Best thinkers by Gregory B. Sadler Podcasts (2024)

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Ursula K Leguin, Tehanu - Tenar And The Mage Ogion - Sadler's Lectures 15:50

2h ago15:50

15:50

This lecture discusses the science fiction and fantasy author, Ursula K. Leguin's novel, Tehanu, the fourth of six Earthsea booksIt focuses specifically on the relationship between Ogion the mage and Tenar, who had been his ward and student for some time after she left Atuan with Ged. Ogion dies not long after Tenar arrives with Therru.To support m…

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Ursula K Leguin, Tehanu - Tehanu And Segoy Two Dragons 15:20

7h ago15:20

15:20

Ursula K Leguin, Tehanu - Tehanu And Segoy Two Dragons by Lectures on classic and contemporary philosophical texts and thinkers by Gregory B. SadlerBy Lectures on classic and contemporary philosophical texts and thinkers by Gregory B. Sadler

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Ursula K Leguin, Tehanu - Ged No Longer A Mage - Sadler's Lectures 19:06

2d ago19:06

19:06

This lecture discusses the science fiction and fantasy author, Ursula K. Leguin's novel, Tehanu, the fourth of six Earthsea booksIt focuses specifically on the dragon Kalessin dropping off the archmage Ged, now drained of all his power, on the island of Gont, with Tenar. Ged will struggle to make sense of his identity and his life lacking the magic…

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Ursula K Leguin, Tehanu - Tenar Teaching Therru - Sadler's Lectures 14:33

1d ago14:33

14:33

This lecture discusses the science fiction and fantasy author, Ursula K. Leguin's novel, Tehanu, the fourth of six Earthsea booksIt focuses specifically on Tenar's attempt's to follow Ogion's final instructions "teach her all", about her young adopted daughter Therru.To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadlerIf you'd…

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Ursula K Leguin, Tehanu - Therru's Abuse, Fear, And Healing - Sadler's Lectures 22:47

3d ago22:47

22:47

This lecture discusses the science fiction and fantasy author, Ursula K. Leguin's novel, Tehanu, the fourth of six Earthsea booksIt focuses specifically on the character Therru, a terribly abused child who was beaten, starved, and raped by her parents and their gang. She is thrown into a fire and left for dead, but survives and is adopted by Tenar,…

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Franz Fanon, Black Skin, White Masks - Parallels Between Antisemitism And Anti-Black Racism 17:29

5d ago17:29

17:29

This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century philosopher, psychoanalyst, and social critic Frantz Fanon's work Black Skin, White MasksIt focuses specifically on his comparative discussions of antisemitism directed at the figure of the Jew and anti-Black racism or negrophobia directed at the figure of the Black person. There are similariti…

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Franz Fanon, Black Skin, White Masks - Negrophobia, Nature, And Sexuality 18:35

7d ago18:35

18:35

This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century philosopher, psychoanalyst, and social critic Frantz Fanon's work Black Skin, White MasksIt focuses specifically on his discussions bearing on what he calls "Negrophobia", which involves the reduction of black people to nature, to animals, and to their sexuality, on the part of the racist feeli…

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Franz Fanon, Black Skin, White Masks - Woman And Man, White And Color 25:27

9d ago25:27

25:27

This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century philosopher, psychoanalyst, and social critic Frantz Fanon's work Black Skin, White MasksIt focuses specifically on the discussions in the second and third chapters of the work, titled "The Woman of Color and the White Man," and "The Man of Color and the White Woman." Fanon examines what would …

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Cicero On The Ends Book 3 - Wisdom And The Other Arts - Sadler's Lectures 10:51

10d ago10:51

10:51

This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher and statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero's work, On The Ends, which discusses problems and perspectives on happiness, ethics, and human natureSpecifically it examines his discussion in book 3 likening the virtue of wisdom to certain arts, particularly dancing and acting. Cicero draws out the …

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Nishitani Keiji, The Self-Overcoming Of Nihilism - Humanism, Existentialism, And Buddhism 22:31

10d ago22:31

22:31

This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century philosopher and head of the Japanese Kyoto school, Nishitani Keiji's book, The Self-Overcoming Of NihilismSpecifically it examines the Appendix to the work, titled "The Problem of Atheism". He analyses two main philosophical atheistic approaches to religion, that of Marxist humanism and that of…

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Nishitani Keiji, The Self - Overcoming Of Nihilism - Nihilism And Reappropriating Tradition 17:46

