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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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00:13:28

Plutarch, On Awareness Of Progress In Virtue -...

Sadler"s Lectures ·

2025/07/25

This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient Middle Platonist philosopher and biographer Plutarch's essay On Awareness Of Progress In Virtue This episode focuses specifically on emotional responses that he takes as being important signs of progress towards virtue, if these emotional responses are directed towards the right objects. These are "emulation" (zēlos) and admiration (thaumazein), directed towards people who we view as morally better than ourselves. These responses should spur us to

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00:15:42

Plutarch, On Awareness Of Progress In Virtue - Past...

Sadler"s Lectures ·

2025/07/24

This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient Middle Platonist philosopher and biographer Plutarch's essay On Awareness Of Progress In VirtueThis episode focuses specifically on his discussion of the emotions that a person feels, which they can use as an index for determining whether they are indeed making progress. Plutarch suggests that we ought to look at our past emotional responses and compare them to present emotional responses, and that we ought to do so in two manners, examining them

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00:10:54

Plutarch, On Awareness Of Progress In Virtue -...

Sadler"s Lectures ·

2025/07/23

This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient Middle Platonist philosopher and biographer Plutarch's essay On Awareness Of Progress In VirtueThis episode focuses specifically on his short but rich discussion about how we can tell whether or not we are making progress by looking at the contents of our dreams (or at what we perceive when we are ill). If we have not genuinely succeeded in making the virtues into habits, our dream lives are likely to reflect unvirtuous desires that we have been

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00:11:04

Plutarch, On Awareness Of Progress In Virtue -...

Sadler"s Lectures ·

2025/07/22

This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient Middle Platonist philosopher and biographer Plutarch's essay On Awareness Of Progress In VirtueThis episode focuses specifically on his discussion of a yearning for philosophy, not typical academic philosophy but actual philosophy as a way of life, as an index for whether a person is making moral progress or not. He examines what this looks like in a person and how it leads them to prioritize philosophy over other matters in their lives You can

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00:21:41

Plutarch, On Awareness Of Progress In Virtue -...

Sadler"s Lectures ·

2025/07/21

This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient Middle Platonist philosopher and biographer Plutarch's essay On Awareness Of Progress In Virtue This episode focuses specifically on his discussions bearing upon something he takes as an important index for our development, namely the changes in our discourse. He looks a number of different aspects of this, one of which is the topics that we focus on talking about with others in philosophy. He also thinks that we should avoid using philosophy for

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00:12:09

Plutarch, On Awareness Of Progress In Virtue - Taking...

Sadler"s Lectures ·

2025/07/19

This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient Middle Platonist philosopher and biographer Plutarch's essay On Awareness Of Progress In VirtueThis episode focuses specifically on his discussion of why it is important not to give ourselves a pass or make excuses when we fail in minor ways, if the goal is to make moral progress. He develops an analogy to building projects. If the goal is to build rough structures, it is fine to make the foundation out of any old stuff, but if one wants to build a

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00:11:52

Plutarch, On Awareness Of Progress In Virtue -...

Sadler"s Lectures ·

2025/07/18

This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient Middle Platonist philosopher and biographer Plutarch's essay On Awareness Of Progress In Virtue This episode focuses specifically on how we can use consistency as a sign and also a means of making moral progress. He argues that we are either making progress or falling back, so this means that we need to keep choosing to commit to a life of virtue, and that we need to maintain discipline and training. You can find the copy of the text I am using for

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00:13:35

Plutarch, On Awareness Of Progress In Virtue -...

Sadler"s Lectures ·

2025/07/17

This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient Middle Platonist philosopher and biographer Plutarch's essay On Awareness Of Progress In Virtue This episode focuses specifically on his criticisms of the standard Stoic position on virtue and vice, which is that every person is either virtuous or vicious, with no middle state. The Stoics (with some exceptions like Epictetus) also seem to think that there is no such thing as "making progress" towards virtue and away from vice. You can find the

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00:19:34

Francis Bacon, Novum Oraganum - The Idols Of The...

Sadler"s Lectures ·

2025/07/16

This lecture discusses key ideas from the early modern philosopher Francis Bacon's work Novum Organum, specifically the section in book 1 covering the "four idols of the human mind"This episode focuses specifically on his description of the fourth type of idol, those of the theater, which derive from either entire philosophical systems, which Bacon likens to fictions and plays, or from perverted rules of demonstration, or from too exclusive of a focus on one aspect or element of a science. Bacon

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00:15:26

Francis Bacon, Novum Oraganum - The Idols Of The...

Sadler"s Lectures ·

2025/07/14

This lecture discusses key ideas from the early modern philosopher Francis Bacon's work Novum Organum, specifically the section in book 1 covering the "four idols of the human mind"This episode focuses specifically on his description of the third type of idol, those of the market, which derive from our use of language to communicate our thoughts and to engage in inquiry. Bacon examines what distinctive sorts of errors of these types we can fall into and how they can arise. You can find the copy

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00:12:53

Francis Bacon, Novum Oraganum - The Idols Of The Cave...

