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Closereads: Philosophy with Mark and Wes

Written by: Evergreen Podcasts
  • Summary

  • Reading through difficult philosophy texts line-by-line to try to figure out what’s really being said.
    Mark Linsenmayer and Wes Alwan 2024
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Episodes
  • Epictetus' Discourses (Part Two)
    Jun 13 2024
    We read through book one, chapter two. How can a person on every occasion maintain his proper character? Read along with us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • Epictetus' Discourses (Part One)
    Jun 11 2024
    On Ch. 1 of this classic of ancient Stoicism, a series of informal lectures written down by Epictetus' student Arrian in around 108 C.E. What is it about us that enables self-control? Read along with us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Reason in Hobbes' "Leviathan" (Part Two)
    Jun 6 2024
    Continuing on ch. 5 in Thomas Hobbes' "Leviathan" (1651). We go through seven ways of producing absurd reasoning according to Hobbes. Read along with us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 17 mins

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