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The problem with casting Jesus as a Cynic is most of Jesus' teaching were drawn from the Old Testament, especially Psalms & Proverbs & the Prophet Isaiah, most of which pre-dates even the earliest of Cynic development. For instance, the video states that Cynic philosophy began with Antisthenes who lived 446 - 366 BC. Most of the Psalms were written somewhere around 1000 BC; though a few were written earlier, and some were written later, the majority fall near 1000 BC, long before Antistheneses. Similary, most of the Proverbs were written around 800 BC. So there is a more ancient tradition from which Jesus is drawing. For instance, the video points out the Cynic tradition of conversion stories where people give up their belongings to live simple lives. Yet, in the Old Testament in a story that dates back to more than 1500 BC Abram, being called by God, leaves his position of influence in a great city and leaves behind his well-established, comfortable life to become a nomad wandering through the desert. Although he keeps many of his possessions, he nonetheless gave up his life of comfort and influence to live a much simpler lifestyle. Similarly, when the video tries to attribue Jesus' teaching style to ancient Greek/Cynic style, it doesn't acknowledge (or realize) that the Jewish rabbis had a tradition of the same type of teaching with pithy sayings that far pre-dates the Greek philosophers. In fact, the entire book of Proverbs is exactly that- a collection of short sayings that explain wisdom. For instance, "Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions" (18:2) or "Do no wear yourself out to get rich; do not trust your own cleverness. Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle." (23:4-5). Likewise, I could give examples of earlier sources for almost every "connection" between the Cynics and Jesus cited in the video. This kind of thinking is not truly scholarship, but people thinking non-historically or, people who have come to a pre-conclusion about Jesus (such as he is a Cynic) and then find "evidence" that supports the idea. The bottom line is, we can show clearly from history that Jesus was drawing on a tradition much older than Cynicism or Greek Philosophy. If anything, the Greeks borrowed concepts from this more ancient stream of thought.

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Gadfly reminds me of Alan Watts’ “the joker”. Also reminds me of the jesus story. Been on a big binge this week mostly Mythvision how Greeks wrote the biblical texts, creating Judaism and Christianity with scholars in Alexandria. Stories like these about the crucifixion of Socrates and his sassy response continually support the assertion that Greeks made up judeochristianity. Plato’s nightmare made real, half the world trapped in his Cave. 🧠

I'm liking your format so far! The pacing, framing, audio underlay and titling carries your narrative across the subjects nicely.

I used to think that Parmenides left us with the undifferentiated blob of unchanging being.. but I’m realizing that they both said change was an illusion. It seams that Parmenides leaves us with an undifferentiated eternal oblivion but at least Heraclitus leaves us with the idea that even though change and difference are illusion they are still fundamental to nature and our universe

Man must stop needing to be worshiped more than their fellow human beings. Founding Fathers hated democracy, andd why America is not a true democracy but much more just, if it can be saved.

Would he have lived today, for sure he would have been the victim of today's cancel culture, as those who cancel, think they know what they don't know.

Pisistratus é um dos meus antepassados

i like laotse better .. he left his country .. and no, socrates was a stoik as far as i remember and stoicism has a big fat resemblance to buddhism .. to pump up plato and aristot is a big fat mistake though .. plato with his misogynic view and aristot as the father of our academic view with boxing in boxes

ORATION IS AN ART OF NATURAL EXPOSITION WHICH ASSERTS INNATE NATURE.

His story reminds me so much of Jordan Peterson. I feel that in a thousand years his story will be told like Socrates. I guess history repeats itself.

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Me watching this at 1:16 am today I have Exams at 9am😅 Thanks ❤this helps me a lot

No. He was a superstitious fool.

Georgias - I’d say he was an Eristec, not a nihilist. n philosophy and rhetoric, eristic refers to an argument that aims to successfully dispute another's argument, rather than searching for truth.

Socrates was such a knob

I think its likely that they did believe in reincarnation, but as a school of thought concerned with the deeper mysteries, they were looking to go to higher worlds rather than be stuck here.

I’ve got an exam on this in like an hour, I’m really glad you made such a good video on this

Knowledge to the faithful

Rather, it is just Hedonism, but instead in the modern age Hedonism has been severely misunderstood and misrepresented.

Does anyone know what page in the book this was at?

Great video. Good info and very well edited. Thank you!

Ironically Socrates would have hated Plato, as he thought ideas should never be written down. The written word is a form of tyranny to Socrates which destroys the oral tradition and thereby degrades intelligence.

Periodic debt forgiveness was very common place in the ancient world, it was probably more beneficial to the rich than the poor because it helped them keep their necks.😊 The arrogance of our contemporary ultra wealthy elites prevents them from ever considering such an idea.

Thanks for helping me study for my exam today

He was in spirit

Solon's democratic ideals were hijacked in a few short years by the rich and ruling classes, and democracy has eversince become the façade for oligarchy. The hoi polloi has been deluded since Grecian times without knowing it!

My favorite name to mispronounce….Pista-stratus!

Bro where have you been? I'm subscribed and I had to search for the channel manually to see you've uploaded a video. You deserve more views!

Hey thank you man! This was just what I was looking for. Keep it coming!

Nice video, but are seriously not going to credit the people who made the music? Namely, Hakobune

Im an American decendant of White slaves. Everyone was a slave at some point in time, wheres my reparations I deserve money from people who are descendants of white slave owners who had white slaves, for nothing because my ancestors were slaves. Reparations pls

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Diogenes treatment of Plato’s rug reminds me of Cappelle as Rick James and his disrespectful treatment of Eddie Murphy’s expensive couch😂. Also the narrator leaves out the best part of the story of Diogenes on the slaves block where he was asked what were his skills and he answered “I’m a leader of men anyone who needs a good master should buy me!” And so someone did! The buyer put Diogenes in charge of he two young children, a boy and girl, they later became leading citizens of their cities.

I have to confess that I took a VERY different view of the words and the INTENTIONS behind what Socrates had to say for himself, since as you so accurately point out he was NOT defending himself, and whether it was because he felt there was no point as in the case where he was sure it was a forgone conclusion that he would automatically found guilty and would die regardless of anything he said, or if it was merely a case that to him that he felt he had done all he wanted to do at the time. Moreover, at the actual time of his death he seemed to continue to inquire further into what he had to do next, i.e., to further progress toward his own death. In short, Socrates appears to have wanted to die... Endless, conjecture ensued.

Really helped a lot! Thank you so much. 🙏

Thank you for posting this.

is that a battle cats reference omg

Strange how all of the heathen pagan gods with a small g were all ½ man ½ animal and all attaked each other frequently. Who wants to kneel down and worship a goat ? 😂😅 and say your my god 😂 thats crazy as well as just dumb.

This isn’t the Xenophanes I was looking for

Great video; taking Philosophy and read the Apology; this video affirmed what I read. Thanks!

This was a very good breakdown and helped me a lot

Diogenes can be found today on any street corner where you find the homeless ¿`_

Plato was not personally present at Socrates' trial. In the dialogue, Plato mentions that he was not there due to illness.

1. The trial of Socrates is one of the most ancient documented exploitations of judicial power 2. Fear will bring nowhere 3. Such circumstances can be avoided by doing what’s moral on every level

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