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Unlimited Opinions - Philosophy, Theology, Linguistics, & More — 263 episodes
S15 E5: Whether the Mind Knows Itself Through Its Essence or Through Some Species
S15 E4: On the Nature of Knowledge as Union with the Other as Other
S15 E3: The Threefold Foundation of Thomist Realism
S15 E2: On the Search for Definitions According to Aristotle and St. Thomas
S15 E1: Garrigou-Lagrange on the Via Inventionis and Via Judicii
S14 E13: Season Finale: The Recrudescence of Conservatism
S14 E12: Critical Conservatism: Babbitt, More, Santayana
S14 E11: English Conservatism Adrift: the Twentieth Century
S14 E10: Conservatism Frustrated: America, 1865-1918
S14 E9: Legal and Historical Conservatism: a Time of Forboding
S14 E8: Conservatism with Imagination: Disraeli and Newman
S14 E7: Transitional Conservatism: New England Sketches
S14 E6: Liberal Conservatives: Macaulay, Cooper, Tocqueville
S14 E5: Southern Conservatism: Randolph and Calhoun
S14 E4: Romantics and Utilitarians
S14 E3: John Adams and Liberty Under Law
S14 E2: Burke and the Politics of Prescription
S14 E1: The Idea of Conservatism
S13 E11: Season Finale: Plato's Republic Book X - Art, the Immortal Soul, and the Rewards of Goodness
S13 E10: Plato's Republic Book IX - The Tyrant and True Happiness
S13 E9: Plato's Republic Book VIII - Imperfect Societies
S13 E8: Plato's Republic Book VII - The Allegory of the Cave
S13 E7: Plato's Republic Book VI - True Philosophers and True Knowledge
S13 E6: Plato's Republic Book V - Women, Children, and Philosopher Kings
S13 E5: Plato's Republic Book IV - The State as the Soul
S13 E4: Plato's Republic Book III - Education and Censorship
S13 E3: Plato's Republic Book II - Injustice and the Origin of Society
S13 E2: Plato's Republic Book I - Justice
S13 E1: Introduction to Plato's Republic
S12 E18: Season Finale: The Student and the University, Part 2
S12 E17: The Student and the University, Part 1
S12 E16: The Sixties
S12 E15: Swift's Doubts & Rousseau's Radicalization and the German University
S12 E14: The Philosophic Experience & The Enlightenment Transformation
S12 E13: Tocqueville on Democratic Intellectual Life & The Relation between Thought and Civil Society
S12 E12: Our Ignorance
S12 E11: The Nietzscheanization of the Left or Vice Versa
S12 E10: Values
S12 E9: Culture
S12 E8: The Self and Creativity
S12 E7: Two Revolutions and Two States of Nature
S12 E6: The German Connection
S12 E5: Relationships, Part 2 - Separateness, Divorce, Love, and Eros
S12 E4: Relationships, Part 1 - Self-Centeredness, Equality, Race, and Sex
S12 E3: Books and Music
S12 E2: The Clean Slate
S12 E1: Foreword, Preface, and Introduction to "The Closing of the American Mind"
S11 E8: Season Finale: J.R.R. Tolkien - Valedictory Address to the University of Oxford
S11 E7: J.R.R. Tolkien - A Secret Vice
S11 E6: J.R.R. Tolkien - English and Welsh
S11 E5: J.R.R. Tolkien - On Fairy-stories, Part 2
S11 E4: J.R.R. Tolkien - On Fairy-stories, Part 1
S11 E3: J.R.R. Tolkien - Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
S11 E2: J.R.R. Tolkien - On Translating Beowulf
S11 E1: J.R.R. Tolkien - The Monsters and the Critics
S10 E16: Season Finale - Biographical Sketches and Random Thoughts
S10 E15: Educational Issues, Part 2 - Shallow Teachers and School-Resorts
S10 E14: Educational Issues, Part 1 - Forced "Volunteerism", School Choice, and the Idea of a University
S10 E13: Race and Ethnicity, Part 3 - Affirmative Action and World Geography
S10 E12: Race and Ethnicity, Part 2 - Historical Context, Cultural Bias, and Mom's Deli
S10 E11: Race and Ethnicity, Part 1 - Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Budweiser
S10 E10: Legal Issues, Part 2 - USAID, Judicial Activism, and Freedom
S10 E9: Legal Issues, Part 1 - Presidential Pardons, Birthright Citizenship, and Loving Criminals
S10 E8: Political Issues, Part 3 - John Stuart Mill and Karl Marx
S10 E7: Political Issues, Part 2 - Academia, Term Limits, and Gaslighting
S10 E6: Political Issues, Part 1 - Language, Corporate CEOs, and the Media
New Year's Special: The Strangest Year Ever and Hesitant Optimism for 2025
S10 E5: Economics, Part 2 - Minimum Wage, Statistics, and Morality
S10 E4: Economics, Part 1 - Crime, Unions, and Recycling
S10 E3: Social Issues, Part 3 - Culture Wars, "Equality", Baseball, and More
S10 E2: Social Issues, Part 2 - Revisionism, Autism, and White People
S10 E1: Social Issues, Part 1 - Education, Family, and More
S9 E15: Season Finale - Destiny - Political and Religious
S9 E14: Political Tendencies
S9 E13: Reconstruction
S9 E12: Secession
S9 E11: Constitution of the United States, Continued
S9 E10: Constitution of the United States
S9 E9: The United States
S9 E8: Constitution of Government, Concluded
S9 E7: Constitution of Government
S9 E6: Origin of Government, Concluded
S9 E5: Origin of Government, Continued (Again)
S9 E4: Origin of Government, Continued
S9 E3: Origin of Government
S9 E2: Government
S9 E1: Introduction to Orestes Brownson's "The American Republic"
S8 E14: Season Finale - Who's Right? And How Can You Tell?
