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

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@@magnusnotcarlsen3241 True! I'm lucky.

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[@skyfathersound]

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[@KaiTheAndragogist]

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[@cieuxnoirs]

Coincidently I am reading Locke now for my Uni, and before that I had Gorgias and also got your video right on time. I hope you know how much joy and support you bring to all the philosophy adepts around the world. Greetings from Warsaw, Poland. Kudos to Genevieve too.

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[@michaelthomas6280]

If you ever have the time, I would greatly appreciate a lecture on Rousseau.

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[@Kwalk1989]

Thank you for doing these videos.

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Michael, you are a paragon of virtue.

[@JoeF8577]

God bless you Sir, thank you!

[@thestoictime]

A man of true Wisdom, THANK you Sir ❤️

[@cheri238]

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Professor Sugrue is saying THE WORD!

[@2Oldcoots]

Thank You sir for sharing so much wisdom, knowledge, and insight with us. By the way sir: in my youth I read Crime and Punishment twice, but through your magnificent lecture at the age of 70+ I now have filled in many of my blanks and corrected some misunderstandings about the final chapter. Thank You Sir again.

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I so so deeply appreciate him and how willing he is to share!

[@CodeNameShadowDude]

I studied at UNLV and YOU are the best professor I have ever encountered with regards to this stuff!

[@thattimestampguy]

0:00 John Locke’s Social Contract. Baseline for Enlightenment Political Thought 🖊 💭 1:41 Ancient Authority: God, Mandate of Heaven, Emperor. No Right To Rebel or Criticize. 2:27 Hobbes: It has to be this way to avoid violence. Oppression is preferable to Violence. 3:07 Locke: Government can be altered to (hopefully) become a better government. 4:50 Locke: The Source of Political Legitimacy comes from The Trade of Natural Liberty and Security from The Populace of a Group. Legitimacy comes from Consent. 6:56 “There is always a fly in the ointment 🦟🧴 a joker 🃏 in the crowd.” - murderers need to be prevented 8:13 Right To Life, To Health To Liberty ❌⛓ To Property 🏡🖼📚🏪 To Not Being Locked Up To Air No one may prevent another from having and not being made to endure certain universal needs, which if not upheld lead to greater strife and violence. 10:38 Government which does not do this is a bad government and needs to be removed so Rights can be protected by a better government of better men. 11:45 Purpose of Government: Protection of People. Maintaining of Peace. 14:35 American Adoption of Locke: Self-Evident 🇺🇸 “Some things are only self-evident to the wise.” Jefferson originally said: _Sacred and Undeniable_ Franklin said: Self-Evident 16:36 Nature: I Made It, I Defended It, I Grew It, I Own It, It Belongs To Me. 🧑‍🌾 🦌 🎣 Locke: don’t monopolize nature, leave some for other people to enjoy too. 19:19 Inequality in Allowance of Property Ownership with Money 🏆💍🥇🥈💰💵 20:42 Slavery violates The Social Contract🔒 • Practical Politics but…. _hard to square freedom with practical reinforcement of society._ 22:15 Consent of The Ruled determine Legitimacy. Who are The Ruled? “Who Are “The People?” Revolutions are created by fractions of society. Locke gave Americans 🇺🇸 ideas to utilize in coming to their Revolution. 25:00 Ex. Robinson Crusoe A recapitulation of Locke/Enlightenment Living. • Hunting, to Civilization. 29:12 Thomas Jefferson’s 3 Biggest Thinkers 💭 1. Francis Bacon 2. Issac Newton 3. John Locke Equilibrium, Separation of Powers Hobbes: Too Weak! Locke: It’s ok. It’s reseting the government. 33:19 John-Jacques Rousseau, equality for all. In property, in rights, in sex. *Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen.* 35:49 Slavery: Let’s get rid of it Georgia/SC: No. “The downside is you can’t fudge it forever.” 38:36 Locke is the Enlightenment Bridge Hobbes: Sovereign Locke: Elected Leader Rousseau: Populace Representative

[@ryans3001]

Thank you, Doctor!

[@mishkatkhan491]

I love u professor !! I feel a tremendous ecstasy when I watch your classes and lectures... One of your admirers and well wishers from Pakistan ....

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You're the best!

[@iExamineLife]

Thank you Michael, hope you are well today 🙂

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Yours is a public service, and we are all wealthier of soul for it.

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Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge for free. I had been craving lectures on the subjects you cover for so long. I am very grateful.

[@Expatsunleashed]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge and wisdom so eloquently with us.

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Its so good to see you are still at it. You're a legend round these parts!

[@lrlimits]

I had only seen the older videos, which are brilliant. The newer stuff is amazing! What we need right now is more thoughtful, reasonable thinking like Sugrue.

[@philosophical]

A gifted and illuminating teacher. Superlatives would not suffice. Thank you Michael. Subscribed! ❤

[@joeo4341]

Dr. Sugrue when will you publish your commentaries on South Park? You have an incredible mind thank you for sharing your genius!

