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Of all the ancient wonders of the world that no longer exist, this is the one that makes me the most sad. Who knows what knowledge was lost with the destruction of this library? Absolute tragedy.
The destruction of this library was/is a crime against humanity, and I despise book burners. I don't care what the book is about; books and knowledge should never be burned. But we all know that tyrants throughout history have burned books because they didn't agree with what they were about...I understand why they did it, but I am disgusted by it.
I have a book that due to post-9/11 legislation is now banned. I privately and quietly spoke to police about the fact I had a copy and their response was "to burn it".
@@alien9279 i think you meant extremists/conspiracy theorists. most significantly the Nazis, the department of defence in 2010 because a book had "classified" documents, and the far left in the Netherlands because a book had a word naughty word in its title; which ironically was a nod to the racism that was present in history. very few are actually done by classic religious groups, if you want you can cherry pick from the extremes but that would be a misguided assertion wouldn't you agree , being a person of rational reasoning?
What a list of people who spent time there. This would be a wonderful place to go in a time machine. Just to be able to sit and discuss things with these people.
I've got one! All it takes is a shelf and the more shelves you have the bigger your library. (I've even got a Stack) And all it takes is a love of books. And cardboard boxes for when you move house.
@@davidanalyst671 This is not the first time I’ve heard of this library. I’ve read accounts of it from other sources. If you love books then you have heard of this library before.
My last house had a weird shaped walk in closet. I lined it with book shelves put in lighting, a comfy chair, a small table, and the requisite globe on a shelf. It was one of the most relaxing places i had in the house. Have fun, and be well.
Humanity has conquer a vast amount of work pieces, in every field, and beyond imagination, during its small part of time-existence in the universe. And it is through the creation of civilization that all this become real. On the contrary, it is unthinkable to see humanity itself to proceed in a self-amputation by leaving ruins of its achievements to the next generations, who will lament about for ages. There is a greek word that is really difficult to translate because it doesn't exist in english : σοφόμωρος / sophomoros. It 's composed by two words: σοφός / sophos which means wise and μωρός / moros which means foolish. -To be wise and foolish at the same time. Unfortunately this is something that characterize man. A dramatic scene, taken from the Agora movie (December 2009) showing someone who based in real life person called Hypatia of Alexandria (brilliant mathematician and philosopher renowned for her natural beauty, high intelligence and moral standards as well as for her rhetoric and teaching skills) among scholars of the Library of Alexandria (the largest and most famous library of the ancient times,collecting all the worlds knowledge ) and the siege of the Library of Alexandria by the Christian mob (one of the 3 main stories of the Librarys destruction), probably in the beginning of the 4th century. It is to be noticed that Hypatia died young in a dreadful manner when she was torn to pieces by monks in 415 in Alexandria (during the reign of Theodosius II).Famous for her excellence in philosophy (neoplatonist) and sciences (mathematician, astronomer), her brilliant mind, fine manners and exceptional beauty. Some count her as the last Head Librarian after Aristarchus.
Having had a lifelong appreciation of libraries, from the "lowly" school library, to even the fictional library of the *Clue Mansion, if ever having the unlikely opportunity to time travel, I would definitely want to visit the Library of Alexandria. 😊
@@amaccama3267 lol. yeah, just a bit. One year, just after I had a broken back from a car accident, instead of going to P.E., I spent most of that year in the school library.
You have to wonder how far the loss of Alexandria set Humanity back both culturally and technologically. Its entirely possible its loss had no effect at all (there were numerous other libraries around the globe just on a smaller scale and even without the printing press the copying of important texts did happen.) But equally it could have been catastrophic and ultimatly set humanity back centuries. We will never know, but either way the loss any knowledge is tragic.
2:55 - Chapter 1 - Beginnings 6:45 - Chapter 2 - Knowledge is power 8:35 - Chapter 3 - The scholars within 12:20 - Chapter 4 - The fate of the library 14:55 - Chapter 5 - The legacy left behind
The internet, while not curated with the same lofty goals, is still a modern variation of the library. Let’s hope we don’t let fear and hate burn that too.
There are modern libraries that make that library look amateur. There were libraries of that time that were more well known and comprehensive too. Why do people still keep talking about this? At the time of it's peak library of Alexandria wasn't very remarkable, the museum to which it was attached to was attracting more attention. It definitely did not house "humanity's knowledge", or significant portion of it was lost when library declined. Fire wasn't even what destroyed it. By the time supposed fire happened the library was already in decline, and potentially neglected. All this speculative bullshit does not line up with actual knowledge and information we have. Most of what people think we know of this library is simply made up.
"Knowledge is power" "the pen is mightier than the sword" the keeping of accountants. People, places, countries, maps, laws pretty much everything and anything to leave for those in the future is an amazing thing!
Humanity has conquer a vast amount of work pieces, in every field, and beyond imagination, during its small part of time-existence in the universe. And it is through the creation of civilization that all this become real. On the contrary, it is unthinkable to see humanity itself to proceed in a self-amputation by leaving ruins of its achievements to the next generations, who will lament about for ages. There is a greek word that is really difficult to translate because it doesn't exist in english : σοφόμωρος / sophomoros. It 's composed by two words: σοφός / sophos which means wise and μωρός / moros which means foolish. -To be wise and foolish at the same time. Unfortunately this is something that characterize man. A dramatic scene, taken from the Agora movie (December 2009) showing someone who based in real life person called Hypatia of Alexandria (brilliant mathematician and philosopher renowned for her natural beauty, high intelligence and moral standards as well as for her rhetoric and teaching skills) among scholars of the Library of Alexandria (the largest and most famous library of the ancient times,collecting all the worlds knowledge ) and the siege of the Library of Alexandria by the Christian mob (one of the 3 main stories of the Librarys destruction), probably in the beginning of the 4th century. It is to be noticed that Hypatia died young in a dreadful manner when she was torn to pieces by monks in 415 in Alexandria (during the reign of Theodosius II).Famous for her excellence in philosophy (neoplatonist) and sciences (mathematician, astronomer), her brilliant mind, fine manners and exceptional beauty. Some count her as the last Head Librarian after Aristarchus.
