A Philosopher's Guide To The Good Life - Meghan Sullivan & Paul Blaschko - #419
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Meghan Sullivan & Paul Blaschko are Philosophy Professors at the University of Notre Dame and authors.
How to lead a good life is one of the biggest quandaries that humans struggle with. How to think about status and money and love and death are huge challenges. Today we get to find out some of philosophy's answers to life's most fundamental questions.
Expect to learn the role of truth in leading a good life, what history has to teach us about responsibility and agency, why Socrates was the world's first troll, how generosity is linked to fulfilment, what Marcus Aurelius says about fears of the future, Paul & Meghan's issues with Stoicism and much more...
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Meghan Sullivan & Paul Blaschko are Philosophy Professors at the University of Notre Dame and authors.
How to lead a good life is one of the biggest quandaries that humans struggle with. How to think about status and money and love and death are huge challenges. Today we get to find out some of philosophy's answers to life's most fundamental questions.
Expect to learn the role of truth in leading a good life, what history has to teach us about responsibility and agency, why Socrates was the world's first troll, how generosity is linked to fulfilment, what Marcus Aurelius says about fears of the future, Paul & Meghan's issues with Stoicism and much more...
Sponsors:
Join the Modern Wisdom Community to connect with me & other listeners - https://modernwisdom.locals.com/
Get a Free Sample Pack of all LMNT Flavours at https://www.drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied)
Get 20% discount on the highest quality CBD Products from Pure Sport at https://bit.ly/cbdwisdom (use code: MW20)
Timestamps:
(00:00) Intro
(00:15) The Threatening Ideas of Socrates
(12:34) Finding the Good Life from Philosophy
(22:37) Why People Started Searching for a Better Life
(32:52) Why is Stoicism Sexy?
(38:39) Virtual Ethics vs Stoicism
(44:07) The Role of Truth in a Good Life
(56:38) Philosophy of Agency & Generosity
(1:06:10) Introductory Books for Virtue Ethics
(1:08:21) Where to Find Meghan & Paul
Extra Stuff:
Buy The Good Life Method - https://amzn.to/3G1hPYt
Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/
To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom
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