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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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00:15:06

David Hume, Inquiry Concerning Human Understanding -...

Sadler"s Lectures ·

2023/02/11

This lecture discusses key ideas from the modern empiricist philosopher David Hume' Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding It focuses specifically on the passages that are sometimes called "Hume's Fork", which run: "If we take in our hand any volume; of divinity or school metaphysics, for instance; let us ask, Does it contain any abstract reasoning concerning quantity or number? No. Does it contain any experimental reasoning concerning matter of fact and existence? No. Commit it then to the

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00:16:43

David Hume, Inquiry Concerning Human Understanding -...

Sadler"s Lectures ·

2023/02/09

This lecture discusses key ideas from the modern empiricist philosopher David Hume' Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding It focuses specifically on the distinction he makes between a Pyrrhonian or excessive skepticism and a mitigated or Academical skepticism, in both matters of theory and practice 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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00:17:41

David Hume, Inquiry Concerning Human Understanding -...

Sadler"s Lectures ·

2023/02/08

This lecture discusses key ideas from the modern empiricist philosopher David Hume' Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding It focuses specifically on his discussion of skepticism, specifically in terms of the reliability of the senses and the truth of what we perceive through them. He considers in particular whether the distinction between primary and secondary qualities really holds or not. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct

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00:15:20

David Hume, Inquiry Concerning Human Understanding -...

Sadler"s Lectures ·

2023/02/08

This lecture discusses key ideas from the modern empiricist philosopher David Hume' Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding It focuses specifically on his discussion bearing on whether we have good rational grounds for claiming that there is distributive justice within the world or not, or failing that, provided for in an afterlife. 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 -

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00:19:56

David Hume, Inquiry Concerning Human Understanding -...

Sadler"s Lectures ·

2023/02/03

This lecture discusses key ideas from the modern empiricist philosopher David Hume' Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding It focuses specifically on his discussion, framed in terms of arguments placed in the mouths of friend of his and of Epicurus, of claims about divine providence made by religious people. One of Hume's main lines of criticism is that when it comes the universe and the divine, we can reason from effects to causes, but not from causes to effects, given how little we know or can

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00:19:33

David Hume, Inquiry Concerning Human Understanding -...

Sadler"s Lectures ·

2023/02/02

This lecture discusses key ideas from the modern empiricist philosopher David Hume' Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding It focuses specifically on the arguments that he provides against accepting testimonies that would amount to a proof or a probability of a miracle 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 - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM You can find

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00:16:14

David Hume, Inquiry Concerning Human Understanding -...

Sadler"s Lectures ·

2023/01/31

This lecture discusses key ideas from the modern empiricist philosopher David Hume' Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding It focuses specifically on his views on whether miracles, as opposed to simply marvelous events, are possible, and whether testimonies about miracles make them probable or proven or not. Hume defines a miracle as a violation of the laws of nature. 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

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00:17:01

David Hume, Inquiry Concerning Human Understanding -...

Sadler"s Lectures ·

2023/01/29

This lecture discusses key ideas from the modern empiricist philosopher David Hume' Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding It focuses specifically on his views on whether non-human animals engage in reasoning or not. He argues that most human beings are not engaged in explicit reasoning most of the time, including philosophers, and that non-human animals are guided by experience and custom like human beings, but rely more upon instinct than do human beings To support my ongoing work, go to my

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00:13:06

Plutarch, On Controlling Anger - Anger And Righteous...

Sadler"s Lectures ·

2023/01/27

This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher and biographer Plutarch's short work On Controlling Anger. This episode focuses specifically on his cautions about allowing the excuse that we are just experiencing and acting on "righteous indignation" (misoponeria), when we are really feeling and following anger. You can find the copy of the text I am using for this sequence on Plutarch's On Controlling Anger here - https://amzn.to/3gpyrS3 To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon

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00:12:00

Plutarch, On Controlling Anger - Cheerfulness As A...

Sadler"s Lectures ·

2023/01/26

This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher and biographer Plutarch's short work On Controlling Anger. This episode focuses specifically on his discussions about the disposition of cheerfulness (eukolia) and its positive effects as a remedy for anger in oneself and in others. You can find the copy of the text I am using for this sequence on Plutarch's On Controlling Anger here - https://amzn.to/3gpyrS3 To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site -

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00:13:19

Plutarch, On Controlling Anger - Breaking Anger's...

