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Welcome to the Class. Here, we'll explore some of the most influential/classical books and documents ever written on the subject of political philosophy, Religion, Literature, and more. Most importantly, we will try to understand their modern relevance. This podcast serves two primary purposes, which I'd like to refer to as my "dual motivations." Firstly, it fulfills a personal and somewhat self-serving objective: to archive all the valuable insights and teachings I've had the privilege of r ...
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Send us a Text Message. Support the Show. Thank you for listening. You can contact us @: ericknga7@gmail.comBy Erick Nganyange and Ron Cline
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Introduction To The Bible - (Kory Eastvold)
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Send us a Text Message. Guest Teacher Kory Eastvold, Bible conversation. Support the Show. Thank you for listening. You can contact us @: ericknga7@gmail.comBy Erick Nganyange and Ron Cline
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode, Professor Ron takes us on a classical tour of London. Support the Show. Thank you for listening. You can contact us @: ericknga7@gmail.comBy Erick Nganyange and Ron Cline
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode, Professor Ron takes us on a classical tour of Paris. Support the Show. Thank you for listening. You can contact us @: ericknga7@gmail.comBy Erick Nganyange and Ron Cline
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode, Professor Ron takes us on a classical tour of Rome. Support the Show. Thank you for listening. You can contact us @: ericknga7@gmail.comBy Erick Nganyange and Ron Cline
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode, Professor Ron takes us on a classical tour of Athens Greece. Support the Show. Thank you for listening. You can contact us @: ericknga7@gmail.comBy Erick Nganyange and Ron Cline
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Laches - (Socrates Asks, What is Courage?)
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Send us a Text Message. In this Plato's dialogue, Socrates engages in a discussion with two prominent Athenians, Laches and Nicias, about the nature and definition of the virtue of courage. The dialogue centers around the question of what courage truly is and whether it can be taught. Support the Show. Thank you for listening. You can contact us @:…
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Civil Disobedience - (Henry David Thoreau)
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Send us a Text Message. In this influential work, Thoreau explores the concept of civil disobedience as a means of protesting unjust laws. He argues that individuals have a moral responsibility to resist and disobey unjust laws to bring about social change. The essay, first published in 1849, had a significant impact on future movements advocating …
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Lysis – (Socrates Asks, What is Friendship?)
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Send us a Text Message. In this Plato dialogue - Socrates engages Lysis and Menexenus trying to explore the question of what friendship truly is. Support the Show. Thank you for listening. You can contact us @: ericknga7@gmail.comBy Erick Nganyange and Ron Cline
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Charmides - (Socrates Asks, What is moderation?)
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Send us a Text Message. Socrates explores the meaning of temperance/self-control/moderation. Charmides is a dialogue of Plato, in which Socrates engages a young boy named Charmides in a conversation about the meaning of sophrosyne, a Greek word usually translated into English as temperance, moderation, self-control, or restraint. Support the Show. …
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Protagoras - (Socrates Asks, Can Virtue Be Taught?)
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Send us a Text Message. In the dialogue of Protagoras, Socrates and Protagoras are exploring the idea/question of virtue(highest morality) that can be taught. Protagoras the Sophist who has been running around Athens teaching virtue meet Socrates. Socrates is asking Protagoras if virtue can really be taught. Erick Nganyange and Professor Ron are lo…
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Crito - (Do you have the duty to obey all the laws?)
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Send us a Text Message. In this dialogue/conversation, Crito tries unsuccessfully to persuade Socrates to escape from prison after he was sentenced to die, but Socrates insists on obeying the law, a wrong can never be justified, a citizen must uphold the law. One must not even do wrong when one is wronged. " One must "not just live, but live well."…
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The Apology - (Socrates Defends His Life)
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Send us a Text Message. Socrates was charged, tried, and convicted of crimes of impiety (introducing a different God than the God ancient Greece believed and worshiped) and corrupting the youth. Before Socrates' trial and execution in 399 BC too much was going on in Athens that most historians believe led to Athenians handing Socrates the death pen…
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Euthyphro - (Socrates asks what is Piety/Holiness?)
