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Goethe's Hope
Lecture Description:
“What may I hope?” Immanuel Kant famously considered this question, alongside “What can I know?” and “What should I do?”, to be one of the three fundamental questions of philosophy. In this First Friday Lecture, Simon Friedland will consider how Germany’s greatest poet, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), reformulated and responded to the Kantian question of hope in his literary work. He will argue that Goethe searches for an alternative to the Christian notion of hope, turning to the myths of Greek antiquity to articulate an anthropological notion of hope as an irreducible dimension of the human being’s orientation in the world.
Speaker Bio:
Simon Friedland joined the Basic Program instructional staff in 2023. He received his Ph.D. in 2021 from the University of Chicago in German Studies, with a dissertation entitled, “The Pulse of Prosody: Versification and Antiquity in the Age of Weimar Classicism.” From 2021-23, Simon was a Humanities Teaching Fellow at UChicago. Simon is a graduate of Reed College. While a student, Simon spent one year in Berlin at the Freie Universität.
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First Friday Lecture: Introduction to the Rigveda and Upanishads
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The University of Chicago Leadership and Society Initiative: Navigating Your Path to Purpose
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Fireside Conversation with Michael Fassnacht
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Competing Worldviews with Jennifer A. Lind
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Truth, Disinformation, and the Media in this Year's Election
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Reflections on Leadership Residential Seminar Information Session
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First Friday Lecture: Funeral Games in the Iliad
An Epic Week with Homer Information Session
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An Epic Week with Homer Information Session
Master of Liberal Arts Info Session: May 2024
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Master of Liberal Arts Info Session: May 2024
FFL: “Seeking the land of the Greeks in my soul”: Ancient Greece in German Culture around 1800
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FFL: “Seeking the land of the Greeks in my soul”: Ancient Greece in German Culture around 1800
What Young Leaders Want from Older Allies
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What Young Leaders Want from Older Allies
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Asian Classical Traditions Info Session
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Asian Classical Traditions Info Session
LSI Information Session - April 2024
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LSI Information Session - April 2024
April First Friday Lecture: Three Modes of Persuasion in Plato's Phaedo
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April First Friday Lecture: Three Modes of Persuasion in Plato's Phaedo
Learning to Love Midlife
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Learning to Love Midlife
Leadership & Society Initiative: Relationships & Revelatory Learning
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Leadership & Society Initiative: Relationships & Revelatory Learning
Your Next Chapter Matters A Conversation with Michelle Seitz
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Your Next Chapter Matters A Conversation with Michelle Seitz
Getting Retirement Right
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Getting Retirement Right
March First Friday Lecture: Those Who Have Dared to Hymn Love’s Praises
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March First Friday Lecture: Those Who Have Dared to Hymn Love’s Praises
The Graham Circle
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The Graham Circle

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  • @angieanderson4700
    @angieanderson4700 13 днів тому

    he is now my sixth grade teacher at my school

  • @wysiwys21
    @wysiwys21 24 дні тому

    Wow. Such a great conversation. Looking forward to reading the book!

  • @danielhopkins296
    @danielhopkins296 Місяць тому

    Get the folk etymology out of here! What a philological farce, very convenient for white folk! In his neglected book India In Greece the philologist Edward Pococke shows Amazons to be in fact Uma's-sons, or offspring. Several times mentions several tribes as "Iranian" when the Sakya, Kambojas, Kurus and etc were in fact dwelling in Afghanistan and India. The soma may in fact be 'sanna', cognate cannabis Good presentation otherwise, thnxs

  • @nmvhr
    @nmvhr Місяць тому

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  • @mamunshikder-u5f
    @mamunshikder-u5f Місяць тому

    Your video quality presentation is so amazing but do you know why your video is not getting the expected views? Your channel needs some updates to increase the view

  • @alexrecalde3420
    @alexrecalde3420 Місяць тому

    Is she saying prousts name right???

  • @sophieblooming8555
    @sophieblooming8555 Місяць тому

    Not just intellectual. Got to be physical growth as well. I would argue without the physical wellness, you cannot roar much louder. I took up different dance forms, ultra endurance biking, yoga. If we want to embrace our roaring self, the physical persona cannot be missing.

  • @tocreatee3585
    @tocreatee3585 2 місяці тому

    there is a Huge difference btw Fukuyama-Huntington and Mearsheimer. what Fukuyama and Huntington did were mostly description of the world. they described and explained as they see the world. Mearsheimer , on the other hand, starts his logic with undeniable facts.

  • @neildoherty2501
    @neildoherty2501 2 місяці тому

    Fantastic presentation. Thank you Michael and U of C Graham School☘️

  • @paxtonanthonymurphy3733
    @paxtonanthonymurphy3733 3 місяці тому

    What is the cost of the Residential Seminar?

