Comments for Rick Roderick https://rickroderick.org Wed, 17 Sep 2025 04:46:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.6 Comment on 301 Paul Ricoeur: The Masters of Suspicion (1993) by 토토솔루션 https://rickroderick.org/301-paul-ricoeur-the-masters-of-suspicion-1993/#comment-109498 Wed, 17 Sep 2025 04:46:31 +0000 http://rickroderick.org/?p=68#comment-109498 Ricoeur describes their approach as a critical method aimed at decoding and interpreting texts, social structures, and human behavior to reveal deeper meanings and contradictions.

]]> Comment on About by Pol Ó Gallachoir https://rickroderick.org/#comment-109496 Wed, 13 Aug 2025 11:52:12 +0000 http://rickroderick.org/?page_id=2#comment-109496 In reply to Max Roderick.

I studied philosophy in Dublin in the 90’s. Watching your brother’s lectures has been inspirational and entertaining as hell. I only came across his work yesterdaysnd I haven’t stopped listening since. He reminds me of Bill Hicks in many ways, hope you don’t find the comparison too strange!

]]> Comment on 301 Paul Ricoeur: The Masters of Suspicion (1993) by Andrew Manning https://rickroderick.org/301-paul-ricoeur-the-masters-of-suspicion-1993/#comment-109495 Mon, 28 Jul 2025 13:25:21 +0000 http://rickroderick.org/?p=68#comment-109495 Really like Rick’s courses. Thank for the site

]]> Comment on 101 Socrates and the Life of Inquiry (1990) by MIKE https://rickroderick.org/101-socrates-and-the-life-of-inquiry-1990/#comment-109494 Sun, 29 Jun 2025 22:48:21 +0000 http://rickroderick.org/?p=33#comment-109494 simply the best

]]> Comment on About by Kyle https://rickroderick.org/#comment-109491 Tue, 06 May 2025 05:34:10 +0000 http://rickroderick.org/?page_id=2#comment-109491 Excellent teachings for any day, Today. Really nice website

]]> Comment on In Memorium by Burnt https://rickroderick.org/max-roderick/#comment-109490 Thu, 03 Apr 2025 16:01:49 +0000 http://rickroderick.org/?page_id=158#comment-109490 Boycott DUKE. Who wants to attend a University that fired Rick Roderick and which cares little about the effect on the student body and their experience meant nothing compared to his effect on their own reputations. They did not serve humanity; they fed off it. They fed off him. AND PLEASE ALSO BOYCOTT ALL THINGS AMAZON BECAUSE AMAZON ALSO IS A GIANT TICK FEEDING OFF OF US ALL AND SIMULTANEOUSLY DESTROYING THE REMAINING WILDLIFE HABITAT.

]]> Comment on About by Persia https://rickroderick.org/#comment-109489 Mon, 24 Feb 2025 16:53:59 +0000 http://rickroderick.org/?page_id=2#comment-109489 i have too many words, countless, so i am going to sum them down bluntly. Thank you to the one who made this page, to the ones who have archived so much of his work, and thank you for all the work that’s been put into everything. from the bottom of my heart, and in honor of all the silent listeners, thinkers, and readers who’s lives and thinking patterns have been even the slightest bit affected by the works of Rick, thank you.

]]> Comment on About by Paul Williams https://rickroderick.org/#comment-109488 Mon, 04 Nov 2024 23:44:10 +0000 http://rickroderick.org/?page_id=2#comment-109488 Hello,
Chris can you please contact me as i have better audio for these videos, it’s a small contribution i want to make, if it is at all possible. These videos should be seen!
Cheers,
Paul

]]> Comment on About by Michelle Cole https://rickroderick.org/#comment-109487 Sun, 13 Oct 2024 21:01:14 +0000 http://rickroderick.org/?page_id=2#comment-109487 This man was a genius

]]> Comment on About by Michael B https://rickroderick.org/#comment-109486 Fri, 20 Sep 2024 05:20:28 +0000 http://rickroderick.org/?page_id=2#comment-109486 Not sure what to say but thank you Rick and to the individual who created this page. I come from a blue collar family where I was the first person to have the privilege to go to university. Never felt like I had the right to take the space in my program and felt I was out of my depth – these lectures helped me accept that my understandings and perspectives that I innately understood in my courses were legitimate.

