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History of Philosophy Audio Archive#160b - The Meaning of History (2 of 2): Darren Staloff on Arnold Toynbee, R. G. Collingwood, Positivism, Arthur Danto, Fernand Braudel, Poststructuralism, and William McNeill's “Plagues and People”PART 1 (HoPAA #160a):https://open.spotify.com/episode/5taLk6nbSkUZ3kGgRIgoSk?si=7724226c6b1042e1Come join my Patreon!https://www.patreon.com/c/HemlockPatreonLearn more about Professor Darren Staloff's Work (Yes, he's still alive…)https://hamilton.center.ufl.edu/people/darren-staloff/This series was originally titled "The Search for a Meaningful Past" and is available on YouTube.Chapters:(00:00:00) Intro(00:01:12) Arnold Toynbee and World Historical Speculation(00:47:26) R. G. Collingwood “The Idea of History”(01:33:36) Positivist Historiography(02...2025-04-056h 11
History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveConsolatio #3 - Book 2: Fortune's Wheel, the Lesser and Greater Teachers of Virtue, Fate and Goodness, and How Mixed with Bitterness is the Sweetness of Man's LifeA Creative Commons Zero (unrestricted free public domain use) production of Boethius' "Consolation of Philosophy" read by the host, William Engels. This is Book 2, "Fortune's Wheel".Translation is WV Cooper, with host amendments for style and clarity.https://faculty.georgetown.edu/jod/boethius/jkok/2p1_u.htmSupport this work on Patreon:https://patreon.com/HemlockPatreon2025-03-1746 min
History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveHemlock #12 - Gaia Wakes: My Conversation with Topher McDougal on AI, Climate Change, Nuclear Weapons, Planetary Consciousness, David Graeber, Gregory Bateson, Technological Lifeforms, and EvolutionFollow Topher's Work:https://tophermcdougal.com/Buy the book, Gaia Wakes:https://cup.columbia.edu/book/gaia-wakes/9781788218283Follow Topher on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/topherlmcdougalCome join me on Patreon:https://patreon.com/HemlockPatreonClarifications:Prokaryotes emerged 3.5-.3.8 billion years ago (BYA), eukaryotes/endocytosis emerged 2 BYA.Chapters(00:00:00)-Introduction to Gaia Wakes and Its Themes(00:09:06)-The Intellectual Clash of the Cold War(00:16:06)-The Dialectic of Predation and Domestication(00:50:01)-The Emergence...2025-03-112h 47
History of Philosophy Audio Archive#158 - Mircea Eliade and the Cycles of Time: Darren Staloff on Comparative Mythology, Symbolic Archetypes, the History of Religion, Eliade's Religious Scholarship, and the Theophany of Profane EventsSuggestions for the show:williamengels@substack.comPatreon:https://www.patreon.com/HemlockPatreon-//-(00:00:00) - Intro(00:01:55) - Staloff on Eliade-//-Bluesky:https://bsky.app/profile/william-engels.bsky.socialDarren Staloff:https://hamilton.center.ufl.edu/people/darren-staloff/Mircea Eliade:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mircea_Eliade2025-02-2846 min
History of Philosophy Audio Archive#154 - The Philosopher's Stone: Terence McKenna on Hermeticism, Renaissance Magic, the Hidden History of Alchemy, the Catharites, Giordano Bruno, Rosicrucians, and the Rise of the Invisible CollegeOne of my favorite things ever recorded - if you haven't already, prepare for a wild, wild, ride.
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But first the notion that man has a body distinct from his soul is to be expunged; this I shall do by printing in the infernal method by corrosives, which in Hell are salutary and medicinal, melting apparent surfaces away, and displaying the infinite which was hid. If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. For man has closed...2025-02-074h 05
History of Philosophy Audio Archive#151 - The British Romantic Poets: Adam Potkay on How Blake, Byron, Shelley, Keats, Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Burns Worshiped Nature, Sought Transcendence, Defied Authority, and created Modern LoveCome join my Patreon!
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“Worlds on worlds are rolling ever from creation to decay - Like the bubbles on a river: Sparkling, bursting, borne away.”
Percy Shelley, Hellas, 1822
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellas_(poem)
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(00:00:00) - Intro
(00:00:35) - What is Romanticism?
(00:33:33) - Folk Culture, the Ballad Tradition, and Robert Burns
(01:11:53) - Wordsworth and Coleridge: Ballads of Nature and the Supernatural
(01:45:19) - Wordsworth’s Lyrical Ballads 1798 and 1800: Rustic Life and the Questionable Pleasures of Nature
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History of Philosophy Audio Archive#93- Chaotic Emergence & Strange Attractors: Terence McKenna, Rupert Sheldrake, Ralph Abraham (Trialogue 7-10)Come join my Patreon!
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(00:00:00) - Intro
(00:00:52) - Part 7: Form From Chaos
(00:41:36) - Part 8: Creativity & Chaos
(01:26:21) - Part 9: Chaos & Imagination (1/2)
(02:08:08) - Part 10: Chaos & Imagination (2/2)
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History of Philosophy Audio Archive#92- Fractal History and the Imagination: Terence McKenna, Rupert Sheldrake, Ralph Abraham (Trialogue 4-6)Come join my Patreon!
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(00:00:00) - Intro
(00:00:50) - Part 4: Fractal History
(00:54:51 ) - Part 5: Creativity and the Imagination (1/2)
(01:40:24) - Part 6: Creativity and the Imagination (2/2)
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Part 4 - Fractal History at the Edge of the Millennium
The fractal idea of history, and millennia as the plateaus of history. These bifurcation periods as opportunities to influence the creation of the future. What kind of future or change are we trying to create? The need for the enhancement and spread of clarity. Psychic...2024-08-112h 25
History of Philosophy Audio Archive#91- Chaos, Consciousness, and Creativity: Terence McKenna, Rupert Sheldrake, Ralph Abraham (Trialogue 1-3)A DMT priest, an evolutionary biologist, and a chaos mathematician walk into a hot-tub in California...
