No matter what degree I'm in the middle of working toward achieving. I "always" find myself referring back to one of your philosophy videos & quoting your interpretation of understanding from a particular context. I've never excelled in philosophy; my majors are the opposite of that field. However, you are the only person I've ever listened to for hours on end of lectures, and I did so in my own time because of the format of how you taught. Your enthusiastic, ostentatious way of teaching allows your listeners never to forget and become captivated by the works. The brilliant artists, ancient philosophers & theologies you teach about are done so in a way that "everyone" can comprehend and become enlightened. No one on any platform can explain the most complex philosophical discussions the way you do. You teach courses that most students have to take & usually fall asleep to, but within minutes, captivate the entire class with intrigue. I've had to re-watch several of your videos because I always remember certain things you say in some, and I use them in all the sciences, law school,& different psychological studies. None of these are philosophy, but because of you, all of them can be used to reference philosophy and historical data with human comprehension of fundamental understanding.
I love your work & thank you for what you do. Let's weight the scale with one more consideration. Humans eat animals. Meat & fats are vital to the human body... we are evolved as a meat eating animal. A vegan diet lacks certain vitamins, found only in animals. There's the physiology part, so as not to have only the shallow pleasure as the only reason to eat animals. See the work of Dr Temple Grandin, for her innovations in animal agriculture & Vandana Shiva for a wholistic view of our ecosystem. After all, the ecosystem preexists our preferences & we are part of it, therefore I suggest that we should cultivate, morally, in accordance with nature.
