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136: Pyrrho - Ancient Skepticism
Season 6 Episode 24
There is nothing new under the sun: it was here, already, long ago. It was here before our time. This much must be said of the ancient skeptics, who …
2 months, 1 week ago
Untimely Reflections #42: Devin Goure - Star Trek & Philosophy
Season 6 Episode 23
Devin (Left Nietzschean) joined me to discuss the underlying philosophical themes of Star Trek, including a potential affinity with Nietzsche as rega…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
135: Hume v/s Nietzsche - On Causality, Free Will & Habit
Season 6 Episode 22
In this episode, we'll compare Nietzsche's view of causality, habit, and free will to Hume. Although, in substance, they make very similar arguments,…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
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…
2 months, 4 weeks 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…
3 months, 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 …
3 months, 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 months, 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…
3 months, 4 weeks 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…
4 months 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…
4 months, 1 week ago