#  @nick_kasmik Nick Kasmik
Nick Kasmik posts on TikTok about philosophy, human, the most, history the most. They currently have [------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [------] engagements in the last [--] hours.
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### Top Social Posts
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"Stop lighting yourself on fire to keep others warm. When will you finally check in with yourself and ask Am I okay As Nietzsche said You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way it does not exist. Maybe its time to find your own pathone where youre not burning yourself out for others. #advice #help #yourself #kindness"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7447670692432203013) 2024-12-12T23:26Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"What if everything we believe is only almost true Approximate truth is the foundation of science philosophy and even how we navigate lifebut heres the catch: every idea every fact is just close enough to reality to work. Like a mapit helps you find your way but its not the terrain itself. It simplifies distorts and leaves out details. And yet we build skyscrapers launch rockets and create meaning based on these imperfect representations. So heres the paradox: Can we ever truly know anything or are we always living one step removed from reality #truth #paradox #reality #metaphysics"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7453942448759360773) 2024-12-29T21:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Seneca once warned us about the greatest thief of life: postponing what truly matters. How often do we tell ourselves someday The truth is life isnt waiting for you to start living it. Stop delaying your dreams your growth and your happinessbecause someday might never come. #seneca #stoicism #philosophy #advice #mindset #time"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7456259917054266630) 2025-01-05T02:56Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"Descartes famous phrase I think therefore I am is more than just philosophyits a powerful reminder of what makes us human. Its not what we own or achieve that defines us but our ability to question reflect and seek meaning. Your thoughts are proof of your existence and the foundation of your reality. So ask yourself: Are your thoughts building the life you want or are they holding you back Reflect deeplybecause how you think shapes who you become. #philosophy #existence #meaning #book #metaphysics"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7458015948549688582) 2025-01-09T20:31Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"Sren Kierkegaard believed that sometimes the most important decisions in life cant be solved with logicthey require a leap of faith. Its about trusting something greater even when the path ahead isnt clear. Think about your own life: Whats one thing youve been overthinking waiting for the perfect answer Maybe the growth youre seeking isnt in certainty but in having the courage to leap. Whats holding you back from making that jump #philosophy #existentialism #faith #god #morality"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7460586949934386438) 2025-01-16T18:47Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"What if everything you know about happiness is wrong Aristotle believed true fulfillment isnt about fleeting pleasureits about becoming the best version of yourself. Are you living a life that truly matters #philosophy #ethics #book #purpose #growth"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7469484812441554182) 2025-02-09T18:16Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"In [----] during a time of war illness and disillusionment Nietzsche wrote The Birth of Tragedy. His insight The Greeks didnt create beauty to escape pain they created it because pain was inescapable. They didnt avoid chaos they gave it form. Nietzsche believed modern people are drowning in Dionysus overwhelmed by chaos disconnected from purpose. We havent lost truth. Weve lost structure. #philosophy #stoicism #wisdom #book #selfgrowth"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7510773227061316870) 2025-06-01T00:36Z [--] followers, 13.9K engagements
"Nietzsche wrote in [----] God is dead and we have killed him Not to mock religion but to mourn a lost foundation. Without God who decides what matters Nietzsche saw the danger when meaning collapses. Where nihilism rises. But he also saw the opportunity to rise to choose to become. Thats what the bermensch meant. A creator of values. #philosophy #god #meaning #book #life #wisdom"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7520044730101566725) 2025-06-26T00:14Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"In the 1600s during an age of religious wars and collapsing certainties a French philosopher named Ren Descartes locked himself away to ask one terrifying question: What if everything I know is a lie He doubted the senses. He doubted the body. He even imagined a malevolent force deceiving him at every turn. A demon controlling his reality like a dream. And yet one thing remained. The doubt itself. Because to doubt is to think. And to think is to exist. "Cogito ergo sum." "I think therefore I am." That one sentence changed the course of Western philosophy. It didnt answer every question but it"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7524808282087738680) 2025-07-08T20:19Z [----] followers, 10.1K engagements
"The paradox that shook medieval theology. Can an all-powerful being be limited by logic itself For over a thousand years the Omnipotence Paradox has challenged scholars saints and skeptics alike. It is a test of how we define power limits and even God. Because the deeper you go the more you realize: Some questions arent there to be answered theyre there to change how we think. #philosophy #god #learn #curiosity #life"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7529252353564871942) 2025-07-20T19:44Z 24K followers, 15.9K engagements
"2500 years ago Zeno claimed Achilles could never catch a tortoise. His paradox wasnt about racing it was about whether motion even exists. We solved the math with calculus. But the deeper question still stands: If every moment is perfectly still where does movement come from #philosophy #paradox #learn #curiosity"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7536330072345627909) 2025-08-08T21:29Z 24.1K followers, 317K engagements
"The Fermi Paradox is one of the most haunting questions in science. If the universe is overflowing with planets stars and galaxies why is it so silent Enrico Fermi first asked this in [----] over lunch at Los Alamos. His point was simple: with trillions of stars older than our Sun there should have been plenty of time for advanced civilizations to spread across the galaxy. Yet we see nothing This silence has led scientists to theorize Great Filters. Invisible barriers that life rarely passes. Some think weve already cleared the hardest one (like the jump from single cells to complex life)."
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7539271136320802055) 2025-08-16T19:42Z 26.1K followers, [----] engagements
"Immanuel Kant argued that not all knowledge comes from experience. Some truths like math and geometry are known before we ever encounter the world. He called them synthetic a priori truths: rules so deep they structure reality itself. We never see a tree as it is. We only see it through the filters built into our mind: Space time cause and effect. These arent choices theyre the lenses were born with. For Kant these truths werent about trivia or equations. They were about the conditions that make knowledge possible. If anything can anchor certainty in a world of shifting opinions its here in"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7540044789241187602) 2025-08-18T21:44Z 16.6K followers, [----] engagements
"Carl Jung one of the most influential psychologists of the 20th century once said that true loneliness doesnt come from being alone but from being unable to share what matters most to you. He called it the pain of being too conscious in a world that avoids depth. From Freuds Vienna to post-war Europe Jung studied dreams shadows and the unconscious and warned that modern people surrounded by crowds and noise would still feel profoundly isolated. His insight is that loneliness is not weakness. Its often the sign of someone seeing deeper than society allows. #psychology #philosophy"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7540380515954658567) 2025-08-19T19:27Z 16.6K followers, 13.3K engagements
"When philosopher Robert Nozick introduced Newcombs Paradox in [----] he wasnt just playing a game about boxes and money. He was showing us the fracture line in how humans understand choice itself. Do we act like the ancient Stoics believing fate is already written and our decisions only revealing what was always true Or do we side with the moderns believing our choices cause change and shape the future Thats why this paradox still unsettles philosophers economists and scientists. It isnt really about $1000 or $1 million. Its about the core of decision-making: Are we agents of change or evidence"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7541956093522627848) 2025-08-24T01:21Z 25.1K followers, [----] engagements
"This 20th-century thought experiment exploded in popularity thanks to ethicist Philippa Foot and later Judith Jarvis Thomson. And it is still used today to test our deepest moral instincts. Is it ever right to kill if it saves more lives Thats the heart of the debate between utilitarianism and deontological ethics. But heres the twist: most people change their answer depending on how the action happens. Why does pulling a lever feel different than pushing someone Why does doing nothing feel safer even when it leads to more death The Trolley Problem reveals something uncomfortable: Our moral"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7551976825765809426) 2025-09-20T01:27Z 26.6K followers, 10.7K engagements
"For centuries humans assumed the universe was vast but indifferent. Yet modern physics uncovered something unsettling: the laws of nature appear precisely balanced for life. Change the strength of gravity the mass of an electron or the ratio of forces in the atom by a hair and no stars no chemistry no consciousness could exist. Philosophers and scientists now call this the fine-tuning problem. Is this evidence of design as thinkers from Aquinas to contemporary cosmologists suggest Is it chance the ultimate cosmic lottery Or does the answer lie in a multiverse where infinite universes exist"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7555310910609362183) 2025-09-29T01:05Z 24.3K followers, 14.9K engagements
"Why does time only move forward Physicists call this the arrow of time tied to entropy. Order collapsing into disorder. A glass shatters but never re-forms. Yet the strange part is that most laws of physics dont actually require time to move one way at all. Einstein showed that time bends with gravity and speed so even now is relative. Heidegger argued our experience of time is more than a straight line: the past shapes us the future pulls us and the present reinterprets both. And in quantum mechanics some theories even suggest branching timelines or cycles of time. So maybe time doesnt flow"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7555642761542765832) 2025-09-29T22:32Z 25.5K followers, 38.9K engagements
"Greek tragedy Nietzsche and modern works like Berserk all show us that pain and beauty are deeply connected. In ancient Greece tragedy was not mere entertainment but a way of facing the fragility of human life with dignity. In The Birth of Tragedy Nietzsche explained that suffering is what gives depth to joy and meaning to art. Kentaro Miura continues this tradition in Berserk. Guts does not lose his humanity in the face of betrayal grief and violence. Instead his scars become a record of survival and transformation. Tragedy lingers with us because it reflects our own lives. Heartbreak"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7556050812007402760) 2025-10-01T00:56Z 25K followers, [----] engagements
"In [----] philosopher John Rawls asked one of the most important questions in modern ethics: What would justice look like if no one knew who they would be in society He called it the veil of ignorance. A thought experiment where individuals design the rules of the world without knowing their race gender wealth or status. Behind this veil fairness becomes personal. You might be the poorest the most marginalized or the least powerful. So the rules you create must protect everyone. Rawls called this idea justice as fairness. It became one of the most influential frameworks in political philosophy"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7557878101678591250) 2025-10-05T23:07Z 26.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Is death really bad or do we just fear it because we misunderstand it In ancient Greece Epicurus argued that death should not trouble us. He believed that what we fear is pain but when death comes we no longer exist to feel anything. When death is we are not. When we are death is not. To him death was nothing at all. Centuries later philosopher Thomas Nagel challenged this view. He said the problem with death isnt pain its loss. Death takes away what could have been: love ideas experience discovery. Its not that we suffer in death. We suffer because of what we lose by dying. Nagel asked: If"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7558277600821480711) 2025-10-07T00:57Z 26.6K followers, 228.3K engagements
"In the early 20th century Carl Jung introduced the concept of the shadow self the parts of us we repress deny or cant accept. But the shadow doesnt stay hidden. It shows up in what triggers us. In the people we judge. In the moments we cant emotionally explain. Everything that irritates us about others Jung wrote can lead us to an understanding of ourselves. #philosophy #jung #wisdom #selfgrowth"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7521458307920350520) 2025-06-29T19:39Z 28.6K followers, 17.7K engagements
"Zeno lost everything in a shipwreck. But instead of breaking down he walked into Athens with nothing and discovered philosophy. Thats how Stoicism was born. Not from comfort but from chaos. Stoicism is not about being emotionless. Its about being unshaken. You dont control what happens. You control how you carry it. Thats what Zeno taught. Thats what the Stoa was for. And thats why Stoicism still matters today. #philosophy #wisdom #stoicism #selfimprovement #selfgrowth"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7523734268208631046) 2025-07-05T22:51Z 30.4K followers, [----] engagements
"What do you do when you realize this is your only life Sartre called it radical freedom. No cosmic blueprint. No built-in meaning. Just you and the terrifying power to choose. Existentialists like Beauvoir warned that the biggest risk isnt failure its living someone elses script. #philosophy #existentialism #learn #wisdom #motivation"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7527368037117250872) 2025-07-15T17:52Z 28.3K followers, 64.9K engagements
"In [--] generations from now no one will remember your name. The Romans knew this. Memento Mori: remember you will pass away. Medieval Europe carved it into stone. Japan painted it in stages of decay. Every culture whispered the same truth: Power fades. Fame fades. You fade. And yet this was never meant to be dark. It was meant to set you free. Because when you remember the end you finally start to live. What will you do with the time thats left #philosophy #life #wisdom #selfimprovement #mindset #stoicism"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7533714043996245254) 2025-08-01T20:18Z [--] followers, 40.4K engagements
"In [----] Blaise Pascal a mathematician philosopher and inventor posed a question that still reaches across centuries: What are you betting your life on He lived in a world caught between faith and reason. People treated the question of God as if it didnt matter. So Pascal reframed life as a wager: Every belief every doubt even your silence is all a bet. To believe may cost you little. To refuse may cost you everything. Because even if the chance is small the stakes might be infinite. He was saying that you are already gambling with your one brief life. The only question is whether youve"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7534149172946046213) 2025-08-03T00:26Z 34.1K followers, [----] engagements
"Horace Walpole lived through revolutions and collapse when he said this. He saw two ways people face life: Those who feel deeply carry every injustice like a wound. To them life is tragedy. Those who step back and see the pattern notice the absurdity of it all. The same ambitions mistakes and illusions repeating. To them life is comedy. The wisdom isnt to pick one. Its to know when to feel the weight of life and when to step back and see the absurdity. #philosophy #wisdom #learn #selfimprovement #mindset #life"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7534838395038633221) 2025-08-04T21:01Z 32.3K followers, 59.4K engagements
"Rousseau believed we are born free but living in chains. Rousseaus words helped spark a revolution but his idea of freedom isnt what you think. Its not doing whatever you want its choosing the rules you live by. So if you didnt choose yours are you really free #philosophy #society #learn #curiosity #politics"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7536659797672807686) 2025-08-09T18:49Z 28.3K followers, 19.7K engagements
"Hegels MasterSlave Dialectic (1807) is one of the most influential ideas in modern philosophy. The idea is simple but radical: freedom is not given. Its forged through conflict and through recognition that only comes when two wills collide. For Hegel history itself moves this way: progress happens not in peace but in struggle. Every clash pushes humanity closer to self-consciousness and closer to freedom. #philsophy #society #learn #freedom #struggle"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7540789655889857810) 2025-08-20T21:55Z [--] followers, 36.6K engagements
"Philosophers have argued about time for over [----] years. Philosopher Augustine once asked What then is time If no one asks me I know; if I wish to explain it I do not. From Presentism only the now is real everything else is gone or not yet. For Eternalism where past present and future all exist like pages in a book the debate never ends. Modern physics complicated things even more. Einstein showed that space and time are fused into spacetime and that your now might not match someone elses. For astronauts even aging is slower. So what is real Just this fleeting moment Or the whole timeline at"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7543040880458976530) 2025-08-26T23:31Z 33K followers, 320.1K engagements
"Byung-Chul Han argues that we no longer live in a discipline society of external control we live in an achievement society where the whip is internal. We call it freedom but it looks more like self-exploitation: chasing endless productivity competing with ourselves and confusing hustle with meaning. Thats why he says the sickness of today isnt oppression its burnout. #philosophy #society #success #achievement #goals"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7544531794721361170) 2025-08-30T23:56Z 30.7K followers, 24.9K engagements
"Friedrich Nietzsche believed that Christianity didnt conquer Rome by force it conquered it through morality. In The Genealogy of Morals he called this slave morality a value system created by the powerless to protect themselves from the strong. Mercy over strength. Obedience over ambition. He thought it was a brilliant reversal not by sword but by guilt. And once the strong believed their power was evil the battle was won without violence. But Nietzsche feared this came at a cost: by punishing greatness we stopped producing great individuals. So he asked us a very important question: Are your"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7546395651689418002) 2025-09-05T00:29Z 33.1K followers, 15.6K engagements
"Ever since Descartes said I think therefore I am philosophers have wrestled with the mystery of consciousness. But in [----] David Chalmers sharpened the puzzle: Even if we explain every brain process we still havent explained why any of it feels like something. This is the Hard Problem of Consciousness. Why isnt your brain just running in the dark Why does red look red Why does pain hurt Some thinkers argue consciousness is not produced by the brain its a basic feature of the universe like time or gravity. If thats true your awareness isnt just an accident. Its part of the cosmic structure"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7546777668763553032) 2025-09-06T01:11Z 33.6K followers, 87K engagements
"In the 1800s Sren Kierkegaard warned of something deeper than laziness he called boredom: the root of all evil. But he didnt mean having nothing to do. He meant the refusal to choose something meaningful. When we flee from real commitment we drift into distraction irony and self-erasure. Boredom becomes a spiritual danger not just emptiness but a rejection of who we are called to become. Kierkegaard saw a world where people chase noise instead of purpose. #philosophy #faith #purpose #god #curiosity"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7547060611784428818) 2025-09-06T19:29Z [--] followers, 41.6K engagements
"Most people assume the future will be like the past. But in the 18th century David Hume asked a question that still challenges science and reason: How do we know the sun will rise tomorrow Hume argued that much of what we think we know is not certain. Its habit. Its assumption. He called this the problem of induction. The idea that repeated experiences do not guarantee future outcomes. He made a crucial distinction: - Some things are true by definition like a triangle has three sides. - But most knowledge weather history even science is based on observations. And those can always be wrong."
