3 ms·

Somewhat related, I fell in love with a pretty obscure philosophy lecturer who uploaded his old Princeton lecture series to YouTube, dr Micheal Segrue. Genuinel

Somewhat related, I fell in love with a pretty obscure philosophy lecturer who uploaded his old Princeton lecture series to YouTube, dr Micheal Segrue. Genuinely the best overview of various philosophers I’ve ever seen. Highly recommended. I left a comment on a video with 4K views and he liked it. Two weeks later a message was posted on his channel by his daughter that he had passed away. We need to listen to old folks a bit more than we do. The latest isn’t always the greatest.

ImPleadThe5th 2y ago
Do you have a link per chance?
- erulabs 2y ago
  https://youtu.be/Rc0K4WhNOvY https://youtu.be/Rc0K4WhNOvY Enjoy!
theF00l 2y ago
Michael Sugrue was exceptional and I am grateful to have watched his lectures. His lecture on Marcus Aurelius has the most views on YT. I also recommend his lectures on Nietzsche and Sartre/Heidegger.
jorgesborges 2y ago
I knew that would be part of the old teaching company videos! I'll definitely give them a watch thanks for sharing. Finding those videos as a teenager inspired my interest in philosophy and it's what I eventually studied in university. They had such incredible content. The company was rebranded as Wodrium and it's good but they pivoted to more popular, consumable content and it's less rigorous in my opinion. Other great philosophy courses from that era: Robert C. Solomon on Nietzsche https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfiUrZFEZfI&list=PLdnXkNG3FrNMr_rUXKRsg2sNXiFBNASuP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfiUrZFEZfI&list=PLdnXkNG3Fr... Rick Roderick on the Post Modern Condition https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjFiU9nDQD4&list=PLA20B690583E9931C https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjFiU9nDQD4&list=PLA20B69058...
- jt_b 2y ago
  Thanks for this reminder. The Robert Solomon scene in Waking Life re: Sartre had a profound impact upon upon me as a teenager and spurred my interest in Kierkegaard, but it has been several years since I have considered him. Great to see that many of his lectures are available online.
  - jzemeocala 2y ago
    Now there's a movie I haven't though about in a decade.
mrtransient 2y ago
Thank you for spending time to share it!
endorphine 2y ago
I discovered him 6 months ago and watched most of his lectures. Truly a gem of a channel!
Locutus_ 2y ago
Indeed, his lectures are a great startoff point and presented as such but often his personal opinions and philosophical narrative runs through a bit roughly. I get the feeling he is deeply Christian and mostly looks at the history of western philosophy as the project to build the modern Christian Enlightenment and how most (to him) valuable Post-Enlightenment philosophy is fundamentally based in processing biblical scripturally derived strands of thought through a dechristianization processes. This might sound like a harsh criticism, it's not entirely meant to be. His introduction course is definitely worth it!
otteromkram 2y ago
> We need to listen to old folks a bit more than we do. Not all old folks are quite the same. You could make a similar argument for young people. For example: Trump is (probably) older than you. Are you going to listen to whatever he says?
- marshray 2y ago
  The statement was "... a bit more than we do". You chose to refute a general notion about people with a single, extreme, counterexample. But this isn't mathematical logic.
- dambi0 2y ago
  Do you think the comment should be interpreted to mean we should listen to everything all older people say?
gofreddygo 2y ago
Michael Sugrue's you tube channel [1] has some of the best introductions to philosophy. His ability to articulate such complex concepts and lay them out logically and connect them is like magic. True performance from a master! RIP [1]: https://youtube.com/@dr.michaelsugrue https://youtube.com/@dr.michaelsugrue
alexashka 2y ago
For folks who lean more Republican - there's also an excellent series of lectures by Rick Roderick on youtube. Just be aware that these people have failed to produce any original philosophical thought of their own - they are philosophy historians, rather than philosophers.
- ngcc_hk 2y ago
  Original thinker might be bad for historical summary as they might try first to sell their own …

ImPleadThe5th 2y ago

Do you have a link per chance?

erulabs 2y ago
https://youtu.be/Rc0K4WhNOvY https://youtu.be/Rc0K4WhNOvY Enjoy!

theF00l 2y ago

Michael Sugrue was exceptional and I am grateful to have watched his lectures. His lecture on Marcus Aurelius has the most views on YT. I also recommend his lectures on Nietzsche and Sartre/Heidegger.

jorgesborges 2y ago

I knew that would be part of the old teaching company videos! I'll definitely give them a watch thanks for sharing. Finding those videos as a teenager inspired my interest in philosophy and it's what I eventually studied in university. They had such incredible content. The company was rebranded as Wodrium and it's good but they pivoted to more popular, consumable content and it's less rigorous in my opinion. Other great philosophy courses from that era: Robert C. Solomon on Nietzsche https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfiUrZFEZfI&list=PLdnXkNG3FrNMr_rUXKRsg2sNXiFBNASuP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfiUrZFEZfI&list=PLdnXkNG3Fr... Rick Roderick on the Post Modern Condition https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjFiU9nDQD4&list=PLA20B690583E9931C https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjFiU9nDQD4&list=PLA20B69058...

jt_b 2y ago
Thanks for this reminder. The Robert Solomon scene in Waking Life re: Sartre had a profound impact upon upon me as a teenager and spurred my interest in Kierkegaard, but it has been several years since I have considered him. Great to see that many of his lectures are available online.
- jzemeocala 2y ago
  Now there's a movie I haven't though about in a decade.

mrtransient 2y ago

Thank you for spending time to share it!

endorphine 2y ago

I discovered him 6 months ago and watched most of his lectures. Truly a gem of a channel!

Locutus_ 2y ago

Indeed, his lectures are a great startoff point and presented as such but often his personal opinions and philosophical narrative runs through a bit roughly. I get the feeling he is deeply Christian and mostly looks at the history of western philosophy as the project to build the modern Christian Enlightenment and how most (to him) valuable Post-Enlightenment philosophy is fundamentally based in processing biblical scripturally derived strands of thought through a dechristianization processes. This might sound like a harsh criticism, it's not entirely meant to be. His introduction course is definitely worth it!

otteromkram 2y ago

> We need to listen to old folks a bit more than we do. Not all old folks are quite the same. You could make a similar argument for young people. For example: Trump is (probably) older than you. Are you going to listen to whatever he says?

marshray 2y ago
The statement was "... a bit more than we do". You chose to refute a general notion about people with a single, extreme, counterexample. But this isn't mathematical logic.
dambi0 2y ago
Do you think the comment should be interpreted to mean we should listen to everything all older people say?

gofreddygo 2y ago

Michael Sugrue's you tube channel [1] has some of the best introductions to philosophy. His ability to articulate such complex concepts and lay them out logically and connect them is like magic. True performance from a master! RIP [1]: https://youtube.com/@dr.michaelsugrue https://youtube.com/@dr.michaelsugrue

alexashka 2y ago

For folks who lean more Republican - there's also an excellent series of lectures by Rick Roderick on youtube. Just be aware that these people have failed to produce any original philosophical thought of their own - they are philosophy historians, rather than philosophers.

ngcc_hk 2y ago
Original thinker might be bad for historical summary as they might try first to sell their own …