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Sadler"s Lectures

Lectures on classic and contemporary philosophical texts and thinkers by Gregory B. Sadler

I"m that YouTube Philosophy Guy! Find more than 3,000 videos in my main channel. Support my video and podcast work! https://www.patreon.com/sadler or https://www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM Learn more about this podcast channel - https://youtu.be/qRvL0gqlyrw and https://gregorybsadler.substack.com/p/the-sadlers-lectures-podcast Due to popular demand - and with the work underwritten by my Patreon supporters - I have been converting my videos into MP3 files listeners can listen to anywhere they

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00:15:04

Ursula K Leguin, Tales From Earthsea - Ged, Irioth,...

Sadler"s Lectures ·

2024/09/18

This lecture discusses the science fiction and fantasy author, Ursula K. Leguin's book, Tales From Earthsea, the fifth of six Earthsea booksIt focuses specifically on the story "On The High Marsh", and discusses the point where the archmage Ged shows up, seeking the broken former mage, now animal healer, Irioth. He relates the story of Irioth's terrible childhood, the attempts of the masters of Roke to channel and educate his power, and the battle provoked by Irioth's attempts to control the

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00:14:14

Ursula K Leguin, Tales From Earthsea - Irioth The...

Sadler"s Lectures ·

2024/09/16

This lecture discusses the science fiction and fantasy author, Ursula K. Leguin's book, Tales From Earthsea, the fifth of six Earthsea books It focuses specifically on the story "On The High Marsh", and discusses an animal healer whose true name is Irioth. He is clearly a damaged person, both in his emotions and in his thinking, and connects more with the animals who he can speak to and heal than with the human beings living in the high marsh. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site -

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00:19:05

Ursula K Leguin, Tales From Earthsea - Diamond's...

Sadler"s Lectures ·

2024/09/15

This lecture discusses the science fiction and fantasy author, Ursula K. Leguin's book, Tales From Earthsea, the fifth of six Earthsea books It focuses specifically on the story "Darkrose and Diamond", and discusses the character Diamond's choice between different possible paths in life: magic, music, and the family business. These choices also determine his relationship with his childhood friend and later lover, the witch's daughter, Darkrose To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site -

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00:12:08

Ursula K Leguin, Tales From Earthsea - Gontish Magic...

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2024/09/14

This lecture discusses the science fiction and fantasy author, Ursula K. Leguin's book, Tales From Earthsea, the fifth of six Earthsea books It focuses specifically on the story "The Bones Of The Earth", and discusses the mage Ogion (an important character in the earlier Earthsea books), and his own teacher Dulse. In this video we look at the Gontish earth-magic of transformation Dulse learned from his own teacher, the sorceress Ard, which Dulse uses to heal the fault that threatens to produce an

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00:14:35

Ursula K Leguin, Tales From Earthsea - Dulse...

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2024/09/12

This lecture discusses the science fiction and fantasy author, Ursula K. Leguin's book, Tales From Earthsea, the fifth of six Earthsea books It focuses specifically on the story "The Bones Of The Earth", and discusses the backstory of an important character in the earlier Earthsea novels, Ogion the mage of Re Albi. This video focuses on Ogion's teacher, the Gontish mage Dulse and how he taught Ogion, nicknamed "Silence" in silence much of the time. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon

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00:14:36

Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics Bk 5 - Unjust Actions &...

Sadler"s Lectures ·

2024/09/09

This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher Aristotle's work of moral theory, the Nicomachean EthicsSpecifically it focuses on book 5 of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics (and there is a parallel discussion in book 1 of the Rhetoric), where Aristotle distinguishes degrees of responsibility for bad or harmful actions (between mischances, errors, and actually unjust acts) and discusses the difference between engaging in an unjust action and being unjust, i.e. having the vice of

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00:16:00

Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics Bk 3 - Five States...

Sadler"s Lectures ·

2024/09/07

This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher Aristotle's work of moral theory, the Nicomachean EthicsSpecifically it focuses on book 3 of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, where he discusses five states or conditions that resemble courage, but which are not genuine courage, in book 3. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee -

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00:22:22

Ursula K Leguin, From Elfland To Poughkeepsie -...

Sadler"s Lectures ·

2024/09/04

This lecture discusses the science fiction and fantasy author, Ursula K. Leguin's essay, From Elfland To Poughkeepsie, found in her essay collection The Language of the Night It discusses the nature of genuinely valuable fantasy literature, particularly in relation to style, as opposed to literature that while it might be classified as "fantasy" doesn't measure up. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so

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00:13:27

Ursula K Leguin, Tales From Earthsea - Roke Takes...

Sadler"s Lectures ·

2024/09/02

This lecture discusses the science fiction and fantasy author, Ursula K. Leguin's book, Tales From Earthsea, the fifth of six Earthsea books It focuses specifically on the story "The Finder", and focuses specifically on the decision by the Women of the Hand at Roke Isle to end their strategy of seclusion and to seek out worthy students of magic from the other isles of Earthsea To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution,

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00:20:54

Ursula K Leguin, Tales From Earthsea - Roke, The...

