Wow you are an incredible speaker. I always find myself pondering over a new idea you have planted in my mind. I never fail to find tangible threads of wisdom in your immaculate taste of words. The editing is also perfect, not too spectacular, but not too dull as to halt the pacing. I am always excited to see another one of your works of art on my home page, sandwiched between world music and ancient history stories. Thank you Michael and your team for your incredible work. I love this channel! Keep doing you.
Δεν ξέρω ειλικρινά πως να επαινέσω αυτό το απίστευτο κανάλι ! Τι να αναφέρω πρώτο ; Την απίστευτη σκηνοθεσία ; Το καταπληκτικό υλικό που δεν υπάρχει πουθενά στο UA-cam με τέτοια εμβάθυνση ανάλυση και επεξήγηση ; Την ικανότητα σου στην αφήγηση ; Την ισορροπία μεταξύ επιστήμης , υπόθεσης και προσωπικής άποψης ; Φαίνεται ότι πέφτει πολύ ψάξιμο πριν από κάθε βίντεο και είμαι σίγουρος ότι το ίδιο συμβαίνει και στην συγγραφή των κειμένων ! Είμαι πραγματικά πάρα πολύ ενθουσιασμένος με αυτό το κανάλι και σας ευχαριστώ από καρδιάς για τον κόπο που κάνετε και που ακόμα δεν ανταμοιβεται όπως πρέπει . Μια παράκληση επειδή ψάχνω στο κανάλι αλλά δεν έχω βρει βίντεο για τους Δελφούς . Υπάρχει κάποιο σχετικό βίντεο και αν όχι θα μπορούσατε να κάνετε ένα ; Επιπροσθέτως ως μουσικός αν χρειαστείτε ποτέ copyright free μουσική μη διστασετε
Bon courage! The debate (battle) over whether America is essentially modern or pre-modern is still open. Cf. Harry Jaffa. See also my "Preface to an Augustinian History of the United States (Introduced by a Reading of Dante)". Social Atomism does not have the last word. (Surely "tyranny" is a still pertinent category.)
I too have just finished de Tocqueville and as you say there is so much in him that is relevant to today’s world. I came across the title some fifty years ago on a literary book list, it remained unread all that time. Coincidentally and by chance I read Walter Scott’s five volume Life of Napoleon which led in naturally to Democracy, and it had many parallels with what is going on in Europe today. It is a good rule always to be reading something just for the sake of it, there are always unexpected lessons to be learnt by doing so.
I often think about how De Tocqueville was in his 20s when he wrote Democracy in America. It's difficult to imagine a 25 year old writing anything so penetrating and profound today, which perhaps indicates a kind of regression. I'm glad to see you discuss the concept of 'soft despotism', one of the most interesting ideas in the book, and something I tried to get my students discussing when I taught the book in a university politics class.
You’ve hit upon an idea that I was also considering while reading Tocqueville. Although it was not related to his age. The idea was that Tocqueville could not have possibly understood so much and in such depth simply by observing Americans for a few short years. His penetrating insights would have taken a lifetime to formulate, and many, many years of living in various groups and classes within American society. Rather, he must have come to America “ready formed” to some degree before he even arrived..
You're probably right about that. By the way, you've got a great channel. I've been watching for a long time and always find the content interesting.@@AncientGreeceRevisited
@@AncientGreeceRevisited it sounds to me like he was familiar with the ideas of Descartes and modern philosophy. His arrival in America probably opened up a new perspective for him of what these ideas look like in practice when they were not encumbered with the structures that existed in Europe.
@@karlsapp7134 True. But was tend to forget what “knowing Descartes” meant. Descartes was not some obscure philosopher requiring extensive training to grasp. On the surface at least, he is quite simple. But there is a hidden depth that Tocqueville understood, at least half consciously about Descartes’ methods: that in order to work, they need to assume a “flat” universe, one where every piece of reality is ontologically identical with any other. Where fire and water, in other words, do not really represent different elements but different movements of the same basic particles that - centuries later - we now call molecules and atom. This uniformity in physical reality became internalized into a uniformity in politics, where the social landscape that used to consist of different classes and hierarchies ALSO became “flat.” In short, there is a “metaphysical flatness” that Tocqueville observed in the teachings of Descartes and the modern science that came after him. Tocqueville’s writings on Pantheism is most telling in this.
