Today's episode is all about injecting a little dose of optimism into your day!The world is not as bad as you think...I hope to achieve three things:To explain why pessimism has become so rife in modern times. To explain why optimism for the fu

Reflections on an Untimely Death

Jun 27th, 2021 6m 16s

To my beloved aunt. I will always carry your memory in my heart. I love you more than you can imagine. I will see to what you started.Support the show

#5 Buddhist Philosophy: A Study in Suffering

May 9th, 2021 26m 37s

Subscribe to my mailing list for updates on new episodes.In this episode, we're taking a look at the core principles of Buddhist thought.Buddhism has been growing in popularity in recent years. In the west, this growth has been correlated with

#4 Aristotle and the Road to Eudaimonia - The Nicomachean Ethics

Apr 15th, 2021 25m 35s

Subscribe to my mailing list for updates on new episodes.In this episode, we're covering Aristotle's view on the road to Eudaimonia in his Nicomachean Ethics.Eudaimonia is often translated to happiness, but that’s not quite right. Really it mea

#3 Why Can't We All Just Get Along? Jonathan Haidt's The Righteous Mind

Mar 31st, 2021 46m 49s

Subscribe to my mailing list for updates on new episodes.In this episode, we're talking about Jonathan Haidt's seminal contribution to moral psychology, The Righteous Mind. Do you agree that our society is more divided now than at any point in

#2 Insights From The Depths Of Darkness - Viktor Frankl's 'Man's Search For Meaning'

Mar 18th, 2021 27m 24s

Subscribe to my mailing list for updates on new episodes.In this episode, we're taking a look at Viktor Frankl's 'Man's Search For Meaning'. It's partly an account of Frankl's internment in the concentration camps of Nazi Germany and partly an

#1 Stoicism and the Dichotomy of Control

Mar 4th, 2021 24m 6s

Subscribe to my mailing list for updates on new episodes.Welcome to Will To Wisdom - A podcast exploring perspectives on living well.In this episode we're taking a look at the dichotomy of control - the stoic practice of dividing the world into

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Introduction: Philosophy and the Craft of Living Well

Feb 20th, 2021 7m 9s

Subscribe to my mailing list for updates on new episodes.Welcome to Will To Wisdom - A podcast exploring perspectives on living well.When we think about philosophy, we think of grand questions. Does God exist. Do we have free will? What is the