New rich person goal, build an absolutely badass library (open to the public by appointment at least, as a library without the public is just sad). But like, marble columns and such with elaborate book shelves stocked with books upon books upon books. Would be fantastic.
Humanity has conquer a vast amount of work pieces, in every field, and beyond imagination, during its small part of time-existence in the universe. And it is through the creation of civilization that all this become real. On the contrary, it is unthinkable to see humanity itself to proceed in a self-amputation by leaving ruins of its achievements to the next generations, who will lament about for ages. There is a greek word that is really difficult to translate because it doesn't exist in english : σοφόμωρος / sophomoros. It 's composed by two words: σοφός / sophos which means wise and μωρός / moros which means foolish. -To be wise and foolish at the same time. Unfortunately this is something that characterize man. A dramatic scene, taken from the Agora movie (December 2009) showing someone who based in real life person called Hypatia of Alexandria (brilliant mathematician and philosopher renowned for her natural beauty, high intelligence and moral standards as well as for her rhetoric and teaching skills) among scholars of the Library of Alexandria (the largest and most famous library of the ancient times,collecting all the worlds knowledge ) and the siege of the Library of Alexandria by the Christian mob (one of the 3 main stories of the Librarys destruction), probably in the beginning of the 4th century. It is to be noticed that Hypatia died young in a dreadful manner when she was torn to pieces by monks in 415 in Alexandria (during the reign of Theodosius II).Famous for her excellence in philosophy (neoplatonist) and sciences (mathematician, astronomer), her brilliant mind, fine manners and exceptional beauty. Some count her as the last Head Librarian after Aristarchus.
Very good, thank you. It's not so much the works of science that might have been lost, as scientific insights can always be rediscovered. It's the works of history and literature that are lost to us forever that is the tragedy of the library of Alexandria. There can be few acts more evil than the destruction or perversion of history, and few acts more barbaric than the destruction or perversion of literature. I say this as a man who has spent his entire life in the pursuit and service of scientific endeavour.
I could agree, with the exception of medical knowledge. Reducing suffering and saving lives is worth more than a work of fiction or account of history to me.
Loved it, reading Apocrypha and its got notes, missing text and uncertain dates yet occasionally useful history. That’s the kind of scriptural history was lost at Alexandria. To knowledge, like a nuclear war to loose such a place.
Great video! I'd love to see you folks do a history and evolution of eye glasses. Hundreds of millions of people wear them, so the story should be quite interesting.
I was just watching the video of Simon's here about the development of the internet. Yeah, from the build up of knowledge, to the destruction of knowledge. All that knowledge that was lost at the Library of Alexandria would certainly be a very good addition to the internet.
Keep doing your thing Simon!! That voice of yours makes for such a great listen I could listen to you reading a phone book? (Are phone books still being produced?!?)
If I had a time machine I would go back and try to prevent the destruction of the library if possible. Or make more copies of the books and scrolls. One can dream can't he?
Sad thing is in WW1 the library of leuven was burned by the germans , A library that had irreplacable books and knowledge of the past 2000 years , in 1940 a artileray duel between brits and germans destroyed it again this time this time all 900.000 books and manuscripts where lost.
I never understood why during war countless monuments, architecture, art and libraries have to be destroyed when they could have stood the test of time
How did eratosthenes calculate Longitude without the use of a precise time keeping device? Or is it that he knew Longitude existed, but simply couldn't do any Navigation with it?
The latter. Knowing the circumference of the Earth (which he calculated to within a few hundred kilometers) it's not hard to assign longitude to the sphere. Navigating is, of course, another matter.
@@tophers3756 exactly. Longitude wasn't exactly a problem. Most cultures knew this and dealt with it. And managed to set up trade routes. Navigation wasn't that hard. simple maths. Even if the Earth wasnt a perfect sphere. .
It's a big deal, but there's also a big difference. The Greeks were all about the free sharing of knowledge for the benefit of all. Today, with knowledge being so highly monetized, people hoard it. Academia is unwell in this respect, rivaling corporations for profit and prestige.
There is a library in Vegas with a secret passage Taking field trips in grade school I'll never forget. I'm not telling where, or how to find it. That would defeat the existence of the secret. I hope this inspires you to take your children, I still get excited showing kids who don't know about it.
Today we have the greatest library that's ever existed in the history of humanity, the internet. 😂 it's literally endless and it's everywhere all the time. Whoa All the knowledge of the world in the palm of our hands.
Unfortunately not so. There are still many documents that are not digitized, or not readily available to the Internet, that are only available in local libraries. And many documents that we know about, but don't actually have, thanks to library indexes surviving where their libraries did not. Among others, the plays mentioned in this video by the Greeks, that were copied and the copies returned, mostly have not survived to the present day.
@@FalbertForesterI know, I meant what wasn't destroyed in the ancient world or otherwise lost to time. There's also everything that has been found and sent to museums or universities for study that they simply haven't gotten around to looking at since they received it. Google was having crews going around to every library and scanning every page of every book and newspaper to make a free global library. Unfortunately they were making available stuff still had active copyrights on and they were sued. There was a couple years there that you could find just about anything. I was doing some historical research at the time and it was invaluable...then it was no longer accessible. A lot of it is accessible again because when I was working on looking up my ancestry I was able to fully access an unobtainable book published in the '30s that was every family tree of spelling of every Kaufman in the US at the time.
