I don’t agree with all aspects of Russell’s personal philosophical works (some of which I do agree with, considering he was an analytical philosopher), but this work is by far the best history of western philosophy that I have come across. It’s great for facts, but at times Bertrand’s own philosophical principles can be noticed sparingly throughout this work.
Im enjoying his books although he put too much praise on western achievements in science (which is to be expected), he makes huge superlatives, e. g Greeks invented mathematics? ( civilization older used to construct great buildings and observe the celestial body)
He was a misanthrope in which Diogenes Laertius stated that he (Heraclitus) finally, "became a hater of his kind and wandered into the mountains"; yet spoke of the harmonious unification of opposite tensions through strife (a unity in the world, a unity resulting in diversity) where fire is used as an example of his statements, "fire lives the death of air and air lives the death of fire." I could see with this kind of logic that Heraclitus acted in contempt and believed in war because he thought there was some form of harmonious element of "mingling opposites" that unified the whole thing through strife. In an essence, he spoke more about what unifies things which makes me think he just wasn't a hater in narrow sense, but a reasonable and complex hater lol
No Russel you are dead wrong. The greek did NOT discover mathematics and geometry, the Hindus did. In recent years it has been found that many mathematical formulae attributed to the greeks like the notorious Pythagoras right angle formula was known by the Hindus millenaries prior. Greeks were student of the HIndus by intermediary of the egyptians. The library of Alexandria must have been full of translation papyrus of sanskrit knowledge brought from India.
This isn’t true at all. Because Egyptians had some sophisticated concepts and metaphysics, doesn’t mean Greeks were students of Indians whom evidently caused them all to pretend to invent intellectual ideas and put their name on things. There is overwhelming evidence the Greeks were who they were primarily because of the excess of wealth at the time that allowed many people to not have to work much and being at the trading center they had first rate access to the best medical treatment of the day and cleanliness and slaves and everything else. I wouldn’t be surprised if they did learn some things from Egypt however that doesn’t mean the entire knowledge base of Greece was plagiarized. I doubt you’ve even read any of the Greek philosophers and mathematicians and scientists.
@@smkxodnwbwkdns8369 You should have done your research before making a fool of yourself. archeological facts, not heresay like you, the triangle with one square angle theorem was carved in stone in India, thousands year before Pytagora who was not even born learned it from the egyptians who got it from India. And i am not indian, i am independent . Just google it. The Chinese reported about India that is was the wealthiest, most developped and cleanest civilization they'd known. Forget about the arrival of the muslim moguls who destroyed India followed by the british who paupered it making it what it is today. Greece was only a few city states when India was an empire. There are further evidences that scholars travelled from Egypt to India to learn before Greeks were a civilized tribe even. And I was raised under the false notion that the Greek litterature and civilization had fallen from the sky to them. It was not they inherited almost all of it. The library of Alexandria was were a lot of the transfer of knowledge from India to Egypt occured that the Greeks learned from. Sorry it's not nationalism, and yes i've read many greek philosophers. It's you who has a chauvinistic a bias.
The "one sidedness", of this piece is only with the author, credits The Greek, as the first cause; while we know that their philoosophies, and contributions to mathmatics, came after the Ionian Colonization, and Pythagoraen contact with Persia. Duh
bought the book, and it's great to read along while listening. Thanks.
I do the same
I don’t agree with all aspects of Russell’s personal philosophical works (some of which I do agree with, considering he was an analytical philosopher), but this work is by far the best history of western philosophy that I have come across. It’s great for facts, but at times Bertrand’s own philosophical principles can be noticed sparingly throughout this work.
Im enjoying his books although he put too much praise on western achievements in science (which is to be expected), he makes huge superlatives, e. g Greeks invented mathematics? ( civilization older used to construct great buildings and observe the celestial body)
Wow. I just realized he sounds like the voice of the computer from courage the cowardly dog.
He was a misanthrope in which Diogenes Laertius stated that he (Heraclitus) finally, "became a hater of his kind and wandered into the mountains"; yet spoke of the harmonious unification of opposite tensions through strife (a unity in the world, a unity resulting in diversity) where fire is used as an example of his statements, "fire lives the death of air and air lives the death of fire." I could see with this kind of logic that Heraclitus acted in contempt and believed in war because he thought there was some form of harmonious element of "mingling opposites" that unified the whole thing through strife. In an essence, he spoke more about what unifies things which makes me think he just wasn't a hater in narrow sense, but a reasonable and complex hater lol
Mimesis! Apply his ideas in an Astrological sense and there can be found another language, that of the birds...
Can there be a transcription with the video please? that would be immensely helpful!
Yeah it’s called the book
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I have a job at the german school.
No Russel you are dead wrong. The greek did NOT discover mathematics and geometry, the Hindus did. In recent years it has been found that many mathematical formulae attributed to the greeks like the notorious Pythagoras right angle formula was known by the Hindus millenaries prior. Greeks were student of the HIndus by intermediary of the egyptians. The library of Alexandria must have been full of translation papyrus of sanskrit knowledge brought from India.
@Niko Bellic true.
Can you recommend me something to read, watch etc. more about this subject please?
@@zinniaward8549 sounds like nationalist bs to me
This isn’t true at all. Because Egyptians had some sophisticated concepts and metaphysics, doesn’t mean Greeks were students of Indians whom evidently caused them all to pretend to invent intellectual ideas and put their name on things. There is overwhelming evidence the Greeks were who they were primarily because of the excess of wealth at the time that allowed many people to not have to work much and being at the trading center they had first rate access to the best medical treatment of the day and cleanliness and slaves and everything else. I wouldn’t be surprised if they did learn some things from Egypt however that doesn’t mean the entire knowledge base of Greece was plagiarized. I doubt you’ve even read any of the Greek philosophers and mathematicians and scientists.
@@smkxodnwbwkdns8369 You should have done your research before making a fool of yourself. archeological facts, not heresay like you, the triangle with one square angle theorem was carved in stone in India, thousands year before Pytagora who was not even born learned it from the egyptians who got it from India. And i am not indian, i am independent . Just google it. The Chinese reported about India that is was the wealthiest, most developped and cleanest civilization they'd known. Forget about the arrival of the muslim moguls who destroyed India followed by the british who paupered it making it what it is today. Greece was only a few city states when India was an empire. There are further evidences that scholars travelled from Egypt to India to learn before Greeks were a civilized tribe even. And I was raised under the false notion that the Greek litterature and civilization had fallen from the sky to them. It was not they inherited almost all of it. The library of Alexandria was were a lot of the transfer of knowledge from India to Egypt occured that the Greeks learned from. Sorry it's not nationalism, and yes i've read many greek philosophers. It's you who has a chauvinistic a bias.
Heraclitus the original player hater
No Greeks, Russell didn’t invent Egypt. Math did.
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The "one sidedness", of this piece is only with the author, credits The Greek, as the first cause; while we know that their philoosophies, and contributions to mathmatics, came after the Ionian Colonization, and Pythagoraen contact with Persia. Duh
No evidence for that
It's pretty clear that Egyptians were the first to implement mathematics. Just wanted to correct that.
He's speaking of abstract euclidean geometry mathematics. Not practical math
Any source ? Would really love to read about it.
@@vals4207 me or Ryan?
@@comradelupe6976Ryan.
@@vals4207 Egyptians had some rudimentary understanding of mathematics as did other civilizations. Greeks invented abstract mathematics.