let's pause one second and appreciate the work of the cameramen trying to follow him back and forth for 40 minutes

Dr. Sugrue, uploading your lectures is an invaluable contribution to society. Thank you!

RIP Mr Sugrue your passion and intellect will live through those you have touched ❤

This is beautiful: "The source of war is luxurious life. Trying to get more than you have a need for, which means extending your borders to satisfy your desires."

I am Kenyan,a philosophy and psychology student,,,this here is gold.

Absolutely brilliant. Tried to read the republic a few times but gave up because never could make head or tail of it. All I needed was a brilliant teacher like you. Thank you, Sir.

I deeply appreciate you uploading these lectures

I just turned 21 and I have such a burning desire for these deep conversations and revelations. I hope to someday dedicate my life to these questions and my own questions, not for money but for the truth! I started a company and I’m on track to retire early so I can! I’m so so excited and this channel has taken my interest to another level and I greatly appreciate these posts, thank you so much❤️ you’re helping people develop their own path through this crazy life and I so appreciate it

Dr. Sugrue--Thank You for clarifying and integrating ideas that enrich our lives! Without you and your brilliant efforts the world would have remained a complete mystery but you have provided a path to understanding!!!

Hey if this guy is still alive, I want to say thank you for this. It has been really helpful in understanding this book. I read the first book and was unimpressed by socrates arguements, I thought they were flimsy and seemingly overrated. But then I watched this video and you called me out perfectly, saying that it was to invite glaucon and adeimantus to engage. You also said that if you think plato is making a bad agrument, read it again and your probably wrong, which I also really appriciate. I just finished book 5 and I'm looking forward to the rest. Thank you for your work

Dr Sugrue, Thank you for your kindness and your generosity to upload this exceptional lecture of yours, for us all to benefit from it. Your summary and analysis of the four books of the Republic is brilliant. Thank you again.

Unbelievable. He said "um" or "uh" MAYBE twice. Such an impressive teacher

One of the great lecturer

I searched high & low to get used copies of the originals years ago; this man is a genius communicator & teacher. Professor Sugrue was the first person who, for me, could even begin to unlock what all the fuss has been about for 2,500 years! BTW, one of the keys to the entire Platonic project is at 23'30"; replacing Homeric Heroes with Socratic ones. When you are told this, and also understand (again, from this professor, the first to make the connection explicit AFAIK) that Plato wrote "in a cold rage" at Athenian democracy (because it murdered Socrates unjustly [the parallels with the Crucifixion are unnerving]), then reading the Republic today is worthwhile. I just want to add that reading the Republic without a great teacher can, as a minimum, lead to abandonment or, worse, lead to fundamental misunderstanding, even for intelligent and well-read people. I say this because I heard Carl Sagan, a great mind if ever there as one, make crass & stupid comments about Plato and the Republic; if only Sagan had studied his philosophy under Sugrue he would have known better and therefore been the better for it. FWIW, I put Sugrue on the same level as Sagan when it comes to the combination of deep subject matter expertise combined with their personal, intellectual "awe"; a compelling combination in comparison with the majority of 'experts' who are either intellectually lightweight or terminally cynical....or both. Sagan is well-known as one of the most compelling communicators we've ever had, and I put Professor Sugrue up there with him.

I came here to watch the video after reading the book. Super impressed with how Prof. does it like story telling. Would’ve been privileged to attend one of his lectures and hear him speak in real life

This is intense.

I don't think there's an amount of money I would consider too much to pay to have been taught by this man. Incredible teacher

Dr. Sugrue, your lectures are overwhelming brilliant, entertaining, and digestible. I can not thank you enough for making them publicly available. You are a philosopher king among men, & I am so grateful.

Thanks to this Sage I can now add Philosophy, psychology and the general prisms that generate the boundaries of modern intellectual discussion to the list of things I love, along with my Cat, oatmilk and raspberry jam, mysticism/gnosis.