“You can tell how middle-class you are by how aggrieved you are and how much you wince every time someone mentions the fact that the library of Alexandria burnt down. Ahh! Grr! Oh if only it hadn't! Agh!” Lindybeige
Humanity has conquer a vast amount of work pieces, in every field, and beyond imagination, during its small part of time-existence in the universe. And it is through the creation of civilization that all this become real. On the contrary, it is unthinkable to see humanity itself to proceed in a self-amputation by leaving ruins of its achievements to the next generations, who will lament about for ages. There is a greek word that is really difficult to translate because it doesn't exist in english : σοφόμωρος / sophomoros. It 's composed by two words: σοφός / sophos which means wise and μωρός / moros which means foolish. -To be wise and foolish at the same time. Unfortunately this is something that characterize man. A dramatic scene, taken from the Agora movie (December 2009) showing someone who based in real life person called Hypatia of Alexandria (brilliant mathematician and philosopher renowned for her natural beauty, high intelligence and moral standards as well as for her rhetoric and teaching skills) among scholars of the Library of Alexandria (the largest and most famous library of the ancient times,collecting all the worlds knowledge ) and the siege of the Library of Alexandria by the Christian mob (one of the 3 main stories of the Librarys destruction), probably in the beginning of the 4th century. It is to be noticed that Hypatia died young in a dreadful manner when she was torn to pieces by monks in 415 in Alexandria (during the reign of Theodosius II).Famous for her excellence in philosophy (neoplatonist) and sciences (mathematician, astronomer), her brilliant mind, fine manners and exceptional beauty. Some count her as the last Head Librarian after Aristarchus.
What is disgusting about the destruction of this library and its records is that it was done twice, once by the Romans to eradicate non-Christian beliefs and writings, and then by the Muslims to eradicate non-Muslim beliefs and writings. Is there a theme here? Much of the world's knowledge is eradicated by religion and its zealots? Disgusting.
Is this a re upload? I swear I’ve see him talk about this. And argh 😖! Hate it when it was set on fire , I believe humanity was sent back rather than advance
I love this topic! Thanks for covering it. For me, the tragedy goes beyond the texts themselves being destroyed, but what the Library of Alexandria represented. It was a place of research and discussion. A school where all the great minds of the time yearned to be. The horror educated people must have felt watching barbarians demolish their icon of learning, and replace it with religion. For me, that's so relatable all these centuries later.
The problem that I have is that we place possibly too much credit upon the library in Alexandria. There ar people who believe that the destruction of the library set back civilization centuries, but I find that to be unrealistic. The library was not the only one, and there were quite a few of them, even if most were not as grand. We also do not know what was there. It could have been that most could be found everywhere else. The other thing is that many ancient inventions such as Roman concrete or Damascus steel could have been kept secret. Remember in those days you didn't have copy righting, and one of the only ways you could have an edge over the competition was for you to not have anyway for them to know how you made your stuff.
I'm replaying Origins and currently in Alexandria and Idk how much was as historically accurate as they could get or if creative liberties, But I know for a fact of I where to live in any time period it would be at the height of Alexandrias prime. I want that vast library of knowledge.. I feel like we went so off the path, I want massive stone architecture, sculptures cities lined with pavers.. I'm just sick of where we are headed and we need to look to the past to regain that vast amount of lost knowledge lost to time and war
You want modern and innovative topics .. to talk about the giant, innovative and modern projects of the Saudi Giga to move away from oil, such as: 1. The Red Sea Islands project to be one of the most important tourist islands 2. Amaala project to be one of the most important islands in health and recreation 3. The NEOM project, one of its most important projects, is the construction of the largest solar power plant in the world, the OXAGON project for the fourth generation industries, the The Line project, etc. 4. Downtown Jeddah project to develop it to be one of the most beautiful cities in the world 5. Al-Ula Oasis project to establish the largest living museum in the world in a city steeped in history and abundant in antiquities 6. The King Abdulaziz Road Project in Makkah to develop the quality of life for the people of Makkah and to receive 30 million pilgrims annually 7. Al-Sawda project for development to make Abha and Rijal Almaa one of the most important natural cities in the world 8. Diriyah project to be the largest cultural city in the world 9. The Qiddiya project to be the largest entertainment city in the world and break records in its games
I wish you would "tag" every photo/painting's sources, that way we could look them up further. One of the best things of "public" information sources, PBS and NPR, is that the presentations they give is but a small part of "the story" they portray, while they give in-depth information of how/where they got their information, and this gives an opportunity to their public, not only to research their sources - and therefore, trust them - but to enrich their story to the level that they wish their viewers to be. Perhaps, just perhaps, by annotating your sources (Starting by naming the photos and paintings you use) would give your viewers a more in-depth...view into the importance of your presentations. Just a thought...and a wish...
Perhaps, just perhaps, you could redirect the effort you put into this comment towards simply taking a screenshot and utilizing Google Images rather than whining & comparing a RUclips video with a drinkable supplement sponsorship to stations that have received decades of federal funding, member dues, private donations etc. Politely asking might also get you better results. Just a thought...
@@MaxineShaw_84, "politely"? Thank you for the example. By the way, PBS and NPR receive 1.3% of the funding from the government. And they are trusted by those of us who contribute to them partially because they do provide their sources. That's what good journalists and historians do, especially when asked. Now, do you think it is efficient for every viewer/listener/reader to do their own research, find sources, read them, analyze them? If so...why would I want to watch this channel...?
Two thoughts on the Library of Alexandria: 1. It was not the only library. There have been hundreds or thousands of libraries in the Roman Empire, in which at least the important works were also to be found. The destruction of the Library of Alexandria is therefore not to be equated with the loss of the knowledge collected there. 2. The main reason for the end of the library was probably - insufficient funding. You need a lot of money to run such an institution. If this money is not available any more, at some point the buildings and books can no longer be saved from decay.
