The whole book is written beautifully but one page I remember being written so poetically by the time I got to the end of page i knew i had become a lifelong dedicated reader. Through my passion for rap music i was exposed to the joy of word play and led to books and the love of the written word Faust is a great example of the immense enjoyment that can be found in a good book. He conjured up the world with such skill that i remember feeling that world was lost to me forever and was heartbroken. I really must read it again.

going through will durant's captivating recordings for a second time. thank you Rocky C

@davemojarra4734

3 жыл бұрын

Grover Gardner recording, actually.

Faust is one of the greatest works of literature of all time. When I was a younger man I would fancy myself well written and read. This was eminently false. In college I had the great fortune to study Literature under the tutelage of the best professor in the Bay Area, and because of our nation's eminence and prosperity, one of the best english professors of all time. His favored attention to Goethe and careful prose still illuminates my petty existence. I do so miss the lectures on Faust, Dostoevsky, Homer, and Gibson. Thank you Rocky C for filling my hours with the light and joy of learning and of remembering wisdom lost.

@AJ-xm4xc

Жыл бұрын

would you care to enlighten us about any of the subtleties learned whilst reading faust?

@boblee5556

Жыл бұрын

@@AJ-xm4xc That there are no free lunches and people with money usually lack scruples...

@hazelwray4184

Жыл бұрын

Pretentious twaddle: As a young man; in my younger years ... 'I would fancy myself well written'? 'eminently false'? - eminently refers to something positive; praiseworthy; distinguished. 'because of our nation's eminence and prosperity' - insufferable.

@boblee5556

Жыл бұрын

@@hazelwray4184 late Middle English: from Latin eminent- ‘jutting, projecting’, from the verb eminere... Words have often a deeper meaning than the limited understanding of a dictionary to bind the mentality of men to a dispassionate definition. Language is a flowing and fractious thing, made by peasants then studied by scholars who claim to always know better that the words they collect like entomologists should be pinned to a board when they look so much the better in life.

@hazelwray4184

Жыл бұрын

@@boblee5556 eminently false? (in retrospect) this was - positively; indubitably ...

I can't believe this is free. Appreciate it profoundly.

I am Maori of New Zealand I am a descendant of Jon Von-Goethe grandson of Johann Wolfgang Goethe and in New Zealand the name Goethe was anglicised in english as Gotty and in maori Kati so there are two families that carry the Von-Goethe name in english and maori

@ryanburdeaux

2 жыл бұрын

are you a writer by chance?

@theConquerersMama

Жыл бұрын

Very interesting

@hazelwray4184

Жыл бұрын

@@ryanburdeaux bad syntax and no punctuation, yet you wonder if he's a writer.

@ryanburdeaux

Жыл бұрын

@@hazelwray4184 it’s a comment on KZread , there is room to be unprofessional

@screenwatcherfindlay6027

7 ай бұрын

@@ryanburdeaux no

I had never known of Will Durant prior to your channel. How does one person become so omni-erudite in one life time? >< The English translations of Faust are of course daunting, but the "De Nature" at 32:00 minutes is simple yet most sublime. Thank you Rocky C!

I love how these always end with a mic drop that leaves a profoundness in the viewers mind.

Thank you Rockyc. Always look forward to the new uploads.

"some committed suicide as the only fashionable thing to do" bahaha

@mikecrum2740

5 жыл бұрын

Really.

@jwshepard6

3 жыл бұрын

Proper description for me via philosophical reasoning is "self-delivery." Suicide ... ~1650s, after all the wranglings of Latin we have, "sui" = of oneself; "cidium" = a killing.

This narrator is the best one I’ve ever heard in my life

I love this material! Excellent writer, excellent mind!

among the best written, best researched, best expressed monologue ever

Marvellous exposé of Goethes work.

Its simply astonishing how much amazing work came from Will and Arial. Thanks to Rocky C for doing this too. I am learning about so much fascinating history and historical figures I never knew because of these audio books.

absolutely edifying..

"one is not happier by hairsbreadth by attaining the objects of his wishes"

@tatanka16

4 жыл бұрын

Ullpuhv

@renzo6490

3 жыл бұрын

But perhaps one must learn that lesson through experience.

