This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient Middle Platonist philosopher and biographer Plutarch's essay How To Tell A Flatterer From A Friend
This episode focuses specifically on the vulnerabilities to flatterers and flattery that we have within our own selves and characters. These stem from our own excessive self-love (philautia) which makes us liab ... Show More
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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
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Jorge Luis Borges - The Writing Of The God - 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 Writing Of The God" which can be found in Collected Fictions. It centers on a priest Tzinacán, previously serving at the pyramid of Qaholom, ... Show More
16m 6s
Nov 2022
JACQUES ELLUL - Être sincère avec soi-même
Être sincère avec soi-même serait une vertu, un comportement qui traduirait une capacité à l'honnêteté et à la clairvoyance.
Or, Jacques Ellul ne partage pas ce point de vue. Pour lui, "être sincère avec soi-même" serait en réalité un moyen de masquer notre égoïsme et notre refu ... Show More
41m 44s