Marcus Aurelius' Meditations: The Stoic Ideal

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"Fight one more round. When your arms are so tired that you can hardly lift your hands to come on guard, fight one more round. When your nose is bleeding and your eyes are black and you are so tired that you wish your opponent would crack you one on the jaw and put you to sleep, fight one more round - remembering that the man who always fights one more round is never whipped."
Gentleman Jim Corbett, world champion boxer and world class stoic
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  • @crisgon9552
    @crisgon95524 ай бұрын

    Rest in peace King. Thank you for everything Professor. You may have never met me but you have been my companion over these last few years. This lecture is now bittersweet with your passing. You have started a fire in me for Philosophy I didn't know I was capable of burning. I hope one day to be able to teach the next generation also.

  • @creepysleeping4901

    @creepysleeping4901

    3 ай бұрын

    He wasn't a king. He was just a great man. Why do people keep calling people kings these days? I don't think people know what it means. Dr Sugrue was a good man and if you understood anything in this particular lecture it's that this is enough. Rest in peace Dr Sugrue.

  • @geoscorpion763

    @geoscorpion763

    3 ай бұрын

    Perhaps the full meaning of king is not present in your understanding of the word.

  • @JungoFunko

    @JungoFunko

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@creepysleeping4901It's not that deep, man. It's just a sign of respect

  • @thinkpolhub

    @thinkpolhub

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@creepysleeping4901😅

  • @arjunratnadev

    @arjunratnadev

    3 ай бұрын

    I back this message, the only thing any type of person should ever manage to value is towards some good evidence based knowledge

  • @Phoenix0F8
    @Phoenix0F82 жыл бұрын

    "All men suffer, but not all men pity themselves." Damn, that hits hard.

  • @callejerox7919

    @callejerox7919

    2 жыл бұрын

    What does pity mean? English is my second language. :')

  • @chriskelly3491

    @chriskelly3491

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@callejerox7919 To feel sorry for yourself

  • @callejerox7919

    @callejerox7919

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@chriskelly3491 thank you. Now it makes sense! :)

  • @sanchez5963

    @sanchez5963

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@callejerox7919 could’ve just googled it. Not in a rude way, but it’s faster for you.

  • @DeOmnibusDubitandum76

    @DeOmnibusDubitandum76

    2 жыл бұрын

    Now I am pitying myself for being on both of those categories of men!

  • @Eldon_Dice
    @Eldon_Dice4 ай бұрын

    Today we lost a great man whose words changed our way of thinking and being. This lecture, especially, changed my life. Your physical being is gone, but your thoughts and words are with us all in this section of KZread. RIP.

  • @epoptvision

    @epoptvision

    28 күн бұрын

    Those aren’t his words. But I get what you mean.’

  • @yohannesbewketu8326
    @yohannesbewketu83264 ай бұрын

    I learned that he died today, I came to listen and pay tribute to this lecture. Rest in peace Legend.

  • @1stdebunker

    @1stdebunker

    2 ай бұрын

    His lectures will stand for the next 50 years at least. Incredible

  • @joe47565
    @joe475653 жыл бұрын

    This lecture got uploaded by another account and gathered millions of views. Glad he has his own channel now and is getting the credit he deserves.

  • @kellenwillett8263

    @kellenwillett8263

    3 жыл бұрын

    I watch this lecture every so often, and since seeing he has is own channel, I always have to do a bit of extra searching to make sure I find and watch this video and not the others.

  • @Ignirium

    @Ignirium

    2 жыл бұрын

    Is that what happened! I was wondering where that original video went. Thanks again comment section :)

  • @tuningsnow

    @tuningsnow

    2 жыл бұрын

    I still have the original link bookmarked here lol kzread.info/dash/bejne/Z2xtmcaGh63Pg7A.html

  • @tarunsisodia9157

    @tarunsisodia9157

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@tuningsnow It's been taken down.

  • @joseluismanzana1606

    @joseluismanzana1606

    2 жыл бұрын

    You know, it's human nature to upload someone else's videos. The stoic thing is to then create your own channel and upload it yourself.

  • @Known_Stranger_
    @Known_Stranger_ Жыл бұрын

    "Do not preach your philosophy, embody it" Marcus Aurelias is the perfect example of this quote.

  • @morbloe4559

    @morbloe4559

    9 ай бұрын

    The head bites the tail, in death they are born again

  • @oscaroscar7904

    @oscaroscar7904

    5 ай бұрын

    I dont see how thats a wrong thing though, no matter what ones values or whatever lies, if someone only talks about something and never follows any of it, isent that at least a bit strange, the guy who wrote that book seemed to be self reflective, and I think people forget that people were self reflective back then to he just happened to be an emporor but I dont think it happens very often, but I dont agree with the stocicms ``be very hard on yourself`` or have some indiffrence to everything, I dont think thats possible in all situations, its not as healthy, but I do like that one thing that ``do not preach your philosphy, emody it`` I do respect that and I also take what he says a bit more serious in that I think he is honest and belive what he is saying, since its meant what he was writing for himself, were alot of times these days people just say intulectual things just to hear themsels say it, what we call influencers today, is not influencal at all or that important its only shallow fame and most of them dont really do anything other then buy a cup of cappeino and then go home and blog about it, the word is good though influencer if it was only used for people like jimi hendrix, or shakespear o whatever people who actually have something to contribute with, instead of shallow cappecino drinking likes on some dopamine social platform

  • @aakarshchaudhary7359

    @aakarshchaudhary7359

    5 ай бұрын

    One of the reason why I like americans and their culture is this discourse, unhinged unfiltered and very researched

  • @jrod25221

    @jrod25221

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@aakarshchaudhary7359what country are y from why are y the one sounding unhinged what does very researched mines?