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7549733506788658450) 2025-09-14T00:21Z 35.6K followers, 18.8K engagements
"If both sides think the other is brainwashed how do we ever know whos actually right Philosophers like Charles Peirce and William James warned us that truth isnt just what sounds clever. Its what works in the real world. They called this pragmatism. Instead of debating endlessly ask: What does this belief actually do What kind of behavior does it inspire What kind of future does it shape Because in the end the strongest ideas might not be the loudest ones but the ones that quietly make life better. #philosophy #politics #society #knowledge #people"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7550120460332141832) 2025-09-15T01:23Z 30.4K followers, 17.8K engagements
"What if nothing never really means nothing at all Philosophy and logic say if nothing can cause generate or fluctuate then it already possesses something. That is the paradox of absolute nothingness. In the 19th century German philosopher Hegel explored this in his Science of Logic. He began with pure being an utterly empty state with no qualities shape time or identity. But surprisingly Hegel claimed that pure being is pure nothing. From their tension. being and nothing collapsing into one another emerges becoming. Reality he argued is born from contradiction. So then did something truly"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7550434460508966151) 2025-09-15T21:42Z 31.8K followers, 59.4K engagements
"In [----] Sren Kierkegaard wrote something most of us still dont fully understand. Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom. To him anxiety wasnt just fear or stress. It was a deep spiritual experience. The moment we realize we are radically free. Able to choose to disobey to change. We also face a terrifying truth: Nothing is holding us back but ourselves. From the Garden of Eden to modern life Kierkegaard saw anxiety not as a flaw but as the first sign of selfhood. Its not a breakdown. Its the beginning of becoming. #philosophy #religion #freedom #anxiety #book"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7551202305794755848) 2025-09-17T23:21Z 32K followers, [----] engagements
"In Being and Time (1927) Martin Heidegger dared to ask: What if the real danger in life isnt failure but distraction itself He believed our authentic self is lost not because we aim poorly but because we drift. Absorbing routines trends and norms rather than confronting our own Being. Heidegger called us to wake up to mortality to anxiety to our thrownexistence (Dasein) and to choose how we will live under the inevitability of death. #philosophy #life #wisdom #book #mindset"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7552332768701615378) 2025-09-21T00:28Z [--] followers, 19.4K engagements
"What if the real you isnt just a mind or a body but something stranger in between Descartes split us in two mind and body but still spoke as if we were whole. This is the forgotten problem in philosophy: Who is the I if were made of two separate things Is the self just the thinking mind Or is it the full embodied human the one who aches hungers touches and chooses Descartes gave us the cogito But maybe being human is more than thought. Maybe its the union that matters. #philosophy #mind #body #puzzle #book"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7552694952950582536) 2025-09-21T23:53Z 25K followers, [----] engagements
"Fyodor Dostoevsky believed the deepest betrayal isnt what others do to us its what we do to ourselves. In Crime and Punishment Raskolnikov convinces himself his crime is justified. But reason cant erase guilt. Dostoevsky shows us betrayal doesnt come like an explosion it comes quietly through small compromises silences and lies. The soul remembers what the mind tries to forget. And when we avoid the truth it festers until it spills out as resentment anger or despair. His warning is that hiding from truth isnt safety its slower suffering. Redemption begins only when we stop lying to ourselves."
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7554204415243128071) 2025-09-26T01:31Z [--] followers, 23.8K engagements
"Long before minimalism became trendy Diogenes of Sinope was living it radically. A founding figure of the Cynic school he rejected wealth social status and even basic comforts in pursuit of one idea: that true freedom comes from needing nothing. In ancient Athens while philosophers debated abstract ideas in academies Diogenes lived in the streets. He lived his philosophy. He challenged the difference between necessity and excess mocking those who talked about virtue but were still chained to luxury. Diogenes lifestyle shocked the elite of his time including Plato who allegedly called him a"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7557543620966960391) 2025-10-05T01:29Z 32K followers, 11.1K engagements
"Charles Bukowski once wrote You have to die a few times before you can really live. This idea though often quoted in popular culture has deep roots in the history of philosophy and religion. In ancient mystery traditions symbolic death and rebirth marked the transition to a more conscious life. Philosophers such as Epictetus and Seneca argued that personal transformation requires detaching from ego reputation and false securit. What they saw as the real sources of suffering. In existentialism Kierkegaard and Nietzsche both described the necessity of an internal crisis. What Nietzsche called"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7559388354962263314) 2025-10-10T00:47Z 33.9K followers, 23K engagements
"Einstein said he believed in Spinozas God a vision where divinity and the universe are one. In the seventeenth century Baruch Spinoza described God as the totality of existence every planet every thought every atom. To know nature through reason was for him to experience the divine. Understanding this unity brings peace because everything unfolds through the same eternal order. Einstein called this harmony the God of Spinoza a universe illuminated by the logic of being itself. #philosophy #god #religion #science #theology"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7560481875572313352) 2025-10-12T23:31Z 34.1K followers, 493.8K engagements
"In Solaris Andrei Tarkovsky transforms science fiction into a study of identity and memory. The film asks a question that haunted philosophers like John Locke and David Hume. If memory fades does the self disappear or does something remain that endures beyond remembrance Through the figure of Hari a being born from memory itself Tarkovsky explores how consciousness love and loss shape what we call a person. It is not a story of space but of the human mind where memory and identity dissolve into one another like reflections on water. #philosophy #movie #humanity #memory #identity"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7561225097982397714) 2025-10-14T23:35Z 28.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Thomas Aquinas (12251274) the Dominican philosopher and theologian developed one of the most systematic attempts in Western thought to demonstrate the existence of God through reason alone. In his Summa Theologiae he set out the Five Ways five arguments drawn from observation of motion causation contingency gradation and order in nature. These were not proofs in the modern scientific sense but philosophical demonstrations meant to show that the worlds structure points toward a first mover an uncaused cause a necessary being the source of all perfection and an intelligent order behind natures"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7562383419418610962) 2025-10-18T02:30Z 32K followers, [----] engagements
"Jean-Paul Sartres phrase Hell is other people comes from his [----] play No Exit a work that captures one of the most profound insights of existential philosophy. In Sartres vision hell is not a realm of fire or punishment but the condition of being eternally exposed to the gaze of others. The three characters in the play are confined together after death and their torment arises not from pain but from mutual judgment. Each becomes the mirror through which the others are forced to see their own failures. Sartres idea belongs to the broader tradition of 20th-century existentialism where human"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7564943059876662546) 2025-10-25T00:02Z 29.3K followers, [----] engagements
"In Notes from Underground (1864) Fyodor Dostoevsky created one of the most penetrating portraits of the modern psyche. The Underground Man is an individual consumed by reflection a figure who sees so deeply into his own motives that he becomes paralyzed by them. For Dostoevsky excessive consciousness was not enlightenment but a form of illness. A symptom of a mind unable to stop analyzing itself. This character emerged from the turbulence of 19th-century Russia a society torn between faith and reason idealism and disillusionment. Dostoevsky saw in the intellectual culture of his time the"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7565314965003947271) 2025-10-26T00:05Z 35.6K followers, 115.5K engagements
"Philosophers have long examined how belief can detach from reality and still feel like truth. Plato described this condition in The Republic through the allegory of the cave where those who mistake shadows for the real resist anyone who tries to guide them toward the light. Centuries later thinkers such as Peter Sloterdijk and Hannah Arendt explored how the search for certainty can evolve into what Sloterdijk called enlightened false consciousness a sense of seeing through illusion that quietly becomes its own illusion. Daniel Dennetts principles of dialogue continue this lineage. They remind"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7566426736506768648) 2025-10-29T00:00Z 30.1K followers, [----] engagements
"Aristotle regarded friendship as a central element of human existence and a necessary part of a virtuous life. In the Nicomachean Ethics he described friendship as a moral bond that reveals the nature of the soul. He identified three kinds of friendship: those based on usefulness those grounded in pleasure and those formed through virtue. The highest kind arises when two people recognize goodness in one another and nurture it through shared living. Such friendship is guided by integrity patience and care. It endures through time because it rests upon character and understanding. For Aristotle"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7567549630234512648) 2025-11-01T00:37Z 32K followers, [----] engagements
"In the late 19th century Friedrich Nietzsche described solitude as a necessary condition for the development of the self. He believed that genuine thought and creativity could emerge only when a person withdrew from the pressures of public opinion. Writing during the rise of mass politics and popular journalism Nietzsche observed how collective life rewarded conformity and discouraged depth. Solitude he said was not isolation but a form of inner discipline a place where the mind could hear its own voice and shape its own values. For Nietzsche this withdrawal was not the end of social life but"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7569002329693883656) 2025-11-04T22:34Z 33K followers, 41.8K engagements
"In [----] G.W.F. Hegel described one of the most influential ideas in modern philosophy the masterslave dialectic. For Hegel human life is shaped by the struggle for recognition. In this struggle dependence and power are reversed. The one who labors confronts resistance and transforms the world through work develops self-consciousness and mastery. The one who commands remains dependent on what they do not create. Through this paradox Hegel revealed that freedom and knowledge arise not from domination but from the lived process of engaging with reality. #philosophy #work #politics #paradox #power"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7569752011726523656) 2025-11-06T23:04Z 34.5K followers, [----] engagements
"In the 18th century the Scottish philosopher David Hume overturned one of philosophys oldest hierarchies. For centuries thinkers from Plato to Descartes had claimed that reason must govern emotion that logic defines what it means to be human. Hume challenged this directly. He argued that reason is not the ruler of the mind but its servant. That our thoughts follow our feelings and our judgments begin in passion. This was more than psychology; it was a revolution in moral philosophy. Hume believed that empathy and sentiment form the true foundation of ethics long before reason ever enters the"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7570505702939102471) 2025-11-08T23:48Z 34.3K followers, [----] engagements
"In [----] Friedrich Nietzsche wrote On Truth and Lies in a Non-Moral Sense one of the earliest works to challenge the foundations of Western thought. He described the human intellect not as a bridge to divine truth but as an instrument shaped by survival. Where earlier philosophers saw reason as our highest power Nietzsche saw it as a fragile adaptation a faculty born to preserve life within a brief and indifferent world. He wrote that human beings live through symbols metaphors and fictions transforming the chaos of reality into patterns they can endure. Knowledge in this view is not discovery"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7571255955439062280) 2025-11-11T00:20Z [--] followers, [----] engagements
"In 4th century BCE Athens Socrates posed a question that echoed through the centuries Can virtue be taught This inquiry recorded by Plato in the Meno was not aimed at finding a simple answer but at exposing the limits of what could be known. Socrates began not with definitions but with doubts. He questioned whether anyone (even the citys wisest) could explain what virtue truly is. The conversation led from examples of justice and courage to the elusive search for their essence. In classical Greece the Sophists claimed to teach virtue. But Socrates noticed something striking: no statesman no"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7572366912999410952) 2025-11-14T00:11Z 35.2K followers, 37.2K engagements
"In [----] in the court of King Philip IV of Spain Diego Velzquez painted Las Meninas. A work that would come to define the Spanish Golden Age and alter the course of Western art. It was painted inside the Alczar of Madrid a royal palace that no longer stands. Velzquez court painter and aposentador mayor set himself among the royal household not as a servant but as an observer and a participant. The young Infanta Margaret Theresa stands at the center surrounded by her maids of honor a chaperone a bodyguard court dwarfs and a dog. Velzquez painted himself at work brush poised looking outward"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7572760136863714567) 2025-11-15T01:37Z 33.6K followers, [----] engagements
"In classical Athens the philosophers spoke of amathia. This was not ignorance in the ordinary sense but a deeper condition of the soul. Amathia was known to Socrates as the failure to see clearly even among those trained to think. It was not the absence of intelligence but its misapplication. A corruption of reason by pride certainty and desire. In Platos dialogues Socrates often encounters this condition most notably in Alcibiades a brilliant statesman whose ambition outpaced his self-knowledge. Gifted with rhetoric and political charm Alcibiades could sway the crowd but remained estranged"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7573838147805662471) 2025-11-17T23:20Z 35.6K followers, 214.5K engagements
"In mid-20th century Switzerland the Jungian analyst Marie-Louise von Franz identified a pattern she saw emerging across modern life. She called it the puer aeternus Latin for eternal boy. The phrase comes from antiquity where youthful gods like Dionysus and Hermes embodied eternal charm promise and freedom. But in depth psychology von Franz gave the term a new meaning: a warning. She observed that modern individuals were aging in body but not in soul. The puer resists commitment avoids limits and fears the irreversible demands of adult life. For von Franz and her mentor Carl Jung this was not"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7574223240487275794) 2025-11-19T00:14Z 34K followers, [----] engagements
"In 19th-century Copenhagen Sren Kierkegaard warned that the most subtle form of self-loss occurs not in solitude but in public agreement. He wrote: The crowd is untruth. Kierkegaard was responding to the social transformations of his time. The rise of mass press political collectives and the growing pressure to align ones identity with public consensus. To him the crowd was not simply a gathering of people. It was a state of mind. A place where personal responsibility dissolves. Where the individual forfeits the burden of truth in exchange for the comfort of shared opinion. He believed that"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7577202986754247943) 2025-11-27T00:57Z 35.4K followers, 29.6K engagements
"In the twentieth century Carl Jung proposed that psychological life unfolds in two major stages. The first is marked by outward orientation. In youth and early adulthood the individual focuses on building identity establishing a place in society and fulfilling collective expectations. This period forms what Jung called the persona the social self adapted to external demands. Midlife brings a natural shift. Jung observed that as external goals lose their urgency the psyche turns inward. This transition initiates the process of individuation through which a person begins to integrate the"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7577940980133809416) 2025-11-29T00:41Z 35.4K followers, 303.9K engagements
"In the fourth book of The Republic Plato explores how political systems reflect the moral character of their citizens. By the eighth book he turns to democracy and traces its internal decay. Plato observes that democratic societies often begin with a love of freedom and equality. Over time however social divisions deepen. He identifies a group of citizens who work hard but remain excluded from influence and recognition. Their frustration grows into resentment. This group becomes vulnerable to a leader who claims to speak for them. Plato calls this person the champion of the people. Once"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7578316724706004232) 2025-11-30T00:59Z [--] followers, [----] engagements
"In late 18th-century England Jeremy Bentham proposed that moral and legal systems could be restructured through a single principle The promotion of happiness and the reduction of suffering. Bentham observed that human beings in every era and culture are governed by the basic experiences of pleasure and pain. From this observation he developed the framework of utilitarianism an ethical theory that evaluates actions by their outcomes. He called this the principle of utility and he treated it as the foundation for both private conduct and public law. For Bentham justice was not a matter of"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7578671154261396754) 2025-11-30T23:54Z 35.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Across history thinkers have tried to understand how humans come to see others as less than human. In many cultures before largescale violence language shifted in troubling ways. People compared entire groups to pests objects or forces of nature. These shifts mattered because they made it easier to act without empathy. Dehumanization is studied through multiple lenses. Some focus on beliefs. The idea that someone truly sees another as lacking the inner life of a person. Others focus on practice actions that block freedom deny dignity or push individuals outside the circle of moral community."
