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Many people have observed that the conversation we have been curating on Rebel Wisdom has featured many more men than women. Of course we have regularly been asking ourselves why that is, and whether there is a more ‘feminine’ contribution to the dialogue that is not being heard? This was the topic I explored with […]
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September 7th, 2022 Clementine Morrigan and Jay Lesoleil from the Fucking Cancelled podcast visit The Stoa to discuss a post-cancel culture left and leaving “the nexus” … “Fucking Cancelled is a podcast with three aims. First, we analyze and critique a phenomenon on the left that we call the nexus: a synthesis of identitarianism, social
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September 6th, 2022 Philosopher-in-Residence for September 2022: Jill Nephew Series: Natural Intelligence in Practice Sign-up to attend Part 2 live here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYscu2srDkrHtykprns24JsIvdaGjvyLjM0 “The science is in” from modern cognitive science showing us precisely, unambiguously, how we have been unintentionally harming our natural intelligence and reveals the mechanisms for how this harm acts as a generator
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September 6th, 2022 Philosopher-in-Residence for September 2022: Wai H. Tsang Series: The Missing Weltanschauung: Perennial Wisdom for Systems Change Sign-up to attend Part 2 live here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0lcOuoqTovGN0WMueG2pLV9uwVKTfyZuw1 In this series of four interlinking presentations, Wai H. Tsang will explain what the missing 21st century worldview or ‘weltanschaunng’ looks like. Over the years, many thinkers and
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Here’s a recording from our monthly Microsolidarity Network Call, hosted by Jocelyn. Presentations by: – Drew & Caroline – Shared Ground, Denver – http://sharedground.co – Diana – Blivande, Stockholm – http://blivande.com – James – Intentional Society – https://intentionalsociety.org/ – Nicole – Primal Gathering – https://primalgathering.co/ – Lisa-Marie – Crewing in New York – http://limapea.com –
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There has been a lot of focus on the damage that social media is doing to all of us, its users. This growing awareness was partly fuelled by the work of Tristan Harris, through the breakout hit documentary The Social Dilemma. But there has been less attention on how this new landscape also affects creators,
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August 29th, 2022 M.G. Piety, professor of philosophy at Drexel University, visits The Stoa to discuss an exciting new approach of philosophizing: flash philosophy. “The term “flash philosophy” is based on the term “flash fiction” which is used to refer to very short short stories. There is growing interest in very short works of philosophy,
August 25th, 2022 Douglas Cairns, professor of classics at the University of Edinburgh with a research interest in Ancient Greek emotions, visits The Stoa to discuss how thumos shows up in the works of Homer. More from Douglas: https://www.ed.ac.uk/history-classics-archaeology/about-us/staff-profiles/profile_tab1_academic.php?uun=dcairns Learn more about the Thumos Bootcamp here: https://thestoa.substack.com/p/beyond-self-discipline-thumos-bootcamp thestoa.ca patreon.com/the_stoa thestoa.substack.com
Thumos: Models of Mind, Motivation, and Emotion in Homer w/ Douglas Cairns Read More »
Victor Saenz, Lecturer at Rice University, visits The Stoa to discuss the undefined role thumos in Aristotle’s thought. "One of three basic types of desire, claims Aristotle, is thumos (‘spirit,’ ‘passion,’ ‘heart,’ ‘anger,’ ‘impulse’). The other two are epithumia (‘appetite’) and boulêsis (‘wish,’ ‘rational desire’). Yet, he never gives us an account of thumos; it
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August 23rd, 2022 Josh Wilburn, author of The Political Soul: Plato on Thumos, Spirited Motivation, and the City, visits The Stoa to discuss the politics of thumos. From the book: "This book examines the relationship between Plato’s views on psychology and his political philosophy, focusing on his reflections on the spirited part of the tripartite
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