S8 E13: How Can You Love Your Country and Hate Your Government?
S8 E12: Two Models of Christianity and Abortion
S8 E11: Regulation, the Environment, and the Culture Wars
S8 E10: Crime and the Death Penalty
S8 E9: Social Programs and Taxes
S8 E8: Moral Categories in Politics
S8 E7: A New Understanding of American Politics
S8 E6: Nurturant Parent Morality
S8 E5: Strict Father Morality
S8 E4: Experiential Morality and Keeping the Moral Books
S8 E3: The Worldview Problem for American Politics
S8 E2: The Mind and Politics
S8 E1: Preface to George Lakoff's "Moral Politics"
S7 E11: Season Finale - The Cause and Cure of Relativism
S7 E10: The Philosophical Assumptions of Absolutism
S7 E9: The Arguments for Moral Absolutism
S7 E8: The Roots of Relativism: Reductionism
S7 E7: The Arguments from Situations, Intentions, Projection, and Evolution
S7 E6: The Arguments for Relativism from Social Conditioning, Freedom, and Tolerance
S7 E5: The Argument for Relativism from Self-Esteem and from Cultural Relativity
S7 E4: The Data
S7 E3: The History of Relativism
S7 E2: What Is Moral Relativism?
S7 E1: The Importance of Moral Relativism: Will It Really "Damn Our Souls and End Our Species?"
New Year's Special: Unlimited Opinions in 2023 and Plans for 2024
S6 E22: Season Finale - Joy and Hope, Grief and Anguish, Part 2
S6 E21: Joy and Hope, Grief and Anguish, Part 1
S6 E20: The New Nations, Part 2
S6 E19: The New Nations, Part 1
S6 E18: To the Ends of the Earth
S6 E17: Modernity, Part 2
S6 E16: Modernity, Part 1
S6 E15: Reason and Revolution, Part 2
S6 E14: Reason and Revolution, Part 1
S6 E13: Reform and Counter-Reform, Part 2
S6 E12: Reform and Counter-Reform, Part 1
S6 E11: Decline and Rebirth
S6 E10: East and West
S6 E9: Christendom, Part 2
S6 E8: Christendom, Part 1
S6 E7: Light in Darkness, Part 2
S6 E6: Light in Darkness, Part 1
S6 E5: Holy Wisdom
S6 E4: The Triumph of the Cross
S6 E3: The Seed of Christians
S6 E2: Beginning at Jerusalem
S6 E1: Introduction to James Hitchcock's "History of the Catholic Church"
Unlimited Guests E1: Dr. Austin Freeman
S5 E13: Season Finale - Last Things in Dr. Austin Freeman's "Tolkien Dogmatics"
S5 E12: The Christian Life in Tolkien's Writings
S5 E11: J.R.R. Tolkien's Views on the Church
S5 E10: J.R.R Tolkien on Christ and Salvation
S5 E9: Morgoth and Sauron, Tolkien's Satan and Demons
S5 E8: Evil and Sin in Tolkien's Writings
S5 E7: The Fall and Original Sin in Middle-earth
S5 E6: Tolkien's Angels
S5 E5: J.R.R. Tolkien on Humanity
S5 E4: Tolkien's Theories of Creation
S5 E3: Revelation in J.R.R. Tolkien
S5 E2: God in Tolkien's Writings
S5 E1: Prolegomena to Austin Freeman's "Tolkien Dogmatics"
S4 E28: Season Finale - Global Peace and the Human Future
S4 E27: Democracy in the Modern World
S4 E26: Marxism, Fascism, Dictatorship
S4 E25: Socialisms
S4 E24: Empire and Imperialism
S4 E23: The Twentieth Century and Beyond
S4 E22: Karl Marx
S4 E21: Tocqueville and Democracy
S4 E20: Utilitarianism: Bentham and James and John Stuart Mill
S4 E19: Hegel: The Modern State as the Work of Spirit
S4 E18: The French Revolution and Its Critics
S4 E17: The American Founding
S4 E16: Rousseau
S4 E15: Republicanism
S4 E14: John Locke and Revolution
S4 E13: Thomas Hobbes
S4 E12: Machiavelli
S4 E11: The Reformation
S4 E10: Humanism
S4 E9: The Fourteenth-Century Interregnum
S4 E8: Aquinas and Synthesis
S4 E7: Between Augustine and Aquinas
S4 E6: Augustine's Two Cities
S4 E5: Roman Insights: Polybius and Cicero
S4 E4: Aristotle: Politics Is Not Philosophy
S4 E3: Plato and Antipolitics
S4 E2: Why Herodotus?
