Sadler's Lectures
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Anselm Of Canterbury, On Truth - The Unity Of Truth - Sadler's Lectures
July 18, 2022 16:21 - 16 minutes - 23.3 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the Medieval philosopher, theologian, and Benedictine monk Anselm of Canterbury's dialogue, On Truth (the first work in a trilogy including On Freedom of Choice and On The Fall of the Devil) It focuses specifically on his discussions in chapter 13 of the unity of Truth underlying the multiple modes of truth analyzed throughout the work To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution...
Anselm Of Canterbury, On Truth - Defining Justice In The Will - Sadler's Lectures
July 17, 2022 15:07 - 18 minutes - 26.4 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the Medieval philosopher, theologian, and Benedictine monk Anselm of Canterbury's dialogue, On Truth (the first work in a trilogy including On Freedom of Choice and On The Fall of the Devil) It focuses specifically on his discussion of justice in the will as truth or rectitude. The specifically moral conception of justice that deserves praise or blame is a matter of willing what one ought, because one ought, and in order to maintain that very rectitude, ...
Anselm Of Canterbury, On Truth - Actions As Significative Of Truth - Sadler's Lectures
July 15, 2022 17:04 - 12 minutes - 17.7 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the Medieval philosopher, theologian, and Benedictine monk Anselm of Canterbury's dialogue, On Truth (the first work in a trilogy including On Freedom of Choice and On The Fall of the Devil) It focuses specifically on his discussion in chapter 9 of how actions - including those of willing and thinking - are also significative, and thereby have an additional manner of being truthful or false/lying To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.p...
Anselm Of Canterbury, On Truth - Truth In The Being Of Things And Supreme Truth - Sadler's Lectures
July 14, 2022 19:52 - 10 minutes - 15.9 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the Medieval philosopher, theologian, and Benedictine monk Anselm of Canterbury's dialogue, On Truth (the first work in a trilogy including On Freedom of Choice and On The Fall of the Devil) It focuses specifically on his discussions in chapter 7 and 10 of the supreme truth, and of the truth in the being (essentia) or existence (existentia) of things, including the causal relations between these and truth in other things. To support my ongoing work, go ...
Anselm Of Canterbury, On Truth - Truth In The Senses And Judgement - Sadler's Lectures
July 13, 2022 18:33 - 9 minutes - 14.2 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the Medieval philosopher, theologian, and Benedictine monk Anselm of Canterbury's dialogue, On Truth (the first work in a trilogy including On Freedom of Choice and On The Fall of the Devil) It focuses specifically on his discussion in chapter 6 of truth and falsity "in the exterior senses". Anselm's view is that in cases when we might say that the senses are deceiving us, it is really the judgement (opinio) of the mind that is deceiving us. To support ...
Anselm Of Canterbury, On Truth - Truth In The Will And Action - Sadler's Lectures
July 12, 2022 14:10 - 18 minutes - 26.3 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the Medieval philosopher, theologian, and Benedictine monk Anselm of Canterbury's dialogue, On Truth (the first work in a trilogy including On Freedom of Choice and On The Fall of the Devil) It focuses specifically on truth and falsity as they exist in the will and in action. This involves a normativity built into and evaluating both of them, a "what one ought to do" or a "what it was made for". To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.p...
Anselm Of Canterbury, On Truth - Truth In The Will And Action
July 12, 2022 14:10 - 18 minutes - 26.3 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the Medieval philosopher, theologian, and Benedictine monk Anselm of Canterbury's dialogue, On Truth (the first work in a trilogy including On Freedom of Choice and On The Fall of the Devil) It focuses specifically on truth and falsity as they exist in the will and in action. This involves a normativity built into and evaluating both of them, a "what one ought to do" or a "what it was made for". To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.p...
Anselm Of Canterbury, On Truth - Truth In Signification And Thought - Sadler's Lectures
July 11, 2022 20:26 - 13 minutes - 19 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the Medieval philosopher, theologian, and Benedictine monk Anselm of Canterbury's dialogue, On Truth (the first work in a trilogy including On Freedom of Choice and On The Fall of the Devil) It focuses specifically on his discussions of truth in signification or statement, and truth in thought or judgement found in chapters 2 and 3 of the work. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct con...
Anselm Of Canterbury, On Truth - Truth In Signification And Thought
July 11, 2022 20:26 - 13 minutes - 19 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the Medieval philosopher, theologian, and Benedictine monk Anselm of Canterbury's dialogue, On Truth (the first work in a trilogy including On Freedom of Choice and On The Fall of the Devil) It focuses specifically on his discussions of truth in signification or statement, and truth in thought or judgement found in chapters 2 and 3 of the work. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct con...