(00:00:00) - Host Intro
(00:00:43) - Cast of Characters
(00:51:12) - The Evolutionary Mind
(02:00:17) - Superintelligent AI
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Descriptions courtesy Sheldrake.org
https://www.sheldrake.org/audios/the-sheldrake-mckenna-abraham-trialogues
Part 1 - Cast of Characters
An introduction to the first series of public trialogues held at Esalen, California in 1989. Morphic Resonance, the novelty...2024-08-103h 00
History of Philosophy Audio Archive#90 - Robert Anton Wilson: Prometheus RisingCome join my Patreon!
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Old Bob Explains Everything Once Again
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prometheus_Rising2024-08-091h 25
History of Philosophy Audio Archive#89 - Joseph Campbell: Integrating the Myths of East and West(00:00:00) Introduction
(00:01:23) The Thresholds of Mythology
(00:56:06) The Inward Journey
(01:44:15) Confrontation of East and West In Religion
(02:33:56) Imagery of Rebirth in Yoga
(03:27:28) The World Soul
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Recorded in 1969.
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History of Philosophy Audio Archive#88 - New Podcast Launch: HemlockA HoPAA-exclusive preview of my new history podcast "Hemlock" - available now on Patreon.
https://www.patreon.com/hemlockpatreon
Please come on over to my Patreon to get the first two episodes of my War on Terror series. We're exploring mass surveillance, CIA coverups, petroleum corporations in the Middle East, and the rise of punk music following 9/11.
Hope to see you there. Thank you for being a subscriber.2024-08-0232 min
History of Philosophy Audio Archive#87 - Jeremy Rifkin: The Promise of the Third Industrial RevolutionHow can the economy be reorganized to serve human needs and preserve the environment while maintaining growth and technological advancement?
What future technologies promise a better future?
Jeremy Rifkin is a path-breaking and heretical economist with a vision of a future in which the economy is re-conceived from the ground-up to ensure that everyone has what they need in order to flourish.
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Credit for the episode art:
https://www.reddit.com/r/VaporwaveAesthetics/comments/5lf1qz/hokusai_vaporwave/2024-07-301h 39
History of Philosophy Audio Archive#86 - Roy Casagranda: The American Presidency (A User's Guide)It's election season and Professor Roy would like to tell you how unreal the Presidency is and give you some political science pointers while he's at it.2024-07-302h 09
History of Philosophy Audio Archive#85 - Kurt Vonnegut: We Are All Dancing Animals"I am suing the cigarette company - I have been smoking nothing but Pall Malls since I was 11. Right there on the package it says 'this stuff will kill you' - and I'm still alive, god damn it!"
-Kurt Vonnegut, 81 years, old, Case Western Reserve University, 2004.2024-07-2047 min
History of Philosophy Audio Archive#84 - David Bentley Hart: The Experience of God: Being, Consciousness, Bliss (Satchitananda)David Bentley Hart is an American theologian that works at the intersection of faith, philosophy, aesthetics, and Eastern religion. In this talk, he discusses the convergences of thought between (so-called) Eastern and Western mystics and outlines his critique of New Atheism.
Original video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mt9HSQZMQYM
Enjoy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bentley_Hart2024-07-1756 min
History of Philosophy Audio Archive#83 - Richard D. Wolff: Intro to Marxism (Crises and Openings) REUPLOADHow would a Marxist economy function without a state that backs property rights? How could a corporation operate without a board of directors? How could wealth be redistributed in an orderly, rational, and humane way?
These questions and more answered in Professor Richard Wolff's seminar on the fundamentals of practical Marxist economics.
Enjoy.
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Original video:
https://youtu.be/T9Whccunka4?si=BJSo2f64p5TTPDUv2024-07-141h 33
History of Philosophy Audio Archive#82 - Wassily Kandinsky: Concerning the Spiritual in Art (Full Audiobook)The Russian painter and synesthete Wassily Kandinsky developed a vision of art as a spiritual pursuit and elaborated that vision in his book "Concerning the Spiritual in Art".
Digitized on Librivox, edited by yours truly.
Enjoy.
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https://librivox.org/concerning-the-spiritual-in-art-by-wassily-kandinsky/2024-07-122h 01
History of Philosophy Audio Archive#81 - The Question of (Everyone's) GuiltDo you ever feel guilty? You probably should.
Especially if you're an American.2024-07-1242 min
History of Philosophy Audio Archive#80 - John Dupré: Process Philosophy, Philosophy of Biology, and EvolutionJohn Dupré is a leading philosopher of biology working at the intersection between the humanities, social sciences, and biological sciences.
The term "process philosophy" is drawn from Alfred North Whitehead who advanced a metaphysics of panpsychism in his text Process and Reality driven by what he called the "experience" embedded in all wave-like entities. In this Gifford Lecture series Dupré presents his approach to evolution, determinism, materialism, and the dynamics of process philosophy and indeterminacy in six parts.
(00:00:00) Why All Life Is Process
(00:50:33) Evolution
(01:43:36) Humans And Their Fellow Travelers
(02:34:30) Pe...2024-07-085h 05
History of Philosophy Audio Archive#79 - US Foreign Policy in the Middle East: Roy Casagranda on Petroleum, Arab Nationalism, and the War on TerrorWhat happens when an unstoppable force (Arab Nationalism) meets an immovable object (US Economic Dependency on Saudi Oil)?
Will we achieve independence from foreign oil as Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump have all unfailingly promised in the past?
Tune in to Dr. Roy's lecture this holiday season and find out!