[@williammixson2541]

How extraordinarily lucky am I to be able to now watch these with my son who is now old enough to soak it all in. Thank you so, so much Professor ❤ So important.

[@patrickdavison2129]

Thanks again, Mike.

[@h.astley2113]

defoe introducing the labour theory of value in the form of crusoe's ledger is absolutely fascinating

[@mhswray9581]

Thank you for what you are doing.

[@alexpipkin3176]

Seriously, thank you for your enthusiasm about these ideas and their origins, and sharing them with the public. The way you breakdown difficult philosophical subjects into easily intelligible summaries has helped me to examine and question my own thoughts and beliefs and begin to move towards a better understanding of myself, others, and the world at large. While it certainly wasn’t my focus in college, I did take a few philosophy courses and while I did have one professor who seemed to share your love of introducing people to new and challenging concepts, none had your ability to take complex ideas and present them accessibly, with historical context and relevant commentary in such a concise manner. Once again, thank you.

[@joeo4341]

Hey your self evident parenthetical wisdom should be your next "short." It was great 👍

[@MrBernardthecow]

So true!

[@littlebearmedia]

Can't wait to listen to this one!

[@mhswray9581]

Thanks!

[@lucasvarela9632]

I really love your existence professor

[@joshuaherron2292]

Just wanted to say thank you so much for all of this content. I use your videos to help me to digest the works of these philosophers.

[@lisnicion224]

Thank you for all your lectures!

[@elijahwest7126]

🙏 You mean alot to me professor

[@benb3500]

Thanks

[@philharmonic2251]

Another fascinating listen, thank you!

[@dlmiller7873]

This is wonderful.

[@johnnypingsmusic]

Thank you, professor

[@rafaelturqueto2052]

Thanks again professor, thanks again.

[@fredsalvador1111]

Oh boy its lecture time!

[@eoghanf7526]

Very helpful thank you, you're really great!

[@globalistatistik1489]

Great , thanks

[@realmoisesarevalo]

Hi Dr. Sugrue, long time listener, first time caller. I've recently begun to read and research the writings of Transcendentalism. If any, do you have any favorites?

[@gspurlock1118]

Thank you. I would like to hear more about Locke. From some other lectures, it is my understanding that Rousseau was also a great influence on Marx, in addition to Hegel. This left me with a rather sour attitude toward Rousseau, but it's only from one source. I'd love to hear more about this if possible.

[@jon_______]

Important lecture!

[@joshuaorourke1976]

Thank you. Please more on Dostoevsky.

[@Jacob011]

Recommended reading: D. C. Schindler, Freedom from Reality: Diabolical Character of Modern Liberty

[@divinegon4671]

You’re looking healthy !

[@royharp3665]

Question: would not self evident be close to intuitive? In John Lock's essay on human understanding he states that are degrees of knowledge and one of them is intuition. This degree of knowledge does not need any proof or demonstration for there is agreement of disagreement without the intervention of another idea. Certainty, clearness, and light comes to us immediately. "sometimes the mind perceives the agreement or disagreement of two ideas immediately by themselves, without the intervention of any other: and this I think we may call intuitive knowledge" John Locke

[@navida2939]

Thank you very much for all of your videos. Would you consider doing a lecture on Plotinus?

[@Itsnickcherry]

Hey Prof Sugrue!! I’ve been a fan for MONTHS now and love the old & new content you’re delivering!! I was wondering if (at any chance) you could talk about Neitszche’s Thus Spoke Zarathustra? If not, I guess I’ll still be a supporter🙄 hahah jkjk but thank you again nevertheless for everything you do! ❤️

[@Itsnickcherry]

OOO and Leibniz’s Monadology? I would love to hear your take on that one as well!! Again thank you!!❤️

[@Craiglicious000]

I would also like a Thus Spoke Zarathustra vid.

[@carlmartin8723]

The similarities between the good Doctor’s voice and that of Al Pacino is uncanny.

[@eagleswings5693]

Please sir do analysis of GUY DEBORD (THE SOCIETY OF THE SPECTACLE)

[@kristiyaniliev4002]

Thank you for John Locke. Would you consider a lecture about Max Stirner, the post-hegelian philosopher?

[@mileskeller5244]

Dr. Sugrue, why do you think South Carolina lead the south to wanting to leave the union more so than any of the other states. Honest question.

[@kurtaikido2889]

Hobbes has won the battle but not the war…. Fight on!

[@skylerowns3510]

I prefer the former lectures. it seems that as time has passed, sugrue's framework has changed to include the tendencies of more contemporary academics that I dislike. I will still listen, but so far nothing compares to the charms of the former sugrue.

[@yassineberguita1647]

How do we determine what’s correct and what’s incorrect? What are the basic measurements for doing so? And how to limit freedom and rights?