Anselm Of Canterbury, On Truth - Multiple Modes Of Truth - Sadler's Lectures
July 10, 2022 17:50 - 12 minutes - 17.6 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the Medieval philosopher, theologian, and Benedictine monk Anselm of Canterbury's dialogue, On Truth (the first work in a trilogy including On Freedom of Choice and On The Fall of the Devil) It focuses specifically on the multiple modes of truth that Anselm and his student will range over and analyze in their dialogue. These include truth in signification, thought, the will, action, the being of things, and the senses, and the Supreme Truth. To support...
Anselm Of Canterbury, On Truth - Multiple Modes Of Truth
July 10, 2022 17:50 - 12 minutes - 17.6 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the Medieval philosopher, theologian, and Benedictine monk Anselm of Canterbury's dialogue, On Truth (the first work in a trilogy including On Freedom of Choice and On The Fall of the Devil) It focuses specifically on the multiple modes of truth that Anselm and his student will range over and analyze in their dialogue. These include truth in signification, thought, the will, action, the being of things, and the senses, and the Supreme Truth. To support...
Augustine Of Hippo, Confessions - Human Happiness - Sadler's Lectures
July 08, 2022 15:51 - 19 minutes - 29.1 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the early medieval philosopher and theologian, Augustine of Hippo's work, The Confessions. It focuses specifically on his discussion in book 10 that centers upon the classic question of what human happiness consists in. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM You can find ove...
Augustine Of Hippo, Confessions - Memory And The Emotions - Sadler's Lectures
July 06, 2022 19:58 - 10 minutes - 15.7 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the early medieval philosopher and theologian, Augustine of Hippo's work, The Confessions. It focuses specifically on his discussion of how emotions figure into human memory in book 10. It also discusses the Stoic theory of the emotions or passions, which Augustine qualifiedly incorporates To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO -...
Augustine Of Hippo, Confessions - The Power Of Memory - Sadler's Lectures
July 05, 2022 13:54 - 12 minutes - 18 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the early medieval philosopher and theologian, Augustine of Hippo's work, The Confessions. It focuses specifically on his discussion in book 10 of the power, capacity, and range of human memory. He also examines the different ways in which things are retained in memory. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee ...
Augustine Of Hippo, Confessions - Why Engage In Confessions? - Sadler's Lectures
July 03, 2022 21:50 - 12 minutes - 18.2 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the early medieval philosopher and theologian, Augustine of Hippo's work, The Confessions. It focuses specifically on his book 10 discussion centering on why he has been engaging in the process of confessions, which seems to be a reflective practice of speaking to God. He maintains that they have value not only for himself but also for readers. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct con...
Augustine Of Hippo, Confessions - The Divided Will - Sadler's Lectures
July 01, 2022 14:52 - 12 minutes - 9.66 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the early medieval philosopher and theologian, Augustine of Hippo's work, The Confessions. It focuses specifically on his discussion of the ways in which a person's will can be divided between different objects and motives, so that, even though there is one single faculty of will, a person can experience wanting to do or choose something and nevertheless find him or herself choosing or doing something else. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon s...
Augustine Of Hippo, Confessions - Ponticianus' Story And Self-Examination - Sadler's Lectures
June 29, 2022 13:56 - 13 minutes - 19.2 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the early medieval philosopher and theologian, Augustine of Hippo's work, The Confessions. It focuses specifically on the story that Ponticanius relates of two of his friends who were converted from secular to monastic life though their reading of the Life of St. Anthony, and the effects that this story has on Augustine, who is provoked to self-examination as he listens. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you...
Augustine Of Hippo, Confessions - Following Or Breaking God's Laws - Sadler's Lectures
June 28, 2022 13:29 - 15 minutes - 24.2 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the early medieval philosopher and theologian, Augustine of Hippo's work, The Confessions. It focuses specifically on his discussion about how to understand what seems to be contradictions in Jewish and Christian scriptures about what it is that God requires or commands of people To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at Buy...
Augustine Of Hippo, Confessions - Getting Metaphysics of God And Evil Wrong - Sadler's Lectures
June 26, 2022 17:54 - 9 minutes - 7.72 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the early medieval philosopher and theologian, Augustine of Hippo's work, The Confessions. It focuses specifically on his discussion of the nature of evil, and the problem of understanding how, given the existence of God, there could be evil in the universe in book 7. By Augustine's own admission, he was approaching the question of the origin or cause of evil in some mistaken ways, and he reviews both the mistaken attempts and some of the assumptions un...
