Great Authors - Neo-Classical and Romantic Literature - Voltaire, Candide 

If you want philosophy all the Russian classics are a must

Dude I been the same but for 2yrs. His lecture on Wittgenstein changed my life

@@ultimasolucion6904 can you name some of the Russian classics

@@chand145 the authors such has Tolstoy and frydovesky are good the most popular ones in Russian literature.

THEY JUST NEVER GAVE ME A CHANCE. CANDY WAS NOT MENTALLY HEALTHY WHEN I GOT HER BACK. I SAVED HER LIFEV2;YEARS OG BABBYING HER

I second that good sir.

Same here, coming to this lecture straight after finishing the book :)

The last line of the novel reads to me as Candide dismissing Pangloss' philosophical ramble. Like a 'ok bro but stfu I wanna farm' Building off of what you said though, there are a handful of inaccuracies in this lecture. I'm not even a Candide expert or anything, I just read the book today, it's just that Dr Surgrue seems to be fumbling a few of the details. Ex he says Candide chooses Martin because he's the most wretched when Voltaire makes it clear Martin was chosen because his philosophical background gave him a slight edge over the other wretched candidates

Two cheers to this!

Could you elaborate? What does Surgrue have to do with Peterson? Do they have conflicting views? I’m just now discovering this channel.

Asking as a fan of Peterson

Xenaisthebusiness I just got home from a night of partying but I’ll give you my basic feelings now and explain further tomorrow when my mind is entirely present. Sugrue differs from Peterson in multiple ways but the most important distinction is his practice of providing good faith interpretations of the philosophers he is discussing. There are exceptions eg the Frankfurt school lecture which I honestly don’t consider worthwhile, but I don’t believe sugrue was ever maliciously straw manning one of his subjects as I do with Peterson. For example, sugrue has disdain for Michel Foucault as a man but gives him the respect he deserves as a great philosopher and examines some of his most profound thoughts and ideas rather than what Peterson does which is accuse Foucault of being a Marxist, which he was definitely not (this argument is a logical fallacy called, A red Herring. as if that constitutes a real argument against foucaults work). In short Peterson is a compelling speaker but at base is a weak minded reactionary self help guru whereas Sugrue for whatever flaws he may occasionally have is a very insightful and skilled lecturer who takes his subjects seriously and treats them with the consideration and respect they deserve. If you are genuinely interested in the great traditions and history of western philosophy, I would recommend dropping Peterson and.watching Prof. Sugue and Rick Roderick’s lectures. They are all on RU-vid and are much more worthwhile than any clip of Peterson.

@@gravenewworld6521 I am enjoying Sugrue so far. Peterson I hadn’t noticed the strawman. I will look into the example you have but he seemed fair in his debates with Zizek. I will say that I can’t recall any philosophy from Peterson after watching countless of his videos, but its mostly his Bible lecture series I find to be very good. I don’t much care for his diet or self help content. Really Disney and the Old Testament are all I watch Peterson for.

I just read Candide with my book club. I loved it! Graphic!

Plutonian

It has also been said to find God, look within. If dark & evil, maybe it's all of us? Changing individually.

Not pointing fingers at political parties. Maybe they both are just a reflection of us. A mirror. Just a thought.

Now, I'm shutting up & listening to A Master. RIP. Your work will live on. Thank you!

The swallowing drives me crazy, I feel like I'm in his throat :(

ok, sperg

Glad to see you’re focused on the important stuff.

and just like that you became more cringe than every swallowing sound combined