English with Blaney

1. Review of my weaknesses and credentials.

a) Learning from personal philosophies of family members leads me to learn from great philosophers.

b) Long journey of physical rehabilitation leads me to learn from great philosophers.

Miletus: why did philosophy start there?

a)It was in the crossroads between East and West. Ideas flowed through there as well as the goods that changed hands.

b) Traditional ideas interacting with culture led to to basic questions being asked.

What questions were asked?

a)Questions were asked about the basic element or elements that make up the world.

b) Questions about the origin of the universe.

Next Episode: Influence of Homer on the Pre-Socratic philosophers. We will talk about the Illiad.

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Goals and Motivation Review

My weaknesses are my credentials: Philosophy born from physical injuries and family relations

Next Episode: City of Miletus; Thales

Thank you for your time and interest in the podcast.

Motive 1: learn how philosophers made sense of their place in life. Learn how they made sense of any individual's place in life.

Motive 2: Learn how philosophers thoughts go beyond the everyday conditions of life. I want to learn how those thoughts relate to injuries I've had, and physical rehab I've completed.

Motive 3: Understanding and have compassion for others that carry unseen physical, emotional, and spiritual injuries.

Goal: Learn how the best philosophers in the world developed their identities.

Partial Motivation 1: I want to understand how I deal with suffering. How did the suffering shape how I see the world? I want to explore and embrace the system that I developed to approach suffering.

Partial Motivation 2: I want to understand how others deal with suffering. I want to understand how is their approach different from mine. I want to understand how they make their strategies work.

Partial Motivation 3: I want to understand how society as a whole absorbs the different approaches of all individuals. How does society keep moving forward. How do we adapt to and adjust to each other?

Big Picture Motivation: Understand myself, others, and the whole and how we fit it all together into one big entity. How do the best philosophers make sense of it all?

Thank you for listening. In this episode I tell you the goal of the podcast. I tell you what the structure of the episodes will be. I let you know what to expect in the next episode.

Goal: Learn how the best philosophers in the world developed their identities.

Structure: Episodes will address

1) What was their journey like? Where did they come from?

2) What was their framework? How did they understand how the world works? How did they fit into the world?

3) What were the mental skills they used in their pursuit of their philosophy? How did that philosophy get applied to their lives?

Next Episode: I'll tell you what motivated me to start the podcast. I'll let you know about my background to provide context and texture. I'll go into what it is that I want to learn about the world.