Augustine Of Hippo, Confessions - Finding Wisdom In Scriptures - Sadler's Lectures
June 25, 2022 15:00 - 18 minutes - 28.2 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the early medieval philosopher and theologian, Augustine of Hippo's work, The Confessions. It focuses specifically on his changing viewpoint towards Jewish and Christian sacred scriptures. At first, Augustine viewed them as crude and childish, but over time came to view them as containing considerable wisdom To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www...
Augustine Of Hippo, Confessions - Philosophy And Christianity - Sadler's Lectures
June 23, 2022 19:52 - 14 minutes - 20.7 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the early medieval philosopher and theologian, Augustine of Hippo's work, The Confessions. It focuses specifically on how Augustine sought out wisdom from the resources ancient pagan philosophy had to offer situating them later within a Christian framework that partly overlapped with those resources but also surpassed them. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do...
Augustine Of Hippo, Confessions - Manicheism And Faustus - Sadler's Lectures
June 22, 2022 14:01 - 14 minutes - 20.1 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the early medieval philosopher and theologian, Augustine of Hippo's work, The Confessions. It focuses specifically on his engagement with the Gnostic religion of Manichaeism, his dissatisfaction with the answers to important philosophical questions that they provided, and his disappointed hopes in their bishop Faustus To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so h...
Augustine Of Hippo, Confessions - Seeking Wisdom And Answers - Sadler's Lectures
June 20, 2022 16:25 - 18 minutes - 26.6 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the early medieval philosopher and theologian, Augustine of Hippo's work, The Confessions. It focuses specifically on how, once his desire for wisdom was aroused by reading Cicero's work, the Hortentius, Augustine sought out wisdom, what sources of possible wisdom he examined, and where he was able to find it To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www....
Augustine Of Hippo, Confessions - The Pear Tree And Evil - Sadler's Lectures
June 19, 2022 18:40 - 9 minutes - 7.9 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the early medieval philosopher and theologian, Augustine of Hippo's work, The Confessions. It focuses specifically on his self-examination as he recalls the incident of the Pear Tree in book 2. This leads Augustine to reflect upon the nature of human motivation - particularly the motivations that explain wrong or evil actions and choices. In trying to get to the roots of the Pear Tree incident, he finds that his action ultimately had to be explained by ...
Augustine Of Hippo, Confessions - The Pear Tree And Evil
June 19, 2022 18:40 - 9 minutes - 7.9 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the early medieval philosopher and theologian, Augustine of Hippo's work, The Confessions. It focuses specifically on his self-examination as he recalls the incident of the Pear Tree in book 2. This leads Augustine to reflect upon the nature of human motivation - particularly the motivations that explain wrong or evil actions and choices. In trying to get to the roots of the Pear Tree incident, he finds that his action ultimately had to be explained by ...
Augustine Of Hippo, Confessions - Love, Loss, And Grief - Sadler's Lectures
June 18, 2022 19:48 - 19 minutes - 28.9 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the early medieval philosopher and theologian, Augustine of Hippo's work, The Confessions. It focuses specifically on his experience with and reflections upon the grief he felt upon the death of a close friend. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM You can find over 2000 p...
Augustine Of Hippo, Confessions - Loving Shows And The Theater - Sadler's Lectures
June 17, 2022 20:08 - 14 minutes - 21 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the early medieval philosopher and theologian, Augustine of Hippo's work, The Confessions. It focuses specifically on his discussion starting in book 3 of his love for shows and spectacles, and his ruminations on what it is that he loves about them, given that the matters depicted are the miseries of other people. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here -...
Augustine Of Hippo, Confessions - Study And Learning In Boyhood - Sadler's Lectures
June 16, 2022 18:39 - 13 minutes - 20.4 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the early medieval philosopher and theologian, Augustine of Hippo's work, The Confessions. It focuses specifically on his education or miseducation during his childhood. Augustine discusses the lessons he learned, many of which were not the most productive To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - www.buymeac...
Augustine Of Hippo, Confessions - From Infancy To Speech - Sadler's Lectures
June 15, 2022 18:06 - 15 minutes - 22.4 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the early medieval philosopher and theologian, Augustine of Hippo's work, The Confessions. It focuses specifically on book 1, where Augustine describes and examines his infancy and the transition from infancy to speech. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM You can find ov...
