Expect to learn:
- Why everyone is a monster to someone
- Why the purpose of life is to be defeated by larger and larger things
- What Boxer from animal farm and Plato’s Guardians have in common
- Is stoicism a good life philosophy
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Episodes You Might Enjoy:
#119 Angelo Somers - Existentialism vs Hedonism vs Absurdism
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#114 Dostoyevsky, University & Internal Vindication
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#91 Escaping Plato's Cave And Living in the Unspeakable world
https://tinyurl.com/2m5sdnje
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00:00 Everyone is a monster to someone
06:35 Does the hero need the villain
08:35 The etymology of the word “villain”
12:19 What is the real reason you’re trying to be good?
15:31 The proof is in the pudding
24:34 How Greek Mythology depicts chaos
33:30 The purpose of life is to be defeated by larger and larger things
37:42 How to overcome chaos
41:34 Boxer from animal farm
47:28 The pros and cons of Stoicism