A Philosopher’s Guide To The Good Life - Meghan Sullivan & Paul Blaschko | Modern Wisdom Podcast 419
Meghan Sullivan & Paul Blaschko are Philosophy Professors at the University of Notre Dame.
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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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
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