You blew my mind with your reading of Descartes' argument of imperfection, especially when you made the connection to Nietzsche. For some reason I did not expect this from Descartes. I have to go back and read the "Meditations". It's been a few years.

Hey Gregory I love your vids and i've been watching them for sometime and I wanted to know what is the best way into getting started into philosophy? Sadly there are no philosophy classes in high school so I have only relied on books and videos to help me get a better grasp and understanding. I have been reading Plato's book "Republic" and Aristotle "Introductory reading" and I have been reading a lot on the history of philosophy and many great philosophers.

Well. I don't think it was merely 'par hazard' you are producing great video. As a Descartes sceptic, myself, you are certainly raising material which interpenetrates substantive questions on the grounds for being that in Descarte's stance I would otherwise consign to oblivion.

Wonderful explanation sir... thanks for your effort from Sambalpur Bargarh Orissa West odisha KOSHAL India

HI Gregory, out of topic question, but I would like to ask you if the best way to grasp and understand philosophy as whole is to start with a history of philosophy book like the one from Bertrand Russell or Anthony Kenny (you have any favorite?), i am not satisfied with what I learned in highschool, I'm a med student, until now I was doing a bunch of selective readings like being and time, Wittgenstein's Tractatus and Seneca's letters, and even though I was rewarded from it, I fear that maybe I am missing the bigger picture (if such a thing exists) because I was digging into pre-socratic philosophy and found it pretty enlightening and the source of a lot of concerns (in highschool I thought they were overcome hahah). I saw a university course bibliography also, and it's an option, but I don't think I have the time for all of it. Also, Neurology is my field of interest, so some parts of philosophy are really important for me because the universities don't teach it very well, do you have any take on their relationship? They created "Neurophilosophy" now, and some authors like Antonio Damásio tackle with lot's of issues, you probably heard of his book called "Descarte's error".