The Bible and Western Culture - Utopia: Between Heaven and Earth

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

[frimports]

Every time the Prof. says Now or takes a drink of coffee you know he’s digging in like really getting to the meat of the intellectual’s thought.

[MarkDouglass-dtky]

This Sugrue fellow is a phenomenon. I studied Philosophy both as an undergraduate (Colorado College) and graduate school (University of Freiburg) and have never witnessed a scholar so brilliantly fluent. Astonishing.

[ramoner.clarke]

This man is so articulate
I'm gonna scrape the internet for everything he's done

[RAMENndleby]

Absolutely love that you've posted all of these for free, thank you so much.

[elijahwest]

I will single handedly get this to a million views over the course of my life

[jameswiblishauser]

I like how he looks into the camera when he says "No lawyers in Utopia"

[sujatayogi]

All your videos are just excellent 👌🏻 and helped me a lot to clear the concepts regarding the concerned topic. Thanks a lot sir 🙏🏻

[WordSonFoRealz]

The camera guys are locked in. Mikey doesnt flinch once without the guys panning to keep the frame. I love the dedication to the craft

[buddywyatt]

He does this without any notes! Classic!

[russv.winkle]

Brilliant, I read Utopia 20 years ago while backpacking but had no context whatever. This along with Bertrand Russell summation really crystalized it for me. Thanks Dr Sugrue!

[cinnamon]

Dr Sugrue is conductor of philosophy 🪄

[B-yn]

Please do a compilation of all the coffee sips

[pearz]

More was a rare great mind in history. Like Plato, he got a few key things wrong, but what he got right is worth saving. If only the materialists of the 20th century (and now) understood what he got right, but then, they wouldn't be materialists.

[seeketng]

Thank you Prof. Sugrue for this lecture. I listened to this after having listened to your talk on Saint Augustine, and on Meister Eckhart. When listening to your lecture on St Augustine, I was reminded by you of Wittgenstein quoting him in Philosophical Investigations. Your mentioning the mysticism of Meister Eckhart made me think of Zen, and now this lecture reminded me of Hilary Mantel. Thank you so much for these lectures. Luther will me next.

[kevinrombouts]

More must have been a noble and in very many ways arise spirit. I admire him.

[enlightenedanalysis]

Very interesting lecture. I enjoyed both your lecture and Professor Darren's on Moore's Utopia.

[coolinarne]

Great insights - I finally see the value in these timeless classics

[thattimestampguy]

15:34 Epicurean, Stoic
Citizen of The Universe
Incorruptible

16:46 Plato & Aristotle don’t talk about Sin
17:17 Human Beings cannot be perfected
Even Utopia needs Courts & Laws
18:36 Punishment of Slavery, instead of Death
19:34 Who is to blame for Evil?
20:23 Laws: Simple & Few
21:17 Hope: Possibility of Release

22:30 Hedonism bound by Scripture
23:34 Monastics & Practicals

25:02 Just War Doctrine, Moral Obligation,
1. Self Defense
2. Friendly Defense
3. Deliver from Tyranny
26:19 Strict, Religious, Well Ordered

27:06 No Noble Lies

*2 Parts of the book*
28:00 The Dialogue of Council
31:07 Away in The Netherlands 🇳🇱
32:17 An Island, Large Capital City, A River; JUST LIKE ENGLAND 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

33:55 Paternalism
Elected Prince
Honest, Intelligence, Chosen Virtue

35:32 Labor Theory of Value
Gold & Silver
Gemstones 💎
Beyond Money 💵 💰
Bring home what you need
Communal Meals 🥘

37:19 Everyone has to work
2 Skills, 2 Trades
38:22 Don’t be too attached to this world

39:21 Holy Priests
40:24 We will pay high money for mercenaries
41:11 Large bounty on enemies

41:40 Diestic, Natural Religion
Christianity makes powerful inroads

42:34 It’s not tech-Utopia, it’s backward looking Utopia.

The sheep 🐑 that eat men
No more. Abolish commerce.
Exchange for gain is evil.

45:01 Nostalgic Criticism

[CharlesAustin]

Say what: The Man for All Seasons (Thomas More) truly got it right wrt too much religion/too little religion !! Apparently he was the only? person that Henry the VII regreted executing. Such a great reveal by Prof Sugrue !! Every day is a day of learning and revelation .. What a journey. So profound !! Thank you again Dr Sugrue !!

[genmaicha_]

dr. i'd like to request that you put your lectures in playlists if there are some lectures that are meant to be watched as a series