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Three Minute Philosophy: Heraclitus & Parmenides

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The Pre-Socratic philosophers, Heraclitus and Parmenides. Metaphysics, determinism, fatalism, and the unreality of free will.

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  • sometimes i wish he would just slow the fuck down and pronounce the words slow enough for me to hear how man syllables are in it let alone comprehend its meaning

    but i think that the speed actually makes it easier, if it was 6 minutes of shit id probably just be thinking too much for too long

    in closing, 3 minutes is the perfect length.

    yeup

  • I'm tempted to start a series of videos which are exactly the same as these, except re-read in a smooth, deep voice which is somewhat bearable. Good idea?

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  • u talk tooo fast i couldnt even understand

  • @thecathelizabeth Reading Sophie's world?

  • @StuyLewis It works out to about six philosophers a week over a 15 or 16 week course. They should learn two or three of the major ideas of each of the philosophers. Unfortunately, I can't really go into depth about any of them, but they at least know the names and something about their most celebrated theories. I also show a lot clips from movies so they get a good sense of the time in which these people lived.

  • @jayraskin that is a lot freaking philosophers for one course. Are they supposed to remember all that or just kind of get a basic idea?

  • God i fucking hate Nietzche. 

  • At some points in life you just have to resign from trying to understand what somebody says and instead feel comfortable for the sounds he produces xD

  • i fucking love you....

    

  • @Ultermarto I teach philosophy. I generally teach it in chronological order to show how philosophical ideas grow out of their socio-political-economic backgrounds. In an introduction course, I generally cover the major ideas, concepts and theories of around 80-100 major philosophers.

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