Why Every Great Philosopher Saw Life as Suffering | 4 Reasons

Why did every great philosopher see life as suffering and why did none of them stop there? The Buddha, Schopenhauer, Pascal, Nietzsche, Camus and Dostoevsky on the pain of being alive, in their own words. From the Buddha's First Noble Truth to Schopenhauer's pendulum between pain and boredom, from Pascal's men in chains to Camus's Myth of Sisyphus, ten of the greatest minds in history reached the same verdict across 2,400 years: life is suffering. This video breaks down the four reasons they gave desire, loss, consciousness and distraction and how each of them chose to live with it. ☎️ If this topic is heavier than an idea for you right now, you don't have to carry it alone. Free, confidential support in your country: findahelpline.com · US 988 · UK & Ireland 116 123 · India 14416 🔔 Subscribe for more dark philosophy new video every week. It doesn't get lighter. ⚡ JOIN Some videos don't get posted here. They're behind the Join button. Nothing softened, nothing trimmed for the algorithm. 💭 When life hurts you is that bad luck, or the sentence? One word below. I read every comment. 📚 The Buddha, SN 56.11 · Seneca, On Anger & To Marcia · Marcus Aurelius, Meditations · Epictetus, Enchiridion · Pascal, Pensées · Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation & On the Sufferings of the World Kierkegaard, Either/Or & The Sickness Unto Death · Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground & Crime and Punishment · Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy, Beyond Good and Evil & The Gay Science · Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning · Spinoza, Ethics · Leopardi ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ©️ All footage and music used under license or public domain. Original script and narration © Eternal Rift. Into the Void. Between What Is…and What Could Be. why every great philosopher saw life as suffering,is life suffering,life is suffering philosophy,suffering is the point,schopenhauer pendulum pain and boredom,pascal men in chains condemned to death,camus myth of sisyphus,one must imagine sisyphus happy,nietzsche amor fati,nietzsche eternal recurrence demon,buddha first noble truth,seneca the whole of life calls for tears,dostoevsky mock execution,viktor frankl,dark philosophy,philosophical pessimism,eternal rift #philosophy #schopenhauer #nietzsche #darkphilosophy #camus #stoicism #pascal #existentialism #buddhism #eternalrift #suffering #pain #life