Sadler's Lectures
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Aristotle, Categories - In A Subject Vs Predicated Of A Subject - Sadler's Lectures
September 26, 2023 14:24 - 15 minutes - 21.2 MBThis lecture discusses the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle' work, the Categories, focusing on his distinction in chapter 2 between something being "in" a subject, and something being predicated of a subject. There are four main possibilities, and each of those is discussed here, using Aristotle's own 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 ...
Aristotle, Categories - Univocal, Equivocal, And Derivative Terms - Sadler's Lectures
September 24, 2023 14:42 - 17 minutes - 25.8 MBThis lecture discusses the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle' work, the Categories, focusing on his distinction in chapter 1 between three types of terms - Univocal (sunonuma), Equivocal (homonuma), and Derivative (paronuma). This distinction concerns the connection between linguistic expressions and meanings. Univocal terms have the same meaning, or in Aristotle's terms, "statement of essence" (logos tes ousias). Equivocal terms have the same name or expression, but different statements ...
Plato, Republic Book 2 - The Ring Of Gyges - Sadler's Lectures
September 23, 2023 13:53 - 18 minutes - 23.3 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher Plato's work, The Republic, in particular book 2. Specifically it examines one of the most striking metaphors of the book: The Ring of Gyges, which turns its possessor invisible, and is liable to lead the wielder into injustice. 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...
Plato, Republic Book 2 - Representations Of Justice As Instrumentally Good - Sadler's Lectures
September 22, 2023 13:40 - 12 minutes - 16 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher Plato's work, The Republic, in particular book 2. Specifically it examines the ways in which justice is typically represented by family, media, and other sources of moral education -- namely as an instrumental, rather than intrinsic good 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.bu...
Plato, Republic Book 2 - The Origin And Nature Of Justice - Sadler's Lectures
September 20, 2023 16:51 - 10 minutes - 16.5 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher Plato's work, The Republic, in particular book 2. Specifically it examines the theory about the nature and origin of justice presented there by Glaucon -- a view that justice arises primarily because human beings realize that their chances of getting away with committing injustice are lower than their chances -- or the harm done -- of avoiding suffering injustice. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.co...
Plato, Republic Book 2 - What Kind Of Good Is Justice - Sadler's Lectures
September 18, 2023 12:38 - 14 minutes - 18.6 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher Plato's work, The Republic, in particular book 2. Specifically it examines the question about what sort of good justice is -- instrumental or intrinsic. 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 2500 philosophy videos in my main YouTube ...
Thomas Aquinas Summa Theologiae - The Fifth Way To Prove Gods Existence
September 16, 2023 13:59 - 14 minutes - 20.1 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the Medieval philosopher, theologian, and Dominican friar, Thomas Aquinas, and focuses on his Summa Theologiae, Prima Pars, q. 2. It focuses upon his discussion in article 2, bearing on whether God's existence can be proven or demonstrated by rational means at all. Thomas offers us five ways to argue for God's existence. The fifth way, a design argument, focuses on order and governance within the world, and argues to God as the governor or orderer of all...
Thomas Aquinas Summa Theologiae - The Fourth Way To Prove Gods Existence
September 15, 2023 15:06 - 12 minutes - 17.4 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the Medieval philosopher, theologian, and Dominican friar, Thomas Aquinas, and focuses on his Summa Theologiae, Prima Pars, q. 2. It focuses upon his discussion in article 2, bearing on whether God's existence can be proven or demonstrated by rational means at all. Thomas offers us five ways to argue for God's existence. The fourth focuses on degrees of being, and argues that God is supreme goodness, being, and every other perfection. To support my o...
Thomas Aquinas Summa Theologiae - The Third Way To Prove Gods Existence
September 13, 2023 17:04 - 11 minutes - 16.4 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the Medieval philosopher, theologian, and Dominican friar, Thomas Aquinas, and focuses on his Summa Theologiae, Prima Pars, q. 2. It focuses upon his discussion in article 2, bearing on whether God's existence can be proven or demonstrated by rational means at all. Thomas offers us five ways to argue for God's existence. The third way focuses on possibility and necessity, and argues that God is Necessary Being. To support my ongoing work, go to my Pat...
