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Poets & Philosophers
by Poets & Philosophers
Join Abe and Sam. Brothers that respect the Great Tradition. Reading the Great Books. Discussing the Great Ideas.If you love the classics, God, and big ideas, this is the podcast for you.
Episodes
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Being Human, Rogers Misreads Kierkegaard | 021
Sam wrote a paper on Kierkegaard... of course he did. We discuss how the therapist Carl Rogers misreads Kierkegaard's phrase "becoming who you are." Rogers strips out the theological context of Kierkegaard's phrase to use it for his own ends.
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Robert Hutchins on the Great Conversaton | 020
PDF of The Great Conversation We're talking about the Great Books of the Western World. It's a 50+ volume set created by Mortimer Adler and many other academics. In particular we're talking about the first volume, titled "The Great Conversation" It was written by Robert Hutchins, the President of...
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Lord of the Rings with Dr. Hamilton | 019
Dr. Hamilton is a professor in the Biblical Studies Department at Florida College. He has developed at habit of reading the Lord of the Rings every year. In this episode we discuss the timelessness of Tolkien's work including how Christians can read this work.
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Disputation, A Medieval Form of Education | 018
We discuss the medieval form of education called disputation where two students will argue over a point in the lesson to understand it better.
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The Paideia Way, Interview with Dr. Robert Woods | 017
Dr. Woods is the Headmaster at Veritas Christian Academy. He also founded the Great Books program at Faulkner University. We interview him about his book Mortimer Adler: The Paideia Way of Classical Education Mortimer Adler was the "every-man's philosopher" as well as an educational reformer. In...
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Beowulf, The Epic Hero | Book Review | 015
The book on Amazon. Beowulf is a wonderful ancient story of a larger-than-life man named Beowulf. In the podcast we discuss our thoughts after reading the book and how Beowulf is a timeless story. Features of this Episode We discuss Tolkien's seminal lecture, Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics...
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On Owen Barfield: The Lost Inking - Guest Landon Loftin | 014
You know of C.S. Lewis. You know of J.R.R. Tolkien. But do you know Owen Barfield? You may after this episode. Barfield was one of Lewis' key interlocutors on his journey from Materialism to Christianity. How to persuade such a mind as C.S. Lewis, listen to find out. In this episode, we discuss,...
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Introduction to Politics - The 6 Political Regimes | 013
Politics. Everyone has an opinion on politics, even Socrates. In this episode we cover the Republic's Book 8. We discuss: 3 Ordered and 3 disordered regimes Socrates' solution to politics - The Philosopher-King How Christians can think about politics
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Three Perspectives on Human Nature (Classical, Rousseau, Bacon) | 012
In this episode, we discuss Irving Babbit’s Essay Two Types of Humanitarians Bacon and Rousseau. We discuss Our understanding of human nature reflects our education philosophy The classical, Baconian, and Rousseauian view of Human Nature The Scriptures insight into human nature
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Four Genres of Story | 011
The basis of the poets is story. A story is an imitation of life. Why do we love stories? Why is there Hollywood and Bollywood? What should Christian make of these stories? In this episode we will discuss the purpose of stories according to Aristotle, the genres of stories, and how Christian…
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Leisure, The Basis of Culture - Book Review | 010
Leisure the Basis of Culture (1948) is a classic praising the liberal arts. Josef Pieper argues that to build a meaningful life, we must be willing to practice leisure. Instead of always working on maximizing our time to be the most productive, Pieper says we must work to live. In our podcast we...
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Silence For the Modern Ills: What Kierkegaard Can Teach Us About Living Well | 09
Why do so many philosophers and poets call for a slower life? Why would Kierkegaard prescribe silence for modern ills (in the late 1800’s !)? Listen to this podcast to slow down and not miss out on what silence can teach us. In this podcast we discuss: The Religious Nature of Silence Silence and...
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What is God Like? Classical Theism with Shane Scott | 008
How should we understand God? How should we begin to approach understanding God? Is the Bible literal when it describes God? This episode we sit down with our friend Shane Scott, and preacher and a Ph.D. student. He has a wonderful way of explaining things and what better thing to learn about…
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Shoptalk, Abe and Sam's Study Habits | 007
This episode is about how we study and the habits we have to study. If you're someone whole likes to talk about productivity and habits, this is your type of episode. In this episode we discuss The Zettelkasten System Digital or Paper books? Our Reading Schedules Should You Go To College to Study...
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Does Your Soul Have Parts?: Plato's Tripartite Soul | 006
What is a soul? Can we name its parts? What does a soul have to do with a city? This episode covers Plato’s Tripartite Soul. A scintillating idea that once you understand it, you’ll see it everywhere. And we do mean everywhere. Listen up, because Plato is handing out red pills.
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Library as Armory: Book Review of Mind for God |005
In this episode we discus James Emery White’s book A Mind for God. Dr. White has many insights on what it means to think Christianity and how to engage the culture by going back to the past.
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How to Read Hard Books (and get something out of them) | 004
Creating a reading habit of difficult books is hard. We know there is a payoff after and even during reading those difficult books, but getting started is difficult. On the podcast, Abe and Sam discuss their own journey to reading difficult books and how they continue to read them.
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Why Socrates Was A Good Teaching And You Can Be Too (Education & Teasing) | 003
We discuss how Socratic dialog can help us be better teachers.
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Poets and Philosophers: The Ancient Quarrel | 002
Poets and Philosophers work with truth in two different ways. Are you more of a poet or philosopher? How do these different modes of thinking help us think about God? This episode takes up a quarrel older than Socrates himself.
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Should Christians Read the Great Books? | 001
What is the great conversation? What does it have to do with Christians? Why does Abe and Sam care about it? Join our pilot episode to see why Christians should listen to Plato and Shakespeare.
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Join Abe and Sam. Brothers that respect the Great Tradition. Reading the Great Books. Discussing the Great Ideas.If you love the classics, God, and big ideas, this is the podcast for you.
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