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7584982199070510356) 2025-12-18T00:04Z 34.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Plato lived through the decline of Athenian democracy and gave one of the earliest and most enduring warnings about what happens when inequality is allowed to shape a society. He watched his city fracture into two: one of the rich and one of the poor. He called this the beginning of a sickness in the soul of the city. The divisions were not just about money but about dignity trust and belonging. Plato proposed strict limits on wealth for this very reason he believed that beyond a certain point surplus corrupts the individual and destabilizes the state. He wasnt alone in this worry. Centuries"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7588716238524796180) 2025-12-28T01:35Z 34.6K followers, [----] engagements
"The Stoic philosophers believed that awareness of time shapes how we live. Marcus Aurelius reminded himself daily that each moment carries weight and that what we do with it defines the kind of life we lead. For the Stoics clarity came from understanding what is fleeting. Distractions fall away. What remains are the relationships we build the values we hold and the attention we give to the present. They saw each day as something to honor. This practice was not about fear but about a way of remembering that being present is the beginning of wisdom. #philosophy #stoicism #life #time #wisdom"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7589105828586622229) 2025-12-29T02:46Z 35.1K followers, 12.5K engagements
"The idea of ikigai reflects a long-standing understanding in Japanese culture that purpose is found in the intersection of practice contribution and continuity. The word itself comes from iki (to live) and gai (reason or worth) and appears in Okinawan and broader Japanese reflections on aging community and personal direction. It describes a condition where daily life aligns with ones capacities responsibilities and inner orientation. It has been observed in studies of longevity especially among communities where people remain engaged in meaningful activity well into old age. By naming four"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7590182398818536724) 2026-01-01T00:24Z [--] followers, [----] engagements
"Many of our values including pity otherworldly hope and a moral denial of ourselves; were created by cultural resentment and therefore as far as Nietzsche was concerned do not represent universal truths. By continuing to hold onto them we prevent ourselves from realizing who we could become. All journeys of self-overcoming pass through an illusion which at one time provided comfort whether within myth or modern narrative. The figure of Gael from Dark Souls represents those old ideals which are so beautiful yet destined for ruin. The defeat of such figures is the step into an area where you"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7592071883986717973) 2026-01-06T02:36Z 35.2K followers, [----] engagements
"A "straw man" fallacy has been identified by scholars in the study of rhetoric and logic throughout history. Scholars in ancient India Greece and later in the Middle East all have described the common failure of arguments when people present andcriticalthinkingions of arguments never originally made by the other party. For example in the Nyaya Sutras of India (c. [---] AD) and the writings of Averroes and Al-Ghazali of Islam (11th12th century) writers identify errors of reasoning including over-claiming or mis-stating what the opposing party claims. In the late Renaissance period logicians"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7594292317784182024) 2026-01-12T02:12Z [--] followers, [----] engagements
"In classical rhetoric the ad hominem fallacy was known to ancient philosophers as a diversion from reasoned discourse. The term comes from Latin ad hominem to the person and refers to a type of argument in which the speaker targets their opponent instead of addressing the substance of their claim. This pattern was observed by Roman rhetoricians and later formalized in early modern logic. It reflects a recurring failure in public reasoning: the confusion between the worth of an argument and the character of the person making it. Philosophers have categorized several forms: Abusive where"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7577530801160588551) 2025-11-27T22:09Z 35.9K followers, 33.2K engagements
"Carl Jung the founder of analytical psychology developed a model of the human psyche that goes well beyond the limits of the individual's own experiences to a universal shared psychological background. At the beginning of the 20th Century Jung examined myths religious traditions and the dream-contents of individuals representing many different cultures and he was struck by the repetition of certain symbolic figures (e.g. serpent wise elder mother hero) across cultures. The repeated presence of these same symbolic figures across so many different cultures suggested to Jung the presence of a"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7596526234599738632) 2026-01-18T02:41Z [--] followers, [----] engagements
"In the 1700s philosopher Joseph Butler called out the flaw in psychological egoism. The belief that all human actions are rooted in self-interest. If that were true even sacrifice would just be selfishness in disguise. But what if helping others because it brings you joy means you actually care #philosophy #morality #selfimprovement #wisdom #learn #help"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7530720870646516998) 2025-07-24T18:43Z 36.1K followers, [----] engagements
"Most people think nihilism just means life has no meaning. But thats only the starting point. Nihilism says theres no grand design. Were born from nothing and we return to nothing. Nietzsche warned about nihilism not as the end but as a danger. #philosophy #learn #nihilism #belief #wisdom"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7538547737235574024) 2025-08-14T20:55Z 36.1K followers, 191.4K engagements
"Aristotles idea of the good life wasnt about wealth or pleasure it was about virtue. He believed humans are the rational animal and to flourish (what he called eudaimonia) we must use reason to guide both thought and character. Thats why courage temperance and generosity werent extremes but the mean between them. Courage: between cowardice and recklessness. Generosity: between greed and waste. Aristotle thought you couldnt become virtuous alone. You needed the right society the right laws and the right friendships to train you toward flourishing. For him the highest life wasnt comfort but the"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7541178244502981906) 2025-08-21T23:03Z 36.2K followers, 80.7K engagements
"Albert Camus published The Stranger in [----] creating one of the defining works of twentieth-century thought. The novel presents Meursault a man whose refusal to perform expected emotions exposes the fragility of social morality. Camus used this story to express his idea of the absurd the condition of human life in a silent and indifferent universe. Through the clarity of Meursaults awareness Camus explored how a person might live sincerely within that reality. The Stranger became a cornerstone of modern existential reflection and a lasting study of freedom fate and authenticity. #philosophy"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7563813842485071122) 2025-10-21T23:00Z 36.1K followers, 63K engagements
"Epictetus one of the leading Stoic philosophers of the first century examined desire as a question of freedom. He taught that the danger of lust lies not in pleasure itself but in the loss of self-command that follows unexamined impulse. In his Discourses he described how passion can make the mind its servant turning reason into an afterthought. Adultery and excess were for him symptoms of this deeper enslavement. A fracture of integrity that erodes trust and weakens the soul. Epictetus believed that mastery of desire was a form of liberation. To be free was to let reason guide the passions"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7564188551282265351) 2025-10-22T23:15Z 36.1K followers, 14.5K engagements
"In Book IX of the Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle explores a question that remains psychologically urgent today: Can a person be a friend to themselves He treats this as a foundation for ethics and community. For Aristotle friendship is built on shared values reciprocal goodwill and the capacity to rejoice or grieve together. These qualities must be present not only between individuals but within a single soul. A person at war with themselves cannot give stability to others. Self-fragmentation the inability to align ones desires intentions and actions leads not only to personal distress but to"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7580541957814996231) 2025-12-06T00:54Z 36.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Nietzsche is examining Socrates as an example of a fundamental transition in Greek culture in his "Twilight of the Idols." Ancient Greeks valued the relationship between the body and the mind and believed that good physical condition and the cultivation of character were linked. Socratess appearance as well as his persistent questioning of those he encountered indicated to Nietzsche a broader cultural movement toward the emphasis of reason above instinct. Through his method Socrates gave people the means to analyze their beliefs using a level of scrutiny that had never been seen before."
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7595774845317778695) 2026-01-16T02:05Z 36.1K followers, 72.3K engagements
"These works were created by writers in response to the social and political climate of the twentieth century. The way that the modern world has shaped our thought processes behaviors and sense of responsibility for our actions. Orwell Huxley Bradbury and Kafka each explored the connection between the individual and powerful institutions within society. They illustrated common themes of surveillance pleasure censorship ideology and bureaucracy within an average person's daily experience. The common thread throughout these novels is the way they illustrate how we grow accustomed to being"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7598018992355249416) 2026-01-22T03:14Z 36.2K followers, [----] engagements
"What would happen if you were able to remember everything you had ever experienced Argentine author Jorge Luis Borges wrote "Funes the Memorious" in [----] and while many authors explore that question as a hypothetical idea Borges did so as a deep dive into how human consciousness works. Ireneo Funes suffers a traumatic fall from a horse which allows him to develop an almost impossible memory for all aspects of his experiences each moment emotion shape and transient detail is frozen in his mind forever. Each cloud wall leaf and number appears with unlimited clarity. Initially this ability to"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7598343239359319314) 2026-01-23T00:12Z 36.2K followers, [----] engagements
"The BioShock universe is remembered most for its environment its architecture and its narrative. Beneath those layers lies a deeper philosophical inquiry. It asks: What occurs in a society which has removed all restraint The underwater city of Rapture was developed by Andrew Ryan a man modeled after the novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand. Rand's philosophy of Objectivism was based on the belief that the individual could accomplish great things if they were allowed to pursue their personal interests without interference. Rand believed that government religion and the group morality could"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7598741252787555591) 2026-01-24T01:57Z 36.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Logical fallacies has been examined for well over a couple of millennia as those repeated forms of thought that can be so convincing yet are logically false. Logical fallacies will continue to exist due to the fact that many fallacies seem reasonable or make sense based on an individual's intuition. They provide us with a sense of certainty where critical and analytical thinking require time and patience. #philosophy #criticalthinking #history #knowledge #learn"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7599146907520355591) 2026-01-25T04:11Z 36.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Leo Tolstoy wrote The Death of Ivan Ilyich at the same time when many aspects of Russian society included inequality moral decay and censorship. At the end of his life Ivan Ilyich discovers he has never really lived. Ivan Ilyich follows the rules of society. He earns respect receives promotion after promotion yet never stops to question if the things he has accomplished are what he wants for himself. In addition to being a physical accident Tolstoy portrays Ivan's fall from a ladder as the collapse of an entire life based upon appearance. When Ivan's body begins to fail it also leads to the"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7599865163025550600) 2026-01-27T02:38Z 36.4K followers, [----] engagements
"All four authors (Tolstoy Steinbeck Fitzgerald & Dostoevsky) were writing at different points in time. However they all returned to the same fundamental question. When does desire replace our judgment Each author portrays a life dominated by an unrelenting longing. Whether it is for land social status a loved one or recognition. And the gradual way in which this longing slowly diminishes a person's world until there is no longer anything else to fit into that world. The books are mirrors that are meant to be reflected upon. Save this post if you ever find yourself pursuing something and"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7600246515495341320) 2026-01-28T03:18Z 36.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Aristotle is among the most influential thinkers in Western history and at the same time argued for the existence of "natural slaves." He wrote in The Politics that some people cannot govern themselves and should be governed by others. The position he took was influenced by the society he lived in. Slavery was a common practice in ancient Greece. People who were enslaved did not have access to an education freedom or basic rights. Because this system of slavery existed Aristotle believed that it represented natural law. There were other thinkers during Aristotle's time (specifically a sophist"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7600983771961134344) 2026-01-30T02:59Z 36.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Heidegger's work on "Being and Time" (1927) is one of the most significant philosophical works of the twentieth century. His main argument was that we cannot understand humans as just disconnected spectators of life. Rather they are always embedded in their surroundings of meaning of responsibilities of language and of time. Heidegger referred to this way of existing as Dasein ("being-there"). To be is not merely to be in some space; it is to have care to make sense and to live in the limits of your own finitude. It is one of the most profound attempts to explain what it means to be human"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7601365985039289618) 2026-01-31T03:42Z 36.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Many movies are about telling us stories but some films are an experience of philosophy itself. Across the twentieth century directors like Tarkovsky and Bergman used cinema to explore the oldest human questions. The meaning of suffering the presence of death the nature of reality and what it means to be free. Because these films continue to exist and continue to endure they demonstrate that they do what philosophy has always tried to do. Help us to see the world differently and to think about the world in a way that makes existence seem strange enough so that we will begin to see it clearly."