Thomas Aquinas Summa Theologiae - The Second Way To Prove Gods Existence
September 11, 2023 21:32 - 12 minutes - 18.7 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the Medieval philosopher, theologian, and Dominican friar, Thomas Aquinas, and focuses on his Summa Theologiae, Prima Pars, q. 2. It focuses upon his discussion in article 2, bearing on whether God's existence can be proven or demonstrated by rational means at all. Thomas offers us five ways to argue for God's existence. The second way focuses on efficient causality, and argues that God is the First Cause. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon ...
Thomas Aquinas Summa Theologiae - The First Way To Prove Gods Existence
September 09, 2023 14:01 - 10 minutes - 15.4 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the Medieval philosopher, theologian, and Dominican friar, Thomas Aquinas, and focuses on his Summa Theologiae, Prima Pars, q. 2. It focuses upon his discussion in article 2, bearing on whether God's existence can be proven or demonstrated by rational means at all. Thomas offers us five ways to argue for God's existence. The first way focuses on motion or change, and argues that God is the Prime Mover. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site...
John Hospers, What Libertarianism Is - Government, Individuals, And Business - Sadler's Lectures
September 08, 2023 19:56 - 10 minutes - 13.5 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th Century philosopher and political activist John Hospers' essay "What Libertarianism Is" It focuses specifically on his views on the limited role government should play, mainly focused on protecting rights, and the impacts and implications this would have for businesses and individuals 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/Reaso...
John Hospers, What Libertarianism Is - Rights To Life, Liberty, and Property - Sadler's Lectures
September 06, 2023 18:30 - 10 minutes - 14.5 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th Century philosopher and political activist John Hospers' essay "What Libertarianism Is" It focuses specifically on his discussion of the three rights he takes as fundamental, i.e. the right to maintain one's life, the right to maintain one's liberty or freedom, and the right to one's own property. These supersede and structure all other moral considerations for the libertarian. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.co...
Norman Bowie, A Kantian Approach To Business Ethics - Organizations As Moral Communities
September 04, 2023 19:29 - 8 minutes - 12.4 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th Century philosopher Norman Bowie's article "A Kantian Approach To Business Ethics" It focuses specifically on his discussion of the third formulation of Immanuel Kant's categorical imperative, which deals with the kingdom of ends. He applies this to business organizations and companies and draws out some of the implications of applying Kant's ideas for the workplace and decision-making. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.p...
Norman Bowie, A Kantian Approach To Business Ethics - Respect For Persons And Layoffs
September 03, 2023 14:54 - 9 minutes - 8.7 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th Century philosopher Norman Bowie's article "A Kantian Approach To Business Ethics" It focuses specifically on his discussion of the second categorical imperative articulated by Immanuel Kant, which Bowie reformulates in terms of "respect for persons", and applies to the example of laying people off. 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.p...
Norman Bowie, A Kantian Approach To Business Ethics - Respect For Persons And Meaningful Work
September 01, 2023 16:49 - 8 minutes - 12.1 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th Century philosopher Norman Bowie's article "A Kantian Approach To Business Ethics" It focuses specifically on his discussions of how Immanuel Kant's categorical imperative would apply in Business Ethics situations and contexts. In this case, the second formulation, which has to do with respect for persons, has implications for "meaningful work". To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a ...
Norman Bowie, A Kantian Approach To Business Ethics - Universalization Of Actions
August 31, 2023 13:36 - 8 minutes - 11.9 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th Century philosopher Norman Bowie's article "A Kantian Approach To Business Ethics" It focuses specifically on his discussion of the first formulation of Immanuel Kant's categorical imperative and how it can be applied within business ethics settings. This formulation focuses on whether actions or policies can be universalized or not, and what significance this bears for their ethical status. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - w...
