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The Wisdom Of
By Kristian Urstad and Stephen WebbSociety & CultureReligion & SpiritualityArtsBooksSpiritualityPhilosophy
The Wisdom Of episodes
- Marcuse and Nietzsche - Rebellion against the Masses!
Why rebel against mass society? Let me count the ways!
19 min - Fromm's To Have or To Be?
A little less having and a little more being! So says the famous psychologist Erich Fromm!
11 min - Does money bring happiness?!
What's the correlation between wealth and happiness? Not a good one! Find out why!
23 min - Negative and Positive Freedom! (Isaiah Berlin, Plato and Fromm)
Sure, you might be free from things, but now what are you free to do?! Coming up, negative and positive freedom!
14 min - The power and sound of silence!
In our age of noise and distraction, we need to remember the benefits of silence!
12 min - My problem with Tolstoy's Confession!
Tolstoy's autobiographical memoir always bugged me. Here's why!
23 min - Pierre Hadot's Philosophy as a Way of Life
Philosophy as a Way of Life was written by Pierre Hadot, a French historian of philosophy. He takes us back to a time when philosophy meant real personal transformation!
12 min - Plato's Allegory of the Cave: A warning to us!
Plato’s allegory of the cave, a section in his great philosophical masterpiece Republic, is one of the most iconic and influential passages ever written. It's still relevant today!
24 min - Negative Visualization: the art of coping with tragedy!
Maybe the best way to cope with misfortune is to imagine it in advance. Maybe the best way to happiness is cultivate the gratitude that comes with the recognition that we may lose our loved ones.
11 min - Why we should care about classical antiquity!
Don't care about the likes of Homer and Sophocles and Thucydides? You should!
12 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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