Thank you so much for explaining the masterpieces of the classic to a confused and lost generation. 😊

So clear and logical and relatable,  Intellectually digestible to a layman's curious mind. Thank you so much. You are a Very Talented educator. 🌼😊

You are doing a great service to young minds. Thank you. 😊

Saving this for the weekend!

Your analysis was wonderful.  Could you do a part 2 where you dig deeper into the plot and character?   I sensed you were just getting started and could offer your audience so much more, but you just ran out of time.  It left me wanting more content.  By the way, you're delivery style, depth of analysis, and love and respect for the arts were infectious.  Either way, I appreciate you sharing this lecture.  It was very informative.

I feel like Oedipus has that King David element when Nathan tells him of David’s sin, but David doesn’t realize  it at first in the example given.

I like the idea in the Oedipus  story takes “the one who sees is blind, but the blind prophet sees.’ A good motif through the gospels as well.

I have Aristotle's Poetics, tho I didn't read it yet.

Thank you so much for this Dr. Scott.  This whole lecture I was picturing Raphael's Fresco, with Plato pointing up and Aristotle pointing out.   I am happy to have found your channel. You probably don't remember me, but my girlfriend (now my wife of 11 years and we now have twin daughters) attended Westminster Chapel way back in 2013 and were happy to sit under your teaching as well as Joe's and Dave's.

great lecture but another one just as long as this one and more in detail is needed in my opinion

Great lecture!

Thank you.  It is a wonderful presentation.

Shalom Shalom from Scotland! This is such a blessing to sit in on this. I’m using it for helping with the homeschooling for my sons.

Gods blessing be upon you 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Hello Dr. Scott
Still on Homer, 800 b.c.
Can you please tell me who interpreted Homer and where?
I understand that many monasteries accepted his teachings.

Scott, what does "hamartia" really mean? a tragic flaw (inside the character) or a tragic error (mistake in action) or this word can be interpretated in both ways? Some people say Oedipus' hamartia was killing his father and marrying his mother without knowing it and others say his hamartia was his pride or anger. I get confused.

Great lecture. But don't you think by 'magnitude' Aristotle meant the length of tragedy.

The tragedy is the human nature of the inhabitants of Hollyweird. It's no joke.

As someone familiar with Poetics (and a woman) I find it disappointing that you would assume the writer who adapted Little Women would be incapable of telling a story about Barbie worth seeing. It’s akin to a neophyte assuming old Greek and Roman dudes can’t tell stories worth reading. I hope since you made this video, the positive press about Barbie has discouraged your own “reductionist” thinking and motivated you to give Greta Gerwig’s narrative a chance. It touches on everything you’ve talked about in this lecture!

The Barbie Movie is subversive and does have substance! Watch it !! :D

What is the difference between a "university" and a "christian university".

Is something added or removed ? If not, I don't see a need for the distinction! But if there is, what is added or removed and who decides what and why?

A third option is that it is basically the same, but it is sophist in nature, where understanding is twisted, such that "all roads lead to the bible" in the end, with the blessing of the parents who pay for it so their children can stay in the "fold"

I can't watch to the end, because I can sense biases that prevent good analysis of Poetics.

I guess the prof missed the fact that the Marvel movies show that human nature is neither good nor evil, but that we can choose to do good or to do evil. Morality is not done away with, but is used to judge Thanos as the villain due to his choices.
He is missing that free will is the theme of those movies. "With great power, comes great responsibility"

So we get word salads like "Moral considerations are irrelevant in the battle between good and evil  ... good and evil don't really mean anything because they are both moral categories ==> and this last part means that moral considerations are relevant when we discuss the battle between good and evil, since they are categories of morality.

Iron Man is a corrupt character because he's rich? The whole series of movies went over his head. The cinematic universe had a whole redemptive arc for him and for most of the characters.

Average commentary, too many commercials .