Ursula K Leguin, A Wizard Of Earthsea - Fleeing And Facing The Shadow - Sadler's Lectures
August 30, 2023 19:50 - 17 minutes - 23.8 MBThis lecture discusses the science fiction and fantasy author, Ursula K. Leguin's novel, A Wizard of Earthsea, the first of six Earthsea books It focuses specifically on Ged's struggles with the "Shadow", the entity that came into Earthsea through a terrible mistake with magic on Ged's part. At first, he attempts to escape and flee the shadow, but then following Ogion's advice he turns on it and hunts it. Finally he and the shadow are integrated through his giving the shadow his own name. ...
Ursula K Leguin, A Wizard Of Earthsea - Vetch's Friendship With Ged - Sadler's Lectures
August 29, 2023 19:36 - 18 minutes - 25 MBThis lecture discusses the science fiction and fantasy author, Ursula K. Leguin's novel, A Wizard of Earthsea, the first of six Earthsea books It focuses specifically on the character Vetch's friendship with Ged, which begins on the first day Ged arrives at Roke and continues on throughout their 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 2,000 ...
Ursula K Leguin, A Wizard Of Earthsea - Magic, Mages, And Roke Island - Sadler's Lectures
August 27, 2023 14:06 - 18 minutes - 25.3 MBThis lecture discusses the science fiction and fantasy author, Ursula K. Leguin's novel, A Wizard of Earthsea, the first of six Earthsea books It focuses specifically on Ged's education in the high arts of magic at Roke Island. 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 2,000 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler...
Ursula K Leguin, A Wizard Of Earthsea - The Dragons Of Pendor - Sadler's Lectures
August 24, 2023 14:07 - 19 minutes - 26.5 MBThis lecture discusses the science fiction and fantasy author, Ursula K. Leguin's novel, A Wizard of Earthsea, the first of six Earthsea books It focuses specifically on Ged/Sparrowhawk's encounter with the younger dragons and the great dragon off the shores of the Isle of Pendor 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 2,000 philosophy videos in my ...
Ursula K Leguin, A Wizard Of Earthsea - Understanding The Equilibrium - Sadler's Lectures
August 23, 2023 14:32 - 18 minutes - 26.2 MBThis lecture discusses the science fiction and fantasy author, Ursula K. Leguin's novel, A Wizard of Earthsea, the first of six Earthsea books It focuses specifically on the conception of the "equilibrium" that the masters and mages of Roke invoke and discuss in and out of their classes. The young mage Ged has to learn about the equilibrium by painful experience as well. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, ...
Ursula K Leguin, A Wizard Of Earthsea - Danger And Temptations Of Power - Sadler's Lectures
August 21, 2023 13:41 - 16 minutes - 23.8 MBThis lecture discusses the science fiction and fantasy author, Ursula K. Leguin's novel, A Wizard of Earthsea, the first of six Earthsea books It focuses specifically on the dangers and temptations of magical power that are depicted in the novel. 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 2,000 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube...
Ursula K Leguin, A Wizard Of Earthsea - Ged's Pride And Humbling - Sadler's Lectures
August 16, 2023 19:37 - 18 minutes - 25.7 MBThis lecture discusses the science fiction and fantasy author, Ursula K. Leguin's novel, A Wizard of Earthsea, the first of six Earthsea books It focuses specifically on the sources of - and the struggles with - Ged/Sparrowhawk's pride, and the humbling of it as he realizes the consequences of his actions 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 2,0...
Ursula K Leguin, A Wizard Of Earthsea - Bringing Shadows Into The World - Sadler's Lectures
August 15, 2023 14:30 - 14 minutes - 20.8 MBThis lecture discusses the science fiction and fantasy author, Ursula K. Leguin's novel, A Wizard of Earthsea, the first of six Earthsea books It focuses specifically on specifically how Ged/Sparrowhawk uses a spell he does not fully understand to summon a spirit of the dead, but ends up opening a rift through which a dangerous and evil shadow comes into Earthsea. 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...
