Dr. Darren Staloff, More's Utopia

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  • Опубліковано 12 сер 2024
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 42

  • @pendejo6466
    @pendejo6466 2 роки тому +21

    Every time I hear the intro music, I feel I should be enjoying the lecture with a glass of Bordeaux.

    • @daithiocinnsealach1982
      @daithiocinnsealach1982 2 роки тому

      Sitting on a big armchair with your tweed jacket on in front of a big open fire sucking on a pipe.

  • @littlebigheroman
    @littlebigheroman 2 роки тому +30

    Dr. Staloff's implicit irony is a wonderful complement to Dr. Sugrue's great sincerity - what a pair of courses!

    • @codyranta2807
      @codyranta2807 Рік тому +7

      At first i didn't like staloff. He came off to me as pompous. But after listening to each lecture by him, he has become my favorite for content. If i could get his content delivered with sugrue's passion, it's over lol.

    • @saimbhat6243
      @saimbhat6243 3 місяці тому +1

      Simp

    • @littlebigheroman
      @littlebigheroman 3 місяці тому

      ​@@saimbhat6243
      Simian Indoctrinating Mindless Peons

  • @username1235400
    @username1235400 2 роки тому +19

    Prof. Sugrue spoke very highly of Dr. Darren Staloff in the Idea Store Podcast. As always, thank you !

  • @lordcoreon
    @lordcoreon 2 роки тому +15

    I really enjoyed Dr. Staloff's other lectures. I'm glad we're seeing the companion courses, thanks for uploading these!

  • @christianhughes1567
    @christianhughes1567 2 роки тому +15

    44:03
    "For prides criterion of prosperity is not what you've got yourself. But what other people haven't got"
    That is deeply profound. Phrasing it that way captures the essence of what pride really is.

    • @BboyKeny
      @BboyKeny 2 роки тому +1

      I do think that's it's good to be proud of your hard earned achievements and it's good to be proud of other people's hard earned achievements.

    • @jvcyt298
      @jvcyt298 Рік тому +2

      @@BboyKeny; As long as those achievements aren't at the expense of others.

    • @cheri238
      @cheri238 Рік тому

      @Kenny Omg
      Wonderful insight.❤️

  • @cheri238
    @cheri238 Рік тому +3

    These lectures have helped me necessary growth in understanding
    How could one not love philosophy?
    With the deepest appreciation and admiration for you and ProfessorSugre. .

  • @christinemartin63
    @christinemartin63 10 місяців тому +1

    Amazing how many Classical allusions in these works by More, Erasmus, Machiavelli, etc. Their education was superb. Entertaining lecture!

  • @ChillsWithSloths
    @ChillsWithSloths 2 роки тому +9

    I don't understand half the shit but this is some of the best most fascinating material about philosophy on youtube.

    • @historicusjoe121
      @historicusjoe121 2 роки тому +1

      Haha. Well said!

    • @jvcyt298
      @jvcyt298 Рік тому +4

      As long as it makes you think of things outside of your experience, that is the joy of philosophy.

  • @curtman55
    @curtman55 2 роки тому +5

    I love this channel. This is a truly timeless lecture. Thank you for a being a beacon to the intellectual community.

  • @daithiocinnsealach1982
    @daithiocinnsealach1982 2 роки тому +1

    I spent 15 years studying Church history. Never got around to reading More' Utopia , though alwasy planned. Have a copy somewhere. These lectures are reigniting my passion for history and philosophy and just learning in general.

    • @OnerousEthic
      @OnerousEthic 2 роки тому

      What is your take on the excommunication of Arius?

  • @EyeLean5280
    @EyeLean5280 2 роки тому +1

    Thanks so much for uploading this treasure!

  • @flappyturtlesnatch
    @flappyturtlesnatch Рік тому +1

    This was absolutely fascinating.

  • @JoaoSilva-zt2lg
    @JoaoSilva-zt2lg 2 роки тому

    Very interesting, thanks for sharing

  • @Longviewftw
    @Longviewftw 2 роки тому +1

    What a treat!

  • @dorraasli8349
    @dorraasli8349 Рік тому

    Absolument illuminating

  • @thetruebluedeath
    @thetruebluedeath 2 роки тому

    Spot on.

  • @Phille0tardo
    @Phille0tardo 4 місяці тому

    Does Staloff have his own channel? He should

  • @davemacnicol8404
    @davemacnicol8404 11 місяців тому +1

    The inherent problem in free societies is the whole free-will part. Dont get me wrong its the only way to go for me, and i fought for everyone here to have it but it also means freedom to screw up, be lazy, do drugs, or to be a menace if you like. Thats the rub. Wish i had the answer.

  • @jvcyt298
    @jvcyt298 Рік тому

    Utopia should be required reading for business schools.

  • @owlnyc666
    @owlnyc666 Рік тому

    No laws?

  • @OnerousEthic
    @OnerousEthic 2 роки тому

    Dr. Darren rocks my world 😊
    1:51 “ I would urge that More’s utopia is the last great Christian synthesis”.
    That statement indicates, to me, that the Good Doctor Darren believes that the time of Christianity has come and gone. What do you think?
    I love his narrative, but More is boring imho…

  • @jackbotman
    @jackbotman 2 роки тому +3

    What, this guy looks 21

  • @BboyKeny
    @BboyKeny 2 роки тому

    Utopias are cool and all. But how can you create the perfect society but not take into account that the earth will end and we need space travel and interplanetary colonisation to survive as a species?

    • @Kouros-y2t
      @Kouros-y2t 2 роки тому +2

      I am not sure the idea that the earth will end, was there in More's time.

    • @pearz420
      @pearz420 Рік тому

      Yes, whatever will you poor materialists do? Perhaps you could invent yourselves a savior? Or did Elon Musk fulfill your scriptures yet? 🤡

    • @flappyturtlesnatch
      @flappyturtlesnatch Рік тому +1

      You might be interested in C.S. Lewis's Space Trilogy. Particularly the last third of the first book. It deals with that particular issue

    • @leludallasmultipass
      @leludallasmultipass 5 місяців тому

      Authoritarian regimes typically do not think to those degrees as most of its energies goes into control of thought, movement, and actions of its populace. It’s why forced collective societies immediately devolve into hell on earth. irony would be that people escape earth only to colonize another planet and bring the same ideas and hell along with them 😂

  • @jackanderson719
    @jackanderson719 Рік тому

    People won't work if there is no private property? Low standerd of living? That's bad. But capitalism has the same problem. Most people work full time and still have a low standerd of living.

    • @davemacnicol8404
      @davemacnicol8404 11 місяців тому +2

      Low standard of living compared to whom? Food, water, shelter, and socialization are the important things. But I get your point. If we could pair benevolence and capitalism together in the same concept we would be golden.