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7602484686052527368) 2026-02-03T04:03Z 36.4K followers, [----] engagements
"All five are games that feel like philosophy. They deal with isolation power identity suffering and what it means to be human. Which games have you played #philosophy #psychology #videogames #stories #wisdom"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7603559726613499143) 2026-02-06T01:35Z 36.4K followers, [----] engagements
"This was a diagnosis from Seneca the Roman philosopher and statesman who lived nearly [----] years ago. In Letter 13: On Groundless Fears Seneca observed that much of human suffering doesn't come from real hardship it comes from anticipation worry and mental rehearsal of things that may never happen. We live future tragedies in advance. We break under fears that never arrive. Seneca like all Stoics wasnt telling us to suppress emotion. He was teaching us to master our response. To separate what is in our control from what is not. This insight remains timeless: in an age of anxiety overthinking"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7547482528962202888) 2025-09-07T22:47Z [--] followers, 168K engagements
"The first half of the 20th Century saw Carl Gustav Jung create a much larger conceptual framework than simply symptomology and the way that humans are psychologically constructed. Jung believed that too many people exist in a form of psychological slumber. They go through their daily lives doing the same thing each day but their internal life remains dormant. Jung also thought that modern society has fostered a lack of willingness to deal with uncomfortable feelings which results in anxiety depression and emotional emptiness. Jung said that when we begin to grow we have to be honest about the"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7597656963039644936) 2026-01-21T03:49Z [--] followers, [----] engagements
"Why are you the one experiencing this life Philosophers have asked this for centuries from Descartes to Parfit. Are you your body Your brain Or something else entirely Maybe theres no solid you at all just a story unfolding. #philosophy #learn #curiosity #life #existence"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7531932061939158328) 2025-07-28T01:03Z 36.4K followers, 2.4M engagements
"Nietzsche didnt fear the darkness. He feared what it does to man. In a world losing its gods and moral compass he watched people stare too long at chaos and lose themselves to it. The abyss isnt evil. Its emptiness. And if you keep looking into it without purpose it starts shaping you. You become what you were trying to fight. #philosophy #book #learn #wisdom #motivational"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7525183306799795512) 2025-07-09T20:34Z 36.4K followers, 770.4K engagements
"I know I mispronounced Jung this was from an older recording. Carl Jung didnt just study the mind. He mapped its hidden architecture. In the early 1900s he broke from Freud and introduced one of the most haunting truths in modern psychology: Until you make the unconscious conscious it will direct your life and you will call it fate. He was talking about shadow work. The idea that the parts of ourselves we repress dont disappear They dominate us from the dark. Jungs work still shapes psychology philosophy and coaching today because he made it clear: Self-awareness isnt optional. Its the path"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7530348932606512390) 2025-07-23T18:39Z 36.4K followers, 646.2K engagements
"Camus wasnt a nihilist. He believed life can be beautiful even if it has no ultimate meaning. Absurdism is about the conflict between our craving for meaning and the universes silence. So what do you do Camus says: You rebel. You live fully anyway. You find freedom in the struggle. #philosophy #wisdom #learn #absurdism #freedom #curiosity"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7531409899830480184) 2025-07-26T15:16Z 36.4K followers, 551.4K engagements
"Nietzsche saw man not as an end but a transition. A rope between instinct and something higher. The bermensch is not given it must be built. But beneath us lies the abyss: Meaninglessness. To be human is to walk forward. #philosophy #learn #wisdom #selfdevelopment #book #mindset #existentialism"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7532326584901029125) 2025-07-29T02:34Z 36.4K followers, 134.5K engagements
"In Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1883) Friedrich Nietzsche described a powerful vision of inner transformation: The spirit must undergo three stages: the camel the lion and the child before it can become truly free. Nietzsche was writing in response to the collapse of traditional values in 19th-century Europe. He saw that modern individuals often obey inherited systems religion morality and duty without question. The camel stage represents this obedience. It is not weakness but a kind of moral weight-bearing that must come first. Then comes the lion who turns against what Nietzsche called the great"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7559749937278373128) 2025-10-11T00:10Z 36.4K followers, 292.9K engagements
"Philipp Mainlnder (18411876) advanced one of the most radical interpretations of Schopenhauers pessimism in modern philosophy. In his work The Philosophy of Redemption he proposed that in the beginning there was only God who weary of eternal existence dissolved Himself into countless fragments that became the universe. Every star every life and every death he wrote is part of this gradual return to nothingness the unfolding of Gods self-destruction through time. For Mainlnder creation was not an act of triumph but the beginning of redemption for only in nonexistence does the Will and its"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7561977812438093063) 2025-10-17T00:16Z 36.4K followers, 61.4K engagements
"Socrates final moments remain one of the most profound meditations on death in the history of philosophy. In Platos Apology delivered as his defense before the Athenian jury Socrates declared that fearing death is a kind of ignorance. To fear it he said is to claim knowledge of what no human being can know. For him death was not an evil but an unknown a mystery that lay beyond human judgment. He offered two possibilities: that death may be a peaceful dreamless sleep or that it may be a passage to another form of existence where the soul encounters the great minds of the past. Either way it"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7566071227379404050) 2025-10-28T01:00Z 36.4K followers, 192.4K engagements
"When Blade Runner was released in [----] it entered a philosophical conversation that stretches back to the earliest inquiries into human nature. The question at its center what makes a being human echoes through the writings of Descartes Locke Nietzsche and Heidegger each of whom grappled with the boundaries between consciousness memory and selfhood. The films world of artificial life and fading memory belongs to a long tradition of metaphysical reflection on what it means to exist in time. Ridley Scotts Los Angeles of [----] is not a prediction of the future but a continuation of the modern"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7566815711000055058) 2025-10-30T01:09Z 36.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Existentialist philosophy begins with a recognition that human beings exist before they define themselves. Thinkers like Sartre Heidegger and de Beauvoir wrote that people are not born with a fixed identity. Each life unfolds through action choice and responsibility. Existence is a project to be lived. There is no external script to follow. The individual is both the author and the material of their life. Meaning arises from how one lives decides and accepts the weight of their own freedom. #philosophy #existentialism #purpose #wisdom #identity"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7590589421502713108) 2026-01-02T02:43Z 36.4K followers, 37.7K engagements
"In ancient Greece over [----] years ago philosopher Plato investigated a central question still relevant today in ethics. Are humans motivated to act ethically due to value placed upon acting good or are social outcomes responsible for what humans choose to do Plato explores these questions through Glaucons story about a shepherd named Gyges who has a ring of invisibility. Once Gyges puts on the ring of invisibility no one can see him and therefore no one will be able to hold him accountable for anything he does. As a result of being invisible Gyges pursues his self-interest and ends up taking"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7591349389830999317) 2026-01-04T03:52Z 36.4K followers, 47.2K engagements
"Descartes began a new period of development in Western philosophy by questioning the reliability of all we accept without question. When science emerged from the medieval times Descartes questioned How are we to be certain that our beliefs are true Recognizing that the senses are unreliable through deception via illusion dream or error he made an active decision to withhold judgment from anything that could possibly be doubted. Even mathematics and logic were subject to his methodological doubt. He also went so far as to demonstrate just how far uncertainty could be carried out through the"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7595025053557804295) 2026-01-14T01:36Z 36.4K followers, [----] engagements
"When Ilya Repin presented Ivan the Terrible and His Son to the public in [----] there was an immediate massive backlash to the artwork. By order of Tsar Alexander III Ivan the Terrible and His Son was prohibited from being shown to the public for its perceived defamation of the Russian monarchy and it was attacked more than once physically. Even today this painting is arguably one of the most disputed paintings in all of Russian Art History. Ivan the Terrible and His Son represents a pivotal event that is documented in early Russian chronicles. The first crowned Tsar of Russia Ivan IV strikes"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7599498488379968786) 2026-01-26T02:55Z 36.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Many well-off individuals today claim to have "come from nothing". However a [----] study demonstrated that many of these claims are based upon accounts of grandfathers rather than experiences of hardship themselves. Sociologists refer to this as the "intergenerational self" or the manner in which people recreate their origins to deal with the discomfort of being affluent. In an environment that defines itself as meritocratic individuals need to experience struggle in order for their successes to be seen as merited. Therefore individuals who were born into wealth will seek out a past that was"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7600613952648695048) 2026-01-29T03:04Z 36.4K followers, 13.7K engagements
"Rousseau's 18th century views were the first challenge to the belief that humans are inherently selfish. Before Rousseau earlier thinkers like Thomas Hobbes believed that without laws or a government life would be chaotic and violent. Rousseau asked to consider how humans lived prior to cities prior to money and prior to social hierarchy. In that "state of nature" humans met their individual needs (food sleep shelter companions) by living for their own needs and not competing with each other for dominance. Rousseau called this form of caring for oneself "amour de soi". Rousseau said that much"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7601703902504963346) 2026-02-01T01:33Z 36.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Douglas Adams The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy was first published in the late 1970s. Adams wrote a sciencefiction comedy that turns human expectations about the universe on their head. In the story an ordinary man named Arthur Dent survives the destruction of Earth and travels through a cosmos that is vast indifferent and often bureaucratic. Civilizations build powerful computers to calculate the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life the Universe and Everything. After seven and a half million years of calculation the answer is revealed as the number [--]. The response is not clarity but"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7602122287621475592) 2026-02-02T04:37Z 36.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Plato was one of the first people to try and convert a ruler to think like a philosopher because he believed that the philosopher would have the wisdom and justice to lead. In the 4th century BCE Plato went to Sicily and encountered Dionysius I of Syracuse who was fearful of losing power indulged in luxuries and was full of suspicion. He told Dionysius I that happiness came through being just and that a leader needed self-discipline and to possess virtues. Dionysius I responded by selling Plato into slavery; and eventually Plato returned to Athens. Years later when Dionysius II became young"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7602830255669136647) 2026-02-04T02:24Z 36.4K followers, 15.2K engagements
"Steinbeck traveled throughout the migrant labor camps in California in [----] and wrote The Grapes of Wrath in [----]. After he saw that families lost their farm and became migrant workers because of large agribusinesses and the banks and they were forced to travel across America on route [--]. Steinbeck tells the story of the Joad family in his novel and how their farm was destroyed by a combination of drought debt and the increasing use of machinery in farming. Steinbeck shows this as part of a system not as the actions of individual villains. #philosophy #book #History #society #story"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7603939761845226770) 2026-02-07T02:09Z 36.4K followers, [----] engagements
"I know I mispronounced Jung this was from an older recording. Carl Jung didnt just study the mind. He mapped its hidden architecture. In the early 1900s he broke from Freud and introduced one of the most haunting truths in modern psychology: Until you make the unconscious conscious it will direct your life and you will call it fate. He was talking about shadow work. The idea that the parts of ourselves we repress dont disappear They dominate us from the dark. Jungs work still shapes psychology philosophy and coaching today because he made it clear: Self-awareness isnt optional. Its the path"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7530348932606512390) 2025-07-23T18:39Z 36.4K followers, 646.2K engagements
"Why are you the one experiencing this life Philosophers have asked this for centuries from Descartes to Parfit. Are you your body Your brain Or something else entirely Maybe theres no solid you at all just a story unfolding. #philosophy #learn #curiosity #life #existence"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7531932061939158328) 2025-07-28T01:03Z 36.4K followers, 2.4M engagements
"Nietzsche didnt fear the darkness. He feared what it does to man. In a world losing its gods and moral compass he watched people stare too long at chaos and lose themselves to it. The abyss isnt evil. Its emptiness. And if you keep looking into it without purpose it starts shaping you. You become what you were trying to fight. #philosophy #book #learn #wisdom #motivational"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7525183306799795512) 2025-07-09T20:34Z 36.4K followers, 770.4K engagements
"Dr. Philip Zimbardo states in his book The Lucifer Effect that evil is not the result of an "evil person" rather that most of the time it is caused by systems and environments. Dr. Zimbardo conducted extensive research on the behavior of ordinary people in extreme circumstances. Specifically he was involved with the Stanford Prison Experiment (in 1971). In his book he identifies three types of influences for behaviors: [--]. Individual [--]. Situation [--]. Systems that create these situations In order to explain how normal everyday people are capable of committing atrocities when placed into certain"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7606526854408752402) 2026-02-14T01:29Z 36.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Silent Hill [--] was originally released in [----] and it represents much more than a psychological horror game. James Sunderland is the protagonist of the game and he goes into a fog covered town to find his deceased wife. But the trip quickly turns inward and each monster that James encounters is a manifestation of the aspects of himself that he has refused to acknowledge. Carl Jung stated that the Shadow will surface in destructive ways either in the form of fears fantasies or as violent behavior when it is ignored. Ultimately Silent Hill [--] shows the most frightening place is actually the parts"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7606161505247153415) 2026-02-13T01:51Z 36.4K followers, [----] engagements
"In [----] after the Medici returned to Florence and the Florentine Republic fell Machiavelli wrote The Prince. Machiavelli was put out of office questioned and exiled. The Prince is an examination of political survival. He was describing how rulers actually survive when states are fragile enemies are everywhere and loyalty disappears overnight. This is why The Prince has become one of the most infamous works in the history of politics. It tells us what leaders do when power is at stake. #philosophy #politics #power #History #book"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7605775561193016583) 2026-02-12T00:53Z 36.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Sren Kierkegaard a philosopher from Denmark in the 19th century identified the type of anxiety we experience at late hours of the night in modern society as something to be dismissed as random. Kierkegaard however recognized these moments as possibly being the most spiritual experience an individual can have. Kierkegaard used this as a metaphor for a time when the distractions (roles routines) that define us are stripped away leaving us with ourselves. At this time we are faced with both our freedom and responsibility. In his books Either/Or and other works Kierkegaard made the case that"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7605415299189394695) 2026-02-11T01:35Z 36.4K followers, [----] engagements
"In the early 20th century the German philosopher Edmund Husserl established a philosophical movement phenomenology. Husserl's movement was based upon the concept of phenomenological philosophy which begins with experience rather than with theories. Phenomenology investigates how the world is experienced through consciousness. Philosophers such as Husserl Heidegger Merleau-Ponty and others have proposed that all experiences are shaped by time the fact that we are embodied beings and our relationships to other people. Studying phenomenology involves studying the structures of experience. It is"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7605058915897822482) 2026-02-10T02:32Z 36.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Jeremy Bentham created the original Panopticon as a proposed prison plan. Michel Foucault then adapted the design into an example of how modern power operates. In basic terms when individuals feel that there is potential for them to be observed they will begin self-regulation. The observer or guard may become unnecessary as the individual begins to exert their own internalized authority on their behavior. The authority is no longer being enforced from the outside. As time progresses observation is something that exists within you. This is why Foucault viewed the Panopticon as a set of"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7604656384293997832) 2026-02-09T00:30Z 36.4K followers, 13.5K engagements
"Steinbeck traveled throughout the migrant labor camps in California in [----] and wrote The Grapes of Wrath in [----]. After he saw that families lost their farm and became migrant workers because of large agribusinesses and the banks and they were forced to travel across America on route [--]. Steinbeck tells the story of the Joad family in his novel and how their farm was destroyed by a combination of drought debt and the increasing use of machinery in farming. Steinbeck shows this as part of a system not as the actions of individual villains. #philosophy #book #History #society #story"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7603939761845226770) 2026-02-07T02:09Z 36.4K followers, [----] engagements
"All five are games that feel like philosophy. They deal with isolation power identity suffering and what it means to be human. Which games have you played #philosophy #psychology #videogames #stories #wisdom"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7603559726613499143) 2026-02-06T01:35Z 36.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Plato was one of the first people to try and convert a ruler to think like a philosopher because he believed that the philosopher would have the wisdom and justice to lead. In the 4th century BCE Plato went to Sicily and encountered Dionysius I of Syracuse who was fearful of losing power indulged in luxuries and was full of suspicion. He told Dionysius I that happiness came through being just and that a leader needed self-discipline and to possess virtues. Dionysius I responded by selling Plato into slavery; and eventually Plato returned to Athens. Years later when Dionysius II became young"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7602830255669136647) 2026-02-04T02:24Z 36.4K followers, 15.2K engagements
"Many movies are about telling us stories but some films are an experience of philosophy itself. Across the twentieth century directors like Tarkovsky and Bergman used cinema to explore the oldest human questions. The meaning of suffering the presence of death the nature of reality and what it means to be free. Because these films continue to exist and continue to endure they demonstrate that they do what philosophy has always tried to do. Help us to see the world differently and to think about the world in a way that makes existence seem strange enough so that we will begin to see it clearly."