  • @Eaon69

    @Eaon69

    22 күн бұрын

    Bingo. That is the best take you can get from this.

  • @RebelTemptations
    @RebelTemptations Жыл бұрын

    Imagine the amount of hours this man has put into reading and studying and yet he gives it to us all for free! What a truly remarkable era we live in, so happy to find a gem channel like this!

  • @lindaardigo5456

    @lindaardigo5456

    Жыл бұрын

    I’d like to talk to his wife and get the real scoop. Like what is he like to live with? Hee Hee A true inspiration, hosting wise insight and sincere Stoic Philosophy.

  • @idglet9565

    @idglet9565

    Жыл бұрын

    @@lindaardigo5456 Like he said, Marcus Aurelius is a better man than he, but the fact he was able to so passionately and succinctly divulge such valuable knowledge is commendable as is. (btw i know your comment was tongue-in-cheek, just seemed worth saying regardless.)

  • @erigor11

    @erigor11

    Жыл бұрын

    That's how knowledge construction works the best, by far: being freely shared, with no restrictions or hesitations.

  • @icegangsta5161

    @icegangsta5161

    Жыл бұрын

    "They were the worst of times, they were the best of times"

  • @raghavgarg4528

    @raghavgarg4528

    10 ай бұрын

    ​@@lindaardigo5456😊9😊😊😊😊

  • @matthewlambert9242
    @matthewlambert92424 ай бұрын

    Thanks for making the world a little better. Rest in peace.

  • @yidingyang2807
    @yidingyang28073 жыл бұрын

    This lecture has changed my life. I'm highly neurotic and have difficulty coping with minor problems, but the way that Professor Sugrue presents Marcus Aurelius has challenged me to hold myself to higher standards. Whenever I have difficulty sleeping at night, I listen to this lecture like a bedtime story and it never gets old. I have been reading Stoic literature but none of them are as inspirational as this talk. Thank you for sharing this with the world.

  • @JoeAllenCarnivore

    @JoeAllenCarnivore

    2 жыл бұрын

    Bless you Yiding!

  • @GeoffreyFischbein

    @GeoffreyFischbein

    2 жыл бұрын

    as someone who has listened to this nearing 100 times I completely agree

  • @ssamiuddin1

    @ssamiuddin1

    2 жыл бұрын

    Bless you my friend, and wish you plenty of strength and success

  • @danbradley4513

    @danbradley4513

    2 жыл бұрын

    Reeeeeee can't cope

  • @AvadoNMod

    @AvadoNMod

    2 жыл бұрын

    What's your condition 10 months later?

  • @crispinrovere
    @crispinrovere4 ай бұрын

    RIP. This could be the best video on all of KZread.

  • @Chichimee

    @Chichimee

    3 ай бұрын

    It is, and thank god for that.

  • @Knightcommander69

    @Knightcommander69

    22 күн бұрын

    I 100% agree. I listened to this on repeat in hospital.

  • @zakgraham1283
    @zakgraham12837 ай бұрын

    Who else here for the 500th time?

  • @mikelllug

    @mikelllug

    4 ай бұрын

    It's my 3rd time watching

  • @lbluis1

    @lbluis1

    Ай бұрын

    It’s my 100th actually! Glad to hear I’m not the only who listens to this regularly 😊

  • @danjohnston9473

    @danjohnston9473

    21 күн бұрын

    First time and I’m 56. Wow. Beautiful

  • @sberg91941

    @sberg91941

    11 сағат бұрын

    Working on it. At least 30. Should be required for all humans

  • @svengalia3535
    @svengalia35353 ай бұрын

    I regret not being able to do this earlier - you will live on in my memory!

  • @SeattleRaindrop206

    @SeattleRaindrop206

    21 сағат бұрын

    That’s so sweet.. There’s just something about the sentiment that’s lets us know how much he/his words meant to you. 🧡💛🤍 I love it.

  • @JoeySonal
    @JoeySonal2 жыл бұрын

    This man's command of the English language is so good. No notes to look at, just spoke and embodied the topic of philosophy that he loves, as he taught. Had me saying woooow at the end of the video.

  • @Sormyr

    @Sormyr

    2 жыл бұрын

    I know right? How he's able to seamlessly articulate his sentences without having notes and bullet points to draw from really speaks to both his domain of the english language and the countless topics brought up and mentioned in the lecture. It leaves me in awe, and inspired to inch myself to his level with every passing day.

