Ben Franklin’s Treatise on Human Liberty
CultureCast28 Helmi 2022

Ben Franklin’s Treatise on Human Liberty

In this episode, I discuss a fascinating and vigorous philosophical treatise by a great American, Benjamin Franklin. It is called “A Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain.” Franklin denies human free will. How can we choose something to which the omnipotent God does not consent? Franklin claims that there is no evil, because pain is necessary for the existence of pleasure. There is no need for an afterlife to realize justice, because pleasure always arises in exact proportion to pain.

Jaksot(63)

The Man Against the Sky, Edwin Arlington Robinson

The Man Against the Sky, Edwin Arlington Robinson

In this podcast, I go through the profound, searching imagery in Edwin Arlington Robinson's poem, "The Man Against the Sky." This poems follows a man embarking alone on to a hill where he stands again...

13 Syys 202029min

Is Man Just Another Animal?

Is Man Just Another Animal?

In this podcast, I start a conversation based on the wonderful blog of Manuel Alfonseca, a Spanish thinker, known as Divulgacion de Ciencia. The piece is on whether man (including both sexes) has a sp...

11 Syys 202029min

Calvin and the Self-Attestation of Scripture: How Do We Know Which Books Belong in the Bible?

Calvin and the Self-Attestation of Scripture: How Do We Know Which Books Belong in the Bible?

Catholics and Protestants use different Bibles. Protestants omit what they call the Apocryphal books. Catholics call these books the Deuterocanoncial books: Sirach, Baruch, Wisdom, Tobit, Sussana, and...

7 Syys 202025min

Poetry Wars Between Plato and Aristotle

Poetry Wars Between Plato and Aristotle

Even though Aristotle was a student of Plato, he diverged from his teacher greatly in terms of his attitude towards art (although I challenge the idea that they diverge at the end of this podcast!). P...

5 Syys 202025min

Consciousness As An Inferential Model

Consciousness As An Inferential Model

In this podcast, I discuss the nature of consciousness as presented by Karl Friston in his article in Aeon magazine, entitled "The Mathmatics of Mind-Time." Friston is interested in the transition fro...

30 Elo 202025min

The Spirituality of Emily Dickinson

The Spirituality of Emily Dickinson

In this podcast, I discuss the spirituality of the great American poet, Emily Dickinson. Dickinson was not a doctrinaire Christian, and had a deep suspicion of organized religion in general. Neverthel...

27 Elo 202028min

The Third Secret of Fatima, Part II

The Third Secret of Fatima, Part II

In this podcast, I finish my discussion of Dr. Maike Hickson's article on the third secret of Fatima: https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/what-we-know-of-our-lady-of-fatimas-3rd-secret-appears-to-be-un...

21 Elo 202022min

Our Lady of Fatima's Third Secret (Part I): Is It Happening Now?

Our Lady of Fatima's Third Secret (Part I): Is It Happening Now?

This is the first part of a two-part series on whether the third secret of Our Lady of Fatima is occurring now. With Pope Francis aligning with secular globalists who want a secular socialist world go...

21 Elo 202030min

Suosittua kategoriassa Yhteiskunta

olipa-kerran-otsikko
siita-on-vaikea-puhua
kaksi-aitia
gogin-ja-janin-maailmanhistoria
i-dont-like-mondays
uutiscast
poks
antin-palautepalvelu
kolme-kaannekohtaa
joku-tietaa-jotain-2
sita
aikalisa
mamma-mia
yopuolen-tarinoita-2
rss-murhan-anatomia
meidan-pitais-puhua
rss-nikotellen
rss-palmujen-varjoissa
lahko
rss-haudattu