Happy "Independence" Day, dear listeners, enjoy my cartoonish and amateurish album art: what it lacks in style it more than makes up for in substance.
Peace.
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History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveA Jazz-Soaked Philosophy [Complete] - Cornel WestThis year (2024) Dr. Cornel West was invited to give the annual Gifford Lecture Series at the University of Edinburgh. He shook things up - rather than outlining a theory or justifying a method for doing philosophy, he traced a new approach rooted in the language of jazz, blues, and the black freedom struggle in America.
(00:00:00) Philosophic Prelude
(00:49:55) Metaphilosophic Andante
(01:43:07) Folly Presto
(02:33:36) History Adagio
(03:26:47) American Allegro Molto Vivace
(04:25:41) A Love Supreme (A Way Through)
I've published these lectures before on this podcast, but have now remastered...2024-07-045h 54
History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveSelf Under Siege [Complete] - Rick RoderickIn 1993 Rick Roderick. professor of philosophy at Duke University and elsewhere delivered a capstone eight-part series reviewing philosophers who posed the deepest and most contemporary challenges to our conventional (Western) concept of "the self". They were:
Marx, Nietzsche, and Freud ("The Masters of Suspicion"), Martin Heidegger, Jean Paul Sartre, Herbert Marcuse, Jürgen Habermas, Michel Foucault, Jacques Derrida, and Jean Baudrillard.
(00:00:00) The Masters of Suspicion (Marx, Nietzsche, Freud)
(00:48:46) Heidegger and the Rejection of Humanism
(01:34:01) Sartre and the Roads to Freedom
(02:14:13) Marcuse and One-Dimensional Man
(02:59:48) Habermas and the F...2024-06-296h 06
History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveThe Power of Myth - Joseph Campbell and Bill MoyersIn 1988 veteran journalist Bill Moyers sat down for a series of six interviews with leading scholar of comparative religion and mythology Joseph Campbell.
In their wide ranging discussion, televised to millions, they discuss the origins of human storytelling, the unitary character of religious motifs, and how mythology from around the world can serve as a blueprint for personal spiritual growth and bliss.
For this format, I have taken all six and condensed them down into a single podcast, edited for clarity and accessibility and have included chapter titles and timestamps below:
(00:00:00) The Hero's...2024-06-275h 35
History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveNeoliberalism's Stealth Revolution - Wendy BrownIn this 2015 talk, philosopher Wendy Brown, author of "Neoliberalism's Stealth Revolution" and "Regulating Aversion" gives a fascinating overview and analysis of the phenomenon of cultural decay under neoliberalism and offers a fascinating perspective on the early days of the US-Iraq War, especially the "leadership" of a certain Ian Bremmer, who as head of the Coalition Provisional Authority managed to destroy both the Iraqi state bureaucracy AND the standing Iraqi military, leading to the creation of, you guessed it, the 2004 Iraq Insurgency and of course Al-Qaeda in Iraq, later to become a little something called ISIS.
Original video...2024-06-2750 min
History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveJustice for Animals - Martha NussbaumDo animals deserve rights in the same way that human beings do? How can those rights be determined, and do they differ from animal to animal based on complexity?
In this presentation at the University of Chicago in 2021, Professor Nussbaum walks us through different intellectual and political approaches to animal rights, and some of the controversies that exist in this poorly explored and under-realized area of applied ethics.
Original video here:
https://youtu.be/DM8LHc2TkoI?si=6KpdqmorEaLzAsPT
Episode art is the cover for Professor Nussbaum's book "Justice for Animals"...2024-06-271h 05
History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveHerbert Marcuse Double EpisodeHerbert Marcuse was one of the leading intellectuals of the 1960s, and did more than perhaps any other philosopher to shape the intellectual foundations of the counterculture.
In this episode, I include first an interview between Bryan Magee and the man himself, and then afterwards and always punchy analysis by the fantastic Rick Roderick.
The original videos can be found here:
Rick Roderick on Marcuse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNAKr1TQ0xc
Bryan Magee Interviews Herbert Marcuse (1977)
https://youtu.be/U23Ho0m_Sv0?si...2024-06-261h 26
History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveExistentialism in Literature: Kafka, Dostoevsky, HessePresentation by Robert C. Solomon
Existentialism began not in philosophy but primarily in literature - Dostoevsky's Notes from the Underground and Kafka's Metamorphosis along with Hesse's Steppenwolf were the clearest and earliest expositions of existentialist themes and ideas. In this presentation, Solomon walks us through Dostoevsky's The Idiot, selections from Kafka, and finally to Hermann Hesse's "Magic Theater" in Steppenwolf.
Enjoy.2024-06-2530 min
History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveThe Crucifixion of Julian Assange - A Sermon by Chris HedgesJulian Assange is one of the few heroes to have lived and worked in my lifetime. It is clear that he will never receive a fair trial, never exercise his right to face his accusers, or be treated humanely during the series of ordeals that have comprised his exile, capture, and torture under conditions of solitary confinement.
We must demand amnesty for Julian Assange - without journalists like him, we will be wrapped in darkness and lies.
Original video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HX7A2aCrBU
Original article:
2024-06-2535 min
History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveWhat is the Soterioactive?I've committed a grave sin - coining a new term - and that terms is soterioactive. The soterioactive is all forms of human activity that serve primarily and expediently to liberate, deliver, or emancipate human beings from a condition of ignorance, vice, or hate. In this talk, I lay out what that looks like in the realms of public discourse, art/aesthetics, and in history.
Enjoy.2024-06-2537 min
History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveThe Arab Spring and its Long Shadow - Roy CasagrandaThe Arab Spring was not just an Arab revolution - it was a wave of revolutionary activity that touched Brazil, Myanmar, the United States (Occupy) and Southeast Asia.
