Aristotle & Happiness
What is it at which all things aim? What is it that is desired for it's own sake? What is the virtue of virtues and the good of all goods? We finally arrive at an answer to central question of the sea...
20 Des 201912min
The Barbarian & The Philosopher
Two questions that cannot be separated: Who are you? Where are you going? Today we learn from a barbarian and a philosopher that our identities and our destinies are intertwined. You cannot discuss th...
6 Des 201914min
RLP Holiday: Thanksgiving
In his book, "Pensees", the great Blaise Pascal reflected on the brief span of his life, of any of our lives. He wrote, "I take fright and am amazed to see myself here rather than there; there is no ...
27 Nov 201910min
Viktor Frankl & The Meaning of Life
Nietzsche wrote, "He who has a why to live for can bear with almost any how". Today we discuss what it is that makes life meaningful. What could be more important?
22 Nov 201915min
Albert Camus & The Myth of Sisyphus
Albert Camus, philosopher and novelist, once wrote that there was only one genuine philosophical problem: suicide. Camus wrote that, "Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answeri...
8 Nov 201912min
RLP Holiday: But Is It Real? Halloween I
What is it about Halloween? Is it the candy and dressing up? Is it trick or treating in a decorated neighborhood? Is it parties? What is it about the dark imagery, the witches, the vampires, and of...
31 Okt 201914min
Jean-Paul Sartre, Ethics & Meaning
If morality cannot be reduced to culture or emotion, then what is it? Perhaps it is simply a subjective thing. But there's a problem with this. In the words of Jordan Peterson, "we cannot invent ou...
25 Okt 201912min
C. S. Lewis & The Unavoidable Invisible
This week we confront a reality - a law, to use Lewis' language - that is unavoidable, yet can be disobeyed. We contemplate a reality that presses upon you as much as gravity, but cannot be measured ...
11 Okt 201913min
