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- 20 - Being Human, Rogers Misreads Kierkegaard | 021Fri, 03 Sep 2021 - 53min
- 19 - Robert Hutchins on the Great Conversaton | 020
PDF of The Great Conversation
We're talking about the Great Books of the Western World. It's a 50+ volume set created by Mortimer Adler and many other academics. In particular we're talking about the first volume, titled "The Great Conversation"
It was written by Robert Hutchins, the President of the University of Chicago.
Fri, 27 Aug 2021 - 44min - 18 - Lord of the Rings with Dr. Hamilton | 019Fri, 06 Aug 2021 - 1h 13min
- 17 - Disputation, A Medieval Form of Education | 018Fri, 30 Jul 2021 - 52min
- 16 - The Paideia Way, Interview with Dr. Robert Woods | 017
Dr. Woods is the Headmaster at Veritas Christian Academy. He also founded the Great Books program at Faulkner University. We interview him about his book Mortimer Adler: The Paideia Way of Classical Education
Mortimer Adler was the "every-man's philosopher" as well as an educational reformer. In Dr. Woods' book he brings us to Mortimer Adler and the goals he sought to reform education to be focused around the Great Books.
Books Mentioned
Adler, Reforming Education: Opening of the American Mind
The Difference of Man and the Difference if Makes
Comeius, The Great Didactic
Veith, Classical Education: The Movement Sweeping American
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Fri, 11 Jun 2021 - 50min - 15 - Beowulf, The Epic Hero | Book Review | 015
The book on Amazon.
Beowulf is a wonderful ancient story of a larger-than-life man named Beowulf. In the podcast we discuss our thoughts after reading the book and how Beowulf is a timeless story.
Features of this Episode
We discuss Tolkien's seminal lecture, Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics Ted Sherman's Lecture on Tolkien's Lecture The Writer and Audience of Beowulf The need for StoriesFri, 04 Jun 2021 - 40min - 14 - On Owen Barfield: The Lost Inking - Guest Landon Loftin | 014
You know of C.S. Lewis. You know of J.R.R. Tolkien. But do you know Owen Barfield? You may after this episode. Barfield was one of Lewis' key interlocutors on his journey from Materialism to Christianity. How to persuade such a mind as C.S. Lewis, listen to find out.
In this episode, we discuss,
Owens' writings How the imagination is the organ of meaning Why using a story to propagate a message is not something that Barfield, Lewis, or Tolkien would agree withthe audio is this is a bit rougher than normal
Fri, 28 May 2021 - 42min - 13 - Introduction to Politics - The 6 Political Regimes | 013Fri, 23 Apr 2021 - 1h 07min
- 12 - Three Perspectives on Human Nature (Classical, Rousseau, Bacon) | 012Fri, 09 Apr 2021 - 1h 11min
- 11 - Four Genres of Story | 011
The basis of the poets is story. A story is an imitation of life. Why do we love stories? Why is there Hollywood and Bollywood? What should Christian make of these stories? In this episode we will discuss the purpose of stories according to Aristotle, the genres of stories, and how Christian should engage them.
Fri, 02 Apr 2021 - 1h 14min - 10 - Leisure, The Basis of Culture - Book Review | 010
Leisure the Basis of Culture (1948) is a classic praising the liberal arts. Josef Pieper argues that to build a meaningful life, we must be willing to practice leisure. Instead of always working on maximizing our time to be the most productive, Pieper says we must work to live. In our podcast we discuss his 70 page book.
Features on this podcast:
Discussion of the importance of the liberal arts Pieper's critic of those like Kant who believe philosophy should always involve strenuous effort Why leisure leads to worshipFri, 26 Mar 2021 - 59min - 9 - Silence For the Modern Ills: What Kierkegaard Can Teach Us About Living Well | 09
Why do so many philosophers and poets call for a slower life? Why would Kierkegaard prescribe silence for modern ills (in the late 1800’s !)? Listen to this podcast to slow down and not miss out on what silence can teach us.
In this podcast we discuss:
The Religious Nature of Silence Silence and Reading Good Books How To Cultivate SilenceRecommended Works by Kierkegaard
Fear and Trembling The Present Age The Lily of the Field and The Bird of the Air (3 sermons)Fri, 19 Mar 2021 - 1h 00min - 8 - What is God Like? Classical Theism with Shane Scott | 008
How should we understand God? How should we begin to approach understanding God? Is the Bible literal when it describes God? This episode we sit down with our friend Shane Scott, and preacher and a Ph.D. student. He has a wonderful way of explaining things and what better thing to learn about than the nature of God.
In this episode we discuss:
The Features of Classical Theism Book Recommendations on the Topic How It Differs from Divine PersonalismFri, 12 Mar 2021 - 54min - 7 - Shoptalk, Abe and Sam's Study Habits | 007
This episode is about how we study and the habits we have to study. If you're someone whole likes to talk about productivity and habits, this is your type of episode.
In this episode we discuss
The Zettelkasten System Digital or Paper books? Our Reading Schedules Should You Go To College to Study the Great Books?Fri, 05 Mar 2021 - 53min - 6 - Does Your Soul Have Parts?: Plato's Tripartite Soul | 006Fri, 19 Feb 2021 - 34min
- 5 - Library as Armory: Book Review of Mind for God |005Sat, 13 Feb 2021 - 41min
- 4 - How to Read Hard Books (and get something out of them) | 004Tue, 09 Feb 2021 - 49min
- 3 - Why Socrates Was A Good Teaching And You Can Be Too (Education & Teasing) | 003Fri, 29 Jan 2021 - 46min
- 2 - Poets and Philosophers: The Ancient Quarrel | 002
Poets and Philosophers work with truth in two different ways. Are you more of a poet or philosopher? How do these different modes of thinking help us think about God? This episode takes up a quarrel older than Socrates himself.
Fri, 22 Jan 2021 - 36min - 1 - Should Christians Read the Great Books? | 001
What is the great conversation? What does it have to do with Christians? Why does Abe and Sam care about it? Join our pilot episode to see why Christians should listen to Plato and Shakespeare.
Fri, 15 Jan 2021 - 51min
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