It began in Tunisia, when a vegetable vendor who had been insulted and abused by police seeking bribes decided he had had enough and made the decision to self-immolate.
In this lecture, Professor Roy provides both historical background and personal eyewitness testimony to the nature of the Arab Spring.
The original video can be found here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iL0...2024-06-231h 51
History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveAmerican Anomie - Chris Hedges"Anomie" is a term from the foundational French sociologist Emile Durkheim. It refers to the rage and chaos created in individuals and the networks they interact with when social disconnection and personal alienation reach dangerous levels. In this talk, Hedges turns his lens towards our cultural patterns of alienation, loneliness, resentment, frustration, and despair. He attempts to place the cause of mass shootings, ethnonationalist violence, and crimes of despair and self-harm within a sociological context responsive to our times.
The original video is here:
https://youtu.be/HV0cS1TGve4?si=VM8IEWYI3LdTfV-L
2024-06-2350 min
History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveThe Origins of the Syrian Crisis - Roy CasagrandaIn this talk Professor Roy breaks down:
Where ISIS really comes from
How the Syrian Civil War began
Which countries benefited and which suffered following the Arab Spring revolution
How the US supported Islamic extremists in Afghanistan, Kurdistan, and Syria
The origins of al-Qaeda and the relationship between Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden.
I found this presentation extremely effective and politically relevant, and I hope you did as well.
As always, please go over to YouTube and give the man some love.
YouTube Channel:
https://www.youtube...2024-06-221h 53
History of Philosophy Audio ArchivePhilosophy at the Graveyard ShiftHey everybody - this is a personal episode, I saw that there are a few people listening now and I wanted to say a few things about what I have learned studying philosophy and talk about a few of the major pitfalls and pathmarks that you can reasonably expect as you get deeper into the study of philosophy. I also tell a few jokes.
If you feel like reaching out, you can hit me up here:
williamengels@substack.com
Enjoy2024-06-2239 min
History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveThe James Baldwin v. William F. Buckley DebateIn 1965, James Baldwin debated William F. Buckley on the following topic: "Has the American Dream been Achieved at the Expense of the American Negro?"
Baldwin argued first in the Affirmative, followed by Buckley.
I wanted to post this debate, not because I regard the terms of the debate as legitimate (I do not, and in case it isn't obvious, I think Baldwin is completely in the right) but because of the fact that despite its historicity, this debate is almost mythological in status in the sense that it is still, somehow, continuing in America.
2024-06-1941 min
History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveThe Crusades [Complete] - Roy CasagrandaHappy Father's Day everyone, for your listening enjoyment I hereby present Roy Casagranda's Crusades series, Episodes 1-4, remastered (as best I can) for audio clarity and quality.
Below are the timestamps for the different sections - if you've already heard the previous three then feel free to skip to the recently released Episode 4.
Episode 2 - 1.30.45 (35 Years of Chaos)
Episode 3 - 2.49.37 (Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub)
Episode 4 - 4.43.36 (Salah ad-Din Part II)
As always, please make your way over to Roy's YouTube page and give him a subscribe.
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History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveMichael Davis - The Philosophy of Tragedy: Euminedes [Complete]ATHENA:
Nothing that strikes a note of brutal conquest. Only peace-
blessings, rising up from the earth and the heaving sea,
and down the vaulting sky let the wind-gods breathe
a wash of sunlight streaming through the land,
and the yield of soil and grazing cattle flood
our city's life with power and never flag
with time. Make the seed of men live on,
the more they worship you the more they thrive.
I love them as a gardener loves his...2024-06-165h 19
History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveIn Living Memory: Noam Chomskyhttps://apnews.com/article/noam-chomsky-hospitalized-stroke-recovery-brazil-4fb6782abf6a7b6d0bbb30cefa05cede
I learned yesterday that Noam Chomsky has had a massive stroke, one which has paralyzed the right side of his body and impaired his speech, from which he is now recovering.
Coverage of this medical episode should be minimal, in order to give an opportunity for the family to traverse the recovery process in peace, as these scientific collaborators and friends of Chomsky describe here:
https://youtu.be/KWKQIqzotLQ
I hope that he recovers, but...2024-06-1315 min
History of Philosophy Audio Archive500 Subscriber Special - Existentialism is a Humanism, Read by the Host500 subscribers is a surprise and a delight. I started this thing just for myself and a small group of interested friends, and I'm really happy to see that 500 other fellow travelers are finding something to enjoy in all of this.
As a thank-you, I performed a reading, in my own voice and in English translation, of Jean-Paul Sartre's 1945 work Existentialism is a Humanism.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existentialism_Is_a_Humanism
This is probably the single best philosophical introduction to Existentialism on the market - the best literary introduction is likely Dostoevsky's...2024-06-091h 15
History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveMichael Davis - The Philosophy of Tragedy (4): Libation BearersSynopsis: Orestes, the son of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon is in a real pickle. His mother has conspired with her new boy-toy/husband Aegisthus to murder Agamemnon, who is now dead and whose grave Orestes and his sister Elektra are on their way to visit. In the slack years since the murder both Orestes and Elektra have grown up and come of age.
The problem for Orestes/Elektra (and Hamlet, incidentally) is will they:
A) do nothing and take no vengeance for my father, which would upset Zeus and Apollo especially, orrrrr
B) do...2024-06-041h 04
History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveMichael Davis - The Philosophy of Tragedy (3): ClytemnestraHe had no way to flee or right his destiny-
our never-ending, all embracing net, I cast it
wide for the royal haul, I coil him round and round
in the wealth, the robes of doom, and then I strike him
once, twice, and at each stroke he cries in agony-
he buckles at the knees and crashes here!
