Came across your lectures last year and I'm surprised at how your subs haven't boosted, criminally low for how talented you are at speaking and giving insight into historical figures, cultures, beliefs
Ikr. Such an underappreciated channel. Kind of nice though, like a quiet little restaurant in some backstreet that nobody knows about, so you can sit down all cosy and peaceful with the rain outside pattering on the window. No reservation necessary, just wander in, sit down, take your time, and enjoy your meal in a welcoming atmosphere. Mmmmmm.....
❤ Religious tolerance: Do we have this today in 2023? Education? Our elite colleges have been led astray by powers of greed. Wisdom comes when one thinks outside the box. Which God? Lol I always loved this lecture on John Locke., as all the others with Professor Cecil. One may agree to disagree and still debate without hating one another. That for me is sanity. An open mind that is a possibility when one comes upon it with reverence.
John Locke FRS was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "father of liberalism". ❤
I have spent years trying to find a good summary overview of/intro to Locke which wasn't either way too vague, extraordinarily boring, or even sometimes slightly offensive (people love to cherry pick his quotes in an ironic practice of cognitive bias). Thank you for this oral "serif" which was interesting enough to have FINALLY motivated me to dive deeper.
Thanks for your thoughts. After Hobbes Leviathan I am reading Locke at the moment (treaties on government). First I thought, that his logical thinking is weaker compared to Hobbes (of course Hobbes also has his weaknesses), but as more I read his book (in german translation) as more I like him. For example the chapter about prärogative is very interesting or his view on monarchy. I think it's good to understand more about the state etc. to be able to think for example about property in times of bitcoin and VR - or where the state is allowed to intervene. What property means in times of globalization. Tolga
He just wasn't sure it was written down correctly..... ... thanks for the great lecture. Reminded me of my dad and unitarian sunday school. Forgiveness is a miracle. Everyone of us is a miracle.
I just came out of rewatching your lecture on Karl Jaspers, and I'm feeling a fair bit of resonance between these two. Especially the bit towards the end of this one about how Locke felt that disagreement and argument weren't intrinsically bad, Jaspers seems to have had a bit more of a measured approach to the idea, but there is a certain similarity.
Elevating WHY YOU ARE HERE to a metaphysical argument is how progress has always been made...but it's also how religious people get to give no credit to the toil of humanity while taking advantage of antibiotics and indoor plumbing...
Sorry, but a classical education was anything BUT narrow. It's a shame to say it, but the propaganda that passes for 'higher education' today is much more so. I know, because I've experienced elements of both.
