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I will duel anyone who insists otherwise

It is better to be raped than be a rapist. It is better to be stolen from than a thief. It is better to be murdered than be a murderer. These are just some of the puzzling claims of Plato’s moral psychology. My guest, Cornell’s Rachana Kamtekar will help us unpack why it is

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Canadians scoff at America's inequality, yet the best in Canada immigrate to it. We come here precisely for this inequality and the unbounded limits of achievement it opens up. In Canada, all humans are given more respect regardless of their achievements. Society is materially

Hume: "Past performance does not guarantee future returns.". - Treatise of Human Nature.

We commonly think that biological theories of evolution inspired social theories of evolution — “social darwinism” — but that’s exactly backwards. Darwin was inspired by British social theorists who saw bottom-up emergent order rather than top-down design as key driving force of

RT @PhilippKoralus: Glad someone is addressing the Stoicism fad in an accessible way.

If you thought “pop” stoicism was ridiculous wait till you hear what “real” stoics believed: it’s somehow more insane, unlivable and counterproductive. In this lecture I'm going to share with you why I think “real” stoicism is wrong, why its counter productive to try and live as

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No philosophy before 30. (But since he's already been corrupted, this is a very excellent summary!!).

Huge congrats pal, will be ordering my copy soon!.

Plato on Why We Self-Sabotage | Interview with Cornell’s Rachana Kamtekar. Why do we eat that extra scoop of ice cream when we know we shouldn't? Why do we date people who are clearly bad for us? In this conversation with Rachana Kamtekar, we explore Plato's radical and

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PHILOSOPHY IS RUINING YOUR LIFE — this is the surprising conclusion of the legendary philosopher Sextus Empiricus. Many of us got into philosophy because we hoped it would improve our lives. We think that getting at some kind of foundational truth about the world will finally

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The biggest misconception about Stoicism is that they believed in free will. There are two central tenets of stoicism that seem to contradict each other. On one hand, the stoics believe in fate, their world is fully deterministic. Yet on the other hand, the stoics tell you that