I stumbled across these lectures while exploring the relevance of philosophy, mainly existentialism, to social work practice when doing my post graduate degree and have a deep sense of gratitude for his insights, passion, and just general range of humanity – I can hear the tension and the almost exhaustion in his voice. He comes across as a human that is deeply is in contact with the world he is in. A man that seems to embody the concept of doing the intellectual work but also the praxis of life. Thank you!

Also appreciate there are caring and involved other humans out there as well who have commented about how impactful these lectures are.

]]> Comment on 302 Heidegger and the Rejection of Humanism (1993) by ctrlshift https://rickroderick.org/302-heidegger-and-the-rejection-of-humanism-1993/#comment-109484 Wed, 28 Aug 2024 11:30:00 +0000 http://rickroderick.org/?p=70#comment-109484 In reply to ctrlshift.

Actually I think you’re right, I updated it. Thank you.

]]> Comment on In Memorium by Adam Berkowicz https://rickroderick.org/max-roderick/#comment-109482 Thu, 01 Aug 2024 19:00:40 +0000 http://rickroderick.org/?page_id=158#comment-109482 Rick Roderick continues to (pleasantly) haunt me; the questions he raised those 30+ years ago in many ways remain largely unanswered. Hell, they have increasingly become unasked.

]]> Comment on About by Ann T https://rickroderick.org/#comment-109481 Mon, 29 Jul 2024 16:56:13 +0000 http://rickroderick.org/?page_id=2#comment-109481 In reply to Marshall Roderick.

Here’s a song featuring samples of your brilliant dad: https://on.soundcloud.com/5Asz8Mcg3ngnJdwb6

Enjoy!

]]> Comment on About by Ann T https://rickroderick.org/#comment-109480 Mon, 29 Jul 2024 16:55:18 +0000 http://rickroderick.org/?page_id=2#comment-109480 In reply to Marshall Roderick.

Here’s a song featuring samples of your brilliant dad: https://on.soundcloud.com/5Asz8Mcg3ngnJdwb6

]]> Comment on About by Lucy https://rickroderick.org/#comment-109477 Sun, 23 Jun 2024 03:25:52 +0000 http://rickroderick.org/?page_id=2#comment-109477 Hi! Its crazy that there are still people here. I think this guy is a great speaker. Its kinda amusing to see such European thinkers explained in a Southern accent. I’ve watched like 3 of his lectures so far, and they’re pretty good. <3

]]> Comment on Links by Guillaume https://rickroderick.org/links/#comment-109475 Mon, 08 Apr 2024 12:44:07 +0000 http://rickroderick.org/?page_id=127#comment-109475 In reply to Chris.

Hi There,
Although I had not kept a copy I found someone who had!
The zip file is called;
TTC-Rick-Roderick-(Philosophy)-Trilogy
And it contains the complete trilogy as m4a’s
It’s size is 674Mb

Much more convenient to handle than downloading 24 items
All the best
Keep up the good work
One day RR will be appreciated beyond his fans for the seminal genius he really was…

]]> Comment on Links by Chris https://rickroderick.org/links/#comment-109474 Sat, 06 Apr 2024 11:47:27 +0000 http://rickroderick.org/?page_id=127#comment-109474 In reply to Guillaume.

I have never seen them together in a single file. I found each series of videos one by one via anonymous torrent downloads. The files are kept here for those who prefer to not watch via YouTube: https://rickroderick.org/download/

]]> Comment on Links by Guillaume https://rickroderick.org/links/#comment-109473 Sat, 06 Apr 2024 08:51:37 +0000 http://rickroderick.org/?page_id=127#comment-109473 Hi There,
I’m a great fan of RR, but where are the old TTC links which enabled all the videos to be downloaded in a single file…i.e. 3 TTC files for all 3 lecture series…Do they still exist?