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So he goes down, and the life is bursting out of him
great sprays of blood, and the murderous shower
wounds me...2024-06-031h 12
History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveMichael Davis - The Philosophy of Tragedy (2): AgamemnonIn this episode, Michael Davis discusses the first work in Aeschylus' trilogy, the Agamemnon. Short story short: Agamemnon wants to go do the Trojan War because his brother Menelaus got cucked by Paris, who ran off with his wife Helen back to Troy. Unfortunately the God Poseidon is on the side of the Trojans and so when Agamemnon is getting ready to launch his fleet the sea becomes stormy and impassable.
To counteract this, Agamemnon decides that he will sacrifice his daughter, Iphigenia, to the gods so that the storm will be quelled, so he has her...2024-06-031h 10
History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveMichael Davis - The Philosophy of Tragedy (1): Why We Love TragedyLectures by Michael Davis, Professor of Philosophy, delivered in the fall semester of 2018 at Sarah Lawrence College.
Davis works primarily in Greek philosophy, in moral and political philosophy, and in what might be called the “poetics” of philosophy. He is the translator, with Seth Benardete, of Aristotle's On Poetics and has written on a variety of philosophers from Plato to Heidegger and of literary figures from Homer and the Greek tragedians to Saul Bellow and Tom Stoppard.
More information about Davis is available at michaelpeterdavis.com.
More philosophical content can be found at www...2024-06-021h 16
History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveMichael Sugrue - Plato's Republic: The Complete Guide [Reupload]I've taken a few of Professor Sugrue's lectures and stitched them together to make a complete, one-stop shopping guide to Plato's Republic that is pleasant to listen to, interesting, and intellectually rich.
Reuploaded to include Books VI-X.
Professor Sugrue passed away in the last year; part of my effort here is a memorial.
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Original video link:
https://youtu.be/8rf3uqDj00A
Original writing:
williamengels.substack.com
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History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveChris Hedges - American SadismAdvisory: This episode is INTENSE and it is not suitable for children. Discusses violence against women and children as well as warfare and torture.
Chris Hedges is one of my living heroes; to the extent that anyone can tell the truth in this blizzard of lies we are all trying to survive, it's him.
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Original video here:
https://youtu.be/OGCFVc-5yTM?si=HhqMk3G2tLHg_yqN
Thanks to MediaSanctuary for hosting these talks, it makes a huge difference.
https://www.youtube.com/@mediasanctuary
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History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveJudith Herman - Psychological Trauma, Childhood Influences, and RecoveryJudith Herman wrote an incredible book called "Trauma and Recovery" which I would wholeheartedly recommend to everyone.
Advisory: Discusses incest, sexual assault, and PTSD.
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The original video can be found here:
https://youtu.be/USTKmffoQms?si=mikorNz7weMjdNpu
My thanks to University of California television for providing and maintaining this recording which was first recorded in March 2002.
As always these talks are syndicated for educational and nonprofit purposes in accordance with Fair Use. They are produced ad-free, because I listen to my own stuff on here...2024-06-0153 min
History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveJonathan Lear - Virtue Ethics, Alasdair MacIntyre, and PsychotherapyIn this talk, Jonathan Lear reviews one of my favorite philosophers, the British virtue ethicist and founder of the Neoareatic movement Alasdair MacIntyre, whose 2016 book Ethics In the Conflicts of Modernity has been hugely influential in my own thinking about how we relate, socially and individually, to the questions about justice, beauty, goodness, and truth that run through our lives.
Professor Lear is a practicing clinical psychoanalyst, moral philosopher, and First Nations scholar and advocate whose work on the Crow Nation, "Radical Hope" I strongly recommend.
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History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveMartha Nussbaum - Upheavals of Thought: Neo-Stoicism and Emotional CognitionOn March 22, 2005, Martha Nussbaum visited the John Adams Institute to talk about Upheavals of Thought - The Intelligence of Emotions.
For everybody who thinks that philosophy is a stuffy dull science, practiced by unworldly absent-minded professors: Martha Nussbaum isn’t an abstract scientist who occupies herself with the universe and metaphysics. She is in touch with daily life.
The underlying assumption of her ideas is based on human emotions. According to Nussbaum emotions are no irritating uncontrollable upheavals, which we have to master at all cost, but sensible reactions to everything that really matters to us...2024-05-3137 min
History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveDeborah Nelson - Ethics Without Empathy: Arbus, Arendt, Didion, McCarthy, Sontag, WeilThis talk describes the ethics and aesthetics of unsentimentality as practiced by some of the late twentieth-century’s most notable women artists and intellectuals. We will consider what it would mean to have an ethics without empathy even in the face of extreme suffering.
Deborah Nelson's Franke Forum talk is titled “An Unsentimental Education: Arbus, Arendt, Didion, McCarthy, Sontag, Weil." Deborah Nelson is Chair and Professor in the Department of English Language & Literature and the College. Her book: Tough Enough: Arbus, Arendt, Didion, McCarthy, Sontag, and Weil won
the Modern Language Association’s James Russell Lowell Prize for Be...2024-05-3130 min
History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveChris Hedges - Fascism in the Age of TrumpChris Hedges explores the cultural, economic, and political forms of fascism that are dredged up by the political phenomenon of Donald Trump's presidency.
Advisory: This presentation is graphic, and contains many detailed descriptions of violence.
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The original video can be found here, my thanks to Media Sanctuary for providing and maintaining this recording which was first recorded in November of 2017.
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History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveJohn Searle - Consciousness as a Problem in Philosophy and Neurobiology [Reupload]In this 2014 lecture, famed philosopher of mind John Searle, originator of the "Chinese Room" critique of machine intelligence discusses competing theories that attempt to explain the emergence from/relation of consciousness and matter.
