didn't do their research. "Life has no meaning," is called Nihilism, not Absurdism. Absurdism is a philosophy that accepts humanity can't find a logical basis for meaning, even though finding things meaningful is an inevitable part of human life. So absurdists say to accept the absurdity of the situation and simply live a meaningful life WITHOUT justifying it logically. The word "absurd" means "something that is illogical or irrational." So Absurdists decide to be absurd: they live a meaningful life even though they have no way to describe that meaning with logic. Personally, I don't see any difference between Absurdism and Existentialism. In both cases they embrace meaning and purpose for human life, even in the absence of rationality and logic. Nihilism is fundamentally different because it rejects meaning altogether as an illogical construct and a fabrication from human emotions.

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@TheJamaican777

3 years ago

Basically absurdism is embracing insanity

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@femstora

2 years ago

This is just what I needed so liberating

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@ryanratchford2530

3 years ago

Lots of types of philosophy inspires media in all mediums. That's basically what Art is

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@ngocquenguyen1561

9 months ago

"No Meaning! No point! No worries!" should be framed and hung up in every houses.

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@paigeherrin29

3 years ago

Woah, finally! How did I not know about this? I’ve been told I’m an existentialist, I’ve been told I’m a nihilist. I just kinda thought I was atheist. Turns out, it’s absurdism. Who knew? I feel like this information is literally what I’ve been trying to explain when I’m asked about being atheism. Like could be verbatim. I.did.not.know.this.was.a.thing. I’m gonna check out Camus.

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@god1770

3 years ago

1:35 were those stripped blue graphics on the screen placed on purpose as a reference to Camus' Stranger?

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@LuckyBird551

4 years ago

The myth of Sisyphus. Pushing a rock up a hill over and over, forever. And that's fine.

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@jonathanjollimore4794

2 years ago

Didn't know about absurdism till only a few year ago I noticed how absurder things were on my own

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@grapefaceofficial

4 years ago

I truly believe this

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@natashaahmed782

5 years ago

The philosophy of Existentialism also gave rise to the Theatre of Existentialism, which is markedly different from the Theatre of Absurd. Nonetheless, this video is fun!

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@ralseiwithagun9859

4 years ago

Don't worry all lifes problems can be solved with two apples and a pony

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@wisdommatrixs

4 months ago

Nothing Like BBC kicking Knowledge

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