Exploring the Mind: An Enchanting Journey Through Psychiatry, Philosophy, and Psychology
#Psychiatry #Philosophy #Psychology #HistoryOfThought #Hippocrates #Plato #Aristotle #Stoicism #Epicureanism #Sociology #Ethics #PhilosophicalCounseling #Mind #HumanExperience #MentalHealth #IntellectualJourney #CulturalTapestry
𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒅𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕: "𝑨𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒘 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒍: '𝑻𝒐 𝑯𝒊𝒔 𝑪𝒐𝒚 𝑴𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔' 𝑷𝒕. 𝟐" --
What do we do with--how do we read--can we make us of--a classic and famous metaphysical poem which is also misogynistic?
“All the major philosophical schools in antiquity regarded #eudaimonia as the highest good, often even the very aim and purpose of philosophy, although the various schools, such as the Cynics, the Stoics, and the Epicureans, may have conceived of it in somewhat different terms.”
#Cynicism #Stoicism #Epicureanism #Buddhism #FirstPrinciples #eudaimonia
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/hide-and-seek/202006/what-is-eudaimonia
Today in my Foundations of Philosophy class, we started exploring Epicurean ethics by looking at book 1 of Cicero's On The Ends. Here's a post reflecting upon what we covered in the morning class session
https://gregorybsadler.substack.com/p/class-reflections-ciceros-on-the
#Cicero #Epicureanism #Virtue #Friendship #Pleasure
Here's the last of the Sadler's Lectures podcast episodes on book 1 of Cicero's On The Nature of the Gods, this one looking at the Skeptics' criticism of Epicureans view of the gods, which makes them blessed through inactivity
https://soundcloud.com/gregorybsadler/cicero-on-the-nature-of-the-gods-book-1-skeptical-criticism-of-the-inactivity-of-the-divine
#Cicero #Podcast #Philosophy #Theology #Epicureanism #Skepticism #Gods #Criticism
Here's the next Sadler's Lectures podcast episode on Cicero's On The Nature Of The Gods book 1. We now look at the Skeptic's takedown of the Epicurean's argument from common consent for the existence of god(s).
https://soundcloud.com/gregorybsadler/cicero-on-the-nature-of-the-gods-book-1-skeptical-criticism-of-the-argument-from-common-consent
#Podcast #Cicero #Argument #Skepticism #Epicureanism #God
In On The Nature Of The Gods, Cicero has the Skeptic Cotta offer criticisms of Epicurean views on the divine. Here's a Sadler's Lectures looking at the Skeptic criticism of anthropomorphism
https://soundcloud.com/gregorybsadler/cicero-on-the-nature-of-the-gods-book-1-skeptical-criticism-of-epicurean-anthropomorphism
#Cicero #Podcast #Divinity #Philosophy #Skepticism #Epicureanism
Here's the next Sadler's Lectures podcast episode on book 1 of Cicero's On The Nature Of The Gods, where Velleius presents the Epicurean position on what the gods are like. Turns out they have a quasi-human shape, among other things
https://soundcloud.com/gregorybsadler/cicero-on-the-nature-of-the-gods-book-1-epicureans-on-the-nature-of-the-divine
#Podcast #Cicero #Gods #Divinity #Theology #Philosophy #Epicureanism
Here is the next Sadler's Lectures podcast episode on book 1 of Cicero's dialogue On The Nature of the Gods, this one looking at the criticisms the Epicurean Velleius raises specifically against the Stoic school's theology
https://soundcloud.com/gregorybsadler/cicero-on-the-nature-of-the-gods-book-1-epicurean-criticisms-of-stoics-views-on-the-divine
#Podcast #Stoicism #Epicureanism #Cicero #Philosophy #Theology #Criticism #Dialogue
Moving now into the Epicurean Velleius' portion of the dialogue in Cicero's On The Nature Of The Gods book 1, here's a Sadler's Lectures podcast looking at his criticisms of other ancient philosopher's views on the gods
https://soundcloud.com/gregorybsadler/cicero-on-the-nature-of-the-gods-book-1-epicurean-criticisms-of-philosophers-views-on-the-divine
#Podcast #Cicero #Philosophy #Gods #Criticism #Epicureanism
I created another resource page in my Substack for my 16 video lectures and 16 podcast episodes on books 1 and 3 of Cicero's work On The Ends, presenting key ideas of Epicurean and Stoic ethics
https://gregorybsadler.substack.com/p/video-and-podcast-resources-on-ciceros-968
#Resource #Cicero #Philosophy #Ethics #Stoicism #Epicureanism
In book 1 of Cicero's On The Nature of the Gods, the Epicurean Velleius makes a number of criticisms of other philosophers' views on the gods. Here's a core concept video discussing those
https://youtu.be/tsL7aowAq6g
#Video #Philosophy #God #Divinity #Criticism #Plato #Epicureanism
Added my latest publication to my PhilPeople profile. It discusses some of the robust resources we can draw from schools of ancient philosophy for understanding and managing anger in philosophical practice
https://philpapers.org/rec/SADAPR-2
#Anger #Philosophy #Platonism #Aristotle #Stoicism #Epicureanism #Emotion
Pretty interesting piece here by Hiram Crespo discussing and advocating for the Epicurean practice of regular common meals in order to (among other things) promote friendship
https://hiramcrespo.substack.com/p/an-eikas-manifesto
#Epicureanism #Philosophy #Meals #Food #Practice #Friendship #Fellowship #Epicurus
Here is the next core concept video on Marcus Aurelius' Meditations, this one on a theme running through the work as a whole. Whether it's providence or atoms (and randomness), we have a choice about our lives and values
https://youtu.be/PtZY4yC7dbk
#Marcus #Aurelius #Video #Stoicism #Epicureanism #Atoms #Providence #Philosophy
Here is the last new core concept video (for now) on key ideas in Seneca's On The Shortness of Life. This one looks at his claim that studying philosophy actually gives us more time and life, by placing us into conversations.
https://youtu.be/3J0k0dvdLTs
#Video #Philosophy #Seneca #Life #Time #Stoicism #Epicureanism #Cynicism #Platonism #Skepticism #Aristotelianism
People have been asking me to work up a set of recommended works for understanding Epicurus and the Epicurean school, similar to the one I put together on Stoicism. Finished the new one this morning
https://medium.com/practical-rationality/epicureanism-reading-recommendations-59ae1d45dbc2
Not sure that the post the old boy liked will do much to cultivate ataraxia, but I'm sure he knows what he's doing
In his work, On The Anger of God, Lactantius discusses what has come to be called the "problem of evil". Here's a core concept video unpacking those discussions, and his response to the problem as Epicurus frames it
https://youtu.be/jcLK_E6VXFc
#Lactantius #Video #Evil #Problem #Philosophy #Christianity #Epicureanism #Stoicism