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7602484686052527368) 2026-02-03T04:03Z 36.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Douglas Adams The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy was first published in the late 1970s. Adams wrote a sciencefiction comedy that turns human expectations about the universe on their head. In the story an ordinary man named Arthur Dent survives the destruction of Earth and travels through a cosmos that is vast indifferent and often bureaucratic. Civilizations build powerful computers to calculate the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life the Universe and Everything. After seven and a half million years of calculation the answer is revealed as the number [--]. The response is not clarity but"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7602122287621475592) 2026-02-02T04:37Z 36.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Rousseau's 18th century views were the first challenge to the belief that humans are inherently selfish. Before Rousseau earlier thinkers like Thomas Hobbes believed that without laws or a government life would be chaotic and violent. Rousseau asked to consider how humans lived prior to cities prior to money and prior to social hierarchy. In that "state of nature" humans met their individual needs (food sleep shelter companions) by living for their own needs and not competing with each other for dominance. Rousseau called this form of caring for oneself "amour de soi". Rousseau said that much"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7601703902504963346) 2026-02-01T01:33Z 36.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Heidegger's work on "Being and Time" (1927) is one of the most significant philosophical works of the twentieth century. His main argument was that we cannot understand humans as just disconnected spectators of life. Rather they are always embedded in their surroundings of meaning of responsibilities of language and of time. Heidegger referred to this way of existing as Dasein ("being-there"). To be is not merely to be in some space; it is to have care to make sense and to live in the limits of your own finitude. It is one of the most profound attempts to explain what it means to be human"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7601365985039289618) 2026-01-31T03:42Z 36.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Aristotle is among the most influential thinkers in Western history and at the same time argued for the existence of "natural slaves." He wrote in The Politics that some people cannot govern themselves and should be governed by others. The position he took was influenced by the society he lived in. Slavery was a common practice in ancient Greece. People who were enslaved did not have access to an education freedom or basic rights. Because this system of slavery existed Aristotle believed that it represented natural law. There were other thinkers during Aristotle's time (specifically a sophist"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7600983771961134344) 2026-01-30T02:59Z 36.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Many well-off individuals today claim to have "come from nothing". However a [----] study demonstrated that many of these claims are based upon accounts of grandfathers rather than experiences of hardship themselves. Sociologists refer to this as the "intergenerational self" or the manner in which people recreate their origins to deal with the discomfort of being affluent. In an environment that defines itself as meritocratic individuals need to experience struggle in order for their successes to be seen as merited. Therefore individuals who were born into wealth will seek out a past that was"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7600613952648695048) 2026-01-29T03:04Z 36.4K followers, 13.7K engagements
"All four authors (Tolstoy Steinbeck Fitzgerald & Dostoevsky) were writing at different points in time. However they all returned to the same fundamental question. When does desire replace our judgment Each author portrays a life dominated by an unrelenting longing. Whether it is for land social status a loved one or recognition. And the gradual way in which this longing slowly diminishes a person's world until there is no longer anything else to fit into that world. The books are mirrors that are meant to be reflected upon. Save this post if you ever find yourself pursuing something and"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7600246515495341320) 2026-01-28T03:18Z 36.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Leo Tolstoy wrote The Death of Ivan Ilyich at the same time when many aspects of Russian society included inequality moral decay and censorship. At the end of his life Ivan Ilyich discovers he has never really lived. Ivan Ilyich follows the rules of society. He earns respect receives promotion after promotion yet never stops to question if the things he has accomplished are what he wants for himself. In addition to being a physical accident Tolstoy portrays Ivan's fall from a ladder as the collapse of an entire life based upon appearance. When Ivan's body begins to fail it also leads to the"
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nick_kasmik/video/7599865163025550600) 2026-01-27T02:38Z 36.4K followers, [----] engagements
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"Stop lighting yourself on fire to keep others warm. When will you finally check in with yourself and ask Am I okay As Nietzsche said You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way it does not exist. Maybe its time to find your own pathone where youre not burning yourself out for others. #advice #help #yourself #kindness"
TikTok Link 2024-12-12T23:26Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"What if everything we believe is only almost true Approximate truth is the foundation of science philosophy and even how we navigate lifebut heres the catch: every idea every fact is just close enough to reality to work. Like a mapit helps you find your way but its not the terrain itself. It simplifies distorts and leaves out details. And yet we build skyscrapers launch rockets and create meaning based on these imperfect representations. So heres the paradox: Can we ever truly know anything or are we always living one step removed from reality #truth #paradox #reality #metaphysics"
TikTok Link 2024-12-29T21:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Seneca once warned us about the greatest thief of life: postponing what truly matters. How often do we tell ourselves someday The truth is life isnt waiting for you to start living it. Stop delaying your dreams your growth and your happinessbecause someday might never come. #seneca #stoicism #philosophy #advice #mindset #time"
TikTok Link 2025-01-05T02:56Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"Descartes famous phrase I think therefore I am is more than just philosophyits a powerful reminder of what makes us human. Its not what we own or achieve that defines us but our ability to question reflect and seek meaning. Your thoughts are proof of your existence and the foundation of your reality. So ask yourself: Are your thoughts building the life you want or are they holding you back Reflect deeplybecause how you think shapes who you become. #philosophy #existence #meaning #book #metaphysics"
TikTok Link 2025-01-09T20:31Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"Sren Kierkegaard believed that sometimes the most important decisions in life cant be solved with logicthey require a leap of faith. Its about trusting something greater even when the path ahead isnt clear. Think about your own life: Whats one thing youve been overthinking waiting for the perfect answer Maybe the growth youre seeking isnt in certainty but in having the courage to leap. Whats holding you back from making that jump #philosophy #existentialism #faith #god #morality"
TikTok Link 2025-01-16T18:47Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"What if everything you know about happiness is wrong Aristotle believed true fulfillment isnt about fleeting pleasureits about becoming the best version of yourself. Are you living a life that truly matters #philosophy #ethics #book #purpose #growth"
TikTok Link 2025-02-09T18:16Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"In [----] during a time of war illness and disillusionment Nietzsche wrote The Birth of Tragedy. His insight The Greeks didnt create beauty to escape pain they created it because pain was inescapable. They didnt avoid chaos they gave it form. Nietzsche believed modern people are drowning in Dionysus overwhelmed by chaos disconnected from purpose. We havent lost truth. Weve lost structure. #philosophy #stoicism #wisdom #book #selfgrowth"
TikTok Link 2025-06-01T00:36Z [--] followers, 13.9K engagements
"Nietzsche wrote in [----] God is dead and we have killed him Not to mock religion but to mourn a lost foundation. Without God who decides what matters Nietzsche saw the danger when meaning collapses. Where nihilism rises. But he also saw the opportunity to rise to choose to become. Thats what the bermensch meant. A creator of values. #philosophy #god #meaning #book #life #wisdom"
TikTok Link 2025-06-26T00:14Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"In the 1600s during an age of religious wars and collapsing certainties a French philosopher named Ren Descartes locked himself away to ask one terrifying question: What if everything I know is a lie He doubted the senses. He doubted the body. He even imagined a malevolent force deceiving him at every turn. A demon controlling his reality like a dream. And yet one thing remained. The doubt itself. Because to doubt is to think. And to think is to exist. "Cogito ergo sum." "I think therefore I am." That one sentence changed the course of Western philosophy. It didnt answer every question but it"
TikTok Link 2025-07-08T20:19Z [----] followers, 10.1K engagements
"The paradox that shook medieval theology. Can an all-powerful being be limited by logic itself For over a thousand years the Omnipotence Paradox has challenged scholars saints and skeptics alike. It is a test of how we define power limits and even God. Because the deeper you go the more you realize: Some questions arent there to be answered theyre there to change how we think. #philosophy #god #learn #curiosity #life"
TikTok Link 2025-07-20T19:44Z 24K followers, 15.9K engagements
"2500 years ago Zeno claimed Achilles could never catch a tortoise. His paradox wasnt about racing it was about whether motion even exists. We solved the math with calculus. But the deeper question still stands: If every moment is perfectly still where does movement come from #philosophy #paradox #learn #curiosity"
TikTok Link 2025-08-08T21:29Z 24.1K followers, 317K engagements
"The Fermi Paradox is one of the most haunting questions in science. If the universe is overflowing with planets stars and galaxies why is it so silent Enrico Fermi first asked this in [----] over lunch at Los Alamos. His point was simple: with trillions of stars older than our Sun there should have been plenty of time for advanced civilizations to spread across the galaxy. Yet we see nothing This silence has led scientists to theorize Great Filters. Invisible barriers that life rarely passes. Some think weve already cleared the hardest one (like the jump from single cells to complex life)."
TikTok Link 2025-08-16T19:42Z 26.1K followers, [----] engagements
"Immanuel Kant argued that not all knowledge comes from experience. Some truths like math and geometry are known before we ever encounter the world. He called them synthetic a priori truths: rules so deep they structure reality itself. We never see a tree as it is. We only see it through the filters built into our mind: Space time cause and effect. These arent choices theyre the lenses were born with. For Kant these truths werent about trivia or equations. They were about the conditions that make knowledge possible. If anything can anchor certainty in a world of shifting opinions its here in"
TikTok Link 2025-08-18T21:44Z 16.6K followers, [----] engagements
"Carl Jung one of the most influential psychologists of the 20th century once said that true loneliness doesnt come from being alone but from being unable to share what matters most to you. He called it the pain of being too conscious in a world that avoids depth. From Freuds Vienna to post-war Europe Jung studied dreams shadows and the unconscious and warned that modern people surrounded by crowds and noise would still feel profoundly isolated. His insight is that loneliness is not weakness. Its often the sign of someone seeing deeper than society allows. #psychology #philosophy"
TikTok Link 2025-08-19T19:27Z 16.6K followers, 13.3K engagements
"When philosopher Robert Nozick introduced Newcombs Paradox in [----] he wasnt just playing a game about boxes and money. He was showing us the fracture line in how humans understand choice itself. Do we act like the ancient Stoics believing fate is already written and our decisions only revealing what was always true Or do we side with the moderns believing our choices cause change and shape the future Thats why this paradox still unsettles philosophers economists and scientists. It isnt really about $1000 or $1 million. Its about the core of decision-making: Are we agents of change or evidence"
TikTok Link 2025-08-24T01:21Z 25.1K followers, [----] engagements
"This 20th-century thought experiment exploded in popularity thanks to ethicist Philippa Foot and later Judith Jarvis Thomson. And it is still used today to test our deepest moral instincts. Is it ever right to kill if it saves more lives Thats the heart of the debate between utilitarianism and deontological ethics. But heres the twist: most people change their answer depending on how the action happens. Why does pulling a lever feel different than pushing someone Why does doing nothing feel safer even when it leads to more death The Trolley Problem reveals something uncomfortable: Our moral"
TikTok Link 2025-09-20T01:27Z 26.6K followers, 10.7K engagements
"For centuries humans assumed the universe was vast but indifferent. Yet modern physics uncovered something unsettling: the laws of nature appear precisely balanced for life. Change the strength of gravity the mass of an electron or the ratio of forces in the atom by a hair and no stars no chemistry no consciousness could exist. Philosophers and scientists now call this the fine-tuning problem. Is this evidence of design as thinkers from Aquinas to contemporary cosmologists suggest Is it chance the ultimate cosmic lottery Or does the answer lie in a multiverse where infinite universes exist"
TikTok Link 2025-09-29T01:05Z 24.3K followers, 14.9K engagements
"Why does time only move forward Physicists call this the arrow of time tied to entropy. Order collapsing into disorder. A glass shatters but never re-forms. Yet the strange part is that most laws of physics dont actually require time to move one way at all. Einstein showed that time bends with gravity and speed so even now is relative. Heidegger argued our experience of time is more than a straight line: the past shapes us the future pulls us and the present reinterprets both. And in quantum mechanics some theories even suggest branching timelines or cycles of time. So maybe time doesnt flow"
TikTok Link 2025-09-29T22:32Z 25.5K followers, 38.9K engagements
"Greek tragedy Nietzsche and modern works like Berserk all show us that pain and beauty are deeply connected. In ancient Greece tragedy was not mere entertainment but a way of facing the fragility of human life with dignity. In The Birth of Tragedy Nietzsche explained that suffering is what gives depth to joy and meaning to art. Kentaro Miura continues this tradition in Berserk. Guts does not lose his humanity in the face of betrayal grief and violence. Instead his scars become a record of survival and transformation. Tragedy lingers with us because it reflects our own lives. Heartbreak"
TikTok Link 2025-10-01T00:56Z 25K followers, [----] engagements
"In [----] philosopher John Rawls asked one of the most important questions in modern ethics: What would justice look like if no one knew who they would be in society He called it the veil of ignorance. A thought experiment where individuals design the rules of the world without knowing their race gender wealth or status. Behind this veil fairness becomes personal. You might be the poorest the most marginalized or the least powerful. So the rules you create must protect everyone. Rawls called this idea justice as fairness. It became one of the most influential frameworks in political philosophy"
TikTok Link 2025-10-05T23:07Z 26.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Is death really bad or do we just fear it because we misunderstand it In ancient Greece Epicurus argued that death should not trouble us. He believed that what we fear is pain but when death comes we no longer exist to feel anything. When death is we are not. When we are death is not. To him death was nothing at all. Centuries later philosopher Thomas Nagel challenged this view. He said the problem with death isnt pain its loss. Death takes away what could have been: love ideas experience discovery. Its not that we suffer in death. We suffer because of what we lose by dying. Nagel asked: If"
TikTok Link 2025-10-07T00:57Z 26.6K followers, 228.3K engagements
"In the early 20th century Carl Jung introduced the concept of the shadow self the parts of us we repress deny or cant accept. But the shadow doesnt stay hidden. It shows up in what triggers us. In the people we judge. In the moments we cant emotionally explain. Everything that irritates us about others Jung wrote can lead us to an understanding of ourselves. #philosophy #jung #wisdom #selfgrowth"
TikTok Link 2025-06-29T19:39Z 28.6K followers, 17.7K engagements
"Zeno lost everything in a shipwreck. But instead of breaking down he walked into Athens with nothing and discovered philosophy. Thats how Stoicism was born. Not from comfort but from chaos. Stoicism is not about being emotionless. Its about being unshaken. You dont control what happens. You control how you carry it. Thats what Zeno taught. Thats what the Stoa was for. And thats why Stoicism still matters today. #philosophy #wisdom #stoicism #selfimprovement #selfgrowth"
TikTok Link 2025-07-05T22:51Z 30.4K followers, [----] engagements
"What do you do when you realize this is your only life Sartre called it radical freedom. No cosmic blueprint. No built-in meaning. Just you and the terrifying power to choose. Existentialists like Beauvoir warned that the biggest risk isnt failure its living someone elses script. #philosophy #existentialism #learn #wisdom #motivation"
TikTok Link 2025-07-15T17:52Z 28.3K followers, 64.9K engagements
"In [--] generations from now no one will remember your name. The Romans knew this. Memento Mori: remember you will pass away. Medieval Europe carved it into stone. Japan painted it in stages of decay. Every culture whispered the same truth: Power fades. Fame fades. You fade. And yet this was never meant to be dark. It was meant to set you free. Because when you remember the end you finally start to live. What will you do with the time thats left #philosophy #life #wisdom #selfimprovement #mindset #stoicism"
TikTok Link 2025-08-01T20:18Z [--] followers, 40.4K engagements
"In [----] Blaise Pascal a mathematician philosopher and inventor posed a question that still reaches across centuries: What are you betting your life on He lived in a world caught between faith and reason. People treated the question of God as if it didnt matter. So Pascal reframed life as a wager: Every belief every doubt even your silence is all a bet. To believe may cost you little. To refuse may cost you everything. Because even if the chance is small the stakes might be infinite. He was saying that you are already gambling with your one brief life. The only question is whether youve"
TikTok Link 2025-08-03T00:26Z 34.1K followers, [----] engagements
"Horace Walpole lived through revolutions and collapse when he said this. He saw two ways people face life: Those who feel deeply carry every injustice like a wound. To them life is tragedy. Those who step back and see the pattern notice the absurdity of it all. The same ambitions mistakes and illusions repeating. To them life is comedy. The wisdom isnt to pick one. Its to know when to feel the weight of life and when to step back and see the absurdity. #philosophy #wisdom #learn #selfimprovement #mindset #life"
TikTok Link 2025-08-04T21:01Z 32.3K followers, 59.4K engagements
"Rousseau believed we are born free but living in chains. Rousseaus words helped spark a revolution but his idea of freedom isnt what you think. Its not doing whatever you want its choosing the rules you live by. So if you didnt choose yours are you really free #philosophy #society #learn #curiosity #politics"
TikTok Link 2025-08-09T18:49Z 28.3K followers, 19.7K engagements
"Hegels MasterSlave Dialectic (1807) is one of the most influential ideas in modern philosophy. The idea is simple but radical: freedom is not given. Its forged through conflict and through recognition that only comes when two wills collide. For Hegel history itself moves this way: progress happens not in peace but in struggle. Every clash pushes humanity closer to self-consciousness and closer to freedom. #philsophy #society #learn #freedom #struggle"
TikTok Link 2025-08-20T21:55Z [--] followers, 36.6K engagements
"Philosophers have argued about time for over [----] years. Philosopher Augustine once asked What then is time If no one asks me I know; if I wish to explain it I do not. From Presentism only the now is real everything else is gone or not yet. For Eternalism where past present and future all exist like pages in a book the debate never ends. Modern physics complicated things even more. Einstein showed that space and time are fused into spacetime and that your now might not match someone elses. For astronauts even aging is slower. So what is real Just this fleeting moment Or the whole timeline at"
TikTok Link 2025-08-26T23:31Z 33K followers, 320.1K engagements
"Byung-Chul Han argues that we no longer live in a discipline society of external control we live in an achievement society where the whip is internal. We call it freedom but it looks more like self-exploitation: chasing endless productivity competing with ourselves and confusing hustle with meaning. Thats why he says the sickness of today isnt oppression its burnout. #philosophy #society #success #achievement #goals"
TikTok Link 2025-08-30T23:56Z 30.7K followers, 24.9K engagements
"Friedrich Nietzsche believed that Christianity didnt conquer Rome by force it conquered it through morality. In The Genealogy of Morals he called this slave morality a value system created by the powerless to protect themselves from the strong. Mercy over strength. Obedience over ambition. He thought it was a brilliant reversal not by sword but by guilt. And once the strong believed their power was evil the battle was won without violence. But Nietzsche feared this came at a cost: by punishing greatness we stopped producing great individuals. So he asked us a very important question: Are your"
TikTok Link 2025-09-05T00:29Z 33.1K followers, 15.6K engagements
"Ever since Descartes said I think therefore I am philosophers have wrestled with the mystery of consciousness. But in [----] David Chalmers sharpened the puzzle: Even if we explain every brain process we still havent explained why any of it feels like something. This is the Hard Problem of Consciousness. Why isnt your brain just running in the dark Why does red look red Why does pain hurt Some thinkers argue consciousness is not produced by the brain its a basic feature of the universe like time or gravity. If thats true your awareness isnt just an accident. Its part of the cosmic structure"
TikTok Link 2025-09-06T01:11Z 33.6K followers, 87K engagements
"In the 1800s Sren Kierkegaard warned of something deeper than laziness he called boredom: the root of all evil. But he didnt mean having nothing to do. He meant the refusal to choose something meaningful. When we flee from real commitment we drift into distraction irony and self-erasure. Boredom becomes a spiritual danger not just emptiness but a rejection of who we are called to become. Kierkegaard saw a world where people chase noise instead of purpose. #philosophy #faith #purpose #god #curiosity"
TikTok Link 2025-09-06T19:29Z [--] followers, 41.6K engagements
"Most people assume the future will be like the past. But in the 18th century David Hume asked a question that still challenges science and reason: How do we know the sun will rise tomorrow Hume argued that much of what we think we know is not certain. Its habit. Its assumption. He called this the problem of induction. The idea that repeated experiences do not guarantee future outcomes. He made a crucial distinction: - Some things are true by definition like a triangle has three sides. - But most knowledge weather history even science is based on observations. And those can always be wrong."
