Podcasts about nietzsche

"You, whoever you are, reading me - take your own chance. Just as, at the moment of writing, I gamble with you." The much-awaited conclusion to season six is here! The year is 1944, and we follow Georges Bataille through the months of February to August as he recounts the end of the Nazi occupation of France, while writing of his daily encounters, his inner experiences, first-hand accounts of the war, mad ramblings and poems - and astute, if sometimes confusing, commentary on the work of Nietzsche. In this episode we will explore the will to chance, immanence vs. transcendence, desire as "time-being", and the possibility of affirming desire in itself and for itself, having fully seen through the lie of every "end" or "goal" presented to us by the mad pursuit of passion. The Gay Science readthrough episodes coming soon!

"The most depressed, anxious, addicted, and self-destructive generation in American culture—we created this world." In this episode, Matt Bradley (Partnership Manager at WhyFire and Editor of The Fire Time Magazine) makes a provocative argument from his 2026 HPBExpo class: the reason you can't hire or inspire young workers isn't pay, schedules, or time off—it's a culture that's stripped them of meaning. He traces the problem back to Nietzsche and offers an ancient antidote. In this episode, Matt covers: - Why higher pay, flexible schedules, and more paid time off won't fix your hiring problem—and what young people actually crave instead. - The "fortitude formula"—moral purpose times sources of strength—and how Viktor Frankl found meaning in a concentration camp. - Concrete interview questions and shop-floor practices that work, including why you should drop the sarcasm and never assume Gen Z is lazy. Don't miss this one if you've ever caught yourself blaming "kids these days"—Matt argues that mindset is just an easy way to let yourself off the hook, and he hands you a practical playbook to mentor the most capable hires you've been overlooking. —— Links from this episode: WhyFire Fireplace AI Visualizer http://whyfire.com —— Watch this podcast on YouTube: https://youtu.be/nBRD5lY_m7k Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-fire-time-podcast/id1433804268 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4vHdzg48bE5qFf0KjMeMej?si=7b6cae3923d348f2 Read The Fire Time Magazine: https://www.itsfiretime.com/magazine Subscribe to The Fire Time Magazine: https://itsfiretime.com/subscribe Support The Fire Time Podcast financially: https://www.itsfiretime.com/join

“Derrière l'image de la bimbo, il y a beaucoup de profondeur, de douceur, d'intelligence.”Pour ce nouvel épisode de la saison 4 de Banh Mi, Linda reçoit une artiste dont la liberté, le piquant et l'engagement font un bien fou : Daphné Huynh.Humoriste, comédienne, scénariste et chroniqueuse radio percutante en Belgique, Daphné explore nos travers, les injonctions et la féminité avec une intelligence rare. De la danse de cabaret à son seul-en-scène "Ma Bimbosophie", elle s'est construit une identité qui ne s'excuse de rien.Mais derrière le rire et les paillettes de la scène, cet épisode explore la sensibilité et la profondeur d'un parcours mouvant. Entre la France, le Vietnam et la Belgique où elle s'épanouit aujourd'hui, Daphné nous ouvre les portes de son histoire et nous raconte comment elle transforme ses fêlures intimes en une force créative et collective.Dans cet épisode, on explore : L'origine de son spectacle "Ma Bimbosophie" et l'art de réhabiliter ce conceptComment ses expériences de la scène à la radio ont façonné sa voix La déconstruction du masculinisme, des haters et de la compétition entre femmes La triple culture entre la France, la Belgique et le Vietnam Le deuil et l'urgence de briser le silence dans une société qui pousse au bonheur à tout prixCHAPITRES 00:00 – Introduction 02:58 – "Ma Bimbosophie" : ultra-féminité et philosophie05:42 – Comment son parcours a-il façonné la femme qu'elle est aujourd'hui ?07:36 – Le regard de la société sur les femmes : féminité et masculinistes 10:22 – Les haters de Facebook12:00 – Grandir entre la France, le Vietnam et la Belgique 18:23 – La représentation des femmes asiatiques dans les médias : sororité vs compétition23:59 – Chronique intime : libérer la parole autour du deuil 32:10 – Ses prochains projets 35:15 – Message à Daphné de 20 ans37:23 – Les questions signature Banh miUn épisode puissant sur la sororité, le courage de s'assumer pleinement et la force de l'intime pour bousculer les codes.Banh Mi est un podcast créé et réalisé par Linda Nguon. Pose-toi avec nous et écoute ce qu'on t'a préparé.Production - Linda Nguon & Sébastien KongCadreurs - Vincent Bailleul, Julie KuochSon - Hongli WangPost production - Élisa Ung & Rémi Vu Dinh BaPhoto - Cédric Aubry⁠⁠⁠⁠Pour la version filmée, RDV sur la chaîne Youtube Banh Mi Media⁠⁠⁠⁠Pour suivre Banh Mi podcast:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠@banhmi.media⁠⁠⁠⁠ /⁠ ⁠banh-mi.co⁠⁠/

durée : 00:04:38 - Grand bien vous fasse ! - par : Thibaut de Saint Maurice - Thibaut partage une réflexion sur la célèbre pensée de Nietzsche : "nous avons l'art pour ne pas mourir de la vérité". Comment le cinéma aide-t-il à appréhender les réalités les plus complexes du réel ? Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France

This episode is a replay from The Existential Stoic library. Enjoy! What would Nietzsche think of the world today? Would he find any of the social changes positive or negative? In this episode, Danny and Randy discuss what Nietzsche would think of the world today.Subscribe to ESP's YouTube Channel! Thanks for listening!  Do you have a question you want answered in a future episode? If so, send your question to: existentialstoic@protonmail.com 

Nietzsche's Zarathustra isn't about power-hungry tyrants. This book summary reveals the surprising truth about the Übermensch.

D'où vient la haine ? Des ivresses artistiques de Nietzsche aux profondeurs psychiques de Carl Jung, en passant par une métaphysique de la bombe atomique, jusqu'au film prophétique d'Hayao Miyazaki : nous partons dans cette conférence sur les traces du plus vieux sentiment du monde, pour essayer de comprendre son origine et ses effets dévastateurs sur nos corps. Dans cet essai, entre mythe et psychologie, je vous propose de me suivre jusqu'aux racines de la civilisation occidentale, jusqu'aux parts les plus enfouies et inavouables de nous-mêmes - avec lesquelles il nous est aujourd'hui demandé d'apprendre à nous entretenir. Car qui veut résoudre doit d'abord comprendre et dissiper les horreurs qu'il entretient lui-même.Bon voyage. ⚫ Pour rejoindre le Cercle du Dolmen, une troupe d'aventuriers, d'écrivains et d'artistes en tout genre, rejoignez le Cercle Dolmen sur mon Patreon. Vous y aurez accès à l'ensemble de mon contenu exclusif : conférences, soirées réflexives, podcasts - et vous pourrez participer aux discussions communautaires sur Discord avec nous : ici ⚫ Candidater à ma retraite fin juillet (le questionnaire ferme d'ici 24 heures) ici

The Desecration of Man: How the Rejection of God Degrades Our Humanity By: Carl R. Trueman Published: 2026 256 Pages Briefly, what is this book about? In the standard story of the transition from the premodern to the modern, the world has gradually been disenchanted. Depending on who you are, this is either a good thing, a sad thing, or a mixed thing. Trueman's contention is that disenchantment has, over the last few decades, transitioned to desecration. In his telling, the modern world hasn't just outgrown the sacred, it's rebelled against it. Much like a headstrong teenager might revel in doing the opposite of what his parents expect, society has come to celebrate the transgression of things that were previously deemed to be holy.  These transgressions are not only a source of rebellious pleasure, but more critically, they provide a way to make the person feel superior to the divine. Violating rules and norms allows one to feel above them. Why is this important? Because (pulling in Nietzsche) having rejected God, men now need to become gods, and this is one way to do it. But these transgressions, rather than elevating men, debase them. We see this debasement in everything from the sexual revolution down through assisted suicide and IVF. In the end Trueman claims one can either accept Christianity root-and-branch or engage in full-on Nietzschean self-creation, but that there is no middle ground, no cultural Christianity, no stable progressive moral creation. It is either one extreme or the other. What authorial biases should I be aware of? Trueman is, himself, a root-and-branch Christian, so he definitely favors one side over the other.  Who should read this book? ...

