Existentialism: Kierkegaard, Faith, and Alan Watts
from Tony Talks Back: Philosophy and Literature Hosted by Tony Remis
With special mentions Descartes and Aristotle. Faith is a problem; so many of us believe or want to believe in something beyond ourselves, and yet the existentialist dilemma threatens the very idea of objective meaning central to many religious traditions. So what do we do with that? Kierkegaard may have the answer for those who seek faith in God. And for those who consider themselves "spiritual but not religious", Alan Watts is a remarkable teacher to go to for insight and clarity. Tony Talks Back: Philosophy and Literature https://linktr.ee/tonytalksback PODCAST Youtube: https://youtube.com/@tonytalksback Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0SHN4X7VvDAUa0cTbXzsme SOCIAL MEDIA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tonytalksback TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tony.talks.back Threads: https://www.threads.com/@tonytalksback Twitter/X: https://x.com/tonytalksback Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/tonytalksback.bsky.social Facebook: https://facebook.com/TonyTalksBack LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tonytalksback/ Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@tonytalksback Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/u/TonyTalksBackPodcast Also check out A Dose of Sanity Newsletter and Radio: YouTube: https://youtube.com/@adoseofsanityradio Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3isuX30MShRM7KwLHL71qy Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/adoseofsanity Thanks to Anchor for background music. Learn more about the philosophers and topics discussed: Søren Kierkegaard: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/kierkegaard/ Alan Watts: https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/literature-and-arts/american-literature-biographies/alan-watts Aristotle's prime mover argument: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Aristotle/The-unmoved-mover Meditations on First Philosophy by René Descartes: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Rene-Descartes/Meditations The painting, Wanderer above the Sea of Fog: https://www.wikiart.org/en/caspar-david-friedrich/the-wanderer-above-the-sea-of-fog
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