The LOST "Christian Civilization" of Bensalem By Francis Bacon - Harvard Classics - HC3 Ep12

[@physicsbutawesome]

Another great video - this series has so much potential.

[@The_Cause]

Thanks so much! I really enjoy making these videos so it is nice to hear others are enjoying them as well. Truly appreciate you tuning in and stay blessed!

[@bart-v]

... from the time Harvard was still a respected brand!

[@The_Cause]

Ya… it’s hasn’t aged to well. Thanks for watching and have a blessed new year!

[@bart-v]

@@The_Cause all the best to you too in 2024. Please keep up the good work!

[@makichandes]

I am joining late in the game. I need to go back and watch the first ones... and go find a set of these books.

[@The_Cause]

Welcome aboard and really hope you enjoy them! I found my set on Facebook market place but you can get them on Kindle and other places. Thanks so much for watching and have. blessed new year!

[@mikecook_author]

Still looking for my own set of the Harvard Classics. Until then, I am enjoying your reviews. 👍

[@The_Cause]

Did you get a set yet or no?

[@mikecook_author]

@@The_Cause yes but it’s only 22 volumes. It will keep me busy.

[@11227denis]

Maybe not in our lifetime, but start with oneself and the guiding of ones family, and then enter the community. Carve out a bit of heaven where ever you can.

[@The_Cause]

Looks like you finally made it through them all! Nice! I will have the next one out this week coming up. I agree with your statement. Focus on your tribe and create a little peace of heaven.

[@calebjore3295]

Glad I found this channel! I found a great deal on a super old set of the Harvard Classics and I've been reading through them (somewhat sluggishly, but making progress). I'm now reading volume 6. Hoping to follow along.

[@The_Cause]

Nice! I underestimated how much time making the videos would slow me down in reading through the series. So, I’m going rather slow as well. Truly appreciate you watching my friend and stay blessed!

[@wmthornbury2291]

I inherited a set from 1914 from my grandfather. They are righteous, indeed! Planning to forward them to my 10 y/o daughter....she's a precocious learner and may be ready for some of this now. Many thx for walking us all through this.@@The_Cause

[@46positivity]

Tangipahoa Parish neighbor here. Just found your channel. This is great, and I'll definitely be listening to your series.

[@The_Cause]

Nice!! Hell, we may be cousins or something! Haha you never know down here. Truly appreciate you tuning in and have a blessed new year!

[@tjsurname119]

No wonder that Eliot stated at the opening their was no particular order to the various works that make up the Harvard Classics. If left to my own devices, I fear I would procrastinate too long over which I must attend to reading first, whereas they all build on each other. I thought you made that point well, as it seems clear that this is a series that should be revisited with not only one reading of the series but perhaps revisited at intervals of a year in Ones life, perhaps taking a year every decade or so to enable the richness of the collection to be heard at various points when different tunes will resonate with growth and compounding impacts will be safely rewarded for such an investment of time. It would likely be time lost watching commercials on an idiot box for so very many including my younger self, which is much to be lamented as a fools leisure all these decades later.

[@The_Cause]

Very good point. While reading a book written by Mortimer Adler he said a true understanding of knowledge can’t even be really understood until after the age of 50. The experiences in life integrate into the works being read and the takeaways are elevated to a new level of understanding. The older I get the more I believe that is true. We like to fight that concept in our younger years due to ego and what not. Like always I truly appreciate you watching and love hearing your feedback!

[@klosnj11]

Do you know if Sir Thomas Moore wrote Utopia before of after this? The intro to the video, where you suspect that Bacon was creating an image of the sort of society he would want to live in reminds me of one of my favorite Thoreau quotes from Civil Disobedience "Let every man make known what kind of government would command his respect, and that will be one step toward obtaining it."

[@The_Cause]

Moore's Utopia was a few decades before Bacon wrote this one. That is a good point to bring up. I have heard Moore's kind of set the foundation for this style of writing even though Plato's Republic kind of touched on it. Thanks for watching!