  • @Actaeon-l6d
    @Actaeon-l6d 3 місяці тому

    A better definition: a myth is a "lie" told in an attempt to describe the truth when there is an absence of verifiable evidence to assure said truth's veracity. "Tell all the truth but tell it slant Success in Circuit lies Too bright for our infirm Delight The Truth's superb surprise As Lightning to the Children eased With explanation kind The Truth must dazzle gradually Or every man be blind -" - Dickinson

  • @marthacanady9441
    @marthacanady9441 3 місяці тому

    I do so agree with you in your comparison of Hugo and Tolstoy. Hugo is my favorite.

  • @marthacanady9441
    @marthacanady9441 3 місяці тому

    My favorite book by far. I will never forget it.

  • @jilllohman6684
    @jilllohman6684 3 місяці тому

    In my opinion AP and NPR are biased reporting.

    • @vickidavis8927
      @vickidavis8927 3 місяці тому

      Which news organization(s) do you trust?

  • @jperez7893
    @jperez7893 4 місяці тому

    has anyone made a comprehensive catalog of the dates of the sothic calendar and verified anchor dates, such as solar eclipses and lunar eclipses and defining the dates according to the sothic calendar, nevermind the objections of egyptologists, just a mechanical recording of all known written or inscribed events, festivals, astronomical sightings, names and reigning kings found on temples, monuments, walls, papyri, tablets, etc

  • @user-sc5iv2rp2t
    @user-sc5iv2rp2t 5 місяців тому

    The Hellenistic age is the Greekhood of mankind.

  • @zekiyeabal7352
    @zekiyeabal7352 5 місяців тому

    Such a fresh perspective on economics....Inspiring. I wish I could take the course

  • @PravdaSeed
    @PravdaSeed 6 місяців тому

    🧞is This A university can Present to students... Baby in pampers They know better. But... Wait... maybe they just want to discourage people..

  • @sarahnichols4439
    @sarahnichols4439 6 місяців тому

    Thank you for the question between Tolstoy, Hugo and Dickens. I had been curious how the three novelists influenced one another and how they wrote about the events and policies that affect every day people. Would it be fair to ask if Prince Albert was affected by at least Dickens writings as he too tried to do something to help the people just trying to live?

  • @laureldeardorff5075
    @laureldeardorff5075 6 місяців тому

    I am under educated. Thank you

  • @comradeghostboi7989
    @comradeghostboi7989 6 місяців тому

    i would love to take this course

  • @comradeghostboi7989
    @comradeghostboi7989 6 місяців тому

    ⛲🏛️

  • @gilbertfaizaldam
    @gilbertfaizaldam 7 місяців тому

    ex cuse me i am gilbert there is a one girl i just heard a one girl said the name fernando but they didnt say the last name

  • @seanhewitt603
    @seanhewitt603 7 місяців тому

    All the wrong actors get cast for the wrong roles. Halleck was 'a great brute of a man's in Herberts' words, none of the actors cast in the role fit that description. Idaho was a medium sized man, dark skinned with dark hair, again, none of the actors cast, fit the description.paul is described as slight, small for his age, Timmothee looks like Chewbaccas' kid ...again, no match to the description. I could go on... But I am sure you know all the inaccuracies, just as I do.

  • @robblequoffle8456
    @robblequoffle8456 7 місяців тому

    🍣

  • @luismiranda235
    @luismiranda235 7 місяців тому

    What a fabulous session! Thanks.

  • @karlloinjacobniepes2670
    @karlloinjacobniepes2670 8 місяців тому

    Im done with this lesson and grade is 1.5

  • @MidnightRambler
    @MidnightRambler 8 місяців тому

    Pro censorship pro democrat piece.

  • @DrChrisStout
    @DrChrisStout 9 місяців тому

    Thanks for your time and presentation yesterday. This looks to be a promising program that I suspect will be used as a benchmark for other institutions to follow and result in work what will make a true difference in the world. Well done and thank you for the invitation.

  • @MrChucke711
    @MrChucke711 9 місяців тому

    For the Top to rule over people like Animals, you removed classics to sweep away virtue in the early grades. When people without virtue get paid well for doing almost nothing it is called tenure? So to keep the graft going they claim to find planets in other solar systems with out proof and the public is asked TO BELIEVE IN SCIENTISm.