There are two very different kinds of atheism: the sentimental optimism of John Lennon's Imagine, and the hard, brutal realism of Friedrich Nietzsche's "death of God." Lennon imagines a world without religion, borders, or possessions, where everyone naturally lives in peace. Nietzsche saw more clearly that if God disappears, so does the Christian moral framework that gave the West its ideas of compassion, humility, charity, and care for the weak. But Nietzsche's alternative has its own fatal flaw. A world built on strength, power, and self-assertion cannot explain why the strong should care for the weak — even though every human being spends large portions of life in weakness, dependence, and need.

« Il faut savoir se perdre pour un temps si l'on veut apprendre quelque chose des êtres que nous ne sommes pas nous-mêmes ». L'ArtyShow eût aimé se perdre dans le gai savoir de Nietzsche. Il a aimé se perdre avec tous ces êtres qu'il n'est pas. Il aime se dire que, pendant toute une saison, il se perdra avec tous ces êtres de culture et de passion qui offrent au territoire un supplément d'âme et une parenthèse – légère et dense, inessentielle donc vitale, obstinée et cathartique. L'ArtyShow a douze ans, encore toutes ses dents et tous ses élans. Au menu de ce 197e épisode, une causerie avec Elisabeth Hérault. Saxophoniste, tromboniste, claviériste et chanteuse, elle a participé aux aventures Lo’Jo, Cheese, Fanfare Jo Bithume, Sufjan Stevens, Des Lions pour des Lions, Ensemble Erdeven… Elle est aujourd’hui en trio Da PontCé avec Alain «Boochon» Lardeux (basse) et Antoine «Lord Titou» David (batterie). A la technique, le précieux Mael. Playlist : Travailler c'est trop dur > Zachary Richard /

The two-part conclusion of season six begins. We're delving into the work of Georges Bataille, with a focus on his book, "On Nietzsche". Bataille is one of the most interesting intellectual nodes of 20th century philosophy. For a long time, his work was obscure in the English-speaking world, often eclipsed by those he influenced, such as Derrida and Foucault. However, among the postmodernists, Bataille takes Nietzsche as his closest companion, and struggles most fiercely with him. On Nietzsche is written during the war years, and is a very strange book that defies categorization. We'll talk about the background of the text, Bataille's life, the secret society Acephale, and the main ideas in Summit and Decline. In the next episode, we'll discuss 1944 diaries with a focus on the philosophical ideas therein.

In this conversation, Carl Trueman joins me and Scott Rae for one of the most wide-ranging episodes we've recorded. We get into CS Lewis, Nietzsche's madman, the anthropological question at the heart of every cultural debate, the sexual revolution, pornography, contraception (where Trueman calls himself "a work in progress"), IVF, surrogacy, end-of-life decisions, and how Christians sometimes mirror the secular world's trivialization of death. READ: The Desecration of Man: How the Rejection of God Degrades Our Humanity by Carl Trueman (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DW3LVXQW?ref_=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_HNU2TW9LP6RXFBSTXY5M) *Get a MASTERS IN APOLOGETICS or SCIENCE AND RELIGION at BIOLA (https://bit.ly/3LdNqKf) *USE Discount Code [smdcertdisc] for 25% off the BIOLA APOLOGETICS CERTIFICATE program (https://bit.ly/3AzfPFM) *See our fully online UNDERGRAD DEGREE in Bible, Theology, and Apologetics: (https://bit.ly/448STKK) FOLLOW ME ON SOCIAL MEDIA: Twitter: https://x.com/Sean_McDowell TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sean_mcdowell?lang=en Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seanmcdowell/ Website: https://seanmcdowell.org Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

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Have you ever used AI to get answers to philosophical questions? What are the top ten philosophical questions people ask AI? In this episode, Danny and Randy answer the top ten philosophical questions people ask AI.Subscribe to ESP's YouTube Channel! Thanks for listening!  Do you have a question you want answered in a future episode? If so, send your question to: existentialstoic@protonmail.com

This episode is a replay from The Existential Stoic library. Enjoy! Are you depressed? Do you know why you are depressed? Does being civilized cause depression? In this episode, Danny and Randy discuss whether being civilized causes depression and what we can do about it. Subscribe to ESP's YouTube Channel! Thanks for listening!  Do you have a question you want answered in a future episode? If so, send your question to: existentialstoic@protonmail.com

O filósofo é o estraga prazeres de seu tempo. Cabe a ele olhar longe e trazer as más notícias. No caso de Nietzsche, a mensagem é conhecida: “Deus está morto, e nós o matamos!”. Mas será mesmo? No programa desta semana, nos perguntamos se o obituário metafísico chega até a política, e buscamos em Espinosa uma ajuda para pensar as dificuldades próprias da mistura entre o cristianismo e o estado.ParticipantesRafael LauroRafael TrindadeLinksTexto lidoOutros LinksFicha TécnicaCapa: Felipe FrancoEdição: Pedro JanczurAss. Produção: Bru AlmeidaTexto: Rafael TrindadeGosta do nosso programa?Contribua para que ele continue existindo, seja um assinante!Support the show

Professor Paul Bishop, Ph.D., returned to discuss Volume 3 in his series Jung and the Epic of Transformation – Nietzsche's “Thus Spoke Zarathustra” and the Challenge of Transformation, released on June 5th by Chiron Publications.

In this episode Miles is joined by Lesley Chamberlain to discuss her newly-published monograph, 'Undoing the Moral Empire: Moral Philosophy in post-War Britain'. https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/undoing-the-moral-empire-9781350457751/ After 1945, Britain wanted to be a new country. The authority of state and church were giving way, the Empire was dismantled, and it was no longer clear who was leading whom in matters of morals. Individuals were left to reinvent their ethical lives anew. The lives and works of the philosophers discussed in this book were caught up this sea-change. Bernard Williams, Philippa Foot, Iris Murdoch, Richard Wollheim, Charles Taylor and Alasdair MacIntyre were all characters in search of a moral England, with a particular vision of the good society. From communitarianism to swinging Sixties' individualism, and radical theories of art – which understood questions of ambiguity, error and forgiveness more than the state ever could – this is the story of their sometimes convergent but often discrepant ideas on ethical life in the second half of the twentieth century. Undoing the Moral Empire is a work of biography, social history and the history of ideas that masterfully reconstructs the shifting sentiments of the post-war era, reconfiguring enduringly relevant questions of freedom, virtue, and society. Lesley is an author, literary critics and translator whose work has focused on Rilke, Nietzsche, German philosophy, Conservative Modern Russia, Heidegger, Van Gogh, Lenin, Freud, travel writing, cuisine in Russia and Poland, journalism and fiction – twelve books in all. She's also the author of the forthcoming chapter on Murdoch and Russian Literature in the Oxford Handbook of Iris Murdoch. This new book marks a homecoming for Lesley. You can find out much more about her work at her website: http://lesleychamberlain.co.uk/