TikTok Link 2025-09-14T00:21Z 35.6K followers, 18.8K engagements
"If both sides think the other is brainwashed how do we ever know whos actually right Philosophers like Charles Peirce and William James warned us that truth isnt just what sounds clever. Its what works in the real world. They called this pragmatism. Instead of debating endlessly ask: What does this belief actually do What kind of behavior does it inspire What kind of future does it shape Because in the end the strongest ideas might not be the loudest ones but the ones that quietly make life better. #philosophy #politics #society #knowledge #people"
TikTok Link 2025-09-15T01:23Z 30.4K followers, 17.8K engagements
"What if nothing never really means nothing at all Philosophy and logic say if nothing can cause generate or fluctuate then it already possesses something. That is the paradox of absolute nothingness. In the 19th century German philosopher Hegel explored this in his Science of Logic. He began with pure being an utterly empty state with no qualities shape time or identity. But surprisingly Hegel claimed that pure being is pure nothing. From their tension. being and nothing collapsing into one another emerges becoming. Reality he argued is born from contradiction. So then did something truly"
TikTok Link 2025-09-15T21:42Z 31.8K followers, 59.4K engagements
"In [----] Sren Kierkegaard wrote something most of us still dont fully understand. Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom. To him anxiety wasnt just fear or stress. It was a deep spiritual experience. The moment we realize we are radically free. Able to choose to disobey to change. We also face a terrifying truth: Nothing is holding us back but ourselves. From the Garden of Eden to modern life Kierkegaard saw anxiety not as a flaw but as the first sign of selfhood. Its not a breakdown. Its the beginning of becoming. #philosophy #religion #freedom #anxiety #book"
TikTok Link 2025-09-17T23:21Z 32K followers, [----] engagements
"In Being and Time (1927) Martin Heidegger dared to ask: What if the real danger in life isnt failure but distraction itself He believed our authentic self is lost not because we aim poorly but because we drift. Absorbing routines trends and norms rather than confronting our own Being. Heidegger called us to wake up to mortality to anxiety to our thrownexistence (Dasein) and to choose how we will live under the inevitability of death. #philosophy #life #wisdom #book #mindset"
TikTok Link 2025-09-21T00:28Z [--] followers, 19.4K engagements
"What if the real you isnt just a mind or a body but something stranger in between Descartes split us in two mind and body but still spoke as if we were whole. This is the forgotten problem in philosophy: Who is the I if were made of two separate things Is the self just the thinking mind Or is it the full embodied human the one who aches hungers touches and chooses Descartes gave us the cogito But maybe being human is more than thought. Maybe its the union that matters. #philosophy #mind #body #puzzle #book"
TikTok Link 2025-09-21T23:53Z 25K followers, [----] engagements
"Fyodor Dostoevsky believed the deepest betrayal isnt what others do to us its what we do to ourselves. In Crime and Punishment Raskolnikov convinces himself his crime is justified. But reason cant erase guilt. Dostoevsky shows us betrayal doesnt come like an explosion it comes quietly through small compromises silences and lies. The soul remembers what the mind tries to forget. And when we avoid the truth it festers until it spills out as resentment anger or despair. His warning is that hiding from truth isnt safety its slower suffering. Redemption begins only when we stop lying to ourselves."
TikTok Link 2025-09-26T01:31Z [--] followers, 23.8K engagements
"Long before minimalism became trendy Diogenes of Sinope was living it radically. A founding figure of the Cynic school he rejected wealth social status and even basic comforts in pursuit of one idea: that true freedom comes from needing nothing. In ancient Athens while philosophers debated abstract ideas in academies Diogenes lived in the streets. He lived his philosophy. He challenged the difference between necessity and excess mocking those who talked about virtue but were still chained to luxury. Diogenes lifestyle shocked the elite of his time including Plato who allegedly called him a"
TikTok Link 2025-10-05T01:29Z 32K followers, 11.1K engagements
"Charles Bukowski once wrote You have to die a few times before you can really live. This idea though often quoted in popular culture has deep roots in the history of philosophy and religion. In ancient mystery traditions symbolic death and rebirth marked the transition to a more conscious life. Philosophers such as Epictetus and Seneca argued that personal transformation requires detaching from ego reputation and false securit. What they saw as the real sources of suffering. In existentialism Kierkegaard and Nietzsche both described the necessity of an internal crisis. What Nietzsche called"
TikTok Link 2025-10-10T00:47Z 33.9K followers, 23K engagements
"Einstein said he believed in Spinozas God a vision where divinity and the universe are one. In the seventeenth century Baruch Spinoza described God as the totality of existence every planet every thought every atom. To know nature through reason was for him to experience the divine. Understanding this unity brings peace because everything unfolds through the same eternal order. Einstein called this harmony the God of Spinoza a universe illuminated by the logic of being itself. #philosophy #god #religion #science #theology"
TikTok Link 2025-10-12T23:31Z 34.1K followers, 493.8K engagements
"In Solaris Andrei Tarkovsky transforms science fiction into a study of identity and memory. The film asks a question that haunted philosophers like John Locke and David Hume. If memory fades does the self disappear or does something remain that endures beyond remembrance Through the figure of Hari a being born from memory itself Tarkovsky explores how consciousness love and loss shape what we call a person. It is not a story of space but of the human mind where memory and identity dissolve into one another like reflections on water. #philosophy #movie #humanity #memory #identity"
TikTok Link 2025-10-14T23:35Z 28.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Thomas Aquinas (12251274) the Dominican philosopher and theologian developed one of the most systematic attempts in Western thought to demonstrate the existence of God through reason alone. In his Summa Theologiae he set out the Five Ways five arguments drawn from observation of motion causation contingency gradation and order in nature. These were not proofs in the modern scientific sense but philosophical demonstrations meant to show that the worlds structure points toward a first mover an uncaused cause a necessary being the source of all perfection and an intelligent order behind natures"
TikTok Link 2025-10-18T02:30Z 32K followers, [----] engagements
"Jean-Paul Sartres phrase Hell is other people comes from his [----] play No Exit a work that captures one of the most profound insights of existential philosophy. In Sartres vision hell is not a realm of fire or punishment but the condition of being eternally exposed to the gaze of others. The three characters in the play are confined together after death and their torment arises not from pain but from mutual judgment. Each becomes the mirror through which the others are forced to see their own failures. Sartres idea belongs to the broader tradition of 20th-century existentialism where human"
TikTok Link 2025-10-25T00:02Z 29.3K followers, [----] engagements
"In Notes from Underground (1864) Fyodor Dostoevsky created one of the most penetrating portraits of the modern psyche. The Underground Man is an individual consumed by reflection a figure who sees so deeply into his own motives that he becomes paralyzed by them. For Dostoevsky excessive consciousness was not enlightenment but a form of illness. A symptom of a mind unable to stop analyzing itself. This character emerged from the turbulence of 19th-century Russia a society torn between faith and reason idealism and disillusionment. Dostoevsky saw in the intellectual culture of his time the"
TikTok Link 2025-10-26T00:05Z 35.6K followers, 115.5K engagements
"Philosophers have long examined how belief can detach from reality and still feel like truth. Plato described this condition in The Republic through the allegory of the cave where those who mistake shadows for the real resist anyone who tries to guide them toward the light. Centuries later thinkers such as Peter Sloterdijk and Hannah Arendt explored how the search for certainty can evolve into what Sloterdijk called enlightened false consciousness a sense of seeing through illusion that quietly becomes its own illusion. Daniel Dennetts principles of dialogue continue this lineage. They remind"
TikTok Link 2025-10-29T00:00Z 30.1K followers, [----] engagements
"Aristotle regarded friendship as a central element of human existence and a necessary part of a virtuous life. In the Nicomachean Ethics he described friendship as a moral bond that reveals the nature of the soul. He identified three kinds of friendship: those based on usefulness those grounded in pleasure and those formed through virtue. The highest kind arises when two people recognize goodness in one another and nurture it through shared living. Such friendship is guided by integrity patience and care. It endures through time because it rests upon character and understanding. For Aristotle"
TikTok Link 2025-11-01T00:37Z 32K followers, [----] engagements
"In the late 19th century Friedrich Nietzsche described solitude as a necessary condition for the development of the self. He believed that genuine thought and creativity could emerge only when a person withdrew from the pressures of public opinion. Writing during the rise of mass politics and popular journalism Nietzsche observed how collective life rewarded conformity and discouraged depth. Solitude he said was not isolation but a form of inner discipline a place where the mind could hear its own voice and shape its own values. For Nietzsche this withdrawal was not the end of social life but"
TikTok Link 2025-11-04T22:34Z 33K followers, 41.8K engagements
"In [----] G.W.F. Hegel described one of the most influential ideas in modern philosophy the masterslave dialectic. For Hegel human life is shaped by the struggle for recognition. In this struggle dependence and power are reversed. The one who labors confronts resistance and transforms the world through work develops self-consciousness and mastery. The one who commands remains dependent on what they do not create. Through this paradox Hegel revealed that freedom and knowledge arise not from domination but from the lived process of engaging with reality. #philosophy #work #politics #paradox #power"
TikTok Link 2025-11-06T23:04Z 34.5K followers, [----] engagements
"In the 18th century the Scottish philosopher David Hume overturned one of philosophys oldest hierarchies. For centuries thinkers from Plato to Descartes had claimed that reason must govern emotion that logic defines what it means to be human. Hume challenged this directly. He argued that reason is not the ruler of the mind but its servant. That our thoughts follow our feelings and our judgments begin in passion. This was more than psychology; it was a revolution in moral philosophy. Hume believed that empathy and sentiment form the true foundation of ethics long before reason ever enters the"
TikTok Link 2025-11-08T23:48Z 34.3K followers, [----] engagements
"In [----] Friedrich Nietzsche wrote On Truth and Lies in a Non-Moral Sense one of the earliest works to challenge the foundations of Western thought. He described the human intellect not as a bridge to divine truth but as an instrument shaped by survival. Where earlier philosophers saw reason as our highest power Nietzsche saw it as a fragile adaptation a faculty born to preserve life within a brief and indifferent world. He wrote that human beings live through symbols metaphors and fictions transforming the chaos of reality into patterns they can endure. Knowledge in this view is not discovery"
TikTok Link 2025-11-11T00:20Z [--] followers, [----] engagements
"In 4th century BCE Athens Socrates posed a question that echoed through the centuries Can virtue be taught This inquiry recorded by Plato in the Meno was not aimed at finding a simple answer but at exposing the limits of what could be known. Socrates began not with definitions but with doubts. He questioned whether anyone (even the citys wisest) could explain what virtue truly is. The conversation led from examples of justice and courage to the elusive search for their essence. In classical Greece the Sophists claimed to teach virtue. But Socrates noticed something striking: no statesman no"
TikTok Link 2025-11-14T00:11Z 35.2K followers, 37.2K engagements
"In [----] in the court of King Philip IV of Spain Diego Velzquez painted Las Meninas. A work that would come to define the Spanish Golden Age and alter the course of Western art. It was painted inside the Alczar of Madrid a royal palace that no longer stands. Velzquez court painter and aposentador mayor set himself among the royal household not as a servant but as an observer and a participant. The young Infanta Margaret Theresa stands at the center surrounded by her maids of honor a chaperone a bodyguard court dwarfs and a dog. Velzquez painted himself at work brush poised looking outward"
TikTok Link 2025-11-15T01:37Z 33.6K followers, [----] engagements
"In classical Athens the philosophers spoke of amathia. This was not ignorance in the ordinary sense but a deeper condition of the soul. Amathia was known to Socrates as the failure to see clearly even among those trained to think. It was not the absence of intelligence but its misapplication. A corruption of reason by pride certainty and desire. In Platos dialogues Socrates often encounters this condition most notably in Alcibiades a brilliant statesman whose ambition outpaced his self-knowledge. Gifted with rhetoric and political charm Alcibiades could sway the crowd but remained estranged"
TikTok Link 2025-11-17T23:20Z 35.6K followers, 214.5K engagements
"In mid-20th century Switzerland the Jungian analyst Marie-Louise von Franz identified a pattern she saw emerging across modern life. She called it the puer aeternus Latin for eternal boy. The phrase comes from antiquity where youthful gods like Dionysus and Hermes embodied eternal charm promise and freedom. But in depth psychology von Franz gave the term a new meaning: a warning. She observed that modern individuals were aging in body but not in soul. The puer resists commitment avoids limits and fears the irreversible demands of adult life. For von Franz and her mentor Carl Jung this was not"
TikTok Link 2025-11-19T00:14Z 34K followers, [----] engagements
"In 19th-century Copenhagen Sren Kierkegaard warned that the most subtle form of self-loss occurs not in solitude but in public agreement. He wrote: The crowd is untruth. Kierkegaard was responding to the social transformations of his time. The rise of mass press political collectives and the growing pressure to align ones identity with public consensus. To him the crowd was not simply a gathering of people. It was a state of mind. A place where personal responsibility dissolves. Where the individual forfeits the burden of truth in exchange for the comfort of shared opinion. He believed that"
TikTok Link 2025-11-27T00:57Z 35.4K followers, 29.6K engagements
"In the twentieth century Carl Jung proposed that psychological life unfolds in two major stages. The first is marked by outward orientation. In youth and early adulthood the individual focuses on building identity establishing a place in society and fulfilling collective expectations. This period forms what Jung called the persona the social self adapted to external demands. Midlife brings a natural shift. Jung observed that as external goals lose their urgency the psyche turns inward. This transition initiates the process of individuation through which a person begins to integrate the"
TikTok Link 2025-11-29T00:41Z 35.4K followers, 303.9K engagements
"In the fourth book of The Republic Plato explores how political systems reflect the moral character of their citizens. By the eighth book he turns to democracy and traces its internal decay. Plato observes that democratic societies often begin with a love of freedom and equality. Over time however social divisions deepen. He identifies a group of citizens who work hard but remain excluded from influence and recognition. Their frustration grows into resentment. This group becomes vulnerable to a leader who claims to speak for them. Plato calls this person the champion of the people. Once"
TikTok Link 2025-11-30T00:59Z [--] followers, [----] engagements
"In late 18th-century England Jeremy Bentham proposed that moral and legal systems could be restructured through a single principle The promotion of happiness and the reduction of suffering. Bentham observed that human beings in every era and culture are governed by the basic experiences of pleasure and pain. From this observation he developed the framework of utilitarianism an ethical theory that evaluates actions by their outcomes. He called this the principle of utility and he treated it as the foundation for both private conduct and public law. For Bentham justice was not a matter of"
TikTok Link 2025-11-30T23:54Z 35.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Across history thinkers have tried to understand how humans come to see others as less than human. In many cultures before largescale violence language shifted in troubling ways. People compared entire groups to pests objects or forces of nature. These shifts mattered because they made it easier to act without empathy. Dehumanization is studied through multiple lenses. Some focus on beliefs. The idea that someone truly sees another as lacking the inner life of a person. Others focus on practice actions that block freedom deny dignity or push individuals outside the circle of moral community."
