Ok !! First episode of the History of Poison is up and running!! Let me know what you think and please share on social media - share with that special someone who needs to have better insight on historical people and the poison they were associated with. In the mean time Happy Thanksgiving!! Cheers and all the best. The next video on Mithridates should be up soon!
Through the mists of time I hear Mithradates say.. *I am going to make myself immune to poisoning, a good survival strategy for a king, how could it possibly backfire?* Well... 😬😉
"Share with that special someone who needs to better insight on historical people and the poison they were associated with." The wording is just...*chef's kiss* lol
Amazing work , are you starting to cover Ancient Greece now ? I’d love it if you could talk about the rivalry between Athens and Sparta . Big fan of your channel
Hello again Sarah from Nottingham! Yes, I think people find my voice soothing. I've heard some people play my videos to fall asleep - not sure how to feel about that though
That was very good. I have to point out that what specially attracts me to your videos is the fact that you comment them with a light touch of humor which makes it much more enjoyable and easy to remember.
I heard somewhere else that socrates was given choice between poison and exile. He intentionally chose former. Not sure which version of story is correct.
One aspect that was lacking about Socrates philosophy is that he encouraged people to question themselves first, their own ideas, before questioning anyone else or "the society". Socrates saw ignorance as a dicease of the soul, and the root of all evil, so he teached self reflection first, before criticing society or other people, you should be criticing yourself, your own values, so that you can correct yourself and use what you have learned to help others. He was not executed because he "questioned the values of society", but because he exposed how the elite, the politicians and the intelectuals (the sophists) where actually ignorant, greed and corrupt, he debated then publically, not to question the values of society, but to expose how those elites were ignorant and didn't have competence to rule society. The sophists were the ones questioning traditional values, not Socrates, he just showed how they didn't know what they were supposed to teach.
Well said - being able to conquer oneself is more important than being able to conquer another. What's that saying ? "if you're gonna tell the truth, make them laugh - or they will kill you"
Ecc. 7:15-29 15All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness. *16Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself* 17Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time? 18It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all. 19Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city. 20For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not. 21Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee: 22For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others. 23All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me. 24That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out? 25I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness: 26And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her. 29Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions..
Another great video thanks. On another note, i went through all your podcasts for the 10th time and was wondering, which topic would you choose next after constantinople and i thought of Caesar's conquest or Alexander etc and than i thought it should be on Mongols. No matter what your next podcast is about i am sure it will be great but do you have ever thought of making a podcast on Mongols ?
Seems like the Mongols have been done to death. Was gonna head into the Age of Discover, the explorers and then on to the Aztec and Inca. After that its the Mughals.
@@FlashPointHx Fair enough and can't wait to listen to all those podcasts. Especially on Mughals, as i hail from the subcontinent. If there is anyone who can do justice to that podcast im sure its you.
@@FlashPointHx exactly, who better to understand someone than his countrymen. Here in Romania we have lots of statues to Vlad Tepes and he's seen as a national hero. The wider world only sees his excesses, most of which have been deeply exaggerated by his enemies, but we see him as a symbol of our hundreds of years of struggle against the vile Ottoman Empire and other neighbouring powers that sought to oppress or conquer us. Thanks for the great video :)
Hi man, great video. I just had a small request, can you perhaps add captions to your videos from the next one onwards? The are people like me who are not native English speakers, and have trouble catching certain accents. Not that your enunciation is flawed or anything!
“Crito, I owe the sacrifice of a rooster to Asklepios. Will you pay that debt? Don’t forget!” Asklepios was known as a god of medicine, healing, rejuvenation and physicians to some believers. Is this supposed to be irony - because you know.. the hemlock or was he being serious? What do you think?
Damned good video! Once again bringing that fire content. Never thought about it but if you want real fame you better get you some ancient Greek philosopher fame. That shit lasts for millenia!!
We are entering to the room of wisdom and it brings much excitement. By the way, is it just me who prefers when you slowed down things. In a slower mode, the story of pain is more painful. Pls lets keep it slow after all we have all the time in the world ;)
It was a costume that those who were cured from an ilness would sacrifice a rooster to Asklepios, god of healing. Basically, Socrates was saying that life was an ilness, and he was being relieved from it. Plato stated in Phaedo that for Socrates the art of Philosophy was preparing all life for a good death, and that the separation of the soul from the body was a release. (Another thing: After being declared guilty, Socrates actually stated that he should be sentenced to be treated the same way than an olympic champion, and given a life pension, for all what he had done for the city. After that, more of the judges voted for the death sentence that those that had before for the guilty veredict).
Id love to see more like this , I know I've told you before but I've seen like 100 different black death documentaries before I seen yours and yours is by far the best on the planet.
@@FlashPointHx i hope you feel really proud , you're very impressive. I love getting opportunities to brag on you , the way you present topics and your voice, the occasional light sarcasm and the completely un bias view you adopt while teaching, there's just so many things! You're brilliant.
This is Plato's take, which for 2400 years went unquestioned. In fact his conviction is based on the fact that he was an aristocratic ideologue, and was against Democracy. All his pupils were antidemocrats. The worst was Critias, a mass murderer and the head of the 30 tyrants. Alcibiades was a traitor of Athens. Xenophon fought against Athens on Sparta's side at the battle of Coronea and lived in Sparta afterwards until his death and was an opponent of democracy and an advocate for aristocratic rule. Plato wrote the Republic, an apology for tyranny and dictatorship. During the rule of the 30 tyrants Socrates behavior was dubious. When Athenian aristocratic rule fell in 403, all supporters of the 30 tyrants were granted amnesty, and that included Socrates. The condition was that he would refrain from teaching the youth, which did not mean do not teach them philosophy, it MEANT REFRAINING FROM TEACHING AN IDEOLOGY THAT HAD LED TO THE MURDEROUS REGIME OF THE 30 TYRANTS!!! He chose not to comply AND THAT IS WHY HE WAS TRIED AND CONVICTED!! His prosecutor was the father of one of the victims of the 30 tyrants. But gullible historians have swallowed Plato and Xenophon's take on the story, that narrow minded Athenians killed their greatest philosopher BECAUSE HE WAS A FREE THINKER. MAYBE THEY SHOULD CHALLENGE THEIR OWN ASSUMPTIONS BY USING THE SOCRATIC METHOD!!!
