John Gray on Pessimism, Liberalism, and Theism | Conversations with Tyler

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  • @kingj282
    @kingj282 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    This man is clearly intelligent without being pretentious. A joy to listen to

    • @ajs41
      @ajs41 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      My favourite philosopher and writer on current events.

  • @nitinr6149
    @nitinr6149 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This is the finest interview of John Gray ever. Clear sharp questions. Helping John reply with sharp quips and analyses. I've heard hours of Gray apart from reading almost all of his books written in his post-academic career. Kudos!

  • @trouble820
    @trouble820 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is one of the best interviews with Gray I have heard and like you I have read almost all his books and articles and heard almost everything findable online. Bravo. Way to corner him on a few questions.

  • @EdMinsh-n9p
    @EdMinsh-n9p 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Totally enchanted by John Gray. I discovered him thanks to my infatuation with cats, but then plunged into his philosophical writings. What a great thinker and an amazing human being! A true beacon for every thinking individual!

  • @stephenpaul7499
    @stephenpaul7499 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I can't stop listening to John Gray after he was interviewed by Sam Harris (who I remain a partial fan of).
    Gray's conception of atheism is rather more nuanced and intriguing.

  • @karlstriepe8050
    @karlstriepe8050 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    One of the best interviews with John Gray that I've heard. He seemed surprised; I wonder if he's aware that you've published with Parfit. That said, not enough talk about the book itself.

  • @cmhardin37
    @cmhardin37 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    It starts 4:18

  • @859902
    @859902 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Must be the best least listened to thing on TH-cam!

  • @kurisensei
    @kurisensei 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hope he does publish that book of aphorisms!

  • @jonasshort9549
    @jonasshort9549 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Which columnist is John Gray referring to on 5:01?

    • @MercatusCenter
      @MercatusCenter  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      links can be found here conversationswithtyler.com/episodes/john-gray/

    • @ajs41
      @ajs41 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Michael Lind. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Lind

  • @trouble820
    @trouble820 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Listening again. John is so funny. "History is pointless" he says happily drinking his cappuccino in the cafe in Bath. The sun shining down. The young women on their way to lectures."well I have a lecture to give at the literary society and a dinner engagement."
    Later in the interview, "Athens and Jerusalem can't be reconciled." Says the former Chair of European Thought at the London School of Economics. :) 😂😂😂 (I think I have centered the locus of the absurdity). God Bless. ❤

    • @Mark-zr8nr
      @Mark-zr8nr 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      What’s this from?

    • @trouble820
      @trouble820 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @Mark-zr8nr it's his biography. Or a sketch of it from known public information about him.

    • @Mark-zr8nr
      @Mark-zr8nr วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@trouble820 where can I find that?

    • @Mark-zr8nr
      @Mark-zr8nr วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@trouble820 like is it a book or on TH-cam?

    • @trouble820
      @trouble820 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      ​@@Mark-zr8nr I have read and listened to a lot of his stuff. A good place to start is the news article from the Independent newspaper titled, "John Gray: Forget everything you know", by Will Self, from September 3, 2002. It is a good biographical sketch that holds today.

  • @mattstapleton9584
    @mattstapleton9584 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Your questions are no doubt well considered but wouldn’t the interview have been more interesting if you had reacted naturally to John Grays comments ? Maybe a mix of the two would’ve been more effective and perhaps two separate interviews would also have worked - it’s just that otherwise you sound a bit robotic - good stuff though anyway thank you mate

  • @inyourhead9714
    @inyourhead9714 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    introduce guest @2:35

  • @danwroy
    @danwroy 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I thought he was an astronomer

    • @kurisensei
      @kurisensei 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      You might be thinking of the American, Men are Mars guy

    • @Booogieman
      @Booogieman 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That guy is total bs spritiual mambo jumbo

  • @KRGruner
    @KRGruner 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Clown world in action. Sigh...

  • @clifftrewin1505
    @clifftrewin1505 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    the interviewer is a fool