Some links to further guide your study: * Join my email list to be notified of future episodes: greatbooks.io * Full transcript: open.substack.com/pub/johnathanbi/p/transcript-for-christopher-kelly?r=l66v& Companion lectures & interviews: * Rousseau's first discourse lecture: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eWnYlH1obrRkoa8 Professor Kelly's Book (affiliate): * Rousseau as Author: amzn.to/4bX9JQD * My book notes: www.johnathanbi.com/p/rousseau-as-author-by-christopher TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 0. Introduction 00:04:38 1. What is a Hero 00:20:40 2. Why Heroes are Dangerous 00:26:07 2. Why Society Needs Heroes 00:33:53 3. Why We Can’t Have Heroes in the Modern World 00:56:33 4. What are Alternatives to Heroes
@johnowen27120 күн бұрын
Johnathan, you are really good at interviewing erudite thinkers. You're deeply knowledgeable, ask incisive questions, and allow the interviewee to complete their thoughts before interjecting.
@bi.johnathan20 күн бұрын
... or I'm just really good about cutting out the times where I do interject them :)
@user-kp2jk5vt7p20 күн бұрын
Never stop dropping lectures and these talks 💖
@bi.johnathan20 күн бұрын
Never stop showing your support :) (thanks for these nice comments, they are motivating!)
@rmac949817 күн бұрын
Jonathan, your content has changed the way I conceptualize my inner world in a drastically (subjectively) positive way. Thanks for all the work you put in and hope you bear more fruits from your labor than I do.
@srxd535514 күн бұрын
just finished watching the series of girard and the memetic desire, just here to say please keep bringing this high quality videos, you are a light in this world of darkness.
@mattayoubi982919 күн бұрын
I didn't want this one to end. Sublime. I'll be buying Rosseau's First Discourse and will finally getting around to reading The Social Contract which has been on my book shelf for a couple of years now. Thanks, Jonathan.
@molham61120 күн бұрын
Literally my #1 youtube channel
@OmL1t4g43 күн бұрын
Just found you today and I am hooked to your videos 👌👌👌
@nothimbutbetteractually20 күн бұрын
We're more technologically advanced than we are prone to use those advancements for radical good. In between incredible simplicity and complex motives lay being a hero.
@Siferlash20 күн бұрын
you da real hero for this interview
@shalawabdullah463220 күн бұрын
Can we expect the same lectures and interviews on eastern philosophies and the great books of ancient China, India, Islam, and the Middle East?
@bi.johnathan20 күн бұрын
Hopefully. Although I think islam/middle east strictly falls under "western canon" ... abrahamic tradition + interfacing with aristotle/plato ... it was through islam that aristotle was recovered I believe in the west. So that will be part of this series.
@billwilliamson86606 күн бұрын
Amazing channel 👏👏
@vitorkuze322512 күн бұрын
awesome video, congratulations and greetings from Brazil!!
@Cygx11 күн бұрын
I believe that that we need to shift more to the study of humanities rather than stem as the rise of AI automates technical know. Channels such as yours will be instrumental to educating this new generation of philosophers! Thanks!
@andrewgunn223514 күн бұрын
Really enjoying your channel Johnathan. Came across your work from Robert Breedlove. Videos are well done with especially interesting content.
@jaygray013 күн бұрын
This is amazing
@zuhdi61408 күн бұрын
Great work Johnathan. Can we hear a lecture about Islamic philosophers? I just love the way of your story telling
@rafaelludicanti220 күн бұрын
Think about Achilles in Ifigenia. The Iliad may focus on his wrath, but he was raisen by Quiron, and his nobility at the play lead him to defy alone his own mirmidons to protect her. "Tell him to be an authentic man." Is her message for her kid brother. Achilles avenge Patroclos with rage but he's right when he argues to agamamnon about Criseides. Heros have nobility in their heart. It is all about beauty.
@sketchesoharlem20 күн бұрын
🔒’d in
@amenos3318 күн бұрын
I wish the guest had challenged you more on what feels like is your key takeaway from rosseau: that his concept of the hero can be understood as a way to legitimize selfishness in the business community and even taking it one step further, that we don’t go far enough as a society / culture to respect “heroes” in the entrepreneurial community. It’s an enormous leap as well as a wrong one. Despite that, this is still a great discussion. Though the affection for the Carlylian “great man” is never substantiated effectively.
@amenos3318 күн бұрын
I’m sorry “in Sparta, where they have proper morals” lol what?? You mean where they hunt slaves for sport?
@bi.johnathan18 күн бұрын
What makes you think that’s my “key takeaway”? That was just one off handed example I threw in. Not that central to this interview considering most business people are motivated by greed not glory.
@c10030020 күн бұрын
What is the name of the classical background music?
@thomasbreivogeljr.732320 күн бұрын
🔥
@paulthomas28120 күн бұрын
I could not agree more. The hero in my life is the Buddha. He has been the singular reason for me to focus on my bodily strength to improve my mental well-being. India no longer has the heroes of Krishna and The Buddha. China abandoned Confucius. The results are devastating.
@bi.johnathan20 күн бұрын
We are in uncharted waters
@refoundable20 күн бұрын
Tell me who your heroes are, and I'll tell you who you are.