Aristotle's Philosophy - Martha Nussbaum & Bryan Magee (1987)

Martha Nussbaum discusses the thought of Aristotle with Bryan Magee in this program. This is the second episode in the 1987 series on the Great Philosophers. The rest in the series can be found here: • The Great Philosophers...
#philosophy #aristotle #bryanmagee

[@Philosophy_Overdose]

Yes, this is a reupload. I wanted a version with higher audio quality. I’ll still leave the previous video up, but as unlisted, so as to not break any external links with it. Sorry about any inconvenience!

[@michaelmeenan5522]

No apologies are necessary, mate. I have only gratitude that you have made this wonderful conversation available both to those who are interested and those who are fortunate to stumble across. 😊

[@BugMateo]

Bryan's intros are a lesson on communication... tremendous

[@xenoblad]

FR Extremely clear, concise, and almost impossible to misinterpret. Her students are very lucky.

[@aarongreenberg159]

Certainly. And holds up even in the environment of the internet

[@piotrdrukier]

Martha Nussbaum kicks ass! What a mind?! Then and now! Thank you so much!

[@donaldist7321]

Martha Nussbaum is like a very self-conscious child genius, who has a total grasp of Aristotle, and she is embarrassed by it.

[@manfredbazarov6417]

Why can't we have TV programming as deep as this today? Now, it would be a trendy young academic, parading round the ruins of Athens to a booming soundtrack, giving us patronizing soundbites and making inappropriate comparisons between Aristotle and figures from today's pop culture, with dramatized inserts.

[@CNS946]

Precisely!

[@firstal3799]

Because public likes the Kardashians

[@polybian_bicycle]

​@@firstal3799 The public has been made to like the Kardashians

[@loge10]

But it's not even just about TV programming. There's tons of "content" on KZbin on topics of intellectual or or artistic depth, but they are often presented as if for those with brief attention spans or are more about the presenter saying, "hey, look at me!" - as if it's really about to presenter and not the topic at hand. You never see Bryan Magee giving that impression.

[@loge10]

​@@sensibility1174Your reply makes no sense.

[@dikkie2913]

Brilliant❤

[@DavidBivol]

Thank you for this marvellous video ❤

[@mikaelthesleff3333]

These interviews are real gems 😍

[@miglriccardi]

I thought Diane worked at Cheers full time. Who knew she was also faculty at Brown?

[@VenusLover17]

❤❤

[@markhughes7927]

11:05 ‘…’nous’ is a kind of insight we get into the explanatory role - the fundamental status of a principle - by our experience in using it - to give scientific explanations…’ - gawd help us!

[@Joseph-nw3gw]

She is now 77 years and going strong.

[@hussienmohammed2914]

when reading Aritotle, his words fixes the very evaluating principles we use to assess what we are reading. one doesnt wanna say no to aristotle, or he'd sooner or later regret it. Aristotle is completely perfect.

[@xenoblad]

Not sure if you mean something different by perfect but there’s plenty wrong with many of his claims, especially his empirical claims on women that were debunkable even in his day.

[@hussienmohammed2914]

@@xenoblad need to know greek language and culture as well as a sound mind to grasp the literature.

[@xenoblad]

@@hussienmohammed2914 So there was some hidden meaning when he got the number of teeth women have wrong?

[@hussienmohammed2914]

@@xenoblad show me the original text, and I will be able to tell you wether its by Aristotle or not. This is the only way I can be helpful in this regard.

[@Pontiki1977]

@@hussienmohammed2914 He was not perfect and my native language is Greek by the way. I also study with passion Ancient Greek in order to better understand the original texts. What the heck is a perfect human being or perfect philosopher? He was a genius and a multitasker. And of course one of the worlds greatest thinkers. But his fails regarding women were not the only ones. Of course, compared to him, me, the judge of Aristotle, i am an absolute zero.

[@crosstolerance]

I find Aristotle's ideas in ethics most appealing and relevant in shaping the world we live in today.

[@RogerKM]

What a mind! Both of them.

[@mclark8857]

it would be hilarious to see Aristotle's simultaneously reacting to the fact that a) he's still extremely relevant 3000 years later, and that b) his work can be studied by women

[@jamesmhango2619]

By Nature every man desires to know, Being qua being.

