Philosophy & Great Books
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PEL Presents Closereads: Gilbert Ryle on Self-Knowledge (Part One)
On The Concept of Mind (1949), Ch. 6, "Self-Knowledge." Ryle is arguing against a Cartesian take on mind that he sees as over-intellectualizing. In this case, it is not the case that every conscious act is itself an object of an act of consciousness: Not all consciousness is self-conscious, and introspection itself must involve a layer of mentality (the act of self-consciousness) that is not itself the object of an act of consciousness.
Why We Pick Difficult Partners #theschooloflife #facts #love
In theory, we're nowadays allowed to get together with pretty much anyone we like. And yet, at a psychological level, we aren't free to love just any suitable person. We have a type - and strangely and awkwardly, these types are often not those who stand a chance of making us maximally happy. Enjoying our Youtube videos? Get full access to all our audio content, videos, and thousands of thought-provoking articles, conversation cards and more with The School of Life Subscription: https://t.ly/m0DiQ Be more mindful, present and inspired. Get the best of The School of Life delivered straight to your inbox: https://t.ly/Gp6LI FURTHER READING “Theoretically we are free to select the kind of person we love. We might have chosen someone else. We’re not being forced into this by social convention or match-making aunts or dynastic imperatives. But in reality our choice is probably a lot less free than we imagine. Some very real constraints around whom we can love and feel properly attracted to come from a place we might not think to look: our childhoods. Our psychological history strongly predisposes us to fall for only certain types of people…” You can read more on this and other subjects here: https://goo.gl/g7D7CP MORE SCHOOL OF LIFE Watch more films on RELATIONSHIPS in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLrelationships SOCIAL MEDIA Feel free to follow us at the links below: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon/ CREDITS Produced in collaboration with: Alexandra Balan https://www.sashaanimates.com/ https://vimeo.com/sashaanimates #TheSchoolOfLife
HoP 501 Mara van der Lugt on Bayle and Pessimism
An interview on the surprising comforts to be found in the philosophy of pessimism, focusing on Bayle but looking all the way forward to Schopenhauer.
Why You Should Read the Same Book Again
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Strict With Yourself, Tolerant With Others
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The Problems We Have Today Aren’t New With Rich Cohen
📖 Order the latest book from Ryan Holiday, The Daily Stoic 10th Anniversary Edition: https://store.dailystoic.com/pages/the-daily-stoic-10 ✉️ Want Stoic wisdom delivered to your inbox daily? Sign up for the FREE Daily Stoic email at https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail 🏛 Get Stoic inspired books, medallions, and prints to remember these lessons at the Daily Stoic Store: https://store.dailystoic.com/ 🤝 Join the largest community of Stoics ever in history and get exclusive bonuses at https://dailystoiclife.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dailystoic X: https://x.com/dailystoic Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dailystoic TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@daily_stoic #Stoicism #DailyStoic #RyanHoliday
Why Squidward Is So Miserable
So why does happiness seem so difficult for Squidward Tentacles? Why can’t he just enjoy himself like SpongeBob and Patrick? And are there ways for Squidward to make his life more enjoyable and feel happier? As a sequel to my SpongeBob analysis, this week's video dives deep into Squidward's psychology and explores whether philosophy offers him any life advice. Support the channel: ✔️ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/einzelgangster ✔️ PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/einzelgangerco Books (affiliate links): 📖 Taoism for Inner Peace: https://amzn.to/4bN9lVB 📖 The Urge: Fall of a Stoic: https://amzn.to/3Yc77Kw 📖 Stoicism for Inner Strength: https://amzn.to/3rZU0xL 📖 Stoicism for Inner Peace: https://amzn.to/3e6myLX 📖 Loose: On Letting Stuff Go: https://amzn.to/3QVfrqM 📖 Unoffendable: https://amzn.to/35e23a5 Merchandise: 🛍️ Shop: https://einzelganger-shop.fourthwall.com #spongebob #squidward #philosophy 00:00 Introduction 02:23 Destined for greatness 05:29 An inflated self-image 11:13 An obsession with achievement and recognition 16:35 A perpetual, unsolvable discontent 21:15 The Squill to live 24:24 Art as a source of happiness or misery? 27:27 A happier Squidward
HoP 500e Daniel Watson on Medieval Irish Philosophy
In the last of five episodes to celebrate reaching the episode 500 mark by looking at things he skipped in earlier series, Peter talks to Daniel Watson about philosophy in early medieval Ireland.