Matt and Michael dive into three recent news stories that have them asking the same question. What is this madness? They break down the California mayoral race, the Karmelo Anthony murder trial, and the Somali World Cup referee denied entry to the US. But the headlines are just the entry point. The real conversation is about something deeper. Why does it feel like half the country has stopped operating in good faith? Why do people defend narratives at the cost of reality itself? And what happens to a culture when it unhooks itself from any higher ideal? Matt brings in John C. Lennox's argument that atheism, taken to its logical conclusion, unwinds rationality completely. If your brain is the product of a purposeless process, why would you trust it to do science or even to claim you are rational? The guys connect this to Nietzsche's warning about unhooking the earth from its sun, and to C.S. Lewis's insight from The Screwtape Letters about directing malice toward neighbors and benevolence toward strangers we will never meet. They also get personal. Michael talks about being in love with the idea of his wife and kids versus actually loving them. Matt quotes Teresa of Avila. God, I don't love you. I don't even want to love you, but I want to want to love you. The episode lands on a hard truth. Without a shared goal, there is no progress. And right now, we do not even agree that there should be a goal. Cheers y'all

For Nietzsche, diet isn't a medical issue, it's about the cultivation of the full realization of our potential!  ... Check out my new books! This one is called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Humanhttps://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/   

In this podcast we will be talking about 5 Things You Should Stop Wasting Your Money on from the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche. Friedrich Friedrich Nietzsche was a German philosopher and a precursor of existentialism. So here are 5 Things You Should Stop Wasting Your Money on from the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche - 01. The "Herd" Aesthetic02. "Anesthetics" for the Soul03. The "Last Man's" Comforts04. Ideological "Indulgences"05. Cheap Education We hope you enjoyed listening to this podcast and hope this video, from the philosophy of Nietzsche, helps you to stop wasting your money on these 5 things. Friedrich Nietzsche was a German philosopher, poet, essayist, and cultural critic. He is considered to be one of the most daring and greatest thinkers of all time. His writings on truth, morality, language, aesthetics, cultural theory, history, nihilism, power, consciousness, and the meaning of existence have exerted an enormous influence on Western philosophy and intellectual history. He was one of the biggest precursors of existentialism, which emphasizes the existence of the individual person as a free and responsible agent, determining their own development through acts of will. By his famous words “God is dead!”, Nietzsche moved the focus of philosophy from metaphysics to the material world and to the individual as a responsible person for his own life. Friedrich Nietzsche wrote several books like The Birth of a Tragedy,  Human, All Too Human, The Dawn, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Beyond Good and Evil, Twilight of the Idols, The Will to Power, The Antichrist, and many more. His teachings have shaped the lives of many people; from psychologists to poets, dancers to social revolutionaries.

What does it really mean to love your fate? In this episode of the Via Stoica Podcast, we look at one of the most used phrases in modern Stoicism, where it actually comes from, and what Stoic philosophy says about acceptance, fate, and how to show up when life does not go as planned.Welcome to the Via Stoica Podcast, the podcast on Stoicism. Here, philosophy is not something you recite. It is something you practice, especially when the difficult moments arrive.Amor fati was never a Stoic phrase. Nietzsche coined it, and his version was radical: a total, eternal affirmation of everything that has ever happened, exactly as it happened. The Stoics had a different relationship with fate. They saw the world as a chain of cause and effect governed by the logos, and they asked a simpler question: Will you walk with it, or be dragged?That is where the real practice begins. Not in the good moments, when acceptance is easy, but in the ones that test you. The rejection, the injury, the plan that falls apart. Those are the moments Epictetus called the exam. The ones that show you how much you have actually learned.This episode will not tell you to love what hurts. It will show you how to welcome it anyway.Want to go deeper? Read the full guide: viastoica.com/how-to-practice-amor-fati/Support the show

Casual Nietzsche chat with Jakob and Daniel.

Giulio Goggi"Emanuele Severino. Il filosofo dell'eternità"Marcianum Presshttps://www.marcianumpress.it/Questa monografia ripercorre l'intera filosofia di Emanuele Severino, mettendone in luce la sostanziale compattezza attorno al tratto essenziale della verità: l'apparire dell'incontrovertibile identità di ogni essente con se stesso. Tale identità implica l'eternità dell'essente in quanto essente: di ogni istante, cosa o relazione è necessario predicare l'impossibilità che non sia.A partire da questo nucleo solidissimo, il libro segue le articolazioni di un discorso capace di indicare le principali implicazioni della verità dell'essere: dalle molteplici fondazioni dell'eternità degli essenti e della necessità dell'accadere, fino al significato della “Gloria” e al complesso rapporto tra apparire finito e apparire infinito.Sullo sfondo, i grandi temi del nichilismo, della tecnica, del linguaggio, dell'ethos dell'Occidente, nel costante dialogo del Filosofo con i giganti del pensiero: Parmenide, Eschilo, Platone, Aristotele, Tommaso d'Aquino, Hegel, Marx, Leopardi, Nietzsche, Gentile, Heidegger.Arricchisce il volume la Postfazione inedita di Emanuele Severino, qui pubblicata per la prima volta: un documento prezioso che testimonia la profondità del legame teoretico tra il Filosofo e l'Autore.Prefazioni: Graham Priest · Ines Testoni e Damiano SaccoPostfazioni: Emanuele Severino (inedita) · Leonardo MessineseGiulio Goggiè dottore di ricerca in filosofia teoretica e direttore scientifico del gruppo di ricerca ARS (Attività Ricerche Studi), istituito dal Centro Casa Severino – Associazione di Studi Emanuele Severino (CCS-ASES). Nel 2017 ha conseguito l'abilitazione scientifica nazionale a professore di prima fascia nel settore di filosofia teoretica. È autore di numerosi scritti dedicati al pensiero di Emanuele Severino e a temi di metafisica. Tra le sue principali pubblicazioni: Dal diveniente all'Immutabile. Studio sul pensiero di Gustavo Bontadini (2003); Aristotele, Rosmini e la struttura del noûs (2006); Ragione e fede (2009); Al cuore del destino. Scritti sul pensiero di Emanuele Severino (2014); Emanuele Severino (2015).Diventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarehttps://ilpostodelleparole.it/

 It's the new normal. Brielle Montrose tries to live her life, while her brother and his new "friend" are living theirs.Afterwards, Rish opens a can of worms talking about bullies (I even considered cutting it out, since the episode was so long, but here we are) and even quotes Nietzsche.Note: These three MFOM episodes were recorded before I realized it was a mistake to attach my microphone to the seatbelt instead of my shirt.To download this episode, Right-Click HERE.To support Rish on his Patreon page, click HERE.Logo by Gino "My Fan of Misery" Moretto.

Are you prioritizing the wrong traits when looking for a long-term partner? This episode dives into Friedrich Nietzsche's revolutionary perspective on why conversational compatibility is the true secret to a successful marriage. Learn why physical attraction fades, how intellectual alignment sustains a bond, and how to evaluate your relationship's long-term potential.

