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Daniel Kaufman (Missouri State University, The Electric Agora), Massimo Pigliucci (CUNY Graduate Center), Skye Cleary (skyecleary.com, Existentialism and Romantic Love)
- Fundamentals of Stoicism… . 4:27
- …and existentialism . 8:45
- The roles we play . 12:43
- Seasickness and other things we can’t control . 21:00
- Contributions to psychotherapy from Stoics and existentialists . 26:02
- Suicide, “the only serious philosophical problem” . 32:33
- Stoicism as a philosophy of love . 41:46
- When being virtuous is close to impossible . 62:46
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Massimo Pigliucci
Skye Cleary
Massimo Pigliucci
Skye Cleary
Recorded:Mar 21
Posted:Apr 5, 2017
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- Massimo’s article about the very different attitudes of Stoics concerning sex
- Massimo on cosmopolitanism and friendship
- Seneca on friendship
- Skye Cleary, Aeon, “Simone de Beauvoir’s political philosophy resonates today”
- Life Of Brian (1979): “You’re all individuals”
- Was Nietzsche a misogynist? (“The Whip Recalled” by Kathleen Higgins)
Sophia | Apr 5, 2017 | Daniel Kaufman, Massimo Pigliucci, & Skye Cleary
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