This lecture discusses the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle' work, the Categories, focusing on his distinction in chapter 5 between two sorts of secondary substances - species (eidos) and genus (genos). Species are types of things, i.e. of primary substances or individually existing things. Genuses have a similar relation to species, as species do to in ... Show More
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Jorge Luis Borges - The Shape Of The Sword - Sadler's Lectures
This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century philosophical short story writer, essayist, and poet Jorge Luis Borges's story "The Shape Of The Sword" which can be found in Collected Fictions. Borges listens to a story told by a former Irish revolutionary, marked by a sca ... Show More
11m 57s
Aug 24
Jorge Luis Borges - The Theologians - Sadler's Lectures
This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century philosophical short story writer, essayist, and poet Jorge Luis Borges's story "The Theologians" which can be found in Collected Fictions. It centers on a (perhaps one-way) rivalry between two Christian theologians, Aurelian ... Show More
22m 35s
Oct 2021
ARISTOTE - L'homme est un animal politique
Disciple de Platon, Aristote est connu pour s'être intéressé à tous les domaines de la philosophie : la métaphysique, la physique, la morale, mais aussi la politique... À ce sujet, il est l'auteur de la célèbre phrase : "L'homme est un animal politique". Mais au-delà de la formul ... Show More
29m 44s
Oct 2021
Ep. 279: Aristotle's "Categories" of Being (Part One)
On the Categories (ca. 350 BCE), which purports to describe all the types of entities that exist. We mostly talk about substances, as A's presentation raises interesting questions about, e.g. the status of the species of substance, and the rest of the categories (e.g. quality, qu ... Show More
54m 28s
Mar 2024
Ep. 337: Aristotle on Primary Being (Part Two)
Continuing on Aristotle's Metaphysics, Book 7 (Zeta), on essences and what sorts of things have them. Contrasting with Plato, Aristotle believes that some changing, visible things have forms. How do they get them? Well, they're received from some previous thing that has a compara ... Show More
43m 45s
Sep 2020
135. Maps of Meaning 07: Images of Story & Metastory
In this lecture, Dr. Peterson discusses how the basic or archetypal categories we use to frame the world are represented in image, where they existed long before their nature could be articulated. These categories include the individual (hero/adversary), culture (wise king/tyrant ... Show More
2h 50m