TikTok Link 2025-12-18T00:04Z 34.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Plato lived through the decline of Athenian democracy and gave one of the earliest and most enduring warnings about what happens when inequality is allowed to shape a society. He watched his city fracture into two: one of the rich and one of the poor. He called this the beginning of a sickness in the soul of the city. The divisions were not just about money but about dignity trust and belonging. Plato proposed strict limits on wealth for this very reason he believed that beyond a certain point surplus corrupts the individual and destabilizes the state. He wasnt alone in this worry. Centuries"
TikTok Link 2025-12-28T01:35Z 34.6K followers, [----] engagements
"The Stoic philosophers believed that awareness of time shapes how we live. Marcus Aurelius reminded himself daily that each moment carries weight and that what we do with it defines the kind of life we lead. For the Stoics clarity came from understanding what is fleeting. Distractions fall away. What remains are the relationships we build the values we hold and the attention we give to the present. They saw each day as something to honor. This practice was not about fear but about a way of remembering that being present is the beginning of wisdom. #philosophy #stoicism #life #time #wisdom"
TikTok Link 2025-12-29T02:46Z 35.1K followers, 12.5K engagements
"The idea of ikigai reflects a long-standing understanding in Japanese culture that purpose is found in the intersection of practice contribution and continuity. The word itself comes from iki (to live) and gai (reason or worth) and appears in Okinawan and broader Japanese reflections on aging community and personal direction. It describes a condition where daily life aligns with ones capacities responsibilities and inner orientation. It has been observed in studies of longevity especially among communities where people remain engaged in meaningful activity well into old age. By naming four"
TikTok Link 2026-01-01T00:24Z [--] followers, [----] engagements
"Many of our values including pity otherworldly hope and a moral denial of ourselves; were created by cultural resentment and therefore as far as Nietzsche was concerned do not represent universal truths. By continuing to hold onto them we prevent ourselves from realizing who we could become. All journeys of self-overcoming pass through an illusion which at one time provided comfort whether within myth or modern narrative. The figure of Gael from Dark Souls represents those old ideals which are so beautiful yet destined for ruin. The defeat of such figures is the step into an area where you"
TikTok Link 2026-01-06T02:36Z 35.2K followers, [----] engagements
"A "straw man" fallacy has been identified by scholars in the study of rhetoric and logic throughout history. Scholars in ancient India Greece and later in the Middle East all have described the common failure of arguments when people present andcriticalthinkingions of arguments never originally made by the other party. For example in the Nyaya Sutras of India (c. [---] AD) and the writings of Averroes and Al-Ghazali of Islam (11th12th century) writers identify errors of reasoning including over-claiming or mis-stating what the opposing party claims. In the late Renaissance period logicians"
TikTok Link 2026-01-12T02:12Z [--] followers, [----] engagements
"In classical rhetoric the ad hominem fallacy was known to ancient philosophers as a diversion from reasoned discourse. The term comes from Latin ad hominem to the person and refers to a type of argument in which the speaker targets their opponent instead of addressing the substance of their claim. This pattern was observed by Roman rhetoricians and later formalized in early modern logic. It reflects a recurring failure in public reasoning: the confusion between the worth of an argument and the character of the person making it. Philosophers have categorized several forms: Abusive where"
TikTok Link 2025-11-27T22:09Z 35.9K followers, 33.2K engagements
"Carl Jung the founder of analytical psychology developed a model of the human psyche that goes well beyond the limits of the individual's own experiences to a universal shared psychological background. At the beginning of the 20th Century Jung examined myths religious traditions and the dream-contents of individuals representing many different cultures and he was struck by the repetition of certain symbolic figures (e.g. serpent wise elder mother hero) across cultures. The repeated presence of these same symbolic figures across so many different cultures suggested to Jung the presence of a"
TikTok Link 2026-01-18T02:41Z [--] followers, [----] engagements
"In the 1700s philosopher Joseph Butler called out the flaw in psychological egoism. The belief that all human actions are rooted in self-interest. If that were true even sacrifice would just be selfishness in disguise. But what if helping others because it brings you joy means you actually care #philosophy #morality #selfimprovement #wisdom #learn #help"
TikTok Link 2025-07-24T18:43Z 36.1K followers, [----] engagements
"Most people think nihilism just means life has no meaning. But thats only the starting point. Nihilism says theres no grand design. Were born from nothing and we return to nothing. Nietzsche warned about nihilism not as the end but as a danger. #philosophy #learn #nihilism #belief #wisdom"
TikTok Link 2025-08-14T20:55Z 36.1K followers, 191.4K engagements
"Aristotles idea of the good life wasnt about wealth or pleasure it was about virtue. He believed humans are the rational animal and to flourish (what he called eudaimonia) we must use reason to guide both thought and character. Thats why courage temperance and generosity werent extremes but the mean between them. Courage: between cowardice and recklessness. Generosity: between greed and waste. Aristotle thought you couldnt become virtuous alone. You needed the right society the right laws and the right friendships to train you toward flourishing. For him the highest life wasnt comfort but the"
TikTok Link 2025-08-21T23:03Z 36.2K followers, 80.7K engagements
"Albert Camus published The Stranger in [----] creating one of the defining works of twentieth-century thought. The novel presents Meursault a man whose refusal to perform expected emotions exposes the fragility of social morality. Camus used this story to express his idea of the absurd the condition of human life in a silent and indifferent universe. Through the clarity of Meursaults awareness Camus explored how a person might live sincerely within that reality. The Stranger became a cornerstone of modern existential reflection and a lasting study of freedom fate and authenticity. #philosophy"
TikTok Link 2025-10-21T23:00Z 36.1K followers, 63K engagements
"Epictetus one of the leading Stoic philosophers of the first century examined desire as a question of freedom. He taught that the danger of lust lies not in pleasure itself but in the loss of self-command that follows unexamined impulse. In his Discourses he described how passion can make the mind its servant turning reason into an afterthought. Adultery and excess were for him symptoms of this deeper enslavement. A fracture of integrity that erodes trust and weakens the soul. Epictetus believed that mastery of desire was a form of liberation. To be free was to let reason guide the passions"
TikTok Link 2025-10-22T23:15Z 36.1K followers, 14.5K engagements
"In Book IX of the Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle explores a question that remains psychologically urgent today: Can a person be a friend to themselves He treats this as a foundation for ethics and community. For Aristotle friendship is built on shared values reciprocal goodwill and the capacity to rejoice or grieve together. These qualities must be present not only between individuals but within a single soul. A person at war with themselves cannot give stability to others. Self-fragmentation the inability to align ones desires intentions and actions leads not only to personal distress but to"
TikTok Link 2025-12-06T00:54Z 36.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Nietzsche is examining Socrates as an example of a fundamental transition in Greek culture in his "Twilight of the Idols." Ancient Greeks valued the relationship between the body and the mind and believed that good physical condition and the cultivation of character were linked. Socratess appearance as well as his persistent questioning of those he encountered indicated to Nietzsche a broader cultural movement toward the emphasis of reason above instinct. Through his method Socrates gave people the means to analyze their beliefs using a level of scrutiny that had never been seen before."
TikTok Link 2026-01-16T02:05Z 36.1K followers, 72.3K engagements
"These works were created by writers in response to the social and political climate of the twentieth century. The way that the modern world has shaped our thought processes behaviors and sense of responsibility for our actions. Orwell Huxley Bradbury and Kafka each explored the connection between the individual and powerful institutions within society. They illustrated common themes of surveillance pleasure censorship ideology and bureaucracy within an average person's daily experience. The common thread throughout these novels is the way they illustrate how we grow accustomed to being"
TikTok Link 2026-01-22T03:14Z 36.2K followers, [----] engagements
"What would happen if you were able to remember everything you had ever experienced Argentine author Jorge Luis Borges wrote "Funes the Memorious" in [----] and while many authors explore that question as a hypothetical idea Borges did so as a deep dive into how human consciousness works. Ireneo Funes suffers a traumatic fall from a horse which allows him to develop an almost impossible memory for all aspects of his experiences each moment emotion shape and transient detail is frozen in his mind forever. Each cloud wall leaf and number appears with unlimited clarity. Initially this ability to"
TikTok Link 2026-01-23T00:12Z 36.2K followers, [----] engagements
"The BioShock universe is remembered most for its environment its architecture and its narrative. Beneath those layers lies a deeper philosophical inquiry. It asks: What occurs in a society which has removed all restraint The underwater city of Rapture was developed by Andrew Ryan a man modeled after the novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand. Rand's philosophy of Objectivism was based on the belief that the individual could accomplish great things if they were allowed to pursue their personal interests without interference. Rand believed that government religion and the group morality could"
TikTok Link 2026-01-24T01:57Z 36.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Logical fallacies has been examined for well over a couple of millennia as those repeated forms of thought that can be so convincing yet are logically false. Logical fallacies will continue to exist due to the fact that many fallacies seem reasonable or make sense based on an individual's intuition. They provide us with a sense of certainty where critical and analytical thinking require time and patience. #philosophy #criticalthinking #history #knowledge #learn"
TikTok Link 2026-01-25T04:11Z 36.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Leo Tolstoy wrote The Death of Ivan Ilyich at the same time when many aspects of Russian society included inequality moral decay and censorship. At the end of his life Ivan Ilyich discovers he has never really lived. Ivan Ilyich follows the rules of society. He earns respect receives promotion after promotion yet never stops to question if the things he has accomplished are what he wants for himself. In addition to being a physical accident Tolstoy portrays Ivan's fall from a ladder as the collapse of an entire life based upon appearance. When Ivan's body begins to fail it also leads to the"
TikTok Link 2026-01-27T02:38Z 36.4K followers, [----] engagements
"All four authors (Tolstoy Steinbeck Fitzgerald & Dostoevsky) were writing at different points in time. However they all returned to the same fundamental question. When does desire replace our judgment Each author portrays a life dominated by an unrelenting longing. Whether it is for land social status a loved one or recognition. And the gradual way in which this longing slowly diminishes a person's world until there is no longer anything else to fit into that world. The books are mirrors that are meant to be reflected upon. Save this post if you ever find yourself pursuing something and"
TikTok Link 2026-01-28T03:18Z 36.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Aristotle is among the most influential thinkers in Western history and at the same time argued for the existence of "natural slaves." He wrote in The Politics that some people cannot govern themselves and should be governed by others. The position he took was influenced by the society he lived in. Slavery was a common practice in ancient Greece. People who were enslaved did not have access to an education freedom or basic rights. Because this system of slavery existed Aristotle believed that it represented natural law. There were other thinkers during Aristotle's time (specifically a sophist"
TikTok Link 2026-01-30T02:59Z 36.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Heidegger's work on "Being and Time" (1927) is one of the most significant philosophical works of the twentieth century. His main argument was that we cannot understand humans as just disconnected spectators of life. Rather they are always embedded in their surroundings of meaning of responsibilities of language and of time. Heidegger referred to this way of existing as Dasein ("being-there"). To be is not merely to be in some space; it is to have care to make sense and to live in the limits of your own finitude. It is one of the most profound attempts to explain what it means to be human"
TikTok Link 2026-01-31T03:42Z 36.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Many movies are about telling us stories but some films are an experience of philosophy itself. Across the twentieth century directors like Tarkovsky and Bergman used cinema to explore the oldest human questions. The meaning of suffering the presence of death the nature of reality and what it means to be free. Because these films continue to exist and continue to endure they demonstrate that they do what philosophy has always tried to do. Help us to see the world differently and to think about the world in a way that makes existence seem strange enough so that we will begin to see it clearly."