Augustine Of Hippo, Confessions - Where Can God Be? - Sadler's Lectures
June 14, 2022 19:14 - 12 minutes - 17.9 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the early medieval philosopher and theologian, Augustine of Hippo's work, The Confessions. It focuses specifically on the questions that he begins the work by asking himself (and God), having to do with where God can be, and whether or not God can be contained in any place or person. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or a...
Plato, Republic Book 7 - The Philosopher's Return To The Cave - Sadler's Lectures
June 13, 2022 19:38 - 12 minutes - 17.1 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher Plato's work, The Republic, in particular book 7. Specifically it examines his famous Allegory of the Cave set out early in book 7. After being liberated from the cave and gradually habituated to see real things in daylight, and eventually the source of light in the sun, as opposed to the shadows of the cave, the prisoner determines to return to the cave out of a sense of pity or compassion for his fellow prisoners. Because his e...
Plato, Republic Book 7 - The Allegory Of The Cave - Sadler's Lectures
June 12, 2022 14:08 - 14 minutes - 20 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher Plato's work, The Republic, in particular book 7. Specifically it examines his famous Allegory of the Cave set out early in book 7. In this allegory, prisoners are confined within an underground dwelling, and believe that reality is the images and sounds projected in front of them. One of the prisoners is freed of his chains and brought up into the sunlit world above. After habituation, he becomes able to fully use his power of ...
Plato, Republic Book 6 - The Likeness Between The Sun And The Good - Sadler's Lectures
June 10, 2022 13:19 - 12 minutes - 17.6 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher Plato's work, The Republic, in particular book 6. Specifically it examines his discussion in the end of book 6 about the likeness or analogy between the Form of the Good and the Sun, which he calls the "offspring" of the Good. Both the Good and the Sun make it possible for the human being to apprehend matters, in the case of the Sun, for vision to apprehend visible objects, in the case of the Good, for the soul to recognize and k...
Plato, Republic Book 6 - The Divided Line, Truth, And The Faculties - Sadler's Lectures
June 09, 2022 18:01 - 19 minutes - 27.9 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher Plato's work, The Republic, in particular book 6. Specifically it examines his discussion in the end of book 6 of the "Divided Line". This analogy is used to arrange the matters human beings can grasp and (in some cases) develop knowledge about, ranging from those that posses the least truth and being to those that possess the most. The four parts of the line include: 1. he domain of shadows, reflections, and other things of t...
Diogenes Laertes - Diogenes' Frankness Of Speech - Sadler's Lectures
June 08, 2022 17:51 - 19 minutes - 30.8 MBThis lecture discusses the depiction of the Cynic philosopher Diogenes within Diogenes Laertes' Lives of the Philosophers, book 6 It focuses specifically on Diogenes' frankness of speech (parrhesia), its purpose and value, with reference to a lot of examples. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO You can find over 2000 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel -...
Diogenes Laertes - Diogenes' Cynical Mode Of Life - Sadler's Lectures
June 07, 2022 15:44 - 14 minutes - 22.1 MBThis lecture discusses the depiction of the Cynic philosopher Diogenes within Diogenes Laertes' Lives of the Philosophers, book 6 It focuses specifically on Diogenes' ways of living, thinking, and interacting with others and the world, embodying his Cynic moral philosophy To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO You can find over 2000 philosophy videos in my main YouT...
Diogenes Laertes - Antisthenes On Virtue And Wisdom - Sadler's Lectures
June 07, 2022 01:01 - 14 minutes - 21.4 MBThis lecture discusses the depiction of the Cynic philosopher Antisthenes within Diogenes Laertes' Lives of the Philosophers, book 6 It focuses specifically on what Antisthenes' beliefs, teachings, and actions bearing upon the virtues and wisdom. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO You can find over 2000 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube....
Xenophon, Symposium - Antisthenes On Wealth, Need, And Satisfaction - Sadler's Lectures
June 05, 2022 22:08 - 13 minutes - 20.4 MBThis lecture discusses the ancient historian, military commander, and student of philosophy, Xenophon's Symposium It focuses specifically on the discourses that Antisthenes, the founder of the Cynic school gives in that work, in which he details his beliefs and way of life. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO You can find over 2000 philosophy videos in my main Yo...
