My left ear is now none the more wiser

no one: this video: 31 second silent introduction

I've been listening to all "expert" instructors on youtube from Yale to whatever yet this instructor takes the effort to make Platonism comprehensive in terms of the STUDENT and speaks to the student-not at them. Thanks for the effort. I am so happy i finally get it.

Thanks for making this lecture public! What a great introduction to plato's philosophy.

This has changed my relationship with reality. It’s been bouncing around my head for months now since I first listened to this.

Just wanna say thank you Mr. Brooks for making these complex ideas available, and in a plain-spoken way, to those of us who might not ever see the inside of a college classroom. This is important stuff. You are doing good things for the progress of humanity.

This class is beautiful. Philosophy really is the way for human growth

'evil is just lack of or ignorance of good' - that's an interesting take by plato

Thank you for sharing. I threw away the first 27 years of my life. I remember the day I finally broke... it was a private moment. But I’m here now and trying to learn. If you and others like you didn’t share this knowledge and let me benefit from a man who has his house in order... I just don’t want to know where I’d be.

This should be required or at least offered at every high-school in this nation! I am so grateful to you and KZfaq!

Thank you for sharing part of your lecture with us Dr. Brooks.

*Serious round of applause* Thank you very much. You are a great teacher.

Very, very helpful. I wish I had listened to this lecture years ago. Thank you Professor Brooks!

Wonderful lecture I am fascinated with philosophy thanks

Great lecture! Thorough, yet precise. Thanks for sharing on KZfaq...We are all so lucky to have this opportunity.

Starting college again after a many year break. Stumbled upon this video! Very well explained and super helpful to me. Thanks george!

My dear God, bless this man.

This was the best lecture on Platonism and idealism I have ever listened to. I understand that philosophy now more than I ever had before.

Excellent lecture. Excellent explanation of how possibly Plato himself has had reached the idea of ideal form. Thanks Dr. Brooks.

I absolutely LOVE and appreciate these lectures. Its so enriching in the best way and made me realize I’ve been a platonic thinker my whole life. Thank you 🙏🏻🤍

The world would be a better place if everyone listed to lectures like this one.

This is the best lecture on Plato I have heard by far. Plato was my favorite Greek philosopher and one of all time favourites. But over the years I heard some shoddy commemtary on him, and I started liking Aristotle more. This lecture overturns that.

Finally! A cogent explanation by an excellent teacher.

This is perhaps one of the greatest ideas I have ever heard, ever. More please and thank you. Brilliant. Thank you

This is so brilliant! These kids are so fortunate to have this instructor! I am very thankful I came across this!

Brilliant! Great delivery and a fascinating subject matter. Thank You for broadening my mind :)

Good teacher. Like his love for this country

Absolutely fantastic lecture on plato and his philosophy. It has cleared up a lot of confusion and connected a lot of dots for me! Thanks.

What a great lecture! I can’t wait to listen to more. Thanks for you wisdom

Dr. Brooks thank you for this lecture it was delightful, and your explanations are very helpful. I hope you will post more of your lectures soon.

You sir are an example of what TEACHING is! Much respect and thank you!

Fantastic lecture. I am fascinated by this. It seems similar to knowing Natural Law. The founders were very educated and practiced the 7 liberal arts and sciences.

THANK YOU!!!^^ your lecture was awesome and very informative and fun. You're a great instructor!

A very concise definition of participation and idealism. Thank you, I watched this months ago and have since read Republic and many other dialogues.

What a great class! If only all college classes were this engaging.👍

Regardless if you are a high-school teacher or a college professor you are an exceptional educator sir.

your lecture really helped me keep up the good work sir

I would like to Thank Dr. George Brooks for the phenomenal Lecture as it truly shows his understanding of philosophy Bravo

Thank you, Professor Brooks, for making Plato comprehensible. I can now see why he was so influential. Thank you!

Damn. It's 2022 now, and I fancy myself to have an understanding of this already... I still found this extremely valuable with respect to my own thinking. Thank you Dr. Brooks.

Beautiful lecture, I feel inspired watching you teach. wish I had the head I have now 10 years ago.

What a great professor you are !! You're truly the kind of professor that just makes me love philosophy, thanks for sharing your knowledge with us ! :)

“You are here, therefore my thirst for philosophy exists, and I exist profoundly”- thank you teacher...

Hats off to your teaching abilities professor!

This video made being stuck at home a lot more interesting. Thank you!

I’m loving this lecture. Thank you

Thank you so much for making clear connections with the Constitution and Christianity. I had heard of these connections, but your lecture made the connection real.

Thank you for the very thought-provoking lecture.

The best teacher ever. Very patriotic too 🙏🏾

Great lecture. Great job presenting it. Youre students are very lucky to have a teacher like u

This was awesome.. what a cool teacher and absolutely good lecture. He knows how to break it all down so you can grasp what the philosophers were trying to convey to us. Awesome video 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Truly excellent video and exceptional professor

You are the best teacher have ever met, now I can write my exams well... Thank you sir

This is an incredibly interesting lecture that is very well carried out, engaging and educative. Dr Brooks has a great rhetoric which keeps you glued to the screen and makes you itch for more knowledge. Hope to see more of this!

