The Wisdom Of

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The Wisdom Of episodes

March 10, 2023 Thoreau and the Companionship of Solitude
What is solitude? How is it different from loneliness and alienation? What does Thoreau think about solitude? Let's explore!
19 min
March 06, 2023 Marcus Aurelius - Even emperors have no power over death!
In this episode I try to say something about Marcus Aurelius and what's going on in his book the Meditations.
11 min
March 04, 2023 William Barrett on Modern Art and Existentialism
William Barrett was a professor of philosophy. He wrote a book called Irrational Man, published in 1958, that’s considered to be one of the finest introductions to the philosophy of existentialism ever written!
24 min
February 27, 2023 Ideology!
In this episode I try to briefly say a few words about the role and nature of ideology and ideological thinking!
11 min
February 24, 2023 D.H. Lawrence and Schopenhauer on Sex and Love
In this episode, I try to talk a little bit about the nature and importance of sex and love according to the philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer and the writer D.H. Lawrence!
14 min
February 17, 2023 Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand is a Russian born writer. She’s best known for her two novels, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. In this episode, we discuss Nietzsche's and Aristotle's influence on her!
30 min
February 10, 2023 Boethius's Consolations and the Talking Cure
Boethius was a Roman philosopher and political statesman. In this episode, I discuss his great work On the Consolation of Philosophy!
14 min
February 04, 2023 Camus' The Fall
The Fall was Camus’ last complete work and it was published in 1956. In this episode, we discuss the themes of insincerity and virtue-signalling.
26 min
January 29, 2023 Shatner's tears and Earth's little onion skin
Some thoughts about what happened to the actor William Shatner when he went to space aboard a capsule operated by Jeff Bezos’s company Blue Origin.
9 min
January 28, 2023 The love letters of Heloise and Abelard
Peter Abelard and Heloise are one of the most celebrated couples of all time, known for their love affair and for the tragedy that separated them. In this episode, we discuss their love letters!
24 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…