11d ago17:46

17:46

This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century philosopher and head of the Japanese Kyoto school, Nishitani Keiji's book, The Self-Overcoming Of NihilismSpecifically it examines chapter 9, "The Meaning of Nihilism for Japan". Nishitani claims that nihilism has become a significant cultural problem in post-World War II Japan, and that merely…

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Nishitani Keiji, The Self - Overcoming Of Nihilism - Nihilism, Japan, And Westernization 21:40

13d ago21:40

21:40

This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century philosopher and head of the Japanese Kyoto school, Nishitani Keiji's book, The Self-Overcoming Of NihilismSpecifically it examines chapter 9, "The Meaning of Nihilism for Japan". This one examines his discussion of how Japan opened itself up to a crisis of nihilism precisely through modernizati…

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Nishitani Keiji, The Self-Overcoming Of Nihilism - European Nihilism - Sadler's Lectures 17:43

14d ago17:43

17:43

This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century philosopher and head of the Japanese Kyoto school, Nishitani Keiji's book, The Self-Overcoming Of NihilismSpecifically it examines his discussion in chapter 1 "Nihilism As Existence", of what he terms "European nihilism". Although nihilism remains in part a trans-cultural and trans-historical p…

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Nishitani Keiji, The Self-Overcoming Of Nihilism - Nihilism And Philosophy Of History 13:31

16d ago13:31

13:31

This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century philosopher and head of the Japanese Kyoto school, Nishitani Keiji's book, The Self-Overcoming Of NihilismSpecifically it examines his discussion in chapter 1 "Nihilism As Existence", focused on how human beings are situated in history, and how nihilism arises not just as a trans-historical pos…

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Nishitani Keiji, The Self-Overcoming Of Nihilism - Nihilism And The Problem Of The Self 14:58

18d ago14:58

14:58

This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century philosopher and head of the Japanese Kyoto school, Nishitani Keiji's book, The Self-Overcoming Of NihilismSpecifically it examines his discussion in chapter 1 "Nihilism As Existence", which distinguishes several unproductive and inadequate approaches to nihilism, and then frames nihilism as a p…

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Albert Camus, The Myth Of Sisyphus - Dostoevsky, The Absurd, And Existentialism - Sadler's Lectures 20:16

20d ago20:16

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century philosopher, novelist, and essayist Albert Camus' work The Myth of SisyphusSpecifically it examines his discussion of Dostoevsky, his novels, and his characters' perspectives in the third part of the work, "Absurd Creation". While several of the characters that Dostoevsky discusses are people w…

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Albert Camus, The Myth Of Sisyphus - Ephemeral Creation - Sadler's Lectures 18:44

20d ago18:44

18:44

This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century philosopher, novelist, and essayist Albert Camus' work The Myth of SisyphusSpecifically it examines the section "Ephemeral Creation" in the third part of work. Camus discusses the possibility of an "ascesis" of he absurd that would remain true to it despite our tendency to succumb to hope. He d…

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Albert Camus, The Myth Of Sisyphus - The Absurd, Art, And Philosophy - Sadler's Lectures 26:10

23d ago26:10

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century philosopher, novelist, and essayist Albert Camus' work The Myth of SisyphusSpecifically it examines his discussion in the third part of the work, Absurd Creation, examining how art and specifically fiction or the novel end up intersecting with philosophy in their engagements with the absurd.To …

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Albert Camus, The Myth Of Sisyphus - A Sketch: Conquest and the Conquerer - Sadler's Lectures 18:01

23d ago18:01

18:01

This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century philosopher, novelist, and essayist Albert Camus' work The Myth of SisyphusSpecifically it examines the third of the sketches or examples Camus provides in part 2 of the work, illustrating ways in which a person might live out an "ethics of quantity" in the face of the absurd. Camus discusses c…

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Albert Camus, The Myth Of Sisyphus - A Sketch: Drama and The Actor - Sadler's Lectures 19:33

24d ago19:33

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century philosopher, novelist, and essayist Albert Camus' work The Myth of SisyphusSpecifically it examines the second sketch or example he discusses in the second part of the work, "The Absurd Man". Taking the stage actor as a paradigm, Camus examines how living out a life that imitates many other liv…

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Albert Camus, The Myth Of Sisyphus - A Sketch: Don Juanism - Sadler's Lectures 19:23

27d ago19:23

19:23

This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century philosopher, novelist, and essayist Albert Camus' work The Myth of SisyphusSpecifically it examines one of the sketches or examples that he provides in the second part of his work, illustrating one particular "ethics of quantity" that remains consistently engaged with the absurd. This one cente…