Video Link: https://youtu.be/_dS2ZK-6jJY?si=eoXAqStqBU7yYu8lYou can learn: 1) Humans have an infinite capacity for Thoughts; Thoughts are Human Creation, & You DO NOT owe your thoughts ANYTHING 2) What Owns You? 3) How the Three Temptations are alive today 4) Philosophy & Psychology meet Christianity (even though it is a Human Story) 5) Autism Research is worthless so it is necessary to be an N=1 This leads into Part 7: The How and the Beatitudes & Self-Transformation Elevate How You Navigate with Len & a free call https://elevatehowyounavigate.com MAYU Water, use "autism" for 10% off at https://mayuwater.com Daylight Computer Company, use "autism" for $50 off at https://buy.daylightcomputer.com/autism Daylight Kids (!!!) https://kids.daylightcomputer.com/autism ‪ Chroma Light Devices, use "autism" for 10% discount at https://getchroma.co/?ref=autism Key Highlights: • Why the “Three Temptations” are not ancient stories but modern psychological systems • Why thoughts are not neutral & how repeated thoughts become personality • Jung, Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, Dostoevsky, neuroscience, & predictive processing brought together into one framework • How modern systems industrialize temptation through stimulation, performance, & certainty What actually owns you? In this episode, we explore the psychological depth behind the Three Temptations — not simply as religious stories, but structures organizing modern life through comfort, validation, & control. Drawing from Jung, Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, Dostoevsky, neuroscience, predictive processing, and internal calculators, the episode examines how thoughts become patterns, patterns become identity, & modern systems progressively shape the self through stimulation, performance, certainty, & emotional regulation. From dopamine & reward systems to persona formation, ideological rigidity, & the human search for meaning, this episode explores how the temptations never disappeared — they industrialized. Part 5 (and links to part 1-4 in the notes) https://youtu.be/-IJcXrJJMuUInternal Calculators part 1 https://youtu.be/uKa3wzpRoxQInternal Calculators https://youtu.be/nTs2m8SGqXcInternal Calculators https://youtu.be/5lsQIJUPgQ4

Key Highlights:• Why the “Three Temptations” are not ancient stories but modern psychological systems• Why thoughts are not neutral & how repeated thoughts become personality• Jung, Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, Dostoevsky, neuroscience, & predictive processing brought together into one framework• How modern systems industrialize temptation through stimulation, performance, & certaintyWhat actually owns you?In this episode, we explore the psychological depth behind the Three Temptations — not simply as religious stories, but structures organizing modern life through comfort, validation, & control. Drawing from Jung, Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, Dostoevsky, neuroscience, predictive processing, and internal calculators, the episode examines how thoughts become patterns, patterns become identity, & modern systems progressively shape the self through stimulation, performance, certainty, & emotional regulation. From dopamine & reward systems to persona formation, ideological rigidity, & the human search for meaning, this episode explores how the temptations never disappeared — they industrialized.Part 5 (and links to part 1-4 in the notes) https://youtu.be/-IJcXrJJMuU?si=xa0Psj0V_X-nrO0cInternal Calculators part 1 https://youtu.be/uKa3wzpRoxQ?si=57tk2tO14VNVdzcpInternal Calculators part 2 https://youtu.be/5lsQIJUPgQ4Elevate How You Navigate with Len & a free call https://elevatehowyounavigate.comMAYU Water, use "autism" for 10% off at https://mayuwater.comDaylight Computer Company, use "autism" for $50 off at https://buy.daylightcomputer.com/autismDaylight Kids (!!!) https://kids.daylightcomputer.com/autism ‪Chroma Light Devices, use "autism" for 10% discount at https://getchroma.co/?ref=autism00:00 Elevate How You Navigate, MAYU Water, Daylight Computer & Daylight Kids, Chroma Light Devices05:16 What Owns You?07:57 The Three Temptations; Wilderness, Jung & the Shadow12:00 First Temptation: Comfort, Relief & Instant Gratification16:00 Internal Calculators; Thoughts, Habits & Identity20:00 Why Comfort Becomes a Trap21:58 Second Temptation: Validation, Persona & Social Media24:14 Kierkegaard, the Crowd & Performance Identity26:45 Authenticity vs Visibility28:14 Third Temptation: Power, Control & Certainty30:10 Nietzsche, Ideology & Psychological Rigidity32:50 Why We Crave Control34:10 The Industrialization of Temptation36:55 Self-Actualization, Meaning & the Void39:05 Logos, Transformation & Identity41:20 What Ultimately Owns You?43:00 Discipline, Strength, Logos & Final Reflections

In this episode we're going to explore three very different thinkers who nonetheless converge on their theories of language. We're going to see if we can't extract an intelligible whole out of the ideas generated by this trio: the Nietzschean theory of language as command, the view of Cassirer that man is a symbolic animal, and Wittgenstein's concept of the language-game.

We dive deep into one of the most urgent philosophical projects of our time: forging a genuine vision of the Overman (Übermensch)—not as Nietzsche's isolated prophecy, but as a living synthesis drawn from the greatest fundamental thinkers in Fundamental Thinkers (Dr. Jorjani's latest book).Dr. Jason Reza JorjaniPh.D Philosophyhttps://www.youtube.com/@prometheism3174https://jasonrezajorjani.com/Read Dr. Jorjani's new book "Fundamental Thinkers"https://www.amazon.com/Fundamental-Thinkers-Jason-Reza-Jorjani/dp/1957583290/Lev Polyakov (Host & Editor / Animator)https://twitter.com/Levpohttps://levpo.substack.com/http://youtube.com/levpolyakov--Consider Supporting BTR by:Becoming a Parton: https://www.patreon.com/breaktherules

A contemplative reading of Friedrich Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra, by Niv Rajendra. "There is nothing quite like Thus Spoke Zarathustra in world literature. It is sublime and compelling, written in a state of high inspiration. At times in his life Nietzsche appears to be debating and even carrying the cultural evolution of an entire civilization within him. His writing is driven by an elemental force of nature and spirit that seems to transcend even his own capacity to comprehend what is coming through him. He was a vessel of more than he knew, and it is requiring the work of many others since his death to discern and unfold what erupted in his soul." - Richard Tarnus on Thus Spoke ZarathustraNiv Rajendra is a spiritual health coach, Ayurvedic Practitioner and founder of the EMBODIED Ayurveda Programs. She offers an unmatched alternative to artists, visionaries and rebels seeking a life of extra-ordinary vitality and empowers them to live their most easeful and joyful lives for the long run. Niv's clients claim that working with her has helped them replenish their entire system: emotionally, spiritually, physically, and relationally. ✧ Read the health results possible for you based on previous client ROIs ⁠https://nivrajendra.com⁠✧ Apply to partner with Niv for 2026 https://nivrajendra.com/embodied-ayur...✧ Instagram: @yourhealthcompass✧ Facebook: Niv Rajendra

