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 and John of Pannonia, in a time when the Christian church is struggling with a ... Show More
Aug 20
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
Aug 19
Jorge Luis Borges - Death and the Compass - Sadler's Lectures
This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century philosophical short story writer, essayist, and poet Jorge Luis Borges's story "Death And The Compass" which can be found in Collected Fictions. It takes the form of a detective tale, where the legendary, highly intelligent d ... Show More
22m 47s
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
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