The Wisdom Of

This is Part 3 of a 3 Part series on love! It should be listened to in sequence! In it, I explore the state of love today and what, if anything, we might learn from some of the great writers, poets and philosophers who take love very seriously. 

This is Part 1 of a 3 Part series on love! It should be listened to in sequence! In it, I explore the state of love today and what, if anything, we might learn from some of the great writers, poets and philosophers who take love very seriously. 

This is Part 2 of a 3 Part series on love! It should be listened to in sequence! In it, I explore the state of love today and what, if anything, we might learn from some of the great writers, poets and philosophers who take love very seriously. 

For Nietzsche there's no such thing as art for art's sake! No, art has indispensable practical value for our existence! Find out more! 

George Orwell's 1984   warns against the dangers of a totalitarian society! Take away our language and our history and it's all over! Find out more! 

Exploring the themes of skill and heroism in Hemingway's Pulitzer Prize novel! 

Socrates influenced many of his contemporaries, but the strange thing is they all went on to develop very different outlooks! What does that say about Socrates? I speculate! 

Why do we cultivate lawns? Should we have them? Let's explore! 

The philosopher Bertrand Russell has some interesting things to say about how it is our fear of public opinion affects our happiness! Find out more! 

The philosophers William Barrett and Gabriel Marcel argue that the hegemony of technique is closing us off from what is truly most important - the realm of mystery!  Find out more! 

For millennia, voluntarily adopting a more simple life has been a calling by almost all wisdom seekers. For good reason! Find out more! 

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! 

We need to start a college course designed to deal with the typical midlife crisis! Or so says Carl Jung! Find out more! 

What's happened to the joy and authenticity of gift-giving? Find out more! 

Nietzsche had mixed feelings about Buddhism. Find out more! 

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.... Check out my new book! It's called The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/

Once close friends, Sartre and Camus had a huge public falling out. Find out why! 

Can non-theists feel existential gratitude? Let's explore! 

Why is there such a close connection between existentialism and the artist? Let's explore! 

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! 

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! 

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! 

Why is suffering and self-destruction associated with the artist? Has it always been this way? Let's explore! 

Does the marketplace of ideas really produce the truth? Let’s explore!

Always searching for that exact right word? You're not alone, so did Flaubert and Schopenhauer!