Humanity has conquer a vast amount of work pieces, in every field, and beyond imagination, during its small part of time-existence in the universe. And it is through the creation of civilization that all this become real. On the contrary, it is unthinkable to see humanity itself to proceed in a self-amputation by leaving ruins of its achievements to the next generations, who will lament about for ages. There is a greek word that is really difficult to translate because it doesn't exist in english : σοφόμωρος / sophomoros. It 's composed by two words: σοφός / sophos which means wise and μωρός / moros which means foolish. -To be wise and foolish at the same time. Unfortunately this is something that characterize man. A dramatic scene, taken from the Agora movie (December 2009) showing someone who based in real life person called Hypatia of Alexandria (brilliant mathematician and philosopher renowned for her natural beauty, high intelligence and moral standards as well as for her rhetoric and teaching skills) among scholars of the Library of Alexandria (the largest and most famous library of the ancient times,collecting all the worlds knowledge ) and the siege of the Library of Alexandria by the Christian mob (one of the 3 main stories of the Librarys destruction), probably in the beginning of the 4th century. It is to be noticed that Hypatia died young in a dreadful manner when she was torn to pieces by monks in 415 in Alexandria (during the reign of Theodosius II).Famous for her excellence in philosophy (neoplatonist) and sciences (mathematician, astronomer), her brilliant mind, fine manners and exceptional beauty. Some count her as the last Head Librarian after Aristarchus.
The destruction of this library was/is a crime against humanity. It is so sad that all the knowledge and information was destroyed. This is why I hate book burners. I don't care what the book is written about, books and knowledge should never be burnt. But we all know that tyrants throughout history had burnts books due to not agreeing with what it is about...I see why they did it but I am disgusted by it. Same thing with destroying art or architecture etc.. .Even if u don't agree with what is in the book, it needs to still be kept so future generations can learn from it and learn about the past. For example, u don't burn books talking about what happened in ww2 because it was horrible, no u keep the books and learn from them so it doesn't happen again (that is why we r dealing what we r today cuz people weren't taught about what happened correctly and now we have all these college kids and younger acting the way they do when we r litterly seeing a repeat of history) anyways, don't burn books. Learn from the knowledge and experience of the people that lived b4.
The Christianity reformations from those days is truly a tragic era and a definite black-mark on the leading followers of the religion during those times.
I love that you're shaking your fist on Google owned RUclips whose video and comment censoring is probably the biggest threat to freedom of speech so far this century.
@@skyden24195 Simon is simply wrong. The serapeum was a temple with the actual library gone by that time. It declined over centuries as Romans had little interest in preserving the texts and every next invasion harmed it even more.
Very well documented but overwhelmingly to hear so many facts in such short periodo it is not pleasent or enjoyable monolog. . Thx anyways for your shows.
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I know Soylent Green when I see it Simon
I keep saying, I'll try it when I see one of you actually chug the whole thing on camera, without any cuts (ya coward lol)
I've always been full of crap. Thanks to Athletic Greens, that's now just metaphorical.
Good for you, please stop advertising your illegal crap here.
Of all the ancient wonders of the world that no longer exist, this is the one that makes me the most sad. Who knows what knowledge was lost with the destruction of this library? Absolute tragedy.
Total agreement! Truly, a sad tale!
if time travel were ever made possible, definitely a place I would want to visit.
I couldn't agree more
Its desecration was one of the worst crimes against humanity, so much knowledge and historical accounts were lost.
@@skyden24195 And stop it from being destroyed. :-)
The destruction of this library was/is a crime against humanity, and I despise book burners. I don't care what the book is about; books and knowledge should never be burned. But we all know that tyrants throughout history have burned books because they didn't agree with what they were about...I understand why they did it, but I am disgusted by it.
Book burning is still a thing to this day o.o mostly from religous leaders.. :/
I have a book that due to post-9/11 legislation is now banned. I privately and quietly spoke to police about the fact I had a copy and their response was "to burn it".
@@alien9279 i think you meant extremists/conspiracy theorists. most significantly the Nazis, the department of defence in 2010 because a book had "classified" documents, and the far left in the Netherlands because a book had a word naughty word in its title; which ironically was a nod to the racism that was present in history.
very few are actually done by classic religious groups, if you want you can cherry pick from the extremes but that would be a misguided assertion wouldn't you agree , being a person of rational reasoning?
how was it a crime against humanity if there are no reputable historical descriptions of it?
Book burning is still happening , especially in the US south. It's not new for sure.
What a list of people who spent time there. This would be a wonderful place to go in a time machine. Just to be able to sit and discuss things with these people.
I love libraries. I wish I had one in my home. I would’ve loved to have seen this library. It sounds amazing.
I've got one! All it takes is a shelf and the more shelves you have the bigger your library. (I've even got a Stack) And all it takes is a love of books. And cardboard boxes for when you move house.
there's the internet
how does it sound amazing if simon said several times that he can not even verify that it existed?
@@davidanalyst671 This is not the first time I’ve heard of this library. I’ve read accounts of it from other sources. If you love books then you have heard of this library before.
My last house had a weird shaped walk in closet. I lined it with book shelves put in lighting, a comfy chair, a small table, and the requisite globe on a shelf. It was one of the most relaxing places i had in the house.
Have fun, and be well.
As a kid who loved history when i read about the great library burning i honestly cried.
It’s ok. We’ll make something better that can’t be burned. Something that doesn’t have one location. Something like the internet maybe.
Humanity has conquer a vast amount of work pieces, in every field, and beyond imagination, during its small part of time-existence in the universe. And it is through the creation of civilization that all this become real.
On the contrary, it is unthinkable to see humanity itself to proceed in a self-amputation by leaving ruins of its achievements to the next generations, who will lament about for ages.
There is a greek word that is really difficult to translate because it doesn't exist in english : σοφόμωρος / sophomoros. It 's composed by two words: σοφός / sophos which means wise and μωρός / moros which means foolish.
-To be wise and foolish at the same time.
Unfortunately this is something that characterize man.
A dramatic scene, taken from the Agora movie (December 2009) showing someone who based in real life person called Hypatia of Alexandria (brilliant mathematician and philosopher renowned for her natural beauty, high intelligence and moral standards as well as for her rhetoric and teaching skills) among scholars of the Library of Alexandria (the largest and most famous library of the ancient times,collecting all the worlds knowledge ) and the siege of the Library of Alexandria by the Christian mob (one of the 3 main stories of the Librarys destruction), probably in the beginning of the 4th century.
