I really hope Gresham College is getting a fair share of the advertising revenue RUclips is getting from these lectures, at an average ad every 5 minutes it makes the lectures almost unintelligible.
Saying Plato was the first to give an "analytic" solution to "the problem of universals" that "cognitive science" tells us is "hardwired in our brain" is probably one of the dumbest attempts at historical revisionism I've ever heard and the speaker should be ashamed for expounding such a tasteless view.
Plato hated democracy, did not defend political equality between citizens and refused the world as it is, imperfect and inevitably subject to petty and ridiculous conflicts. In the Platonic ideal world there was only place for Plato and everyone he transformed into characters in philosophical pantomimes that continue to inspire ideologists of authoritarian regimes and cause more confusion than political solutions. Plato's theory of knowledge is poor, but it remains extremely seductive because he was a skilled writer. In fact, his merit as an artist of words is greater than as a philosopher.
How can someone who has supposedly studied the Classics their whole life mispronounce and butcher virtually every persons' name? (Diotima = di OTI ma?????? vs. DIO-tima). Her utterly predictable Woke-Leftist interjections add nothing either. More fact, less opinions.
Some new things to me about the key figure of antiquity. Bravo.
I really hope Gresham College is getting a fair share of the advertising revenue RUclips is getting from these lectures, at an average ad every 5 minutes it makes the lectures almost unintelligible.
Excellent
Absolutely well done and definitely keep it up!!! 👍👍👍👍👍
Plato's "Field Theory", The truth.
The noble lie???
Saying Plato was the first to give an "analytic" solution to "the problem of universals" that "cognitive science" tells us is "hardwired in our brain" is probably one of the dumbest attempts at historical revisionism I've ever heard and the speaker should be ashamed for expounding such a tasteless view.
Plato hated democracy, did not defend political equality between citizens and refused the world as it is, imperfect and inevitably subject to petty and ridiculous conflicts. In the Platonic ideal world there was only place for Plato and everyone he transformed into characters in philosophical pantomimes that continue to inspire ideologists of authoritarian regimes and cause more confusion than political solutions. Plato's theory of knowledge is poor, but it remains extremely seductive because he was a skilled writer. In fact, his merit as an artist of words is greater than as a philosopher.
Much rather have 'BC' and 'AD'.
In a lecture about Plato?
How can someone who has supposedly studied the Classics their whole life mispronounce and butcher virtually every persons' name? (Diotima = di OTI ma?????? vs. DIO-tima). Her utterly predictable Woke-Leftist interjections add nothing either. More fact, less opinions.
Sounds like Buddhism
People have drawn that parallel since antiquity.
Lots of Greek writing traveled east pretty early and influenced not only the west.