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Wow you are an incredible speaker. I always find myself pondering over a new idea you have planted in my mind. I never fail to find tangible threads of wisdom in your immaculate taste of words. The editing is also perfect, not too spectacular, but not too dull as to halt the pacing. I am always excited to see another one of your works of art on my home page, sandwiched between world music and ancient history stories. Thank you Michael and your team for your incredible work. I love this channel! Keep doing you.
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Δεν ξέρω ειλικρινά πως να επαινέσω αυτό το απίστευτο κανάλι ! Τι να αναφέρω πρώτο ; Την απίστευτη σκηνοθεσία ; Το καταπληκτικό υλικό που δεν υπάρχει πουθενά στο UA-cam με τέτοια εμβάθυνση ανάλυση και επεξήγηση ; Την ικανότητα σου στην αφήγηση ; Την ισορροπία μεταξύ επιστήμης , υπόθεσης και προσωπικής άποψης ; Φαίνεται ότι πέφτει πολύ ψάξιμο πριν από κάθε βίντεο και είμαι σίγουρος ότι το ίδιο συμβαίνει και στην συγγραφή των κειμένων ! Είμαι πραγματικά πάρα πολύ ενθουσιασμένος με αυτό το κανάλι και σας ευχαριστώ από καρδιάς για τον κόπο που κάνετε και που ακόμα δεν ανταμοιβεται όπως πρέπει . Μια παράκληση επειδή ψάχνω στο κανάλι αλλά δεν έχω βρει βίντεο για τους Δελφούς . Υπάρχει κάποιο σχετικό βίντεο και αν όχι θα μπορούσατε να κάνετε ένα ; Επιπροσθέτως ως μουσικός αν χρειαστείτε ποτέ copyright free μουσική μη διστασετε
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Bon courage! The debate (battle) over whether America is essentially modern or pre-modern is still open. Cf. Harry Jaffa. See also my "Preface to an Augustinian History of the United States (Introduced by a Reading of Dante)". Social Atomism does not have the last word. (Surely "tyranny" is a still pertinent category.)
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I too have just finished de Tocqueville and as you say there is so much in him that is relevant to today’s world. I came across the title some fifty years ago on a literary book list, it remained unread all that time. Coincidentally and by chance I read Walter Scott’s five volume Life of Napoleon which led in naturally to Democracy, and it had many parallels with what is going on in Europe today. It is a good rule always to be reading something just for the sake of it, there are always unexpected lessons to be learnt by doing so.
I often think about how De Tocqueville was in his 20s when he wrote Democracy in America. It's difficult to imagine a 25 year old writing anything so penetrating and profound today, which perhaps indicates a kind of regression. I'm glad to see you discuss the concept of 'soft despotism', one of the most interesting ideas in the book, and something I tried to get my students discussing when I taught the book in a university politics class.
You’ve hit upon an idea that I was also considering while reading Tocqueville. Although it was not related to his age. The idea was that Tocqueville could not have possibly understood so much and in such depth simply by observing Americans for a few short years. His penetrating insights would have taken a lifetime to formulate, and many, many years of living in various groups and classes within American society. Rather, he must have come to America “ready formed” to some degree before he even arrived..
You're probably right about that. By the way, you've got a great channel. I've been watching for a long time and always find the content interesting.@@AncientGreeceRevisited
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@@AncientGreeceRevisited it sounds to me like he was familiar with the ideas of Descartes and modern philosophy. His arrival in America probably opened up a new perspective for him of what these ideas look like in practice when they were not encumbered with the structures that existed in Europe.
@@karlsapp7134 True. But was tend to forget what “knowing Descartes” meant. Descartes was not some obscure philosopher requiring extensive training to grasp. On the surface at least, he is quite simple. But there is a hidden depth that Tocqueville understood, at least half consciously about Descartes’ methods: that in order to work, they need to assume a “flat” universe, one where every piece of reality is ontologically identical with any other. Where fire and water, in other words, do not really represent different elements but different movements of the same basic particles that - centuries later - we now call molecules and atom. This uniformity in physical reality became internalized into a uniformity in politics, where the social landscape that used to consist of different classes and hierarchies ALSO became “flat.” In short, there is a “metaphysical flatness” that Tocqueville observed in the teachings of Descartes and the modern science that came after him. Tocqueville’s writings on Pantheism is most telling in this.