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The lines quoted in the lecture are those of Glaucus in Book VI (reciting what his father told him). But you are right, we are also told by Nestor in Book XI that "The old horseman Peleus urging his son Achilles, / 'Now always be the best, my boy, the bravest, / and hold your head up high above the others' "(XI.783-84; Fagles translation XI.935-37)

@ thank you! Appreciate the clarity. Should I purchase the Loeb’s Edition to read along with your lectures?

@@eric.aaron.castro That's a good question. I don't think you have to. I love the Loeb editions and use them to refer to the Greek original when needed. My lectures, however, quote from the Robert Fagles translation -- a very good translation in my opinion, and that of others. If you want to refer to the Greek original, another useful resource is the Perseus Digital Library: www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0133 I hope that helps.

Thanks for your comment. They are definitely foundational thinkers of the modern age. I have other videos that discuss Descartes and Kant in relation to "modernity" (the larger epoch of the history of ideas). For this video on "modernism" (the 20th Century aesthetic movement), I felt the more immediate precursors were the thinkers of the late 19th century.

@theliteraturechannel9755 thank you. Yes that would make sense.

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Thanks. Paradise Lost is such a great work, maybe the greatest work ever written, in my opinion.

Thanks as always for your kind comments.

It's a great book. Enjoy!

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Thank you. I'm glad it was useful. All the best in your study of Woolf.

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Thanks you for the kind words. All the best in your study of modern literature.

Thanks for these comments. I definitely agree that Nietzsche's philosophy (and political philosophy) have severe limits and shouldn't be followed blindly. If anything, this video and my videos on nihilism are directed against interpretations which find liberating solutions in Nietzsche. However, I feel we need to take his works as serious works of philosophy and not just as personal notebooks for his own overcoming of his family.

@@theliteraturechannel9755 thank you for taking my comment in stride - I'm reacting to the wrong kind of popularization via peterson and his ilk, you are making many good points here. I just read rudolph binions book on lou salome, it changed the way I've been viewing N's later work 30 years - he was not free to have a normal relationship and at least occasionally was desperate for one. So here comes a wish for will to power, never fulfilled, and work on morality refuting the work of her nobody lover ree. A self hating resentful man hating resentment. It's a puzzle, but not sure how well it intersects with anything potentially universal. Anyway, carry on!

@@AllTenThousand Thank you so much for the follow up explanation of your point of departure. This makes a lot of sense, and I agree that we need to be wary of some of the popularizations of Nietzsche out there (Peterson et al on the right and many of the postmodernists on the left). I haven't read Binion's book, but will check it out, thanks.

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Thank you so much. I'm glad you found the lecture useful. All the best, Tim

That's great. Thanks for the kind words and all the best in your study of Nietzsche.

as a leftist however, i would like to add that a central critique comes in the vein of catherine liu’s writings, and also the view that liberalism defends the status quo of capitalism (something which i would argue one wants to dismantle by virtue of being on “the left”)

Thanks for the kind words. All the best in your academic studies.

Excellent point. Yes, the problems of economic liberalism and the tendency towards extreme inequalities of wealth is something even the hierarchically-minded Nietzsche saw as a limitation (Wanderer and His Shadow, Section 285)

@@theliteraturechannel9755 thank you for sharing your impressive grasp of nietzsche’s thought and writing! i’ll keep an eye on your academic work and posts here, i’m out of academia at this stage of my life and love my work but i see learning as fundamental to my narrative identity and appreciation of life; i also enjoy writing my own critical and philosophical essays in my free time, it’s thanks to generous folks like you that i have access to this kind of academic analysis, i am very interested in your work on nature and art in the faerie queene I.iv-v as well being a big fan of derrida, anyhow, many thanks and all the best, hope to see you in another comment section at some point l!

Thanks again for the kind words. I think my narrative identity is similar in that I work for the Government of Canada part of my time and spend part of my time pursuing academic pursuits and teaching at the University of Ottawa. Let me know if you have any of your own critical / philosophical writing essays that you think I would be interested in. All the best, Tim

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I'm the imperative to deal with liberalism is contradicted in being an authentic liberal. They just leave it on don't even know how to help.

Thanks so much for your insightful comment. I have not worked in the private sector myself, but now that you mention it I can imagine the similarities with the character of Aeneas and his isolation.

Great point. It really ties this notion of the "fickle mob" with the problem of the community not being a "whole" in Coriolanus. Thank you.

Thank you for the comment. I've edited that material out.

I am rewatching the video now! TY.