Lucian of Samosata, The Cynic - Need, Sufficiency, And Satisfaction
June 03, 2022 19:09 - 18 minutes - 24.7 MBThis lecture discusses the ancient writer and satirist Lucian of Samosata's short work, The Cynic. It focuses specifically on his presentation of arguments for and against the Cynic school of philosophy, allowing the Cynic to make his case to the narrator and the reader To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO You can find over 2000 philosophy videos in my main YouTu...
Epictetus Discourses - Willing What God Wills - Sadler's Lectures
June 02, 2022 16:41 - 14 minutes - 11.3 MBThis lecture discusses the ancient Stoic philosopher Epictetus' work, the Discourses. It focuses specifically on his discussions of the interrelation between the human and the divine, the divine "will", and willing what God or the divine wills. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO You can find over 2000 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.co...
Epictetus Discourses - The Profession Of A Stoic Philosopher - Sadler's Lectures
June 01, 2022 12:48 - 15 minutes - 12.5 MBThis lecture discusses the ancient Stoic philosopher Epictetus' work, the Discourses. It focuses specifically on his discussions bearing on the profession of the Stoic philosopher. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO You can find over 2000 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler Purchase Epictetus' Discourses - amzn.to/2NOiKng
Epictetus Discourses - Social Intercourse And Engagements - Sadler's Lectures
May 31, 2022 14:49 - 13 minutes - 11.2 MBThis lecture discusses the ancient Stoic philosopher Epictetus' work, the Discourses. It focuses specifically on his discussions of interacting with people in social settings and relations. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO You can find over 2000 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler Purchase Epictetus' Discourses - amzn...
Epictetus Discourses - Not Wanting Pity - Sadler's Lectures
May 29, 2022 14:00 - 13 minutes - 11.1 MBThis lecture discusses the ancient Stoic philosopher Epictetus' work, the Discourses. It focuses specifically on his discussions stemming from the topic of pity and people who become upset at being pitied (or imagining themselves being pitied) by others To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO You can find over 2000 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.y...
Epictetus Discourses - Lust And Adultery - Sadler's Lectures
May 27, 2022 17:38 - 14 minutes - 11.4 MBThis lecture discusses the ancient Stoic philosopher Epictetus' work, the Discourses. It focuses specifically on his discussions about sexual desire or lust, and in particular the issue of adultery To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO You can find over 2000 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler Purchase Epictetus' Discourse...
Epictetus Discourses - Attention Or Mindfulness (Prosokhē) - Sadler's Lectures
May 26, 2022 13:16 - 13 minutes - 10.9 MBThis lecture discusses the ancient Stoic philosopher Epictetus' work, the Discourses. It focuses specifically on his discussions of prosokhes - mindfulness or attention/attentiveness - in book 4 To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO You can find over 2000 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler Purchase Epictetus' Discourses -...
Epictetus Discourses - Stoic Cosmopolitanism - Sadler's Lectures
May 24, 2022 20:29 - 11 minutes - 9.16 MBThis lecture discusses the ancient Stoic philosopher Epictetus' work, the Discourses. It focuses specifically on his discussions of the conception of Cosmopolitanism, that is, being a citizen of the world or the universe. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO You can find over 2000 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler Purch...
Epictetus Discourses - False Peace And Leisure As Ends - Sadler's Lectures
May 23, 2022 17:19 - 10 minutes - 8.58 MBThis lecture discusses the ancient Stoic philosopher Epictetus' work, the Discourses. It focuses specifically on his discussions about making peace or leisure the end of one's choices in ways that compromise other key values. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO You can find over 2000 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler P...
Epictetus Discourses - Socrates As A Stoic Sage - Sadler's Lectures
May 23, 2022 00:18 - 10 minutes - 8.36 MBThis lecture discusses the ancient Stoic philosopher Epictetus' work, the Discourses. It focuses specifically on his discussions bearing on Socrates as a sage (i.e. wise person) and exemplar for Stoicism. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO You can find over 2000 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler Purchase Epictetus' Di...
Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene, Ch. 11 - Genes And Memes
May 21, 2022 15:34 - 13 minutes - 19.7 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th-21st century evolutionary biologist and essayist Richard Dawkins' book The Selfish Gene. It focuses specifically on his discussion in chapter 11 focused on the analogies and relations between genes and memes To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM You can find over 20...
Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene, Ch. 11 - The Notion Of A Meme
May 20, 2022 14:38 - 17 minutes - 26.3 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th-21st century evolutionary biologist and essayist Richard Dawkins' book The Selfish Gene. It focuses specifically on his discussion in chapter 11 focused on what a "meme" is as a unit of cultural transmission, replication, and evolution. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4...