Insights from the Great Books
Johnathan Bi
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Nov 9, 2026
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Why Stoicism Doesn’t Work Without God | Tad Brennan on Stoic Ethics 26.04.2025 52:09
An interview with Cornell's Tad Brennan on Stoic ethics & religion Subscribe to my newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: johnathanbi.com Transcript: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/interview-with-tad-brennan-on-stoic-religion If you want a chance to attend my lectures and be kept up to date on all my content subscribe to my newsletter: greatbooks.io C...
The Slave Who Was Free | Berkeley’s AA Long on Epictetus 11.04.2025 1:05:07
An interview with Berkeley’s AA Long on Epictetus Subscribe to my newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: johnathanbi.com Companion lectures and interviews: * AA Long on Hellenistic Philosophy Further Reading: * AA Long, Epictetus Amazon (affiliate) Get full access to Johnathan Bi at www.johnathanbi.com/subscribe
The Case for Emotional Pacifism | Martha Nussbaum on Britten’s War Requiem 04.04.2025 45:55
An Interview with Martha Nussbaum Subscribe to my newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: johnathanbi.com Transcript: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/transcript-for-interview-with-martha-nussbaum-on-war-requiem If you want a chance to attend my lectures and be kept up to date on all my content subscribe to my newsletter: greatbooks.io Companion lectures...
Introduction to Hellenistic Philosophy | AA Long on Stoicism, Skepticism, Epicureanism 28.03.2025 1:26:26
Interview with AA Long on Hellenistic Philosophy Subscribe to my newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: johnathanbi.com Transcript: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/transcript-for-interview-with-anthony-long-on-hellenistic-philosophy If you want a chance to attend my lectures and be kept up to date on all my content subscribe to my newsletter: greatbook...
Why Plato Hated Democracy | GRF Ferrari on the Republic 21.03.2025 1:26:19
Interview with GRF Ferrari on Plato's Republic Subscribe to my newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: johnathanbi.com Transcript: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/transcript-for-interview-with-grf-ferrari-on-plato-republic If you want a chance to attend my lectures and be kept up to date on all my content subscribe to my newsletter: greatbooks.io Compan...
The First 80 years of AI, and What Comes Next | Oxford’s Michael Wooldridge 11.03.2025 1:26:57
Interview with Michael Wooldridge I made this video as a fellow of the Cosmos Institute, a 501c3 academy for philosopher-builders. * Read the Cosmos Institute Substack ► https://bit.ly/3XK5T7k * Subscribe to the Cosmos Institute on YouTube ► @cosmosinstituteaixhf * Follow Cosmos’ founder and my friend Brendan McCord on X ► https://bit.ly/3Y9pFLb You can read the full transcript here: https://www.j...
How to Prepare for the AI Age: US-China, War, Job Loss | Tyler Cowen 17.02.2025 1:05:26
I made this video as a fellow of the Cosmos Institute, a 501c3 academy for philosopher-builders. * Read the Cosmos Institute Substack ► https://bit.ly/3XK5T7k * Subscribe to the Cosmos Institute on YouTube ► @cosmosinstituteaixhf * Follow Cosmos’ founder and my friend Brendan McCord on X ► https://bit.ly/3Y9pFLb You can read the full transcript here: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/transcript-for-in...
Plato’s Critique of Hookup Culture | GRF Ferrari on the Phaedrus 08.02.2025 1:09:13
An Interview with Berkeley's GRF Ferrari Subscribe to my newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: johnathanbi.com Read the full Transcript: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/transcript-for-interview-with-grf-ferrari-on-plato-phaedrus Companion lectures and interviews: * GRF Ferrari on Plato’s Republic (Coming soon) Further Readings: * Plato, Phaedrus , Ama...
Making Sense of Christianity's Violent Past | Carlos Eire 02.02.2025 1:00:23
An interview with Carlos Eire Subscribe to my newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: johnathanbi.com Full Transcript: https://open.substack.com/pub/johnathanbi/p/transcript-for-interview-with-carlos-eire-on-christian-history If you want a chance to attend my lectures and be kept up to date on all my content subscribe to my newsletter: greatbooks.io C...
Introduction to Stoic Philosophy | Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations Explained 16.01.2025 1:21:46
A lecture on Marcus Aurelius' Meditations Subscribe to my newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: johnathanbi.com Full Transcript: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/transcript-for-lecture-on-marcus-aurelius-meditations If you want a chance to attend my lectures and be kept up to date on all my content subscribe to my newsletter: greatbooks.io Companion le...
Yale Historian Uncovers Evidence for Levitation | Carlos Eire on Christian Miracles 23.12.2024 2:11:12
Professor Eire’s book on levitation (affiliate): https://amzn.to/4gtHg6X Subscribe to my newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: johnathanbi.com Transcript: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/transcript-for-interview-with-carlos The Church where I witnessed the miraculous icon: https://stgeorgestaylor.homestead.com/ Get full access to Johnathan Bi at www.j...
The Surprising Source of Shakespeare’s Inspiration | Stephen Greenblatt 30.11.2024 38:53
You can support my work by becoming a paid subscriber on my Substack: johnathanbi.com Some links to further guide your study: * Join my email list to be notified of future episodes: greatbooks.io * Full transcript: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/transcript-for-interview-with-stephen-greenblatt-on-shakespeare-creative-genius Companion lectures and interviews: * Lecture on Shakespeare's Julius Caesar...
