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Ep. 358: Max Stirner's Egoism (Part Two)
Continuing on The Ego and Its Own, focusing now on the sections "The Owner" and "My Power." Stirner lets us know that his egoism ("ownness") is not c…
1 year, 3 months ago
Ep. 358: Max Stirner's Egoism (Part One)
On The Ego and its Own (1844), another big influence on Karl Marx and a precursor of NIetzsche, or perhaps an early Ayn Rand.
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1 year, 3 months ago
PEL Presents NEM#226: The Evolution of Iain Matthews (Fairport Convention, Southern Comfort, Plainsong)
Iain started in Britain's Fairport Convention in the late '60s, but quickly left that band to start a couple more and then move to the US for a len…
1 year, 3 months ago
Announcement: Mark's "Core Texts in Philosophy" Fall 2025 Class
Read more about Mark's online class that starts later this month at partiallyexaminedlife.com/class, and sign up at partiallyexaminedlife.com/enroll.
1 year, 3 months ago
PEL '24-'25 Transition Nightcap
Mark, Wes, Seth, and Dylan reflect on our past year of PEL recording, catch you up on our habits and interests, and talk about what might come next.
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Pretty Much Pop #187: Taking Down Santa Claus
For our annual holiday episode, Mark, Lawrence, Sarahlyn and Al talk about Santa qua mythical and cultural figure, getting into the history of the c…
1 year, 4 months ago
Ep. 357: Feuerbach on the Evolution of Philosophy (Part Two)
We finally discuss Feuerbach's proposed post-Hegelian, materialist approach to philosophy in his "Principles of the Philosophy of the Future" (1843).…
1 year, 4 months ago
PEL Presents PvI#87: Mystic Toaster with Simon Critchley
Simon is a professor at New York's New School for Social Research and moderates the New York Times' philosophy offering, The Stone. He joins Mark and…
1 year, 4 months ago
PEL Presents Subtext: The Sublime Mundane in Conrad Aiken’s “Morning Song of Senlin” (Part 1)
Where the repetitions of ordinary life threaten to overwhelm any sense of the sublime, the poet Conrad Aiken seems to suggest that they can be transf…
1 year, 4 months ago
Ep. 357: Feuerbach on the Evolution of Philosophy (Part One)
Mark, Wes, and Dylan continue to look at Ludwig Feuerbach's "Principles of the Philosophy of the Future" (1843), recounting his story about how incre…
1 year, 4 months ago