How Reading the Great Books Affects You

How has reading the Great Books affected you?
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[@theark.123]

Amazing statement - 'What maps have done to give a perspective of geography, so do great books do to chronological understanding of history'

[@JDG602]

One of the ways the Great Books has changed me is it has given me an understanding of the evolution of our intellectual development. I have a greater understanding of how ideas evolve and change and how pervasive they are in our culture. Has given me perspective on my own culture and my own thought processes. They have also empowered me to be a better and kinder person and driven me to gain knowledge for its own sake. I have only been reading them for a couple of years and the value has been immense.

[@dfjpr]

That was a very nicely written explanation. Thank you.

[@Avik-the.Indian]

You must be very smart

[@benhall1741]

Beautifully put. Thank you.

[@zetaone2669]

Great Presentation! You completely brought over to your side with the .45 Cal., hands down my favorite gun.

[@Dave.Mustaine.Is.Genius]

I did not get the joke, could ye please explain it to me? Also, is that a real gun?

[@Dave.Mustaine.Is.Genius]

????

[@deputydangerous2470]

I’m embarking on this challenge now. So excited

[@adeelali8417]

Awesome! How are you finding it so far?

[@Dave.Mustaine.Is.Genius]

What challenge?

[@Dave.Mustaine.Is.Genius]

@@adeelali8417 what challenge?

[@griizzlerhops633]

@@Dave.Mustaine.Is.Genius The challenge of reading all the great books lol

[@Dave.Mustaine.Is.Genius]

@@griizzlerhops633 yohohohoh, great. Though we gotta read Far Eastern, RussiaN, Islamic, Middle East and Indian classic too - and of course the best would be reading them in their own language. And so fer that reason, plz plz do start by learning Japanese, Chinese, Russian, Sanskrit, Persian, Arabic, Babylonian, Sumerian, Ancient Egyptian, Ancient Greek, Latin, German, Italien, Icelandic (Old Norse) and French.

[@draftingsavant7190]

awesome

[@pedrozaragoza2253]

Gloria in Excelsis Deo!

[@Dave.Mustaine.Is.Genius]

Please be Muslim, sir. Prophet Jesus peace be upon him is a lovely prophet of Allah. The real original Bible have already veen changed, just like real original Torah. The Holy Qoran however, will never be changed until the end of the world as the Qoran itself suggests that it'd be protected.

[@BlackBitsBananas]

I’m glad I’m subscribed.

[@HPCthulhu2011]

A history of ancient civilization or else the different ages of transformation of places in the world takes a person outside of themselves so that they can contemplate on some rise and fall or see a resemblance in the present. It might give the person a a brief rest from the problems of life due to a higher sense of understanding or distance of peace. There is nothing in books that can unsoil anyone though because not even the most obvious problems in the world get solved no matter how ridiculous life becomes. These books have actually been dropped for the most part. Wizards and dragons might return to the world.

[@Dave.Mustaine.Is.Genius]

Wdym sir? Why would these great classic be dropped? Or the classics of İslam, India, Russia, Jews and Far East?

[@ishmaelsantos2275]

Love your videos. Interesting in knowing if you’ve read “In search of lost time” by Marcel Proust

[@Dave.Mustaine.Is.Genius]

We best read it in French.

[@adie4928]

I am very interested in reading these books and I have trouble finding where I could buy them. 😭😭😭 and I am in Asia.

[@johnjialelim7570]

Book depository is a good online bookstore you can get western books at reasonable price plus the shipping is free.

[@Dave.Mustaine.Is.Genius]

@@johnjialelim7570 how about original languages? Can I find these great classics in Ancient Greek, Latin or Italian languages?

[@theark.123]

I ordered my brand new set for a fortune from Amazon USA to India.

[@alazar7685]

Good insight.

[@pxsymbol]

"John Doe Versus Death"

[@susansusan4770]

HUMANS OF 2000 YEARS AGO HAD A DIFFERENT WORLD VIEW

[@Dave.Mustaine.Is.Genius]

Geez.... Hello...

[@CriticalDispatches]

The person in the room next to you has a different world view.

[@sm7ma]

That was very good! Very interesting! Amazing views! And that Livy quote!! But I think our Christian Friends should read The Qur'an (As well as The story of the Prophets from an Islamic perspective) because Prophet Jesus's true and pure message has been almost lost if not entirely, in fact there where many things that were unknown and unforgotten about Prophet Jesus nor did the Christians of the Middle East know until Prophet Muhammad came and the Qu'ran was revealed, The Qu'ran makes more mention of Prophet Jesus and Prophet Moses more than it does of Prophet Muhammad. This is why we say Prophet Muhammad is the seal of the Prophets, no Prophet came nor will come after him and he has finalised the one true messages of all The Prophets of God.

