The melancholy of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQujDygN-jE - 7:16
https://ww1.gogoanimes.org/watch/the-melancholy-of-haruhi-suzumiya-dub-episode-5 - 6:45 to 9:45
At the time of year I taught my Analyzing Anime class, another one of the classes being taught
here is a philosophy class (Introduction to Philosophy). Since I have the saint name of Thomas
Aquinas as my monastic name, I'm asked to come to the class when the class talks about Thomas
Aquinas and his Five Proofs of the Existence of God. As another monk in my monastery has
mentioned to me before, these proofs are more like demonstrations, which is a better way to
understand them. Another good way to understand these proofs, or demonstrations, is to try to relate
them to something else that is considered to be God in some form of entertainment, like anime.
There are definitely some anime out there that talk a lot more about God, theology, and/or philosophy
than others (although I believe all anime talks about these ideas, and others, to an extent - why my
class is called Analyzing Anime). However, in terms of demonstrating the Five Proofs of the
Existence of God, the best example I've seen of this is with the character Haruhi Suzumiya in the
anime The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and is seen in the first video here that I also show to this
philosophy class (everything else the first video talks about before getting into these proofs is worth
seeing too, although I think the anime easy enough to understand without seeing it).
As for the melancholy part of this anime, which is seen in the title of it, I believe this can be seen
in the second video that I found of this anime (I've never actually seen this anime as of this writing,
but I like using the videos I happened to find of it - that also includes other anime I write about now).
The title of this second video alone is a question that can inspire melancholy, or a feeling of thought
provoking sadness that has no observable cause, which is a feeling Haruhi talks about when posing
this question to the character Kyon. The fact that Haruhi asks this question to Kyon, and all of us
really, adds to the idea of melancholy seen in this anime. The anime is called The Melancholy of
Haruhi Suzumiya, so it's the melancholy of the character Haruhi Suzumiya. Since Haruhi can be
seen as the first cause, or God, according to the five proofs, or demonstrations, of God's existence of
Thomas Aquinas (there is a lot more he wrote, but these five proofs are the main thing), it also makes
sense that she can inspire feelings of melancholy, even in herself, since none of us can understand
why these feelings happen, meaning knowing where they come from. We can know why they
happen, which Haruhi explains in this second video, but not what that really means. All we can do is
reflect on what inspires feelings of melancholy, which is what the character Haruhi does in this
anime, as well as represents. Understanding all of this also requires reflection.
https://ww1.gogoanimes.org/watch/the-melancholy-of-haruhi-suzumiya-dub-episode-5 - 6:45 to 9:45
At the time of year I taught my Analyzing Anime class, another one of the classes being taught
here is a philosophy class (Introduction to Philosophy). Since I have the saint name of Thomas
Aquinas as my monastic name, I'm asked to come to the class when the class talks about Thomas
Aquinas and his Five Proofs of the Existence of God. As another monk in my monastery has
mentioned to me before, these proofs are more like demonstrations, which is a better way to
understand them. Another good way to understand these proofs, or demonstrations, is to try to relate
them to something else that is considered to be God in some form of entertainment, like anime.
There are definitely some anime out there that talk a lot more about God, theology, and/or philosophy
than others (although I believe all anime talks about these ideas, and others, to an extent - why my
class is called Analyzing Anime). However, in terms of demonstrating the Five Proofs of the
Existence of God, the best example I've seen of this is with the character Haruhi Suzumiya in the
anime The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and is seen in the first video here that I also show to this
philosophy class (everything else the first video talks about before getting into these proofs is worth
seeing too, although I think the anime easy enough to understand without seeing it).
As for the melancholy part of this anime, which is seen in the title of it, I believe this can be seen
in the second video that I found of this anime (I've never actually seen this anime as of this writing,
but I like using the videos I happened to find of it - that also includes other anime I write about now).
The title of this second video alone is a question that can inspire melancholy, or a feeling of thought
provoking sadness that has no observable cause, which is a feeling Haruhi talks about when posing
this question to the character Kyon. The fact that Haruhi asks this question to Kyon, and all of us
really, adds to the idea of melancholy seen in this anime. The anime is called The Melancholy of
Haruhi Suzumiya, so it's the melancholy of the character Haruhi Suzumiya. Since Haruhi can be
seen as the first cause, or God, according to the five proofs, or demonstrations, of God's existence of
Thomas Aquinas (there is a lot more he wrote, but these five proofs are the main thing), it also makes
sense that she can inspire feelings of melancholy, even in herself, since none of us can understand
why these feelings happen, meaning knowing where they come from. We can know why they
happen, which Haruhi explains in this second video, but not what that really means. All we can do is
reflect on what inspires feelings of melancholy, which is what the character Haruhi does in this
anime, as well as represents. Understanding all of this also requires reflection.
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