It is to be noticed that Hypatia died young in a dreadful manner when she was torn to pieces by monks in 415 in Alexandria (during the reign of Theodosius II).Famous for her excellence in philosophy (neoplatonist) and sciences (mathematician, astronomer), her brilliant mind, fine manners and exceptional beauty. Some count her as the last Head Librarian after Aristarchus.
same
Having had a lifelong appreciation of libraries, from the "lowly" school library, to even the fictional library of the *Clue Mansion, if ever having the unlikely opportunity to time travel, I would definitely want to visit the Library of Alexandria. 😊
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@@amaccama3267 lol. yeah, just a bit. One year, just after I had a broken back from a car accident, instead of going to P.E., I spent most of that year in the school library.
It likely had nothing in English. Was the English language even around at that time?
@@mattyvlietstra5017 I’m pretty sure if you could time travel you could translate the books
@@davidthompson6834 ha. Very true!
You have to wonder how far the loss of Alexandria set Humanity back both culturally and technologically. Its entirely possible its loss had no effect at all (there were numerous other libraries around the globe just on a smaller scale and even without the printing press the copying of important texts did happen.) But equally it could have been catastrophic and ultimatly set humanity back centuries. We will never know, but either way the loss any knowledge is tragic.
we no longer have sufficient sources to make "Roman concrete" and "Damascus steel" after the library was destroyed
@@theawesomeman9821 As far as we know, is there evidence that either of the recipes were in the library?
This is why when playing CIV i always make construction of the library of alexandra a priority...
@@christophergardiner5351 just a hunch
@@christophergardiner5351 where else would they be?
2:55 - Chapter 1 - Beginnings
6:45 - Chapter 2 - Knowledge is power
8:35 - Chapter 3 - The scholars within
12:20 - Chapter 4 - The fate of the library
14:55 - Chapter 5 - The legacy left behind
Is Chapter 6 on fire?
@@RubyDoobieScoo that girl is on fire 🔥
My hero
@@RubyDoobieScooI believe chapter 4 would fall under the library catching on fire category
The internet, while not curated with the same lofty goals, is still a modern variation of the library. Let’s hope we don’t let fear and hate burn that too.
There are modern libraries that make that library look amateur. There were libraries of that time that were more well known and comprehensive too. Why do people still keep talking about this? At the time of it's peak library of Alexandria wasn't very remarkable, the museum to which it was attached to was attracting more attention. It definitely did not house "humanity's knowledge", or significant portion of it was lost when library declined. Fire wasn't even what destroyed it. By the time supposed fire happened the library was already in decline, and potentially neglected. All this speculative bullshit does not line up with actual knowledge and information we have. Most of what people think we know of this library is simply made up.
"Knowledge is power" "the pen is mightier than the sword" the keeping of accountants. People, places, countries, maps, laws pretty much everything and anything to leave for those in the future is an amazing thing!
I’m very excited to hear this one!! I have lots of interest in this topic so hell yeah. Let’s go fact boy
** fact man
Humanity has conquer a vast amount of work pieces, in every field, and beyond imagination, during its small part of time-existence in the universe. And it is through the creation of civilization that all this become real.
On the contrary, it is unthinkable to see humanity itself to proceed in a self-amputation by leaving ruins of its achievements to the next generations, who will lament about for ages.
There is a greek word that is really difficult to translate because it doesn't exist in english : σοφόμωρος / sophomoros. It 's composed by two words: σοφός / sophos which means wise and μωρός / moros which means foolish.
-To be wise and foolish at the same time.
Unfortunately this is something that characterize man.
A dramatic scene, taken from the Agora movie (December 2009) showing someone who based in real life person called Hypatia of Alexandria (brilliant mathematician and philosopher renowned for her natural beauty, high intelligence and moral standards as well as for her rhetoric and teaching skills) among scholars of the Library of Alexandria (the largest and most famous library of the ancient times,collecting all the worlds knowledge ) and the siege of the Library of Alexandria by the Christian mob (one of the 3 main stories of the Librarys destruction), probably in the beginning of the 4th century.
It is to be noticed that Hypatia died young in a dreadful manner when she was torn to pieces by monks in 415 in Alexandria (during the reign of Theodosius II).Famous for her excellence in philosophy (neoplatonist) and sciences (mathematician, astronomer), her brilliant mind, fine manners and exceptional beauty. Some count her as the last Head Librarian after Aristarchus.
Simon, you legend, I've never discovered a podcast better in my entire life up until this point and this show is what I now live for.
New rich person goal, build an absolutely badass library (open to the public by appointment at least, as a library without the public is just sad). But like, marble columns and such with elaborate book shelves stocked with books upon books upon books. Would be fantastic.
The Library of Alexandria was the focal point of Clive Cussler’s Dirk Pitt novel Treasure, and the subject of one episode of SeaQuest D. S. V. .
im glad you mentioned this. i have this book but havent read it yet. thank you.
If I had a time machine this would be on my bucket list for visiting ancient times. This and the seven wonders.
What r the seven wonders I always hear that??
Humanity has conquer a vast amount of work pieces, in every field, and beyond imagination, during its small part of time-existence in the universe. And it is through the creation of civilization that all this become real.
On the contrary, it is unthinkable to see humanity itself to proceed in a self-amputation by leaving ruins of its achievements to the next generations, who will lament about for ages.
There is a greek word that is really difficult to translate because it doesn't exist in english : σοφόμωρος / sophomoros. It 's composed by two words: σοφός / sophos which means wise and μωρός / moros which means foolish.
-To be wise and foolish at the same time.
Unfortunately this is something that characterize man.
A dramatic scene, taken from the Agora movie (December 2009) showing someone who based in real life person called Hypatia of Alexandria (brilliant mathematician and philosopher renowned for her natural beauty, high intelligence and moral standards as well as for her rhetoric and teaching skills) among scholars of the Library of Alexandria (the largest and most famous library of the ancient times,collecting all the worlds knowledge ) and the siege of the Library of Alexandria by the Christian mob (one of the 3 main stories of the Librarys destruction), probably in the beginning of the 4th century.
