Nicolas Gomez Davila: Nietzsche from the Andes

Wow, thanks for covering a fellow Colombian philosopher

Thanks for unearthing a forgotten philosopher, How envied life he has spent!

Loved the video but Omg you botched his name lol

It doesn't matter that it doesn't matter

I would basically do what I already do. Read study learn new things everyday plan things I never accomplish spend way too much time on social media and trying to enjoy every day to the most

I found out who I was in a previous life

“It is much easier to support the whip when you’re not the one getting the lashes”
“When the wolves are strong we have a problem, when the sheep are strong we have a solution”

Fiction readers are the fish that know they're wet.

My GREAT grandfather! WOW

Error. He READ all his books, ya dirty influencer!

You're mispronouncing his last name

Make sure there are no potholes in your road of good intentions.

Honestly Don Nicolas belonged more in literature then philosophy but then again he did say that philosophy is a genre of literature

To analyze so succinctly the words of an aphorism is just more postmodern mixup that detracts from a true analogy. We glean from an aphorism its intended meaning, even involving our intuitive sense at times, just as we do in any context of language used as the context makes for what’s being conveyed discernible. In your example: “The road to Hell is paved with good intentions,” there’s no need to contrast Hell with Heaven, as it’s simple to glean from the aphorism that many of times people think they ‘re accomplishing something truly beneficial when in fact unbeknownst to them they’re actually doing harm. Their thinking of doing something beneficial doesn’t necessarily mean Heavenly good, but the harm they’re actually doing is severe enough that Hell(known to be the worst of the worst)is used for expressive purposes. Forget Derrida and go back to Wittgenstein’s “Ordinary Language Speech” for perspective. If Derrida would’ve presented his idea as: “Why do we understand each other so well using language which is so slippery, multi-versatile,” and all the other descriptors he used, he would’ve made a profound philosophical point indeed. But by claiming due to such we don’t really understand or concretely decipher intent and meaning, he made a gross error, as our resulting behavior and coordinated outcomes prove. And this is to say nothing of how vague language even can inspire common sentiments, moods, etc, the same as experienced by the author.

Who would have thought 💭

hey, i think you may like Macedonio Fernández it’s an argentinian philosopher that inspired and teach Jorge Luis Borges. Macedonio gets into metafísica, and shares his knowledge with William James through cards. Great content !!

Very Happy to hear you talk about a colombian thinker. Bogota people are very poetic but carry a lot of philosophy in their words.

Thanks for sharing, I did not know about him. By the way, the stress and rhythm for Dávila is: DA-vi-la

I wish more wealthy and privilege men would just dedicate themselves to study or hobbies instead of hording more wealth making us all suffer. People like Gomez Davila are unicorns

Cool video! Not too many people talk about NGD.

Also, re: the word "reactionary," its a word coined during the French Revolution to refer to those opposed to the revolution. Since then, revolutionary dictatorships (mostly communist ones but also some fascist ones) used it for anyone opposed to them. By calling himself a reactionary, NGD is basically saying that he rejects modern politics and what it represents.