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  1. This video is an absolute masterpiece.
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  2. Another phenomenal video. Thank you 🙏
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  3. It's very refreshing to take a break from culture war trash and current politics. 👍
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  4. Shoutout to the artist Beini Huang who made this animation
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  5. Fantastic video! Keep up the amazing work.
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  6. This. Is. The. Work. I am so encouraged and moved and terribly challenged by your videos. Thank you and please keep doing it! But man, we need help... I felt like I knew all “this stuff” pretty well. Then I encountered myself in a controlled psychedelic experience and *jeeeeeeesus*, man — the shadow is *real*. And it’s holy and horrible and... terribly challenging as I said above. I just.... It’s such challenging, brave work to confront this part of one’s self. And we need help learning how to engage these ideas experientially. But I want to say, if it weren’t for exposure to Jung and other mystic-ish Doaist-ish conversations, I wouldn’t have fared half as well as I did when I confronted this side of me. It was in large part your videos that provide my encounter with Jung, who, in turn, provides my encounter with a kind of intelligent mythopoetic mysticism, which in turn provides all my connection to the goddam universe! So, yea, thanks for the videos. They really mattered to me.
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  7. I was thinking of writing the comment from a long time. To Whoever is the creator of this content- Nietzsche would be proud of you for the kind of work you are doing through these videos. Not only him, but a lot of great thinkers would be proud of you. You have helped me, and I'm sure you have helped a thousand others. I'm from India- a country which itself has a great ancient tradition of intellectual thought as it is the birthplace of Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism, and the home of Sufi Islam. However, we went into a rot a couple of hundred years ago- a total and absolute rot! we have not produced anything original or significant since at least 500 years. Indian society needs a big shock or destruction in order to start afresh without being weighed down by its own ancient traditions.This video just reminded me of it. Societies need shocks and suffering to truly flourish. Anyways, I will surely support you through Patreon. If you ever visit India, just let me know - you have a host.
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  8. Mate, I cannot tell you how much your work is helping me with my study, your work continues to inspire me. Thank you
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  9. As always, amazing video.
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  10. The fact that Academy of Ideas has almost a million subscribers is enough to convince me to roll this stone up the hill a while longer. Who's with me?
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  11. "I have found strength where one does not look for it: in simple, mild, and pleasant people, without the least desire to rule—and, conversely, the desire to rule has often appeared to me a sign of inward weakness: they fear their own slave soul and shroud it in a royal cloak (in the end, they still become the slaves of their followers, their fame, etc.) Friedrich Nietzsche (Unpublished Notes, Fall 1880)
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  12. Well, I'm from Venezuela, a country that has a totalitarian goverment. Sometimes I feel pessimistic about my future, is difficult to know that every day things gets worse: food is more expensive, insecurity is rising, colleges are not working, etc. But I realized that doing nothing is not going to make things better, so I decided to move on and try to make some good, to make things a little better for me, my family and my country. I got two jobs, im about to join an university, and im self-learning english, all of these to someday being able to have a better life, and help other people in the same situation. For now I just have to say that a love this channel, it's a great content, keep going!
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  13. Academy of Ideas - who's composing the majority of these essays? How small/large is your team? I give what I presume is entirely too much adoration to the narrator. So many of your videos are...so good. Your videos are like my Intellectual Church. Thanks. Truly.
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  14. I've been watching since the very first video and only just now noticed you're on 650.000 subscribers. You've grown so much wow.
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  15. Because of your very carefully crafted and well thought out videos, i've returned to my study and love of philosophy. It is so very interesting how ALL things so neatly tie together from the birds' eye view of 50. Cheers brother! You're most excellent work doesn't't goith unnoticed! As I clean my home & wash my dishes, your words methodically flutter, dance & fill my abode. ;-)
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  16. To become the god of your being or to feed with the worms, these are the two paths in front of you. To show your true self along with unlocking your full potential, or to conform into that of which is comforting. Learn to be and let be, follow your true passion and it will lead you to true meaning. The road may be dark and difficult to navigate but, allow it to consume you. Upon arriving at your destination you will find fulfillment beyond imagination.
