Speaker 1: Hey, friends, I'm recording this on the go today, so
Speaker 1: the sound quality of this intro may be a little off,
Speaker 1: but I think that's going to be okay. This time,
Speaker 1: I wanted to let you know that Mythic Mind now
Speaker 1: has four new courses scheduled for this year. I put
Speaker 1: together a combined promode to introduce each of them, and
Speaker 1: I encourage you to watch the video that I'm going
Speaker 1: to link here in the show notes. But three of
Speaker 1: these courses will be led by me, and one will
Speaker 1: be led by Hannah Gilmore, our second course creator. So
Speaker 1: far with Mythic Mind, my courses are first a brief
Speaker 1: History of Ideas, which is like an intro to philosophy survey.
Speaker 1: Next we've got Plato Stoicism until we have faces, and
Speaker 1: finally the Elder Scrolls and Philosophy, although I may come
Speaker 1: up with a cooler title for that at some point,
Speaker 1: and Hannah is going to be leading introductory Latin. There's
Speaker 1: some really cool things heading up, and I welcome you
Speaker 1: to go ahead and enroll if you're interested, so we
Speaker 1: can start to plan accordingly and to spend more time
Speaker 1: investing in course creation. And your early investment binds us
Speaker 1: the time to really do that well. And if you
Speaker 1: purchase an annual Tier three scription to Mythic Mind, I'll
Speaker 1: give you an all access code that's good for any
Speaker 1: course that begins during your subscription, And so that's the
Speaker 1: best way to go if you're interested in taking more
Speaker 1: than one of my courses. Also, Mythic my patronage comes
Speaker 1: with a fifty percent discount to Hannah's course, so you
Speaker 1: can get the best of both worlds that way. I'm
Speaker 1: linking both of our Patreon pages in the show notes,
Speaker 1: and if I get the right enrollment numbers early on,
Speaker 1: I would love to start moving into doing this kind
Speaker 1: of thing full time and adding some additional studies this year,
Speaker 1: and so the sooner that you invest, the better. And
Speaker 1: now here is my introduction to these courses. When you
Speaker 1: go to the roots of the word philosophy, you find
Speaker 1: the love of wisdom, which unfortunately is not what you
Speaker 1: find at the roots of all who call themselves philosophers. Now,
Speaker 1: how do we get here? What are the ideas that
Speaker 1: shape our world? And what can the old world tell us?
Speaker 1: In response to the perennial questions of what it means
Speaker 1: to be human? What is our purpose? And what if
Speaker 1: anything ought we aspire to. In a brief history of ideas,
Speaker 1: we will navigate major epics of thought and survey some
Speaker 1: of the most important figures in the Western canon, including Plato, Aristotle, Boethius, Augustine, Anselm, Aquinas, Descartes, Nietzsche,
Speaker 1: Sart and carec Guard and of course we will consider
Speaker 1: even more names. But these are the thinkers that will
Speaker 1: supply our primary readings. Each week will include primary sources
Speaker 1: that will be provided as PDFs. Although these are all
Speaker 1: texts that do belong in your personal library. You will
Speaker 1: be recommended some secondary texts. You will be provided with
Speaker 1: some recorded presentations for you to watch at your leisure,
Speaker 1: ongoing discord chats, and weekly life meetings to discuss their readings.
Speaker 1: I've been teaching philosophy for many years, and I can
Speaker 1: say with confidence that you will leave this six week
Speaker 1: course with a better understanding of the foundation to Western
Speaker 1: thought than most contemporary philosophy majors. Enroll today by going
Speaker 1: to patreon dot com slash Mythic Mind and checking out
Speaker 1: the show, or you can gain access to all courses
Speaker 1: past present in any course that begins during the term
Speaker 1: of your subscription by purchasing a Tier three annual subscription.
Speaker 1: So again, purchase a Tier three annual subscription, and I'll
Speaker 1: give you a special code that gives you access to
Speaker 1: all courses that either have taken place or do start
Speaker 1: in this term. And I sincerely hope to see you there.
