This should be the format for all lectures/teachings on KZread. Format: >Clear vídeo with minimal visual distractions. >Clear blackboard with themes. >Great info. delivered with great tone. >Just the facts, no opinion. >Fun facts make it extra interesting.

@HeroicBrian

4 жыл бұрын

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1:08 "This book - as you can imagine - is packed with wisdom…" tosses it aside

@PhilosophySama

4 жыл бұрын

Illuminati confirmed

@MrSPINELLI1983

2 жыл бұрын

That’s because the wise don’t need the book in order to carry around the message. Once you understand it, the book itself is just a stack of paper with a cover.

@adrianmach3608

Жыл бұрын

@@MrSPINELLI1983 Keeping a book is pretty neat though, other people can read it and as human memory tends to fail its a pretty neat point of reference.

I want to like this video multiple times. There was so much value in it. Every topic you discussed was concise and powerful.

Excellent. Keep on teaching and smiling while you do it.

@HeroicBrian

Жыл бұрын

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A spectacular analysis and presentation. Thank you.

Excellent video. You beat 80% of the philosophy professors I've ever had. You project a genuine love of your work. I wish I'd had you as an undergrad.

@HeroicBrian

4 жыл бұрын

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@gankhef5564

4 жыл бұрын

@@HeroicBrian Fair enough. I'll revise and say 93.4%

The definition of happiness has changed so much over the years. Now we narrowly define it to mean ‘glad or smiley’ but what Aristotle said makes so much sense it’s much deeper than that 💕

@MrClews7

4 жыл бұрын

So true

that idea of a gap between who you are and the person you want to be is also a common idea discussed in psychology, where people who are farther away from there ideal self feel more resentment and other negative feelings.

@HeroicBrian

4 жыл бұрын

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Thank you that was really interesting, currently studying counselling psychology and loving Aristotle

Another great Bryan! Thank you for your great work, I appreciate you!

@HeroicBrian

5 жыл бұрын

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This is probably the best summary of Aristotle’s views on ethics. Multiple likes from me!!!!!

@HeroicBrian

4 жыл бұрын

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I appreciate the break down. Just subbed. Been trying to find a great formula to follow. I think futher research into Aristotle is a worthwhile pursuit.

What a phenomenal instructor! Well done, Sir!

@HeroicBrian

2 жыл бұрын

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This was spot on! I almost envy your pedagogical ability to be honest. Liked and subscribed!

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3 жыл бұрын

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Great video. I’ve had the book for so long and never could grasp the concepts fully. This video really condenses a lot of great wisdom. Motivated to give it another go!

@HeroicBrian

3 жыл бұрын

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Gem of a video!! Thank you

Thank you Brian for your wonderful lecture that you gave to us so generously. I wish you the very best in your life, Eudaimonia!

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2 жыл бұрын

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Been watching PNTV for a while now. Every single note is superbly researched, presented and executed. You are truly inspirational, Brain. Having covered this book in school as a kid, I've always held Aristotle in the highest regards. Thrilled that you covered him here on PNTV. Thanks for the great service, Brian :-)

@HeroicBrian

4 жыл бұрын

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EXCELLENT EXPLANATION- Sending you my love from Greece.

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3 жыл бұрын

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excellant Brian! thank you

@HeroicBrian

5 жыл бұрын

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An excellent presentation, thank you.

@HeroicBrian

4 жыл бұрын

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Reading Aristotle is like my eyes being opened every paragraph he writes!

The most explainer I have ever seen. Thanks 👍 I wish I can do more.

@HeroicBrian

3 жыл бұрын

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i have just been focused on the veins in his arms instead of the material in the video

@HeroicBrian

3 жыл бұрын

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this helped me so much! thankyou

@HeroicBrian

4 жыл бұрын

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YOUR SUMMARY OF CENTRAL IDEAS HIT THE MARK . PERSONALLY IT WILL TAKE A STRONG WILL,DESIRE AND CONSISTENT HABIT TO BECOME A GREAT SOUL. THE JOURNEY CAN BE WORTH EVERY MINUTE.

@HeroicBrian

3 жыл бұрын

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Thanks so much

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Жыл бұрын

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Thank you, thank you, thank you. Magnificent book choice, superbly explained!!!! I was looking to introduce my kids to Aristotle and you gave me a lot of good ideas.👍👍👍👍👍

@HeroicBrian

2 жыл бұрын

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Read in College. Loved it! BTW, nice summary.