Ursula K Leguin, A Wizard Of Earthsea - Magical Power In Earthsea - Sadler's Lectures
August 14, 2023 14:14 - 17 minutes - 24.4 MBThis lecture discusses the science fiction and fantasy author, Ursula K. Leguin's novel, A Wizard of Earthsea, the first of six Earthsea books It focuses specifically on the different types and users of magic within Earthsea, as we learn about them in the first book. This not only includes human beings like witches, warlocks, wizards, enchantresses, and mages, but also dragons and the old powers of the earth To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you...
Ursula K Leguin, A Wizard Of Earthsea - The Names Of Things - Sadler's Lectures
August 12, 2023 15:30 - 19 minutes - 27.7 MBThis lecture discusses the science fiction and fantasy author, Ursula K. Leguin's novel, A Wizard of Earthsea, the first of six Earthsea books It focuses specifically on the concept of a "true name", which allows the knowing or understanding of the thing named, as well as its control or manipulation by magic. Persons, animals, things, even bodies of water each have their name in Earthsea To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a dire...
Milton Friedman, The Social Responsibility Of Business - Politics, Taxation, & Social Responsbility
August 10, 2023 19:06 - 11 minutes - 15.5 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th Century economist and statistician Milton Friedman's essay, originally published in the New York Times, "The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase Its Profits" It focuses specifically on discussion of how social responsibility in business matters amounts, in his view, to a tax, which he thinks ought to be treated as a political matter. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a...
Milton Friedman, The Social Responsibility Of Business - The Cloak Of Social Responsibility
August 09, 2023 15:15 - 9 minutes - 13.1 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th Century economist and statistician Milton Friedman's essay, originally published in the New York Times, "The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase Its Profits" It focuses specifically on his discussion of what he calls the "cloak of social responsibility," which he views as providing a pretext for engaging in irresponsible and unethical decision-making in business, To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/s...
Milton Friedman, The Social Responsibility Of Business - Businesses Agents And Responsibilities
August 08, 2023 15:29 - 11 minutes - 15.3 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th Century economist and statistician Milton Friedman's essay, originally published in the New York Times, "The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase Its Profits" It focuses specifically on his discussion of what responsibilities business managers and executives have, and towards whom. 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....
Robert Audi, Virtue Ethics As A Resource In Business - Four Dimensions Of Ethical Challenge
August 07, 2023 15:43 - 9 minutes - 12.3 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th Century American philosopher Robert Audi's article, "Virtue Ethics as a Resource in Business" It focuses specifically on four main areas of ethical challenge: ethical decisions, rules of action, traits of character, and virtues & obligations. 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....
Robert Audi, Virtue Ethics As A Resource In Business - Virtuous Persons, Motivation, And Action
August 03, 2023 16:25 - 11 minutes - 14.6 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th Century American philosopher Robert Audi's article, "Virtue Ethics as a Resource in Business" It focuses specifically on one important aspect of virtue ethics in business, the motivations people have for their choices and actions. This requires we distinguish acting from virtue from acting in accordance with virtue 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...
Robert Audi, Virtue Ethics As A Resource In Business - Six Dimensions Of Virtue
July 31, 2023 16:01 - 10 minutes - 14.4 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th Century American philosopher Robert Audi's article, "Virtue Ethics as a Resource in Business" It focuses specifically on the six dimensions he identifies as involved in a virtue. These are: Field; Target; Beneficiaries; Agential Understanding; Motivation; and Grounding. 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...
Robert Audi, Virtue Ethics As A Resource In Business - Five Contexts Of Application
July 29, 2023 16:52 - 8 minutes - 12.1 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th Century American philosopher Robert Audi's article, "Virtue Ethics as a Resource in Business" It focuses specifically on five of what Audi calls contexts of application for virtue ethics: aspiration, prohibition, exhortation, discovery, and justification 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....
