The Wisdom Of
In this podcast we explore great works of philosophy and literature and art, and try to pull out of them what’s most interesting and inspiring! Whether they come from the works of Plato, or Dostoevsky or Picasso, here we explore ideas that move mountains and rock the soul! So, come join us, won’t you? Come worship at the alter of ideas, and come celebrate the dancing of thought. Welcome to the Wisdom Of!
Episodes
356 episodes
Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet - Writing as an existential necessity!
The great poet Rainer Maria Rilke advises all aspiring artists to ask themselves one question: Are you prepared to sacrifice everything? Because that's what it takes! ... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is...
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Episode 351
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13:20
Epicurus on Gratitude
What Epicurus has to say about gratitude deserves our attention, especially today... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Humanhttps://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technolo...
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Episode 350
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10:34
William James - Pluralism and Free Will!
James argues for a world where we actively participate in the building of reality and where there are multiple sources of transcendence! ... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be ...
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Episode 349
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14:15
Let's bring back the language of the SOUL!
We really need to revive a character-based account of the soul!... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Humanhttps://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/...
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Episode 348
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12:27
Rousseau and Han - Today's Loneliness Epidemic!
Why is there such a large increase in loneliness around the world? I think the philosophers Jean-Jacque Rousseau and Byung-Chul Han might be helpful here! ... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing Wh...
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Episode 347
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13:19
The Spirit of Ancient Greek Tragedy - Why we need it so badly today!
Reviving the spirit of Greek tragedy can offer us a powerful corrective against today's lack of humility and moral polarization.... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human
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Episode 346
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17:18
La Mettrie's Man the Machine - From Cartesian Dualism to Joyful Materialism!
This French philosopher argues that there is no immaterial soul, and that this doesn't strip life of its value! .... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Humanhttps://ww...
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Episode 345
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13:09
Edmund Burke - Inherited Wisdom and the Perils of Starting Anew!
Edmund Burke is the founder of cultural and political conservatism. Dostoevsky, Aristophanes and T.S. Eliot also share in a similar spirit. They all warn against dismissing the past! .... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: ...
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Episode 344
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13:41
Rollo May - How Art Overcomes Nihilism!
For the psychologist Rollo May, art is no dispensable luxury, it's an essential response to nihilism! .... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Humanhttps://www.am...
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Episode 343
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12:26
A reminder from Mircea Eliade on the significance of the New Year!
Happy New Year to all across lands and seas! ...... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Humanhttps://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/
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Episode 342
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6:14
The Poverty of Wealth: Nietzsche on Money and Mediocrity!
Nietzsche criticizes our modern infatuation with money-making, an infatuation that he thinks reveals a deep spiritual impoverishment and an erosion of character...... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Cha...
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Episode 341
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13:13
In the spirit of Christmas - Why the path of self-interest will always fail you
Self-interest is directionless and ultimately, is an enemy of both self-actualization and love. For these things, we need a relation to something outside of our own egos. .... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technolo...
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Episode 340
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18:19
Walter Benjamin - Against the Copy: Holding On to the Real in an Age of Reproduction!
When everything can be reproduced, why do we still crave the original? The psychologist Paul Bloom and the philosopher Walter Benjamin offer up some insight! ... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing...
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Episode 339
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13:52
Barthes, Kierkegaard, Han - What happened to the erotic?
What is eroticism? And does it still exist today? Find out more! .... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Humanhttps://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Mea...
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Episode 338
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14:08
Hesse's Narcissus and Goldmund - Pick a path, pay the price, live the life!
Choosing one path in life means letting go of another! And that's okay! .... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Humanhttps://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Chang...
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Episode 337
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13:34
Bertrand Russell and Byung-Chul Han: Self-absorption is the source of unhappiness!
The philosophers Russell and Han come from different historical contexts, but they both agree on one thing: if you want to be happy stop being pre-occupied with yourself! .... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technolo...
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Episode 336
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12:51
Great philosophers on how to stay young as we get older!
Aging doesn't have to involve loss of possibilities and heaviness. Just ask Nietzsche, the Taoists, Hannah Arendt and Camus! ... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human
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Episode 335
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10:07
Why Samuel Beckett is so funny!
Beckett is bleak but he's also hilarious. I try to explore why so many of us laugh when we read him! ... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Humanhttps://www.amazon.com...
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Episode 334
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12:23
Voltaire's "Crush the infamous thing" and our age of tragic regression
Voltaire called for enlightenment and progress against the dogmas and powers of his day. Our world today needs more Voltaires.... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human...
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Episode 333
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9:49
Dostoevsky, Ricoeur, Kierkegaard - The future needs the past!
There is no future without a past. That's because the past is the ground of transformation! ... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Humanhttps://www.amazon.com/Last-Hum...
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Episode 332
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12:51
Orwell's 1984 - Fake News and the destruction of language
Orwell's 1984 has seen a massive surge in sales in the last 8 years. That's no surprise.... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Humanhttps://www.amazon.com/Las...
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Episode 331
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10:08
Feuerbach and Marx - We created God in our own image!
Man makes religion, religion does not make man, says the German philosopher Feuerbach. Karl Marx agrees. But why do we do this, and should we? Find out more! ... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing...
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Episode 330
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13:26
Aristotle - Why Competency is essential for Happiness!
You want lasting joy and fulfillment in your life? Then strive for excellence and competency! Or so argues Aristotle.... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Humanhttps:...
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Episode 329
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12:46
Consciousness and the Universe - From Matter to Meaning!
What is the universe without human consciousness? Strangely, not much! Or so I argue! .... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Humanhttps://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Te...
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Episode 328
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13:10
Byung-Chul Han and Fromm - Clean shiny machines and our Necrophilia!
We prefer machines to people and mechanical precision to messy human qualities. What is this but our love of death over life! Or so argue Byung-Chul Han and Erich Fromm! ... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology...
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Episode 327
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9:51