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Become a Supporting Member and get access to exclusive videos: https://academyofideas.com/members/ ======== In this video we explore the ideas of Peter Wessel Zapffe and Friedrich Nietzsche, specifically the ideas that individuals utilize repressional mechanisms to protect themselves from the "pain of living", and how art and beauty can be a stimulus to life. ======================================...

In this video we investigate what Carl Jung called archetypes, explaining what they are, how they influence our lives, their relationship to symbols, and their connection to religious experiences.============================================Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/academyofideasPayPal: https://www.paypal.me/academyofideasAmazon Affiliate Link: http://amzn.to/2kI9BuLSign up for our mailing...

In this video we examine how fear can be used as a tool to manipulate others, and how those in positions of power, past and present, have effectively used fear to control certain aspects of society. =================================================== Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/academyofideas Recommended Readings: They Thought They Were Free by Milton Mayer - http://amzn.to/1WUNVvI (affilia...

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In this video we investigate, building on the works of Pierre Hadot, how the ancient philosophers conceived philosophy as a way of life. =================================================== Support us on Patreon: http://patreon.com/academyofideas Recommended Readings: Philosophy as a Way of Life: Pierre Hadot - http://amzn.to/1X21g5u (affiliate link) What is Ancient Philosophy: Pierre Hadot - http:...

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In this video we briefly survey the ideas of some of the famous pessimists of the last few hundred years, and finish by defending a form of pessimism coined a "pessimism of strength" by Friedrich Nietzsche. =================================================== Support us on Patreon: http://patreon.com/academyofideas Recommended Readings: Pessimism: Philosophy, Ethic, Spirit: Joshua Dienstag - http:/...

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Become a Supporting Member and get access to exclusive videos: https://academyofideas.com/members/ ========================================­­========= In the second part of our introduction to Jung (link to part 1 below) we examine the individuation process, dream analysis, the persona, the shadow, the anima/animus, and the Self. Watch our first video on Jung: https://youtu.be/j0KzUS0b_uc ========...

In this lecture we investigate what is known as the Socratic problem, which is the problem as to whether we can arrive at knowledge of the historical Socrates, or whether he will always remain nothing but a work of fiction. We also look at the Socrates of Plato's dialogues, and consider the question as to whether Plato was using Socrates as a mouthpiece for his own views, or espousing the actual i...

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