Sadler"s Lectures ·

2024/08/31

This lecture discusses the science fiction and fantasy author, Ursula K. Leguin's book, Tales From Earthsea, the fifth of six Earthsea booksIt focuses specifically on the story "The Finder," and examines the development of the community of mostly women magic users on the Isle of Roke, which has isolated itself from the rest of Earthsea, leaving behind the remnants of the Hand outside of Roke. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a

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00:16:33

Ursula K Leguin, Tales From Earthsea - Anieb's And...

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2024/08/27

This lecture discusses the science fiction and fantasy author, Ursula K. Leguin's book, Tales From Earthsea, the fifth of six Earthsea booksIt focuses specifically on the story "The Finder", specifically Otter/Medra's and Anieb's escape from the mercury mining and refining complex, and from its ruler, the evil wizard Gelluk. Anieb helps Medra resist and trick Gelluk, and gives the last of her strength and dies along their route of escape. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site -

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00:14:54

Ursula K Leguin, Tales From Earthsea - Gelluk,...

Sadler"s Lectures ·

2024/08/26

This lecture discusses the science fiction and fantasy author, Ursula K. Leguin's book, Tales From Earthsea, the fifth of six Earthsea books It focuses specifically on the story "The Finder", specifically how Medra/Otter is taken from his parents and placed as a slave in the service of the evil, and insane wizard Gelluk, who thinks mercury is the key to all magic. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so

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00:16:39

Ursula K Leguin, Tales From Earthsea - The Dangerous...

Sadler"s Lectures ·

2024/08/25

This lecture discusses the science fiction and fantasy author, Ursula K. Leguin's book, Tales From Earthsea, the fifth of six Earthsea booksIt focuses specifically on the story "The Finder," and focuses on Leguin's depiction of Earthsea in its "dark times" hundreds of years before the narratives of the first four books, when Earthsea was divided politically, and the strong preyed upon and exploited the weak. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like

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00:16:32

David Hume, Inquiry Concerning Human Understanding -...

Sadler"s Lectures ·

2024/08/22

This lecture discusses key ideas from the modern empiricist philosopher David Hume' Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding It focuses specifically on his discussion in section 1 of the work, specifically the range of matters that moral philosophy, as Hume understands it, studies, which includes not just ethics, but also human psychology, motivations, the emotions, and ways in which we acquire and associate ideas To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd

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00:12:17

David Hume, Inquiry Concerning Human Understanding -...

Sadler"s Lectures ·

2024/08/21

This lecture discusses key ideas from the modern empiricist philosopher David Hume' Enquiry Concerning Human UnderstandingIt focuses specifically on his discussion in section 1 of the work, specifically where Hume notes that too many people in his time wish to reject "metaphysics" entirely, leading him to plead the case of metaphysics, providing justifications for why at least some people ought to engage in it To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd

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00:16:23

David Hume, Inquiry Concerning Human Understanding -...

Sadler"s Lectures ·

2024/08/18

This lecture discusses key ideas from the modern empiricist philosopher David Hume' Enquiry Concerning Human UnderstandingIt focuses specifically on his discussion in section 1 of the work, specifically the distinction Hume makes from the very first paragraph between two different modes of engaging in moral philosophy. One of these is what he calls "easy" and "obvious" philosophy, intended for the broad public, lacking rigor but suited for guiding the live of activity, business, and sociability.

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00:12:42

Cicero On The Nature Of The Gods Book 1 - Skeptical...

Sadler"s Lectures ·

2024/08/17

This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher and statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero's work, On The Nature Of The Gods, which critically examines Epicurean, Stoic, and Skeptic perspectives on matters of theology and cosmology Specifically it examines the academic skeptic Cotta's criticism of the Epicurean position on the gods, which he charges not only with being wrong about them, but also being inconsistent. The Epicureans assert that the gods are inactive and that for this reason

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00:13:57

Cicero On The Nature Of The Gods Book 1 - Skeptical...

Sadler"s Lectures ·

2024/08/15

This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher and statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero's work, On The Nature Of The Gods, which critically examines Epicurean, Stoic, and Skeptic perspectives on matters of theology and cosmologySpecifically it examines the criticisms made in book 1 by the academic skeptic Cotta against the Epicurean argument from common consent made earlier by Velleius. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a

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00:11:58

Cicero On The Nature Of The Gods Book 1 - Skeptical...

Sadler"s Lectures ·

2024/08/13

This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher and statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero's work, On The Nature Of The Gods, which critically examines Epicurean, Stoic, and Skeptic perspectives on matters of theology and cosmologySpecifically it examines the academic skeptic Cotta's criticisms of the Epicurean position on the gods as being incoherent, holding to a metaphysical atomism and at the same time holding that the gods are eternal. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site

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00:13:48

Cicero On The Nature Of The Gods Book 1 - Skeptical...

Sadler"s Lectures ·

2024/08/11

This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher and statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero's work, On The Nature Of The Gods, which critically examines Epicurean, Stoic, and Skeptic perspectives on matters of theology and cosmology Specifically it examines the academic skeptic Cotta's criticisms of the Epicurean perspective on the divine, which claim and argue that the gods must have a form like that of human beings, though not made of the same matter as human beings. To support my

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