Searle focuses especially on refuting ideas put forward by Nick Bostrom and other AI theorists which suggest that AI can have a consciousness of its own, and that furthermore we should be worried about Terminator scenarios where machines come to life - Searle thinks this is nonsense, at least in the sense that we don't have to worry about machines being "motivated" to do...2024-05-3049 min
History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveMichael Parenti - The Nature of Empire [Reupload]Ladies and Gentlemen, comrades and compadres, narcs and Feds I proudly present: the only Michael Parenti lecture in existence with good quality audio.
The gentlemen requires no introduction, but the book on imperialism in the Roman Republic he mentioned in the "E. Badian" quote is none other than Roman Imperialism in the Late Republic, which was less than simple to find.
Repuloaded to fix some minor audio bugs/content.
The original video can be found here, my thanks to AfroMarxist on YouTube for making this presentation available.
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History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveNoam Chomksy - Thought Control In A Democratic Society“Case by case, we find that conformity is the easy way, and the path to privilege and prestige; dissidence carries personal costs that may be severe, even in a society that lacks such means of control as death squads, psychiatric prisons, or extermination camps. The very structure of the media is designed to induce conformity to established doctrine. In a three-minute stretch between commercials, or in seven hundred words, it is impossible to present unfamiliar thoughts or surprising conclusions with the argument and evidence required to afford them some credibility. Regurgitation of welcome pieties faces no such problem.”
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History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveMasha Gessen - Putin and the Political Uses of Homophobia“Some studies actually showed that that Russian drinkers lived longer than non-drinkers. [Michelle Parsons] suggested an explanation for the apparent vodka paradox: for what it is worth, alcohol may help people adapt to realities that otherwise make them want to curl up and die. Parsons, who called her book "Dying Unneeded", argued that Russians were dying early because they had nothing and no one to live for.”
-Masha Gessen, The Future is History
Masha Gessen is a staff writer for the New Yorker and a scholar of Russian domestic politics, especially in regard to Vladimir Puti...2024-05-2638 min
History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveRichard Wolff - Marxism v. Capitalism: The Game Is Rigged“The impoverished families of the long-term unemployed strained to the point of dysfunction, communities deprived of viable economies, interrupted educations, lost skills: these and many more results of capitalism’s crisis will put difficult demands on governments for years."
-Richard Wolff, Democracy at Work
Richard Wolff is an economist and political theorist associated with the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and the New Left. In this discussion, Wolff provides an unauthorized history of capitalism, discusses how corporate damages to society (or 'externalities' in the vernacular of the economics profession) are transferred to the population, how capi...2024-05-261h 21
History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveRoger Scruton - The Line Between "Left" and "Right"“There’s a real question as to what beauty is and why it’s important to us. Many pseudo-philosophers try to answer these questions and tell us they’re not really answerable. I draw on art and literature, and music in particular, because music is a wonderful example of something that’s in this world but not of this world. Great works of music speak to us from another realm even though they speak to us in ordinary physical sounds.”
-Roger Scruton, The Soul of the World
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History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveVine Deloria Jr - The World We Used to Live InA Dakota Sioux, Vine Deloria, Jr. is one of the most outspoken figures in Native American affairs. His works promote Native American cultural nationalism and a greater understanding of Native American history and philosophy. In his work, Deloria fights prejudice against American Indians while addressing current issues, such as political and treaty rights. He is also concerned with the struggle between a religious view of life and the secularization that science and industry promote. He warns that people need to re-evaluate their stance to planet earth or humans may be one of the few species that has permanently ruined...2024-05-2540 min
History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveMichelle Alexander - The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness“When we think of racism we think of Governor Wallace of Alabama blocking the schoolhouse door; we think of water hoses, lynchings, racial epithets, and "whites only" signs. These images make it easy to forget that many wonderful, goodhearted white people who were generous to others, respectful of their neighbors, and even kind to their black maids, gardeners, or shoe shiners--and wished them well--nevertheless went to the polls and voted for racial segregation... Our understanding of racism is therefore shaped by the most extreme expressions of individual bigotry, not by the way in which it functions naturally, almost invisibly (an...2024-05-251h 09
History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveNaomi Klein - Let Them Drown: The Violence of Othering in a Warming WorldOn May 4th, 2016 journalist and political activist Naomi Klein delivered the Edward Said Lecture at the London Review of Books.
She addressed the hierarchies implicit in who survives and who dies in a warming world, the role that transnational capitalism has played in subverting democracy, and the potential vectors for resistance that are available for averting an ecocidal collapse. Her aim in this talk is to describe "the role that systems that rank the value of human beings...have played in deepening that crisis."
The original video can be found here, my gratitude to the...2024-05-251h 26
History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveRobert Oppenheimer - Eulogy for Niels Bohr [Reupload]"Bohr was the recipient of the Atoms for Peace Prize. None of us knew what the prize was for, but everyone knew that this was the right man to give it to."
- J. Robert Oppenheimer, May 14th, 1964.
In this talk, the father of the atom bomb explores the perils of the nuclear arms race, the weaponization of science, the tragedy of confrontational Cold War politics, and the loss of his friend and inspiration, Niels Bohr, who died just two years before.
