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Philosophy On The Couch — 57 episodes

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The Meaning We Invent: Salvador Dalí and the Philosophy of Perception

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Why Good People Do Cruel Things: Nietzsche, Freud, and the Psychology of the Shadow

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Why We Want What We Can’t Have: Freud, Buddhism, and the Problem of Desire

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Stoicism and Emotional Control: Acceptance or Intellectualization?

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Sartre’s “Bad Faith” vs. the False Self: The Psychological Cost of Living an Inauthentic Life

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Marcus Aurelius and the Internal Citadel: A psychodynamic look at defense mechanisms in Meditations

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The Ataraxia Analysis: Epicureanism as Affect Regulation

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Heraclitus and the Fluid Self: The Unconscious River You’re Always Stepping Into

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The Prison of Perception: Kant and the Psychodynamic Mind

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Nietzsche’s Apollonian-Dionysian Duality

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THE MYTH OF DIONYSUS

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AUGUSTINE AND NEUROSCIENCE

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CERBERUS THE THREE DOG AND GUARDIAN OF THE PSYCHES SHADOW

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THALES FALLS IN A WELL

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EXISTENTIALISM AND PSYCHOLOGY

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ZENO'S PARADOX ACHILLES AND THE TORTOISE

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A HERO'S JOURNEY IN MOVIES

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STOIC PHILOSOPHY IN A PSYCHOLOGIST'S PRACTICE ON THE IMPORTANCE OF WHAT WE ATTEND TO MATTERS

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A JUNGIAN LOOK AT APOLLO AND HERMES STORY

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THE PHILOSOPHER REBEL DIOGENES

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BEING A HUMAN WITH CHARLES FOSTER1

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HOW TO APPLY FORMAL LOGIC IN TODAYS WORLD WITH DR. GIMBEL

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WE DISCUSS STOICISM WITH DR. PIGLUICCI

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THE MYTH OF DIONYSUS 1

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A LOOK INTO THE LIFE OF THE ROMANS- WE DISCUSS HOLIDAYS AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM

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EXISTENTIALISM AND CULTURE

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ARISTOTLE AND THE CONCEPT OF EUDAIMONIA

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THE POWER OF STORYTELLING2

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WHY DO HUMANS HAVE MYTHS

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EXISTENTIALISM AND PSYCHOLOGY

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PSYCHOLOGY OF MORALITY

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WHY WAS HENRIK IBSEN CONTROVERSIAL

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FORMER GREEN BERET TU LAM SHARES THE WARRIOR MINDSET2

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A HERO'S JOURNEY IN MOVIES

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WE DISCUSS CRITICAL THINKING WITH DR. DAVID LEVY IS IT DISAPPEARING1

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Machiavelli theory and leadership

37

Professor and Author John Kaag tells us how William James can save your life1

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Audio fixed- The Hero's journey in movies

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we chat with Professor Edith Hall about the relevance of Aristotle in today's world

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We chat with Professor Barkman's book on imitating saints and superheros

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Tolstoy and the Three questions and parenting with a touch of Seneca wisdom

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A psychological look at the Myth of Er

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A psychological look at Nietzsche's master and slave morality

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The psychology of the allegory of the cave

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Plato's three elements of the Psyche and Freuds Id ego and superego

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existentialism and the world of psychology

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A psychological at Confucius' beliefs

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The story of Demonax the Cynic

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Can you crave a lover and believe in Buddhism?

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Buddhism and detachment with psychology

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What we control and what we dont- Epictetus shares how to have more control

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Augustine and locus of control and neuroscience

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Xenophanes the philosopher and his dislike of the Greek Gods

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A psychological look at Soren kierkegaards Leap of Faith

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The philosopher rebel Diogenes

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Was Aristotle the first marketing expert?

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Do you need money or power to be happy? This philosopher says no