Speaker 1: I have always, at least ever since I can remember,
Speaker 1: had a kind of longing for death. It was when
Speaker 1: I was happiest that I longed most. It was on
Speaker 1: happy days when we were up in the hills, the
Speaker 1: three of us, with the wind and the sunshine, where
Speaker 1: you couldn't see Gloam or the palace. Do you remember
Speaker 1: the color and the smell, and looking across at the
Speaker 1: gray mountain in the distance, And because it was so beautiful,
Speaker 1: it set me longing, always longing somewhere else, there must
Speaker 1: be more of it. Everything seemed to be saying, Psyche, come,
Speaker 1: but I couldn't come, and I didn't know where I
Speaker 1: was to come to. It almost hurt me. I felt
Speaker 1: like a bird in a cage when the other birds
Speaker 1: of its kind are flying home. And now I will
Speaker 1: make answer to you, oh my judges, and show that
Speaker 1: he who has lived as a true philosopher has reason
Speaker 1: to be of good cheer when he is about to die,
Speaker 1: and that after death he may hope to receive the
Speaker 1: greatest good in the other world. For I deem that
Speaker 1: the true disciple of philosophy is likely to be misunderstood
Speaker 1: by other men. They do not perceive that he is
Speaker 1: ever pursuing death and dying. And if this is true, why,
Speaker 1: having had the desire of death all his life long,
Speaker 1: should he regret the arrival of that which he has
Speaker 1: always been pursuing and desiring. The longing of Plato and
Speaker 1: the control of the Stoics pervades Louis's retelling of the
Speaker 1: Cupid and psyche Myth until we have faces with this
Speaker 1: incredible novel, which he believed to be his best. Lewis
Speaker 1: demonstrates the tensions and ancient thought, and even more nificantly,
Speaker 1: the limits of rational philosophy, which can only go as
Speaker 1: deep as the foxes can dig beyond that under that
Speaker 1: in providing the life of that thought we find the
Speaker 1: dark and holy places that blind our faculties of reason.
Speaker 1: What then, shall we do? This is a topic that
Speaker 1: we will explore after first surveying some important philosophical contributions
Speaker 1: in the ancient world that have had some significant bearing
Speaker 1: on Lewis's great novel. To this end, we will begin
Speaker 1: with Plato's Phato, which discusses the immortality of the soul
Speaker 1: and what those who love wisdom might expect in the
Speaker 1: life to come. And then we'll spend four weeks with
Speaker 1: some of the great stoics, including Epictetus, Emperor, Marcus, Aurelius,
Speaker 1: and Seneca. Finally, we will turn our attention to till
Speaker 1: we have faces for the final two weeks with original content,
Speaker 1: and so this will not be the same as what
Speaker 1: you may have seen in the fiction and philosophy of CS.
Speaker 1: Lewis course. Each week of this eight week study will
Speaker 1: include readings from primary sources that will be provided as PDFs,
Speaker 1: although these are all texts that belong in your personal library.
Speaker 1: You'll be provided with recommendations for secondary readings. You'll have
Speaker 1: recorded presentations for you to watch at your leisure, ongoing
Speaker 1: discord chats, and weekly live meetings to discuss the readings
Speaker 1: enrolled today by going to patreon dot com slash Mythic
Speaker 1: Mind and checking out the job, or you can gain
Speaker 1: access to all courses, past, present and future this year
Speaker 1: by purchasing a Tier three annual subscription. I hope to
Speaker 1: see you there. I don't play many video games these days,
Speaker 1: but there are certain titles that have stuck with me,
Speaker 1: enchanting the mind of my youth and never entirely fading away.
Speaker 1: One of the chiefs among these titles is the Elder Scrolls,
Speaker 1: namely Maruin, Oblivion and Skyrim. The level of artistry, mythology,
Speaker 1: and lore of this universe is vast and provides a
Speaker 1: strong representative for asking the question as to how video
Speaker 1: games might relate to literature as an art form. Where
Speaker 1: might it rise to such a level, where must it
Speaker 1: fall short? And what unique advantages does it possess. For
Speaker 1: this eight week study, we'll be seeking to answer these
Speaker 1: questions while analyzing various elements of this franchise, specifically focusing
Speaker 1: on content related to Morrow and Oblivion and Skyrim. We'll
Speaker 1: be taking a look at the philosophy of RPGs and
Speaker 1: considering the philosophical implications of character creation and formation in
Speaker 1: an open ended series such as this, and will be
Speaker 1: looking at the relationship between in game religion, lore, and
Speaker 1: ideas with our primary world philosophical and religious concepts. Each
Speaker 1: week will include one to two videos addressing these topics,
Speaker 1: ongoing discord conversations, and live meetings. You are also encouraged
Speaker 1: to spend at least a little time playing one of
Speaker 1: these titles each week as a launching pad for conversation.
Speaker 1: Join us in Tamil that we might better understand our
Speaker 1: primary life here on mundus. Enrolled today by going to
Speaker 1: patreon dot com slash Mythic Mind and checking out the show.
