The Wisdom Of

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The Wisdom Of episodes

November 21, 2025 Hesse's Narcissus and Goldmund - Pick a path, pay the price, live the life!
Choosing one path in life means letting go of another! And that's okay! .... 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
November 18, 2025 Bertrand Russell and Byung-Chul Han: Self-absorption is the source of unhappiness!
The philosophers Russell and Han come from different historical contexts, but they both agree on one thing: if you want to be happy stop being pre-occupied with yourself! .... 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
November 14, 2025 Great philosophers on how to stay young as we get older!
Aging doesn't have to involve loss of possibilities and heaviness. Just ask Nietzsche, the Taoists, Hannah Arendt and Camus! ... 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/
11 min
November 10, 2025 Why Samuel Beckett is so funny!
Beckett is bleak but he's also hilarious. I try to explore why so many of us laugh when we read him! ... 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
November 07, 2025 Voltaire's "Crush the infamous thing" and our age of tragic regression
Voltaire called for enlightenment and progress against the dogmas and powers of his day. Our world today needs more Voltaires.... 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/
10 min
November 03, 2025 Dostoevsky, Ricoeur, Kierkegaard - The future needs the past!
There is no future without a past. That's because the past is the ground of transformation! ... 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
October 28, 2025 Orwell's 1984 - Fake News and the destruction of language
Orwell's 1984 has seen a massive surge in sales in the last 8 years. That's no surprise.... 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/
11 min
October 27, 2025 Feuerbach and Marx - We created God in our own image!
Man makes religion, religion does not make man, says the German philosopher Feuerbach. Karl Marx agrees. But why do we do this, and should we? 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
October 24, 2025 Aristotle - Why Competency is essential for Happiness!
You want lasting joy and fulfillment in your life? Then strive for excellence and competency! Or so argues Aristotle.... 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
October 19, 2025 Consciousness and the Universe - From Matter to Meaning!
What is the universe without human consciousness? Strangely, not much! Or so I argue! .... 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

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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…