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Perennial Meditations — 269 episodes · page 1 of 3
St. Thomas Aquinas: "The Things We Love" | Perennial Meditations
Dostoevsky: "Beauty Will Save the World" | Perennial Meditations
St. Teresa of Ávila on the Interior Castle | Perennial Meditations
Montaigne on the Human Condition | Perennial Meditations
Confucius on Two Kinds of Lost | Perennial Meditations
St. Francis and the open hand | Perennial Meditations
Plato on Conquering Oneself | Perennial Meditations
Socrates on the Examined Life | Perennial Meditations
Heraclitus on the Only Constant | Perennial Meditations
Ep. 260: Monastic Wisdom for the Rhythms of Life | Perennial Wisdom
Ep. 259: How to Quit - A Philosophical Guide | Perennial Wisdom
Ep. 258: Stop Fixing Yourself. Try This Instead. | Perennial Wisdom
Ep. 257: A Meditation on the "Present" of Christmas | Perennial Wisdom
Ep. 256: Sinner and Saint - The Paradox of Human Development | Perennial Wisdom
Ep. 255: The Saint's Guide to Happiness | Perennial Wisdom
Ep. 254: How to Be Bored - An Ancient Guide to Being Where You Are | Perennial Wisdom
Ep. 253: The Art of Thinking - From Socrates to St. Augustine | Perennial Wisdom
Ep. 252: The Surprising Wisdom of Schopenhauer's Pessimism | Perennial Wisdom
Ep. 251: Kierkegaard on the courage to choose | Perennial Wisdom
Ep. 250: Dostoevsky - Freedom, Suffering, and Love
Ep. 249: Immanuel Kant - The Three Fundamental Questions | Perennial Wisdom
Ep. 248: Nietzsche on the Fear of Change | Perennial Wisdom
Ep. 247: Abraham Maslow on the Fear of Greatness | Perennial Wisdom
Ep. 246: Socrates on the Fear of Death | Perennial Wisdom
Ep. 245: St. Francis on the Paradox of Joy | Perennial Wisdom
Ep. 244: How to "Look Again" at Life
Ep. 243 — The Philosophy of Desire | Perennial Wisdom
Heraclitus on the Wisdom of Change
The Timeless Art of Leading a Life | Perennial Wisdom
St. Benedict on the Ladder of Humility | Perennial Meditation
Plato on Seeking the Good | Perennial Meditation
Philosophy as Therapy for the Soul | Perennial Wisdom
Think Like a Monk: A Monastic Guide to Life
The Art of Responsibility | Shane Trotter
Life is Short | Dean Rickles
Practical Stoicism | Brittany Polat
The Art of Spiritual Formation | Dr. Brian Russell
The Wisdom to Know the Difference | Carl Erik Fisher
The Common Good with Shane Trotter | The Character Lab
Beyond Stoicism with Massimo Pigliucci
The Way of Zen with Henry Shukman
Embracing Mortality: Lessons from Seneca | James Romm
How Socrates Can Change Your Life | Donald J. Robertson
The Self-Directed Life - Making Sense of Free Will with Ken Sheldon
How to Live - The Life and Philosophy of Socrates | Perennial Lives
The Philosophy of Gratitude - An Ancient Guide to a Grateful Life
The Paradox of Emotions - Why Bad Feelings Make Life Good
"How to Live to Oneself" | Bonus Contemplation with Montaigne
How to Live (and Die) Like an Epicurean - The Philosophy of Pleasure
"Think of Yourself as Dead" | Bonus Contemplation with Marcus Aurelius
"One Must Imagine Sisyphus Happy" | Bonus Contemplation with Albert Camus
How to Find Meaning in the Mundane
A Look Back at 2024 | Anxiety, Big Questions, and Losing Ourselves
Thoreau on 'Living Deliberately'
The Contemplative Life with Patrick Boland
How to Be 'Seriously Happy' with Ben Aldridge
Carl Jung, the Shadow, and Becoming Whole | Leslie Stein
The Perils of Blame | Stoic Meditation
Happiness & the Meaning of Life
The Art of Living with Dr. Daniel McInerny
The Better Angels of Our Nature
The Art of Not Knowing | Wisdom is the Way
The Art of Connection | Wisdom is the Way
The Art of Impermanence | Wisdom is the Way
An Epicurean Guide to Life with Emily Austin
The Wisdom of Fasting with John Oakes
The Perils of Anger | Stoic Meditation
On Changing Our Minds | Contemplation
The Art of Focus | Dying Every Day
Who is Your Socrates? with Shane Trotter | The Character Lab
What Makes Life Meaningful, Happiness, and the Art of Hope | The Muse
On the Shortness of Life (Pt. II) | Sundays with Seneca
The Inner Experience | Contemplation
The Perils of Comparison | Dying Every Day
The Art of Deep Reading with Rachel B. Griffis & Julie Ooms
What Makes Us Human, Thinking Well, and Authenticity | The Muse
On the Shortness of Life | Sundays with Seneca
The Way of Contemplation
Ben Franklin's Guide to a Long and Useful Life with Eric Weiner
The Art of Having Enough | Stoic Meditation
A Stoic Guide to Change with Brandon Tumblin
Montaigne: Three Lessons on the Art of Living
How to Make Space for Paradox
The Art of Learning | Stoic Meditation
Three Lessons on the Art of Living | Dean Rickles, Leslie Stein, & Valerie Tiberius
The Search for Meaning with Simon Drew | Living the Questions
Every Day is a Step | Stoic Meditation
Rediscovering Wise Elders with Dr. Dilip Jeste
The Wisdom to Know the Difference | Perennial Meditations
The Decent Life with Todd May
”Think Like a Mortal” | Perennial Meditations
Getting Over Yourself with Jay Garfield
True, Good, and Beautiful with Shane Trotter | The Character Lab
The Life (and Wisdom) of Socrates | Perennial Lives
A Philosophical Guide to Anxiety with Samir Chopra
”What is the Nature of God?” with Simon Drew | Living the Questions
Christian Philosophy as a Way of Life with Ross D. Inman
The Character Lab with Shane Trotter
Made to Work Together | Dying Every Day
Socrates in Love with Armand D’Angour