you have to drag the noble and the sublime into the freudian gutter, don't you.

Good stuff. Speaking of how the alienation of externally-received revelation is overcome when revealed religion is made "a priori", and thereby internal to any individual by reason(philosophical religion), I am reminded so much of Lessing's "On the Education of the Human Race"--- albeit now in a key which doesn't replace religion or God with reason (purportedly the Spinozist move); rather, God is simply just made internal to individuals via reason. I would like to ask a question (to which we probably already have the intimation of an answer): with it in mind that the philosophical religion is not yet here, do we at least have some way-posts pointing toward it for us now? (even if still fallibilist). Now that I ask, I realize that the "Secular Christ" podcast is perhaps one such tracking of way-posts. Furthermore, I am very interested in the proliferation of philosophical religion such that it finally becomes internal. I wonder how much interest you take, Dr. McGrath, in your fellow Canadian Marshall McLuhan? Media ecology seems decisive to efficaciously proliferating information (especially about God, etc.) such that it may become internal to those who watch it. McLuhan has a theory that literacy augments human consciousness such that whatever one is reading feels as though it is emerging from oneself (and hence significantly more internal than the former medium of listening to another's speech). It is bewildering what the internet has enabled-- I myself went from growing up without any religion to embracing (many) religions through different aesthetic youtube videos of religions & PDF surfing as a teen. I surmise it would've been much more difficult without the internet to intensely curate certain religious aesthetics to my 14-year old self. And what a wonder, decisive lessons on Schelling from the same medium! I wonder to myself, what more can be done? Should one desire, like Lessing achieved, to become a "volkserzieher"? Or (not in a way that is necessarily mutually exclusive) should one desire to heed St. Seraphim's words, "Achieve inner peace and thousands around you shall become saved"?

you are the best lecturer on KZbin. perhaps in the world

Hi! Is there a place I can find the second podcast? Thank you!

Useful summary 👍

And they shall not teach, each one his neighbor and each one his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest

This is dense but very enlightening....or should I say...helps me shed my reliance on revelation in order to be the revelation itself? 😊😊 Anyway, good introduction to this lesser-known philosopher's late period.

What evidence do you have that there is such a thing as the end of time?

This was amazing

Recently started reading Jung's book about Types. He has a big focus on Schelling, calling him an introvert-intuitive type, and this sparked my interest in him this past week. This lecture came at a great time - thanks!

Absolutely brilliant!

this is so so helpful and illuminating thank you!

Label that explains everything transcdental systems of idealism in continental formulations of reductive processing in categorical reality-based orientations

"Those who fear life, worship imaginary Gods of others; those who love life, imagine." Imagination is the Way. Revelations by Elias Leousis, Amazon

You articulate philosophy very well. It's refreshing to hear this type of thought amidst the commercial quagmire that is KZbin.

your lectures are always great

Nah that wasn't in the book, you just added that

Loved the passage you quoted from schelling, such an interesting take

☀️ P r o m o s m!!

Wonderful talk, Sean McGrath's work is absolutely brilliant, it is lucid, well researched and deep. This talk was very well rounded understanding of Schelling's late philosophy. He is by far one of my favorite scholars.

Once again, Sean McGrath brilliantly unpacks Schelling's lectures on the Philosophy of Mythology and does so with ease. These podcast lectures are a must in my opinion, for anyone that is reading the later Schelling!

I just bought the book and checked out what's on it on the web. Thanks for the take.