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  17. I used to be crippled by depression and anxiety until I found my calling making Old School RuneScape videos. I had the idea when I was younger but never thought it could be a career, so I went to college and got a degree. But as I got older my anxiety and depression grew more and more. I’ve been making videos for half a year now and I have never felt better. The first step is be honest with yourself about what you enjoy. That’s it. Don’t think about how much money it can make you. Chances are you will eventually make more than your current job if you pursue it long enough.
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  18. I watch one Academy of Ideas video per day and pause throughout it to write down the highlights that ressonate with me. Academy of Ideas came to me at a time when I was very depressed, having identity anxiety, and going through therapy that was not helping (EFT, or emotions focused therapy, which states that loving relationships are the crux of mental health). While of course relationships are important and crucial to mental health, it was not what I need at this time. Academy of Idea's focus on personal growth, leading a self-directed life, and being the shaper of one's identity has been the pivotal material that's lifted me above feelings of directionlessness. Thank you, thank you, thank you so much for these videos.
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  19. Hello, Everyone. I would like to inform everyone that they try and get membership. It is exponentially worth the money. I guarantee it. The membership content is absolutely incredible.
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  20. This is phenomenal! I completely love this channel's content! The Members' videos are splendid as well! Thank you so much AoI!
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  21. I'm happy I found this channel. The concepts you lecture about will contribute to the disillusionment of many. I'm not there yet, but I'm learning. I like the variety of sources you use. Very thorough
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  22. great animations!! love it
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  23. To the owner of this channel, i cannot thank you enough for your videos. The amount of work you put in it shows through the high quality content, rarely equaled on Youtube. Your videos accompany me and many others during our journey into self-improvement and have helped a lot. Kuddos and please, keep up with your own pursuit of excellence !
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  24. I just became a member on academy of ideas after all these years. It was very fairly priced and I couldn’t be happier with my decision
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  25. Best overall channel content ever...anywhere.
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  26. This animation is beautiful. Congrats to Beini Huang for a great contribution to an already brilliant content channel
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  27. I'm a grade A bibliophile. Working on building our private library. This is one of the very few channels on YouTube I enjoy anymore.
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  28. thank you so much for your premium content, AOI. because of your dedication, you've inspired me to learn everything about video editing. it was this channel i had in mind when i published my first video about a month ago. i hope my channel ("Beyond Formidable") can be only half as good as yours some day. thank you again for your wisdom and dedication.
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  29. After seeing a couple of your videos, I clicked on the like button even before starting this one. I paused this video, went to the kitchen to grab some tea, came back, got comfy and now I play it like it were a 10/10 show. You make brilliant videos. Thank you for them!
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  30. You're the BEST, Academy of Ideas. Thank you for being one of the only voices of sanity since 2020. Gonna join as a proper member.
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  31. Von Mises stated that: If one rejects laissez-faire on account of man’s fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action. In a free enterprise system the fundamental egoism underlying the human nature works as a tool to provide one’s fellow creatures with opportunities, so they too can climb out of poverty or just further themselves up the economic ladder. A society moving towards socialism ends up with corruption. Socialism inevitably debouch into nepotism or cronyism through rhetoric promoting egalitarianism. The nobel prize winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn said ”Human beings are born with different capacities, if they are free, they are not equal. If they are equal, they are not free.” I still think H.L Mencken said it best ”The fact is that liberty, in any true sense, is a concept that lies quite beyond the reach of the inferior man’s mind. And no wonder, for genuine liberty demands of its votaries a quality he lacks completely, and that is courage. The man who loves it must be willing to fight for it; Blood, said Jefferson, is its natural manure. Liberty means self-reliance, it means resolution, it means the capacity for doing without... the average man doesn’t want to be free. He wants to be safe.” When people are scared of failure they look for options- like parasites the idea of living off of someone else’s labour without the consequences of ever having tried. These cycles of going from liberty to tyranny and back again seem to me inevitable. After a generation or two of prosperity on behalf of liberty the new generations forget the value of freedom, what it cost the previous generations and after selling themselves to the authoritarian rule a new generation has to fight for a new era of liberty. Just to be sold out again.
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  32. I love you man. I'm broke now so I can't support the channel but thank you.. for helping me change/ improve my life
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  33. Yasuke in the thumbnail!