@LunaLu-00

3 жыл бұрын

@@renzo6490 Yes, i agree!

@hazelwray4184

Жыл бұрын

'by and by'

So glad I stumbled upon this!!!

Fantastic!

The great Goethe

Goethe my kind of man...

Ese visionario que se adelanto a su tiempo.

Thank you man ~ btw there s something off about the audio quality in this particular upload.

Thx a lot Mr. R c

rocking the snuggies since late 1700s.

2:40:50 - I'd say the first text of comparative anatomy was Edward Tyson's Homo Sylvestris (1699), comparing chimps with humans.

Such a wonderful writer and mind, and read so well, who is the reader??

"He killed werther to give himself peace."

you're doing god's work. thank you.

@alexdavinci9533

5 жыл бұрын

That's Schopenhauer's pic? You're not worthy of it.

@ooshababa962

4 жыл бұрын

We're all doing God's work, consciously and unconsciously. Manipulated or wilfully.😇😇😇

Great video, thank you very much , note to self(nts) watched all of it 1:50:33

I would like to find this in PDF format, but The story of Philosophy doesn't list it. Any ideas?

"It truly sickens me in my innermost to be daily confronted with the sobering reality that I share a planet with simple pygmies, instead of giants like Goethe and Schiller. Even Einstein was a mental dwarf by comparison." -- Lalaskus Tabaskus von Damascus

@geico1975

5 жыл бұрын

I think I understand, but wouldn't it be more prudent to compare "giants" of the same time and study?

@boblee5556

3 жыл бұрын

Self absorption and judgement of others is usually a sign of ignorance and no marker of learning. To judge is to be human, but to examine is wisdom. ~some dude.

@user-ul4cn2vg8h

2 жыл бұрын

Well...Einstein is Einstien. The rest of your comment is agreeable.

@bingo4519

Жыл бұрын

Bruh did you quote yourself

@1shpendi

11 ай бұрын

@@bingo4519lol

Anyone know the audiobook narrator? He also narrated Larry Niven’s Ringworld.

Never cold get into his poetry. Give me the English Romantics all the time.

@4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz

4 жыл бұрын

* gives you the English romantics all the time *

@hazelwray4184

Жыл бұрын

'never cold'

@TheWhitehiker

Жыл бұрын

@@hazelwray4184 thanks Hazel.

@TheWhitehiker

Жыл бұрын

@@4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz Huh?

35:14 Nature

Who is the voice of these audiobooks?

Is there an " r" in this subject's name I don't know about?

Why does he pronounce his name as "Gur-te"? It's pronounced "Geu-te", the "eu" being very short.

@martynblackburn1977

3 жыл бұрын

The Americans introduce the R sound like Nietzsche is prounced Nee-tcher or like the word 'brother' has the R sound but not in the English pronounciation: bru-theu.

@boblee5556

3 жыл бұрын

​@@martynblackburn1977 wat u meen 'mericans don tak like tat, we a cultured natn' of well spoken fok.

@davyroger3773

3 жыл бұрын

@@boblee5556 darn damn tootin!

I have a question, is this Will Durant reading?

@LarsLiveLaughLove

7 ай бұрын

No, I think Rocky C.

Note the source mate. Which book of Durant? Always write down the source.

@tarnopol

4 жыл бұрын

I'm guessing it's from Rousseau and Revolution (1967). Part of The Story of Civilization: there's a section on Goethe in there. But not sure; never read it.

Funny stuff ☺️😎😇✌️♈☮️✝️💪🔔🙏🙌🌍. Cool though

It is always interesting to hear about Faust II - Will Durant 'nailed' it: one needs a life of 80 years to understand it completely. (I had to read it with 17 and was quite sure, that the teacher was as clueless as us pupils were! Nowadays I am absolutely certain.) Walle, walle, manche Strecke das zum Zwecke Wasser fließe und mit reichem, vollen Schwalle zu dem Bade sich ergieße!

