Congratulations on creating and posting an exhilarating 40 minutes of a teacher-student exploration of Augustinian thought. Augustine and Plato would be proud of you. Well done.
He's the real deal. These lectures are not pretentious, not shortened, not dumbed down, just good ole fashioned lectures. Most importantly, they aren't slanted. It's stuff like this that the Internet was created for.
There should be more teachers like you Doc' G. !! A very close friend {& musician / colleague of more than 30 yrs.} of mine is also a very intelligent pedagogue ... & we're in constant dialogue about the many problems [curriculum , methods , etc.] that plague the public school systems . We have also been studying Charlotte Isybert's {dumbing down of America} book which plays a huge role ... So , I applaud you Dr. Sadler !! Thank you - Peace / LOVE
I mean it. It's really good of you. There's so much material on the net, some good, some bad but it's really good of you to consistently put up high quality comprehensive lectures on a consistent basis like this. Philosophically speaking, your channel is, IMHO, the equivalent of the Khan Academy. I recently watched two lectures series from Yale and found yours to be of much higher quality in terms of academic standards. When I have more time,I plan on creating my own syllabus on your lectures.
Thanks again -- I guess the deciding matter must be precisely what you're bringing up: consistent quality. It's nice to be likened to the Khan Academy, which I believe he started out originally to help out his nephew with math classes. I can say that where we're similar is that the vids were originally for my students, and then viewers started requesting certain vids as well. If you would, send the syllabus my way when you've got it -- I'd like to see it
Professor, St. Augustine is quoting Isaiah 7:9. But if you look up Isaiah 7:9, it will not say "Unless you believe, you will not understand." This is because he is quoting from the Old Latin Text, before St. Jerome translated it into the Vulgate. Thank you for the great lecture
It might -- if they go looking for it! (which in our society is all too rare, isn't it?) I don't see haughtiness in pointing that out. Interestingly, this is one of those passages that ends up playing a major role throughout the history of Christian philosophy
Your videos are super helpful. I pipe them through my car speakers on the way home from work. Some of this stuff is hard to grasp, so I have to spend a lot of time on it.
That's very nice to read. I'm glad you find them helpful. You're right -- some of this is hard to grasp, much of it by its own nature and complexity, perhaps some because of the way I present it
It is certainly not you; you are able to break it down. I cannot comprehend some of the reading that I am required to do for class. Especially in the case of translated work, I really tend to get lost. Thanks again.
This is very cool! Very informing too. I think in general it would be rather good to connect Augustine's philosophy to other major religions (Islam, Judaism, etc) to give a whole perspective on his teaching. I mean the major God in those religion's are basically the same in definition. Thus i believe to a certain degree to end some sort of prejudice (to certain customs/ religion bias/ extremist/ etc) or at least have respect to say "I believe in (------) and i don't mind if you differ in it. Its my belief therefore only my understanding". Though Plato and or Augustine would suggest this is merely an opinion. -Referring to Isaiah quote-
Glad you found the video informative. Sounds like a good project for you to work on. I expect you'll learn a lot of interesting matters about Augustine's thought in the process of digging through his texts
Well. . . not really. Augustine didn't actually read Plato. He's reading neo-Platonists, who are in some respects advancing beyond Plato. And, there's really not much "simple" about Augustine's thought, once you start really digging into it. Augustine is actually adding yet more to the neo-Platonism he is using
Okay, it will probably be a while but basically I'm just going to create a checklist for myself with a corresponding reading list, put it in a somewhat gradient order and later lumping things into categories that interest me. I did that with the Khan Academy and made it from 1+1 all the way to Quadratics and most of the economics and banking videos in about a year and a half. Not sure how long it will take me to go through your stuff since I'll have to find affordable books that aren't online.
Something that came to my mind while listening was the topic of objective and subjective morality. When you asked is it still wrong if both parties deem a particular action (swingers) ok, i thought, well what makes those actions wrong if both parties are ok with it. Is it a standard? A law?
I didn't want to appear haughty, but I couldn't find any reference to that in any responses. Therefore, I thought that bit of insight might shed a little light for others.
Unfortunate to read -- you'll need to take that up with RU-vid, though. They generate them automatically. I haven't got the time or resources to go through them all myself
