Epicureanism: It's Not Just Hedonism!
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Күн бұрынEpicurus is one of the most maligned and misunderstood philosophers in Western culture, and for most of history Epicureanism was just another word for Hedonism. But when we actually look at his thought, we'll see that while he was certainly revolutionary for the time, he's a lot more reasonable than he gets made out to be. We'll explore the wisdom of his ethics, his avant-garde atomism, and why his philosophy clashed with not just Christian philosophy but also Platonic philosophy.
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• Democritus & Leucippus...
00:00 Introduction
03:50 Hellenistic Philosophy
04:31 Epicurean Epistemology & Ethics
07:49 Epicurus on the Gods
09:03 Epicurus on the Soul and Free Will
11:34 Epicurus Vs. Plato & Christianity
13:43 Epicurus on Dying
14:45 Outro
@NOTHINGNEWYT Жыл бұрын
You may have heard of the Epicurean paradox, a famous trilemma which asks why there is evil with an all powerful, all knowing, and all good god? The argument goes as follows: Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? then is he impotent. Is he able, but not willing? then is he malevolent. Is he both able and willing? whence then is evil?" While this has often been attributed to Epicurus throughout time, none of his writings actually contain any form of this argument, and it's unlikely he ever made such an argument. For this reason, I didn't discuss it in the video, but it's famous enough that I figured I should at least address it in the comments.
@chancelacina Жыл бұрын
Welp thanks for disabusing me of that belief
@adrianthomas1473 5 күн бұрын
Very good talk - thank you for sharing
@mariosvassiliou8628 Жыл бұрын
Excellent work. I hope this and your other videos gain more audience to fuel you up.
@NOTHINGNEWYT Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@Fystikia1987 Жыл бұрын
Another excellent video. I had no idea Epicurus was so prolific. History really did him dirty.
@NOTHINGNEWYT Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@TheEpicureanStoic Жыл бұрын
Excellent video! I recently found out your channel, and I have to say that your work is superb. You manage to pack a lot of information in a small amount of time, and make things as understandable as possible, something I always struggle with! You gave me a good boost to go back to making my videos, my friend! Let's hope I manage to get my video on the Epicureans out this year 😂
@NOTHINGNEWYT Жыл бұрын
I'm glad to hear that, it means a lot to hear such nice comments especially from a fellow creator :) Your presentation is definitely on point as well, I'm looking forward to seeing that video!
@andychap6283 Жыл бұрын
Love this stuff, always cool to find a new channel with quality content
@NOTHINGNEWYT Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@user-qj7ku6wi3b Жыл бұрын
Many thanks for the great content.
@darillus1 27 күн бұрын
very well explained
@mdlifer8847 Жыл бұрын
interesting, as always.
@user-qj7ku6wi3b Жыл бұрын
Oh, something that might interest you btw - there's a project ongoing right now wherein researches are attempting to use machine learning to identify the contents of damaged papyrus scrolls, found in buried ancient Roman villas. If successful, we should have roughly 50% more primary source material for this time period. Interesting time to be alive 👀
@NOTHINGNEWYT Жыл бұрын
I heard about that, super cool stuff!
@chrisbowman3254 14 күн бұрын
5:53 of enjoyment of women and young boys??
@NOTHINGNEWYT 14 күн бұрын
It may make us uncomfortable today, but pederasty was a common and socially accepted practice in ancient Greece: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pederasty_in_ancient_Greece While there was a decent age gap in these relationships, "young boys" in this case means teenager, as the average age of an Eronemos was around 14-18. This should not surprise us considering the fact that girls were also traditionally married off around the age of 14-16.
@pomfers 6 ай бұрын
your videos are very well done.
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