00:30Yeah, I think internet connection is a little shaky today here, so I got stopped, but we're back on track.
00:39Okay, good.
00:42Okay.
00:44But previous episode did not get lost, okay, so.
00:50Yeah, it got converted to mp4 video file.
00:54Good, good, good, okay.
00:58Yeah, let's continue with existentialism discussion, okay.
01:02Okay, cheers.
01:04Welcome back.
01:08So existentialism, okay, human condition part and absurdism part, okay.
01:17But absurdism part, it has very related with literature, like novel, and also acting, like theater, stage play, okay.
01:27Yeah, so absurdist branch of existentialism, they're also writers, not just philosophers, but they're also novelists, screenplay writers, playwrights, okay.
01:45Human condition parts or existentialism, yeah, they're philosophers also, but they tend to write essays, like Kierkegaard, for example, okay.
01:57Human condition parts or existentialism, yeah, they're philosophers also, but they tend to write essays, like Kierkegaard, for example, okay.
02:09And in Wikipedia, some commentators, about Mr. Franz Kafka, yeah, so I was not the only one who has connection between Franz Kafka and existentialism, okay.
02:27Yeah, some other commentators noticed that too.
02:31Good.
02:35Human condition, okay.
02:36Yeah.
02:38Some absurdism too, okay.
02:39Yeah.
02:41Okay.
02:46So, the question I kind of asked a little bit yesterday, but let me, let us explore this concept further, okay.
02:56Mr. Franz Kafka, okay, he's famous, but he passed away too young, 42, 43 years old, because he didn't do exercise, he worked too much, okay.
03:10He worked too hard, he played too hard, no time to rest, no time for exercise, okay.
03:14I think that's why he was unhealthy and passed away from some diseases, okay.
03:20And also, he did suffer from anti-Semitism in Europe, early 1900s, which is bad, okay.
03:34Yeah, so I'm sorry that he suffered anti-Semitism as a European Jewish person.
03:42And also, I'm sorry that he passed away at such a young age, at the age of 42, 43, because he worked too hard, played too hard, no time to rest, no time to exercise.
03:55So, in human health school, we emphasize, yeah, balancing act, work, play, rest, study, rest, good food, exercise, martial arts, dancing, singing.
04:14Okay, okay, yeah, learn to spend time alone, good relaxation, okay, so.
04:28So, but, Mr. Franz Kafka, perhaps some sympathy factor played in, in his post-humans fight.
04:47Maybe, maybe not, I don't know, I'm just speculating, making some educated guess here, okay.
04:53Like, Mr. Franz Kafka passing away at a young age, some sympathy factor there.
05:03Also, Mr. Franz Kafka undergoing anti-Semitism in early 1900s AD in Europe.
05:12So, some sympathy factor there too.
05:15There could be, in his post-humans fight.
05:20I'm wondering, so, two sympathy factors.
05:25He suffering from anti-Semitism, and he suffering from early death.
05:31Okay, two sympathy factors.
05:34How much of these two sympathy factors contributed to Mr. Franz Kafka's post-humans fight?
05:43And how much of Mr. Franz Kafka's post-humans fame is purely based on the literary value of his works?
06:03That's what I'm trying to examine, objectively.
06:08Okay?
06:10Hypothetically, in alternative universe, let's assume that Mr. Franz Kafka was not a Jewish person.
06:25Maybe a non-Jewish person.
06:28Maybe some Caucasian European in alternative universe.
06:32Okay?
06:33And hypothetically, let's assume that Mr. Franz Kafka lived a very long life.
06:40Maybe at the age of 42 or 43.
06:44Perhaps in this hypothetical alternative universe, let's say Mr. Franz Kafka stopped writing novels, essays.
06:54And just focusing on his career development as an insurance registrar.
07:00Maybe he become a director of that division.
07:03Even CEO of that insurance company.
07:07So, he's happy.
07:09Maybe he get married, have children.
07:12But he stopped writing at the age of 42, 43.
07:15But he lived a long life.
07:18Toward his 80s, 90s, even.
07:22As a Caucasian European person.
07:28In that alternative universe, hypothetical scenario.
07:33So, now we removed, in that scenario, the two sympathy factors.
07:43So, he didn't go through, in that alternative universe.
07:47He did not go through anti-Semitism.
07:50Because he's Caucasian European.
07:51Okay?
07:52And second, he lived a very long life.
07:55Although he stopped writing at the age of 42, 43.
07:58But he lived a long, happy life.
08:02As a CEO of some insurance company in Europe.
08:07Now, in that alternative scenario.
08:09Two sympathy factors removed.
08:15In that alternative universe.
08:19Would Mr. Franz Kafka's literary works.
08:25Would it still be as famous as it is today in this real universe?
08:32Okay, I think that's a fair question to ask.
08:38Another question to ask.
08:39To objectively evaluate Mr. Franz Kafka's literary works.
08:50His novels.
08:51His essays.
08:53His correspondences like letters to his friends' families.
08:57His literary works.
08:58His literary works.
08:59His literary works.
09:00In that alternative universe.
09:01In that alternative universe.
09:02His sympathy factors removed.
09:03Would Mr. Franz Kafka, would he still be as famous as today in this real universe?
09:04With potential two sympathy factors included.
09:05With potential two sympathy factors included.
09:06Okay.
09:07Okay.
09:08I think it's a fair question.
09:09Okay.
09:10I think it's a fair question.
09:11Okay.
09:12I am not enticing.
09:19No.
09:20I am not enticing.
09:21No.
09:22I am not enticing.
09:23So.
09:25Yes, I am enticing.
09:26with potential two sympathy factors included.
09:35Okay? I think it's a fair question to ask.
09:39Now I'm not an anti-Semitism. No, I'm not.
09:42I love everybody. I love Jewish people, Arab people, Muslims, Christians.
09:48I love everybody.
09:51I'm just asking an objective question as a humanologist.
09:55It's Mr. Francis Kafka's literary work, his novels, essays,
10:05just from literary point of view.
10:10How valuable, how worthwhile are his works
10:18besides Sympathic Factor,
10:21besides his interesting biography,
10:26just looking at face value, his books that he wrote.
10:31Does, do his works in literature by themselves deserve such historic and international fame?
10:46Yes, that's the question I'm asking.
10:52Answers? I guess depend on individuals.
10:57Because different people like different kind of novels.
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