Episode #164 ... Ralph Waldo Emerson - Self R...

Today we talk about the philosophy behind the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. We talk about how ineffective violence and honor codes are as ways of maintaining the stability of a society. How catastrophe may be a deterrent to violence. The tension presented by Shake ...  Show more

Today we talk about the philosophical themes of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. We talk about the hypocrisy and false nostalgia of political violence. The ironies of living by a moral ideal like honor. Rhetoric as a site of where political power is won and lo ...  Show more

When we think about Stoic philosophers, we typically think about the thinkers of ancient Greece and Rome, like Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius. But my guest, Mark Matousek, says there was an incredibly insightful Stoic philosopher who lived on the American continent in more mode ...

Neil and Sam talk about being a saver in a consumer culture and teach you vocabulary. 

"People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character" - Emerson

Sam and Neil talk about an essential element for life to thrive.