Robert Audi, Virtue Ethics As A Resource In Business - Virtue Ethics As A Theory
July 28, 2023 12:44 - 11 minutes - 15.5 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th Century American philosopher Robert Audi's article, "Virtue Ethics as a Resource in Business" It focuses specifically on his general overview about virtue ethics as a moral theory, looking at whether it can provide standards, what sort of standards it provides, and how it does so. 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 -...
Philip Dick, The Android And Human - Concerns About Drugs - Sadler's Lectures
July 26, 2023 17:17 - 11 minutes - 17.1 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th Century American science-fiction short story writer and novelist, Philip K. Dick's speech "The Android and the Human", given at the Vancouver SF Convention at the University of British Columbia, in March 1972. It focuses specifically on Dick's views on the use of drugs, both street drugs and prescribed drugs, the latter of which he views as more problematic, and used to reduce people to analogues of androids To support my ongoing work, go to m...
Philip Dick, The Android And Human - State Order And Youthful Disobedience - Sadler's Lectures
July 25, 2023 17:56 - 18 minutes - 28 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th Century American science-fiction short story writer and novelist, Philip K. Dick's speech "The Android and the Human", given at the Vancouver SF Convention at the University of British Columbia, in March 1972. It focuses specifically on how some of the characteristics and motivations of the present generation of children and young adults in his time can function to resist being reduced to analogues to androids ("androidization"). To support my...
Philip Dick, The Android And Human - Human Beings And Androids - Sadler's Lectures
July 24, 2023 14:27 - 16 minutes - 24.9 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th Century American science-fiction short story writer and novelist, Philip K. Dick's speech "The Android and the Human", given at the Vancouver SF Convention at the University of British Columbia, in March 1972. It focuses specifically on the ways in which he thinks genuinely human beings (those who have not been reduced to androids) can be distinguished from androids. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler I...
Philip Dick, The Android And Human - Reversibility, Animation, Technology - Sadler's Lectures
July 23, 2023 15:31 - 17 minutes - 24.9 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th Century American science-fiction short story writer and novelist, Philip K. Dick's speech "The Android and the Human", given at the Vancouver SF Convention at the University of British Columbia, in March 1972. It focuses specifically on Dick's view that the distinction between the mechanical or electrical and the animate is beginning to break down in late modernity. He also suggests that in addition to looking to machines, computers, and andro...
J.R.R. Tolkien, On Fairy Stories - Eucatastrophe, Evangelium, And Joy - Sadler's Lectures
July 21, 2023 12:27 - 17 minutes - 25.2 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th Century English author, linguist, and literary critic J.R.R. Tolkien's essay On Fairy Stories It focuses specifically on his discussion, at the very end of the work, of what he terms "eucatastrophe" (as opposed to duscatastrophe) as a function of fairy stories, the "happy ending" that occurs through pain, suffering, loss, but not a final defeat. There is a joy both for sub-creators and for readers or listeners of the stories, and it is connected...
J.R.R. Tolkien, On Fairy Stories - Escapes And Desires - Sadler's Lectures
July 19, 2023 19:47 - 11 minutes - 16.5 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th Century English author, linguist, and literary critic J.R.R. Tolkien's essay On Fairy Stories It focuses specifically on his discussion of the motivations we can have for engaging in escape from the present by reading fairy stories. Some of these motivations might be framed negatively, but others are better understood in terms of basic and even primordial desires of human beings. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon....
J.R.R. Tolkien, On Fairy Stories - Escape's Legitimacy - Sadler's Lectures
July 17, 2023 22:54 - 14 minutes - 20.8 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th Century English author, linguist, and literary critic J.R.R. Tolkien's essay On Fairy Stories It focuses specifically on his discussion of the common criticism that gets made of fantasy, science fiction, and fairy stories, namely that they are escapes from the reality of the ordinary life that we have a duty to remain with. Tolkien thinks this misguided, and offers some reasons why escape might be a reasonable and valuable thing to engage in. T...