I am taking, intro to philosophy next week and I wanted to prep. Now I feel equipped with enough of the basics. Thank youuuuuuu!

Excellent exposition! I personally don't have the time at the moment to delve into Plato; although, he's been one I've been wanting to study for some time now. In the meantime, these classes will greatly suffice. Thank you very much for your knowledge, time, and effort.

I loved this class. Thank you!

You are a great lecturer. You spin a very engaging and interesting narrative. Love it! After reading the apology and the republic it's nice to hear more context and history.

A great lecture delivered by a great teacher.

Underrated channel...worth a million subscribers..!!

thank you professor brooks! excellent lecture;)V

thank you for sharing... very helpful... great insight.

I'd enjoy this course. Good work.

Awesome lecture and what a great teacher! Thank you,

You beautiful beautiful man!!! What a pleasure to listen !

This was a lovely explanation.Very comprehensible. Thank you, you earned a sub :)

Greek philosophy is very interesting it opened my mind. It's hard to believe 3000 years ego Greece has many brilliantly thinkers like Plato.

Hey George, I'm starting your videos today and I've gotta say I'm really enjoying it so far. Thanks for uploading these! Side note I believe this is what the internet's best self is. Sharing pure knowledge with no ulterior motive, just to inform the masses.

An amazing presentation! Great thanks!

Thank you for making this public. I enjoyed spending my Friday evening listening to your lecture. I found your lecture because I was looking for an audio version of Plato's Cave. I was hoping to grasp a deeper insight into the concept of Christian "repentance" as equal to the concept of the form of "change." Your lecture nailed it! Thank you!!!

you are an awesome educator. your lecture blew me away

When i was a kid i hated school, teaching .... anything related to it realy. Now at the age of 32 I am appriciating it. Thank you whoever you are. You are an amazing teacher, transferring this amazing knowledge to poeple like me. Thank you Thank you and thank YOU

7:44 refutes thomism on the Peripatetic axiom 21:58 proves orthodoxy on the TAG

I wish I had teachers like you in college

Amazing lecture, this is a must share! Cheers!

Thanks for your valuable lecture. yours is the best on plato available on the youtube. Highly recommended. Best Regards, Shekhar Sinha, India

Soon as he said the white board and the door my brain stuck with patterns. The thought of patters, sticking out or maybe being picked out. Is a subject of its own.

I like the inspiring teaching step by step along with whiteboard presentation.

Beautiful lecture. It opens my mind.

Thank you, this was an excellent lecture.

The most interesting video on philosophy I have ever seen

Great lecture! Many thanks for making it public.

Love you sir, you just splendid ❤️

the coolest lecturer youd ever know get this man is an award

This is brilliant. Thank you so very much.

Teacher is just how good u are at explain something u claim to understand * and make it understandable to ppl who want to u sweat and it

Your lectures are amazing!

Thank you for making me wiser!

Thank you so much for sharing it ,,,, the biggest donation in the world is knowledge ,,,thank you for spreading it out ❤🙏,,,,

This was amazing thankyou for sharing x

Awesome video! You made me think the right side of my earphones is not working.

Even if you don’t smoke weed this guy will make you listen to him! Haha

George You are brilliant!

This lecture reignited my passion for philosophy 3 years ago and in the rare occasion I have meaningful dialogue with someone and share this passion, I use lessons from this lecture to introduce said person to the wonders of philosophy. I use a circle though, we know what a circle is, we can conceptualize a perfect circle but we are not capable of making a perfect circle. I may draw a circle on paper and while its tangible, physical and present, it is only a poor reflection of its ideal form... a non physical idea pulled from the ether., the logos. It was this very lecture, this very idea that shattered my perception of reality and truly changed me, I equate it to something like ego death and I have been devouring philosophical ideas ever since. I liked philosophy growing up and I was having deep philosophical thoughts at an early age but somewhere in my late teens I became a product of my environment, a shadow of my true self with a perpetual mask to conform,blend in and be accepted. Luckily I broke free or at least learned to remove the mask, and this lecture was a honestly a big part of it, maybe even the catalyst so thank you very much, truly. I'll leave you with the next two questions I pondered and still ponder.... is the good a reflection of God's ideals, or does God hold these ideals because they are good(Plato/Socrates). 7.) Is man just a blunder of God, or is God just a blunder of Man.( Nietzsche)

It was an amazing lecture. Thank you.

Thank you George 👍🏻🇮🇹

What's real is what we experienced by our different senses . What we experienced say we taste a hot meal, what we feel during summer, what we feel, during cold weather.

This is a bad ass lecture man, I would of loved to be introduced to Plato like this

Thank you ! I love your lectures. X

He embodies two of my favorite professors in university.