This is a very articulate and wide-ranging overview. I've been getting deeper into German philosophy again after many years on the sidelines. ty and peace

Thanks for your lectures; they are just gold. Can't wait for your next podcast.

@PaulJosephKrause

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words of praise; I'm glad to know you have enjoyed them and hopefully gained much from them. Time will tell about future lectures/videos.

This is accessible and informative please keep up the good work

Excellent. The overview of Western philosophy leading up to Kant (7:26 to 41:30) is worth listening to on its own.

I've been scouting out philosophy podcasts/lectures on YT for a while and I've never found such an astute, educated and insightful summary of 2000 yrs of philosophy as this - - many laurels and thanks - you're a valuable talent and I hope you continue creating lectures on philosophy post Hegel ... there's a flagrant gap in overviews of the place of 20th century philosophers and their publications in the historical timeline ... You could do it!

I am new. Introduced to German Romantics by the Buddhist monk Ajahn Thannisaro, who has written Roots of Buddhist Romanticism. He has made vital context with American Transcendentalists. Thankyou for adding further to my education and awareness.

I thought the video would be about the nature of German Romanticism, not the origin of German Romantic Philosophy.

thank you for this

transcript auto spell has 'Big Alien' for Hegelian

yeah... people are all down on the totality and the sublime.../ i however... love such tings

Pausing right here at the outset, to express my thanks for this....

This is a really really really good video, thank you so much. Just one quick point: at a couple points you refer to kant as a “transcendental realist”. I may certainly be wrong but I believe he himself claimed to be a “transcendental idealist” and an “empirical realist”.

@PaulJosephKrause

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, he did. But in scholarship, there is a move to see the realist implications of transcendental idealism. Hence the use of the terminology here.

Paul, thanks so much for a great lecture series. Just stumbled on them today. Fascinating! What would you say are your top, say, 5 history of philosophy books - that you would have used to prepare these series, for example. Thanks!

@PaulJosephKrause

3 жыл бұрын

Hi! Well it’s always good to know people gain from these; after all, that’s what these are for! Free and to the public, at least those seeking to leave the Cave. As for history of philosophy books, five is difficult since that’s not how they’re often spread out. I would recommend, if you have the money and time, to read Coplestone’s “History of Philosophy” (11 volumes, but the first seven cover up to German Idealism very well and everything after German Idealism is unimportant! :p I had the rare fortune of an entire UG department trained in the continental tradition and my former grad school prof Roger Scruton was a great Kantian and scholar of the German Idealist tradition too, so it naturally rubbed off). Unlike Russell (filled with prejudice and bias, he really hates the usual suspects, Hegel included) and Durant (very cursory but good story-telling), Coplestone is honest to all the philosophies he deals with, religious and irreligious alike (he was a Jesuit) and paints an accurate portrait of Platonism, Christianity, and German Idealism especially (they’re all interlinked) as this short lecture also points out. However, if you have to read just one overview of philosophy, I’d recommend Anthony Kenney’s “A New History of Western Philosophy.” It is far superior to Russell’s for aforementioned reasons. It is also more in depth than Durant. Durant’s “Story of Philosophy” is in the title. He tells a story. For those who have no background in philosophy it’s commendable for its ease of reading but won’t be much different than what you find in some of my lectures. I wouldn’t recommend these works for what I have. I’m just trying to promote free education for those who have an interest but not a depth of knowledge. You don’t need to spend eight years studying classics, philosophy, and theology. You have people like me to take all that time learning and condense it, hopefully, to those with an interest but won’t obviously delve into it like we do as students and grad students. You should read Coplestone (if affordable and time availability) or Kenney to grow in your own understanding, wisdom, and critical thinking.

@VigiLogic

3 жыл бұрын

@@PaulJosephKrause A big thanks to you, sir, for taking the time to reply so comprehensively to this. Much appreciated. I work in philosophy and theology myself (French Spiritualist tradition of Maine de Biran, Félix Ravaisson, Jules Lachelier, Henri Bergson, Maurice Blondel and Louis Lavelle) and have been thinking of the resources and an approach like yours to give students a good overview and outline but with lots of ‘meat’ on it. I didn’t have the good fortune of having seasoned teachers in continental philosophy and German Idealism, so much of that is being explored in much more depth now. Plus, Schelling had a fascinating reception in France in the 19th century, which of interest to my work. For this, your material on German Idealism is really helpful. Thanks again. (I’d like to correspond further, if there is some way of doing that. Email?)

Thanks for the video.. Could you please help me find articles about Bailey's ? As I am googleing the first philosopher from Iona is Heraclitus or Thales.. I cannot find anything on Wikipedia about "Bailey's"

This channel is fucking dope

Can you give me a reference (book/podcast) to learn from about the interaction and history between Greek philosophical tradition and Hebraic theology? Thank you so much!

@PaulJosephKrause

2 жыл бұрын

Louis Markos actually just published a new book: From Plato to Christ that helps with this subject. You can also read, for the more academically inclined, Coplestone's History of Philosophy series (especially the first two volumes dealing with Greek and Christian/medieval philosophy).

@MGHOoL5

2 жыл бұрын

@@PaulJosephKrause Aren't I the lucky one then! Thank you so much! I'll definitely check your book out.

German romanticism playlist without a video on Geothe? :-(

Th reliance upon early Greek philosophers ,even Plato, seems to be an attempt to lend gravity to the text. After all Plato in the Republic Ch 10 refers to art as being no more than copying or as he refers to it *mimensis* and spends more time on poets and poetry which he includes in his definition of art. The plethora of later philosophers quoted seems unnecessary and am surprised he does not note their influence on the later German romantic painters such as Paul Joseph Krause.

Are there still movements like German Romanticism?

Hi

Why should religious philosophers be avoided?

@PaulJosephKrause

6 жыл бұрын

Apart from Schleiermacher, most of the German Romantic philosophers were not affiliated with any church as part of their profession. Hegel and others, however, were Lutheran or nominally Lutheran (e.g. Kant). And I briefly explained Catholic philosophy and its influence on German Romanticism in the introduction. Religious philosophers are not being avoided insofar that they're not big players in German Romanticism -- which is what the series is covering. I'm not covering a history of Christian philosophy from this period after all. Cheers!

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@PaulJosephKrause

Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately I am not eligible due to the age requirement!