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7:34

Goethe's Faust: The Founding Myth of Modernity

Johannes A. Niederhauser ·

2026/03/31

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4:07

Why You Must Read Goethe's Faust

Johannes A. Niederhauser ·

2026/03/30

If you happen to be one of the truly inquisitive minds who long to understand themselves and this age, this wondrous period we thoughtlessly refer to as modernity, then you must by all means read Goethe's second Faust. It is this is his true Faust, for here the Faustian spirit interwoven with Mephisto comes into its own and births modernity. This is a text not for the faint of heart and only the true aristocrat of the mind will be able to appreciate this allegorical masterpiece.It is in the second

42:20

"Thinking is a Way of Life": On Robert Musil's "The...

Johannes A. Niederhauser ·

2026/03/29

Robert Musil’s The Man Without Qualities“Without doubt the greatest writing, ranking with the finest our epoch has to offer.” — Thomas MannUlrich, the protagonist of The Man Without Qualities, is a figure we are all familiar with. A man of means and extraordinary talent living in Vienna on the eve of the First World War, he has already been successful as a soldier, a mathematician and an engineer. Women find him irresistible. Society opens every door. Yet none of it seems like it adds up to

10:16

Goethe's Scathing Critique of Neoplatonism

Johannes A. Niederhauser ·

2026/02/25

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16:50

The Greeks on Chronological and Kairological Time

Johannes A. Niederhauser ·

2026/01/26

I’m reading again from Onians’ excellent work “The Origins of European Thought.”Also, for a limited time Offer (pun intended!) you may use coupon KAIROS for 25% off all my philosophy courses here. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit halkyon.substack.com/subscribe

8:15

You're Killing Your Inner Voice!

Johannes A. Niederhauser ·

2026/01/25

Cultivate your attention this year This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit halkyon.substack.com/subscribe

19:07

Goethe’s Hostility toward the Imagination | Faust,...

Johannes A. Niederhauser ·

2026/01/21

Here is a link to my Faust course. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit halkyon.substack.com/subscribe

16:03

The Monetary Logic of Analytic Philosophy and its...

Johannes A. Niederhauser ·

2025/12/16

Analytic philosopher Peter Unger in 2014 declared that analytic philosophy is mostly if not entirely devoted to empty ideas that have no bearing on reality whatsoever. Not only are they empty in this regard however. They are also empty in themselves. This, in turn, makes them sort of monetary. Like money, analytic formal logic can randomly be applied to any given context (thereby destroying the context and content). Here is the piece by Ellie referred to in the video. This is a public episode. If

54:47

The Ideology of Frictionless Design and the...

Johannes A. Niederhauser ·

2025/11/15

Frictionless design is everywhere around us, drawing us into its interfaces, silently habituating us into relinquishing our attention for optimal user engagement. Not only the digital spaces we inhabit also the analogue is increasingly subjected to be frictionless. This denial of being, of the negativity inherent in being obliterates memory, history, time. How can we think and act to escape this?Philosophy of Health CoursePlato on Beauty Course This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this

66:43

The Opening of Hegel's "Science of Logic", with...

Johannes A. Niederhauser ·

2025/11/13

Houlgate’s scholarly approach to Hegel can be described as a “revised-metaphysical” interpretation of Hegel, which underscores the immanent, presuppositionless development of speculative thought in Hegel’s system. This reading challenges influential critiques by thinkers like Martin Heidegger, Jacques Derrida, and Gilles Deleuze, who accuse Hegel of adhering to a predetermined conception of being. Houlgate argues instead that Hegel’s logic unfolds dynamically, free from foundational assumptions, and

11:26

Hölderin "What is Bildung?"

Johannes A. Niederhauser ·

2025/10/27

In a letter to his mother from October 1798 Friedrich Hölderlin explains his reasons for having left his position as a private tutor with a wealthy family in Frankfurt. According to the young poet the degradation of tutors to mere servants and the transactional relationship that results from this view diminishes severely the possibility of genuine Bildung. Learn more about Hölderlin’s Poetic Idealism and his idea of leisurely being at my German Idealism course. This is a public episode. If you'd

218:51

Nick Land vs. Aleksandr Dugin Debate | Philosophical...

Johannes A. Niederhauser ·

2025/10/19

Are they still trying to philosophise or are they just shilling their overlords ideologies? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit halkyon.substack.com/subscribe

14:38

Course on Heidegger’s Philosophy of Technology

Johannes A. Niederhauser ·

2025/10/15

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31:44

Heidegger: Enframing as The "Essence" of Technology

Johannes A. Niederhauser ·

2025/09/18

In light of the advent of “AI” slop taking over the virtual space, hyperfinancialisation driving the simulacrum, and all out schizophrenic ideologised insanity it is high time we begin to grasp what technology really is. Download the syllabus for my new course on Heidegger’s philosophy of technology here This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit halkyon.substack.com/subscribe

108:36

The Immortalisation Commission: Tracing Transhumanism

Johannes A. Niederhauser ·

2025/09/11

In this video I read from John Gray’s “The Immortalisation Commission”. The book is an important document to help us trace the transhumanist worldview which seems as old as modernity itself. As old as modern science and modernity. Beginning with Francis Bacon's fever dream of building a new temple of Salomon in The New Atlantis, to Victorian England, Marxism, and Bolshevism — The order of the Unnatural goes back centuries. This worldview stems from latent Christianity and its promise of salvation as

13:02

Aristotle on the Relationship of Health and Virtue

Johannes A. Niederhauser ·

2025/08/30

In this video lecture I’m reading from my book on Eudaimonia in Aristotle. If yYou can purchase my book here. You may also be interested in our new course on “Health & Virtue: A Journey to Well-Being with Plato and Aristotle”. You find the course enrolment page here. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit halkyon.substack.com/subscribe

58:18

They're Killing the Humanities On Purpose!

Johannes A. Niederhauser ·

2025/08/20

A recent article in the Chronicle of Higher Education argues that university administrators and their 19th century social-Darwinian ideology are to blame for the destruction of Humanities degrees at American colleges. I present here a critical reading of the article and outline what I see is really the driving force behind the destruction of the Humanities and why the Planetary University is a lost cause anyways. While universities are slashing philosophy and literature degrees, philosophia is alive

58:20

On Health and Virtue: A Journey to Wellness with...

Johannes A. Niederhauser ·

2025/08/16

Thank you for listening! Here is a link to join Thomas’ unique course on Health and Virtue: https://halkyonacademy.teachable.com/p/philosophy-of-health-ancient-wisdom Use the coupon code HEALTH at the checkout to take 20% off any tier.May you flourish. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit halkyon.substack.com/subscribe

31:56

Introducing my New Book: Aristotle's Eudaimonia

Johannes A. Niederhauser ·

2025/05/27

The book is available via Amazon:USA UK GermanyI taly France This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit halkyon.substack.com/subscribe

35:10

Goethe's Faust Enrolment Closing

Johannes A. Niederhauser ·

2025/04/11

Save your soul: https://halkyonacademy.teachable.com/p/goethe-faust This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit halkyon.substack.com/subscribe

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