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#278 - How to Be Strong But Not Brittle
Episode 278
Strength I define as the ability to resist. The resistance takes many forms – it can take the form of a weight, for example. It can also take the for…
2 years, 7 months ago
#277 - Can We Handle the Truth?
Episode 277
Dostoevsky explored many interesting, sometimes even contradictory, ideas in his novels. An existentialist Christian, he certainly philosophized much…
2 years, 7 months ago
#276 - "Don't seek to have events happen as you wish"
Episode 276
In this episode, I breakdown the Epictetus quote: 'Don't seek to have events happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do happen, and all w…
2 years, 8 months ago
#275 - Navigating Nihilistic Tendencies
Nihilism states that there is no meaning to life, and that nothing you do really matters. The existentialists have an answer for how to deal with tha…
2 years, 8 months ago
#274 - Having Possessions Without Attachment
The Western culture is ripe with materialism. We crave new trendy clothes, the latest iPhone, the newest car, the biggest house - the list is never-e…
2 years, 8 months ago
#273 - "Nobody Gets Away With Anything, Ever"
What if the best thing that you can do for yourself is to do things for others? Certainly, that’s the “virtue is the only good” argument, to a large …
2 years, 9 months ago
#272 - What is Life Really About?
What is life really about? This is perhaps one of the most fundamental questions of philosophy. The Stoics have a simple enough answer: virtue. Peopl…
2 years, 9 months ago
#271 - Ian C. Williams: Vulnerability, Fact, Truth, Reason, & Identity
Ian C. Williams is an author, speaker, and business advisor. He has a Master’s in Public Affairs (MPA) with an emphasis in Leadership Strategy and Or…
2 years, 9 months ago
#270 - Adopting Better Opinions & Perspectives; Connecting Opinions & Character
It is, of course, a core Stoic idea that it is not situations that upset us but rather our opinion of them. This points to a very deep connection bet…
2 years, 9 months ago
#269 - Altering the Structure of Reality: Subjective Truth vs. Objective Truth
Peterson is known to say some crazy stuff from time to time. When looking at a quote like the above, it’s easy to get a little hesitant - how can we …
2 years, 9 months ago