John Gray on Pessimism, Liberalism, and Theism | Conversations with Tyler

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  • Опубліковано 22 лис 2024

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  • @kingj282
    @kingj282 9 місяців тому +6

    This man is clearly intelligent without being pretentious. A joy to listen to

    • @ajs41
      @ajs41 2 місяці тому

      My favourite philosopher and writer on current events.

  • @nitinr6149
    @nitinr6149 11 місяців тому +2

    This is the finest interview of John Gray ever. Clear sharp questions. Helping John reply with sharp quips and analyses. I've heard hours of Gray apart from reading almost all of his books written in his post-academic career. Kudos!

  • @trouble820
    @trouble820 11 місяців тому +1

    This is one of the best interviews with Gray I have heard and like you I have read almost all his books and articles and heard almost everything findable online. Bravo. Way to corner him on a few questions.

  • @EdMinsh-n9p
    @EdMinsh-n9p 11 місяців тому +5

    Totally enchanted by John Gray. I discovered him thanks to my infatuation with cats, but then plunged into his philosophical writings. What a great thinker and an amazing human being! A true beacon for every thinking individual!

  • @stephenpaul7499
    @stephenpaul7499 9 місяців тому +2

    I can't stop listening to John Gray after he was interviewed by Sam Harris (who I remain a partial fan of).
    Gray's conception of atheism is rather more nuanced and intriguing.

  • @cmhardin37
    @cmhardin37 9 місяців тому +2

    It starts 4:18

  • @karlstriepe8050
    @karlstriepe8050 11 місяців тому +1

    One of the best interviews with John Gray that I've heard. He seemed surprised; I wonder if he's aware that you've published with Parfit. That said, not enough talk about the book itself.

  • @kurisensei
    @kurisensei 10 місяців тому

    Hope he does publish that book of aphorisms!

  • @859902
    @859902 11 місяців тому +3

    Must be the best least listened to thing on UA-cam!

  • @jonasshort9549
    @jonasshort9549 11 місяців тому +1

    Which columnist is John Gray referring to on 5:01?

    • @MercatusCenter
      @MercatusCenter  11 місяців тому +2

      links can be found here conversationswithtyler.com/episodes/john-gray/

    • @ajs41
      @ajs41 2 місяці тому

      Michael Lind. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Lind

  • @trouble820
    @trouble820 5 місяців тому

    Listening again. John is so funny. "History is pointless" he says happily drinking his cappuccino in the cafe in Bath. The sun shining down. The young women on their way to lectures."well I have a lecture to give at the literary society and a dinner engagement."
    Later in the interview, "Athens and Jerusalem can't be reconciled." Says the former Chair of European Thought at the London School of Economics. :) 😂😂😂 (I think I have centered the locus of the absurdity). God Bless. ❤

    • @Mark-zr8nr
      @Mark-zr8nr 16 днів тому

      What’s this from?

    • @trouble820
      @trouble820 16 днів тому

      @Mark-zr8nr it's his biography. Or a sketch of it from known public information about him.

    • @Mark-zr8nr
      @Mark-zr8nr 15 днів тому

      @@trouble820 where can I find that?

    • @Mark-zr8nr
      @Mark-zr8nr 15 днів тому

      @@trouble820 like is it a book or on UA-cam?

    • @trouble820
      @trouble820 15 днів тому +1

      ​@@Mark-zr8nr I have read and listened to a lot of his stuff. A good place to start is the news article from the Independent newspaper titled, "John Gray: Forget everything you know", by Will Self, from September 3, 2002. It is a good biographical sketch that holds today.

  • @inyourhead9714
    @inyourhead9714 3 місяці тому

    introduce guest @2:35

  • @mattstapleton9584
    @mattstapleton9584 2 місяці тому

    Your questions are no doubt well considered but wouldn’t the interview have been more interesting if you had reacted naturally to John Grays comments ? Maybe a mix of the two would’ve been more effective and perhaps two separate interviews would also have worked - it’s just that otherwise you sound a bit robotic - good stuff though anyway thank you mate

  • @danwroy
    @danwroy 10 місяців тому

    I thought he was an astronomer

    • @kurisensei
      @kurisensei 10 місяців тому +2

      You might be thinking of the American, Men are Mars guy

    • @Booogieman
      @Booogieman 7 місяців тому

      That guy is total bs spritiual mambo jumbo

  • @clifftrewin1505
    @clifftrewin1505 4 місяці тому

    the interviewer is a fool

  • @KRGruner
    @KRGruner 5 місяців тому

    Clown world in action. Sigh...