Iain McGilchrist & Nigel McGilchrist on The Greatness of Pythagoras 

Indeed. I made this point to Iain in person ten years ago (he couldn’t disagree either, by the way 😉) and followed it up in some email correspondence, but, of course, The Divided Brain happened. I’ve not seen it, I dare say it’s rather good, but as I said to Iain (as if it wasn’t obvious) only a major series can really do his hypothesis justice. This is why I tell conservatives to not be hasty in defunding the BBC... I have some misgivings about the BBC model in principle. But here’s the stark reality; the BBC has massively compromised itself with ‘Covid’ propaganda (I use Covid as shorthand for Orwellian abuses that go back decades). I keep a close eye on MAGA, the American situation... see Steve Bannon, see Darren Beattie, Jack Prosobiec, the Committee On The Present Danger... if we can get through the current crisis without nuclear Armageddon; if American patriots can restore the Constitution the MSM (esp BBC) reputation will be in tatters but not necessarily beyond salvaging. The funding model of the BBC will doubtless need reviewing but for a period of transition (that word😬) a renaissance even it could be vital; and what better than a major treatment of the Hemisphere Hypothesis? I have many projects in mind, like a comprehensive survey of the works of Roger Scruton. I suspect the main difficulty will be so called conservatives who are currently carrying the torch for, say, Scruton (The Legacy Foundation) they’re good at some things but I’m not sure they understand someone like me; I was a school dropout, spent many years essentially adrift, you need to reach people like me... they tend to use Scruton’s work to tenuously frame their own thoughts and ideas (There’s a place for that). I’ve had some acquaintance with James Orr for eg... he’s a nice enough guy, and he’s doubtless busy, but to be brutally honest I don’t think he has much time for someone like me, the attitude is quite blatant and all too common; it’s the classic case of being cliquey. ...but anyway, perhaps you get the gist

content like this (and the re-emergence of Alan Watts on RU-vid) will save the world :)

@@nickw2704 Scruton's 'Why Beauty Matters' is one of the most important documentaries ever. We need to be reminded that we don't have to call something 'beautiful' just because some cynical elitist progressive insists it is. Beauty is what rejuvenates. Calling horrid things beautiful (the urinal, the bed with trash in it, the brutalist architecture, etc) not only doesn't fulfill us (because the effect of beauty on the body/mind can't be faked) but it creates resentment too - because we're told to call something beautiful that isn't. We're told to lie. And we hate it. It's the same resentment we feel when we're told 'we must love' even though love can't be done on purpose, either. The solution: honesty. Speak the truth. Act spontaneously. Appreciate the world. As to what should be done with the BBC, I don't know.

@@nickw2704 I agree with almost all you say. Has Iain commented on Scruton?

@@alanmunro5068 thank you... my comment was typed up pretty quickly, and needs a lot of elaboration. Re Scruton, I’m pretty sure Iain quoted him in The Matter With Things. Of course I should use discretion about private correspondence, but I don’t think I’d be divulging too much by saying that, some years back, Iain said he was not really a fan of Scruton’s. He didn’t expound. I dare say he respects much of his work. For my part, I think Scruton, his oeuvre perhaps inevitably suffered from covering too much ground; He was a Philosopher, a Hunter, a connoisseur of wine, a composer, musicologist, lawyer, expert on architecture, even theologian (well, he didn’t claim to be, but Diarmaid MacCulloch responded to Our Church pretty much as though he had... I don’t know how fair MacCulloch’s criticism was), all those things may be all the more reason to praise Scruton; I’m not sure, but it’s very interesting and merits a comprehensive survey. I think Scruton can be a little too clever in defending his views on, say, spirits vs wine, for one example. Re music, I think Scruton was too ‘academic’, I suspect he was a bit too left hemisphere dominant on the subject for my liking; but still interesting.

Kind of you to make that observation

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Advise you do some courses on linguistics

@@macawism I was speaking from my own experience (and that of some colleagues) . After studying those particular ancient languages we then translated the biblical texts. The rhythm, flow and interpretation varied, depending on which language we were interpreting. My observation was that ancient Greek was a more formal, structured language, while Aramaic and Hebrew, which arose in nomadic cultures, were less so.

"central narratives and authority" The higher a society climbs that path, the harder it falls.

Hence transcendent Soul apart body cannot be assumed if He Alone retained Life after death. ..

How about Solomon's 1000 BC or else Daniel around 800 BC if not Greeks known later Epics‽