Great Authors - Literature of Ancient Greece and Jerusalem - Thucydides and the Dawn of History

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Dr. Michael Sugrue earned his BA at the University of Chicago and PhD at Columbia University.

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I was just researching Thucydides and who better than Micheal Sugre to give me a comprehensive lecture on his works. Sugre is the best teacher I never had; I’m genuinely envious of his students 😢

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To observe carefully and think deeply about what you have observed.

[@thelastbison2241]

Thucydides was the greatest historian ever. He started seriously history. He could have made a good story about himself (like John Smith) or trashed his rivals. He did neither. That is why he is a great man. He showed it is possible to write good history.

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Thanks Michael! A really great & unique take on Thucydides - though everyone should read the whole book! (not just the funeral oration :) )

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Excellent and timely.

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I love these talks by Mr. Sugrue and that was the best one yet.

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I read this book in a course on grand strategy several semesters ago, and my professor, Dr Paul Carrese, made the point that perhaps Thucydides was not just the cold realist modern IR professors make him out to be. As you pointed out, one of the key takeaways from his account of the War was that when all piety is wiped away by logos, logos also cannot stand on its own. A few other neat takeaways from that course: - The Athenians, the seafaring maritime empire, are ultimately defeated in Sicily in a ditch, slaughtered in the same water they believed they commanded. - Diodotus, who saved the subjugated people from genocide, has a curious name. The etymology is actually “Sent by Zeus” (or something similar - I’m a bit rusty).

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If Sugrue is still reading us, we would LOVE some recommended reading or source material, thankyou. Those texts which really act like a lynch pin.

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Well he is deceased now

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Inlightning lecture.

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Thank you ☺️ Professor Is there a lecture on the Pre-Socratics (Heraclitus) ..?

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[@gspurlock1118]

There seem to be a lot of parallels between Thucydides and Nietzsche. Both were the messengers of the death of their respective religious myths, i.e., God or Gods and wrote about it extensively. Now I need to listen to both again. . .

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Dad said, Exactly right, Nietzsche was the last of the presocratics.

[@gspurlock1118]

@@dr.michaelsugrue Thanks Genevieve! Now, the next issue is that Thucydides was writing about the Peloponnesian wars, which basically decimated Athens. That civilization did not survive the loss of their Gods. So far, western civilization has survived Nietzsche's pronouncement. But it's only a little over 100 years since then, the blink of an eye in history. Are we at critical mass? Can we and should we preserve our civilization? I hope your father stays in the game. He is a magnificent voice. . .and you sound like a young, new voice that is desperately needed. Kudos. . . now back to the Professor's lectures! I still have much to learn.

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@@gspurlock1118 Nietzsche never has anything negative to say about Thucydides - it comes close to hero worship, or as far as Nietzsche could travel along such a pedestrian path.

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Who is the classical composer in the introduction?

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Tell people what they want to hear and you never have to tell them the truth.

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@@gorgonzolabarolo1235 You better be living in the countryside and have your own farm. If you live in a city or town, you're fucked: an EMP goes off, No more food supplies, no more water. Food supplies run out in 3 days, then anarchy, then death.

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This Athens/Sparta dynamics really reminds me of the current Ukrainian war

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41:02 Logos

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Sorry, When you meet God threes a crowd.

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5:19 Homer