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History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveCornel West - A Love Supreme (Part 6 of 6)In his final Gifford Lecture, Professor Cornel R. West’s jazz-soaked philosophy looks unflinchingly at our own catastrophic times, and says that ‘perhaps’ we can find a way out. How do we go on loving, living, fighting, laughing, crying, swinging and singing? One answer, he proposes, lies in his tradition: the rich tradition of Black love in freedom and Black freedom in love. In literature, the two giants of this tradition are W. E. B. Du Bois and Toni Morrison. And in music, the Black tradition was honed in nearly three centuries of slavery and nearly another century of neo-sl...2024-05-241h 25
History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveCornel West - American Allegro Molto Vivace (Part 5 of 6)In this lecture, Prof. West argues that the two great philosophically-inclined artists in early twentieth-century America were T.S. Eliot and Eugene O’Neill. Eugene O’Neill’s 49 plays constitute the greatest literary exploration of the cultural and spiritual dynamics of the American empire. Eliot’s work, especially his poems and criticism from 1917-1942, explored the end of the age of Europe with its wars, loveless creatures, hollow men, mindless barbarity, and devastated wastelands. As Prof. West discusses in response to O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh and Eliot’s Four Quartets, both writers understood the profound human tragedy of their times...2024-05-221h 17
History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveCornel West - History Adagio (Part 4 of 6)In this lecture, Prof. West argues that the greatest breakthrough in modern philosophy is found in the works of the Italian Giambattista Vico (1668-1744), whose perceptions wedded wisdom, eloquence, prudence, and providence. His 1725 work, The New Science, was the first great philosophic European response to the New World. In it, Vico saw Europe as locked into a dominant ‘barbarism of reflection’, yielding a rapacious individualism, and reducing philosophy to a paralyzing scepticism.
As Prof. West discusses in this talk, Vico responded to this scepticism with his conception of ‘ingenium’, a kind of ingenuity or improvisation that accentuates our crea...2024-05-211h 27
History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveCornel West - Folly Presto (Part 3 of 6)This third lecture presents Prof. West’s consideration of early modern philosophy, focusing on Erasmus’s The Praise of Folly (1511), as a response to an era that saw devastating religious warfare, plagues, and famines, and the onset of European imperial conquests. The great public intellectual, Erasmus of Rotterdam, directed his classic work to the sheer absurdity, indeterminacy and frailty of human societies. Also discussed is Montaigne, whose self-explorations, including his essays “Of Cannibals” (1580) and “Of Coaches” (1588), were among the first philosophic reflections on the barbaric European colonization of the New World. As Prof. West argues, Erasmus and Montaigne were both path-bl...2024-05-211h 17
History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveCornel West - Metaphilosophic Andante (Part 2 of 6)Dr. Cornel West, a leading philosopher and activist was invited to give the Gifford Lectures at the University of Edinburgh this year (2024). His series, entitled "A Jazz-soaked Philosophy for our Catastrophic Times: From Socrates to Coltrane" is an attempt to explore issues at the intersection of art, race, politics, and philosophy.
Dr. West continues his discussion from the first lecture, this time touching on the necessity/strictures of 'metaphilosophy' - the framework that defines the boundaries and reasons of all the inquiries that occur within it.
The original video can be found here.
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History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveCornel West - Philosophical Prelude (Part 1 of 6)Dr. Cornel West, a leading philosopher and activist was invited to give the Gifford Lectures at the University of Edinburgh this year (2024). His series, entitled "A Jazz-soaked Philosophy for our Catastrophic Times: From Socrates to Coltrane" is an attempt to explore issues at the intersection of art, race, politics, and philosophy.
This is Lecture One of Six, titled a "Philosophical Prelude".
The original video link can be found here.
The YT page for the University of Edinburgh is here.
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History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveYanis Varoufakis - TechnofeudalismEconomist and political scientist Yanis Varoufakis breaks down his concept of 'technofeudalism' or the successor paradigm to neoliberalism. This address, at the National Press Club of Australia, aired March 13th 2024. Varoufakis' recent book, Technofeudalism, describes these developments in greater detail.
The original video is found here.
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History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveChris Hedges - The Politics of Cultural DespairVeteran war correspondent and journalist Chris Hedges describes the cultural patterns of the COVID era, and elucidates the work of Fritz Stern, a German cultural critic who witnessed the rise of Nazi ideology. Stern's book, The Politics of Cultural Despair, is the foundation of the talk, and Hedge's book America: The Farewell Tour which I have read and recommend, expands on everything in the talk.
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History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveRoy Casagranda - The Interwar Years (WW2: Part II)Roy is back with his (technically) a sequel to the WW1 lecture. Audio is noisy until 05:00 mark but is clean afterwards.
This lecture concerns the "interwar" years and details the rise of the Nazis, the downfall of the Weimar Republic, and the growth of cultural and intellectual patterns that would culminate in Hitler's proclamation of "the Master Race" and the "Thousand Year Reich".
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The original video complete with wild gesticulations &c is found here.
As...2024-05-201h 27
History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveNoam Chomsky - Education for Whom, and for What?Renowned activist and scholar Noam Chomsky summarizes his lifetime of experience in education, and provides overviews of the divergent mentalities that apply to the goals, curricula, and structure of a real education.
The original video on YouTube is found here.
I have omitted some noisy and unnecessary parts of the video, including the intro and Q&A so that Chomsky comes through on his own. I have also remastered the audio somewhat, and have added a new intro/outro, which I hope you will all enjoy.
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History of Philosophy Audio Archive#30: How Islam Saved Western Civilization: Roy CasagrandaCome join my Patreon!
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Professor Roy patiently and passionately explains the centrality of the Arab world to the Renaissance, and describes contributions made by Arabs in medicine, mathematics, law, astronomy, philosophy, and history.
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History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveAristotle's Philosophical Innovations - M. Nussabum and B. MageeAn interview between the philosopher Martha Nussbaum, who specialize(d) in Ancient Greek philosophy and tragedy and Bryan Magee. Aired originally in 1987. Discusses in particular Aristotelian metaphysics and epistemology, describes the intellectual quarrel between Plato and Aristotle, and describes Aristotle's epistemic method as presented in the Posterior Analytics.
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History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveIain McGilchrist - A Revolution in ThoughtIain McGilchrist is a psychiatrist and philosopher.
He has written two recent books, The Master and His Emissary, and The Matter with Things (2 Volumes) on the mechanism and consequences of the divided brain theory.