I'm Bryan Kam. I endeavour daily to make philosophy accessible and relevant. To that end I write this newsletter and host a podcast called Clerestory. I'm also writing a book called Neither/Nor and I'm a founding member of Liminal Learning. In London, I host a book club, a writing group, and other events. My work looks at how conceptual abstraction relates to embodied life, and how to use this understanding to transform experience.I was thrilled recently to speak with a hero of mine, Brook Ziporyn, who is Mircea Eliade Professor of Chinese Religion, Philosophy, and Comparative Thought at the University of Chicago.In this podcast we cover Ziporyn's intellectual history, from his grandfather's Spinozism to the ontological ambiguities of Tiantai Buddhism. We spoke about how values undermine themselves when made explicit, how grammar shapes metaphysics, and what happens when one follows anti-realism all the way through to its surprisingly positive consequences.Professor Ziporyn traced a philosophical thread that runs from the Daodejing's second chapter—”when all in the world recognizes the good as good, there is the bad”—through Buddhist emptiness to Spinoza's critique of teleology. This “value paradox” suggests that explicit embrace of values contains an immanent reversal, a self-undermining which challenges the Western philosophical tradition's foundation in purpose, natural kinds, and the Good.We look at related insights across traditions, for example:Chinese Buddhism's claim that samsara is nirvana,in Schopenhauer's blind will that has no internal divisions nor any ultimate goal,in Nietzsche's affirmation of life including its suffering,and in the Daoist sage who acts through wu-wei (spontaneous action or non-action) rather than purposeful striving.A central exploration concerns how language inclines thought, though it doesn't limit it. Classical Chinese lacks tense, gender, singular/plural distinctions, definite articles, and even clear differentiation between parts of speech—the same word can be beauty, beautiful, or to beautify depending on context. This grammatical openness means that certain metaphysical questions of “Being” simply do not naturally arise. Other philosophical questions, whose appeal is difficult to render into English, do, of course, arise in Chinese — like the paradox “a white horse is not a horse”.By contrast, Indo-European languages with their subject-predicate structure seem to demand an agent behind every action (Nietzsche's example: “it rains”—what is the “it” that does the raining?). The law of excluded middle, natural kinds, and teleological thinking may be, as Ziporyn puts it, “downhill” moves in Western languages—statistically more likely to develop because they're grammatically easier to express. But they are “uphill” for Chinese, meaning that they can be expressed with difficulty. Likewise, Chinese insights into “non-purposive action” can be expressed easily in Classical Chinese, but only with difficulty in Western languages, like Spinoza's Latin or Schopenhauer's German.Ziporyn has written on “ontological ambiguity” in Tiantai Buddhism. Rather than ambiguity being merely epistemological (we don't know what something is), Tiantai suggests ambiguity is inherent to existence and distinctions. To be determinate requires relations to what something is not—and those relations make any finite thing necessarily ambiguous, appearing differently in different contexts without changing.This leads to the Buddhist notion of the “emptiness of emptiness.” Rather than a straight line to pure experience beyond concepts, Chinese Buddhist readings suggest the negation of negation brings us back to provisional reality—but transformed. As Ziporyn notes, once you say everything including nirvana is an illusion, the contrast between illusion and reality disappears. “Illusion” no longer functions as a put-down but [...]Read more at https://www.bryankam.com/p/samsara-is-nirvana-with-brook-ziporyn

What happens when a mind built for depth, precision, and pattern recognition is forced to survive inside systems designed for generalization, compression, and social conformity?Part 5 explores how modern environments shape behavior, identity, attention, and even self-worth through constant pressure to adapt. Pulling from neuroscience, autism research, predictive processing, and the work of Jung, Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, and Dostoevsky, this episode examines masking, chronic self-monitoring, cognitive translation, hyper-awareness, and the hidden metabolic cost of trying to fit into systems that were never designed for certain kinds of minds.The episode also explores individuation, authenticity, predictive processing, and why many autistic individuals experience the world as intensely detailed, emotionally costly, and cognitively overwhelming. Rather than framing autism as a deficit, this discussion asks a deeper question: what if many struggles emerge not from the mind itself, but from the mismatch between the individual and the environment surrounding them?Part 1 https://youtu.be/fqDAfjMXTBQ?si=zzhf5ZrQ8nlwcVuuPart 2 https://youtu.be/bM7kw6ni3Tk?si=sSH_CJcV42Rx-xLrPart 3 https://youtu.be/lFP-anBiei4?si=UlJrsNLjQWJKMZnrPart 4 https://youtu.be/KpjLo75XHK0?si=Ns4F8_oEV2yN438yMAYU Water, use "autism" for 10% off at https://mayuwater.comDaylight Computer Company, use "autism" for $50 off at https://buy.daylightcomputer.com/autismand Daylight Kids (!!!) https://kids.daylightcomputer.com/autism ‪Chroma Light Devices, use "autism" for 10% discount at https://getchroma.co/?ref=autism00:00 – MAYU Water01:12 – Daylight Computer Company & Daylight Kids02:19 – Chroma Light Devices03:26 – Self, crowd, mind, shared reality & the system04:13 – Why schools, workplaces & society break on difference06:22 – Systems as compression machines; rules, metrics & expectations08:52 – Misalignment vs deficiency; compatibility mistaken for capability11:20 – School systems; task switching, attention, pacing & deep processing14:42 – Jung's persona; masking, survival architecture & translation cost18:34 – Why systems resist change; stability, predictability & the herd22:58 – Chronic misalignment; exhaustion, identity confusion & suppression24:55 – Dostoevsky; hyper-awareness, contradiction & the “piano key” system27:40 – What actually helps; individuation, environment & cognitive diversity30:47 – Final synthesis; internal structure vs institutional structureX: https://x.com/rps47586YT: https://www.youtube.com/@FromTheSpectrumemail: info.fromthespectrum@gmail.com

What does it mean to be human in an age that celebrates the destruction of the sacred? In this timely episode, Ed Stetzer sits down with renowned historian and author Carl Trueman to discuss his latest work, The Desecration of Man. Following the success of The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self, Trueman explores how the rejection of external authority and the ascent of "expressive individualism" have led us to a point where we no longer just ignore meaning—we actively delight in smashing it.From the pervasive influence of technology and AI to the complex ethical landscapes of IVF and surrogacy, Trueman traces the roots of our modern malaise back to thinkers like Rousseau, Freud, and Nietzsche. Together, Ed and Carl wrestle with how the church can offer a "consecrated" alternative, pointing to the Imago Dei as the only stable foundation for human dignity. This is a vital conversation for leaders seeking to navigate a culture that is rapidly reconfiguring the very definition of humanity.ABOUT OUR GUESTCarl Trueman is a theologian, historian, and author known for his work on church history, theology, culture, and the modern self. He serves as a professor at Grove City College and previously taught at Westminster Theological Seminary and the University of Nottingham.Trueman is widely recognized for his thoughtful analysis of contemporary culture through the lens of historic Christianity. His bestselling book The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self has significantly shaped evangelical discussions about identity, expressive individualism, and cultural change. A frequent conference speaker and commentator, Trueman combines scholarly depth and cultural insight as he helps Christians think carefully about faithfulness and truth in a rapidly changing world.

This week we continue our conversation with pastor, author, and publisher at B&H Academic, Dr. Michael McEwen about the influences of 19th-century German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. How did Nietzsche's thought correspond to social Darwinism? We talk further about Nietzsche's Ubermensch, his "will-to-power," and "eternal recurrence" and their influence on our culture today. Be sure to check out Michael's new book we're discussing! The Devil Reads Nietzsche - A Public Theology for the Post-Christian Age. Michael McEwen (PhD, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary) is an author and publisher for B&H Academic and pastor of Hickory Grove Baptist Church in Trenton, Tennessee. Free Watchman Profile articles. The profiles provide an overview of the person and ideas as well as a concise biblical response. Charles DarwinNaturalismScientismDeconstructionAtheismRichard DawkinsNihilismAdditional Resources:FREE: We are also offering a subscription to our 4-page bimonthly Profiles here: www.watchman.org/FreePROFILE NOTEBOOK: Order the complete collection of Watchman Fellowship Profiles (two volumes totalling over 700 pages -- from Astrology to Zen Buddhism) in either printed or PDF formats here: www.watchman.org/NotebookSUPPORT: Help us create more content like this. Make a tax-deductible donation here: www.watchman.org/GiveApologetics Profile is a ministry of Watchman Fellowship For more information, visit www.watchman.org © 2026 Watchman Fellowship, Inc.

