Why are you alive- Key Existential ideas

Why are you alive? – Key Existential ideas, available at Free, has an average rating of 4.55, with 38 lectures, based on 851 reviews, and has 14978 subscribers.

You will learn about Start turning your life into a work of art Practice key ideas from Existential philosophy Understand key ideas from Existential philosophers Find your own personal purpose This course is ideal for individuals who are If you have asked yourself what the meaning of life is, and what your own life is for, then this course is for you. If you are allergic to philosophical ideas, you might like to skip it. It is particularly useful for If you have asked yourself what the meaning of life is, and what your own life is for, then this course is for you. If you are allergic to philosophical ideas, you might like to skip it.

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Summary

Title: Why are you alive? – Key Existential ideas

Price: Free

Average Rating: 4.55

Number of Lectures: 38

Number of Published Lectures: 38

Number of Curriculum Items: 38

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 38

Original Price: Free

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Start turning your life into a work of art

Practice key ideas from Existential philosophy

Understand key ideas from Existential philosophers

Find your own personal purpose

Who Should Attend

If you have asked yourself what the meaning of life is, and what your own life is for, then this course is for you. If you are allergic to philosophical ideas, you might like to skip it.

Target Audiences

If you have asked yourself what the meaning of life is, and what your own life is for, then this course is for you. If you are allergic to philosophical ideas, you might like to skip it.

Why are you alive? How should you live? How can you turn your life into a work of art? How can you live an authentic life – that is, live the life that you were meant to live?

If you have ever posed yourself these kinds of questions, you’re in good company. Philosophers known as “Existentialists” have posed these questions about our own lives and developed some very useful theories and practices around them.

This course examines key ideas from the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche, Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre, Georges Bataille and Michel Foucault, giving you a clear and simple explanation of their main ideas about the central questions we have about the meaning of our lives.

In this course you will learn to examine your life and the choices you make from the standpoint of key concepts such as freedom, meaning, and community. You will learn to design and implement thw kind of projects that give meaning to your life. 

  The course consists of: 

11 thematic videos on giving shape to your life (2-5 minutes),

7  narrated powerpoint videos on the life and work of existentialist  philosophers (3-10 mins)

a series of exercises  for you to try out in your daily life

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: How to live

Lecture 1: How to live

Lecture 2: How to live – text

Chapter 2: Fear and Laziness

Lecture 1: Fear and Laziness

Lecture 2: Fear and laziness – exercise

Lecture 3: Friedrich Nietzsche – Life and Work

Chapter 3: The eternal return

Lecture 1: The eternal return

Lecture 2: The eternal return – Nietzsches text

Lecture 3: The eternal return – exercise

Chapter 4: Abundance

Lecture 1: Abundance

Lecture 2: Georges Bataille – Life and work

Lecture 3: Abundance – text

Lecture 4: Abundance – exercise

Chapter 5: Meaning and the Absurd

Lecture 1: Meaning and the Absurd

Lecture 2: Albert Camus – Life and work

Lecture 3: Meaning and the Absurd – text

Lecture 4: Rebellion against Corona – Lessons from The Plague

Lecture 5: Meaning and the Absurd – exercise

Chapter 6: Radical freedom

Lecture 1: Radical freedom

Lecture 2: Jean-Paul Sartre – Life and work

Lecture 3: Radical freedom – text

Lecture 4: Radical freedom – exercise

Chapter 7: Freedom as practice

Lecture 1: Freedom as practice

Lecture 2: Freedom as practice – text

Lecture 3: Freedom as practice – exercise

Chapter 8: Community

Lecture 1: Community

Lecture 2: Community – text

Lecture 3: Community – exercise

Chapter 9: Projects

Lecture 1: Projects

Lecture 2: Projects – text

Lecture 3: Projects – exercise

Chapter 10: Life as a work of art

Lecture 1: Life as a work of art

Lecture 2: Michel Foucault – Life and work

Lecture 3: Michel Foucault – Power/Knowledge

Lecture 4: Michel Foucault – The care of the Self

Lecture 5: Life as a work of art – exercise

Chapter 11: Love and Beauty

Lecture 1: Love and Beauty

Lecture 2: Love and Beauty – text

Lecture 3: Love and Beauty – exercise

Instructors

Karim Benammar, Ph.D.
Philosopher and author

Rating Distribution

1 stars: 9 votes

2 stars: 11 votes

3 stars: 82 votes

4 stars: 284 votes

5 stars: 465 votes

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