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Send us a Text Message. In this Plato conversation called Euthyphro, Socrates met Euthyphro outside the court of Athens as Socrates was coming out from hearing charges of impiety against him, and Euthyphro was on his way to court to prosecute his own father for unintentionally killing a murderous hired hand. Since Socrates was accused of impiety an…
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Send us a Text Message. Welcome to season 2 of the classroom. In this season we will be discussing Plato’s Dialogues and trying to understand the mind of Socrates. Socrates was a Greek philosopher from Athens who is credited as the founder of Western philosophy and among the first moral philosophers of the ethical tradition of thought, whose way of…
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United States Constitution (Bill of Rights - 27th Amendments)
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Send us a Text Message. In this final episode of the US Constitution, Erick Nganyange and Professor Ron Cline are discussing the Bill of Rights, and Amendments 11 - 27 of the US Constitution. Support the Show. Thank you for listening. You can contact us @: ericknga7@gmail.comBy Erick Nganyange and Ron Cline
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United States Constitution (Articles 2 - 7)
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode, Erick Nganyange and Professor Ron Cline continue their discussion of the US Constitution. The discussion is on Articles 2-7. Support the Show. Thank you for listening. You can contact us @: ericknga7@gmail.comBy Erick Nganyange and Ron Cline
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United States Constitution (Preamble & Article 1)
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode, Erick Nganyange and Professor Ron Cline discusses preamble and article one of the US constitution. Article 1 of the constitution is clear in terms of the power and functions of the congress and how should congress behave. Support the Show. Thank you for listening. You can contact us @: ericknga7@gmail.com…
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United States Constitution (Introduction)
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Send us a Text Message. In late 1786, a total of 77 delegates were invited to gather in Philadelphia in May 1787. These delegates were authorized by the Continental Congress and had a singular objective: to revise the Articles of Confederation. The designated date for the meeting was May 14th, 1787. However, due to transportation challenges, only t…
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Send us a Text Message. John Stuart Mill was born on May 20th, 1806, in London. His father James Mill was determined to mold John into a well‐educated leader. John was given an extremely rigorous education from a young age. He learned Greek at the age of three, Latin at eight, and read Plato’s dialogues in the original language before his tenth bi…
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Send us a Text Message. In January 1776 Thomas Paine anonymously released a pamphlet called common sense. Common sense was a radical and impassioned call for America to free itself from British rule and to set up an independent republican government. Paine's pamphlet was in plain language and it spoke directly to the common people and mass audience…
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Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790) - Edmund Burke
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Send us a Text Message. In 1789 French people overthrew their monarchy and took control of the government. The French revolution was no different than any other revolutions. French people wanted to completely change their social and political system and to create a new system. Through it all they killed each other at the highest rate and destroyed …
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The Declaration of Independence (1776) - Thomas Jefferson
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Send us a Text Message. On June 11, 1776, the second continental congress appointed a five-guy committee to draft the declaration of independence. The men were Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Roger Sherman, Robert Livingstone, and John Adams. Eventually, it was a one-man job and Thomas Jefferson ended up being the main author of the document. …
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The Birth Of a Nation (USA From 1730 - 1774) - Part 3
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Send us a Text Message. The Declaration of Independence is the most iconic/controversial document in the American history. Penned by Thomas Jefferson in 1776, the document didn't just declare what America was about at the time of independence, it also declared what America posterity will be about. In order to understand this document, we want to un…
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The Birth Of a Nation (USA From 1620 - 1730) - Part 2
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Send us a Text Message. The Declaration of Independence is the most iconic/controversial document in the American history. Penned by Thomas Jefferson in 1776, the document didn't just declare what America was about at the time of independence, it also declared what America posterity will be about. In order to understand this document, we want to un…
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The Birth Of a Nation (USA From 20,000BC - 1619) - Part 1
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Send us a Text Message. The Declaration of Independence is the most iconic/controversial document in American history. Penned by Thomas Jefferson in 1776, the document didn't just declare what America was about at the time of independence, it also declared what America's posterity will be about. In order to understand this document, we want to unde…
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The Social Contract (1762) - Jean Jacques Rousseau
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode, Erick Nganyange and Professor Ron Cline discusses the contents of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's book "On the Social Contract", which was published in 1762. Rousseau, a significant political philosopher of the 18th century, was born in Geneva, an independent Calvinist city-state, in 1712. The focus of the discussio…
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Second Treatise of Government (1689) - John Locke
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Send us a Text Message. During this episode, Erick Nganyange and Professor Ron Cline delve into the impact of John Locke's book, "Second Treatise of Government." John Locke, a British philosopher, Oxford academic, and medical researcher, this book was published in 1689, Locke proposed that sovereignty should lie in the hands of the people. The stud…
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Executive Orders, Proclamations, Pardons, Signing Statements
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Send us a Text Message. During this episode, Erick Nganyange and Professor Ron Cline explore the topic of presidential power, specifically executive orders, proclamations, pardons, and signing statements. They discuss the historical background of these powers, their differences, and what the constitution says about them. The episode also delves int…
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode, Erick Nganyange and Professor Ron Cline focus on "Leviathan," a book written by Thomas Hobbes in 1651. Hobbes, who was the first philosopher to write in English about political philosophy, also pioneered the concept of a social contract. In "Leviathan," Hobbes explores the idea of a state of nature, covenant…
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Send us a Text Message. During this episode, Erick Nganyange and Professor Ron Cline delve into the infamous book "The Prince" by Niccolo Machiavelli. Although the book was published in 1532, five years after the author's death, it remains a significant work in political philosophy. Machiavelli, who was an Italian Renaissance diplomat, philosopher,…
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Send us a Text Message. Welcome to this introduction episode, where the student(Erick) and his professor(Ron) discuss the ins and outs of the podcast and what you should expect. Also, the Professor goes into detail breaking down the main subject of the podcast: What is political philosophy? how it started and why you should care about it. How does …
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