What happens when a culture loses belief in God?In this deep and surprisingly funny conversation, Dr. Chris Palmer joins Dr. T. Michael W. Halcomb to discuss nihilism, modern despair, AI, atheism, church hurt, faith, science, memes, Dostoevsky, Nietzsche, and why Christianity still matters in a collapsing culture.Dr. Palmer's new book A World Without God explores what happens when society abandons transcendence and attempts to construct meaning without God. Along the way, this conversation tackles:• Why modern culture feels empty• The psychological consequences of nihilism• Why faith and science “play by different rules”• Church hurt and hypocrisy• Dostoevsky vs Nietzsche• AI, memes, absurdism & modern despair• Why beauty still points people toward God• Whether Christianity is essential for human flourishingThis episode is thoughtful, philosophical, pastoral, and unexpectedly hilarious.

Een TORcast geheel gewijd aan de muziek van Miles Davis. Miles werd honderd jaar geleden (op 26 mei 1926) geboren en ontwikkelde zich tot één van de belangrijkste musici, niet alleen in de geschiedenis van de jazz maar in die van hele hedendaagse muziek.  In deze TORcast laat Willem Habers een selectie van zijn favoriete Davis-opnames horen. Geen uitputtende opsomming, geen verantwoord chronologisch overzicht, geen doorwrocht spectrum van ’s mans invloeden en werk maar een heel persoonlijke keuze uit het gigantische oeuvre van deze jazzgigant. Playlist: Seven Steps to Heaven Miles Davis (trompet), Ron Carter (bas), Anthony Williams, Frank Butler (drums), Herbie Hancock, Victor Feldman (piano), George Coleman (tenorsax), Nefertiti Miles Davis (trompet), Wayne Shorter (tenorsax), Tony Williams (drums), Ron Carter (bas), Herbie Hancock (piano) Boplicity Miles Davi (trompet), Lee Konitz (altsax), Gerry Mulligan (baritonsax), John Lewis (piano), Kenny Clark (drums), Nelson Boyd (bas)J.J. Johnson (trombone), Bill Barber (tuba) Milestones Miles Davis (trompet), John Coltrane (tenorsax), Cannonball Adderly (altsax), Red Garland (piano), Paul Chambers (bas), Philly Jo Jones (drums) Tutu Miles Davis (trompet), Marcus Miller (producer, instruments), George Duke (keyboards), Paulhinho da Costa (percussie) Amandla Miles Davis (trompet), Kenny Garrett (altsax), Marcus Miller (bas), Omar Hakim (drums), Joe Sample (keyboards) Human Nature Miles Davis (trompet), Darryll Jones (bas), Vince Wilburn jr. (drums), John Scofield (gitaar), Robert Irving III (keyboards), Round Midnight Miles Davis (trompet), John Coltrane (tenorsax), Cannonball Adderly (altsax), Red Garland (piano), Paul Chambers (bas), Philly Jo Jones (drums) Jam Session Miles Davis (trompet), Michel Legrand (piano), Jimmy Cleveland (trombone), Kenny Garrett (sax), Mark Rivett (gitaar), Alphonse Mouzon, Harvey Mason (drums), Benny Reitveld (bas) Een paar bespiegelingen… De muziek van Miles Davis is niet slechts een hoofdstuk in de geschiedenis van de jazz; zij is een voortdurend herlezing van wat muziek kan zijn. Wie naar Davis luistert, hoort niet alleen noten, maar ook een bepaalde houding ten opzichte van tijd, stilte en vernieuwing. Zijn oeuvre lijkt zich steeds te onttrekken aan elke definitie die men erop loslaat. Dat maakt zijn betekenis filosofisch relevant: Davis laat zien dat identiteit niet iets statisch is, maar een proces van voortdurende transformatie. Een van de opvallendste kenmerken van zijn muziek is het gebruik van ruimte. In albums als *Kind of Blue* wordt stilte niet als leegte ervaren, maar als een actief element. Deze benadering roept vragen op over de aard van expressie zelf. Moet muziek altijd gevuld zijn, of kan juist het weglaten een diepere vorm van communicatie zijn? Davis' antwoord lijkt te zijn dat betekenis ontstaat in de spanning tussen klank en stilte. Daarmee sluit hij aan bij een bredere existentiële intuïtie: dat wat niet gezegd wordt, vaak even belangrijk is als wat wel wordt uitgesproken. Daarnaast belichaamt Davis het idee van artistieke vrijheid als morele houding. Hij weigerde zich te conformeren aan de verwachtingen van zijn publiek of de industrie. Telkens wanneer hij succes bereikte—of het nu ging om bebop, modal jazz of fusion—koos hij ervoor om een nieuwe richting in te slaan. In die zin is zijn carrière een praktijk van wat de filosoof Nietzsche “zelfoverwinning” noemde: het voortdurend achterlaten van het oude zelf om ruimte te maken voor het nieuwe. Deze radicale trouw aan vernieuwing maakt hem tot een bron van inspiratie voor hedendaagse musici. De invloed van Miles Davis op huidige jazzmuzikanten ligt dan ook niet alleen in specifieke harmonieën of technieken, maar in een manier van denken. Moderne jazz kenmerkt zich door hybriditeit: invloeden van hiphop, elektronische muziek en wereldmuziek vloeien samen tot nieuwe vormen. Deze openheid is rechtstreeks schatplichtig aan Davis' grensverleggende experimenten, vooral in zijn latere werk zoals *Bitches Brew*. Hij legitimeerde het idee dat jazz geen afgesloten traditie is, maar een permeabel veld waarin alles kan worden opgenomen. Ten slotte blijft Davis relevant omdat hij de luisteraar actief betrekt. Zijn muziek vraagt om aandacht, om interpretatie, om een zekere existentiële inzet. Zij is nooit volledig transparant; er blijft altijd iets ongrijpbaars. In een tijd waarin muziek vaak als achtergrondconsumptie fungeert, herinnert Davis ons eraan dat luisteren een vorm van denken is. Zo bezien is Miles Davis niet alleen een muzikant, maar een filosoof in klank. Zijn erfenis leeft voort in elke muzikant die durft te experimenteren, te twijfelen en opnieuw te beginnen—en in elke luisteraar die bereid is om in die zoektocht mee te gaan.