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Albert Camus, The Myth Of Sisyphus - Ethics Faced With The Absurd - Sadler's Lectures 22:42

27d ago22:42

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century philosopher, novelist, and essayist Albert Camus' work The Myth of SisyphusSpecifically it examines his discussion in part 2, which develops a sort of ethics confronting the absurd in human existence. This ethics would be developed within the scope of a person's life, and would not be reducible…

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Plutarch, How To Tell A Flatterer From A Friend - Moderating Frankness Of Speech - Sadler's Lectures 18:30

30d ago18:30

18:30

This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient Middle Platonist philosopher and biographer Plutarch's essay How To Tell A Flatterer From A FriendThis episode focuses specifically on the importance of moderating, or placing some limits on frankness of speech (in ancient Greek, parrhesia) within the scope of genuine friendship. These include advic…

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Plutarch, How To Tell A Flatterer From A Friend - Flatterers' Imitation Of Frankness Of Speech 15:51

1M ago15:51

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient Middle Platonist philosopher and biographer Plutarch's essay How To Tell A Flatterer From A FriendThis episode focuses specifically on how flatterers engage in imitation of, rather than genuine, frankness of speech with the people that they want to deceive into thinking they are actually friends. Pl…

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Plutarch, How To Tell A Flatterer From A Friend - Friendship And Frankness Of Speech 19:57

1M ago19:57

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient Middle Platonist philosopher and biographer Plutarch's essay How To Tell A Flatterer From A FriendThis episode focuses specifically on the importance of frankness of speech (in ancient Greek, parrhesia) within genuine friendship. Plutarch argues that we all need friends not only to be pleasant to us…

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Ursula K Leguin, Tehanu - Tenar And The Mage Ogion - Sadler's Lectures 15:50

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Ursula K Leguin, Tehanu - Tehanu And Segoy Two Dragons 15:20

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Ursula K Leguin, Tehanu - Ged No Longer A Mage - Sadler's Lectures 19:06

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Ursula K Leguin, Tehanu - Tenar Teaching Therru - Sadler's Lectures 14:33

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Ursula K Leguin, Tehanu - Therru's Abuse, Fear, And Healing - Sadler's Lectures 22:47

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Franz Fanon, Black Skin, White Masks - Parallels Between Antisemitism And Anti-Black Racism 17:29

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Franz Fanon, Black Skin, White Masks - Negrophobia, Nature, And Sexuality 18:35

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Franz Fanon, Black Skin, White Masks - Woman And Man, White And Color 25:27

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Cicero On The Ends Book 3 - Wisdom And The Other Arts - Sadler's Lectures 10:51

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Nishitani Keiji, The Self-Overcoming Of Nihilism - Humanism, Existentialism, And Buddhism 22:31

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Nishitani Keiji, The Self - Overcoming Of Nihilism - Nihilism And Reappropriating Tradition 17:46

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Nishitani Keiji, The Self - Overcoming Of Nihilism - Nihilism, Japan, And Westernization 21:40

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Nishitani Keiji, The Self-Overcoming Of Nihilism - European Nihilism - Sadler's Lectures 17:43

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Nishitani Keiji, The Self-Overcoming Of Nihilism - Nihilism And Philosophy Of History 13:31

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Nishitani Keiji, The Self-Overcoming Of Nihilism - Nihilism And The Problem Of The Self 14:58

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Albert Camus, The Myth Of Sisyphus - Dostoevsky, The Absurd, And Existentialism - Sadler's Lectures 20:16

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Albert Camus, The Myth Of Sisyphus - Ephemeral Creation - Sadler's Lectures 18:44

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Albert Camus, The Myth Of Sisyphus - The Absurd, Art, And Philosophy - Sadler's Lectures 26:10

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Albert Camus, The Myth Of Sisyphus - A Sketch: Conquest and the Conquerer - Sadler's Lectures 18:01

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Albert Camus, The Myth Of Sisyphus - A Sketch: Drama and The Actor - Sadler's Lectures 19:33

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Albert Camus, The Myth Of Sisyphus - A Sketch: Don Juanism - Sadler's Lectures 19:23

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Albert Camus, The Myth Of Sisyphus - Ethics Faced With The Absurd - Sadler's Lectures 22:42

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Plutarch, How To Tell A Flatterer From A Friend - Moderating Frankness Of Speech - Sadler's Lectures 18:30

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Plutarch, How To Tell A Flatterer From A Friend - Flatterers' Imitation Of Frankness Of Speech 15:51

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Plutarch, How To Tell A Flatterer From A Friend - Friendship And Frankness Of Speech 19:57

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