It is to be noticed that Hypatia died young in a dreadful manner when she was torn to pieces by monks in 415 in Alexandria (during the reign of Theodosius II).Famous for her excellence in philosophy (neoplatonist) and sciences (mathematician, astronomer), her brilliant mind, fine manners and exceptional beauty. Some count her as the last Head Librarian after Aristarchus.
Finally, a video about one of the wonders of the Ancient world that ended because of a fire that destroyed a lot of ancient knowledge.
Gotta love how Simon only does ads for products he uses or actually supports. That's some real integrity there!
Yeah right! haha
The first place id visit if i ever went back in time is that great library
Very Nice! Our Local Museum has build a replica of a Part of the Library last year. Its an important part of our exhibition ever since.
When the Grid goes down,
Librarians will RULE!
Very good, thank you. It's not so much the works of science that might have been lost, as scientific insights can always be rediscovered. It's the works of history and literature that are lost to us forever that is the tragedy of the library of Alexandria.
There can be few acts more evil than the destruction or perversion of history, and few acts more barbaric than the destruction or perversion of literature. I say this as a man who has spent his entire life in the pursuit and service of scientific endeavour.
I could agree, with the exception of medical knowledge. Reducing suffering and saving lives is worth more than a work of fiction or account of history to me.
Loved it, reading Apocrypha and its got notes, missing text and uncertain dates yet occasionally useful history. That’s the kind of scriptural history was lost at Alexandria. To knowledge, like a nuclear war to loose such a place.
Your program is worth watching 👍💕
Pretty sick episode. Can't help but sit in awe.
Great video! I'd love to see you folks do a history and evolution of eye glasses. Hundreds of millions of people wear them, so the story should be quite interesting.
it is said that the library has a super fast public WiFi and a Starbucks.
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I was watching Simon already, I can't be the first on all of his channels, unless you don't actually watch any of them.
I was just watching the video of Simon's here about the development of the internet. Yeah, from the build up of knowledge, to the destruction of knowledge.
All that knowledge that was lost at the Library of Alexandria would certainly be a very good addition to the internet.
Keep doing your thing Simon!!
That voice of yours makes for such a great listen I could listen to you reading a phone book?
(Are phone books still being produced?!?)
Carl sagan started my interest in this subject. Glad to see you get to this
We were on the verge of greatness. We were this close.
The power can go out.
The internet can fail.
Your computer can break.
But no matter what happens your will always be able to read the books.
this video was extremely interesting.im a lover of libraries and books.
If I had a time machine I would go back and try to prevent the destruction of the library if possible. Or make more copies of the books and scrolls. One can dream can't he?
I went on this video, gave it a like and let it play out but only on mute because I can't for the life of me listen to this story without feeling sad.
"Ah, well. Who has time to read these days?"
~Hades, JLU: "The Ties That Bind"
I think up on to ~600 ad there was a lot of scrolls on how to read the Glyphs
I once had a large unbacked up hard drive fail. I can relate.
A Cleveland shoutout... 12:06 That's the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Fascinating.
My dad was actually there for that fire. He's an immortal vampire lord.
Ohhh thank gawd. After a minute and 34 seconds we get to see the video!
Sad thing is in WW1 the library of leuven was burned by the germans , A library that had irreplacable books and knowledge of the past 2000 years , in 1940 a artileray duel between brits and germans destroyed it again this time this time all 900.000 books and manuscripts where lost.
I never understood why during war countless monuments, architecture, art and libraries have to be destroyed when they could have stood the test of time
@@ryannarcisse The stupidity of mankind,
The one constant of history no one learns from its mistakes,
Really great and amazing video. Thanks Simon.
How did eratosthenes calculate Longitude without the use of a precise time keeping device? Or is it that he knew Longitude existed, but simply couldn't do any Navigation with it?
The latter. Knowing the circumference of the Earth (which he calculated to within a few hundred kilometers) it's not hard to assign longitude to the sphere. Navigating is, of course, another matter.
@@tophers3756 cheers mate 👍
@@tophers3756 exactly. Longitude wasn't exactly a problem. Most cultures knew this and dealt with it. And managed to set up trade routes. Navigation wasn't that hard. simple maths. Even if the Earth wasnt a perfect sphere. .
Do the one of the Conquistadors burning the scrolls in Mexico next. That is supposed to have been the equivalent over here of it to some extent please
I think its fair to say that we have definitely surpassed the library in modern times with the Internet being available to everyone with wifi
Hard to get confirmed info. We can do better in providing an archive of info to all users for free. But yea the internet is huge
It's a big deal, but there's also a big difference. The Greeks were all about the free sharing of knowledge for the benefit of all. Today, with knowledge being so highly monetized, people hoard it. Academia is unwell in this respect, rivaling corporations for profit and prestige.
There is a library in Vegas with a secret passage Taking field trips in grade school I'll never forget.
I'm not telling where, or how to find it.
That would defeat the existence of the secret.
I hope this inspires you to take your children, I still get excited showing kids who don't know about it.
Spring Valley Library
And who's or I should say how many people are gonna read your comment like 1 or 2. Just say alright. 😑
The library of Congress I’m pretty sure is the most extensive collection in history especially considering their online content
Today we have the greatest library that's ever existed in the history of humanity, the internet. 😂 it's literally endless and it's everywhere all the time. Whoa
All the knowledge of the world in the palm of our hands.
That one guy realising his library book is no longer overdue
As a writer and history buff I sometimes wish there were more text saved from that fire…
There's already a library that exceeds the collection of the Library of Alexandria. There's almost nothing that can't be found on the internet.
Unfortunately not so. There are still many documents that are not digitized, or not readily available to the Internet, that are only available in local libraries. And many documents that we know about, but don't actually have, thanks to library indexes surviving where their libraries did not. Among others, the plays mentioned in this video by the Greeks, that were copied and the copies returned, mostly have not survived to the present day.