[@sm7ma]

unknown and *forgotten

[@romanroads]

sm7ma, I appreciate the comment, and I think there is great value in reading widely. But I feel I must explain what appears to be a great difference in how we view Jesus and how you might view Jesus and Mohamed. Jesus is not a prophet, he is the eternal son of God, and God Himself, equal in glory and power with God the Father and the Holy Spirit. There is no comparison between any prophets in history and Jesus Christ. He is before all, and in all, and in him all things have their being. He is God, Creator, redeemer, AND he was incarnate into man: the God-Man. All prophets before him pointed to him, and all godly men after him point back to him. He is center-piece of history. The death, burial, and resurrection of Christ is the focal point of all of human history, to be culminated when Christ returns in glory, when all the dead will rise from their tombs and worship Him. He is not dead, like every prophet in history, but rose from the dead, ascended into heaven, and at this moment sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty, alive, ruling, hearing our prayer, and interceding to the Father on our behalf, still 100% man, and 100% God. Thanks again for commenting, and allowing me to explain the Christian perspective and hope. The Apostle Paul said that if Christ did not rise from the dead, we are most to be pitied among men. But Christ died, AND rose, and is eternally God, taking with us into the grave all our sins by his free grace, and bringing us into fellowship with Himself. Christians have enormous hope and joy in the future expectation of the resurrection of the dead. We do no hope for mercy, if only we can be good enough in this life. No, rather we rest in full assurance in the sacrifice of Christ, who paid the price of our sins once and for all, and brought us close to Himself. Mercy and grace are promised us in Christ, and NO OTHER prophet/person/or false god. This is the Christian hope, and we rejoice greatly in it! I would be happy to explain more if you have questions, peace to you, Daniel

[@knpstrr]

Who is that bust? Homer?

[@mosescordovero6060]

why does he keep clearing his throat? why is he so uncomfortable talking about the great books?

[@foucachon]

He speaks without notes. His "notes" are his well-worn pages of the Great Books themselves when he lectures. This was a QA session. There's even an outtake at the end if you watched that far :)

[@mosescordovero6060]

I followed him until he started talking about JESUS, at which point he lost me

[@foucachon]

Then you wouldn't understand the majority of the Great Books... Most of its authors were Christians, and even the pre-Christian authors were so loved and preserved by Christians that we wouldn't even have most of them today if monks had not carefully copied the ancient texts. To put it another way, studying the Great Books as a non-Christian, or as someone who doesn't understand Jesus, is to look in from the outside. You will see a lot about Christianity, but to truly understand it you need to come inside.

[@williams.5952]

Daniel Foucachon Read them as a Christian; now, as an atheist, they are the exact same.

[@ricky00321]

@@mosescordovero6060 that's fine, no one ask you to be amaze.

[@ecr-9341]

Maybe sometime he’ll read what the Sumerians left us, then….he’ll see his little ‘place of reference’ concerning ‘My life in christ’ is all fraud. Draw a little timeline for that…..😂

[@jacksonsouster5428]

Turns Out That This Guy's A christian

[@romanroads]

Yes, he is!

[@Justin5s]

Bruh I know right, that's a twist

[@luissarduy6345]

Why is it a twist ??

[@god5535]

Not that it is an issue the least bit, but I was shaking my head seeing all these great Western classics and a TREMENDOUS dearth of Eastern knowledge - an ullage, a massive void, that cannot be filled.

[@god5535]

Very lopsided collection.

[@Caigga900]

Powerful video that I really resonated with. Thanks.

[@Bill-uo6cm]

Brilliant.

[@mechailreydon3784]

Great video

[@muhammadahmad96]

Very well put!

[@airborne2767]

How long does this reading take? 10 years. I just ordered the first volume of the great ideas program.

[@draftingsavant7190]

Airborne you can spend your whole life reading

[@Dave.Mustaine.Is.Genius]

And plz plz do read on other civilizations' great classics too. Such as Islamic, Far Eastern, Indian, Russian, Akadian and Jewish ones.

[@maplenook]

Excellent

[@al2642]

Don't quite agree with this guy. He sees history as a circle, because of unchanging human nature. But I think, that history is a spiral, an dhuman nature, despite stubborn towards change, can change, more than that. It can be engineered: through science, technology, and education. We will not stay the same forever.

[@Dave.Mustaine.Is.Genius]

Then that would be another existence. It wouldn't be human anyway. There is no human anymore, anyway. People lost their quest fer truth, significance and meaning; and they live just fer fame, luxury, acceptance by others, money and sexual pleasures. Mostly money and sexuality though.

[@al2642]

@@Dave.Mustaine.Is.Genius it wouldn't be human. It would be more than human. Reference point, anyway, is not the body or the behaviour, is the awareness

[@CriticalDispatches]

Oswald Spengler has entered the chat.

[@henrys428]

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