The benefits of living a more simple life!
For millennia, voluntarily adopting a more simple life has been a calling by almost all wisdom seekers. For good reason! Find out more!
The Wisdom Of
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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Final Regular Podcast Episode - The six thinkers and artists that have inspired me the most!
Though there may be some future episodes from time to time, this is the last regular episode of The Wisdom Of! In this episode, I talk about six of my favourite thinkers and artists of all time!
Jung and The Stages of Life - Mid-life crisis and old age!
We need to start a college course designed to deal with the typical midlife crisis! Or so says Carl Jung! Find out more!
The degeneration of gift-giving! A Christmas special!
What's happened to the joy and authenticity of gift-giving? Find out more!
Nietzsche on Buddhism!
Nietzsche had mixed feelings about Buddhism. Find out more!
Kafka's Letter to his Father!
Kafka's Letter to his Father offers an incredibly striking and penetrating analysis of the psychological roots and the effects of power within a family. Find out more!
Sartre vs. Camus: Revolutionary vs. Rebel - The Big Dispute!
Once close friends, Sartre and Camus had a huge public falling out. Find out why!
Can you be grateful for life if you're an atheist?
Can non-theists feel existential gratitude? Let's explore!
Existentialism and Cezanne's Doubt!
Why is there such a close connection between existentialism and the artist? Let's explore!
Lucretius - A spoonful of sugar!
In his On The Nature of Things, a work devoted to an explanation of the views of Epicurus, Lucretius writes poetically rather than using standard prose. Why? Let's explore!
Heraclitus - The times they are a-changin!
Change is normal, Heraclitus tells us. But how about the sort of rapid change we see happening today? Is it too much even for Heraclitus? Let's explore!
Thanatos - The fear of, and the desire for, death!
From plastic surgery to Freud's death-drive, we seem to both fear death and secretly welcome it at the same time! Welcome to the underworld!
Some thoughts on the notion of the suffering artist!
Why is suffering and self-destruction associated with the artist? Has it always been this way? Let's explore!
John Stuart Mill - The marketplace of ideas, and the question of Truth!
Does the marketplace of ideas really produce the truth? Let’s explore!
Flaubert, le mot juste, and Schopenhauer's philosophy of language!
Always searching for that exact right word? You're not alone, so did Flaubert and Schopenhauer!
Euripides' Medea - Revenge turned into something inhuman!
What's this shocking play where filicide happens about? Let's explore!
Vico and The New Science - The Barbarism of Reflection!
Giambattista Vico was a philosopher of the Italian Enlightenment. He believed history moved through stages only to culminate in what he called the barbarism of reflection!
Make work a vocation not a job!
What's the difference between a job and a vocation? And why does the distinction matter? Let's explore!
Saving the sublime and bringing back the awe in awesome!
What does the word sublime really mean? And why does getting this right matter? Find out!
Some differences between Eastern and Western philosophy
What are some of the fundamental differences between Eastern and Western philosophy? Find out!