What makes one Honorable? The essence of Chivalry & Honor w/ Joshua Beneventi & Dorian Guinn

Hello friends. So today's episode is in a series I like to call the play of words where we look at the origins and meanings of words and we also look at the cultural and geographical pathways that these words have taken because often we use words when we don't know their meaning and then they really cast a spell on us.So for this episode we're looking at the word honor. I have a little bit of a martial arts background and sometimes I like to say I like to be honorable.  But I realized that I didn't really know what the word honor meant. See, on one side, the word honor is associated with knighthood and chivalry, and on the other side, it occurs in phrases such as honor killings.In ancient Japan, at one point, the samurais would be collecting skulls on the battlefield because the number of skulls they had would determine their honor. Similarly, in Europe at one point, the amount of land you had amassed would determine your honor. So, Do you know what makes you honorable? And if not, then I hope that you'll stick around to watch this episode.So for this episode, I have two of my dear friends with me. Joshua Beneventi,  who is a polyglot, which means that he speaks a number of languages, and he's a philosopher  and deep thinker. And my other friend Dorian Guinn, who is a black belt in Aikido and also a deep thinker. So I hope that you'll enjoy this episode.  This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit potentialparadigms.substack.com