I'm often envious of literature, history, and political science profs -- they get to teach so many of the texts I'd love to teach, but don't get to in Philosophy
This particular class -- my videos are from a number of different class sections -- has their off days and their on days. This was a particularly bad one. They're FAR from the worst students I've had in my career, though
It really is amazing how little interest 21st century Americans (and for the most part Western Europeans) has in Philosophical studies. In particular the classics. The rapid success of America in the 20th century will meet an equally fast (or actually much faster) decline largely because we as a society no longer philosophically minded. It takes some fairly broad understanding to really grasp what our forefathers meant by freedom, and the idea of a free man. Today people just think being 'free' means they can do anything they want. *sigh*
Thanks Gregory. At least one person as far afield as Australia loves and appreciates your lectures. They've proven invaluable for me and I'm sure many others. Keep up the great work.
Thanks Greg for another superb video. From your other videos you have read quite a bit of important Christian theologians, and I must ask, are you yourself a Christian?
+DualistofG4 I am, but not a particularly good one. Even if I wasn't though, one can't be a good historian of ideas without reading and appreciating a great many Christian thinkers
I know this is a bit late but thanks for uploading this. I need to write an essay on Confessions for an online world lit course and the material and the philosophy are very interesting but the book itself is quite a slog to me. Great lecture.