@wsmith49

6 жыл бұрын

I think your German tourist nailed it. I've read and am now, thanks to the inspiration of this wonderful video, rereading Randall Jarrell's English translation of FAUST Part One, trying to latch onto a few more straws than I did on the first read. I read some lesser translator's go at FAUST Part Two (Jarrell, to the best of my limited knowledge, shied away from ever even attempting to English Part Two) and it was almost entirely me and the footnotes trying to make heads or tails of what must be brilliantly lucid in the original German. Thanks SO much for uploading these Will Durant episodes in general and this one in particular. Do you know the name of the reader? He has a billion-dollar voice and trillion-dollar delivery. I've heard him read a dozen other books before and he never fails to entrance. Unfortunately, I keep losing his name! Hey, Rocky C: you are a hero!!!!!!!!!!!

@wsmith49

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info and for taking the time to reply. How interesting that the accomplished reader hides behind a display of aliases! I'll do some further research. Am much enjoying my reread of Jarrell's translation of Faust Part I; thanks again for the inspiration.

@wsmith49

6 жыл бұрын

Just finished a reread of Randall Jarrell's Englishing of FAUST Part I. Much better the second time around. Also, probably helped that this summer I finally read, at project Gutenberg, Maturin's Gothic classic MELMOTH THE WANDERER, which gave me a great feel for the bathetic depths of Gothic Romanticism, which resonate, in my amateur opinion, throughout FAUST Part I. I doubt you'll find a better English translation than Jarrell's; Jarrell was an accomplished American poet himself (author of the famous short poem THE BALL TURRET GUNNER), and has the good sense to free himself of the burden of trying to stick to the rhymed poetry of the original. I think it's always a blunder to translate poetry that rhymes in the original language into any sort of rhymed English poetry. Which is not to say Jarrell doesn't produce something almost identical to poetry in his Englishing. The translation is what he calls "blank verse," and he claims to have paid some sort of attention to meter, but, fortunately, that doesn't seem to obtrude negatively on the final product. He also, in his own words, "My motto is: Anything that wants to rhyme can," is not averse to letting the English do a little singing here and there. And if you are a fan of Joyce's ULYSSES, the two Walpurgisnacht scenes of the play, as Jarrell handsomely brings them over into English, will give you some insight into Joyce's debt to FAUST Part I for the Nighttown (the soi-disant "Circe") section of his own magnum opus. Go ahead, try to find the Jarrell translation (maybe in your public library? certainly at Amazon; I got it at my fave used bookstore for seven bux), take a deep breath, and dive in. Oh, and if you want, it's perfectly fine, especially first time around, to skip the "Dedication" and the "Prelude at the Theater" first two introductory scenes; if you wind up liking the play, always feel free to back up and read those first two scenes to help you debrief. Bonne chance!

@SimplyLimbo

5 жыл бұрын

They let you read faust II at 17 ???

2:37:02 Sounds like Goethe was coming extremly close to Darwin's theory of evolution

@dpavlovsky

Жыл бұрын

Spengler would disagree.

Who is the narrator? Is it will Durant himself?

@Hermetic_

3 жыл бұрын

Grover Gardner

34:48

What book is this from? Thanks!

@DurantandFriends

8 ай бұрын

I am not sure, I would start with The History of Philosophy.

@siddharthamishra1999

7 ай бұрын

Story of civilization, Volume X: Rousseau and Revolution

That poem at 30:50...

If Goethe is a genius, and I'm positive I have better fashion sense than Goethe, does that make me a genius?

Watching 23:06

@DurantandFriends

7 ай бұрын

How'd it turn out for you?

Dauphin River First Nation Canada 🇨🇦

Adolph Enkmann

Original finder canon law code of conduct [cc] all rights reserved Jose carbajal

@panchovilla8437

2 жыл бұрын

Code man here to verify Google and third party’s rules regulations [cc]

Gertz

G

It's just about his erectile achievements, a bit disappointing

Dauphin River First Nation Manitoba Canada 🇨🇦

goethe 😂loving women much more than war…

Bloody boring life. :/

What a pack of lies.

@siddharthamishra1999

7 ай бұрын

Which part?

What a load of absolute nonsense

@skyerscape8454

2 жыл бұрын

HahA, some boy though…😂

@skyerscape8454

2 жыл бұрын

Please tell me that you listened the whole thing whilst also thinking it nonsense. 😩

It's a real thumper! I'll take Kafka or Joyce!