logo
episode-header-image
About this episode
This lecture discusses key ideas from the early modern philosopher Francis Bacon's work Novum Organum, specifically the section in book 1 covering the "four idols of the human mind" This episode focuses specifically on his description of the second type of idol, those of the cave or den, which have to do with human individuals. Bacon examines what distinct ... Show More
Up next
Yesterday
Plutarch, On Awareness Of Progress In Virtue - Problems With Stoic Views - Sadler's Lectures
This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient Middle Platonist philosopher and biographer Plutarch's essay On Awareness Of Progress In Virtue This episode focuses specifically on his criticisms of the standard Stoic position on virtue and vice, which is that every person is e ... Show More
13m 35s
Jul 16
Francis Bacon, Novum Oraganum - The Idols Of The Theater - Sadler's Lectures
This lecture discusses key ideas from the early modern philosopher Francis Bacon's work Novum Organum, specifically the section in book 1 covering the "four idols of the human mind" This episode focuses specifically on his description of the fourth type of idol, those of the thea ... Show More
19m 34s
Jul 14
Francis Bacon, Novum Oraganum - The Idols Of The Market - Sadler's Lectures
This lecture discusses key ideas from the early modern philosopher Francis Bacon's work Novum Organum, specifically the section in book 1 covering the "four idols of the human mind" This episode focuses specifically on his description of the third type of idol, those of the marke ... Show More
15m 26s
Recommended Episodes
Oct 2009
The materialist philosophy
De Sade's status as a literary philosopher and his relationship to materialist philosophy is expertly analysed, along with several pertinent readings from his works. 
14m 55s
Jun 13
Melissa Lane on Plato, Rule, and Office
Melissa Lane, a classics scholar as well as a philosopher, discusses some key features of Plato's political philosophy and shows its continuing relevance. 
15m 4s
Mar 2011
3. Hume and the Standard of Taste
James Grant, lecturer in philosophy, University of Oxford gives his third lecture in the Aesthetics series on Hume and the Standard of Taste. 
55m 58s
May 28
Close Readings: Nietzsche's 'Schopenhauer as Educator'
In this extended extract from their series 'Conversations in Philosophy', part of the LRB's Close Readings podcast, Jonathan Rée and James Wood look at one of Friedrich Nietzsche's early essays, 'Schopenhauer as Educator'. For Nietzsche, Schopenhauer’s genius lay not in his ideas ... Show More
31m 43s
Jan 2025
Untimely Reflections #32: Dr. Gregory Sadler - On Stoicism & Philosophy as a Guide to Life
Very pleased to finally be joined by Gregory Sadler on the podcast! Greg is one of the more popular teachers of philosophy in the modern age, and given his recent courses on Stoicism, we decided to make that the focus. I hope you all enjoy our conversation: about philosophy as a ... Show More
1h 34m
Apr 1
Crime and Punishment - Book Summary
"A Philosophical Masterpiece on the Boundaries Between Good and Evil" Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky Category: Philosophy 
31m 45s
Nov 2024
Philosophy Series: Marx on History, Communism, & Political Economy
Breht listens to, reflects on, and critically engages with a public lecture by the late philosopher Michael Sugrue entititled "Marx on Alienation and Ideology". Professor Sugrue passed away recently, and Breht has always found his free, public lectures on philosophy to be helpful ... Show More
2h 14m
Aug 2024
Revisiting Aquinas' Five Ways w/ Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P., Prof. Robert Koons, & Prof. Daniel Bonevac
Are Aquinas' Five Ways for proving the existence of God still relevant today? Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with Prof. Robert Koona & Prof. Daniel Bonevac about new insights that contemporary schola ... Show More
44m 8s
Dec 2023
Schopenhauer en dialogue... 3/4 : Avec Nietzsche : morale, religion, faut-il s’en débarrasser ?
durée : 00:58:20 - Avec philosophie - par : Géraldine Muhlmann - Nietzsche reprend à Schopenhauer sa métaphysique du vouloir-vivre pour en explorer une autre voie. S'il a une dette envers lui, Nietzsche a surtout critiqué avec virulence le philosophe du pessimisme, notamment sur ... Show More
58m 20s