Why are you alive? - Key Existential ideas

Use key concepts and practices from Existential Philosophy to turn your life into a work of art

4.55 (842 reviews)
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Personal Transformation
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2.5 hours
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May 2020
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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

Description

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

Content

How to live

How to live
How to live - text

Fear and Laziness

Fear and Laziness
Friedrich Nietzsche - life and work
Fear and laziness - exercise

The eternal return

The eternal return
The eternal return - Nietzsche's text
The eternal return - exercise

Abundance

Abundance
Georges Bataille - Life and work
Abundance - text
Abundance - exercise

Meaning and the Absurd

Meaning and the Absurd
Albert Camus - Life and work
Meaning and the Absurd - text
Meaning and the Absurd - exercise

Radical freedom

Radical freedom
Jean-Paul Sartre - Life and work
Radical freedom - text
Radical freedom - exercise

Freedom as practice

Freedom as practice
Freedom as practice - text
Freedom as practice - exercise

Community

Community
Community - text
Community - exercise

Projects

Projects
Projects - text
Projects - exercise

Life as a work of art

Life as a work of art
Michel Foucault - Life and work
Michel Foucault - Power/Knowledge
Michel Foucault - The care of the Self
Life as a work of art - exercise

Love and Beauty

Love and Beauty
Love and Beauty - text
Love and Beauty - exercise

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Reviews

Yvette
April 27, 2022
Excellent, very impressed with this course. Wonderful, engaging tutor, interesting and thought inspiring content. Extremely helpful in life and highly recommended. Thank you Karim,
Michael
March 25, 2022
Having just finished this course I immediately want to watch it again - I learnt so much and it has given me so much to think about. Highly recommended.
Brian
August 23, 2021
Clear, concise, approachable, insightful and inspiring, this course presents the key questions, introspective postures, and resources every thinker must contemplate on the path to self-actualization, or at least to a life full of meaning. Un beja, brother.
Dr
August 4, 2021
The content is clear and concise yet it brings food for thought, helping you to reflect on your life and it’s meaning through philosophical theory. The lecturer is engaging and presents every topic in a modernised manner, making it relevant to current times.
Livia
April 30, 2021
This material couldn't have come at a better time. I've been stuck at a crossroads for a while now, having trouble deciding where my life will go from here. I've learned that not only am I not in control of my own life, but that I also didn't know how I could create the life that I want for myself. The exercises helped answer questions I didn't realize were important for personal growth. Also I want to read the works of the philosophers mentioned in the course to continue my journey. This course was not only enticing, but also thought provoking. To think I signed up for it based on the red and blue pill. Thank you for making this!
Alexandra
March 9, 2021
Amazing messages and insightful course content, the only thing I wish there was more of would be participation/assignments but the videos are still really great and get you thinking a lot! Loving this course!!
Samuel
February 1, 2021
The thought process to get to a life of authenticity is brilliant. I can only wish i finally get to understand Questions of philosophy and life and how to apply it to live a better today.
Sharon
March 17, 2019
The course offers a very beautifully structured explanation of the evolution, practice of a life of meaning. The accompanying exercises match the course helping really embed the lessons.
Marc
March 16, 2019
The course have a good structure and leads to some form of self-empowerment which is important today in a time everybody seems to be distracted .
Bogdan
March 8, 2019
It's not a practical course but I think we all need more philosophy in our life to understand life. A lot of the concepts presented here are already present everywhere now but it was interesting to find out where and how they formed. The presentation is clear and concise, straight to the point and the exercises while simple, they are also insightful.
David
March 5, 2019
I love this material but after nearly 65 years of fear and laziness, I see little hope of climbing out of my hole.
Cor
March 2, 2019
Very clear and I like the philosophical approach. Much better than the so-called psychological or neuroscientific "explanations" of behavior and the meaning of life. Nietzsche is KING.
Sherri
January 31, 2019
Great tips thanks! I like the idea of creating smaller focussed courses. I also loved the ideas you gave about creating a back end and facebook groups. all the video tips were valuable too! Looking forward to releasing my first course,
Sean
January 14, 2019
This course has been for me a vital piece of the puzzle of life. I can totally relate to and consider the philosophy outlined in this course to change my life into the way I want it to be.
Marco
January 11, 2019
Great course, thanks Karim for your enlightening explanations. Made me question things and look deeper inside myself. Very very useful!!

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