  • @hasanunver2600

    @hasanunver2600

    2 жыл бұрын

    exactly

  • @LanceXBT

    @LanceXBT

    2 жыл бұрын

    stop and think about it!

  • @imjonathan6745

    @imjonathan6745

    Жыл бұрын

    Its not about the english language its about how he knows all this informations and tell it to a crowd without any mistakes

  • @20891

    @20891

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ulflurken221 it’s because he’s memorized majority of his notes beforehand countless times …

  • @nabilshadofficial2489
    @nabilshadofficial24893 ай бұрын

    A sudden shock from the comment section,I didn't know this great teacher of humanity is no more,Rest in peace.I was just rewatching this masterpiece for some academic purposes,Mankind will remember your contribution.

  • @ArlYT97
    @ArlYT974 ай бұрын

    “You can’t help but feel like at the end of his life he must have felt relieved. That the terrible crushing burden of this loneliness - a man that has no equals and no friends, a man that has nothing but philosophy to guide him - death must have been a great release. It’s like getting the evening off after you’ve put in your turn guarding the camp. And instead of becoming an obscure and unimportant figure, he’s become a symbol in the history of western philosophy.” I had the privilege of being a student of Dr. Sugrue’s at Ave Maria and only learned that he had these online video lectures today when I heard of his passing. It’s fitting that the legacies left with these lectures allows him to become the modern day version of that symbol of philosophy that he describes of Marcus Aurelius, even after death. RIP

  • @jtpotts12
    @jtpotts124 ай бұрын

    RIP Dr. This lecture is a gem 💎: “Marcus Aurelius let us know that all people suffer, but that not all people pity themselves. Marcus Aurelius lets us know that all men die, but that not all men die whining.”

  • @yaxomoxay
    @yaxomoxay4 ай бұрын

    Listening this on the day of his death to commemorate this great teacher. He changed many lives.

  • @Mrk3b
    @Mrk3b3 ай бұрын

    I came here to pay my respects. RIP Professor Sugrue.

  • @magnusloven2041
    @magnusloven20414 ай бұрын

    RIP to my favorite stand up stoic

  • @branstonwillis
    @branstonwillis Жыл бұрын

    Many thanks for the hours of insight!

  • @MM-op6ti

    @MM-op6ti

    Жыл бұрын

    Why would you bother thanking him? Do you think he doesn’t know he did a good job? What pointless drivel

  • @user-dr9dz8hh1f

    @user-dr9dz8hh1f

    Жыл бұрын

    @@MM-op6ti its ironic you are watching Marcus Aurelius teachings yet you are trying to control what other people are doing.

  • @theboringaspirant

    @theboringaspirant

    Жыл бұрын

    @@user-dr9dz8hh1f 😂

  • @cleetorres1351

    @cleetorres1351

    Жыл бұрын

    @@user-dr9dz8hh1f brilliant

  • @mrashad219

    @mrashad219

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@MM-op6ti what does they doing a good job and knowing it, have to do with someone's appreciation for the service provided ?

  • @alpbugra8057
    @alpbugra80573 жыл бұрын

    I love how many times he says "if you stop and think about it". It's a powerful piece of advice if you stop and think about it

  • @nathangriffiths2851

    @nathangriffiths2851

    3 жыл бұрын

    Now that i have stopped to think about it i really see where he's coming from.

  • @imjonathan6745

    @imjonathan6745

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes agree that quote also changed my mind and helped me stop and think about it and im sure the majority of people this days can make their lives more valuable if they stop and think about it.

  • @sideaccount6198

    @sideaccount6198

    Жыл бұрын

    A phrase most Americans never heard of in their lives. Hence the current state of our country through the President they voted in.

  • @thedumbdog1964

    @thedumbdog1964

    Жыл бұрын

    Now stop and think about that

  • @greatexpectations6577

    @greatexpectations6577

    Жыл бұрын

    I literally stop this video every now and then to think about the ideas Dr. Surge talks about.

  • @LukeMlsna
    @LukeMlsna3 жыл бұрын

    05:30 - The wise man fears only abdicating his moral responsibility. 07:19 - Ralph Waldo Emerson once said that "greatness is the perception that virtue is enough." 10:22 - Lord Action said that power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. And that's generally speaking, true. The difficulty with that generalization... is Marcus Aurelius. 11:49 - Marcus Aurelius is the one example of an absolute ruler who behaves himself in such a way as not to disgrace himself. 12:34 - Imagine anything that the Brauns desiring emotional irrational parts of your souls want, and now imagine that you can have it. 14:46 - He's not afraid of being dead. He's not afraid of being in pain. He's not afraid to have people laugh at him. He's only afraid of doing what's wrong. He's only afraid of making chaos of his soul. 15:58 - It's a standing reproach to our self-indulgence. 16:08 - Marcus wrote this manuscript without intending to have it published. After his death he wanted to have it burned. 16:40 - Marcus Aurelius writes a book to himself, because he's the loneliest man in the world. 20:00 - Yet we ought not to pity Marcus Aurelius, because if he looked at our lives he would pity us. Of that he said "well I'd pity you back if I didn't think that was disrespectful." 20:22 - Think about what it takes to be something like Marcus Aurelius. We shall not see his like again. 24:14 - What's unnerving about this is that there's not the slightest taint of hypocrisy in it. He not only says this stuff, he acts this stuff. He not only talks the talk he walks the walk, and he does it and he does it under worse and more difficult circumstances, than you failed to do it! And yet he still likes us. 25:11 - Are you weary of enduring the bad men of the world? The gods aren't and they made them. Are you really weary of enduring the bad men of the world... especially given that you're one of them? 26:46 - Even in a palace it is possible to live well. 41:57 - All people suffer, but not all people pity themselves.

