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!
Episodes
365 episodes
Simone Weil - Gravity, Grace and Love!
Simone Weil was a French philosopher and mystic! ... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Humanhttps://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/...
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Episode 358
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6:26
The Great Gatsby, CARELESSNESS and AI
A major theme in Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is carelessness. It's more relevant than ever today... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Humanhttps://www.amaz...
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Episode 359
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16:56
The Rise of the Emoticons
Are emoticons and emojis as benign as they seem? ... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Humanhttps://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/10695...
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Episode 357
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9:02
Kaufman's The Faith of a Heretic - The dissent that keeps knowledge alive!
Walter Kaufman was a German-American philosopher. Let's see what he has to say about intellectual heresy! ... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Humanhttps://www.amazo...
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Episode 356
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13:44
The Personal Journals of Camus and Kierkegaard!
The philosophers Kierkegaard and Camus left us more than just their formal works! Let's explore their private journals! ... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Humanhtt...
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Episode 355
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16:02
The Samurai Sword and AI
In wielding our dangerous technology, we could learn from the Samurai.
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Episode 356
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6:59
Max Weber - The age of the disenchantment of the world!
The German sociologist Max Weber uses the word disenchantment to describe the character of a highly modernized, secular and bureaucratic society. Couldn't we all do with some re-enchantment! ... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last ...
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Episode 354
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14:47
Neil Postman's Amusing Ourselves to Death
Neil Postman was a media theorist and a prophetic critic of modern technology... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Humanhttps://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Techno...
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Episode 353
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13:31
Heidegger - The Disappearance of the World!
The German philosopher Martin Heidegger argued that human existence is grounded in meaningful relationships to things. When we lose these relationships, we lose nothing less than the world.... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Hu...
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Episode 352
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12:37
Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet - Writing as an existential necessity!
The great poet Rainer Maria Rilke advises all aspiring artists to ask themselves one question: Are you prepared to sacrifice everything? Because that's what it takes! ... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is...
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Episode 351
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13:20
Epicurus on Gratitude
What Epicurus has to say about gratitude deserves our attention, especially today... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Humanhttps://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technolo...
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Episode 350
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10:34
William James - Pluralism and Free Will!
James argues for a world where we actively participate in the building of reality and where there are multiple sources of transcendence! ... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be ...
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Episode 349
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14:15
Let's bring back the language of the SOUL!
We really need to revive a character-based account of the soul!... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Humanhttps://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/...
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Episode 348
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12:27
Rousseau and Han - Today's Loneliness Epidemic!
Why is there such a large increase in loneliness around the world? I think the philosophers Jean-Jacque Rousseau and Byung-Chul Han might be helpful here! ... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing Wh...
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Episode 347
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13:19
The Spirit of Ancient Greek Tragedy - Why we need it so badly today!
Reviving the spirit of Greek tragedy can offer us a powerful corrective against today's lack of humility and moral polarization.... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human
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Episode 346
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17:18
La Mettrie's Man the Machine - From Cartesian Dualism to Joyful Materialism!
This French philosopher argues that there is no immaterial soul, and that this doesn't strip life of its value! .... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Humanhttps://ww...
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Episode 345
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13:09
Edmund Burke - Inherited Wisdom and the Perils of Starting Anew!
Edmund Burke is the founder of cultural and political conservatism. Dostoevsky, Aristophanes and T.S. Eliot also share in a similar spirit. They all warn against dismissing the past! .... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: ...
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Episode 344
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13:41
Rollo May - How Art Overcomes Nihilism!
For the psychologist Rollo May, art is no dispensable luxury, it's an essential response to nihilism! .... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Humanhttps://www.am...
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Episode 343
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12:26
A reminder from Mircea Eliade on the significance of the New Year!
Happy New Year to all across lands and seas! ...... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Humanhttps://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/
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Episode 342
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6:14
The Poverty of Wealth: Nietzsche on Money and Mediocrity!
Nietzsche criticizes our modern infatuation with money-making, an infatuation that he thinks reveals a deep spiritual impoverishment and an erosion of character...... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Cha...
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Episode 341
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13:13
In the spirit of Christmas - Why the path of self-interest will always fail you
Self-interest is directionless and ultimately, is an enemy of both self-actualization and love. For these things, we need a relation to something outside of our own egos. .... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technolo...
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Episode 340
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18:19
Walter Benjamin - Against the Copy: Holding On to the Real in an Age of Reproduction!
When everything can be reproduced, why do we still crave the original? The psychologist Paul Bloom and the philosopher Walter Benjamin offer up some insight! ... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing...
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Episode 339
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13:52
Barthes, Kierkegaard, Han - What happened to the erotic?
What is eroticism? And does it still exist today? Find out more! .... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Humanhttps://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Mea...
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Episode 338
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14:08
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 Humanhttps://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Chang...
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Episode 337
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13:34
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 Technolo...
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Episode 336
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12:51