TikTok Link 2026-02-03T04:03Z 36.4K followers, [----] engagements
"All five are games that feel like philosophy. They deal with isolation power identity suffering and what it means to be human. Which games have you played #philosophy #psychology #videogames #stories #wisdom"
TikTok Link 2026-02-06T01:35Z 36.4K followers, [----] engagements
"This was a diagnosis from Seneca the Roman philosopher and statesman who lived nearly [----] years ago. In Letter 13: On Groundless Fears Seneca observed that much of human suffering doesn't come from real hardship it comes from anticipation worry and mental rehearsal of things that may never happen. We live future tragedies in advance. We break under fears that never arrive. Seneca like all Stoics wasnt telling us to suppress emotion. He was teaching us to master our response. To separate what is in our control from what is not. This insight remains timeless: in an age of anxiety overthinking"
TikTok Link 2025-09-07T22:47Z [--] followers, 168K engagements
"The first half of the 20th Century saw Carl Gustav Jung create a much larger conceptual framework than simply symptomology and the way that humans are psychologically constructed. Jung believed that too many people exist in a form of psychological slumber. They go through their daily lives doing the same thing each day but their internal life remains dormant. Jung also thought that modern society has fostered a lack of willingness to deal with uncomfortable feelings which results in anxiety depression and emotional emptiness. Jung said that when we begin to grow we have to be honest about the"
TikTok Link 2026-01-21T03:49Z [--] followers, [----] engagements
"Why are you the one experiencing this life Philosophers have asked this for centuries from Descartes to Parfit. Are you your body Your brain Or something else entirely Maybe theres no solid you at all just a story unfolding. #philosophy #learn #curiosity #life #existence"
TikTok Link 2025-07-28T01:03Z 36.4K followers, 2.4M engagements
"Nietzsche didnt fear the darkness. He feared what it does to man. In a world losing its gods and moral compass he watched people stare too long at chaos and lose themselves to it. The abyss isnt evil. Its emptiness. And if you keep looking into it without purpose it starts shaping you. You become what you were trying to fight. #philosophy #book #learn #wisdom #motivational"
TikTok Link 2025-07-09T20:34Z 36.4K followers, 770.4K engagements
"I know I mispronounced Jung this was from an older recording. Carl Jung didnt just study the mind. He mapped its hidden architecture. In the early 1900s he broke from Freud and introduced one of the most haunting truths in modern psychology: Until you make the unconscious conscious it will direct your life and you will call it fate. He was talking about shadow work. The idea that the parts of ourselves we repress dont disappear They dominate us from the dark. Jungs work still shapes psychology philosophy and coaching today because he made it clear: Self-awareness isnt optional. Its the path"
TikTok Link 2025-07-23T18:39Z 36.4K followers, 646.2K engagements
"Camus wasnt a nihilist. He believed life can be beautiful even if it has no ultimate meaning. Absurdism is about the conflict between our craving for meaning and the universes silence. So what do you do Camus says: You rebel. You live fully anyway. You find freedom in the struggle. #philosophy #wisdom #learn #absurdism #freedom #curiosity"
TikTok Link 2025-07-26T15:16Z 36.4K followers, 551.4K engagements
"Nietzsche saw man not as an end but a transition. A rope between instinct and something higher. The bermensch is not given it must be built. But beneath us lies the abyss: Meaninglessness. To be human is to walk forward. #philosophy #learn #wisdom #selfdevelopment #book #mindset #existentialism"
TikTok Link 2025-07-29T02:34Z 36.4K followers, 134.5K engagements
"In Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1883) Friedrich Nietzsche described a powerful vision of inner transformation: The spirit must undergo three stages: the camel the lion and the child before it can become truly free. Nietzsche was writing in response to the collapse of traditional values in 19th-century Europe. He saw that modern individuals often obey inherited systems religion morality and duty without question. The camel stage represents this obedience. It is not weakness but a kind of moral weight-bearing that must come first. Then comes the lion who turns against what Nietzsche called the great"
TikTok Link 2025-10-11T00:10Z 36.4K followers, 292.9K engagements
"Philipp Mainlnder (18411876) advanced one of the most radical interpretations of Schopenhauers pessimism in modern philosophy. In his work The Philosophy of Redemption he proposed that in the beginning there was only God who weary of eternal existence dissolved Himself into countless fragments that became the universe. Every star every life and every death he wrote is part of this gradual return to nothingness the unfolding of Gods self-destruction through time. For Mainlnder creation was not an act of triumph but the beginning of redemption for only in nonexistence does the Will and its"
TikTok Link 2025-10-17T00:16Z 36.4K followers, 61.4K engagements
"Socrates final moments remain one of the most profound meditations on death in the history of philosophy. In Platos Apology delivered as his defense before the Athenian jury Socrates declared that fearing death is a kind of ignorance. To fear it he said is to claim knowledge of what no human being can know. For him death was not an evil but an unknown a mystery that lay beyond human judgment. He offered two possibilities: that death may be a peaceful dreamless sleep or that it may be a passage to another form of existence where the soul encounters the great minds of the past. Either way it"
TikTok Link 2025-10-28T01:00Z 36.4K followers, 192.4K engagements
"When Blade Runner was released in [----] it entered a philosophical conversation that stretches back to the earliest inquiries into human nature. The question at its center what makes a being human echoes through the writings of Descartes Locke Nietzsche and Heidegger each of whom grappled with the boundaries between consciousness memory and selfhood. The films world of artificial life and fading memory belongs to a long tradition of metaphysical reflection on what it means to exist in time. Ridley Scotts Los Angeles of [----] is not a prediction of the future but a continuation of the modern"
TikTok Link 2025-10-30T01:09Z 36.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Existentialist philosophy begins with a recognition that human beings exist before they define themselves. Thinkers like Sartre Heidegger and de Beauvoir wrote that people are not born with a fixed identity. Each life unfolds through action choice and responsibility. Existence is a project to be lived. There is no external script to follow. The individual is both the author and the material of their life. Meaning arises from how one lives decides and accepts the weight of their own freedom. #philosophy #existentialism #purpose #wisdom #identity"
TikTok Link 2026-01-02T02:43Z 36.4K followers, 37.7K engagements
"In ancient Greece over [----] years ago philosopher Plato investigated a central question still relevant today in ethics. Are humans motivated to act ethically due to value placed upon acting good or are social outcomes responsible for what humans choose to do Plato explores these questions through Glaucons story about a shepherd named Gyges who has a ring of invisibility. Once Gyges puts on the ring of invisibility no one can see him and therefore no one will be able to hold him accountable for anything he does. As a result of being invisible Gyges pursues his self-interest and ends up taking"
TikTok Link 2026-01-04T03:52Z 36.4K followers, 47.2K engagements
"Descartes began a new period of development in Western philosophy by questioning the reliability of all we accept without question. When science emerged from the medieval times Descartes questioned How are we to be certain that our beliefs are true Recognizing that the senses are unreliable through deception via illusion dream or error he made an active decision to withhold judgment from anything that could possibly be doubted. Even mathematics and logic were subject to his methodological doubt. He also went so far as to demonstrate just how far uncertainty could be carried out through the"
TikTok Link 2026-01-14T01:36Z 36.4K followers, [----] engagements
"When Ilya Repin presented Ivan the Terrible and His Son to the public in [----] there was an immediate massive backlash to the artwork. By order of Tsar Alexander III Ivan the Terrible and His Son was prohibited from being shown to the public for its perceived defamation of the Russian monarchy and it was attacked more than once physically. Even today this painting is arguably one of the most disputed paintings in all of Russian Art History. Ivan the Terrible and His Son represents a pivotal event that is documented in early Russian chronicles. The first crowned Tsar of Russia Ivan IV strikes"
TikTok Link 2026-01-26T02:55Z 36.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Many well-off individuals today claim to have "come from nothing". However a [----] study demonstrated that many of these claims are based upon accounts of grandfathers rather than experiences of hardship themselves. Sociologists refer to this as the "intergenerational self" or the manner in which people recreate their origins to deal with the discomfort of being affluent. In an environment that defines itself as meritocratic individuals need to experience struggle in order for their successes to be seen as merited. Therefore individuals who were born into wealth will seek out a past that was"
TikTok Link 2026-01-29T03:04Z 36.4K followers, 13.7K engagements
"Rousseau's 18th century views were the first challenge to the belief that humans are inherently selfish. Before Rousseau earlier thinkers like Thomas Hobbes believed that without laws or a government life would be chaotic and violent. Rousseau asked to consider how humans lived prior to cities prior to money and prior to social hierarchy. In that "state of nature" humans met their individual needs (food sleep shelter companions) by living for their own needs and not competing with each other for dominance. Rousseau called this form of caring for oneself "amour de soi". Rousseau said that much"
TikTok Link 2026-02-01T01:33Z 36.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Douglas Adams The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy was first published in the late 1970s. Adams wrote a sciencefiction comedy that turns human expectations about the universe on their head. In the story an ordinary man named Arthur Dent survives the destruction of Earth and travels through a cosmos that is vast indifferent and often bureaucratic. Civilizations build powerful computers to calculate the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life the Universe and Everything. After seven and a half million years of calculation the answer is revealed as the number [--]. The response is not clarity but"
TikTok Link 2026-02-02T04:37Z 36.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Plato was one of the first people to try and convert a ruler to think like a philosopher because he believed that the philosopher would have the wisdom and justice to lead. In the 4th century BCE Plato went to Sicily and encountered Dionysius I of Syracuse who was fearful of losing power indulged in luxuries and was full of suspicion. He told Dionysius I that happiness came through being just and that a leader needed self-discipline and to possess virtues. Dionysius I responded by selling Plato into slavery; and eventually Plato returned to Athens. Years later when Dionysius II became young"
TikTok Link 2026-02-04T02:24Z 36.4K followers, 15.2K engagements
"Steinbeck traveled throughout the migrant labor camps in California in [----] and wrote The Grapes of Wrath in [----]. After he saw that families lost their farm and became migrant workers because of large agribusinesses and the banks and they were forced to travel across America on route [--]. Steinbeck tells the story of the Joad family in his novel and how their farm was destroyed by a combination of drought debt and the increasing use of machinery in farming. Steinbeck shows this as part of a system not as the actions of individual villains. #philosophy #book #History #society #story"
TikTok Link 2026-02-07T02:09Z 36.4K followers, [----] engagements
"I know I mispronounced Jung this was from an older recording. Carl Jung didnt just study the mind. He mapped its hidden architecture. In the early 1900s he broke from Freud and introduced one of the most haunting truths in modern psychology: Until you make the unconscious conscious it will direct your life and you will call it fate. He was talking about shadow work. The idea that the parts of ourselves we repress dont disappear They dominate us from the dark. Jungs work still shapes psychology philosophy and coaching today because he made it clear: Self-awareness isnt optional. Its the path"
TikTok Link 2025-07-23T18:39Z 36.4K followers, 646.2K engagements
"Why are you the one experiencing this life Philosophers have asked this for centuries from Descartes to Parfit. Are you your body Your brain Or something else entirely Maybe theres no solid you at all just a story unfolding. #philosophy #learn #curiosity #life #existence"
TikTok Link 2025-07-28T01:03Z 36.4K followers, 2.4M engagements
"Nietzsche didnt fear the darkness. He feared what it does to man. In a world losing its gods and moral compass he watched people stare too long at chaos and lose themselves to it. The abyss isnt evil. Its emptiness. And if you keep looking into it without purpose it starts shaping you. You become what you were trying to fight. #philosophy #book #learn #wisdom #motivational"
TikTok Link 2025-07-09T20:34Z 36.4K followers, 770.4K engagements
"Dr. Philip Zimbardo states in his book The Lucifer Effect that evil is not the result of an "evil person" rather that most of the time it is caused by systems and environments. Dr. Zimbardo conducted extensive research on the behavior of ordinary people in extreme circumstances. Specifically he was involved with the Stanford Prison Experiment (in 1971). In his book he identifies three types of influences for behaviors: [--]. Individual [--]. Situation [--]. Systems that create these situations In order to explain how normal everyday people are capable of committing atrocities when placed into certain"
TikTok Link 2026-02-14T01:29Z 36.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Silent Hill [--] was originally released in [----] and it represents much more than a psychological horror game. James Sunderland is the protagonist of the game and he goes into a fog covered town to find his deceased wife. But the trip quickly turns inward and each monster that James encounters is a manifestation of the aspects of himself that he has refused to acknowledge. Carl Jung stated that the Shadow will surface in destructive ways either in the form of fears fantasies or as violent behavior when it is ignored. Ultimately Silent Hill [--] shows the most frightening place is actually the parts"
TikTok Link 2026-02-13T01:51Z 36.4K followers, [----] engagements
"In [----] after the Medici returned to Florence and the Florentine Republic fell Machiavelli wrote The Prince. Machiavelli was put out of office questioned and exiled. The Prince is an examination of political survival. He was describing how rulers actually survive when states are fragile enemies are everywhere and loyalty disappears overnight. This is why The Prince has become one of the most infamous works in the history of politics. It tells us what leaders do when power is at stake. #philosophy #politics #power #History #book"
TikTok Link 2026-02-12T00:53Z 36.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Sren Kierkegaard a philosopher from Denmark in the 19th century identified the type of anxiety we experience at late hours of the night in modern society as something to be dismissed as random. Kierkegaard however recognized these moments as possibly being the most spiritual experience an individual can have. Kierkegaard used this as a metaphor for a time when the distractions (roles routines) that define us are stripped away leaving us with ourselves. At this time we are faced with both our freedom and responsibility. In his books Either/Or and other works Kierkegaard made the case that"
TikTok Link 2026-02-11T01:35Z 36.4K followers, [----] engagements
"In the early 20th century the German philosopher Edmund Husserl established a philosophical movement phenomenology. Husserl's movement was based upon the concept of phenomenological philosophy which begins with experience rather than with theories. Phenomenology investigates how the world is experienced through consciousness. Philosophers such as Husserl Heidegger Merleau-Ponty and others have proposed that all experiences are shaped by time the fact that we are embodied beings and our relationships to other people. Studying phenomenology involves studying the structures of experience. It is"
TikTok Link 2026-02-10T02:32Z 36.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Jeremy Bentham created the original Panopticon as a proposed prison plan. Michel Foucault then adapted the design into an example of how modern power operates. In basic terms when individuals feel that there is potential for them to be observed they will begin self-regulation. The observer or guard may become unnecessary as the individual begins to exert their own internalized authority on their behavior. The authority is no longer being enforced from the outside. As time progresses observation is something that exists within you. This is why Foucault viewed the Panopticon as a set of"
TikTok Link 2026-02-09T00:30Z 36.4K followers, 13.5K engagements
"Steinbeck traveled throughout the migrant labor camps in California in [----] and wrote The Grapes of Wrath in [----]. After he saw that families lost their farm and became migrant workers because of large agribusinesses and the banks and they were forced to travel across America on route [--]. Steinbeck tells the story of the Joad family in his novel and how their farm was destroyed by a combination of drought debt and the increasing use of machinery in farming. Steinbeck shows this as part of a system not as the actions of individual villains. #philosophy #book #History #society #story"
TikTok Link 2026-02-07T02:09Z 36.4K followers, [----] engagements
"All five are games that feel like philosophy. They deal with isolation power identity suffering and what it means to be human. Which games have you played #philosophy #psychology #videogames #stories #wisdom"
TikTok Link 2026-02-06T01:35Z 36.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Plato was one of the first people to try and convert a ruler to think like a philosopher because he believed that the philosopher would have the wisdom and justice to lead. In the 4th century BCE Plato went to Sicily and encountered Dionysius I of Syracuse who was fearful of losing power indulged in luxuries and was full of suspicion. He told Dionysius I that happiness came through being just and that a leader needed self-discipline and to possess virtues. Dionysius I responded by selling Plato into slavery; and eventually Plato returned to Athens. Years later when Dionysius II became young"
TikTok Link 2026-02-04T02:24Z 36.4K followers, 15.2K engagements
"Many movies are about telling us stories but some films are an experience of philosophy itself. Across the twentieth century directors like Tarkovsky and Bergman used cinema to explore the oldest human questions. The meaning of suffering the presence of death the nature of reality and what it means to be free. Because these films continue to exist and continue to endure they demonstrate that they do what philosophy has always tried to do. Help us to see the world differently and to think about the world in a way that makes existence seem strange enough so that we will begin to see it clearly."
TikTok Link 2026-02-03T04:03Z 36.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Douglas Adams The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy was first published in the late 1970s. Adams wrote a sciencefiction comedy that turns human expectations about the universe on their head. In the story an ordinary man named Arthur Dent survives the destruction of Earth and travels through a cosmos that is vast indifferent and often bureaucratic. Civilizations build powerful computers to calculate the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life the Universe and Everything. After seven and a half million years of calculation the answer is revealed as the number [--]. The response is not clarity but"
TikTok Link 2026-02-02T04:37Z 36.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Rousseau's 18th century views were the first challenge to the belief that humans are inherently selfish. Before Rousseau earlier thinkers like Thomas Hobbes believed that without laws or a government life would be chaotic and violent. Rousseau asked to consider how humans lived prior to cities prior to money and prior to social hierarchy. In that "state of nature" humans met their individual needs (food sleep shelter companions) by living for their own needs and not competing with each other for dominance. Rousseau called this form of caring for oneself "amour de soi". Rousseau said that much"
TikTok Link 2026-02-01T01:33Z 36.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Heidegger's work on "Being and Time" (1927) is one of the most significant philosophical works of the twentieth century. His main argument was that we cannot understand humans as just disconnected spectators of life. Rather they are always embedded in their surroundings of meaning of responsibilities of language and of time. Heidegger referred to this way of existing as Dasein ("being-there"). To be is not merely to be in some space; it is to have care to make sense and to live in the limits of your own finitude. It is one of the most profound attempts to explain what it means to be human"
TikTok Link 2026-01-31T03:42Z 36.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Aristotle is among the most influential thinkers in Western history and at the same time argued for the existence of "natural slaves." He wrote in The Politics that some people cannot govern themselves and should be governed by others. The position he took was influenced by the society he lived in. Slavery was a common practice in ancient Greece. People who were enslaved did not have access to an education freedom or basic rights. Because this system of slavery existed Aristotle believed that it represented natural law. There were other thinkers during Aristotle's time (specifically a sophist"
TikTok Link 2026-01-30T02:59Z 36.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Many well-off individuals today claim to have "come from nothing". However a [----] study demonstrated that many of these claims are based upon accounts of grandfathers rather than experiences of hardship themselves. Sociologists refer to this as the "intergenerational self" or the manner in which people recreate their origins to deal with the discomfort of being affluent. In an environment that defines itself as meritocratic individuals need to experience struggle in order for their successes to be seen as merited. Therefore individuals who were born into wealth will seek out a past that was"
TikTok Link 2026-01-29T03:04Z 36.4K followers, 13.7K engagements
"All four authors (Tolstoy Steinbeck Fitzgerald & Dostoevsky) were writing at different points in time. However they all returned to the same fundamental question. When does desire replace our judgment Each author portrays a life dominated by an unrelenting longing. Whether it is for land social status a loved one or recognition. And the gradual way in which this longing slowly diminishes a person's world until there is no longer anything else to fit into that world. The books are mirrors that are meant to be reflected upon. Save this post if you ever find yourself pursuing something and"
TikTok Link 2026-01-28T03:18Z 36.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Leo Tolstoy wrote The Death of Ivan Ilyich at the same time when many aspects of Russian society included inequality moral decay and censorship. At the end of his life Ivan Ilyich discovers he has never really lived. Ivan Ilyich follows the rules of society. He earns respect receives promotion after promotion yet never stops to question if the things he has accomplished are what he wants for himself. In addition to being a physical accident Tolstoy portrays Ivan's fall from a ladder as the collapse of an entire life based upon appearance. When Ivan's body begins to fail it also leads to the"
TikTok Link 2026-01-27T02:38Z 36.4K followers, [----] engagements
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