  • @haihai5293

    @haihai5293

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for that!

  • @MrAvidLearner

    @MrAvidLearner

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this. Quick edit suggestion: Lord “Acton”, not Lord Action

  • @davidalvarez7262

    @davidalvarez7262

    2 жыл бұрын

    Bro took his time to mark the video. 👌👍

  • @AnAlgernon

    @AnAlgernon

    2 жыл бұрын

    Great index! I wonder if there were other people in history who exemplified thinking like this? Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching has many similar conceptions of wise but powerful leadership.

  • @MrAvidLearner

    @MrAvidLearner

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@AnAlgernon I had the same thought. Stoicism seems to be a Western version of Zen, and vice versa.

  • @jklwjk
    @jklwjk Жыл бұрын

    I am donating 10 dollars but I want to say your videos are worth much more. Very much more. I took a lot of philosophy courses in college and your lectures are better than any I have ever listened to.

  • @LanceXBT

    @LanceXBT

    Жыл бұрын

    so true

  • @todorkovacevic

    @todorkovacevic

    Жыл бұрын

    I almost feel as though I am breaking the law by listening to this guy while paying for my real life incompetent teachers hehe 😜

  • @A_Stoic

    @A_Stoic

    9 ай бұрын

    @@todorkovacevic Same here in Switzerland:)

  • @uKnowAK4

    @uKnowAK4

    9 ай бұрын

  • @EP-nl6fd
    @EP-nl6fd2 жыл бұрын

    As a struggling young man who doesn’t fully understand himself, this was profound. Really pushed me to change some of my personal self-views.

  • @tdesq.2463

    @tdesq.2463

    2 жыл бұрын

    Powerful Stuff, isn't it?

  • @EP-nl6fd

    @EP-nl6fd

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@tdesq.2463 Indeed it is.

  • @Elbownian

    @Elbownian

    Жыл бұрын

    Good on yis

  • @danielfennessy46

    @danielfennessy46

    Жыл бұрын

    Great job young man! Continue on your quest for honorable manhood. -A friend, who’s been there

  • @1blueeye

    @1blueeye

    11 ай бұрын

    Behaving in such a manner will help give your life real meaning, and the Stoic attitude tends to allow you to help those around you be better, as well. Good luck in your journey, young man.

  • @yatoyoboku
    @yatoyoboku3 жыл бұрын

    I truly believe this mans lectures have had some change in the world.

  • @Tuber-sama

    @Tuber-sama

    Жыл бұрын

    They're still having.

  • @superezekill5688

    @superezekill5688

    Жыл бұрын

    Convinced my monkey ass from rage quitting.

  • @npc6953
    @npc69539 ай бұрын

    i find myself coming back here time and time again to watch this. don’t disgrace yourself

  • @jaema8281
    @jaema82814 ай бұрын

    This video was a random recommendation to many but likely changed the lives of tons of people, either from piquing the interest into the practical side of philosophy for a lot of young people or giving beautifully articulate lectures on the history of the Western thought, Michael Segrue did a great service to us all. Both in his years of active education and the few years of being retired and making KZread videos after that, his contributions will be remembered dearly in the hearts of this generation, and all of those who watch these videos after. RIP Dr. Segrue, you will be deeply missed and your legacy will live on in the transformed minds of the countless youths you have transformed.

  • @enlighten92
    @enlighten928 ай бұрын

    This is the most eloquent speech on Stoicism.

  • @PKAnon
    @PKAnon3 жыл бұрын

    > This is the official KZread channel of Dr. Michael Sugrue. I have been dying to read these words.

  • @rrbone

    @rrbone

    3 жыл бұрын

    I have transscribed this lecture and added footnotes. If Mr. Sugrue was interested in it I'd give it to him to use as he wished. This really is the best introduction to Stoicism.

  • @porraenmascarada

    @porraenmascarada

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@rrbone Do you mind sharing your transcription?

  • @rrbone

    @rrbone

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@porraenmascarada I'd be glad to. I'll have to post it online and add a link.

  • @Mariana16562

    @Mariana16562

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@rrbone please do

  • @dski76

    @dski76

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@rrbone Yes pls!

  • @yaxomoxay
    @yaxomoxay4 ай бұрын

    Thank you for all you did.

  • @paradoxdungeon
    @paradoxdungeon4 ай бұрын

    “We cannot lose the memories of such a great man.” That is me spreading this video to my peers.

