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Capitalism: How did we get here? And where are we going? Ep. 4
Season 7 Episode 4
CAPITALISM: EP. 4
The birth of the Dutch East India Company in 1602 is a watershed moment in the history of capitalism. A new power is brought into th…
1 year, 6 months ago
Philosophical Fireside Chats 🔥 🪵: The Yaksha Prashna in the Mahabharata - Ep. 6
Season 6 Episode 6
In a very simplified version of the famous Yaksha parable from the Mahabharata, we encounter the strangely rich and human nature of Hindu stories. In…
1 year, 6 months ago
Reading Kant's "Prolegomena" - Ep. 6
Season 5 Episode 6
READ ALONG SERIES - KANT'S "PROLEGOMENA"
So we now get to the point Kant has been angling towards the whole time. What do we gain from all of this thi…
1 year, 6 months ago
Capitalism: How did we get here? And where are we going? Ep. 3
Season 7 Episode 3
CAPITALISM: EP. 3
The need for revenue and the fracturing of the European social order that accompanied the Reformation led to the slow development of…
1 year, 6 months ago
Philosophical Fireside Chats 🔥 🪵: Achilles in The Illiad - Ep. 5
Season 6 Episode 5
One of the great moments of human compassion and expressions of the utter waste of war. While Achilles is often raised as the symbol of the ultimate …
1 year, 7 months ago
Reading Kant's "Prolegomena" - Ep. 5
Season 5 Episode 5
READ ALONG SERIES - KANT'S "PROLEGOMENA"
It turns out that Science is possible! That is the good news. The bad news is that what science actually tel…
1 year, 7 months ago
Capitalism: How did we get here? And where are we going? Ep. 2
Season 7 Episode 2
CAPITALISM: EP. 2
As a Political Philosophy Capitalism contains a theory of the individual that includes the idea of natural rights - most importantly…
1 year, 7 months ago
Reading Kant's "Prolegomena" - Ep. 4
Season 5 Episode 4
READ ALONG SERIES - KANT'S "PROLEGOMENA"
As we dive into the foundations of natural science, I pause for a moment to consider the power of Kant’s arg…
1 year, 7 months ago
Capitalism: How did we get here? And where are we going? Ep. 1
Season 7 Episode 1
CAPITALISM: EP. 1
We are surrounded by the idea of capitalism but shockingly little thought is commonly given to what it is, where it has come from a…
1 year, 7 months ago
Philosophical Fireside Chats 🔥 🪵: Plutarch's Life of Theseus - Ep. 4
Season 6 Episode 4
It seems so simple, and yet this story from Ancient Greece captures many of the problems with time, identity, and meaning - a kind of one paragraph v…
1 year, 7 months ago