23) Stoicism - Marcus Aurelius's "Meditations"
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- čas přidán 23. 07. 2024
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This session is a continuation of our discussion of Stoicism, this time through the writings of the Roman emperor, Marcus Aurelius, including some questions about how we can get a theory of how ought to try and effect change in the world around us from Stoic thinking.
Great job. I hope for more on Stoicism in the future as well. Maybe some of Seneca's Dialogues.
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Ahh lets ignore that last part..
*tosses book onto the desk"
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Adam you are a incredible lecturer on philosophy with wit and charm.
Dude I've been charging through your ancient philosophy and i am looking forward to your next playlist.
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From a hungry mind in a troubled world rn.
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Thanks so much for the lecture
Amazing lecture.
Thanks a lot Sir.
We need Seneca as well. :)
Props too to whoever was helping record and pan the camera the whole time :)
Does anyone know what the exact reading assignment was for this lecture?
Marcus's Meditations, 2-5
I think I got the stoic ethics a little bit, but I'm still confused on its particularities. What exactly differs stoicism from, say, platonism, if they're both so drawn to virtue and self-preservation? And even though they have different metaphysical propositions, it's not like they're "atheists" like the atomists... It honestly feels like stoicism is just a light version of platonism, without the interesting theory of forms and the definitions of justice.
Very good. When reading Meditations you must understand Marcus’ life. Most of his years were hard spent on the Roman Frontier fighting the Gallic Tribes.
So when the early example of getting up in the morning, you must put yourself in his shoes. His bed certainly was comfortable enough, he was the Imperator of Rome. But he had an empire to defend, so his ideas aren’t out of a cold hearted nature but a sense of urgency.
Therefore the reason why Marcus fought his whole life was because he feared the opposite. Of when Hannibal of Vercongettorix invaded the Italians Peninsula.
I liked your comment. But I would make one tweak to "but he had an empire to defend." He had to "defend" his Empire because Rome spent years invading and conquering other people's land, killing thousands if not millions of innocent people. So it's not really defending. At best you could say defending against a perceived threat. But killing millions of actual people over a perceived threat is not really virtuous.
And so when he talks about virtue and how to treat your kinsmen with respect I think you have to take that with a grain of salt. That's like if you broke into someone's house, stole their food and used their stuff and they started getting upset and then you said "well you're acting really irrational by letting this anger get the best of you." But the other person would be like "yeah, I'm angry cause you broke into my fucking house. Get the fuck out!!"
All that to say, everyone, especially the powerful, need to take a step back before they make a judgement about how others are reacting.
Great video. Couldn’t finish due to the loud typing being annoying
What happened to 3-22 man
Who's 3-22 man?
@@adamrosenfeld9384 I believe he meant 3:22. Something hit the microphone. No worry.