The Virtual University: Marcus Aurelius Part 5
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"all men die, but not all men die whining"
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Best lecture since my first taste of Terence McKenna
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@PaintedPorch I agree, though virtue is something many take an interest in as they get older and not something found amongst the youth. Classical studies are taught nowadays, though they concentrate on the men who lead anxious lives full of thirst for pointless glory (Alexander, Achilles, Odysseus, Alcibiades).
If money wasn't the measure of success and power it would be a far better world.
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@Odarrien: I dunno. The professors name is Prof Michael Sugrue...Check it out !
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This was a great lecture, came in very handy preparing for my ethics mid-semester exam. I love the way he just flows!! Does anyone know of additional posted materials by this lecturer (ANY subject matter).
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its been a while since ive seen videotape gently chew up the screen like that. god bless vhs
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I'm a huge admirer of Marcus Aurelius, but something I've never sussed. Unlike his four predecessors he gave Rome a truly awful heir – Commodus one of the worst rulers in history, one that the empire never really recovered from. Did he know?
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Thanks
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I suspect that Marcus would be comfortable with the idea of us reading his journal today. It is a contribution which likely benefits more people, today, than all his efforts as Emperor did in the second century AD. At least, I think he would approve, even if he were uncomfortable having his innermost thoughts exposed.
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If folks read Meditations after reading machievel's The Prince then the world would be more virtuous rather than trying to do folks over.
Stoicism mixed with the social market is the way forward.
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This type of rational (and as such, non-sectarian) education of the spirit is what needs to be restored broadly to all levels of formal education in the western world if we are not to continue atrophying into oblivion.
PaintedPorch 4 years ago 26
that was a great lecture, i got a lot out of it. thanks for posting
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