@HeroicBrian

5 жыл бұрын

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Thanks a lot for the explanation Sir. Was searching a lot to understand Western Philosophy. Will be greatful to you if you can discuss in detail. The complete persuit of happiness

@HeroicBrian

4 жыл бұрын

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Finally, someone who actually expresses “the point” of the work and not just explain the work so as to pass an exam on the book itself. The “book” costs $7 on Amazon, the “message” is priceless!!

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2 жыл бұрын

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Excellent! I laughed a couple times, and you make me want to go to the library and just sit down and read this book and live up to my self. Half philosophy, half self-help; that's probably why you got those thumbs down. Thanks!

@HeroicBrian

4 жыл бұрын

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very helpful thank you!

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4 жыл бұрын

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Great videos! could you make one about aristotle's politics too? that whould be a lot of usefull for my exam reading

@suspirian2359

4 жыл бұрын

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Thanks!❤

@HeroicBrian

Жыл бұрын

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U make things feel easy 👌Your way of teaching is awesome as always

@HeroicBrian

5 жыл бұрын

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Superb

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5 жыл бұрын

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Really awesome as always.mind blowing .👌 BRIAN please make some videos on the the Japanese concept of ZANSHIN.

@HeroicBrian

5 жыл бұрын

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Lovin it dude

@HeroicBrian

5 жыл бұрын

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If you weren't sure what he meant by "straightening wood," it is the practice of over bending the object past its center point, and leaving it to stay in that position for a time. When you release it, it will lean back the distance you overextended it, and be truly centered. Awesome video btw (:

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4 жыл бұрын

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love this

@HeroicBrian

4 жыл бұрын

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that was amazing thank uuu

@HeroicBrian

4 жыл бұрын

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This video changed my life.

@HeroicBrian

3 жыл бұрын

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"You da mon" lol

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4 жыл бұрын

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This is so good

@HeroicBrian

Жыл бұрын

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Great talk thanks bud

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4 жыл бұрын

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Thx

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3 жыл бұрын

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His father was also Nicomachus

I attempted to read that when I was 10 years old and it just melted my mind from the first pages 😂. Now at 15 it still seems difficult. Guess I should read simpler books until I go to university

@HeroicBrian

3 жыл бұрын

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@voltaire5427

2 жыл бұрын

No, keep at it. It's awesome that you're picking up that kind of material so young. Arete in action. 👍

This was so helpful omg

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7 ай бұрын

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There are many different versions of this book which one do you recommend and why?

@HeroicBrian

3 жыл бұрын

I went with Penguin Classics. LOVED the intro: www.amazon.com/Nicomachean-Ethics-Penguin-Classics/dp/0140449493 Optimize is now free! Sign up/tell your friends! www.optimize.me

@mrty5213

3 жыл бұрын

@@HeroicBrian thanks

@HeroicBrian

3 жыл бұрын

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Can you give an example of eudaimon and its connection to virtues?

@HeroicBrian

3 жыл бұрын

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@almergelundag3642

3 жыл бұрын

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A really hard reading for me! As I have finished Plato´s Dialogues, I´ve decied to start the Aristotle´s Literature! thank you for throwing some light on this dificult task! shout out from Brazil

@HeroicBrian

4 жыл бұрын

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Ok so the book talks about closing the gap between what you are capable of and where you are at. But is this ever really possible? I feel like as you start to close the gap, what you thought you where capable of changes and you realize you are capable of more. So in reality, isn’t the pursuit of what you think you are capable of, really the key to eudaemonia?

@HeroicBrian

4 жыл бұрын

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Excellent video. You can tell you love the topic. Yes, happiness is a terrible translation. What if eating cake makes someone happy? Or being cruel to things makes some people happy?

Thank you I feel so anxious and this is helping me. I avoid selfreflecting because it scares me. I have felt old and fixed as long as I can remember. Im 19 yo. I have to close the gab. Thank you for this great content

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3 жыл бұрын

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im sorry i didn't quite catch that so "living the best version of yourself", is categories as daimon, arte, or magnanimity ????

Hey Bri! I needed the idea of magnanimity in my life... You put the concept so well. Thank you. Jessica ( India)

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5 жыл бұрын

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Wow. What jerry seinfeld is to comedy this man is to philosophy. Jed.Purdy says seinf. signifies the age of irony, which is almost true: s.f. , in his ironic presentation, signifies a critique of the purdian irony long already in our midst upon us; His comedy implicitly declares purdy's postfacto point askew. And almost similarly this man is a eudaimonian cleanly administering a benificient lingual tincture of eudaimonism to us, the audience . . . in a refreshing, vital, visceral manner: thankyou for speaking on philosophy with such a unique and needed voice

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3 жыл бұрын

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@WhenceRed

3 жыл бұрын

seems to maybe correspond to strong's concordance (greek n.t.) 2095 thru 2121

@WhenceRed

3 жыл бұрын

...and 1139 thru 1142, not parentheses and english etymology, AND , IF mon- includes Free Will

Great video. Liking and Subscribing!!!

