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- Scott and Karl read "The Greeks and Greek Civilization" which sums up the relevant lectures the notable Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt first gave in 1872.
Karl says, "I now have a little portable guide to all the Greek literature that I want to read." Scott adds, "Burckhardt explains what might be going on around the world around Socrates that allows him to drink the hemlock."
The duo acknowledges Jacob Burckhardt's ability to research and analyze Greek culture at great length, but whether or not he fully admires the ancient Greeks is up for debate.
Tune in to learn more about the true 'Greek spirit' of the ancient world that Burckhardt provides. Brought to you by onlinegreatbooks.com.
What a great selection. Thanks for the review fellas.
Thank you, Scott and Karl. God bless you both.
Thank you!
I wish there were more episodes.
Parson Weems was a writer who wrote a blo of Washington. I think that is where the cherry tree story comes from. I think that there was also one about him tossing a silver dollar all the way across the Rappahannock.
What happened? Where are the new episodes?
Karl, “if you’re immersed in the everyday….”. Sounded like a theme from Walker Percy
36:10 Let's go! 🤝
(1h 17mins) "If you reject the idea that things are good in and of themselves then heirarchy is impossible"
While chatting amongst friends I often find myself butting up against what looks to me like a reflexive relativism. If I utter a word like "beauty", "truth", "virtue", "goodness", very soon someone will call into question the very notion - "well what is virtue anyways?".
I don't mind the question or getting into the discussion (though it always seems to get abandoned just as I'm getting warmed up!), but I begin to wonder about the effect of this rejection of values on their lives. It seems to me they might struggle with focus and direction in their lives and have a hard time making a decision and sticking with it.
One good friend has such a hard time that he suspects a mental illness diagnosis and seeks some pills. That's entirely possible, but I really wonder if less screen time, a little quiet contemplation and an acceptance of a heirarchy of The Good wouldn't be more to the heart of his problems.
lol “salt lick”
This is a really great Convo. But re violence. I don't think it's right to say "homer shows them die." But this was auditory. Nobody was shown anything and depictions of death were prohibited on the stage. So I must disagree that the Greeks thought citizens should be shown violence
Good work uncovering the real Greeks. What they strike me as and the reason they seem so alien, is that they are unadulterated, purified, Social Darwinists - the right of might to do what it chooses, because it has a superior bloodline. Very much like the Mongols. In this, they are the anti-thesis of most of the faiths of today. And the reason the world seems so awful is that we are being descended into it by the monied Oligarchy that run the central banks. Who were also behind, as per General Smedley Butler, the Vietnam War.