  • @HarrisSounds
    @HarrisSounds4 ай бұрын

    1/16/2024 Rest in Peace Michael, we love you

  • @alexanderstoyanov4284
    @alexanderstoyanov42844 ай бұрын

    Hands down the best lecture in academia. A great man teaching us about another great man and showing us what true virtue is. You have changed many lives for the better and your lessons will inspire the generations to come. Rest in peace, professor Sugrue.

  • @thewoodsman2611
    @thewoodsman26113 ай бұрын

    To the man who introduced a vital role in my life. Rest in peace and God bless.

  • @MC-br1gk
    @MC-br1gk4 ай бұрын

    Good night sir and rest, assured you made this place better.

  • @gongboy83
    @gongboy8313 күн бұрын

    This man changed my life. You are missed, Doctor.

  • @gero3015
    @gero30154 ай бұрын

    Im not one to care about celebrity deaths but man... this one hurts Rest in peace Micheal, your lectures are what sparked my interest in philosophy

  • @DustenPettengill
    @DustenPettengill3 ай бұрын

    Rest in peace, Dr. Sugrue. Thank you for sharing your gift with us, illuminating the world of Western philosophy - even in your final days on earth. Your lectures have truly changed my life. A brilliant mind and legendary scholar.

  • @raymond7880
    @raymond78803 ай бұрын

    Rest in Peace. You added to humanity's wealth. You gave selflessly. Your light has not gone out. You showed us what we need to aspire to.

  • @CR0NlDA
    @CR0NlDA2 жыл бұрын

    This guy is a true master of speech, how is he not famous?

  • @pearz420

    @pearz420

    Жыл бұрын

    Aurelius would probably say that fame is for the arena and the amphitheater.

  • @smellslikeproductions1024

    @smellslikeproductions1024

    Жыл бұрын

    Poka you crave and worship fame. Is this because of the culture or deep desire?

  • @andyayala9119

    @andyayala9119

    11 ай бұрын

    Deep desire I’m sure

  • @emp5352

    @emp5352

    5 ай бұрын

    @@pearz420 But if the gods deem the speaker's role to spread the knowledge to be the best actuator of himself, then fame is what would enable the greatest virtue.

  • @thadtuiol1717
    @thadtuiol1717 Жыл бұрын

    Stoicism in general and Marcus Aurelius' Meditations in particular turned my life around. I used to make myself physically sick with nerves before a presentation at school or in the office, to the point that I would be unable to sleep for days before and could barely eat. I worried what people would think of me if I screwed up, or looked fat, or if my clothes looked weird, or if I said something wrong and offended someone, etc. It was only after repeating a mantra of "in a 100 years nobody is going to remember today or even that you were alive at all" that I was able to conquer my nerves. Some people find the thought of oblivion depressing, but for me it is a truly liberating thought!

  • @LanceXBT

    @LanceXBT

    Жыл бұрын

    ur just zoom out from bird perspective how tiny everything is and there is no sense in anything. just an ape on a rocket flying through the universe

  • @cheri238

    @cheri238

    8 ай бұрын

  • @BartWinchester-pj1wb

    @BartWinchester-pj1wb

    5 ай бұрын

    Man 5 yrs you are forgotten by many .

  • @gob3716
    @gob371619 күн бұрын

    All men suffer, but not all men pity themselves. thank you for this lecture totally saved my life

  • @nightoftheworld
    @nightoftheworld3 жыл бұрын

    11:20 *absolute power reveals absolutely* “In [Aurelius’] case, power didn’t corrupt, _absolute power did not corrupt absolutely._ Instead absolute power allowed us to see what the man underneath the body is really like-it allowed us to find out what Marcus Aurelius’ soul is like. Imagine a man for whom all the restraints of law and custom and political order are taken away-he could have whatever he wants. If a man under those circumstances behaves well, you know something about the soul underneath because no external constraint is making him do what he is doing. And Marcus Aurelius is the one example of an absolute ruler who behaves himself in such a way as not to disgrace himself.”

  • @C.D.J.Burton

    @C.D.J.Burton

    3 жыл бұрын

    Man I love reading this in his voice

  • @bdubs1853

    @bdubs1853

    3 жыл бұрын

    This literal equation, every man and woman should consider.. To the best of their cumulative, that their literal equation is..

  • @lewistaylor2858

    @lewistaylor2858

    2 жыл бұрын

    he also lived in a very very challenging age. The Marcomannic wars stretched Rome to its limits as it was waged in conjunction with war with Parthia. He also had to deal with a devastating plague.

  • @carlrodalegrado4104

    @carlrodalegrado4104

    2 жыл бұрын

    Don't forget about Cincinnatus too

  • @nightoftheworld

    @nightoftheworld

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@carlrodalegrado4104 hell ya

  • @ubik5453
    @ubik54534 ай бұрын

    R.I.P. 😥 Michael Sugrue, thank you for the lectures. "He who fears death fears either unconsciousness or another sort of consciousness. Now if you will no longer be conscious either of anything bad. If you are to take on a different consciousness, you will be a different being and life will not cease." Marcus Aurelius

  • @John_NJDM
    @John_NJDM4 ай бұрын

    Rest in peace, Dr. Segrue. Thank you for everything.

