Is life meaningless? And other absurd questions - Nina Medvinskaya

TED-Ed

Publisher: Youtube

Published: Sep 20, 2020

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language:en;Dive into Albert Camus’ philosophy of the absurd;and explore the question: if the world is meaningless;could our lives still hold value? -- Albert Camus grew up surrounded by violence. His homeland of Algeria was mired in conflict. He lost his father in World War I. Seeing World War II's devastation;Camus grew despondent. What was the meaning behind all this endless bloodshed and suffering? And if the world was meaningless;could our individual lives still hold value? Nina Medvinskaya explores Camus’ philosophy of the absurd. Lesson by Nina Medvinskaya;directed by Avi Ofer. Animator's website: https://aviofer.com/ Sign up for our newsletter: http://bit.ly/TEDEdNewsletter Support us on Patreon: http://bit.ly/TEDEdPatreon Follow us on Facebook: http://bit.ly/TEDEdFacebook Find us on Twitter: http://bit.ly/TEDEdTwitter Peep us on Instagram: http://bit.ly/TEDEdInstagram View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/is-life-meaningless-and-other-absurd-questions-nina-medvinskaya Thank you so much to our patrons for your support! Without you this video would not be possible! Carlos H. Costa;Eimann P. Evarola;Aleksandr Lyozin;Mohamed Elsayed;Alan Wilder;Marcus Appelbaum;Francisco Leos;Kevin O'Leary;Les Howard;Ten Cha;Mehmet Yusuf Ertekin;Arlene Weston;phkphk123321;Jennifer Kurkoski;Ryan B Harvey;Austin Randall;Abhishek Bansal;Jayant Sahewal;Dian Atamyanov;igor romanenko;Jose Arcadio Valdes Franco;Brandy Sarver;Guy Hardy;Tu-Anh Nguyen;Karl Laius;Madee Lo;JY Kang;Marc Bou Zeid;Abhishek Goel;Charles A Hershberger;Coenraad Keuning;Robert Seik;Heidi Stolt;Alexis Hevia;Todd Gross;Brady Jones;Christina Salvatore;Zhong Ming Zenny Tan;Karisa Caudill;Bruno Pinho;Derek Drescher;Mihail Radu Pantilimon;Amin Shahril;Barthélémy Michalon;Chumi Ogbonna;Karlee Finch;Mohammad Said;jj5252 and Kelvin Lam.;Education;camus;albert camus;philosophy;absurdism;absurdity;meaning of life;meaninglessness of life;existentialism;the stranger;the rebel;cycle of the absurd;violence;TB;blank slate;futility;philosophy of the absurd;meursault;sisyphus;suicide;freedom;cycle of revolt;the first man;cycle of love;senseless world;history;education;animation;nina medvinskaya;avi ofer;TED;TED-Ed;TED Ed;Teded;Ted Education