Resiliency Rounds
This is a philosophy podcast on the Self, community, and humanity from the standpoint of ethical philosophy. The mission is to develop authentic resiliency that comes from the pursuit of the Common Good. The focus is Life, examined and well-lived.
Episodes
68 episodes
Episode 64: Nicomachean Ethics V-4: Where can one find True Justice?
What Is Justice? Aristotle on the Just Person, Corporation, and State (Nicomachean Ethics, Book V)In this episode of Resiliency Rounds, Aneesh and Jeremy continue Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics (Book V) on justice, using a question-drive...
Episode 63: Nicomachean Ethics V-3: Law and Justice (Will you pass the Bar?)
Episode 62: Nicomachean Ethics V-1: Justice, Injustice, Laws, and Fairness.
Episode 61: Nicomachean Ethics IV-2: Irate, boastful, contentious and shameless socialite
Episode 59: Nicomachean Ethics III-4: Temperance, the antidote to Tyranny
Episode 58: Nicomachean Ethics Book III-3: Aristotelian Courage and the Citizen Soldier
Episode 57: Nicomachean Ethics Book III-2: Choices we think we make.
Episode 56: Nicomachean Ethics Book III-1: Whom to praise; Whom to blame
Episode 49: Plato's Republic Book X-2: The Immortal Soul
Can art and poetry lead us astray from the path of truth? In this episode, we summarize Socrates' critical take on poetry and the arts as outlined in Book 10 of Plato's Republic. Socrates argues that mimesis, or artistic representation, is a di...
Episode 48: Plato’s Republic Book X-1: The Forms
What if the moral compass of an entire society could be shaped by its art and education? Join us as we uncover Socrates' provocative stance on poetry in the ideal republic, as laid out in Book 10 of Plato's Republic. We start by navigating the ...
Episode 47: Plato’s Republic Book IX-3: Three to the sixth power
Could the principles of musical harmony reflect the nature of the ideal state and the philosopher king? Join us as we explore the philosophical depth of Plato's Republic, where we argue against Thrasymachus's cynical views on justice and jour...
Episode 46: Plato's Republic Book IX-2: The Verdict
Could a tyrant lurk within the recesses of your own mind? Prepare for a philosophical odyssey that explores the descent from democracy to tyranny of the soul. As your guides, Eddie and Aneesh navigate the intricate passages of Plato's Republic,...
Episode 45: Plato's Republic Book VIII-4/ IX-1: Tyranny
Could the very freedoms we cherish in democracy unwittingly lead us into the hands of tyranny? In this episode Eddie and Aneesh traverse the philosophical landscape of Socratic thought, unraveling the complex threads between unbridled freedom a...
Episode 44: Plato's Republic Book VIII-3: Democracy
Could your cherished democratic freedoms be the very seeds that grow a tyrannical overlord? We pull back the curtain on Socrates' view of political evolution, dissecting the paradoxical journey from democracy to tyranny. Amidst the hustle of pe...
Episode 43: Plato's Republic Book VIII-2: The Oligarchy
In this episode, Eddie and Aneesh continue their discussion of defective constitutions - the oligarchy.
Episode 42: Plato's Republic Book VIII-1: The Timocracy
In this episode, Eddie and Aneesh discuss the Timocracy and the societal decay caused by honor-seeking for its own sake.
Episode 41: Plato's Republic Book VII-3: The Dialectic
In this episode Eddie and Aneesh discuss what it means to be worthy or unworthy of the Dialectician.
Episode 40: Plato's Republic Book VII - 2: Being and Becoming
In this episode Eddie and Aneesh discuss the intellectual training of the Guardians and how subjects like Mathematics, Astronomy, Harmonics, and Geometry, coupled with Dialectic discussion, train truth-seeking.