[@nowhereman6019]

It's all systems. What a thing does and how it does it determines its essence. However, I think it's still important to recognize that the specific kind of matter making up that system is also essential to its functioning. And ultimately, all atoms of matter are made up of the same building blocks, meaning there is a fundamental neutral emptiness to everything, and that essence is only created by the functioning of many indistinguishable atoma of matter in different ways with one another.

[@nbradgarrett]

She kinda looks like vintage Sean Young, which I'm not upset about.

[@Pontiki1977]

I am a 47 year old Greek, and 90% of all the things i know about my ancestors of that time, came from English, American, and German people.

[@stefanorossi3244]

delving deeper into Italian philosophical culture would have opened up perhaps more interesting paths for you

[@stefanorossi3244]

...keeping in mind that a large part of Greek culture (from the very beginning) was born in MAGNA GRECIA (ltaly)

[@Pontiki1977]

@@stefanorossi3244 why would i dive into Italian philosophy specifically? I don't see philosophy like national teams. I read Ancient Greeks and Nietzsche, and i get equally excited. And yes i have devoted countless hours into studying the history of Rome and Italy. I also read many ancient Greek text translated by Italian academics. Your comment is confusing..

[@hemantchouhan3760]

Are there not contemporary professors to comment on this topic, we would love to listen.

[@firstal3799]

Wittgenstein.

[@GodOfTheInternets]

@@firstal3799 Wittgenstein has been dead for some time, how do you suppose you could comment on this ;) ?

[@alexanderkurz2409]

30:40 on souls and life and forms

[@Dino_Medici]

Right on bro

[@danielpincus221]

This interview took place 37 years ago, in 1987.

[@Kataroobungaloo]

This lady is so smart wtf

[@ianmcgee9850]

I’m only missing a BR

[@briandzwoniarek8952]

Can someone clear up Aristotle stance on equity vs equality? She starts to touch on it at the end while disputing his politics. Is she saying that his ideals of politics and equity aren't *reconcilable* because of his views on women, foreigners or slaves? As Aristotle is in favor of *equity when it comes to justice*, but favors male citizenship in this principle???

[@MartinLopez-mo7tm]

After watching this, read Durant.

[@Augass]

+

[@DingbatToast]

So this is what American women were like before Ticktock

[@PhilStein721]

I wanna pet that dawwg

[@robertbehrendt3015]

That is certainly better than spanking the monkey.

[@garymelnyk7910]

Round and round and round, but getting nowhere!

[@robertbehrendt3015]

That is why Science is getting nowhere because logic, observation and appearance are incapable of understanding Being which is an inner subjective reality beyond the intellect and senses.

[@firstal3799]

Bryan Magee isn't brown at all.🤣

[@IA100KPDT]

The greatest philosopher that never existed.

[@joelkaranikas7314]

Aristotle's ontological status being debated is what he would have wanted

[@willmercury]

Studied in Beijing, did you? Idiotic claim.

[@RuthvenMurgatroyd]

I get questioning the existence of Socrates (it's wrong but I get it) but Aristotle? Why do we distrust the Ancients so?

[@IA100KPDT]

@@RuthvenMurgatroyd Greek history is fake histories. Period. U will always see a little Jesuits monks somewhere writing their fake histories. Western civilizations? what civilizations? French kings bathed twice a year. They only had palaces in 17th centuries. Before, its all old musty stinking castles lived by humans and animals. Western histories are created to sell the bible stories to unite the white folks and to keep them brainwash. Goethe and Voltaire knew all these.

[@IA100KPDT]

@@RuthvenMurgatroyd Someone is removing my comments. They don't like the truth.

[@bryanutility9609]

5 min in, just bla bla… all that matters is how to act.

[@rod6189]

Women and philosophy don't go together. Sorry

[@thegreatest2842]

Another misogynistic c*ck.

[@thatconfoundedbridge]

This has to be a bait comment 🤣

[@robertbehrendt3015]

For sure, this statement is intimating that homosexuality is the basic qualifications to be a great Greek Philosopher, particularly if you are an Aristotelian.

[@PsychedelicAnxiety]

mom problems

[@RuthvenMurgatroyd]

​@@robertbehrendt3015 Don't think Aristotle is the best example of someone who practices the Greek sin. Your joke would have worked better if you said Greek in general but Aristotle was definitely not someone who would have thought much of that lifestyle and even Plato disparaged it after romanticizing it on a non physical level.