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  34. There is a false saying: “How can someone who can’t save himself save others?” Supposing I have the key to your chains, why should your lock and my lock be the same?
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  35. Your channel is gold, your site is even better, been here since 80k subs, still loving.
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  36. I love your channel!
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  37. As much as I love Nietzsche, I have to disagree with him on this one. Just because something cannot be directly perceived does not make it unreal. Sounds like he was actually using the defense mechanism of intellectualization to deal with his own feelings of suffering, to make his own life feel meaningful. To make such a bold claim about knowledge that is unknown and cannot be known until after death is unwise in my opinion. I always lose a little bit of respect when philosophers degrade metaphysics, mysticism, spirituality, religion, or other forms of “otherworldly” knowledge, as it is not something that can be discussed with the same rationale that we do all other things. Rationale itself should provide one with that insight. Yet I find many philosophers to be atheistic, scoffing intellectuals. I really enjoy Jordan Peterson’s work, as he incorporates metaphysical experience into his rational thinking. He is very well rounded in that way. The power of spiritual experience is more than just a psychological wish. It is a real phenomenon. Perhaps realer than anything. It is a glimpse into the infinite. It is not easily debunked. It cannot be. In my opinion, the idea that spiritual experiences are in fact spiritual experiences is parsimonious. I don’t believe it needs further explanation. To try and explain it away as a wish is more complicated than it needs to be. It’s too intellectual. It’s un-simple.
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  38. This is very pertinent with what's going on now, millions upon millions of brainwashed sheep being led by their psychotic masters.
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  39. My friend, thank you for making these videos. I hope you never stop sharing your wisdom and the wisdom of our forebearers. In the end, you will have played a vital part in the de-radicalization of thousands of people. I know it’s hard to see so in this isolated world, but i have no doubt, you have saved peoples lives. You have saved peoples souls.
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  40. That last bit is so true. I've always been an avid reader, not caring for the technological trends my peers always liked to latch onto. I don't have a Facebook page, an Instagram, a Twitter, a Vine, or any other insipid tech-fad. What allure does the act of browsing endless kissy-face selfies or mind-numbing, idiotic Tweets hold when I could engage myself rather with the musings of Shelley's outcast monster, or Dostoyevsky's self-loathing Underground Man? Each medium of art touches us in a different way. A great painting or piece of music can stir us deeply, but books have a way of sticking with us longer, the words on the page echoing within us, however faintly.
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  41. I've been a supporting member for a couple years now, and was thinking of cancelling due to my budget (not because of you!), but this video changed my mind. This channel continues to be such a needed and refreshing change from the toxic narratives lobbed at me every day. I appreciate the work you do to bring wholesome, challenging, and educated reminders to a platform full of shallowness. All my love!
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  42. My best friend led me to your videos over a year ago and I am a better version of myself because of it. Complex philosophical topics that are boiled down into 10 minute quickly absorbable videos are indispensable to me; as I am dyslexic. 1,000 'thank yous' for the beautiful artwork and absolutely no music in your videos.
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  43. For me, you guys are the brightest star on the internet and I appreciate what you contribute to the world. It's extremely rare that I find a cause that resonates so strongly with me that I simply have no alternative but to support it. As a result, you have just gained a lifetime member. Thanks for all of your effort.
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  44. 1:49 shout out Neil Young (my my hey hey)
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  45. You guys are shortchanging yourselves with that Lifetime membership price. Don't get me wrong, I love a great deal, but not at the expense of others (speaking as a business owner). The work you do is priceless, especially over a lifetime. Just keep that in mind, and thank you for your tireless work and contributions. 🙏🏽
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  46. I absolutely love the direction that you've found with your channel. Best of youtube man. The minute I can support you I will! Your videos are by far my favorite
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  47. I plan to support you soon :) I have finally finished all of your Youtube content
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  48. I don't even understand your argument, it's not coherent. In an individualistic society the individual is not a "god", they are the owner of themselves and free to do as they please so long as they do not harm others. If they do harm others, there is a judicial system to hand out punishments and/or compensation for whomever was harmed. Seriously, you just claimed individualism is unattainable, but you didn't provide any argument why. Just stating something is not an argument and it is not convincing to anyone who is capable of critical thinking.