I dove into western philosophy at Descartes. I had many questions, the answers to which I found in the Republic. It took several reads and read-reads to understand. I then discovered This series of lectures and it all came clear. Many thanks for uploading. This is pure gold.

Thank you so much for making these lectures available. You embody Socrates love of knowledge and making it available to as many as possible.

Thank you, so concise and knowledgeable. Love the clear enthusiasm and attention to detail. Very easy to follow but thought provoking and not dumbed down. This is what the internet’s for and we all appreciate this 🙏

If I may be bold enough to use a vernacular term to describe Dr. Michael Sugrue's oratory skills, 'he is the GOAT' :)

Within the first 2 minutes my mind is on fire. The difference between the way things seem and the way they are is central to Buddhist philosophy. Another reaction: You can see something similar to the Sophists' intent in today's issues. As long as you dutifully mouth the dogma you won't get canceled, even though hardly anyone actually believes it.

27:40 Myth of Metals 32:46 Happy Ruling Elite? The Point of The Regime Is The Good of The Nation 36:20 Harmony 41:18 Mind over Body, Superior Eugenics 43:19 Philosopher King

Wow This prof can speak well And is intelligent, w superb memory. He speaks w o notes! And he loves to teach, to explain, to help Way to go teacher

Thank you, kindly professor. You and your lectures are forever, inspirational.

Watched all of it 44:48

I'm currently feeling very sick and this lecture allows me to get through it solely because of this man his passion

That last line was deeply moving.

My prof introduced me to the Republic years ago. Still studying it. Thank you

Fascinating!

What a time we live in, thank you Prof!

Deeply grateful that I am able to have access to such great ideas from this lecture, and for free!

Thank you so much for these lectures, outstanding quality !

You Sir, I learn oratory from you!

Thank you so much for uploading these are brilliant my friend 💙

Just. Wow. Thank you for these fiercely relevant and crystal clear lectures! 35:45 Where is Socrates' soul and city today?! The only way out globally - not to continue to play or retaliate within our existing broken systems, but to create soul, city, harmony, and true justice. I try to have deep conversations with others at large because truth is the only valuable substance in this life, and the intellectual void and resistance I am met with is staggering. Perhaps I'll cross paths with a member of this community some day. 36:37 Dr. Sugrue, your passion and joy is both palpable and contagious. And yes! what a cliffhanger at 44:30 ! I can't wait for the next lecture in sequence!

Excellent videos. I’m glad I found your page! Thank you for all your hard work. 🤝

THIS WAS THE MOST PROFOUND INSIGHT OF MY LIFE THANK YOU SO MUCH

Excellent. Thank you so much

I watched these before reading the Republic. highly recommend! Really helped with my understanding on a deeper level.

Michael, thank you for your work. You're really talented

I’m learning so much in these lectures

Thanks a lot Dr for these wonderful lectures. Most needed fo my soul now. And I am getting it for free. Truly Amazing!!

I am currently using these to aid in reading and understanding the “Republic”, your lectures on the dialogues have been of unquestionable value to this neophyte!

Thank you.

Very much enjoy this series. I have watched it many times, thank you.

Very Enjoyable, well done!

I had a feeling there was something wroing with this world. Thank you for Plateo for pointing at what it is.

Inspirational.

Holy sh*t, what a line to end on.

Rest in peace Doctor, I have learned much from you, 💯❣️

This is amazing

This is the best philosophy lecture I have I have watched on youtube. The very last comment in the lecture that there is something wrong in the world seems closed-ended to me. I like the (much less poetic I am sure) ideas around Popper's "Evolutionary Epistemology" that we will always have problems because the solution to each problem will reveal new problems. All knowledge, most importantly, moral knowledge, comes from within.

I can’t stop bingeing these!

Thank you so much.

Love the 1970’s graphics 😃

he is a genius thanks for uploading

thank you.

This is my favourite content on KZfaq

Yo! Yeah, you. Sugrue. You're a fucking legend! Much love from Scotland. 🤟

This is an amazing lecture series this is the professor you dream about getting in university

Great lecture ! So applicable to what is happening to the Western world!

