Episode #011 ... The Hellenistic Age Pt. 2 - The Early Stoa and the Cynics| Listen on Anghami

Nov 16

Episode #241 ... The Tragedy of Julius Caesar - William Shakespeare

Today we talk about the philosophical themes of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. We talk about the hypocrisy and false nostalgia of political violence. The ironies of living by a moral ideal like honor. Rhetoric as a site of where political power is won and lo ... Show More

31m 13s

Nov 8

Episode #240 ... Varieties of Religion Today (Charles Taylor)

Today we talk more about the work of Charles Taylor and his book The Varieties of Religion Today. We look at different answers to a classic question around religious belief. The sociological and structural role that religion plays at any given point in history. Paleo, Neo and Pos ... Show More

30m 55s

Oct 17

Episode #239 ... Authenticity and the history of the self. (Charles Taylor)

Today we talk about the work of the philosopher Charles Taylor. First, we trace the historical origins of how he views the modern self. From the Greeks to the Reformation. From Descartes to Rousseau. The modern self to him is something "irreconcilably multileveled". Then we talk ... Show More

36m 43s

Mar 2023

Michel Foucault’s ”The Punitive Society” (Part 1/4)

In this episode, I present the third series of lectures from Michel Foucault's time at the Collège de France titled, "The Punitive Society." This episode covers chapters 1, 2, and 3. If you want to support me, you can do that with these links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/the ... Show More

46m 20s

Nov 2021

Ep. 282: Alain Badiou: What Is Philosophy? (Part One)

On Conditions (1992), Ch. 1 "The (Re)turn of Philosophy Itself." Against post-structuralists who deny Truth, Badiou argues that truths are generated by the truth conditions (politics, art, love, and science/math) which philosophy then thinks into a unified vision. Part two of thi ... Show More

49m 41s

Mar 2021

Ep. 265: Plato's "Phaedo": Philosophy as Training for Death (Part One)

On Plato's middle dialogue depicting the death of Socrates (390 BCE) depicting the death of Socrates. Should philosophers fear death? In the course of giving arguments for the immortality of the soul, we get an elaboration of the recollection theory of knowledge (from the Meno) i ... Show More

42m 24s

Mar 2021

Ep. 266: Jonathan Lear's Plato: Psyche and Society (Part One)

On essays from Lear's Open Minded: Working Out the Logic of the Soul (1988): "Inside and Outside the Republic," "Eros and Unknowing: The Psychoanalytic Significance of Plato's Symposium," and "An Interpretation of Transference," which compares Socrates' questioning wi ... Show More

51m 5s

Oct 2021

Friedrich Nietzsche‘s ”Beyond Good and Evil” (Part 1/2)

In this episode, I present the first half of Friedrich Nietzsche's "Beyond Good and Evil." If you want to support me, you can do that with these links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theoryandphilosophy paypal.me/theoryphilosophy Twitter: @DavidGuignion IG: @theory_and_philosop ... Show More

46m 25s

May 2023

Qu'est-ce que le bonheur (en philosophie) ?

Comment atteindre le bonheur ? Est-ce seulement possible ? En voilà de bonnes questions 🤔<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw=="> Pour tous les élèves de terminale qui vont passer dans quelques semaines le bac de phil ... Show More

6m 40s

Feb 2018

510. Philosophy Quiz (with Amber & Paul)

In this episode you can listen to Amber, Paul and me as we take an online quiz and try to find out what school of philosophical thought we belong to. Are we empiricists, epicurianists, existentialists, hedonists, humanists, plat ... Show More

1h 26m

Episode #011 ... The Hellenistic Age Pt....