Hey Johnathan! Read that you quit your job; that's awesome! Especially given recents development in AI (see Leopold's essay at www.situational-awareness.ai) I think the need for this kind of introspection & understanding of self+history is incredibly valuable.
Also wanted to let you know that I think the link www.greatbooks.io is not working! Well at least for me :/ Wishing you the best!
Fantastic! I teach philosophy to home educated teens. It’s been transformative for them and me. But I believe that philosophy is not enough in itself. We need to explore the texts of our great writers - poets, playwrights, and novelists - historical and contemporary. We need to study history to understand ourselves and our context, to realise that the world did not begin today and that we are not smarter than the generations before us. And we need art and music. The humanities allow us to explore the depths of our humanity, the magic of creation, and the importance of seeing beyond ourselves. These studies reduce the risk of hubris and our preponderance to think that the world is here to serve us rather than the other way around. Keep up your amazing work!
the series is an obsessive's dream to achieve perfection. There is a lapse in affect-driven motivation. The emphasis on non-human drive, i.e. knowledge for the sake of knowledge,(self-improvement) is limp. Great job, but change those socks. It smells of elitism. The dyadic is stale. Not one cookbook. Your series made my French, Ile St Louis day. Thanks
Looks like a slick production with some heavy hitting guests. However I take exception with your reasons for reading great books (I don’t think we’d agree on what “the” great books are—there have been bloody wars fought over that). While “understanding ourselves” and gaining historical insights are not undesirable, there is a greater attainment to be found in books: the elevation of the soul. When we read a great book we converse with the man or woman who wrote it, whether it was written fifty years ago or fifteen hundred years ago. We enter their mind, or rather they enter ours. Furthermore we bear witness the capacity of humanity for beauty, cruelty, love, and creation. This is the miraculous and the divine and supersedes what paltry applications we may make with the insights we might glean.
Great work Johnathan!
Hey Johnathan! Read that you quit your job; that's awesome! Especially given recents development in AI (see Leopold's essay at www.situational-awareness.ai) I think the need for this kind of introspection & understanding of self+history is incredibly valuable.
Also wanted to let you know that I think the link www.greatbooks.io is not working! Well at least for me :/ Wishing you the best!
Thanks for flagging. It's greatbooks.io ... but not sure why www is not working odd. I'll look into it
What’s your height?? Really curious
6 foot savage
Wow as an teenager this is really deep...
Thank you very much for this.
Fantastic! I teach philosophy to home educated teens. It’s been transformative for them and me. But I believe that philosophy is not enough in itself. We need to explore the texts of our great writers - poets, playwrights, and novelists - historical and contemporary. We need to study history to understand ourselves and our context, to realise that the world did not begin today and that we are not smarter than the generations before us. And we need art and music. The humanities allow us to explore the depths of our humanity, the magic of creation, and the importance of seeing beyond ourselves. These studies reduce the risk of hubris and our preponderance to think that the world is here to serve us rather than the other way around. Keep up your amazing work!
Thank you so much Sir jhonthan for this , As teenager I really want this type of studies ✨ You are now one of my favourite teacher
Please interview John Lennox
the series is an obsessive's dream to achieve perfection. There is a lapse in affect-driven motivation. The emphasis on non-human drive, i.e. knowledge for the sake of knowledge,(self-improvement) is limp. Great job, but change those socks. It smells of elitism. The dyadic is stale. Not one cookbook. Your series made my French, Ile St Louis day. Thanks
Looks like a slick production with some heavy hitting guests. However I take exception with your reasons for reading great books (I don’t think we’d agree on what “the” great books are—there have been bloody wars fought over that). While “understanding ourselves” and gaining historical insights are not undesirable, there is a greater attainment to be found in books: the elevation of the soul. When we read a great book we converse with the man or woman who wrote it, whether it was written fifty years ago or fifteen hundred years ago. We enter their mind, or rather they enter ours. Furthermore we bear witness the capacity of humanity for beauty, cruelty, love, and creation. This is the miraculous and the divine and supersedes what paltry applications we may make with the insights we might glean.
As a current Columbia Philosophy student, this is awesome! Look forward to the series Johnathan.
Brilliant!