Will To Wisdom
8 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsWelcome to Will To Wisdom - A podcast exploring perspectives on living well. When we think of philosophy, grand questions come to mind: Does God exist? Do we have free will? What's the relationship between mind and matter? That kind of thing. What philosophers tend not to think so much about nowadays is what it takes to live a good life. This wasn't always the case. Philosophers in ancient times viewed the question of the good life as one of the subject's most fundamental. Will To Wisdom seeks to continue this ancient investigation by discussing various perspectives, both new and old, on the craft of living well. We'll discus the views of great thinkers through the ages; drawing from philosophy, psychology, history, literature and wherever else we might find some insight. I hope you enjoy.
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#6 Life on the Bright Side: The Case for Rational Optimism
August 27, 2021 13:00 - 36 minutes - 24.8 MBToday's episode is all about injecting a little dose of optimism into your day! The world is not as bad as you think... I hope to achieve three things: To explain why pessimism has become so rife in modern times. To explain why optimism for the future is of great benefit to us. To discuss some of the macro trends that should give us all good reason to be optimistic about the state of human progress. So come on, join the bright side! 🌞 Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/paypalm...
Reflections on an Untimely Death
June 27, 2021 16:00 - 6 minutes - 4.34 MBTo my beloved aunt. I will always carry your memory in my heart. I love you more than you can imagine. I will see to what you started. Support the show
#5 Buddhist Philosophy: A Study in Suffering
May 09, 2021 16:00 - 26 minutes - 18.3 MBSubscribe to my mailing list for updates on new episodes. In this episode, we're taking a look at the core principles of Buddhist thought. Buddhism has been growing in popularity in recent years. In the west, this growth has been correlated with the declining number of people who hold a belief in God. For many, Buddhism has provided the spiritual outlet that they need in a Godless world. We'll discuss: The life of the Buddha The Buddhist denial of self Similarities to modern views in ...
#4 Aristotle and the Road to Eudaimonia - The Nicomachean Ethics
April 15, 2021 05:00 - 25 minutes - 17.6 MBSubscribe to my mailing list for updates on new episodes. In this episode, we're covering Aristotle's view on the road to Eudaimonia in his Nicomachean Ethics. Eudaimonia is often translated to happiness, but that’s not quite right. Really it means something like human flourishing. For Aristotle, Eudaimonia is achieved through the pursuit of virtue over the course of an entire life. We'll discuss: Aristotle's life His function argument The rationalist approach to ethics The 'golden ...
#3 Why Can't We All Just Get Along? Jonathan Haidt's The Righteous Mind
March 31, 2021 23:00 - 46 minutes - 32.2 MBSubscribe to my mailing list for updates on new episodes. In this episode, we're talking about Jonathan Haidt's seminal contribution to moral psychology, The Righteous Mind. Do you agree that our society is more divided now than at any point in recent history? Despite the fact that living conditions are improving at an impressive rate around the world, it feels like we struggle to get along with our ideological opponents more than we ever have before. I believe the question of how we c...
#2 Insights From The Depths Of Darkness - Viktor Frankl's 'Man's Search For Meaning'
March 18, 2021 00:00 - 27 minutes - 18.9 MBSubscribe to my mailing list for updates on new episodes. In this episode, we're taking a look at Viktor Frankl's 'Man's Search For Meaning'. It's partly an account of Frankl's internment in the concentration camps of Nazi Germany and partly an exposition of his new approach to psychoanalysis - Logotherapy. Despite the book’s bleak subject matter, it is full of hope, insight and even humour, on occasion. Against the darkest depictions of the worst parts of human nature, examples abound of ...
#1 Stoicism and the Dichotomy of Control
March 04, 2021 00:00 - 24 minutes - 16.6 MBSubscribe to my mailing list for updates on new episodes. Welcome to Will To Wisdom - A podcast exploring perspectives on living well. In this episode we're taking a look at the dichotomy of control - the stoic practice of dividing the world into things we control and things we don't. The stoics suggest that by focussing our attention on only those things that we control, we will become more resilient to the often cruel whims of fate. In this episode we'll be discussing the origins and hi...
Introduction: Philosophy and the Craft of Living Well
February 20, 2021 17:00 - 7 minutes - 4.95 MBSubscribe to my mailing list for updates on new episodes. Welcome to Will To Wisdom - A podcast exploring perspectives on living well. When we think about philosophy, we think of grand questions. Does God exist. Do we have free will? What is the relationship between body and soul. That kind of thing. What philosophers tend not to think so much about nowadays is what it takes to live a good life. This wasn't always the case. Philosophers in ancient times viewed the question of the good ...