The Wisdom Of
Kristian Urstad and Stephen Webb
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In this podcast we explore great works of philosophy and literature and art, and try to pull out of them what’s most interesting and inspiring! Whether they come from the works of Plato, or Dostoevsky or Picasso, here we explore ideas that move mountains and rock the soul! So, come join us, won’t you? Come worship at the alter of ideas, and come celebrate the dancing of thought. Welcome to the Wisdom Of!
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Max Weber - The age of the disenchantment of the world!
The German sociologist Max Weber uses the word disenchantment to describe the character of a highly modernized, secular and bureaucratic society. Couldn't we all do with some re-enchantment! ...…
Neil Postman's Amusing Ourselves to Death
Neil Postman was a media theorist and a prophetic critic of modern technology... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be…
Heidegger - The Disappearance of the World!
The German philosopher Martin Heidegger argued that human existence is grounded in meaningful relationships to things. When we lose these relationships, we lose nothing less than the world.... Check…
Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet - Writing as an existential necessity!
The great poet Rainer Maria Rilke advises all aspiring artists to ask themselves one question: Are you prepared to sacrifice everything? Because that's what it takes! ... Check out my new book! It's…
Epicurus on Gratitude
What Epicurus has to say about gratitude deserves our attention, especially today... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be…
William James - Pluralism and Free Will!
James argues for a world where we actively participate in the building of reality and where there are multiple sources of transcendence! ... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How…
Let's bring back the language of the SOUL!
We really need to revive a character-based account of the soul!... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be…
Rousseau and Han - Today's Loneliness Epidemic!
Why is there such a large increase in loneliness around the world? I think the philosophers Jean-Jacque Rousseau and Byung-Chul Han might be helpful here! ... Check out my new book! It's called: The…
The Spirit of Ancient Greek Tragedy - Why we need it so badly today!
Reviving the spirit of Greek tragedy can offer us a powerful corrective against today's lack of humility and moral polarization.... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology…
La Mettrie's Man the Machine - From Cartesian Dualism to Joyful Materialism!
This French philosopher argues that there is no immaterial soul, and that this doesn't strip life of its value! .... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing…
Edmund Burke - Inherited Wisdom and the Perils of Starting Anew!
Edmund Burke is the founder of cultural and political conservatism. Dostoevsky, Aristophanes and T.S. Eliot also share in a similar spirit. They all warn against dismissing the past! .... Check out…
Rollo May - How Art Overcomes Nihilism!
For the psychologist Rollo May, art is no dispensable luxury, it's an essential response to nihilism! .... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it…
A reminder from Mircea Eliade on the significance of the New Year!
Happy New Year to all across lands and seas! ...... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be…
The Poverty of Wealth: Nietzsche on Money and Mediocrity!
Nietzsche criticizes our modern infatuation with money-making, an infatuation that he thinks reveals a deep spiritual impoverishment and an erosion of character...... Check out my new book! It's…
In the spirit of Christmas - Why the path of self-interest will always fail you
Self-interest is directionless and ultimately, is an enemy of both self-actualization and love. For these things, we need a relation to something outside of our own egos. .... Check out my new book!…
Walter Benjamin - Against the Copy: Holding On to the Real in an Age of Reproduction!
When everything can be reproduced, why do we still crave the original? The psychologist Paul Bloom and the philosopher Walter Benjamin offer up some insight! ... Check out my new book! It's called:…
Barthes, Kierkegaard, Han - What happened to the erotic?
What is eroticism? And does it still exist today? Find out more! .... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be…
Hesse's Narcissus and Goldmund - Pick a path, pay the price, live the life!
Choosing one path in life means letting go of another! And that's okay! .... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be…
Bertrand Russell and Byung-Chul Han: Self-absorption is the source of unhappiness!
The philosophers Russell and Han come from different historical contexts, but they both agree on one thing: if you want to be happy stop being pre-occupied with yourself! .... Check out my new book!…
Great philosophers on how to stay young as we get older!
Aging doesn't have to involve loss of possibilities and heaviness. Just ask Nietzsche, the Taoists, Hannah Arendt and Camus! ... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is…
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The Wisdom Of has published 359 episodes since October 2020, covering topics in Arts, Books.
The Wisdom Of is currently highly active with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 18m.
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