@@FalbertForesterI know, I meant what wasn't destroyed in the ancient world or otherwise lost to time. There's also everything that has been found and sent to museums or universities for study that they simply haven't gotten around to looking at since they received it.
Google was having crews going around to every library and scanning every page of every book and newspaper to make a free global library. Unfortunately they were making available stuff still had active copyrights on and they were sued. There was a couple years there that you could find just about anything. I was doing some historical research at the time and it was invaluable...then it was no longer accessible. A lot of it is accessible again because when I was working on looking up my ancestry I was able to fully access an unobtainable book published in the '30s that was every family tree of spelling of every Kaufman in the US at the time.
the internet has deleted many tests.
Woukd love a video on the largest mine in world, Kennecott copper mine.
“You can tell how middle-class you are by how aggrieved you are and how much you wince every time someone mentions the fact that the library of Alexandria burnt down. Ahh! Grr! Oh if only it hadn't! Agh!”
Lindybeige
Imagine thinking poor people can't appreciate literature.
@@ValhallaTwice poor people don’t give a shit and rich people are smart enough to know that nothing of value was really lost when it burnt down
Humanity has conquer a vast amount of work pieces, in every field, and beyond imagination, during its small part of time-existence in the universe. And it is through the creation of civilization that all this become real.
On the contrary, it is unthinkable to see humanity itself to proceed in a self-amputation by leaving ruins of its achievements to the next generations, who will lament about for ages.
There is a greek word that is really difficult to translate because it doesn't exist in english : σοφόμωρος / sophomoros. It 's composed by two words: σοφός / sophos which means wise and μωρός / moros which means foolish.
-To be wise and foolish at the same time.
Unfortunately this is something that characterize man.
A dramatic scene, taken from the Agora movie (December 2009) showing someone who based in real life person called Hypatia of Alexandria (brilliant mathematician and philosopher renowned for her natural beauty, high intelligence and moral standards as well as for her rhetoric and teaching skills) among scholars of the Library of Alexandria (the largest and most famous library of the ancient times,collecting all the worlds knowledge ) and the siege of the Library of Alexandria by the Christian mob (one of the 3 main stories of the Librarys destruction), probably in the beginning of the 4th century.
It is to be noticed that Hypatia died young in a dreadful manner when she was torn to pieces by monks in 415 in Alexandria (during the reign of Theodosius II).Famous for her excellence in philosophy (neoplatonist) and sciences (mathematician, astronomer), her brilliant mind, fine manners and exceptional beauty. Some count her as the last Head Librarian after Aristarchus.
SIMON WHISTLER SIMON WHISTLER HOW THE MIGHTY DO FALL!!!!
Who needs the library of knowledge when we have Simon LOL
Man this channel is amazing.
I would like to see a video on Nalanda University and its library
All the bibliophiles at the 8:25 mark- truly a goal to strive for
Simon how do the powdered lawn trimmings you’re advertising actually taste? Cuz they look uhh not great
Suggestion for a mega project. The Library of Congress.
do the kalashnikov pls its just simplicity perfected
*Simon looks so beautiful in that color 🫶*
Do we have any modern Libraries of Alexandria? Perhaps the Library of Congress in the US?
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The Vatican Library, perhaps?
Wikipedia 🤓
Can you do a video on west Edmonton mall (use to be the biggest mall in the world )
Good video 👍
Who knows what knowledge was lost, but then, were we prepared to use that knowledge, then or now?
What is disgusting about the destruction of this library and its records is that it was done twice, once by the Romans to eradicate non-Christian beliefs and writings, and then by the Muslims to eradicate non-Muslim beliefs and writings. Is there a theme here? Much of the world's knowledge is eradicated by religion and its zealots? Disgusting.
You should do a video on Zenobia! She was amazing! Quite the modern woman.
Is this a re upload? I swear I’ve see him talk about this. And argh 😖! Hate it when it was set on fire , I believe humanity was sent back rather than advance
technically, wouldn't the internet be the equivalent of Library of Alexandria of today's age?
I love this topic! Thanks for covering it.
For me, the tragedy goes beyond the texts themselves being destroyed, but what the Library of Alexandria represented. It was a place of research and discussion. A school where all the great minds of the time yearned to be. The horror educated people must have felt watching barbarians demolish their icon of learning, and replace it with religion. For me, that's so relatable all these centuries later.
I wonder if one the books destroyed contained the formula for curing cancel.
The problem that I have is that we place possibly too much credit upon the library in Alexandria. There ar people who believe that the destruction of the library set back civilization centuries, but I find that to be unrealistic. The library was not the only one, and there were quite a few of them, even if most were not as grand. We also do not know what was there. It could have been that most could be found everywhere else. The other thing is that many ancient inventions such as Roman concrete or Damascus steel could have been kept secret. Remember in those days you didn't have copy righting, and one of the only ways you could have an edge over the competition was for you to not have anyway for them to know how you made your stuff.
I'm replaying Origins and currently in Alexandria and Idk how much was as historically accurate as they could get or if creative liberties, But I know for a fact of I where to live in any time period it would be at the height of Alexandrias prime.
I want that vast library of knowledge..
I feel like we went so off the path, I want massive stone architecture, sculptures cities lined with pavers.. I'm just sick of where we are headed and we need to look to the past to regain that vast amount of lost knowledge lost to time and war
It literally keeps awake at night sometimes
I'd love to see the sources. Alexandria's library is really interesting
You want modern and innovative topics .. to talk about the giant, innovative and modern projects of the Saudi Giga to move away from oil, such as:
1. The Red Sea Islands project to be one of the most important tourist islands
2. Amaala project to be one of the most important islands in health and recreation
3. The NEOM project, one of its most important projects, is the construction of the largest solar power plant in the world, the OXAGON project for the fourth generation industries, the The Line project, etc.
