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By Kristian Urstad and Stephen WebbSociety & CultureReligion & SpiritualityArtsBooksSpiritualityPhilosophy
The Wisdom Of episodes
- Love's Resurgence - Part 3 - Love as an Activity!
This is Part 3 of a 3 Part series on love! It should be listened to in sequence! In it, I explore the state of love today and what, if anything, we might learn from some of the great writers, poets and philosophers who take love very seriously.
32 min - Love's Resurgence - Part 2 - Love as Expansion!
This is Part 2 of a 3 Part series on love! It should be listened to in sequence! In it, I explore the state of love today and what, if anything, we might learn from some of the great writers, poets and philosophers who take love very seriously.
51 min - Love's Resurgence - Part 1 - The Fall of Eros!
This is Part 1 of a 3 Part series on love! It should be listened to in sequence! In it, I explore the state of love today and what, if anything, we might learn from some of the great writers, poets and philosophers who take love very seriously.
53 min - Orwell's 1984 - The abuse of language and history!
George Orwell's 1984 warns against the dangers of a totalitarian society! Take away our language and our history and it's all over! Find out more!
22 min - Nietzsche on why art is crucially important for us!
For Nietzsche there's no such thing as art for art's sake! No, art has indispensable practical value for our existence! Find out more!
10 min - Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea - Beyond the customary fishing grounds!
Exploring the themes of skill and heroism in Hemingway's Pulitzer Prize novel!
20 min - Socrates - The Man of Mystery!
Socrates influenced many of his contemporaries, but the strange thing is they all went on to develop very different outlooks! What does that say about Socrates? I speculate!
20 min - 12 min
- Bertrand Russell - Fear of Public Opinion!
The philosopher Bertrand Russell has some interesting things to say about how it is our fear of public opinion affects our happiness! Find out more!
20 min - William Barrett - The disappearance of mystery in a world of technique!
The philosophers William Barrett and Gabriel Marcel argue that the hegemony of technique is closing us off from what is truly most important - the realm of mystery!
Find out more!18 min
About The Wisdom Of
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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…
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!
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