The Wisdom Of

What's courage? Are there different kinds of courage? Why is courage important? Let's see what Plato and Paul Tillich think! 

Is happiness just about feeling good? Is that the way we should view it? Or is there more to it than that? Let's find out! 

In this episode I try to talk a bit about the nature of evil. I use Susan Neiman's book Evil in Modern Thought as the context.  

Byung-Chul Han is a south Korean born philosopher and he’s currently professor at the  Berlin University of Arts in Germany. In this episode, we talk a bit about his views on phones, social media and the nature of thinking in our contemporary world! 

For all its focus on the struggles of the human condition and on our spiritual ailments, ultimately existentialism is a deeply affirmative and constructive philosophy! 

Should we lie to children about Santa? What about Santa's exchange of gifts for good behaviour? These are some of the questions I reflect on in this episode! Happy holidays! 

Alexander Nehamas is a professor of philosophy and comparative literature at Princeton University. In this episode, we discuss some of the main themes of his book Only a Promise of Happiness. 

In this first of two episodes, I discuss the big bad A word - Atheism! 

Pensées was written by the 17th century French mathematician and philosopher Blaise Pascal. In this episode, we talk about Pascal's famous quote that "the heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of" and his criticism of living the distracted life!