This talk, an address given at the Darwin Medical College of Cambridge University, is an overview of right hemisphere versus left hemisphere cognition, and attempts to explain how the linear, logical, abstracting, intolerant, rigid, grasping tendencies embodied in left-hemispheric cognition have won out over the holistic, fluid, explorative, and uncertainty-tolerant right-hemisphere, propelling much of our social and political chaos in the...2024-05-1057 min
History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveSugrue - Dostoevsky (Crime and Punishment)Dr. Sugrue explores themes in Dostoevsky, makes the comparison between Nietzsche's self-legislating Übermensch and the Raskolnikov character in "Crime and Punishment."
Link to YouTube Video:
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History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveRoy Casagranda - The Warsaw Ghetto UprisingDiscussion of the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
Content Warnings: violence, racism, and all the other things that go along with the Holocaust. Viewer discretion is advised.
Artwork: White Crucifixion (1938) by Marc Chagall
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/59426/white-crucifixion
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History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveRoy Casagranda - Crusades Part 3Crusades 3 of 3, and discussion of Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub (AKA "Saladin").
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History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveRoy Casagranda - Crusades Part 2Crusades 2 of 3.
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History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveRoy Casagranda - Crusades Part 1Crusades 1 of 3
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History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveEpicurus and Epicureans - Gregory SadlerProfessor G. Sadler breaks down the world of Epicureans and situates Epicureanism in its historical context while reviewing the major doctrines of the school.
Please support Professor Sadler's Patreon and his Youtube page if you enjoy his work.
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History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveSchopenhauer "The World as Will and Idea" - M. SugrueProfessor Sugrue's introductory lecture on why Schopenhauer was so grumpy and what exactly MS means when he says that Schoppy described 'the metaphysics from hell.'
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2024-04-0944 minHistory of Philosophy Audio ArchiveRick Roderick - Habermas and the Fragile Dignity of HumanityAnother Roderick lecture from his series on 20th century philosophy "Self Under Siege"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itGtf3ZSkyQ
Syndicated for educational purposes according to fair use.2024-03-1947 minHistory of Philosophy Audio ArchiveRick Roderick - Hegel and Modern LifeDiscourse on freedom in Hegel's "Phenomenology of Spirit"
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MsNyR-epBM
Syndicated for educational purposes in accordance with fair use.2024-03-1940 minHistory of Philosophy Audio ArchiveSugrue on the Origin of ScienceOne of the final lectures given by the philosopher Michael Sugrue. The original video can be found here.
https://youtu.be/GI3ZcEbvTO0
Syndicated for educational purposes according to fair use.2024-03-1959 minHistory of Philosophy Audio ArchiveRoy Casagranda - MasculinityLecture at the Austin School on the history and evolutionary dynamics of Masculinity.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnOO4F1ycDE
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History of Philosophy Audio Archive#16 - World War One (WWI): Roy CasagrandaCome join my Patreon!
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Austin School professor Roy Casagranda lectures on the origins and combat of World War 1. Professor Casagranda brings an idiosyncratic and unvarnished perspective on the Great War, which ended not with a peace, as everyone had hoped, but what French general Ferdinand Foch prophetically called in 1919 a 'Twenty Year Armistice'.
It would turn out that Foch was wrong, but only by only a few months...
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History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveHubert Dreyfus on Heidegger's Being and Time (3)Third lecture2024-02-271h 15
History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveHubert Dreyfus on Heidegger's Being and Time (2)Same source as previous2024-02-271h 14
History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveHubert Dreyfus on Heidegger's Being and Time (1)Preserved on Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/Philosophy_185_Fall_2007_UC_Berkeley/
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History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveRobert C. Solomon on Heideggerian AuthenticityShort lecture on the central concept of authenticity in existentialism in general, Heidegger in particular.2024-01-1030 minHistory of Philosophy Audio ArchiveDavid Christian Introduction to Big HistoryCosmic and evolutionary history introduced.2024-01-1029 minHistory of Philosophy Audio ArchiveGrant Hardy Introduction to Asian ThoughtBrief overview of the field of Asian philosophy2024-01-1018 minHistory of Philosophy Audio ArchiveJeffrey L. Kasser on Interpreting Einstein's TheoriesRelativity from a philosophical perspective.2024-01-1032 minHistory of Philosophy Audio ArchiveMichael Sugrue on Greek TragedyOverview of themes in Greek Tragedy2024-01-1043 min
History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveGrant Hardy on ConfuciusSingle lecture overview of China's first and most influential philosopher.2024-01-0931 min
History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveMichael Sugrue on Plato's PhaedrusPlato's hymn to Love expounded by one of the philosopher's greatest living interpreters, Dr. Michael Sugrue.2024-01-0944 min
History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveHubert Dreyfus on Soren Kierkegaard (4 of 4)Last episode.2023-12-2334 min
History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveHubert Dreyfus on Soren Kierkegaard (3 of 4)3/42023-12-2341 min
History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveHubert Dreyfus on Soren Kierkegaard (2 of 4)Part two of four.2023-12-2339 min
History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveHubert Dreyfus on Soren Kierkegaard (1 of 4)Renowned Berkeley philosopher breaks down Kierkegaard in his 2010 iTunes U class on Existentialism in Literature and Film.
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History of Philosophy Audio ArchiveMcKenna's Introduction to Hermetic AlchemyIn May 1991 ethnobotanist and psychedelic researcher Terence McKenna recorded a two-day workshop at the Esalen Institute focused on the origins of European alchemy and its connections to religious and mystical practice.
Over the course of four hours, McKenna describes how alchemy originated in the Arab Empire before spreading to Western Europe, and explores the meaning of mythical objects such as the Philosopher Stone through the lens of esotericism and psychology.
McKenna draws on sources from Neoplatonism, Hermeticism, Western Esotericism, and the Renaissance culture of Greek philosophy in order to tell a compelling history of ideas...2023-11-294h 24