🔒 A Roundtable Discussion On Nihilism Part 1 Athens Corner podcast

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Subscriber-only episode This is the recording of an X/Twitter space where I discuss how addiction and "depression" have always been a defining theme of what we refer to as “philosophy” — the questioning pursuit of the good life — in everything from Homer to Nietzsche and Heidegger. As a consequence, the discussion is about diagnosis and prognosis *without* any reference to "Big Pharma" or facile and/or extremely speculative theories of the so-called "unconscious" mind.…

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🔒 The Philosophical Crisis of the Sciences 1:33:04

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Subscriber-only episode In this recorded X space, I discuss the history and the philosophy of the crisis of the sciences that emerged in the late 18th and continued through the 19th century and into the 20th century. This discussion is meant as a broad introductory survey to where things stand presently with regard to science in its relationship to philosophy which justifies why my entire "Technology and Nihilism" series is relevant for all of us, despite our own various fields of study and particular areas in interest in philosophy.…

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🔒 How to Begin to Study Nietzsche 1:28:41

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Subscriber-only episode One of the most common questions I receiver is where people should begin in the study of Nietzsche. In this recorded X space, I discuss a number of different and helpful ways to begin the study of Nietzsche from his various texts. Along the way, I also discuss a few of the common errors I see in the approaches some people take in their attempts to study Nietzsche.…

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🔒 Aristotle's EN 1.5 2:37:18

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Subscriber-only episode Here I host the discussion of a two month weekly series devoted to the first book of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics. This particular discussion is on chapter five of book one. I especially appreciate chapter five of book one because it's where Aristotle introduces the competition of lives for the happy life. Is it the life of pleasure? Is it the life of politics? Is it the life of contemplation?…

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🔒 Aristotle and Plato’s Unwritten Teaching 2:29:35

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Subscriber-only episode In this recording my good friend Ancient (@AncPhi) discusses Aristotle’s critique of Plato’s unwritten teaching. There are a few audio glitches during the recording but it is still very much worth your time.”

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🔒 Plato's Cave pt 1 Homer, Plato, and Heidegger 1:22:09

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Subscriber-only episode Here is the first in a series of lectures with @alejandrophase2 tracing the imagery of Enlightenment in the Western philosophical tradition. Here I discuss the meaning of the cave of the Cyclops in Homer's Odyssey and Socrates's image of the cave in the Republic. Afterwards, Alejandro provides invaluable insights into the imagery of the Cave in the Republic made by Heidegger…

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🔒 Heidegger and Philology 1:22:09

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Subscriber-only episode Here I'm joined with @AncPhi to briefly discuss the invaluable importance of Heidegger. At issue is the significance of language, translation, and etymology for his thought on time and being; and, more broadly, the revolution in postmodern philosophy that issued from his thought from the perspective of his essay on Anaximander.…

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🔒 Plato's Cave pt 2 Bacon and Vico 1:22:09

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Subscriber-only episode This is the second in a series of lectures with @alejandrophase2 tracing the imagery of Enlightenment in the Western philosophical tradition. I discuss the cave imagery in Bacon's New Organon regarding the Idols. Afterwards, Alejandro provides invaluable insights into Vico's use of the cave imagery with explicit reference to Bacon.…

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🔒 Plato's Cave pt 3: Leo Strauss and Historicism 2:21:05

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Subscriber-only episode Leo Strauss and Historicism": In part three of my ongoing series on the legacy of the imagery of the Cave and Enlightenment, I discuss the thought of Leo Strauss and his imagery of "the pit/cave beneath the Cave" to describe postmodernity. I'm joined by @AlexPriou so that he can share his truly invaluable insight and expertise on the subject.…

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🔒 A Roundtable Discussion on Nihilism Part 1 1:22:09

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Subscriber-only episode Here my friend @AncPhi and I discuss various aspects of the meaning of nihilism, both as it appears practically in our everyday lives and theoretically in Nietzsche and Dostoevsky. We also discuss what it might mean to "overcome" nihilism.

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🔒 Roundtable on Nihilism Part 2 1:40:36

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Subscriber-only episode I'm joined once again by @AncPhi to respond to his always-insightful questions about nihilism, namely, what it is and the possible solutions to it.

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🔒 Overman Psychology and the Youth 1:34:03

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Subscriber-only episode This can be understood as part two of my previous discussion of Nietzsche and the youth. Here I discuss the extremely important analysis of human psychology provided by Nietzsche’s Zarathustra in sections 1.7 and 1.8 of Thus Spoke Zarathustra. Combined, these two sections address the problematic psychology for the self-overcoming required of the would-be overman. Especially important is the relationship of this psychology to the youth and Zarathustra's political revolution. In particular, at issue is how the greatest aspects of the most talented youth can easily become their greatest danger by way of envy.…

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🔒 Nietzsche and the Youth 2:12:04

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