How to Unite History and Philosophy by Leonard Peikoff

[@YashArya01]

00:00 Does History depend on Philosophy? 04:37 Does Philosophy depend on History? 17:08 The Spiral Theory of Knowledge (Virtuous Cycle) 24:55 Rationalism and Empiricism as Dead Ends. 30:46 Philosophy’s need of History: Politics 45:34 Philosophy’s need of History: Epistemology 50:49 Philosophy’s need of History: Metaphysics 57:18 Philosophy’s need of History: Ethics 1:19:38 The Skeptical Trap 1:24:48 Question Period

[@s0lid_sno0ks]

Thank you, my friend.

[@dannycarentan917]

Fantastic

[@luukzwart115]

1:24:27

[@paulcohen9122]

Which course is this from?

[@vulcan8543]

What is a good source of learning history? A source that would point an individual toward validating ethics? I am asking for myself, as I would love to do that, and potentially teach others too.

[@johnmorrison8753]

I would say the important thing is to continue reading on history, and keeping a firm distinction between the events and the writers estimates of the events. Ayn Rand’s article on Vanderbilt is a good example of this. For your purpose: I read an excellent book called “The Dictator’s Handbook: why bad behavior is almost always good politics” by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith. It’s not ethics as such, but it is an excellent presentation of the mechanics of politics with a staggering number of concrete examples. They do not draw many ethical conclusions except for a general agreement with Altruism. But with a good ethical base it is easy to use this book as a demonstration of the inter-relation between a political structure and ethics. Here is a great summary of the principles outlined in the book presented very entertainingly. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qITXfWqknrdqndU

[@vulcan8543]

@@johnmorrison8753 A book with many eaxmples from which to draw objective conclusions, this sound great! Thank you for your very detailed answer, John.

[@johnmorrison8753]

@@vulcan8543 thanks you! Good luck in the studies!

[@Gorboduc]

Accessible general history: The Times Complete History Of The World if you're visual, Will Durant's stuff if you're bookish, Chris Hasler's History Of The World Podcast or Mike Duncan's stuff if you like audio, Toynbee if you like to speculate. Political lessons: Murray Rothbard's stuff, Defense of the Constitutions by Adams, Spirit of Laws & Greatness Of The Romans by Montesquieu, Discourses on Livy by Machiavelli.