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In this episode I try to say a little something about the writer Aldous Huxley and his view on psychedelics!

In this episode on indigenous thought, we try to discuss the importance of storytelling and the cyclical nature of time! 

What is solitude? How is it different from loneliness and alienation? What does Thoreau think about solitude? Let's explore!  

In this episode I try to say something about Marcus Aurelius and what's going on in his book the Meditations .

William Barrett was a professor of philosophy. He wrote a book called Irrational Man , published in 1958, that’s considered to be one of the finest introductions to the philosophy of existentialism ever written! 

In this episode I try to briefly say a few words about the role and nature of ideology and ideological thinking!  

In this episode, I try to talk a little bit about the nature and importance of sex and love according to the philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer and the writer D.H. Lawrence! 

Ayn Rand is a Russian born writer. She’s best known for her two novels, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged . In this episode, we discuss Nietzsche's and Aristotle's influence on her! 

Boethius was a Roman philosopher and political statesman. In this episode, I discuss his great work On the Consolation of Philosophy ! 

The Fall was Camus’ last complete work and it was published in 1956. In this episode, we discuss the themes of insincerity and virtue-signalling. 

Some thoughts about what happened to the actor William Shatner when he went to space aboard a capsule operated by Jeff Bezos’s company Blue Origin.

Peter Abelard and Heloise are one of the most celebrated couples of all time, known for their love affair and for the tragedy that separated them. In this episode, we discuss their love letters! 

What's courage? Are there different kinds of courage? Why is courage important? Let's see what Plato and Paul Tillich think! 

Is happiness just about feeling good? Is that the way we should view it? Or is there more to it than that? Let's find out! 

In this episode I try to talk a bit about the nature of evil. I use Susan Neiman's book Evil in Modern Thought as the context.  

Byung-Chul Han is a south Korean born philosopher and he’s currently professor at the  Berlin University of Arts in Germany. In this episode, we talk a bit about his views on phones, social media and the nature of thinking in our contemporary world! 

For all its focus on the struggles of the human condition and on our spiritual ailments, ultimately existentialism is a deeply affirmative and constructive philosophy! 

Should we lie to children about Santa? What about Santa's exchange of gifts for good behaviour? These are some of the questions I reflect on in this episode! Happy holidays! 

Alexander Nehamas is a professor of philosophy and comparative literature at Princeton University. In this episode, we discuss some of the main themes of his book Only a Promise of Happiness . 

In this first of two episodes, I discuss the big bad A word - Atheism! 

Pensées was written by the 17th century French mathematician and philosopher Blaise Pascal. In this episode, we talk about Pascal's famous quote that "the heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of" and his criticism of living the distracted life! 

Why are mystery novels so popular? Maybe it's because, unlike real life, they promise to explain everything! 

The Iliad is one of the two major Ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer, the other being The Odyssey . In this episode, we discuss the prophecy about Achilles: that either he'll live a long but uneventful life , or he'll live a short but glorious one!

In this episode, I talk about our attitude or approach to future generations and to climate change.