Thanks for the kind words on the lecture content and for the constructive help on the delivery. All the best, Tim

Thanks so much for the kind words. I hope to have time in the near future to record lectures on those plays as well. As you rightly indicate, the Christian context of the other major tragedies separates them from the Roman world of Coriolanus, Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra. All the best!

You're welcome. He's definitely one of my favourite thinkers too. Let me know if you'd like to see more lectures on Nietzsche's specific works or concepts. All the best.

@@theliteraturechannel9755 I'd really love if you did a lecture on Nietzsche's view on liberalism and socialism.

Thanks, that's a good idea. He systematically critiques both movements and it is a good way of understanding his political philosophy to understand what he's against.

@@xamdamov5072 Hello again, I've just posted a video on Nietzsche's Critique of Liberalism (th-cam.com/video/UTHxTspMv9Y/w-d-xo.html); it doesn't address socialism directly, but the critique of socialism as well is implicit in some of Nietzsche's conclusions on the need for hierarchy and the creation of great individuals. Let me know if you have any insights on Nietzsche's critique of liberalism and all the best.

"Hi @theliteraturechannel9755. Wow, seriously amazing. Thanks so much for the awesome, detailed videos and for really taking my input into account!"

Thanks for the kind words. I'm glad the lectures are useful. That A-Level English course sounds like it was quite rigorous. Is that a secondary school (high school) level course? I agree that Coriolanus can be more difficult to gain an entry into than some of Shakespeare's other plays. All the best with your reading.

Thanks so much for the kind words. All the best with your studies.

Glad you found the lecture useful. There is a lot of material on Trauma in Literature. It is quite an extensive field. I think the Trauma and Literature (Cambridge UP) text is a good introduction. The roots of the approach are in Freud, so that is a good place to start. In terms of literary texts to apply the approach to, any text dealing with war is a good place to start. I have a series of lectures on War in Literature. Hope this helps and all the best in your studies.

Thank you so much professor. I didn't know the depths of how to go about it with psychology/clinical psychology along with literature. And also trying to select a text that will kickstart my proposal. (From India, here we submit a research proposal during the interview for PhD). That suggestion of Fraud and your lectures are highly appreciated professor.

@@lilizing All the best in your studies. I'm sure it will prove to be a fruitful line of inquiry. Keep me posted.

Thank you so much professor. I will keep you posted!

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Thank you. I'm glad you found it useful.

Yep, you have to love the Bard

You're most welcome. All the best in your studies.

Thank you. Hope all is going well in Australia!

Thanks so much. Just put up some lectures on Homer's Odyssey and will probably do some on Shakespeare's Coriolanus after these two lectures on Nihilism. Hope all is well.

Thank you so much for the very kind comments. I'm glad the lectures are useful for your study of Homer. Such a great poet!!

That is a very good question and a complex one. I mention it a bit in my lecture on Middle English Literature (th-cam.com/video/Kgj7iWwtnlI/w-d-xo.html). Basically, the philosophical tradition (the tradition of Reason) is based on a philosophical inquiry into nature (including human nature) as it is, without deferring to the authoritative statements of ancestors or other proclamations about how these things came to be. The Judeo-Christian tradition (the tradition of Revelation), on the other hand, takes the truth of all things to be grounded in the will of God, as revealed in his Word (the biblical texts). There is a fundamental tension between these two routes of pursuing wisdom. In the middle ages (from Augustine to Aquinas), thinkers effected a synthesis of these two paths: they felt that philosophers can provide useful insights into the world, but their wisdom must be completed by theological wisdom of God's purpose for all things. For instance, philosophers and scientists can rationally tell us about the material and efficient causes of trees; however, it takes the wisdom gleaned from God's revealed Word to see how trees operate in God's overarching Divine plan or Providential design for beings as a whole. I hope that helps a little.

Thank you. All the best in your studies of classic literature.

Thank you so much for the kind words!

Thanks, glad you found it useful. Are you teaching a work of Modernist literature currently?

I am prepping for a unit on Gatsby :) always looking to improve the way I teach​ by hearing other voices on these topics.

@@yowzer00 All the best with Gatsby. I love that novel, but haven't taught it myself.

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Thanks so much. This means a lot!

Glad you liked it.

thanks for the support, much appreciated.

You're welcome! All the best with your studies.

Thanks for the kind comments. All the best in your continued studies of literature.

Thanks for the comments. Good point on the modern English spoken in the video rather than "early modern" of 1611. In terms of Biblical translation, agree that the Revised Standard version is our most accurate (along with NIV and others); however, in the study of English literature, the King James version is also often referred to due to its immense influence on the literary tradition. Thanks again.

That's a good point. Thanks. All the best in your study of Shakespeare.

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