Reading Kant's "Prolegomena" - Ep. 1
READ ALONG SERIES - KANT'S "PROLEGOMENA" Kant’s influence on philosophy and thinking in general has been immense but also difficult to pin down because he is so challenging to read. His influence has ...
26 Feb 202531min
Q & A 2: House of the Intellect - Ep. 9
Q & A #2 - HOUSE OF THE INTELLECT Wes and Jeremy take questions from Patreon Members on House of the Intellect.Sign-up for Wes’s PATREON to get your questions answered by Wes!Plus, gain access to cour...
25 Feb 20251h 17min
House of the Intellect - Ep. 8
BUREAUCRACY:As our societies have grown larger, more complex and more digitally integrated we have become enmeshed in ever larger and more centralized bureaucracies. These systems are, perhaps, inhere...
24 Feb 202543min
Major Thinkers - Simone Weil- Ep. 6
Largely forgotten today, she was an influential thinker and, perhaps, mystic who lived a life of ethical commitment in an extraordinarily difficult period in history. She provided an inspirational exa...
21 Feb 20251h 25min
Reading Jung's Redbook - Ep. 7 (Conclusion)
CONCLUSION:I conclude the series with the end of the first book of the Red Book. In the last section we see Jung sliding back and forth between various ideas of the role he is supposed to fulfill - ki...
19 Feb 202528min
House of the Intellect - Ep. 7
TECHNOLOGY AND DATA:Neither Barzun nor myself are opposed to technology or data per se - it is the way our culture tries to isolate technology from the cultural environment and, hence, de-value most e...
17 Feb 202548min
Major Thinkers - Jacques Derrida- Ep. 5
One of the most influential and controversial philosophers of the late 20th century, Derrida specialized in trying to unmoor our sense of certainty and truth. Working across 50 books, he was an intell...
14 Feb 20251h 20min
Reading Jung's The Red Book - Ep. 6
BEYOND RIGHT AND WRONGHere Jung moves beyond simply rejecting the Right and Wrong and tries to create an ethos of ambiguity. Focusing on a dream involving Elijah and Salome, he experiences the intertw...
12 Feb 202541min