[@boymeetswort]

Another exceptional book and seminar. Love this story, can't recall if Thomas Moore's Utopia is in the H. Classics, but I remember reading these in a sequence and found them to be great together. Got some C. Ota Coffee in the mail this week. Looking forward to brewing some up and maybe dropping some beans into a brew. Cheers.

[@The_Cause]

Thanks so much for ordering coffee and I truly hope you enjoy it! Thomas Moore's Utopia is in the Harvard Classics but it is a good ways into the series. I am eager to compare the two once I finish it. Thanks so much for watching and trying my coffee. Really mean a lot! Stay blessed!

[@OatPancake]

Just listened to all your videos and I’m inspired to read even more. When I found this channel I had just finished reading through the entire bible which took me a little over a year. After listening to all this videos on the Harvard classics I want to dig deeper into the books of the bible and the characters of the bible and especially Jesus.

[@The_Cause]

That would be a very worthy goal! The Bible is a great book to do that with as there are so many layers of history buried and surround in it. Knowing the context and background of each story, place and time frame is so important. Good luck on your journey and have a blessed new year!

[@benrex7775]

I have read through the Bible about three times so far. Recently I wanted to learn more about the early church fathers. I want to know how they lived out Christian faith so early after Jesus death and I have heard that some of them were quite wise and learned. It would help me get a new perspective on things.

[@deadtothewxrld]

I'm not entirely sure why the almighty algorithm brought me to our channel, but I'm it did. After watching the entire series this week, I'm definitely on the lookout for every future video. I've also added a few of these to my exhaustive "need-to-read" list. Concerning Bacon's work, I definitely agree on your hope for a return to the family as the foundational unit of a society. This age of self that we seem to be in has led to many unfortunate consequences that I think could at least be mitigated with a return to faith and family as the pillars on which a civilization stands. Anyway, I appreciate you doing this. I love learning and discussing learning, so I'm here for all the ones to come. Might even find a friend to start our own little education-cast.

[@The_Cause]

Well welcome aboard my friend and glad to have you along the journey! I think a little group would definitely be beneficial for these older texts as so much value can be derived from them in different point of view. Truly appreciate you watching and thanks for the kind words!

[@Mannihannibull]

This series has been such a blessing. I just went through all the vids and am now up to date. Can't wait for the next one.

[@The_Cause]

Nice!! Next episode is being released tomorrow morning! Perfect timing. Haha truly appreciate you watching and happy to hear you have been enjoying them. Have a blessed new year!

[@imotadin]

I am very impressed by the content and its presentation. Excellent work.

[@The_Cause]

I truly appreciate the feedback. I am loving the process of reading through these old book and making these videos. It has been an eye opening experience so far. Thanks so much for watching and stay blessed!

[@AustinGossmeyer]

Just plowed through all of your videos you have out and subscribed! Love to see more people joining in the great conversation. As a no coffee guy I raise my tea cup in salute. Carry on sir!

[@The_Cause]

haha yes indeed! Thanks so much for following along and I do not hold the "tea" against you... I do not tell many people, as it is borderline "unamerican" in some crowds, but I enjoy tea in the evenings as well. Truly appreciate you watching my friend and stay blessed!

[@SketchrimEdits]

Almost as if this could've been a precursor to Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress. Amazing how many Christian works are in the syllabus of both the Harvard Classics and Great Books of the Western World, while today you cannot find a modern list that will give you any of these. Love and Peace, brother.

[@The_Cause]

Many of these old text are being replaced for more modern literature. After finishing Paradise Lost I can say there is nothing modern that can even compete with what some of the writers of the past could create. It is art mixed with literature and there is a passion that seems to have faded with the times.

