CiRCE Podcast Network

Proverbial

Society EN ↓ 137 episodes

On every episode of Proverbial , teacher and author Joshua Gibbs ( How to Be Unlucky: Reflections on the Pursuit of Virtue and Something They Will Not Forget: A Handbook for Classical Teachers ) explores a single proverb, some old bit of wisdom, and tries to discern what it means for modern men. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Society

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Latest episode

Mar 20, 2024

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Episodes

I'm Going to Pick a Fight 06.05.2021

"Choose your battles carefully" is not the most misunderstood proverb, but it has become the most commonly misapplied. Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates this saying and what it means for contemporary Christians. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Hint of the Century 01.05.2021

"Religion begat prosperity and the daughter devoured the mother," said Cotton Mather. What does this proverb teach us about piety, money, and bad parenting? Join Joshua Gibbs as he explores the matter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Four Star Daydream 22.04.2021

This week's proverb comes from Sir Thomas Gresham: "Bad money drives out good money." Join Joshua Gibbs as he talks about "bad money" and what it has to do with bad students, bad teachers, and bad love.  Proverbial is produced for the CiRCE Podcast Network by Goldberry Studios. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Drugs Sell Themselves 14.04.2021

This week's proverb is anonymous but you know it: "seek of the devil and he doth appear." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say to modern men and women. Proverbial is produced by Goldberry Studios for the CiRCE Podcast Network. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fortunes on a String 08.04.2021

This week's proverb comes to us via Solomon, who said, "Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say to modern men and women. Proverbial is produced by Goldberry Studios for the CiRCE Podcast Network. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Best Policy 01.04.2021

This week's proverb come from Socrates, who said that "the unexamined life is not worth living." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to teach modern men and women. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Horace the Bear 24.03.2021

This week's proverb is in unattributed, but goes like this: "Money can't buy you happiness." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say to modern men and women. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Death and Wellness 18.03.2021

This week's proverb comes to us from Nicholas Gomez Davila, who said that "dying societies accumulate laws like dying men accumulate remedies." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say to modern men and women. Proverbial is produced by Goldberry Studios for the CiRCE Podcast Network. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Little by Little 10.03.2021

This week's proverb comes from Benjamin Franklin who once said that, "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say to modern men and women. Proverbial is proceed by Goldberry Studios for the CiRCE Podcast Network. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Preaching to the Choir 04.03.2021

This week's proverb is unattributed and it quite famous. It goes, "the Grass is always greener on the other side." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say to modern men and women. Proverbial is produced by Goldberry Studios for the CiRCE Podcast Network. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Time Will Tell 24.02.2021

This week's proverb comes from Jean-Baptise Alphonse Karr, who said that, "The more things change, the more they stay the same." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say for modern men and women. Proverbial is produced by Goldberry Studios for the CiRCE Podcast Network. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Who Are You Trying to Convince? 17.02.2021

This week's proverb comes via William Hazlitt, a British essayist and philosopher who wrote that, "violent antipathies are always suspicious and betray a secret affinity." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say to modern men and women. Proverbial is produced by Goldberry Studios for the CiRCE Podcast Network. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

18 to 34 10.02.2021

This week's proverb is unattributed (thought it is English). It goes, "children should be seen and not heard." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this poem has to say to modern men and women. Proverbial is produced by Goldberry Studios for the CiRCE Podcast Network. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Again and Again 03.02.2021

This week's proverb comes to us from Thomas Aquinas who wrote, "I fear the man of one book." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say to modern men and women. Proverbial is produced for the CiRCE Podcast Network by Goldberry Studios. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fathers & Sons 27.01.2021

This week's proverb comes from German philosopher and writer, Goethe: "We can't form our children on our own concepts. We must take them and love them as God gives them to us." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say to modern men and women. Proverbial, part of the CiRCE Podcast Network, is produced by Goldberry Studios. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf...

A New Twist On an Old Favorite 15.01.2021

This week's proverb comes via political philosopher Edumnd Burke who wrote, "A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views." Join Joshua Gibbs as he explores what this proverb has to say to modern men and women. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bully for You 14.12.2020

This week's proverb comes from Dante: "Fame, without which man's life wastes out of mind leaving on earth no more memorial than foam in water or smoke upon the wind." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say to modern men and women. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We May Be Through with the Past, but the Past Isn't Through With Us 07.12.2020

This week's proverb is anonymous (but very well known): The apple does not fall far from the tree. Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say for modern men and women. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

No Easy Way Out 24.11.2020

This week's proverb is unattributed and it goes like this: "No good deed goes unpunished." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Finish Him 09.11.2020

This week's Proverb comes from Goethe: “Man’s good intentions, resolutions that always succumb to ingrained habit, are like the cleaning, scrubbing and adorning that we practice on Sundays, holidays, and feast days. We always get dirty again, to be sure, but such a partial cleaning process has the advantage of upholding the principle of cleanliness.” Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this...

The Long Farewell 12.10.2020

This week's proverb is from Jonathan Swift: "life is a tragedy wherein we sit as spectators for a while and then act our part in it." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say to modern men and women. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Silence is Golden 30.09.2020

This week's proverb, which is unattributed, is "let sleeping dogs lie." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say to modern men and women. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Heaven Can Wait 23.09.2020

This week's proverb is unattributed: "Youth is wasted on the young." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say to modern men and women. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Made in Italy 15.09.2020

This week's proverb is unattributed: "the clothes make the man." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say to modern men and women. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Best Part of the Trip 08.09.2020

This week's proverb comes from Dante, that great Italian writer, who wrote, "if the will won't will, nothing can force it." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say to modern men and women. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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