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Back to SearchEpisode #239 ... Authenticity and the history of the self. (Charles Taylor)
Today we talk about the work of the philosopher Charles Taylor. First, we trace the historical origins of how he views the modern self. From the Gree…
8 months, 1 week ago
Episode #238 ... Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
Today we talk about the book Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. We talk about the mix of Romantic and Enlightenment attitudes and how it leads to problems…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode #237 ... The Stoics Are Wrong - Nietzsche, Schopenhauer
Today we talk about two famous critiques of Stoicism. One by Friedrich Nietzsche who thought the Stoics weren’t life affirming enough and so rob them…
8 months, 4 weeks ago
Episode #236 ... Meditations - Marcus Aurelius
Today we talk about the collection of journals known as Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. We mark the differences between Stoicism, modern Stoic ethics…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode #235 ... The Philosophy of Zen Buddhism - Byung Chul Han
Today we talk about one of Han's earlier books where he offers an alternative to classic western ideas about subjectivity. We talk about Zen as a rel…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode #234 ... The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Milan Kundera
Today we try to produce a philosophical guide for the book The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera. We talk about Parmenides, Nietzsche's …
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode #233 ... A philosophy of self-destruction. (Dostoevsky, Bataille)
Today we talk about two different theories for why we ritualize self-destructive behavior. We check out a lesser-known work from Dostoevsky called Th…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode #232 ... Byung Chul Han - The Crisis of Narration
Today we talk about the book The Crisis of Narration by the philosopher Byung Chul Han. We talk about the history of storytelling. Walter Benjamins d…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode #231 ... The Late Work of Wittgenstein - Language Games
Today we talk about the late work of Wittgenstein in Philosophical Investigations. We talk about the meaning of words. Augustine's theory. Forms of l…
11 months, 4 weeks ago
Episode #230 ... Hope as an Existentialism (Ernst Bloch)
Today we talk about the early work of Ernst Bloch. Hope as anticipatory consciousness. The darkness of the lived moment. Educated hope vs false hope.…
1 year ago