Sadler"s Lectures ·

2025/07/13

This lecture discusses key ideas from the early modern philosopher Francis Bacon's work Novum Organum, specifically the section in book 1 covering the "four idols of the human mind"This episode focuses specifically on his description of the second type of idol, those of the cave or den, which have to do with human individuals. Bacon examines what distinctive sorts of errors of these types we can fall into and how they can arise. You can find the copy of the text I am using for this sequence on

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00:15:43

Francis Bacon, Novum Oraganum - The Idols Of The...

Sadler"s Lectures ·

2025/07/12

This lecture discusses key ideas from the early modern philosopher Francis Bacon's work Novum Organum, specifically the section in book 1 covering the "four idols of the human mind" This episode focuses specifically on his description of the first type of idol, those of the tribe, which have to do with our shared human nature, as members of the same human race. Bacon examines what distinctive sorts of errors of these types we can fall into and how they can arise. You can find the copy of the text

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00:17:47

Plutarch, On Tranquility - Comparing Ourselves With...

Sadler"s Lectures ·

2025/07/10

This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient Middle Platonist philosopher and biographer Plutarch's essay On TranquilityThis episode focuses specifically on the topic of whether it is good or bad for us to compare ourselves and our lives with other people, particularly with those who are superior to us in some ways. He suggests that if we do need to compare ourselves to others, we be very realistic about how well off we typically are. You can find the copy of the text I am using for this

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00:14:38

Plutarch, On Tranquility - Dealing With Other's...

Sadler"s Lectures ·

2025/07/09

This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient Middle Platonist philosopher and biographer Plutarch's essay On TranquilityThis episode focuses specifically on an important component of having a tranquil life, which is dealing with the emotional states that other people have, display, talk about, and act upon. We will do well not to be too concerned with other people's negative emotions, like envy, anger, malevolence, or jealousy. You can find the copy of the text I am using for this sequence

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00:15:41

Plutarch, On Tranquility - Desiring Or Trying To Do...

Sadler"s Lectures ·

2025/07/08

This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient Middle Platonist philosopher and biographer Plutarch's essay On TranquilityThis episode focuses specifically on his discussion of one mistake that many people make that gets in the way of their enjoying their lives, namely desiring or attempting to do every kind of activity they consider important or valuable in their one life. Many activities are incompatible with each other, so selecting one means selecting against the others that incompatible

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00:15:33

Plutarch, On Tranquility - Focusing On Past, Present,...

Sadler"s Lectures ·

2025/07/07

This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient Middle Platonist philosopher and biographer Plutarch's essay On Tranquility This episode focuses specifically on our relation to time and the times of past, present, and future. Foolish people don't appreciate the present, because they focus too much on the future that may never come about. They also don't make good use of their memory of the past to continue enjoying things and experiences that are no longer here, Alternately, they ruminate on bad

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00:13:41

Plutarch, On Tranquility - Focusing On What's Good In...

Sadler"s Lectures ·

2025/07/05

This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient Middle Platonist philosopher and biographer Plutarch's essay On TranquilityThis episode focuses specifically on his advice that we ought to direct our focus to what is actually good in our lives, and respond to those things with a sense of joy and appreciation (kharis). If we look at our lives, we actually have a number of good things either in the present or even in the past You can find the copy of the text I am using for this sequence on

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00:15:38

Plutarch, On Tranquility - Life As Mixed Good And Bad...

Sadler"s Lectures ·

2025/07/03

This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient Middle Platonist philosopher and biographer Plutarch's essay On Tranquility This episode focuses specifically on the importance of recognizing that life will be a mix of good and bad things, rather than primarily good things, as some people unrealistically desire, hope, or expect it to be. He advocates for harmonizing the two together into an overall good life, and discusses each person as having not just one but two spirits or fates. You can find

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00:13:25

Plutarch, On Tranquility - Making Use Of Things And...

Sadler"s Lectures ·

2025/07/02

This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient Middle Platonist philosopher and biographer Plutarch's essay On Tranquility This episode focuses specifically on his examination of how we make use of or deal with (khēsthai, in Greek) things or matters (pragmata) abd the circumstances we find ourselves in. He uses an analogy which he says derives from Plato (which perhaps goes back to Socrates) of life as a game of dice. We first try to have a successful throw, and then, if we don't get the results

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00:16:16

Plutarch, On Tranquility - Tranquility, Lifestyle,...

Sadler"s Lectures ·

2025/07/01

This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient Middle Platonist philosopher and biographer Plutarch's essay On Tranquility This episode focuses specifically on a mistake that a number of people make in thinking about what will produce happiness, tranquility, or contentment for them, namely living a certain lifestyle or having a particular occupation. If one does not have one's mindset, assumptions, desires, habits in order, one simply brings the reason for one's lack of tranquility from whatever

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