this was so informative and easy to follow thank you!
@TannerCLynn
7 ай бұрын
Thanks for this. Definitely was pronouncing laches and charmides wrong hahahha
@rodrilino25
Жыл бұрын
You made this so entertaining to watch and listen, thank you
@mckincygolokeh7991
3 жыл бұрын
Excellent lecturer!!!!
@apmire
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing this knowledge with the world for free. Hope you are doing well,
@princebusta1st1
3 жыл бұрын
fantastic video, thank you.
@vm1974
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot for this lecture, it helped me finally understanding the topic.
@janlauterbach7520
3 жыл бұрын
great, great lecture
@PhiloofAlexandria
3 жыл бұрын
Many thanks!
@CrisRogers
3 жыл бұрын
@Daniel Bonevac, I discovered your lectures and am delighted with your accessible nature (and your exuberance). keep the faith and IMHO, courage is also the place we find ourselves when all other choices are gone, and the choice is to cower or respond based on our ethic even if we know the evil is too powerful to defeat. We’re all hobbits in the end. :D
@neoepicurean3772
3 жыл бұрын
'Look, ye wretches, take your fill of the fair sight'
@joseandrada264
Ай бұрын
This very interesting
@monkerud2108
3 жыл бұрын
btw sorry for long rambling comments, enjoy these videos :) think you are doing a good job
@missfredd
2 жыл бұрын
Dear Professor @Daniel Bonevac. Thank you so much for your clear-eyed lectures. They have really helped me with my essays. (I make sure I cite you, of course! I think they call it 'research hygiene' these days, of which I'm a fan - which is to say, it makes sense to me to acknowledge, I'm not just some genius, who reads Laches and immediately understands it, in its entirety, (while, as you say, the wisdom aspect isn't explicit, within the text). According to the internet, we come from different wings of the political spectrum. In my case, because most of the people I know, and certainly most of the people I like are more right wing than I am, I've never really seen that as a problem, when it comes to engaging with others. Or indeed being civil, friendly etc. Well, I'm a Brit, for a start. I'm not hard left, but there are so many qualifiers these days, especially on the internet, without somebody accusing you of something you don't represent. Okay, so, to self-identify - which the internet demands: I'm a... left-wing liberal, green, feminist, vegetarian. I approve of abortion rights, woman's rights, gay marriage, the idea the environmental impact should be seen as a right of future generations and ameliorated with actual legislation/life changes from these generations. Trans issues, I can see both sides - however, think trans people need a safe public space, so I'm very relaxed with gender neutral toilets as a third option. I realise I may have written some controversial stuff now. The trolls don't understand morality or virtue, would be my argument. I sort of felt I needed to, before I asked you my question. Do you feel the same, coming from the other end of the spectrum? Presumably, with the course you teach, in the place you teach it, most of the people you meet and like, you would disagree with, when it comes to your personal belief system. When you have encountered it, in your own life - albeit from the other end, how do you answer? I'd be genuinely fascinated to read your response. If you don't get back to me, I quite understand. Keep 'em coming. Thanks, LJ
@PhiloofAlexandria
2 жыл бұрын
I’m not sure what ‘the same’ refers to here. There are too many possible antecedents. If you clarify, I’ll respond. For now I’ll just say that I learned from many professors who differed from me politically. One had been convicted of breaking and entering and burning draft cards in the state capital. Several were Marxists. Most, I had no idea what they thought politically. I never thought it mattered. Sometimes I think you learn the most from people who see things from a different point of view.
@missfredd
2 жыл бұрын
@@PhiloofAlexandria Thank you very much for your reply. I am delighted you responded. I'll try and frame 'the same' - although I'm still relatively new to your subject, so my sentences may seem like some ridiculous collender, to your philosophical background: Does it matter to you, what else somebody thinks, outside of the framework of the philosophy you're discussing? Can you personally, still find a moral place inside of their arguments, even if you disagree about the hinterland of their beliefs? Even if you do agree with them on a specific thing, what would be too far, with their other beliefs? Okay, let's immediately rule out child assault and go from there. If you choose to get back to me, I would very much appreciate it. Thank you!, LJ
@matthewjbradley
3 жыл бұрын
I'm with Socrates
@dubbelkastrull
2 жыл бұрын
Did Socrates argue that evil only comes from ignorance, in order to support his main claim that there is a unity of virtues in knowledge? Or was it the other way around? What was the reason behind his main argument that motivated him?
@PhiloofAlexandria
2 жыл бұрын
I think it’s his conviction that we always choose what we think it’s best to do that underlies both.
@dubbelkastrull
2 жыл бұрын
@@PhiloofAlexandria Thank you for responding At the end of Meno, Socrates ends up rejecting that virtue is knowledge (since it can't be taught) and instead says that True Belief is virtue. I was wondering if you could touch upon that? How would this effect his original position that evil only comes from ignorance? And why can't we just say that virtue is a combination of various virtuous actions that can indeed be taught?
@vm1974
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot for this lecture, it helped me finally understanding the topic.
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