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    Explore "ancient wisdom" with insightful episodes like "What Would Socrates Do?", "Happiness Lessons of The Ancients: Aristotle and Plato ICYMI", "America's "Reality Crisis," and Free Speech and Censorship Today, with Spencer Klavan, Will Chamberlain, and Kate Tummarello | Ep. 493", "#182 - Dr Jack Lewis - The Neuroscience Of The 7 Deadly Sins" and "2. What is the Optimal Way to Be Angry?" from podcasts like ""Hidden Brain", "The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos", "The Megyn Kelly Show", "Modern Wisdom" and "No Stupid Questions"" and more!

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    What Would Socrates Do?

    What Would Socrates Do?

    Humans have wrestled with questions about identity and purpose for millennia. So it’s no surprise that the insights of people who lived hundreds or even thousands of years ago have stood the test of time. This week, philosopher Tamar Gendler explores how three great thinkers from ancient Greece understood the human psyche, and what we can still learn from their wisdom today.

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    Happiness Lessons of The Ancients: Aristotle and Plato ICYMI

    Happiness Lessons of The Ancients: Aristotle and Plato ICYMI

    The Greek thinker Socrates was put to death for encouraging his students to question everything - from their own beliefs to the laws and customs of Athenian society. But his ideas didn't die with him. 

    Here's a chance to hear two episodes from our archive examining the legacy of Socrates, and how he influenced the thinking of Plato and Aristotle. Turns out the Ancient Greeks had a lot to say about how to live a happier life. 

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    America's "Reality Crisis," and Free Speech and Censorship Today, with Spencer Klavan, Will Chamberlain, and Kate Tummarello | Ep. 493

    America's "Reality Crisis," and Free Speech and Censorship Today, with Spencer Klavan, Will Chamberlain, and Kate Tummarello | Ep. 493

    Megyn Kelly is joined by Spencer Klavan, author of "How to Save the West," to talk about moral truths in today's society, God and spirituality, America's "reality crisis," giving over the power of "true vs. false" to elites, how the decline of religion led to substitutes like wokism or COVID mania, having courage to be patriotic and support America above any single group, the dangers of trusting elites to determine the truth in our society, losing trust in the media and the scientific establishment during the COVID crisis, how we can fight back and "save the West," and more. Then Will Chamberlain, Senior Council for the Internet Accountability Project, and Kate Tummarello, executive director of Engine, join for a discussion and debate about free speech and tech censorship, what Section 230 and why it's important, what it means to be a "common carrier" and whether big tech platforms are, the pros and cons of government regulation of tech platforms, information being censored just because it’s controversial or conservative, how the First Amendment relates to tech censorship, Gonzalez vs. Google being heard before the Supreme Court next week, and more.


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    Chamberlain's organization: https://theiap.org

     

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    #182 - Dr Jack Lewis - The Neuroscience Of The 7 Deadly Sins

    #182 - Dr Jack Lewis - The Neuroscience Of The 7 Deadly Sins
    Dr Jack Lewis is a Neuroscientist, television presenter and an author. Why do we do the things we know we shouldn't? The 7 deadly sins have defined for hundreds of years and yet we all still fall prey to them. Expect to learn the underpinnings of our willpower, neuroscience's explanations for why we tend toward sinning, whether we have control over what makes us sexually aroused, a justification for punching someone in the face and much more... Sponsor: Sign up to FitBook at https://fitbook.co.uk/join-fitbook/ (enter code MODERNWISDOM for 50% off your membership) Extra Stuff: Buy The Science Of Sin - https://amzn.to/2MKGRkC Follow Jack on Twitter - https://twitter.com/DrJackLewis Subscribe to Jack's YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU7CrrFGLUxTCstZkpDlGfg Take a break from alcohol and upgrade your life - https://6monthssober.com/podcast Check out everything I recommend from books to products - https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/modernwisdom - Get in touch. Join the discussion with me and other like minded listeners in the episode comments on the MW YouTube Channel or message me... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ModernWisdomPodcast Email: https://www.chriswillx.com/contact Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Ryan Holiday: Stillness Is The Path To Everything We Want In Life

    Ryan Holiday: Stillness Is The Path To Everything We Want In Life
    He's best known for popularizing Stoicism — an ancient philosophical yet highly practical operating system he pioneered to mainstream, modern adoption. In his latest turn, Ryan Holiday expands his lens East. In pursuit of shared wisdom across ancient Buddhist, Muslim, Hindu, Hebrew, Greek, Christian and Epicurean traditions, he discovered one essential truth — that inner peace is essential to a life of purpose, meaning and fulfillment. Ryan calls it stillness — to be steady while the world spins around you. A crucial characteristic of all great leaders, thinkers, artists, athletes and visionaries, it's a practice to transcend the stress of everyday life. An antidote to the distractions of our fast-paced world. And the ultimate path to meaning, contentment, and excellence in a world that needs more of it than ever. For those unfamiliar, Ryan is an autodidact who dropped out of college at 19, maturing into one of the most important thinkers of his generation. Now 32, he is a media strategist, prolific writer and public speaker with six perennial bestselling books to his name, including Ego Is The Enemy,The Obstacle Is The Way, and Conspiracy.  Making the digestible case for why slowing down is the secret weapon for charging ahead, Ryan's latest release — aptly titled Stillness Is The Key (hitting bookstores everywhere this week) — is your next must read and read again primer on living your best life. Returning for this third appearance on the podcast (check out RRP #168 and #239), today we explore the essential elements of stillness — and its limitless applications for profound personal self-improvement. Want to avoid distractions? Develop greater insight? Unlock creativity? Improve your decision making? Better your parenting skills? Enhance athletic performance? The incredible power and practicality of cultivating placidity in our increasingly turbulent, tumultuous, reactive, distraction monopolized lives simply cannot be overstated. Stillness is the key. You can watch it all go down on YouTube.  I have great fondness for this human. I absolutely love this exchange. And sincerely hope you do as well. Peace + Plants, Rich