Een TORcast geheel gewijd aan de muziek van Miles Davis. Miles werd honderd jaar geleden (op 26 mei 1926) geboren en ontwikkelde zich tot één van de belangrijkste musici, niet alleen in de geschiedenis van de jazz maar in die van hele hedendaagse muziek.  In deze TORcast laat Willem Habers een selectie van zijn favoriete Davis-opnames horen. Geen uitputtende opsomming, geen verantwoord chronologisch overzicht, geen doorwrocht spectrum van ’s mans invloeden en werk maar een heel persoonlijke keuze uit het gigantische oeuvre van deze jazzgigant. Playlist: So What Miles Davis (trompet), Bill Evans (piano), Cannonball Adderly (altsax), John Coltrane (tenorsax), Paul Chambers (bas), Jimmy Cobb (drums) Move met Gerry Mulligan, Max Roach, Lee Konitz, Karl Winding en John Barber (tuba) If I Were A Bell Miles Davis (tp), Red Garland (piano), John Coltrane (tenorsax), Paul Chambers (bas), Philly Jo Jones (drums) Someday My Prince Will Come Miles Davis (tp), John Coltrane (sax), Hank Mobley (sax), Wynton Kelly (piano), Psul Chambers (bas), Jimmy Cobb (drums) My Funny Valentine Miles Davis (trompet), Herbie Hancock (piano), Wayne Shorter (tenorsax), Ron Carter (bas), Tony Williams (drums) Générique – Ascenseur pour l’echafaud Miles Davis (trompet), Barney Wilen (sax), René Urtreger (piano), Pierre Michelot (bas) en Kenny Clarke (drums) Concierto de Aranjuez: Adagio Miles Davis (trompet), orkest onder leiding van Gil Evans Een paar bespiegelingen… De muziek van Miles Davis is niet slechts een hoofdstuk in de geschiedenis van de jazz; zij is een voortdurend herlezing van wat muziek kan zijn. Wie naar Davis luistert, hoort niet alleen noten, maar ook een bepaalde houding ten opzichte van tijd, stilte en vernieuwing. Zijn oeuvre lijkt zich steeds te onttrekken aan elke definitie die men erop loslaat. Dat maakt zijn betekenis filosofisch relevant: Davis laat zien dat identiteit niet iets statisch is, maar een proces van voortdurende transformatie. Een van de opvallendste kenmerken van zijn muziek is het gebruik van ruimte. In albums als *Kind of Blue* wordt stilte niet als leegte ervaren, maar als een actief element. Deze benadering roept vragen op over de aard van expressie zelf. Moet muziek altijd gevuld zijn, of kan juist het weglaten een diepere vorm van communicatie zijn? Davis' antwoord lijkt te zijn dat betekenis ontstaat in de spanning tussen klank en stilte. Daarmee sluit hij aan bij een bredere existentiële intuïtie: dat wat niet gezegd wordt, vaak even belangrijk is als wat wel wordt uitgesproken. Daarnaast belichaamt Davis het idee van artistieke vrijheid als morele houding. Hij weigerde zich te conformeren aan de verwachtingen van zijn publiek of de industrie. Telkens wanneer hij succes bereikte—of het nu ging om bebop, modal jazz of fusion—koos hij ervoor om een nieuwe richting in te slaan. In die zin is zijn carrière een praktijk van wat de filosoof Nietzsche “zelfoverwinning” noemde: het voortdurend achterlaten van het oude zelf om ruimte te maken voor het nieuwe. Deze radicale trouw aan vernieuwing maakt hem tot een bron van inspiratie voor hedendaagse musici. De invloed van Miles Davis op huidige jazzmuzikanten ligt dan ook niet alleen in specifieke harmonieën of technieken, maar in een manier van denken. Moderne jazz kenmerkt zich door hybriditeit: invloeden van hiphop, elektronische muziek en wereldmuziek vloeien samen tot nieuwe vormen. Deze openheid is rechtstreeks schatplichtig aan Davis' grensverleggende experimenten, vooral in zijn latere werk zoals *Bitches Brew*. Hij legitimeerde het idee dat jazz geen afgesloten traditie is, maar een permeabel veld waarin alles kan worden opgenomen. Ten slotte blijft Davis relevant omdat hij de luisteraar actief betrekt. Zijn muziek vraagt om aandacht, om interpretatie, om een zekere existentiële inzet. Zij is nooit volledig transparant; er blijft altijd iets ongrijpbaars. In een tijd waarin muziek vaak als achtergrondconsumptie fungeert, herinnert Davis ons eraan dat luisteren een vorm van denken is. Zo bezien is Miles Davis niet alleen een muzikant, maar een filosoof in klank. Zijn erfenis leeft voort in elke muzikant die durft te experimenteren, te twijfelen en opnieuw te beginnen—en in elke luisteraar die bereid is om in die zoektocht mee te gaan.

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Your four hosts review the critiques of modernity, try to figure out where Kant fits in, and then discuss Habermas' characterization of Nietzsche's anti-Enlightenment project. If you're not hearing the full version of this part of the discussion, sign up via one of the options described at partiallyexaminedlife.com/support.  

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit andrewsullivan.substack.comHarvey is a political philosopher. He's been on the faculty at Harvard since 1962, and he's currently the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Government. His 13 books include Taming the Prince, Manliness, and Machiavelli's Effectual Truth. His new book is The Rise and Fall of Rational Control: The History of Modern Political Philosophy. Harvey was my tutor as a graduate student at Harvard, an overseer of my dissertation, and I was a teaching fellow for the course in modern political thought that his latest book reprises brilliantly. To be honest, my reverence for him made me nervous for this podcast. But his brilliance and dry humor and joie de vivre all came through, and he put me at ease.For two clips of the episode — on the shift from virtue to freedom during the Enlightenment, and how Nietzsche reframed the West — head to our YouTube page.Other topics: raised by New Deal liberals in New Haven and DC; his dad a Yale professor and mom a musician; Leo Strauss an academic mentor; thymos and masculinity; Plato's Apology of Socrates; Aristotle; Aquinas; why democracy leads to tyranny; the humor of Machiavelli; Spinoza and dissent; Locke's Two Treatises; the incest prohibition; Hegel; Hobbes; common sense; Nietzsche and nihilism; deconstructing Christianity; science as a product of “white supremacy”; the sex binary; de Beauvoir's Second Sex; the postmodern view of science; Rawls; AI and human obsolescence; grade inflation; Judith Shklar and her love of Montaigne; Oakeshott; anti-semitism on campus after 10/7; and how moderns set aside the deepest questions.Browse the Dishcast archive for an episode you might enjoy. We have some real stars coming up: Ben Rhodes on Iran and speech-writing, HW Brands on the life of George Washington, John Gray on Trump's new world, Bob Wright on the evolutionary force of AI, Tiffany Jenkins on privacy in a liberal democracy, Daniel McCarthy on conservatism, Stephen Grosz on the struggles of love, and Robby George on all our disagreements. Please send any guest recs, dissents, and other comments to dish@andrewsullivan.com.

Trở lại với một tập tự sự, đây cũng là một chủ đề Trí yêu thích và có phát triển trong quyển sách của mình. Trí mong là mọi người sẽ thấy nó dễ hiểu và thú vị.Tập này Trí đồng hành cùng Odoo – nền tảng quản trị doanh nghiệp mã nguồn mở đến từ Bỉ. Dành cho freelancers & creators muốn tự xây website riêng, quản lý task và theo dõi công việc rõ ràng hơn mỗi ngày — bắt đầu free trial tại: ⁠odoo.com/r/triwayCuối cùng, bạn có thể đặt sách của Trí tại: https://thetriway.vn/bookCác nội dung chính:(00:00) Về tập này và sách của Trí(03:00) Zoom out để thấy dòng đời(05:46) Các mốc trưởng thành qua triết lý Khổng Tử(11:38) Đối chiếu đồng hồ xã hội xưa và nay(12:42) Sự tương quan với Jung và Freud(15:05) Tuổi 50, 60, 70: Mệnh trời và tự do(18:23) Khoảng trống giai đoạn tuổi 20(28:34) Zarathustra & 3 sự lột xác theo Nietzsche(32:37) Khởi nguyên hành trình mới(36:58) Lời kết và mong đợi về sách mới

