The Misanthrope: Bibliotheca Webinar

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Dr. Michael Sugrue earned his BA at the University of Chicago and PhD at Columbia University.

[hamzaalikhoso]

The audio quality in this video is a lot better compared to previous live videos. Someone like Professor Sugrue deserves top notch audio and video quality to get his brilliant ideas reach as far and wide as possible. Thank you for everything Professor Sugrue.

[xxcoopcoopxx]

I love blazing up and listening to this dude knowledge bomb.

Smoke weed everyday.

[thattimestampguy]

3:09 Greatest Achievement of French Literature, crafted by Molière a french playwright
Royalty is watching him, putting pressure on what he can and cannot say in his play.
4:58
Horatian Satire is mild, good natured, gentle, "all men are follyed fools"
Juvenailian Satire is harsh, seeking to critique through ridicule and absurdity 6:53 Like late night comedians in the 2000s "These guys are folleyd fools"
_Humor can go a long way in talking about the Human Condition_

9:20
1 Protagonist, 2 Heroes
Alceste = Juvenalian Satire, Self-Centered and Critical
Philante = Horatian Satire, "Philanthropy" Good matured, benevolent

12:14 The need for lies, the desire for truth "how did it help you to tell the guy what you were really thinking?"
14:08 Alceste & Célimène _People often fall in Love with the wrong people._
17:00 Alcidorin and Célimène: Woman vs Woman
19:26 The End, The Misanthrope goes to live in a cave "We must go help this unfortunate man"

*Q&A*
23:02 Did he get in trouble with France's King Louis XIV?
25:39 _Tartuffe_ 26:58 Tragedy centers on a single person; Hamlet, Oedipus, Othello
27:25 Molière works with *types* of people: Hypochondriacs
31:11 Readable in the 1600s and the 2000s
32:44 Molière vs Shakespeare
34:54 Writing a Universally approachable work 36:19 37:14 Comedy and Tragedy are both philosophically deep

38:00 2 Styles, 2 Heroes, 1 Play 39:01 TOUR DE FORCE, gently without alerting the powerful people who could cut his head off.
41:50 He also produced Ballets. 42:13 _School for Husbands_

*Great Line*
43:47 "We are all stupid and refuse to learn. And we all make mistakes even though we know better. And when you are honest about, each of us is as dumb as everyone else." (I disagree with the last line)
45:46 _The Imaginary Invalid_ [what a way to go out, on stage, ripping at his shirt, getting an applause]

*On Politics*
47:32 How should we act? How should we work alongside change in society?
49:25 Reform in Monarchy is out of place 50:42 *Comedy is about Remedying Mistakes; Tragedy is about (Written In The Stars) Mistakes*

*For Those Who Want to Read Comedies*
52:30 _The Wasps_, _The Clouds_, Shakespeare's _Measure For Measure_ _The Tempest_ _Midsummer Night's Dream_, _Dr Strangelove_

[blurredlenzpictures]

Thank you for all the lessons Professor. You will be missed and remembered.
The Ingmar Bergman film is a 1974 Swedish TV play he directed.

[PiperDowns]

I’m like you guys. I’ve never had someone expand the way I think so much as Dr sugrue

[PiperDowns]

I just wanted to say thank you for blazing a modern trail for us again and clearing the path so to speak so that it is clear for the rest of us Dr Sugrue. You’re such a fine example of what we have the capacity to learn that it inspires us to emulate you and go out with the same curiosity and try to bring some worthwhile thinking back into the world. To contribute to the pool of knowledge we’ve already accumulated in aggregate. I also think your humility is so refreshing and inspiring as well because even though you know so much about history and the human nature you still talk with an undertone of hope for the future. Your hope gives me some hope and motivation. I’m not sure if you realize how much your lectures and outlook on life and ways of subtly giving those of us that need more from life than most people the answers or the direction in which those answers to our questions can be found. You’re truly an inspiration and I want you to know even though we will all be forgotten you’ve made the human condition easier to understand and bare. You’ve made your mark even if it is just on me.

[PiperDowns]

I’ll always have a complete video catalog of Dr Sugrue’s lectures. These will help me make sense of the world forever. I feel so lucky to have stumbled onto your lectures. I feel more sure of life now.

[jayxavier]

One philosophical question would involve the distinction, in ethics and morality, between deontological and utilitarianism... seems to me Alceste, with his unyielding moral rigidity, shows the down side of deontology, whereas his partner and rival, who tempers his judgement based on circumstances and contexts, approximates a version of maximizing the amount of well being in the world.

[cheri]

Thank you Professor Sugrue. Love Molere's "Misanthrope "Thank you for this lecture. Also, The Igmar Bergman film is excellent that was asked if you had seen, but you replied that you had not. I hope you are feeling better. I love comedians. My favorite was Rodney Dangerfield. As far as Woodey Allen's films, I don't know why but I never was a fan, even before his problems. Charlie Chalplin was a great artist. We all have different opinions. No one can go wrong with Shakespeare for sure. Dave Chappelle is one of a kind. George Carlin was a God. Thank you for all your insights. ❤️ BY the way I also like the writer and film director, John Peele, "Get out" It was different . No one can go wrong with the Cohen Brothers writing and films, "Fargo". Also, much thanks to your interviewer. Both of you have a great connection. 🌷

[francisletterford]

Always profound and articulate, Professor Sugrue

[light]

“Beautifully bitchy.” Now there’s another Sugruean quotation!

[tomc]

Found the ingmar Bergman film version that was mentioned in the Q&A, on YouTube. It looks like it was done for Swedish TV, is pretty much a video of a stage production presumably also directed by Bergman, dating from 1974. It's a Swedish translation with English subtitles.

[bawol-official]

The way Segrue says “alright?” sounds like he caught me not paying attention in class 😄

[josephbrash]

Not the video or context for this but I'd love to know what Sugrue thinks of Boethius? How can this be the best possible worlds if Sugrue didn't talk about Boethius.

[thegeordierambler]

I knew you had lectured on Moliere.! I have searched YouTube.. Michael Sugrue..Moliere..no cigar!! So anyway.. I have found it! It was the Misanthrope!Question: How does Moliere differ from Voltaire. I love Moliere. How on earth did Schopenhauer miss Moliere??

[jacksonballinger]

I’ve been missing all his recent content! GD notifications bells

[larissafraser]

Thank you, Professor Sugrue. And just some info on this subject....Bulgakov has written a play "The Life of Monsieur de Molière, or the Cabal of Hypocrites", which is deeply investigates Molière's life... as well as his own. Talking about lifetime studies of theatre indeed. Available on Amazon :)

[soroushbahrami]

Professor Sugrue, I’m curious to know what you think about Joseph Campbell.

[BboyKeny]

Does anyone know what Dr. Sugrue's PhD thesis was about?

[larissafraser]

Can we have one on Durrenmatt, please, please, please :)