  • @kylecoleman-j1c
    @kylecoleman-j1c 9 місяців тому

    You people are so funny, Fascism comes from the Christian God, Just look at His, Her, It's actions. Just look at the ethnic cleansing of the Midianites. The Christian god commanded Moses to kill...ALL.. except the virgin women who were split between the priests and Moses's waring solders

  • @collegesandcannibals241
    @collegesandcannibals241 9 місяців тому

    Tell me you haven't read Greg Bear without telling me you haven't read Greg Bear.

  • @walpolekidscomics879
    @walpolekidscomics879 10 місяців тому

    Great video ❤

  • @jacwalker6
    @jacwalker6 10 місяців тому

    So proud of Susan. You are exactly who I knew and thought you to be. Congratulations

  • @Fuzreads
    @Fuzreads 10 місяців тому

    Lol, I hated Margaret Atwoods writing, and that explains it. Thanks

  • @francofalbo5596
    @francofalbo5596 10 місяців тому

    Congratulations Stephen great initiative !

  • @williamlitsch5506
    @williamlitsch5506 10 місяців тому

    I don't think that the presence of questions in the Iliad is evidence of their absence in prior storytelling. Many prehistoric narratives built to explain why a terrible flood, volcanic eruption, or plague occurred start with just such a question, "Why have the gods forsaken us?" Indeed they must since events like this are what drives everyday people, not professional storytellers, to construct a cosmic narrative to explain or give certainty or to provide an element of control over their lives. Their narrative may or may not have any predictive power, but it is a palliative nonetheless. I don't buy the perspective that prehistoric people are any less rational than we are. They ask the same questions when tragedy strikes, but with different knowledge and cultural contexts, they give different answers than we would, equally rational answers given their more limited knowledge and our limited knowledge of that knowledge.

  • @coolerpetoix
    @coolerpetoix 10 місяців тому

    Susan!! You are so terrific!! You will always be my inspiration 🙂

  • @beauregardtrouser6038
    @beauregardtrouser6038 11 місяців тому

    'promo sm' ⭐

  • @nicholastaylor9398
    @nicholastaylor9398 11 місяців тому

    Professor Hoskins has saved me from regretting that I studied mathematics rather than humanities at university. This lecture must be worth a year of the latter.

  • @VikrantSingh-se2zb
    @VikrantSingh-se2zb 11 місяців тому

    Thanks for deeply inspired thoughts provoking flashes of insightful intangible intellect transformative talks that walks through deep space optics communications crafted ideas which shapes our movement of knowledge base desired learnings from futures Self Consciousness Unity to Diversity dominant Divergent Oppositional Silent grounded awareness about profound presence of Others witnessing now understanding how open HeartWork Mathematics Foundation Pillars of true LIGHT inside let's us navigate the depths of darkness doubling rate of lies which hides right below our bleeding Buddha nose bloody bad seed feud raging Matrix environment engineered great grand games theory, body and polity fueled arts and hidden sciences based evil business of wars waging and phoney peace keeping practices becoming new peaceful warcraft counter weighted falsehood spreading overshoot conjuncture climate change cancel culture industry ecology collapsed political economy of corrupted duplicity stronghold polarity reversed dichotomy crushing individuals targeted captive soul caged birds singing fallen spirit of nation collective in the bottomless snake pit of scientific statistical significance of black mass critical void of empty hollowed haptic holographic epigenetic memory holes white noise sinking Intergenerational trauma based mind controlled civil society protected, promoted and preserved ancestral criminality rhetorics possessed bacterial psychology.

  • @Sons_Brad_Dalton
    @Sons_Brad_Dalton 11 місяців тому

    Fantastic conversation. Inspiring. Going to read MiddleMarch one day soon

  • @Viddays
    @Viddays Рік тому

    Thanks for the value my friends!

  • @iceice8327
    @iceice8327 Рік тому

    9:47 - “We were never born to read” 19:48 - How is deep reading different from regular reading? 31:50 - How is technology meaningfully creating new mindsets? Q & A 43:25 - Can you read deeply when using technology? 50:20 - What are your thoughts on audiobooks? 53:25 - How do we convince parents and children about the magic of reading? 57:40 - What is your favorite book, and why?

  • @fmrtwa
    @fmrtwa Рік тому

    Enjoyed the session.

  • @sharjeeljawaid
    @sharjeeljawaid Рік тому

    When the Chinese statesman Cho En Lai was asked to share his views on the effects of the French Revolution he responded by saying that it was too early to say.

  • @Ligma___
    @Ligma___ Рік тому

    Very informative ❤

  • @nawrastS
    @nawrastS Рік тому

    Such as amazing women and teacher.

  • @barrysnyder230
    @barrysnyder230 Рік тому

    Thank you!

  • @lesliew1906
    @lesliew1906 Рік тому

    Wonderful. Thank you.