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134: David Hume - Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
Season 6 Episode 22
Today we're going to become Humean, All Too Humean. This is an introduction to David Hume's life and works, brief consideration of his influences, an…
4 hours ago
Untimely Reflections #41: Gnostic Informant - The History of Demons
Season 6 Episode 21
Gnostic Informant on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCtdweFMJ5DGj7_q5IcpQhPQ
Neal and I do a deep dive into the origins of the term "demon"/"demoni…
1 week ago
Untimely Reflections #40: Hans Georg Moeller - Zhuangzi & Nietzsche
Season 6 Episode 20
A conversation with Prof. Moeller (Carefree Wandering). We discuss the political implications of Daoist philosophy, the Daoist critique of Confucian …
2 weeks ago
133: Baruch Spinoza - The Intellectual Love of God
Season 6 Episode 19
There was much ado about Spinoza, at least amongst the German rationalists and romantics. In this episode, we're going beyond the metaphysics to talk…
3 weeks ago
132: Daemonic, part 3 - Stefan Zweig & Nietzsche's Struggle with the Daemon
Season 6 Episode 18
In the conclusion to the daemonic series, we're looking at Stefan Zweig's Struggle with the Daemon - specifically, the section on Nietzsche. Particul…
1 month ago
131: Daemonic, part 2 - Herder's Substantial Forces & Goethe's Flame of Genius
Season 6 Episode 17
In the second part of this series, we'll examine how it is that Goethe came to his conception of the Daemonic, involved as it is with Spinoza's panth…
1 month ago
130: Daemonic, part 1 - Ancient Spirits & The Pantheism Controversy
Season 6 Episode 16
Part one of three. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe often spoke of a dangerous but invigorating life-force that he christened "the daemonic". In his conver…
1 month, 1 week ago
129: Ge Ling Shang - Liberation as Affirmation
Season 6 Episode 15
Today we're considering Ge Ling Shang's book, Liberation as Affirmation, comparing Zhuangzi and Nietzsche. Shang sees both thinkers as putting forwar…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
128: Zhuangzi - Free & Easy Wandering
Season 6 Episode 14
Exploring the indeterminate nature of truth in the Zhuangzi, the usefulness of uselessness, the foolishness of seeking office, and the advantages of …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
New Year's Announcement
Season 6 Episode 13
I still live, I still think. I still have to live, for I still have to think. Sum ergo cogito, cogito ergo sum.
Updates on the future of the podcast …
2 months ago