A central paradox of democracies is that they are always ruled by elites. What can democracy mean in this context? Today, it is often said that a populist revolt against elites is driving democratic politics throughout the West. But in Elites and Democracy (Princeton University Press, 2026), Hugo Drochon argues that democracy is more accurately and usefully understood as a perpetual struggle among competing elites—between rising elites and ruling elites. Real political change comes from the interaction between social movements and elite political institutions such as parties. But, although true democracy—the rule of the people—may never be achieved, striving towards it can bring about worthwhile democratic results. At the turn of the twentieth century, Gaetano Mosca, Vilfredo Pareto, and Robert Michels put forward “elite” theories of democracy and gave us terms such as the “ruling class” and “elites” itself. Drawing on their work and tracing the history of democratic thought through figures such as Joseph Schumpeter, Robert Dahl, C. Wright Mills, and Raymond Aron, Elites and Democracy reveals that this fundamentally elitist basis of democracy—democracy understood as competition between elites—was there all along. The challenge is to think it anew. Moving away from procedural or principled conceptions of democracy, Elites and Democracy develops a dynamic theory of democracy, one grounded in movement. With current politics defined by a populist backlash against elites, dynamic democracy offers the tools we urgently need to understand our contemporary predicament and to act upon it. Hugo Drochon is an Associate Professor in Political Theory at the University of Nottingham. He is a historian of modern political thought, with interests in Nietzsche's politics. Morteza Hajizadeh is a Ph.D. graduate in English from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research interests are Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Environmental History; Medieval (Intellectual) History; Gothic Studies; 18th- and 19th-century British Literature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

What if reality is not experienced directly, but constructed through prediction, compression, memory, and social agreement? In this episode of Autism & the Structure of Reality, we explore how the brain builds models of the world — and why most people stabilize reality collectively through shared assumptions, habits, and social compression. Drawing from neuroscience, predictive processing, Jung, Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, and Dostoevsky, this episode examines how perception itself may be shaped by consensus rather than objective truth.The episode also explores autism, heightened detail processing, uncertainty, social conformity, pattern recognition, and why different perceptual styles can create radically different experiences of the same world. If the brain is constantly simplifying reality to conserve energy, what happens when a mind compresses less and perceives more? This discussion dives into predictive processing, internal vs external reality, cognitive friction, and the hidden psychological cost of maintaining the shared structures humans call “normal.”Part 1 https://youtu.be/fqDAfjMXTBQ?si=zzhf5ZrQ8nlwcVuuPart 2 https://youtu.be/bM7kw6ni3Tk?si=sSH_CJcV42Rx-xLrPart 3 https://youtu.be/lFP-anBiei4?si=nvcheRbdPnaE9ygLMAYU Water, use "autism" for 10% off at https://mayuwater.comDaylight Computer Company, use "autism" for $50 off at https://buy.daylightcomputer.com/autismand Daylight Kids (!!!) https://kids.daylightcomputer.com/autism ‪Chroma Light Devices, use "autism" for 10% discount at https://getchroma.co/?ref=autism00:00 MAYU Water01:12 Daylight Computer Company & Daylight Kids02:19 Chroma Light Devices03:24 Autism & the Structure of Reality; Prediction & Consensus Reality05:18 Predictive Processing; Shared Perception & Compression07:46 Autism, Detail Processing & Reduced Compression10:31 Jung, Nietzsche, Kierkegaard & the Crowd13:42 Dostoevsky, Meaning & Collective Illusions16:18 Internal vs External Reality; Social Conformity18:56 Pattern Recognition, Salience & Autistic Perception21:37 Prediction Errors; Uncertainty & Resistance to Change24:11 Shared Reality, Identity & Cognitive Friction26:54 Autism & the Structure of Reality — Final ThoughtsX: https://x.com/rps47586YT: https://www.youtube.com/@FromTheSpectrumemail: info.fromthespectrum@gmail.com

How do we live out our faith in a post Christian age? How do we react to thinkers who are aiming to undermine Christianity, such as Frederich Nietzsche? What is the enduring impact of someone such as Nietzsche on our culture today. We'll discuss this and more around a new book entitled The Devil Reads Nietzsche, with our resident Nietzsche expert, our colleague in philosophy Dr. Greg Ganssle.Greg Ganssle is Professor of Philosophy at Talbot. In addition to publishing about fifty articles, chapters and reviews, Greg has edited three books, God and Time: Four Views (IVP, 2001); God and Time: Essays on the Divine Nature (Oxford, 2002 – with David M. Woodruff) and Philosophical Essays on Divine Causation (Routledge, 2022). Greg is also the author of Our Deepest Desires: How the Christian Story Fulfills Human Aspirations (IVP, 2017), Thinking about God: First Steps in Philosophy (IVP, 2004) and A Reasonable God: Engaging the New Face of Atheism (Baylor University Press, 2009). Greg was part-time lecturer in the philosophy department at Yale for nine years and a senior fellow at the Rivendell Institute at Yale.==========Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith and Culture is a podcast from Talbot School of Theology at Biola University, which offers degrees both online and on campus in Southern California.   Find all episodes of Think Biblically at: https://www.biola.edu/think-biblically.   To submit comments, ask questions, or make suggestions on issues you'd like us to cover or guests you'd like us to have on the podcast, email us at thinkbiblically@biola.edu.  

The Counter Momentum of Spin, with Dr. Franco Musio – Pain and suffering shape human experience through meaning, courage, and wisdom. Drawing on Nietzsche, Viktor Frankl, and Nelson Mandela, the discussion explores how hardship can deepen resilience, reveal purpose, and transform personal trials into spiritual growth, moral insight, and a stronger capacity to weather life's most difficult storms with hope...

Carl Trueman joins Mere Fidelity to discuss his book The Desecration of Man: How the Rejection of God Degrades Our Humanity. They examine why "desecration" captures something "disenchantment" misses — the frenzied, ecstatic violation of what is still recognized as sacred — and trace its implications for abortion, gender, technology, and end-of-life ethics. Trueman argues the church's answer is consecration: creed, worship, and a code of hospitality that restores genuine personhood. With Derek Rishmawy and Alastair Roberts. — Mere Fidelity is a podcast from Mere Orthodoxy and is listener-supported. If you would like to support this work, become a Mere Orthodoxy Member today at http://mereorthodoxy.com/membership. Get 30% of the Baker Book of the Month, Classical Theism: A Christian Introduction, by going to: http://bakerbookhouse.com/pages/mere-fidelity Apply for fall 2026 admission to Beeson Divinity School's MDiv and be considered for a full-tuition scholarship. https://bit.ly/beesonscholarships — Chapters 00:00 - Introduction 01:10 - Why "Desecration" and Not Just "Disenchantment" 06:16 - The Pleasure of Desecration and Alternative Sacralizing 10:07 - Is This a Perennial Problem or Something New? 14:27 - Power, Impotence, and Promethean Shame 17:35 - Dizziness, AI, and the Nothingness of Radical Freedom 22:41 - Nietzsche, Nature, and the Denial of the Given 28:42 - Consecration as Response: Creed, Cult, and Code 33:14 - The Church and End-of-Life Ethics 39:18 - Vitalism, False Friends, and the Logic of the Cross 45:38 - Two Cheers for Christianity and the Opportunity Before Us 48:51 - Freedom, Belonging, and the Gospel

On Jürgen Habermas' The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity (1985), featuring guest John Ganz.  Habermas defines modernity as Enlightenment ideals, discusses what's wrong with them (subjectivity), how Hegel argues constructively that a social element needs to be added this this, and how many other critics (e.g. Adorno, Nietzsche, and Foucault) instead argue more destructively against Enlightenment values like Truth, liberty, and justice. Get more at partiallyexaminedlife.com. Visit partiallyexaminedlife.com/support to get ad-free episodes and tons of bonus discussion. Sponsors: Check out the Scribe Optimize Workflow AI platform at Scribe.how/PEL. Get a $1/month e-commerce trial at shopify.com/pel.

Dr. J. Budziszewski, philosopher professor at the University of Texas at Austin, and bestselling author of Pandemic of Lunacy is here to tackle some of the deepest questions of our time: the incoherence of nihilism and materialism, Nietzsche's dangerous appeal, transhumanism, sexual ethics, and what it actually means to love. Ep. 577 - - -