]]> Comment on About by plaidchuck https://rickroderick.org/#comment-109472 Fri, 22 Mar 2024 01:58:16 +0000 http://rickroderick.org/?page_id=2#comment-109472 I know he sadly passed away the following January, but does anyone know of any resources mentioning or even personally know of his thoughts about 9/11? Just curious as I’m sure he would have had a lot to say considering his emphasis on the first Gulf War in his lectures.

]]> Comment on About by Christopher Neal Wright https://rickroderick.org/#comment-109471 Tue, 13 Feb 2024 16:30:26 +0000 http://rickroderick.org/?page_id=2#comment-109471 the most memorable undergraduate lecture of all time IMO. Philosophy dragged kicking and screaming into the real world.

not surprised to hear that that Rick Roderick s human values lectures on VHS were the most popular in the history of academia !

Please maintain this website as long as possible
Chris
UK

]]> Comment on 307 Derrida and the Ends of Man (1993) by Anonymous https://rickroderick.org/307-derrida-and-the-ends-of-man-1993/#comment-109470 Tue, 06 Feb 2024 22:20:40 +0000 http://rickroderick.org/?p=75#comment-109470 Looking from today, although how optimist Derrida’s claims may sound, the consequences are rather drastically bad. Apparently, the left politics in 1st world has aligned itself largely with the fundamentals of Derrida’s claims on the lack of “right interpretation”. In my opinion, losing this anchor point effectively shatters the ground for the truths, facts, and finally reality. Media outlets shamelessly disseminate lies and frame them as different perspectives, lobby agendas with highly irrational practices that are doomed to inefficiency, which would lead to first economic and then social collapse.

]]> Comment on About by ctrlshift https://rickroderick.org/#comment-109469 Sat, 02 Dec 2023 11:03:58 +0000 http://rickroderick.org/?page_id=2#comment-109469 In reply to Philipp.

mp3 audio is available here (different quality from the vhs videos, direct from audio cassette):
http://rickroderick.org/download

]]> Comment on About by Philipp https://rickroderick.org/#comment-109468 Sat, 02 Dec 2023 07:58:42 +0000 http://rickroderick.org/?page_id=2#comment-109468 I love Rick’s lectures. Would it be possible to also upload audio files of the lectures? Maybe even as a Podcast so it’s available on podcast apps? That would make it much easier to listen to them on the phone while commuting^^

]]> Comment on 201 Nietzsche as Myth and Mythmaker (1991) by Anonymous https://rickroderick.org/201-nietzsche-as-myth-and-mythmaker-1991/#comment-109467 Mon, 23 Oct 2023 05:13:33 +0000 http://rickroderick.org/?p=51#comment-109467 In reply to Greg Gasiorowski.

Check Wikipedia

]]> Comment on In Memorium by Vito Di Bona https://rickroderick.org/max-roderick/#comment-109466 Fri, 20 Oct 2023 02:07:33 +0000 http://rickroderick.org/?page_id=158#comment-109466 My father, Joe Di Bona, and Rick were colleagues at Duke. I remember him as a nice guy and knew little about his professional life beyond his friendship with my father. My first car was Rick’s red 1970 VW bug that he sold me for better $200 and $300, all I had at the time.

]]> Comment on In Memorium by Ben McConaghy https://rickroderick.org/max-roderick/#comment-109465 Fri, 15 Sep 2023 13:51:00 +0000 http://rickroderick.org/?page_id=158#comment-109465 Thanks for writing this Max. I ‘discovered ‘ your father’s lectures on Youtube, and they have been a great source of inspiration to me, helping me on my own philosophical journey, especially as regards our crying need for meaningful social struggle. Rick’s struggle is the struggle of the everyman against the flight of reason. We need people to use their critical faculties in a robust way to stave off disaster. He was also something of a poet in my mind at least. There’s music is those lectures. I live in the UK and just today, whilst holidaying in South Wales, I found and bought an old copy of his ‘Habermas and the Foundations of Critical Theory’, which I found in a pile of books in an art centre in Fishguard. I felt like a delighted kid as I clutched it, making my way back to the car. Thanks Rick. Thanks Max.

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