Afleveringen
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How do we take the sting off of death? How about a little less ego, a little more selflessness! Find out more!
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Dare to know and think! This was Kant's calling in his famous 1784 essay "What is Enlightenment?" Find out more!
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Zijn er afleveringen die ontbreken?
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The words “know thyself” were carved into stone at the entrance to the revered temple of Apollo at Delphi in Greece. What does it mean? Well, the Greek playwright Sophocles and the philosopher Socrates interpret it in their own way!
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In 1927 the philosopher Bertrand Russell gave a lecture called Why I am not a Christian. Find out more!
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Both Dostoevsky and Heidegger, in their own way, look for ways to salvage some deeper meaning and experience in the midst of our increasingly technological and rational-scientific world! Find out more!
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One of the most emotionally powerful novels ever written! A father and son try to make their way across a post-apocalyptic America trying to get to a better place.
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Is there anything more important than hope, especially today? These two profound philosophers have lots to say about this!
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Selfie-ism permeates our world culture! Do we have cause for concern? What would the existentialists think?
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What's going on? Why don't we care about character anymore? This is very troubling.
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The Italian futurist Marinetti called for the absolute glorification of everything new and modern, a worship of everything machine! What resonance all this has today!
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Reading has become nearly obsolete in our age of momentary gratification. This is a great loss as reading engenders all sorts of important qualities that benefit us!
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Lying seems to be on the rise, especially in the political world! I don't think we realize how dangerous and how morally problematic it is!
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The French existentialists have a problem with bourgeois morality and relationships! What's their beef all about? Find out more!
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For Aristotle, leisure is the most important human activity. Unfortunately we're contracting out our leisure activities to AI, and with it, our humanity!
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Why do we feel so disturbed by dolls and robots that are human-like? Why do we really fear AI? Freud has an answer!
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Dostoevsky said that if God is dead, then everything is permitted. In other words, morality depends on religion. Is that true? I don't think so!
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Carpe Diem is usually translated as seize the day. But that's not quite accurate, and it's a reflection of our times! Sit back and enjoy, like a good Epicurean!
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The Presocratics, the first philosophers and scientists, rejected traditional mythological explanations in favour of rational ones! Huge turning point! Find out more!
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Going to graduate school gave me some important abilities and approaches to things that have proven beneficial for my life as a whole!
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What would Kierkegaard have thought of our age of the internet? The philosopher Herbert Dreyfus argues that he'd be no fan, to say the least! Find out more!
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