How Shakespeare Bought His Way into the Upper Class | Stephen Greenblatt 15.11.2024 43:58
An interview with Stephen Greenblatt on Shakespeare's social ambition. You can support my work by becoming a paid subscriber on my Substack: johnathanbi.com Some links to further guide your study: * Join my email list to be notified of future episodes: greatbooks.io * Full transcript: https://open.substack.com/pub/johnathanbi/p/transcript-for-interview-with-stephen-greenblatt-on-shakespeare-social...
Rousseau's Case for Censorship | Christopher Kelly on Rousseau 11.10.2024 1:06:32
An interview with Christopher Kelly on Rousseau's case for censorship You can support my work by becoming a paid subscriber on my substack: johnathanbi.com Some links to further guide your study: * Join my email list to be notified of future episodes: greatbooks.io * Full transcript: https://open.substack.com/pub/johnathanbi/p/transcript-for-interview-with-christopher-kelly-on-censorship Companion...
Nietzsche: There is No Objective Right or Wrong | Brian Leiter 27.09.2024 1:24:27
Interview with Brian Leiter on Nietzsche's Moral Antirealism Some links to further guide your study: * Join my email list to be notified of future episodes: greatbooks.io * Full transcript: https://open.substack.com/pub/johnathanbi/p/transcript-for-interview-with-brian-leiter-on-moral-antirealism Companion lecture: * Nietzsche's On the Genealogy of Morality Explained: https://youtu.be/M0w2eQ-FcE P...
Rousseau's Second Discourse: Why The Poor Embrace Inequality 13.09.2024 1:45:30
A lecture on Rousseau's Discourse on the Origin of Inequality Subscribe to my newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: johnathanbi.com Some links to further guide your study: * Join my email list to be notified of future episodes: greatbooks.io * Full transcript: https://open.substack.com/pub/johnathanbi/p/transcript-for-rousseau-second-discourse Compa...
Withdrawal vs. Political Action | Katharina Volk on Roman Epicureanism 06.09.2024 47:32
An interview with Katharina Volk on Roman Epicureanism Subscribe to my newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: johnathanbi.com Some links to further guide your study: * Join my email list to be notified of future episodes: greatbooks.io * Full transcript: https://open.substack.com/pub/johnathanbi/p/transcript-for-interview-with-katharina-volk-on-epicu...
How to Combine Action & Contemplation | Katharina Volk on Cicero & Caesar 23.08.2024 1:13:50
Interview with Katharina Volk on the intellectual life of Cicero & Caesar Some links to further guide your study: * Join my email list to be notified of future episodes: greatbooks.io * Full transcript: https://open.substack.com/pub/johnathanbi/p/transcript-for-interview-with-katharina-volk-cicero-caesar Companion lectures and interviews: * Lecture on Shakespeare's Caesar: Coming soon. * Katharina...
Can Love Survive Marriage? Stephen Greenblatt on Shakespeare 16.08.2024 33:17
An interview with Stephen Greenblatt on Shakespeare's views on love. Some links to further guide your study: * Join my email list to be notified of future episodes: greatbooks.io * Full transcript: https://open.substack.com/pub/johnathanbi/p/transcript-for-interview-with-stephen-greenblatt-on-love Companion lectures and interviews: * Lecture on Shakespeare's Caesar : Coming soon. * Stephen Greenbl...
Stoicism is a Coping Mechanism | Katharina Volk on Cato 03.08.2024 48:57
An interview with Katharina Volk on the Stoicism of Cato. Subscribe to my newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: johnathanbi.com Some links to further guide your study: * Join my email list to be notified of future episodes: greatbooks.io * Full transcript: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/transcript-for-interview-with-katharina-volk-on-stoicism Compani...
Why “Innovation” Was a Crime in the 16th Century 26.07.2024 1:11:46
A lecture on the intellectual history of “Innovation” Subscribe to my newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: johnathanbi.com I drew heavily from Benoît Godin's Book (affiliate): * Innovation Contested: https://amzn.to/3Wpp8n9 * My book notes: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/innovation-contested-by-benoit-godin Get full access to Johnathan Bi at www.joh...
Overcoming Nihilism with Nietzsche | Robert Pippin 12.07.2024 1:20:22
An interview with Robert Pippin on Nietzsche, Technology and Nihilism. Subscribe to my newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: johnathanbi.com Full transcript: https://open.substack.com/pub/johnathanbi/p/transcript-for-robert-pippin-interview?r=2mzsg Get full access to Johnathan Bi at www.johnathanbi.com/subscribe
Self-Esteem Requires External-Validation | Fred Neuhouser on Rousseau 06.07.2024 1:24:20
An interview with Fred Neuhouser on Rousseau's amour-propre. Subscribe to my newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: johnathanbi.com Read the full transcript: https://www.johnathanbi.com/publish/posts/detail/146339067?referrer=%2Fpublish%2Fposts Companion lectures & interviews: * Rousseau's first discourse lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8uc...
Selfish Heroes Make Great Leaders | Christopher Kelly on Rousseau 21.06.2024 1:13:16
An interview with Christopher Kelly on Jean-Jacques Rousseau's case for heroes. Subscribe to my newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: johnathanbi.com Full transcript: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/transcript-for-christopher-kelly Get full access to Johnathan Bi at www.johnathanbi.com/subscribe
Rousseau's First Discourse: Science & Art Are Poisoning You 15.06.2024 1:41:33
An introductory lecture summarizing the key ideas of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Discourse on the Arts and Sciences Subscribe to my newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: johnathanbi.com Full Transcript & other links at https://open.substack.com/pub/johnathanbi/p/transcript-for-rousseaus-first-discourse Get full access to Johnathan Bi at www.johnathanbi....
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