[@daithiocinnsealach3173]

Professor Sugrue: "Things that are not laborious to obtain, like air example, those have a very low cost. Nobody has ever charged anybody else for air." Governments and corporations: Hold my organic craft beer

[@BuonoBruttoCattivo77]

Dr. Sugrue, Would you be open to discussing the relationship between psychological therapy and philosophy. We have all witnessed a rise in therapy-speak, and all of society seems to be accepting of these terms without questioning underlying assumptions. Surely, the increased discussion of mental health is a positive development, but I worry about people using concepts such as "trauma", "boundaries", "self-care", etc without questioning some of the non-scientific foundations. I want to voice my misgivings with friends and family members, but I find that I do not have the requisite knowledge / understanding to articulate my views.

[@cncpackaginginc1503]

Please do one on Spangler

[@sevenninespades]

@DrMichaelSugrue do you have any content on your own religious beliefs?

[@Rico-Suave_]

Watched all of it 38:10

[@EmperorJ123]

Hopefully some UK Trade Unions Congress people will meander here to learn more about today's world, and Frances world...

[@martinbowman1993]

@Surgue what is your actual philosophy? I don't mean in the sense of Plato or Hegel as a school of thought. I mean what do you yourself hold to be your philosophy?

[@Laocoon283]

You should do a self parody by doing one of this videos on like a child's book or something. That would be fun.

[@jphanson]

The Very Hungry Caterpillar is real literature, #stopgatekeeping

[@Laocoon283]

@@jphanson Exactly hahah we need a proper analysis of this work done here.

[@belengaz3034]

Can you add subtitle please

[@yassineberguita1647]

Would you please explain grotesque in the 19th and 20th century 😢

[@ninstar8165]

Comment.

[@marcpadilla1094]

Leviathan will inevitably be en vogue.

[@johncracker5217]

I got charged 75¢ for air just the other day.

[@bcoalwriter8337]

Come on Michael, Locke would want you to get a new camera for videos

[@chadkline4268]

Better than other broad brush sweeps of Lockean theory+application that I've found. Good balance of principles+historical application. But I'm sorry to say that philisophy only makes me the anti philosopher philosopher because when man attempts to make science of humans+societies beyond primary principles, he dooms himself to injustice+tyranny+failure. Humans+their societies are not digital constructs, and neither are words/laws. And power over men is doomed to ultimately fatal behaviours. The fundamental premises of Locke have validity, but when he shifts to govt powers/authority, he fails. Govt needs to be limited to an advisory capacity, while being self sustaining and empowered over property in common, such as waterways, right of ways/highways, etc. And people need to accept the consequences of being people. Imperfect, but better than all other man made constructs. The community of free men engaging with those that benefit them is probably the best governance men can expect. None at all.

[@x0rn312]

I don't agree with the final conclusion, the people fought and there was a conclusion -that's very Lockeian to me

[@MrBernardthecow]

I would disagree with the glorious revolution being bloodless. It was bloodless in London but thousands died especially in Scotland and Ireland. This view that London = UK is still advocated today sadly.

[@sumdumbmick]

given facts like the history of Haiti, it's a bit much to credit the French with establishing a notion of the Rights of Man as something which extends beyond the citizenry of a nation. in practice, France has never really demonstrated an ability or desire to sincerely recognize the rights of non-French. to further say that the American sensibility is the inverse, and local, rather than universal, is also strange, given how much more willing the US is to attempt to intervene in human rights abuses than France is. and this of course is not to say that either is an angel or a demon, both states have certainly done some fine things for the larger global community, as well as harmed it. it's merely to point out that this characterization does not stand up to scrutiny against actual data.

[@xxcoopcoopxx]

Labor > Work. Work is for the brainwashed. Labor is for adults. "Fruit of the Labor." Labor makes one better. Work makes one worse.

[@Laocoon283]

Wittgenstein would not approve of these word games

[@pearz420]

word < Word

[@user-hu3iy9gz5j]

@@Laocoon283 Wittgenstein might if he understood what games Travis is playing

[@chadkline4268]

I am not understanding how gold+silver equates to inequality of wealth as long as fundamental principles apply. They are stores of labor and measures of goods. They don't create inequality, they are inert. Gross leap in logic.

[@mikexhotmail]

If we end up with " New world order" kind of world wondering, will they allow us to practice second armament? ps. Since one may have much peaceful society like Singapore or Japan where gun is mostly banned compared to USA.

[@Davehatessocialists]

I don't remember De Foe being a proponent of the labour theory of value in Robinson Crusoe. Part 2 seems to blow that interpretation out of the water. If he was he was certainly one very confused man. And we're talking Orwellian levels of cognitive dissonance here. It's been a long time since I read it though. He certainly did have a few funny ideas here and there.

[@JoeF8577]

Thanks!

[@maddietober7981]

Thanks