4. Downtown Jeddah project to develop it to be one of the most beautiful cities in the world
5. Al-Ula Oasis project to establish the largest living museum in the world in a city steeped in history and abundant in antiquities
6. The King Abdulaziz Road Project in Makkah to develop the quality of life for the people of Makkah and to receive 30 million pilgrims annually
7. Al-Sawda project for development to make Abha and Rijal Almaa one of the most important natural cities in the world
8. Diriyah project to be the largest cultural city in the world
9. The Qiddiya project to be the largest entertainment city in the world and break records in its games
I can't imagine what ancient knowledge was lost 😞 So sad it ended like that after all the effort to record everything 😢
Libraries gave us power
I have a feeling "Christians" destroyed the Library because any knowledge predating the OT would have threatened their religion.
I wonder if this would have felt like us having the internet completely wiped of all its memory and data
I wish you would "tag" every photo/painting's sources, that way we could look them up further. One of the best things of "public" information sources, PBS and NPR, is that the presentations they give is but a small part of "the story" they portray, while they give in-depth information of how/where they got their information, and this gives an opportunity to their public, not only to research their sources - and therefore, trust them - but to enrich their story to the level that they wish their viewers to be. Perhaps, just perhaps, by annotating your sources (Starting by naming the photos and paintings you use) would give your viewers a more in-depth...view into the importance of your presentations.
Just a thought...and a wish...
Perhaps, just perhaps, you could redirect the effort you put into this comment towards simply taking a screenshot and utilizing Google Images rather than whining & comparing a RUclips video with a drinkable supplement sponsorship to stations that have received decades of federal funding, member dues, private donations etc.
Politely asking might also get you better results. Just a thought...
@@MaxineShaw_84, "politely"? Thank you for the example.
By the way, PBS and NPR receive 1.3% of the funding from the government. And they are trusted by those of us who contribute to them partially because they do provide their sources. That's what good journalists and historians do, especially when asked. Now, do you think it is efficient for every viewer/listener/reader to do their own research, find sources, read them, analyze them? If so...why would I want to watch this channel...?
Did they get any Chinese books?
Very interesting video 👍👍
Request you to please make videon on Nalanda, India university library burnt by khilji invader.
Two thoughts on the Library of Alexandria:
1. It was not the only library. There have been hundreds or thousands of libraries in the Roman Empire, in which at least the important works were also to be found. The destruction of the Library of Alexandria is therefore not to be equated with the loss of the knowledge collected there.
2. The main reason for the end of the library was probably - insufficient funding. You need a lot of money to run such an institution. If this money is not available any more, at some point the buildings and books can no longer be saved from decay.
“Bro if the library of Alexandria didn’t burn down then we would’ve already inhabited most of the universe”
LOL perhaps a bit of hyperbole
Humanity has conquer a vast amount of work pieces, in every field, and beyond imagination, during its small part of time-existence in the universe. And it is through the creation of civilization that all this become real.
On the contrary, it is unthinkable to see humanity itself to proceed in a self-amputation by leaving ruins of its achievements to the next generations, who will lament about for ages.
There is a greek word that is really difficult to translate because it doesn't exist in english : σοφόμωρος / sophomoros. It 's composed by two words: σοφός / sophos which means wise and μωρός / moros which means foolish.
-To be wise and foolish at the same time.
Unfortunately this is something that characterize man.
A dramatic scene, taken from the Agora movie (December 2009) showing someone who based in real life person called Hypatia of Alexandria (brilliant mathematician and philosopher renowned for her natural beauty, high intelligence and moral standards as well as for her rhetoric and teaching skills) among scholars of the Library of Alexandria (the largest and most famous library of the ancient times,collecting all the worlds knowledge ) and the siege of the Library of Alexandria by the Christian mob (one of the 3 main stories of the Librarys destruction), probably in the beginning of the 4th century.
It is to be noticed that Hypatia died young in a dreadful manner when she was torn to pieces by monks in 415 in Alexandria (during the reign of Theodosius II).Famous for her excellence in philosophy (neoplatonist) and sciences (mathematician, astronomer), her brilliant mind, fine manners and exceptional beauty. Some count her as the last Head Librarian after Aristarchus.
My mind when you say “1 year supply of vitamin D” honey, I’m married I have a life time supply
What we lost could have taken humanity to the stars.
Come on Fact Boy we all want to see you in those Speedos working out on leg day. You could Corner the lonely moms segment of the market.
The destruction of this library was/is a crime against humanity. It is so sad that all the knowledge and information was destroyed. This is why I hate book burners. I don't care what the book is written about, books and knowledge should never be burnt. But we all know that tyrants throughout history had burnts books due to not agreeing with what it is about...I see why they did it but I am disgusted by it. Same thing with destroying art or architecture etc.. .Even if u don't agree with what is in the book, it needs to still be kept so future generations can learn from it and learn about the past. For example, u don't burn books talking about what happened in ww2 because it was horrible, no u keep the books and learn from them so it doesn't happen again (that is why we r dealing what we r today cuz people weren't taught about what happened correctly and now we have all these college kids and younger acting the way they do when we r litterly seeing a repeat of history) anyways, don't burn books. Learn from the knowledge and experience of the people that lived b4.
The Christianity reformations from those days is truly a tragic era and a definite black-mark on the leading followers of the religion during those times.
@@skyden24195 Christnians didn't burn the library... Look it up.
I love that you're shaking your fist on Google owned RUclips whose video and comment censoring is probably the biggest threat to freedom of speech so far this century.
@@ten_tego_teges that's not what this video said. Pay attention.
@@skyden24195 Simon is simply wrong. The serapeum was a temple with the actual library gone by that time. It declined over centuries as Romans had little interest in preserving the texts and every next invasion harmed it even more.
Apart from the green sludge, interesting video.
Probably should have had an offsite backup 😅
Dude I almost changed this cause I forgot why I was here you gotta do that stuff mid episode
Hi bro ,
Please know about Nalanda University of India.
Very well documented but overwhelmingly to hear so many facts in such short periodo it is not pleasent or enjoyable monolog. .
Thx anyways for your shows.
so wich version is true? one say the roman did it and one say much later by a riot?