  • @fourtimez
    @fourtimez4 ай бұрын

    Rip my friend. The world has lost so much clarity. Possibly the best living philosopher has left this earthly form.

  • @themindsculptor_
    @themindsculptor_2 жыл бұрын

    This professor does not know me but I watched this video 4 years ago. I have been practising stoicism ever since and I have greatly elevated my life and that of those around me with the guidance of philosophy. I read Epictetus works, Seneca's letters and Meditations over 3 times just to try to understand better. I now guide friends and have introduced several people to Marcus Aurelius. I keep coming back to this video because this is the most eloquent description of Marcus Aurelius that I have ever seen Thank you for your work!

  • @nathangriffiths2851

    @nathangriffiths2851

    2 жыл бұрын

    Same here i've been practising Stoicism for 3+ years now. I would recommend you start reading Plato next.

  • @themindsculptor_

    @themindsculptor_

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@nathangriffiths2851 Thanks a lot, I should do this!

  • @ViralVirus

    @ViralVirus

    2 жыл бұрын

    Same here ! I would highly recommend this book : How to Be a Stoic | Massimo Pigliucci How to practice stoicism in everyday life .. because stoicism is a practice.

  • @adolfovelazquez3271

    @adolfovelazquez3271

    2 жыл бұрын

    Why would you brag about it narcisist ?

  • @NickNicometi

    @NickNicometi

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ViralVirus Thank you for the book referral.

  • @lewispatterson3333
    @lewispatterson33332 ай бұрын

    Love looking at the comments and seeing how many people’s lives have been bettered from kind, wise people like u dr. RIP Legend ❤

  • @ritesh.d
    @ritesh.d4 ай бұрын

    may you be reincarnated as the philosopher king Dr. Sugrue, you will be dearly missed by every stoic soul, thanks for your final gift in these lectures that you were gracious enough to share RIP Dr Michael Sugrue (1957-2024)

  • @dwightdaniel8836
    @dwightdaniel88363 ай бұрын

    Rest in peace Dr Sugrue may your interpretations and name live on forever

  • @wilsonokello7724
    @wilsonokello77244 ай бұрын

    May Professor Sugrue rest in peace.

  • @Ash-so2sr
    @Ash-so2sr2 жыл бұрын

    When I was around 20 I downloaded this lecture and listened to it every single day. I know it by heart now. I'm 34 now and still comforts me to no end, sharp, profound, useful. I owe it to be my first contact with Marcus Aurelius. And to have startes a lifelong interest in Roman culture and stoic philosophy

  • @tdesq.2463

    @tdesq.2463

    2 жыл бұрын

    That discovery is what's meant by the term: Watershed Moment. 👍✌️💪

  • @vishipedia8910

    @vishipedia8910

    2 жыл бұрын

    I am 21 started listening to it every alternate day around December last year. hits me every time.

  • @EmmaUgoh

    @EmmaUgoh

    2 ай бұрын

    Was Adhd and never listen to a video for 25mins, but this Video captured my interest and I have since turn to mp3 and loop many times. Till this day, still seems addictive

  • @biyogazccocuk482
    @biyogazccocuk4824 ай бұрын

    Memento mori rest in peace

  • @Redfox1hq
    @Redfox1hq4 ай бұрын

    Rest in peace good doctor, this lecture changed my life.

  • @mitchellwilliam95
    @mitchellwilliam95 Жыл бұрын

    I had no idea that I was seeking stoicism my whole life. Thanks for uploading this gem.

  • @jaysonsacobie4617

    @jaysonsacobie4617

    Жыл бұрын

    Stoicism helped me find God

  • @robithesir

    @robithesir

    6 ай бұрын

    @@jaysonsacobie4617 Same. It's probably the closest philosophical idea to the Christian faith. Especially when u read books like Proverbs, Ecclesiastics and Job

  • @EmmaUgoh

    @EmmaUgoh

    2 ай бұрын

    Stoicism is what Christians are suppose to be. Totally lost interest in organisd religion after listening to this. Yeah, I found God and my salvation better this way.

  • @SihleZulu_ZA
    @SihleZulu_ZA2 ай бұрын

    Love this Lecture by Dr Sugrue, I listen to it maybe twice a month, I remember when I discovered it 2 years ago it was just under 500k views and was like "this definitely deserves a million views, I'll see to it😂" haven't stopped watching this since then. RIP PROFESSOR

  • @saipansmall
    @saipansmall3 ай бұрын

    Dr. Sugrue, you will be missed forever and always

  • @Son-of-Sapia
    @Son-of-Sapia4 ай бұрын

    Rest in peace, good Doctor. Thank you for all you taught us.

  • @camw3942
    @camw39423 ай бұрын

    Dr Sugrue, you re-sparked my love for philosophy, and re-inspired my love for history. My heart goes out to your family, and I will return to your lectures for the rest of my life. Thank you, and Rest In Peace Philosopher King.

  • @tmpbruce
    @tmpbruce3 ай бұрын

    Thank you Dr, even in death you keep on helping me. Glad I came back to this lecture.

