Athens Corner
These are previews from my website AthensCorner.com of in-depth discussions on the Western world's greatest books in philosophy and political philosophy. There are also occasional previews for my Fathers & Sons series on the website devoted to guiding and assisting fathers who themselves want to educate their sons in the great books, and so the emphasis is upon examples of excellence of virtue.
Podcasting since 2023 • 87 episodes
Athens Corner
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Thucydides, Plato, Christianity (Intro)
This is the opening hour and a half of the sequel to my recording "Thucydides, Plutarch, Nietzsche" for my Technology and Nihilism series. Subscribers will have access to the full 4 hour recording soon.Here I discuss the significan...
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Plutarch, Our American Founders, and Greatness
This is an X/Twitter space where I discuss Plutarch and his relevance for us today, particularly as Americans on the 4th of JulyThemes of the discussion:— Plutarch and the American Founding— Plutarch on “history” in relation to ...
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The Life of Plotinus
As a supplement to his invaluable series on Plotinus's Enneads, @AncPhi provides here an introduction to his simultaneous series on Porphyry's Life of Plotinus. The great (and ongoing!) influence of Plotinus in both philosophy and theology cann...
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Addiction and "Depression"
This is the recording of an X/Twitter space where I discuss how addiction and "depression" have always been a defining theme of what we refer to as “philosophy” — the questioning pursuit of the good life — in everything from Homer to Nietzsche ...
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The Philosophical Crisis of the Sciences
In this recorded X space, I discuss the history and the philosophy of the crisis of the sciences that emerged in the late 18th and continued through the 19th century and into the 20th century.This discussion is meant as a broad introduct...
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