@HeroicBrian

4 жыл бұрын

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Great explanation, you sound like the guy from engineering explained . 👍

@HeroicBrian

2 жыл бұрын

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2 жыл бұрын

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This video is so great, I learned so much! I noticed there is an extra, "h" on the chalkboard in Nicomachean too haha. (Graphic Designer in me knew that lol)

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4 жыл бұрын

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Thanks John Sins

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4 жыл бұрын

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@thesouloftheuniverse7929

4 жыл бұрын

I'm expecting this comment😂. Anyway, it's a great help in understanding such topic in our Ethics class.

I tho, at first sight, that it was a prosthetic appendage to his biceps!!

@HeroicBrian

Жыл бұрын

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great video for great material. And since I really liked your work I have an idea of how you can make it even greater. I'd love to share my opinion but only if you ask me to.

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3 жыл бұрын

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This should be taught in 8th grade and again in 12th. Kids might begin to realize their value and how to grow that value.

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2 жыл бұрын

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play like a eudamoin and stay virtuous and humble. Do your best for the greater good and have depth with magnanimous intent. Always believe in goodness!

@HeroicBrian

4 жыл бұрын

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Great brook, great content and man great physique ! ... is that crossfit dude ???

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5 жыл бұрын

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Aligning yourself to your beliefs is so important otherwise you will be the opposite of a eudaimon.

@arocee

4 жыл бұрын

Cacodaimon?

This is the self actualization that Abraham Maslow taught. Marty Siligman did not start positive Psychology it was much closer to Abe Maslow.

Saying that depressiom and anxiety occur because you are not actualising your potential is wrong

@michael_fassbender

5 жыл бұрын

its true for many, many people and can even be the root cause for a chemical imbalance if it occurs long enough

@Kim-jo8px

4 жыл бұрын

Correct. Depression is result of distorted thinking , nothing to do with potential.

Thank you Johnny Sins

@HeroicBrian

4 жыл бұрын

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Contentment is weekly allowance, happiness is a fat 401k

@HeroicBrian

4 жыл бұрын

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Nico- or Nicho- ?

@HeroicBrian

3 жыл бұрын

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Goddamn your veins. A papercut in the wrong spot could probably kill you. lol all jokes aside this is a really great video. Aristotle is by far my favorite philosopher. If a person were to only read one book a year, this should be it. It's hilarious how we're always bombarded with books and media claiming to offer the secret to happiness when a bunch of bored dudes came up with the answer all the way back in antiquity.

@HeroicBrian

4 жыл бұрын

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The best me. The best vocalist, the best nurse. The best actress and then become the priminister. Lol mahatma xx

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3 жыл бұрын

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4 жыл бұрын

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Brian Johnson seems to be a philosophical version of Joel Osteen rendering Aristotle's ethics as a kind of "be your best self now." I like his enthusiasm, but he's a bit misleading. Eudaemonia is contemplation of the habits of ethical behavior (application of the Mean in all one's engagements with others in life). Thus, it is not mere self-satisfaction for having done the right thing, nor is the application the unbridled joy that Johnson implies (he does not say this directly). The happiness for Aristotle is a highly evolved intellectual/rational contemplation of the good as applied in one's life, and not an emotional or self-satisfaction. I teach philosophy.

Listen up post Modernists and moral relativists. That aside.... So, essentially if one has multiple personal disorder these ethics are perfect for you.

@HeroicBrian

4 жыл бұрын

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I’m so distracted by the muscular, veiny arms. 😍 But great content! Thank you.

@HeroicBrian

2 жыл бұрын

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You look like a 3d animated person

@HeroicBrian

4 жыл бұрын

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Took a minute and a half to get to the meat of the content...

@HeroicBrian

3 жыл бұрын

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you made a very boring topic to stick with 15 minutes straight. you are such a person. appreciations from Pakistan.

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3 жыл бұрын

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You did a great job explaining this, but I pray the Lord gives you His mercy and grace so that you don't have to try to save yourself for man has fallen short of the glory of God and needs a redeemer, who can be found in Jesus Christ alone. Joy of the soul is found in reconciliation with God. God has offered us forgiveness for our transgressions, so His name is worthy to be praised forevermore. Amen.