  • @someoneiknow6632
    @someoneiknow66323 ай бұрын

    Just heard the news of your passing rip brother

  • @eliezerribeiro7729
    @eliezerribeiro77294 ай бұрын

    Rip Dr. Sugrue

  • @leireemVX
    @leireemVX3 ай бұрын

    I just came across your videos to find that you have passed away not long ago, rest in peace, watching your videos is such a pleasure

  • @satyapal18
    @satyapal18Ай бұрын

    RIP my dear teacher. As an Indian student, I have obtained a great insight on how Western philosophy is rooted. Now I can correlate in Indian subcontinent context. RIP Sir and Om Shanti. May your soul attain enternal peace and spread the knowledge wherever you are. 🙏

  • @mohitandcinema
    @mohitandcinema4 ай бұрын

    Rest in Peace ❤🙏☮️

  • @tristinjeffers450
    @tristinjeffers4504 ай бұрын

    Heartbreaking news today. This lecture really did pull me out of one of the darkest moments of my life, and it has changed me forever. Rest well, Professor.

  • @RupertDiddles
    @RupertDiddles4 ай бұрын

    Rest in peace, we will all miss you but your lectures will live on

  • @parkersmith3400
    @parkersmith34003 ай бұрын

    Here to thank Professor Sugrue for the lectures which inspired a life of learning. Rest in Peace and thank you for the profound impact you have had on my life. You will not be forgotten.

  • @FloMj
    @FloMj4 ай бұрын

    He was truly one of the best lecturers of our time. For the last two years I nearly always watched one of his lectures in the evening before going to bed. This one stands out as being the best one. It has had a profound impact on my life and on the lives of my friends I was able to introduce this lecture to! Thank you for everything you have done and for sharing your wisdom and knowledge with us. You will be missed.

  • @thewealthofnations4827
    @thewealthofnations48274 ай бұрын

    Like this video, comment and share. Let's spread this lecture to all in memory of Dr. Michael Sugrue.

  • @Aras483
    @Aras4834 ай бұрын

    Rest in peace Dr. Sugrue, may your words live on for many years to come.

  • @The_Honcho
    @The_Honcho3 ай бұрын

    RIP Professor. Almost a year ago my Father suddenly fell ill, almost died and had to undergo an emergency quadruple bypass while being admitted for weeks. I was a mess however; I found this lecture at the same time I felt all of my stoic training was for not, I was falling apart. I listened to this lecture during every drive to the hospital, during every ride home, and as I walked the hospital halls and I regained my reason. God bless you Professor, and a loud “THANK YOU”

  • @Narmacil427
    @Narmacil4274 ай бұрын

    Rest In Peace Dr. Sugrue. This lecture helped me turn my life around, thank you for this gift of knowledge.

  • @Shaggerton
    @Shaggerton3 жыл бұрын

    This is my favorite speech on Marcus Aurelius and Stoicism of all time, I listen to it monthly! Thank you professor!

  • @joshuawolf7448

    @joshuawolf7448

    2 жыл бұрын

    Marcus was not a stoic.....

  • @shukii3397

    @shukii3397

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@joshuawolf7448 Then who was he?

  • @joshuawolf7448

    @joshuawolf7448

    2 жыл бұрын

    A man who practiced the art of reason. (Philosophy)

  • @joshuawolf7448

    @joshuawolf7448

    2 жыл бұрын

    And for the next reply...... logic is identifying it.......reason is excercise ing it.

  • @Shaggerton

    @Shaggerton

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@joshuawolf7448 Where in my comment on this amazing speech did i state, "Marcus Aurelius was a Stoic"? To repeat my comment so you can read again and understand "This is my favorite speech on Marcus Aurelius AND Stoicism of all time, I listen to it monthly! Thank you professor!" I capitalized the word AND so you may understand my comment fully @Joshua Wolf

  • @user-jt4fx6kr5z
    @user-jt4fx6kr5z3 ай бұрын

    This is my favorite video all-time on KZread. It’s so sad to learn he passed away. What an amazing legacy he leaves, we should all be so fortunate.

  • @aziz-iq3761
    @aziz-iq37614 ай бұрын

    Rest in peace professor and thank you for everything ❤️

  • @rohit7278
    @rohit72784 ай бұрын

    Rip sir you have touched many lives mine included

  • @kyoko029
    @kyoko0294 ай бұрын

    Rest in peace, Michael. Every once in a while, I come back to this brilliant lecture of yours.

  • @ahobimo732
    @ahobimo7322 жыл бұрын

    This channel is stupendously underrated. Dr. Sugrue is an intellectual treasure. These lectures stand as a defence of the western academic tradition.

  • @ssempaalbright1054

    @ssempaalbright1054

    Жыл бұрын

    So true stupendously underrated

  • @cheri238

    @cheri238

    8 ай бұрын

    ​@@ssempaalbright1054 I don't know how anyone complain about these lectures. They are so good.

  • @fedrajani19
    @fedrajani193 ай бұрын

    This is the greatest lecture that all the humanity should listen and learn from. Thank you very much Dr. Sugrue. Rest heavenly in peace, your heart and soul will be forever remembered in history.