[@SketchrimEdits]

@The_Cause Agreed 100%. Another thing one is bound to notice is that both of these sets were discontinued. I suppose because Penguin overtook them, but even Penguin doesn't publish some works that are in HC or GB. Plus they got into a scandal when a musician, can't remember the name, wanted them to publish his autobiography as a classic straight out of the gate. They actually did it! Something interesting to look into. And I remember a time when Walmart would sell classic paperbacks, two for a dollar! Gone now. I think it was Cervantes who said, show me what books a man reads and I'll tell you what sort of man he is. That same can be, I think, said for a nation. Love and Peace, brother.

[@The_Cause]

If given the chance, would you stay in Bensalem or go back home? I think I would have been sipping pineapple juice on a Pacific island myself.

[@jimmyhill9743]

Have to agree with this post. No matter how far some will journey. A yearning for home will come.

[@The_Cause]

@nickkrupa3818 That is a great quote! I may have to try and commit that one to memory. Hope you have a blessed new year Nick!

[@The_Cause]

@@jimmyhill9743 Yes indeed. We can tire of even good things after a while.

[@tttv687]

Will definitely be following along with this series! Thank you so much for doing these, keep it up!

[@The_Cause]

No problem at all and thank you for watching! I will def be continuing this series as they have been a joy to make. Have a blessed new year!

[@benrex7775]

I finished watching all of the videos of this playlist. I would love to read the books myself, but since I don't have access to them and I also have other books to read, this is a good compromise. Thank you for the work you are doing. I want to point out something about the playlist. The videos are not in proper order. This is not a problem as the individual videos are not depending on each other. But in case you want to change it I thought it may be worth point it out.

[@The_Cause]

Thanks so much for the feedback! I figured they would be in the order of upload but I guess not. I will see if I can fix that. Thanks for bringing it to batten on. Truly happy you are enjoying the series and have a blessed new year!

[@benrex7775]

@@The_Cause I grew up and went through school in Switzerland _(all the way up to bachelor in electrical engineering)._ Even though our education is quite good, I think we may be missing a bit of the classical education. Your series is doing a great job at bringing the education to people in a digestible sizes. Thank you for that.

[@questioneverything55]

Not long before that was Johannes Andreae's Utopian book Christianopolis (1619) who also wrote one of the Rosicrucian documents, Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz (1616).

[@lowman621]

Another great video Rob, thanks. I found it quite interesting what you said about Bacon’s writing with all the technology and science…some of which came to fruition. I attributed much of that to Jules Verne and here Bacon was doing similar feats (a writer before his time) and about 200 years earlier. Too bad he wasn’t able to complete it. Not sure if this book is recognized in the Harvard Five-Foot shelf but you may be interested in Thomas More’s Utopia. Thanks again, hope you and your family have a Merry Christmas!

[@The_Cause]

Hey Buddy! Thomas Moore's Utopia is included but it is very deep into the series. I have heard some great things about Moore but have never read anything from him. Looking forward to that when I get there. I trust your Christmas went well and hope the New Year is treating you nicely! Stay blessed my friend!

[@RobPirieCedarOtaCoffee]

Sounds like Bacon forgot to pencil in the amazing coffee there in Bensalem when he was crafting this Utopia. Let’s face it, no true utopia can exist without some bomb coffee! It was almost perfect… almost.

[@The_Cause]

He forgot to pencil in a lot of things, such as an “ending”. I’m sure the coffee scene was just a few pages away. Sadly we will never know for sure!

[@fakename2890]

Wonderful breakdown of a book that a few brilliant minds should complete someday. Theoria Apophasis is another youtube channel that you would enjoy, and he has videos talking about the best books ever written. I am still reading through one of his recommendations. The Periphyseon.

[@The_Cause]

I will definitely check his channel out over the holidays. Truly appreciate you watching and thanks for the feedback. Stay blessed my friend!

[@deadtothewxrld]

The tattooed monkey definitely has some great book recommendations, sadly most of them would likely go way above my head.

[@fakename2890]

@@deadtothewxrld You are in good company there, they go over just about everyone's head including my own, but some are really good such as the Periphyseon and the universal one. I am still reading the Periphyseon and found an audiobook of the universal one that I am re-listening to. The Greek authors he mentioned are on my to read list as well, but those may be some time off in the distance.

