Capitalism: How did we get here? And where are we going? Ep. 5
CAPITALISM: EP. 5When this new concept of man and new structure of political relations is let loose on the North American continent history starts to be rewritten. While the history and social norms o...
14 Apr 202535min
Philosophical Fireside Chats 🔥 🪵 : The Ox in the Alley from Chuang Tzu - Ep. 7
In this tale, originally from the work of Chuang Tzu, a simple problem illustrates two different kind of thinking errors we make in day to day life and how Taoism seeks to help us avoid them.Sign-up f...
12 Apr 202513min
Reading Kant's "Prolegomena" - Ep. 7
READ ALONG SERIES - KANT'S "PROLEGOMENA"Having moved on from Empiricism and Idealism, Kant now undercut the foundations of Metaphysics by putting strict limits on the power of its insights while simul...
9 Apr 202538min
Capitalism: How did we get here? And where are we going? Ep. 4
CAPITALISM: EP. 4The birth of the Dutch East India Company in 1602 is a watershed moment in the history of capitalism. A new power is brought into the world that the Dutch political powers used to cre...
7 Apr 202532min
Philosophical Fireside Chats 🔥 🪵: The Yaksha Prashna in the Mahabharata - Ep. 6
In a very simplified version of the famous Yaksha parable from the Mahabharata, we encounter the strangely rich and human nature of Hindu stories. In the original, there are something like 30 differen...
5 Apr 202515min
Reading Kant's "Prolegomena" - Ep. 6
READ ALONG SERIES - KANT'S "PROLEGOMENA"So we now get to the point Kant has been angling towards the whole time. What do we gain from all of this thinking for metaphysics? Answer, we gain insight into...
2 Apr 202543min
Capitalism: How did we get here? And where are we going? Ep. 3
CAPITALISM: EP. 3The need for revenue and the fracturing of the European social order that accompanied the Reformation led to the slow development of a new vision of the individual and of trade and ma...
31 Mars 202544min
Philosophical Fireside Chats 🔥 🪵: Achilles in The Illiad - Ep. 5
One of the great moments of human compassion and expressions of the utter waste of war. While Achilles is often raised as the symbol of the ultimate warrior, here he weeps and acknowledges the pointle...
28 Mars 202513min
