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Lesson 3.7: The Darkening Age
Season 1 Episode 24
A dialect with an army becomes a language. A cult with an empire becomes a religion—and theology becomes a tool for social control.
Topics discussed: …1 year, 4 months ago
Lesson 3.6: Revelations in the Sand
Season 1 Episode 23
In the centuries after Jesus, it was unclear what it mean to be a “good Christian.” Some fled into the desert to battle demons, others tore down temp…
1 year, 5 months ago
Lesson 3.5: What Demons Whisper
Season 1 Episode 22
Ante orthodoxiam, chaos erat.
In the centuries after Jesus, Christian thinkers, mystics, and radicals offered wildly different visions of who Jesus w…
1 year, 5 months ago
Lesson 3.4: Not of this World (Pt. III)
Season 1 Episode 21
Plotinus believed Plato’s dialogues concealed a map for the soul’s ascent—inward, upward, and beyond. You are not a body reaching for the heavens, bu…
1 year, 5 months ago
Lesson 3.3: The Inner Citadel
Season 1 Episode 20
In a cruel Roman world, Stoicism offered its students—including former slaves, senators, and emperors alike—a way to stand firm amid chaos, to cultiv…
1 year, 5 months ago
Lesson 3.2: Pax (Pt. II)
Season 1 Episode 19
A crucified rebel. A Jewish philosopher who read Genesis like Plato.
One challenged empire with parables; the other reimagined a faith without a templ…
1 year, 5 months ago
Lesson 3.1: Pax (Pt. I)
Season 1 Episode 18
From the ashes of the Hellenistic Age, philosophy embarks on a new journey—one that will shape Rome, and history itself.
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Philosophy…1 year, 6 months ago
Lesson 2.8: Pneuma
Season 1 Episode 17
Emotions are judgments in disguise. Can you learn to withhold yours?
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The Stoic theory of impressions, assent, and the role of judgm…1 year, 6 months ago
Lesson 2.7: The Garden
Season 1 Episode 16
In the Garden, Epicurus taught that happiness is simpler than we think—and closer than we imagine.
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The Four-Part Cure—Epicurus’ co…1 year, 7 months ago
Lesson 2.6: Scythian Shadows
Season 1 Episode 15
What if peace of mind comes not from knowing the truth, but from letting go of the need to know?
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The historical roots of Pyrrhonian…1 year, 7 months ago