J.R.R. Tolkien, On Fairy Stories - Recovery, Loss, And Fairy Stories - Sadler's Lectures
July 16, 2023 15:13 - 14 minutes - 20.5 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th Century English author, linguist, and literary critic J.R.R. Tolkien's essay On Fairy Stories It focuses specifically on his discussion near the end of the work of recovery of what has been lost (sometimes without us even realizing it) through fairy stories. He also addresses the problem many people impose upon themselves, worrying too much about originality, rather than seeing that creativity is possible even with few and often-used elements. ...
J.R.R. Tolkien, On Fairy Stories - Sub-Creators And Secondary Worlds - Sadler's Lectures
July 14, 2023 13:52 - 15 minutes - 21.9 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th Century English author, linguist, and literary critic J.R.R. Tolkien's essay On Fairy Stories It focuses specifically on his discussion bearing upon four connected terms and ideas: sub-creation, sub-creators, secondary worlds, and secondary beliefs. Successful fantasy and fairy stories involves the author as a sub-creator, producing and offering to us a secondary world in which we can believe and within the scope of which things can be true. T...
J.R.R. Tolkien, On Fairy Stories - Fantasy And The Arts - Sadler's Lectures
July 12, 2023 19:24 - 16 minutes - 23.6 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th Century English author, linguist, and literary critic J.R.R. Tolkien's essay On Fairy Stories It focuses specifically on Tolkien's conception of fantasy, which he takes to be at the core of fairy tales, and why it is that one art in particular - literature, using the medium of language - is best suited for fantasy and fairy stories, by contrast to painting or to drama To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler I...
J.R.R. Tolkien, On Fairy Stories - The Cauldron Of Story - Sadler's Lectures
July 11, 2023 18:14 - 15 minutes - 22.3 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th Century English author, linguist, and literary critic J.R.R. Tolkien's essay On Fairy Stories It focuses specifically on his culinary metaphor of stories as being something that comes out of a pot or cauldron, as a stock, soup, or stew, and prepared by cooks. 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 - ...
J.R.R. Tolkien, On Fairy Stories - Three Faces Of Fairy Stories - Sadler's Lectures
July 10, 2023 21:55 - 12 minutes - 18.1 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th Century English author, linguist, and literary critic J.R.R. Tolkien's essay On Fairy Stories It focuses specifically on the passage where he distinguishes three "faces" of fairy stories, "the Mystical towards the Supernatural; the Magical towards Nature; and the Mirror of scorn and pity towards Man." Tolkien claims that the magical is the essential face, but the other two are often involved as well. We also go into his later distinction betwee...
J.R.R. Tolkien, On Fairy Stories - Are Fairy Stories For Children? - Sadler's Lectures
July 09, 2023 14:00 - 19 minutes - 28.8 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th Century English author, linguist, and literary critic J.R.R. Tolkien's essay On Fairy Stories It focuses specifically on his discussion of whether or not Fairy Stories are essentially for children or not. Tolkien engages in some useful criticism of people who think they are, including Andrew Lang, well known for his fairy books. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contributi...
J.R.R. Tolkien, On Fairy Stories - Origins Of Fairy Stories - Sadler's Lectures
July 06, 2023 18:35 - 16 minutes - 23.5 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th Century English author, linguist, and literary critic J.R.R. Tolkien's essay On Fairy Stories It focuses specifically on his discussion of theories about the origins of fairy stories, tackling what he considers to be the least important of the three questions he is focused upon. 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 - ...
J.R.R. Tolkien, On Fairy Stories - What Is A Fairy Story? - Sadler's Lectures
July 05, 2023 19:11 - 14 minutes - 20.6 MBThis lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th Century English author, linguist, and literary critic J.R.R. Tolkien's essay On Fairy Stories It focuses specifically on his views on what actually makes a narrative a fairy story, considering some common but misconceived answers to this question, in order to determine a right answer to it, namely that they are stories that are about or involve, "touches on or uses" the realm of Faërie. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.pa...