203: Bronowski's "The Origins of Knowledge and Imagination"

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203: Bronowski's "The Origins of Knowledge and Imagination"

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Jun 28, 2022

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"WHAT IS MATH!?" hollers the girl on TikTok. Turns out she's right. Any system requires reference to an external system to make itself consistent, but any system is only a metaphor for the whole. Trust me, it makes sense. This is a cool episode about math and science.

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Jun 28, 2022

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A.J., Graeme, and Thomas discuss everything having to do with the classical world. Our aim is to help both educators and laypeople enjoy the classical world as much as they enjoy fine ales and good tales.

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1: The Tripartite Soul: A discussion of Plato's tripartite soul by Classical Stuff You Should Know
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15: The seven deadly sins: A thorough description of the seven bad 'uns. by Classical Stuff You Should Know
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27: Adequatio: Learning so we can learn by Classical Stuff You Should Know
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22: Classical Rhetorical Form: Because nobody uses the five paragraph essay. by Classical Stuff You Should Know
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17: The Trivium: We discuss the Trivium: the three divisions of the process of learning by Classical Stuff You Should Know
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20: The Four Senses of Scripture: Dante's take on exegesis by Classical Stuff You Should Know
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30: Socrates: Sometimes he was a jerk, but boy could he philosophize by Classical Stuff You Should Know
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34: The Odyssey Part 2: In which I totally forget about Argos by Classical Stuff You Should Know
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32: The Deep Joy of Romanticism: That feeling you get when you realized you already did your taxes last month by Classical Stuff You Should Know
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203: Bronowski's "The Origins of Knowledge and Imagination"

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