[@EyeLean5280]

There's a Bensalem in eastern Pennsylvania, founded in 1692. I work nearby, a couple towns over. I wonder if it was named after this story?

[@The_Cause]

In one of my searches for “Bensalem” I saw that too and I thought the exact same thing! Haha It is such a unique name I cannot imagine that is where it came from.

[@questioneverything55]

I used to live in Burlington County, NJ not far from Bensalem

[@sergiosv793]

Thanks a lot for your contentent, I have been enjoying it a lot! A quick question though: does the registered edition (23 tomes) contain all the titles of the regular 51 tomes edition? I am planning to buy one collection and the registered one is more affordable and comapct. Thank you again!

[@The_Cause]

No there are multiple versions and there is even a fiction set. The 50 volume set is the only one that contains all the books. Any smaller sets will be the best of the 50 volumes most likely and missing some of the content. Hope that helps and thanks so much for watching!

[@kopfjaeger308]

What I wouldn't give for some bacon-barrel aged coffee.

[@The_Cause]

You may be on to something there my friend!

[@thepostgradyear]

coffee time! the new shots near the beginning were cool but I think the takeaways and meaning part moved a bit too much lots of guys on that island if european ships kept showing up is there really that much focus on the family unit in the book? that word is crazy haha I thought the story would go more like the land of the lotus eaters or calypso or many of the earlier stories but I guess they were pagan lol and of course unrelated but I'm curious did the keyword from a week or two ago end up working?

[@The_Cause]

As always brother! Appreciate the critique. I can’t tell if the word worked because the algorithm hit all my videos. But I am going to dabble in making a common place video eventually. You gearing up for the new year? How many videos you got in the que?

[@thepostgradyear]

to be fair I get motion sickness quite easily haha - so the movement might be totally fine I'm excited for when you get the "this channel is underrated" comments! I'm curious to see if part of the success of the first video was because of the top view you showed in the thumbnail and then again at the beginning of this video or if it was just a solid title, thumbnail, and information - probably everything lol I'm still amazed you changed one of the titles - so if you made a video my mind would be officially blown I'm mostly just getting prepped for a bunch of family stuff that popped up but I think I'll be making an insane number of videos when that ends I'm not confident about the quality of all of them but they are improving - I think I have 52 for 2024 and 3 for 2025 so I guess 55 also - it's really cool to see your replies on most if not all of the comments you get - especially because they don't seem to be negative even when that would be reasonable@@The_Cause

[@sbfarmer8]

dont give up im spamming your list about.

[@The_Cause]

lol what does spamming my list mean? Thanks for watching!

[@sbfarmer8]

@@The_Cause me sharing your playlists to my socials.

[@The_Cause]

Oh got ya! Truly appreciate that! Means a lot! Have a blessed new year my friend!

[@jeremyfirth]

Sounds like Constantinople for a thousand years. (400 AD - 1458 AD).

[@The_Cause]

I know about the beginning and end of Constantinople but not much history about the middle. I need to read up on that at some point. Thanks for the post!

[@jeremyfirth]

@@The_Cause A great book to start with is The Age of Paradise: Christendom from Pentecost to the First Millennium (Paradise and Utopia: The Rise and Fall of What the West Once Was) by John Strickland. Thanks for the great channel. I'm bidding on a set for my own library.

[@questioneverything55]

A lot of killing, they loved their Inquisitions

[@jeremyfirth]

@@questioneverything55 That would be the Roman Catholics. They formed the office of the Inquisitor about 200 years after the Great Schism, which is when Roman Catholicism split away from the rest of the Orthodox Church in 1054. The Orthodox Church had nothing to do with the Inquisition, nor the Crusades.

[@w1zzk1dd]

#10:01 the western world today came from bacon

[@The_Cause]

He got a lot of it right for sure. Lol