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  49. You are doing an excellent work and deserve much more! By the way your membership videos are awesome...
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  50. Thank you so much. Your videos have improved my life. Gratitude from a small town boy in India.
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  51. Your amazing brother ☺️
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  52. Man, I really appreciate the work you do. Keep it up! All of your presentations are great quality, articulated wonderfully, concepts are pertinent and always enlightening. I watch these instead of television and pull the threads you expose, which lead to new important thoughts. (An excellent measure of what a good teacher you are) This video is one of my very favorites
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  53. I forgot my paetron password.. I'll get it. But, it still sends yall $30 a month. You are the reason I even have the account. I love your videos. I wholeheartedly thank you both. 🖤
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  54. Am a happy member! Paid for the lifetime. WORTH. EVERY. PENNY.
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  55. I love your content a lot. I'm pleased to buy this product. Keep the good work coming. Cheers!
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  56. Thank you for this valuable work. It makes it so much easier to share these ideas and everyone can tapp into this at her/his own pace 🙏🧡💛🧡
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  57. Maybe if there were better art today he would be able to use man-made art. But since the early 1900s creativity has plummeted. It would be hard to use art to discuss modern topics as creative artists have disappeared.
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  58. Very educational and enlightening, as usual. This is why I am a member!
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  59. Where can we find the images/paintings you use, in your videos? found it: https://academyofideas.com/2019/03/benefits-reading-great-books/! :D
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  60. Just found you a few months ago and I’m really enjoying your channel.
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  61. A perfect video for the trials of today. Definitely going to subscribe to your membership after this video! Thank you
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  62. Thanks to your Channel i started reading great books, be It Goethe, DostoiĂŠvski, Schopenhauer or Etienne de La Boetie, and to that i own you, whoever It is that is behind this yt Channel. Thanks to your vĂ­deos i've started to see, to really see and listen with the whole of my heart. Life IS something trully amazing, deserving of the most profound tought and i myself feel ashamed for being the only one i know that can see that. Thanks again
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  63. Became a member a few weeks ago, and love it.
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  64. Fantastic, thank you for the work you have put into this. The section on the Killing of the Father and the Struggle with the Dragon was particularly interesting. Keep up the great work. :)
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  65. This is the most important video you have created to date. It perfectly explains what is happening to society via social media - my own interpretation being that we have (unintentionally or not) been set up to kill each other. Each side sees the psychosis of the others but not their own. That very well may be the solution to avoiding total collapse- but I nor do I think anyone else has come close to solving that ticking issue yet. That being said, what you are doing here with this channel is one of the first steps toward finding that solution.This is the video that will make me become a supporting member after watching this channel for almost 5 years.
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  66. I whole heartedly thank you for researching, filtering & allowing us to gain access to such knowledge as it would be impossible for a common man to know & think these things.
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  67. I found an medium article that ripped off this video. Its exactly like how you presented in this video. They even used the specific words you used. Please like this so people would notice. https://medium.com/@tangbrandr/the-proven-way-to-fast-self-transformation-7222c51d6c5
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  68. I love my membership. Definitely recommend.
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  69. I'm now a member of the channel.
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  70. Hey! Your videos are one of the best things that happened in my life. I sometimes watch them multiple times. I wholeheartedly thank you for sharing your thoughts amd insights with all of us!
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  71. I have about 300 channel subscriptions. This channel is on my top 5.
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  72.  @academyofideas  thank you very much. Socrates as described by plato taught me how to debate, but Marcus whom I discovered from your channel, taught me to live
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  73. @Academy of Ideas Your channel has helped me improve myself and my life is getting better. Thank you for being a beacon for positive change.
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  74. I remember watching this channel at 5000 subs, you’ve come a long way man! Keep it up
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  75. I see you’re an N.C. Wyeth fan. Good choice.
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  76. I found this video about a year and a half ago and have since watched it 20+ times. Last week was my first week of working full- time at my dream job at a tattoo shop. Thank you for making this channel <3
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  77. Never give up. Fight the evils of our world. We are the beginnings of a new era. Remember that your power and ability to persevere is restricted only by our doubt and fear. When you realise that your potential is a thousand times bigger than you ever dreamed of. When you set aside your fear and fight for what's right. You become an unstoppable force that could take down the mighty Typhon or survive the chaos of Ragnarok against everything fate says, as fate is a path that we decide.
