Episode #012 ... The Hellenistic Age Pt. 3 - Hallmarks of Stoic Ethics| Listen on Anghami

Aug 13

Episode #234 ... The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Milan Kundera

Today we try to produce a philosophical guide for the book The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera. We talk about Parmenides, Nietzsche's eternal recurrence, kitsch as something more than just an aesthetic category, existential codes and his animal test of morality. Ho ... Show More

34m 3s

Aug 4

Episode #233 ... A philosophy of self-destruction. (Dostoevsky, Bataille)

Today we talk about two different theories for why we ritualize self-destructive behavior. We check out a lesser-known work from Dostoevsky called The Gambler. We consider how much we can hold people morally accountable for this kind of stuff. Then we look at the work of Georges ... Show More

33m 57s

Jul 7

Episode #232 ... Byung Chul Han - The Crisis of Narration

Today we talk about the book The Crisis of Narration by the philosopher Byung Chul Han. We talk about the history of storytelling. Walter Benjamins distinction between a Paris fire and a revolution in Madrid. The effects of social media on memory. Story telling vs story selling. ... Show More

32m 25s

Feb 2019

Philip Pettit on the Birth of Ethics

Where did ethics come from? Philip Pettit tells an 'as if' story about the birth of ethics that is designed to illuminate what ethics is and why it evolved on this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. We are grateful for support from the Marc Sanders Foundation and from Patre ... Show More

20m 44s

Jan 2018

Eric Schwitzgebel on Scepticism

How do I know I'm not dreaming? This sort of question has puzzled philosophers for thousands of years. Eric Schwitzgebel discusses scepticism and its history with Nigel Warburton in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. This episode of Philosophy Bites was sponsored by th ... Show More

18m 32s

Jun 2022

The Philosophers: Stoic revival

Sean Illing talks with author Ryan Holiday about Stoicism — a philosophy with roots in ancient Greece and which flourished in early imperial Rome — and how it can help us live fulfilling lives today. In addition to explaining what Stoicism is and how we can practice it, Holiday a ... Show More

1h 5m

Mar 2024

Are You Spending This Wisely? | Lives Of The Stoics (Antipater the Ethicist)

Today is that day many dread—the day the clocks spring forward. Yes, in the middle of the night, you lost an hour that you’ll never get back. An hour of sleep, an hour of leisure, an hour to spend with your kids. You mourn that loss of time, wondering all the ways you could’ve sp ... Show More

20m 34s

Dec 2020

NIETZSCHE - La morale d'esclave

On le sait, Nietzsche rejetait toutes les valeurs morales établies comme relevant du nihilisme et de la "morale d'esclave". Mais derrière ce qualificatif méprisant, quelle vision du monde soutenait la critique nietzschéenne de la morale ? C'est ce que nous allons voir dans cet ép ... Show More

32m 5s

Oct 2020

Stoicism is Not a Dead Philosophy

Send us a textI was recently alerted to the following tweet by Tucker Max:"I've been trying to tell this to my friends for years. There is a reason it's a dead philosophy. " He cited a study that had the following conclusion: A naive endorsement of stoic ideology might ... Show More

26m 29s

Feb 2021

LES 10 MEILLEURES CITATIONS DU STOÏCISME

Héritier de la philosophie de Platon et des cyniques, le stoïcisme est une invitation au détachement émotionnel et à la maîtrise de soi. Pour les Stoïciens, l'univers est gouverné par la raison, et il nous appartient de comprendre l'ordre du monde pour ne plus en être affecté. D ... Show More

14m 24s

Episode #012 ... The Hellenistic Age Pt....