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#141 - Out of Your Mind: Alan Watts on Exploring Consciousness, The Illusion of Self, Practical Meditation Advice, the Difference between Hinduism and Buddhism, and the Wisdom of Insecurity
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“Advice? I don’t have advice. Stop aspiring and start writing. If you’re writing, you’re a w…
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#140 - Albert Camus: Robert C. Solomon on the Absurd Hero, The Stranger, The Plague, Existentialism in Literature, and the Benign Indifference of the Universe
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“And he knew, also, what the old man was thinking as his tears flowed, and he, Rieux, though…
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#139 - Machiavelli Double Episode: Michael Sugrue & Quentin Skinner on Renaissance Politics, the Philosophy of Ruthlessness, Nihilsm, and Why It Is a Double Pleasure to Deceive the Deceiver
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Original Sugrue Video:
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Original Skinner Video:
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#138 - The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius: Michael Sugrue on the Stoic Ideal, Absolute Power, Resistance to Temptation, and Who Writes a Book to Themself?
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Original Video:
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#137 - Censorship: Ada Palmer on the Spanish Inquisition, Galileo and Descartes, the Renaissance Book Economy, Government Surveillance, and Self-Censorship
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Original Video:
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Original Channel (UChicago Divinity School…
1 year, 4 months ago
#135b - The Work of John Milton (Part II): John Rogers on Miltonic Power, Satan's Rebellion, Areopagitica, the Blind Prophet, and Justifying the Ways of God to Man
Continuation of 135a
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#136 - Carl Jung's Approach to Therapy: Lionel Corbett on Depth Psychology, Mythic Imagery, The Treatment of Psychosis, and the Roots of Magical and Archetypal Thinking
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“The sad truth is that man's real life consists of a complex of inexorable opposites—day and…
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#135a - The Work of John Milton: Yale's John Rogers on Miltonic Power, Satan's Rebellion, Areopagitica, the Blind Prophet, and Justifying the Ways of God to Man
(00:00:00): Intro
(00:00:52): Milton and Power
(00:45:31): The Infant Cry of God
(01:33:38): Credible Employment
(02:24:03): Poetry and Virginity
(03…
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#134 - The Forgotten People of History: Roy Casagranda on Racism and Sexism in Western Historiography
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Talk Originally Titled “Deconstructing Racism and Sexism in the Envisagement of Western Civi…
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#133 - The Philosophy of John Dewey: Progressive Education, Occupational Psychosis, American Pragmatism, and Process Philosophy
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“On the other hand, if an experience arouses curiosity, strengthens initiative, and sets up …
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