  • @wallraven55
    @wallraven552 жыл бұрын

    It saddens me that I didn’t get to know about stoic philosophy until I was 29 years old. It has had such a large effect on my life, and it could’ve had such a huge effect on me in my teenage years. I guess it’s better than having never known about it at all.

  • @dr.michaelsugrue

    @dr.michaelsugrue

    2 жыл бұрын

    Buddha said, "Forgiveness demands that you give up all hope of a better past". His disciples objected, insisting that improving the past makes no sense. Buddha said nothing.

  • @dr.michaelsugrue

    @dr.michaelsugrue

    2 жыл бұрын

    I am not ashamed to admit that I have learned from Jesus and Buddha, Plato and Marcus, Al Farabi and Confucius and Maimonides and Rumi, even from a large collection of fools as well. If you cannot learn from fools by watching their conduct, you are one of them.

  • @Vic777V

    @Vic777V

    2 жыл бұрын

    Late 20s better than never 👍

  • @bridaw8557

    @bridaw8557

    Жыл бұрын

    29 is so YOUNG😂everything is relative. Amor fati

  • @divinegon4671

    @divinegon4671

    Жыл бұрын

    Late twenties still counts as being young.

  • @iCheetosbutter
    @iCheetosbutter4 ай бұрын

    RIP Dr.Sugrue

  • @VikingMuayThai
    @VikingMuayThai4 ай бұрын

    Rest in peace, Doctor. Your seeds have spread and now it’s our job to spread them.

  • @vikinghiphop3771
    @vikinghiphop37712 жыл бұрын

    This lecture saved my life

  • @sideaccount6198

    @sideaccount6198

    Жыл бұрын

    melodramatic much? jesus

  • @ryanlynch5802
    @ryanlynch58023 ай бұрын

    Rest in peace. Listening today to remember you. Thank you for all your lectures, but especially this one. You will be missed.

  • @CogDiss
    @CogDiss3 ай бұрын

    Rest In Peace Dr Sugrue. I’ve listened to this lecture dozens of times and will listen dozens more to come.

  • @hobb927
    @hobb9272 ай бұрын

    Rest in peace sir. I've benefited immensely as a student in Turkiye.

  • @Knightcommander69
    @Knightcommander693 ай бұрын

    Rest in pease sir. You got me through hell.

  • @LukeMlsna
    @LukeMlsna3 ай бұрын

    Miss you bro

  • @user-dt7lu3nk1s
    @user-dt7lu3nk1s3 ай бұрын

    May you rest in peace. You have earned my utmost gratitude. You are a great person.

  • @ahmedjama7767
    @ahmedjama77673 ай бұрын

    I have listened to this lecture and others muuuultipel times. You were an amazing rethoriker and seemed to be a great man. Rest well, Professor!

  • @mvrao29
    @mvrao294 ай бұрын

    Dr Michael Sugrue left an indelible mark as a preacher of Greek philosophy. He has migrated from a historian to a philosopher and did his best to live the life of a stoic (other than to cater to the needs of his family). I just learnt that Dr Michael left for Heaven yesterday and i am sure that the greatest Roman emperor and author of "The Meditations", Marcus Aurelius will be happy to meet Dr Michael🙏

  • @manucabrera7762
    @manucabrera77624 ай бұрын

    Such masterclass

  • @Havyng25
    @Havyng254 ай бұрын

    Rest in peace. This video is legendary. Thank you for your work Mr. Sugrue

  • @ajjimenez8701
    @ajjimenez8701Ай бұрын

    This talk, as seems is true for many here, has literally changed my life. I wish I had taken the time to thank Professor Sugrue while he was alive. Its not just the information he presents in this lecture that has made it so profound for me, but his obvious adoration for the man, his awe, and his palpable reverence for spectacular moral accomplishments of Marcus Aurelius. The love that he transmits to the audience while he lectures on this topic so beautifully accentuates the gravity of Marcus Aurelius' character. This lecture forced me to recognize my failings as a father, as a husband, as a man. It has given me a North Star upon which to set my course; and for that, there is no reward great enough. Rest in peace Professor Sugrue. May the gods do you no harm.

  • @user-qb2wf1ni8k
    @user-qb2wf1ni8k3 ай бұрын

    Rest in peace Dr. Sugrue. I greatly appreciated your lectures that helped me better understand the great works of philosophy that have been written throughout history, and I hope to cultivate this interest further that you helped plant.

  • @alish4498
    @alish44984 ай бұрын

    I am grateful for all the knowledge and incredible things you taught me. Rest in peace.

  • @motadaymane3262
    @motadaymane32624 ай бұрын

    Rest in peace. Memento Mori for all of us.

  • @shanesydney127
    @shanesydney1273 ай бұрын

    I'm still in total disbelief hearing the sad news about my great teacher Dr Surgue. If he's teachings are true he would be speaking with Marcus Aurelius above 👍🏆🇦🇺

  • @yungtophr
    @yungtophr2 ай бұрын

    Professor Sugrue, your lectures have positively impacted my life as well as many others for the better. You hold a special place in my heart, and I am truly blessed to be able to learn from a great like you. Your presence will forever be missed. Rest in Peace King 🕊️