The Wisdom Of

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The Wisdom Of episodes

April 06, 2025 Simone De Beauvoir and Hannah Arendt - A Happiness of ENGAGEMENT!
De Beauvoir and Arendt both argue against passive forms of happiness! Find out more! ... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human
https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/
14 min
April 06, 2025 Socrates - Power and Stupidity: A Destructive Combination!
Socrates argues that ignorance is the worst of all evils! Especially in the service of power! Ring any bells today? ... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human
https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/
14 min
April 02, 2025 Pascal and Kierkegaard on the SUPERFICIAL LIFE - Owning up to one's SELF!
One could argue that we live more superficially than ever before. Pascal and Kierkegaard are particularly relevant here! ... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human
https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/
15 min
March 30, 2025 Why Plato wrote dialogues - Let's bring back the power of real conversation!
Plato chose not to write essays. He wrote dialogues instead. Why? And how is this relevant for us today? Find out more! ... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human
https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/
14 min
March 25, 2025 The Myth of Icarus and Daedalus - Melting the wings of our children!
I think this ancient myth is more relevant today than ever before! Find out more! ... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human
https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/
20 min
March 20, 2025 Nietzsche - DECADENT Culture!
According to Nietzsche, cultures can be healthy or decadent. How do we see the culture today? ... Check out my new book! It's called The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human
https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/
13 min
March 15, 2025 Erich Fromm - Submission to Authoritarianism!
The psychologist Erich Fromm argues that we tend to willingly submit to authoritarianism! Relevant today? ... Check out my new book! It's called The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human
https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/
20 min
March 09, 2025 Carl Jung - UFOs and their PSYCHIC SIGNIFICANCE!
Carl Jung believed that UFOs have their basis in a vital psychic need! Find out more! ... Check out my new book! It's called The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human
https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/
14 min
March 04, 2025 Camus's The Rebel - Helping us to find MEASURE in a time of EXTREMES!
What Camus has to say in The Rebel is very relevant to our current trend towards absolutist and binary thinking! ... Check out my new book! It's called The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human
https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/
15 min
February 26, 2025 The Cult of Personality and CEO worship!
Scary times... Check out my new book! It's called The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human
https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/
16 min

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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…