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  78. Mate, what phenomenal content. I stumbled upon you on Spotify (from the JP Maps Of Meaning Lecture Series, somehow) and I guess I've just found my new favourite short form content producer.  It makes me smile to see that you have 1.7M Subscribers.  1. Because you clearly earned it and deserve it. 2. Because it makes me feel a little less alone sifting through the immense difficulties of this weird and wonderful life.  Keep up the amazing work.
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  79. Thanks for making this series. I am watching with an ad blocker so here's a tip instead.
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  80. All-dus - dude, say the name properly if you're gonna do a video.
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  81. Members is definitely worth it. I held off doing it for a while but you get like 2 or 3 times more videos. Pretty good. Although I wish they had more courses like the Shadow.
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  82. Just threw in for a "Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog" shirt. The least I can do for yet another brilliant video. I have to say that I definitely feel like an anti-hero although I think this whole shutdown has lit a fire under the hero within.
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  83. J H read what the channel is about, "to convey in a clear manner ideas put forth by the greatest thinkers in history in order to supply the world with more wisdom, empower the individual, and to promote social freedom." Historically, the ideals of individual liberty and social freedom are a unique property of western civilization, which is predominantly Caucasian. I'm assuming that the creator is selecting art that best depicts the ideas being expressed. Naturally, artwork from western society will be portrayed in likeness to the people of that culture. I doubt that the creator's use of art is racially motivated and more about being historically accurate. Besides, to be racially diverse for the sake of diversity is incinguent to the ideas being expressed here.
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  84. First!!
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  85. What a wonderful channel. So proud to to be an Academy of Ideas subscriber!
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  86. This stuff on this Chanel has blown my mind. I’ve been going through recovery from alcoholism and unconsciousness. I’m in my second year and I never imagined that I would feel so awesome coming back to life. I used to have so many problems, I was stagnating, and I never thought I’d be able to solve any of them. I had 99 problems when I was drinking and when I stopped, 97 of them went away. I no longer take any psychiatric medication, am no longer depressed or suicidal, and feel like I’m as whole as I’ve ever been since a small boy when a lot of terrible things happened.
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  87. I recommend their paid membership. Best investment in myself.
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  88. Just became a member.
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  89. Thanks!
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  90. Dionysus is gonna be coming around to refresh the life in danger of dying again at this rate...
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  91.  @academyofideas  Hahaha! My bad...keep up the good work brother LMAO
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  92. you guyzz plz be a member if you find their videos helping you or worthwhile.. its really worth it and they deserve support... my problem is my subscription will end this august nd due to covid i'm jobless & will take few months for me to have the means to subscribe to membership again... can't miss their membership videos
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  93. Thanks!
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  94. “This video about the shadow is split into two parts” Naturally.
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  95. Not just profound , but crystal clear and having been on the receiving end , tied to a stake like the proverbial goat;. I know all too well what needs doing. If only each us could too. Great great video guys . There is hope yet.!!!
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  96.  @academyofideas  Oh yes, there you are. Great.
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  97. Nietzsche helped me more to adapt to actual human existence more than any other source including any and all forms of organized religion. The only ones to be of help for me aside from Nietzsche, were certain Hindu teachers, who seem to have knowledge high and beyond all other religions. Buddhism is waste of time. Maybe some people don't mind turning their backs on the world and living in denial of their human presence, but I myself found this cowardly. With Nietzsche, I learned how to embrace struggle, and to 'Be' Noble, Just, and to 'strive' for Virtue without expecting any reward such as a 'place in heaven'. I 'Will' an embrace to 'life' that is positive for its own sake, and I adore and appreciate [my] existence because, in and of itself, despite the struggle and suffering, it is a miracle, a spectacle, and a gift even in the worst of times.
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  98. Came across the website. Excellent also.
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  99. I'm a member and I cherish visiting the members side of Academy of Ideas. Also, I mention the Academy of Ideas to people all the time. Big Fan here.
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  100. One source calling out the anointed is JP Sears...
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