Speaker 1: Or you can access all courses past present, and any
Speaker 1: that begin during your subscription period if you purchase a
Speaker 1: Tier three annual subscription, get that Tier three annual subscription
Speaker 1: and I'll give you that special code for your all
Speaker 1: access pass. I hope to see you there.
Speaker 2: Hello everyone, or in Latin solataimnace. My name is Hannah
Speaker 2: Gilmore and if you're looking at my Patreon right now,
Speaker 2: you're probably here to learn more about the instructory Latin
Speaker 2: course I'll be teaching the Summer to the Mythic Mind Fellowship.
Speaker 2: This course will last from May eleventh to the end
Speaker 2: of July for a total of twelve weeks, and will
Speaker 2: cover the basics of Latin grammar and vocabulary, as well
Speaker 2: as interweaving them with Roman history and culture. I'm making
Speaker 2: this video to introduce myself and to share a little
Speaker 2: bit about this course so you can determine whether it'll
Speaker 2: be a worthwhile investment for you. I am an undergraduate
Speaker 2: student studying humanities and classical education, and when I graduate,
Speaker 2: I plan to teach Latin in the middle and high
Speaker 2: school level in a classical school setting. I have loved
Speaker 2: Latin since my first day of Latin class and my
Speaker 2: false semester of my freshman year of high school, and
Speaker 2: since then it has been a well spring of joy
Speaker 2: to study and to teach. I have experienced tutoring students
Speaker 2: of all Latin levels, as well as teaching a fifteen
Speaker 2: week in person intructory Latin course using all of my
Speaker 2: own curriculum, practice and resources. I believe that Latin should
Speaker 2: be taught in an interactive manner. There's been an abundance
Speaker 2: of academic research in recent years showing that writing, speaking,
Speaker 2: and listening to a foreign language increased reading fluency. Unfortunately,
Speaker 2: some people learner the impression that because Latin is a
Speaker 2: dead language, meaning that it is no longer spoken natively,
Speaker 2: students do not need a practice communicating in Latin. Although
Speaker 2: it is true that there aren't any Romans around today
Speaker 2: to communicate. With communicative exercises is writing and Latin helps
Speaker 2: students to read and to understand the Latin language better. Therefore,
Speaker 2: when teaching the Mythic Mind Introductory Latin, I will not
Speaker 2: merely utilize translation and grammar exercises, but will also incorporate
Speaker 2: activities that require writing, speaking, and listening. To get into
Speaker 2: the practical details of what the course will include, here's what.
Speaker 2: Each week will incorporate one main grammar video, one Roman
Speaker 2: history or Roman culture video. One vocabulary list with approximately
Speaker 2: thirty new words per week. This will add up to
Speaker 2: three hundred and sixty core vocabulary words learned by the
Speaker 2: end of the course, not counting the bonus vocabulary lists.
Speaker 2: In addition, I will have a vocabulary video where I
Speaker 2: read aloud the vocabulary words, and digital vocabulary flash cards
Speaker 2: each week so that you can practice your vocabulary efficiently. Additionally,
Speaker 2: there will be one live meeting each week for questions
Speaker 2: and discussion, one weekly homework document that I'll provide feedback on.
Speaker 2: One video with guided story translation, where I will select
Speaker 2: a authentic story or write an original Latin story, read
Speaker 2: it out loud to you, and then guide you through
Speaker 2: translating it. Additionally, there will be one optional and wish
Speaker 2: toment each week that can be presented at the weekly meeting.
Speaker 2: This is for those of you with the time and
Speaker 2: energy to devote some extra effort to Latin and will
Speaker 2: involve you practicing speaking, and writing Latin. Additionally, there will
Speaker 2: be independent practice assignments and answer keys for each new
Speaker 2: grammar topics. You can practice what you've learned in the
Speaker 2: weekly grammar video. You will be cheat cheets and notes
Speaker 2: for major grammar concepts, live discord chat for questions and
Speaker 2: discussion throughout the week. A bonus vocabularis to supplement each
Speaker 2: weekly list. Your access to these materials will not terminate
Speaker 2: after the course is over, so you can continue to
Speaker 2: review your Latin using these resources. Additional resources I will
Speaker 2: provide include final study Guide covering all grammar topics that
Speaker 2: I will provide feedback on if you submit it before
Speaker 2: the end of the course, Latin Pronunciation Guide, a document
Speaker 2: with recommended extra resources including textbooks, study materials, dictionaries, YouTube channels, etc.
Speaker 2: So you can continue to further your Latin studies. If
Speaker 2: you have any further questions about this Latin course, please
Speaker 2: message me on Patreon. I sincerely hope to see you
Speaker 2: in the Latin courses summer. Thank you