Sadler"s Lectures ·

2023/01/24

This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher and biographer Plutarch's short work On Controlling Anger. This episode focuses specifically on his discussions bearing on anger as something like a tyrant or a tyranny within the angry person. He also discusses our own tendency to become tyrannical in our anger with those who are subject to and vulnerable to us. You can find the copy of the text I am using for this sequence on Plutarch's On Controlling Anger here -

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00:11:46

Plutarch, On Controlling Anger - Anger, Mildness, And...

Sadler"s Lectures ·

2023/01/23

This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher and biographer Plutarch's short work On Controlling Anger. This episode focuses specifically on how anger arises for many people out of being too attached, fussy, or particular about matters, and how deliberately cultivating simplicity can help promote the opposite of anger, the virtue of mildness or good temper (praotēs) You can find the copy of the text I am using for this sequence on Plutarch's On Controlling Anger here -

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00:13:29

Plutarch, On Controlling Anger - Anger, Contempt, And...

Sadler"s Lectures ·

2023/01/22

This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher and biographer Plutarch's short work On Controlling Anger. This episode focuses specifically on his discussion of the causes of anger, which he views as multiple and different for different people. Still, contempt and neglect are main causes of anger according to Plutarch. You can find the copy of the text I am using for this sequence on Plutarch's On Controlling Anger here - https://amzn.to/3gpyrS3 To support my ongoing work, go to

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00:14:12

Plutarch, On Controlling Anger - Anger And Distortion...

Sadler"s Lectures ·

2023/01/21

This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher and biographer Plutarch's short work On Controlling Anger. This episode focuses specifically on the effects that the emotion of anger has in changing and distorting our appearance, notable in the face, voice, gait, and skin color, among other signs.Plutarch advises that we observe these distorting effects and form an image of what we ourselves would look like while angry, as a technique of anger management You can find the copy of the

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00:12:28

Plutarch, On Controlling Anger - Examples Of Anger...

Sadler"s Lectures ·

2023/01/21

This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher and biographer Plutarch's short work On Controlling Anger. This episode focuses specifically on his discussions of political leaders who provide examples of how to manage anger well, in particular Philip of Macedon. He also briefly discusses philosophers, orators, and advocates. You can find the copy of the text I am using for this sequence on Plutarch's On Controlling Anger here - https://amzn.to/3gpyrS3 To support my ongoing work,

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00:14:58

Plutarch, On Controlling Anger - Training Oneself...

Sadler"s Lectures ·

2023/01/17

This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher and biographer Plutarch's short work On Controlling Anger. This episode focuses specifically on how we can change our habits concerning anger through training ourselves, and preparing and employing our faculty of reason when we find ourselves getting or feeling angry. You can find the copy of the text I am using for this sequence on Plutarch's On Controlling Anger here - https://amzn.to/3gpyrS3 To support my ongoing work, go to my

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00:11:50

John Chrysostom Homily 16 On Matthew - Reconciliation...

Sadler"s Lectures ·

2023/01/16

This lecture discusses key ideas from the early Christian theologian John Chrysostom's Homily 16, On The Gospel of Matthew This episode focuses specifically on the command given by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount that if you bring your gift to the altar and realize your brother or sister has anything against you, you should go be reconciled first, and then come back to offer your gift. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct

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00:15:28

John Chrysostom Homily 16 On Matthew - Three Precepts...

Sadler"s Lectures ·

2023/01/15

This lecture discusses key ideas from the early Christian theologian John Chrysostom's Homily 16, On The Gospel of Matthew This episode focuses specifically on his interpretation of the three precepts Jesus gives about anger and its verbal expression in the Sermon on the Mount. 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 - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM You

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00:16:49

John Chrysostom Homily 16 On Matthew - Defending Gods...

Sadler"s Lectures ·

2023/01/14

This lecture discusses key ideas from the early Christian theologian John Chrysostom's Homily 16 on the Gospel of Matthew This episode focuses specifically on his discussion of the old law of the Hebrew scriptures and the new law of the precepts given by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount. Chrysostom argues against potential Jewish interlocutors that the new precepts effectively expand the old law, and against Manichaean (and other Gnostic) opponents that the old law is good. To support my ongoing

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00:15:02

John Chrysostom Homily 14 On Ephesians - Anger,...

Sadler"s Lectures ·

2023/01/13

This lecture discusses key ideas from the early Christian theologian John Chrysostom's Homily 14, On Paul's Letter to the Ephesians. This episode focuses specifically on his discussion about how different modes of "corrupt speech" produce, stem from, or intensify anger. 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 - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM You can

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