Thank You

This is great. I couldn't sit still in any class in college. This is just easy Pease philosophy study. Thanks Sir profferssor!!

Wish I could’ve been in one of his in person lectures. The goat.

Marvelous, thanks.

1. Good man kill unjustice 2. Socrate is new Achiles 3. Control inner soul... organize ourself Grateful ❤

Excellent 👏

The ending of this video is hilarious. I watched the video before this one and was intrigued. Then, in this video I watched Plato just go off the rails. And then it ends with, “clearly, there’s something wrong with the world.” Hilarious. The brick wall of (almost) every great thinker.

Michael is on fire in this one 🔥😳

thanks for uplaoding

Wow what a great talk

prof, how are you able to lecture at such length seemingly without any reference? do you have these memorized or is it the powers of your time studying these topics?

thats a lifetime help to put out these lectures.. thank you sir!

Reading a classic like ‘the republic’ and having a Micheal Sugrue review is champagne philosophy

Thankyou.

Old is Gold 💛

In one lecture Michael made an aside mentioning that Genesis has sexual over-or-under tones. But in that lecture he did not teach about Genesis. I would love to see, hear or read Sugrue on Genesis. I wish the Teaching Company gave him that lecture rather than to the other lecturers that covered Genesis. Sugure was never pedestrian in his subjects, he was always deep in his analysis.

"city of pigs!" Beautiful... Oh that's 🤣😂🤣.... Love it!!

couldnt have let my lady around professor back in the day 😂 woulda stole her heart from me 🤣

11:50 Christianity claimed to have solved this problem by claiming that the just man, though he suffer unjustly, will receive his reward in heaven. This allowed perhaps millions of martyrs to die in torturous deaths while singing praises to their god. As a former Christian it was a shock to me to finally realise just how much Christianity had borrowed from Greek ethics. And it was just as shocking to notice that Christians never ever brought this fact up. The Greek and Roman philosophers were quitely ignored while we focused the evils we believed we saw all around us and how only Jesus had the answer to this dilemma of evil. To read the philosophy and ethic of Marcus Aurelius and then to realise that he had Christians killed was eye opening. While Christians claim to have the final say on ethics and morality the truth is very very different. The ethics of the ancient Chinese are often just as good and often even better than Christianity IMHO.

Einstein said that you don’t truly understand something until you can explain it to a 6 year old. Or something like that. To understand the Republic this well is truly brilliant.

thanks for the upload, are these videos uploaded in a row? i mean they are attachable based on ulpad date? or i should search for them based on their part?

I love these! Thank you for sharing them. Where could I find the entire video series? Is it available for purchase?

his death I'm not even kidding has left a hole in my heart, the fact we will never see or hear anyone like him again really makes me sad, there was only one professor Michael sugrue now he is no more

Thank you, you are a great inspiration, I watched a video of you lecturing on the symposium were you say that "love is the yearning for eternity" and you give a great example, I can't find this video, can you please help and point me in the right direction, I need this inspiration again

I'm confused. Dr Michael Sugrue seems to be actively uploading recent lectures, but they look like they were tapped in the 80's with VHS.

great video lecture. I prefer this look on him without the beard.

Can you put the audio of everything you have especially these lectures from the 80s or whatever time this is on Spotify or somewhere where I can just listen to it? Because I would listen to it all the time. And you would have I’m sure a ton more audience engagement. Thanks

20:00 best part

It's a shame that the dates of these lectures are not given. This was a merely uploaded in 2020.

If I understand correctly, Plato's argument that justice is inherently good is based on an argument that justice is necessary to create a good society. Please let me know if I've misunderstood.

6:21 Aligned with Nietzsche's view on ethics

I missed so much symbolism that you mentioned here, i.e the bronze horse etc..., on my first read through.

Great lecture, this is why I prefer Aristotle's politics

The intro music put me straight into academia mode.

And that thing is the second low of thermodynamics!!

Watching 1:03