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How to Be an Epicurean (Robert Wright & Catherine Wilson)

How to Be an Epicurean (Robert Wright & Catherine Wilson)

FromThe Wright Show


How to Be an Epicurean (Robert Wright & Catherine Wilson)

FromThe Wright Show

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Length:
60 minutes
Released:
Dec 8, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Catherine's new book, How to Be an Epicurean ... How Epicureanism is like and unlike utilitarianism ... How the ancient Epicureans viewed nature and reality ... Comparing Epicureanism with its big rival, Stoicism ... On suffering and death ... Epicurean influence on post-Enlightenment science and philosophy ...
Released:
Dec 8, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Conversations with a series of people who have nothing in common except that program host Robert Wright is curious about what they’re thinking.