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Socrates: The Man who Changed Philosophy Forever
Slide 1: Title – “Socrates: The Man Who Changed Philosophy Forever” Here’s what’s remarkable about the man we’re about to study: Socrates never wrote a single word. Not one. No books, no essays, no lecture notes. Nothing. And yet, 2,400 years after his death, we’re still talking about him. Universities still teach his ideas. Philosophers…
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The Dream, The Crowd, and The Catalogue; A Commentary on Illiad Book II
The Dream, the Crowd, and the Catalogue: A Commentary on Iliad Book II Book II is one of the most structurally ambitious — and on the surface, most puzzling — books in the poem. It opens with divine deception, veers into near-comedy, introduces the most subversive character in the epic, and then grinds to an…
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The Architecture of Wrath: A Commentary on Iliad Book I
The Architecture of Wrath: A Commentary on Iliad Book I Book I is one of the most perfectly constructed opening gambits in all of Western literature. Homer does not begin with the war itself — Troy’s towers, the clash of armies — but with something far more intimate and destructive: the anger of one man.…
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The Philosophy of Mahavira: Path to Liberation through Truth and Nonviolence
Slide 1: Title Slide – “The Philosophy of Mahavira: Path to Liberation through Truth and Nonviolence” Okay, so here’s a question that should make you uncomfortable: What would you give up for ultimate freedom? Not freedom like “I can do whatever I want on Saturday.” I mean FREEDOM—capital F. Freedom from suffering. Freedom from the…
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The Philosophy of Kapila: Father of Sankhya and Cosmic Evolution
Slide 1: Who Was Kapila? Okay, so imagine you’re living around 600 BCE. The world is going through this absolutely explosive moment of philosophical innovation—we’re talking Buddha in India, Confucius in China, the pre-Socratics in Greece. It’s like the universe decided to wake up all at once and start asking the big questions. And right…
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Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations — A Conversation with Translator Aaron Poochigian
00:00Again, poet, classicist and translator based in New York City whose work has appeared in the Financial Times, the New York Review of Books and Poetry Magazine. His new translation of Marcus Aurelius’ Meditation is out now from Live Write Publishing. Aaron, welcome to the show. Thank you very much for having me. Okay, so…
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Marcus Aurelius: The Philosopher Emperor of Rome
Introduction: The Emperor Who Wrote His Diary in a War Zone You know what’s absolutely wild? Right now, at this very moment, somewhere in the world, there’s a CEO reading a 2,000-year-old book before a big meeting. There’s a soldier carrying it in their pack. There’s someone dealing with anxiety who just ordered it on…
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The Philosophy of Leucippus: Father of Atomism
Slide 1: The Philosophy of Leucippus – Father of Atomism Here’s something wild: everything you think you know about matter, space, and physical reality might trace back to a guy we’re not even 100% sure existed. I’m serious. Leucippus – the philosopher we’re about to explore – left behind so little evidence that for centuries,…
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The Philosophy of Yajnavalkya: Vedic Sage and Visionary Thinker
Slide 1: The Philosophy of Yajnavalkya – Ancient Wisdom Here’s what I want you to think about for a second: What makes someone truly wise? Is it how many books they’ve read? How many degrees hang on their wall? Whether they can quote the right philosophers at dinner parties? We throw around the word “wisdom”…
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The Philosophy of Uddalaka Aruni: Pioneer of Indian Metaphysics
Slide 1: The Philosophy of Uddalaka Aruni – Pioneer of Indian Metaphysics Okay, here’s what I want you to imagine for a second. You’re scrolling through your phone, maybe reading about the latest breakthrough in consciousness studies or quantum physics, and someone tells you: “Yeah, a guy figured out the basic framework for that 2,800…