Stoicism Isn’t About Making You More Productive
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Thomas Nagel, Sexual Perversion - Sexual Perversion And Morality - Sadler’s Lectures
This lecture discusses the 20th century Analytic philosopher, Thomas Nagel's essay "Sexual Perversion", and focuses upon the remarks that Nagel closes the article with, bearing on how sexual perversion connects with morality and goodness or badness. He clarifies that moral judgements are just one of a number of possible modes of evaluative judgements, and that assessments about sexuality and perversion might not be moral judgements any more than judgements about health or beauty.
Thomas Nagel, Sexual Perversion - Perversions Of The Central Impulse - Sadler’s Lectures
This lecture discusses the 20th century Analytic philosopher, Thomas Nagel's essay "Sexual Perversion", and focuses upon a number of sexual desires, practices, and relationships commonly viewed as sexual perversions in the time and culture that Nagel was writing, and Nagel's own views on whether and why they are or are not sexual perversions. These all have to do with their deviation from the paradigm he develops earlier in the article of a fully developed sexual relationship involving subjects feeling and acting upon desire mutually.
I won’t remain alone
In the wake of tragedy, an elderly couple must make a choice: should they let their son go to save the lives of others? - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
How to assemble science
Humanity produces a staggering amount of new knowledge every day. The question is how to make sense of it all - by Helen Pearson Read on Aeon
HoP 500d Ted Good on Zoroastrianism
In the fourth of five episodes to celebrate reaching the episode 500 mark by looking at things he skipped in earlier series, Peter talks to Ted Good about philosophy and the Persian religion of Zoroastrianism.
Thomas Nagel, Sexual Perversion - Sexual Perception And Embodiment - Sadler’s Lectures
This lecture discusses the 20th century Analytic philosopher, Thomas Nagel's essay "Sexual Perversion", and focuses upon Nagel's depiction of what he calls the paradigm case of mutual sexual desire, which involves perceiving the other person sexually, through desire, but also reacting to their desire as well. This involves embodiment as well on the part of both people, and a set of interactions that are to some degree involuntary but also spontaneous and chosen.
All-around junior male
A ball suspended in mid-air meets an athlete’s determination: in the one-foot high kick, competitors must defy gravity - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
A life in episodes
For a decade, I’ve posted episodes of my memoir to Facebook. My readers correct my understanding of my past - by Thomas Söderqvist Read on Aeon
Thomas Nagel, Sexual Perversion - Sexual Desire And Awareness Of The Other - Sadler’s Lectures
This lecture discusses the 20th century Analytic philosopher, Thomas Nagel's essay "Sexual Perversion", and focuses upon the portion of his article where Nagel begins setting out his conception of a full sexual relationship between two people. Sexual attraction and desire is, according to Nagel, directed ultimately towards individuals not just types who happen to have a particular characteristic.
The Cure for Unrequited Love #animation #facts #fearofintimacy
The real cruelty of unrequited love is that we don’t get to know our beloveds well enough to find out their flaws – and therefore to lose interest in them gradually. The best cure for love is in essence: get to know them better. Enjoying our Youtube videos? Get full access to all our audio content, videos, and thousands of thought-provoking articles, conversation cards and more with The School of Life Subscription: https://t.ly/iWdtx Be more mindful, present and inspired. Get the best of The School of Life delivered straight to your inbox: https://t.ly/P6FFo FURTHER READING “For intense periods of our lives, we suffer the agony of unrequited love. Our sorrow is accompanied by a certainty that if only the elusive being would return our smiles, come for dinner or marry us, we would know bliss. Epochal happiness seems tantalisingly close, wholly real and yet maddeningly out of reach. At such moments, we are often counselled to try to forget the beloved. We should – given their lack of interest – try to think of something or someone else. Yet this kindness is deeply misguided. The cure for love does not lie in ceasing to think of the fugitive lover, but in learning to think more intensely and constructively about who they might really be…” You can read more on this and other subjects here: https://goo.gl/NVxJUw MORE SCHOOL OF LIFE Watch more films on RELATIONSHIPS in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLrelationships SOCIAL MEDIA Feel free to follow us at the links below: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon/ X: https://twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon/ CREDITS Produced in collaboration with: Andrew Foerster http://www.rewfoe.com/ #TheSchoolOfLife
Thomas Nagel, Sexual Perversion - Addressing A Skeptical Objection - Sadler’s Lectures
This lecture discusses the 20th century Analytic philosopher, Thomas Nagel's essay "Sexual Perversion", and focuses upon what Nagel calls a "skeptical challenge" to the very notion that there is something that can meaningfully be called "sexual perversion". One way of articulating this is to say that sexual desire is simply an appetite like any other, which can take many forms, directions, and objects, so we cannot effectively distinguish anything like a perversion in sexuality.
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