S4 E1: Introduction: Thinking About Politics
S3 E9: Season Finale - Masks of Eternity
S3 E8: Tales of Love and Marriage
S3 E7: The Gift of the Goddess
S3 E6: The Hero's Adventure
S3 E5: Sacrifice And Bliss
S3 E4: The First Storytellers
S3 E3: The Journey Inward
S3 E2: Myth and the Modern World
S3 E1: Introduction to Joseph Campbell's "The Power of Myth"
S2 E36: Season Finale - Tales of the Great Fèinn and Legends for Children
S2 E35: Ghost, Origin, and Didactic Legends
S2 E34: Legends of Fairies and Sea-Folk
S2 E33: Legends of Witchcraft
S2 E32: Ragnarok, the End of the World
S2 E31: Freyja and Other Stories
S2 E30: Legends of Thor
S2 E29: Legends of Odin and Asgard
S2 E28: The Norse Creation Myths
S2 E27: The Sun Ensnared And Other Legends
S2 E26: Myths of the Algonquian People
S2 E25: Myths of the Iroquois People
S2 E24: Miscellaneous Indian Myths
S2 E23: Legends of Shiva
S2 E22:Tales of the Mahabharata
S2 E21: Legends of Buddha
S2 E20: Legends of Krishna
S2 E19: Tales of the Ramayana
S2 E18: Myths of Love and Courage
S2 E17: The Twelve Labors of Heracles
S2 E16: Jason and the Argonauts
S2 E15: The Wanderings of Odysseus: The Homecoming
S2 E14: The Wanderings of Odysseus: The Journey
S2 E13: Tales of Troy
S2 E12: The Crane Maiden and Other Chinese Fables
S2 E11: Other Chinese Gods
S2 E10: Myths of Other Gods and the Yin Nation
S2 E9: Giants in Early Chinese Legend
S2 E8: Tales of the Five Emperors
S2 E7: The Chinese Creation Myths
S2 E6: The Fenian Cycle: Tales of Finn Mac Cumaill and the Fianna
S2 E5: The Ulster Cycle: Stories of Cuchulainn of the Red Guard
S2 E4: The Invasion Cycle: Tales of the Tuatha De Danann and the Early Milesians
S2 E3: African Tales of Wit and Wisdom
S2 E2: African Animal Fables
S2 E1: African Myths of Creation, Death, and the Afterlife
S1 E41: Season Finale - God
S1 E40: Political Philosophy
S1 E39: Aesthetics
S1 E38: Ethics
S1 E37: Philosophy of Mind
S1 E36: Metaphysics
S1 E35: Epistemology
S1 E34: Language
S1 E33: Logic
S1 E32: Freud to Derrida
S1 E31: Peirce to Strawson
S1 E30: Bentham to Nietzsche
S1 E29: God
S1 E28: Political Philosophy
S1 E27: Ethics
S1 E26: Mind and Soul
S1 E25: Metaphysics
S1 E24: Physics
S1 E23: Knowledge
S1 E22: Hume to Hegel
S1 E21: Descartes to Berkeley
S1 E20: Sixteenth-Century Philosophy
S1 E19: God
S1 E18: Ethics
S1 E17: Mind And Soul
S1 E16: Metaphysics
S1 E15: Physics
S1 E14: Knowledge
S1 E13: Logic and Language
S1 E12: The Schoolmen: From the Twelfth Century to the Renaissance
S1 E11: Philosophy and Faith: Augustine to Maimonides
S1 E10: God
S1 E9: How to Live: Ethics
S1 E8: Soul and Mind
S1 E7: What There Is: Metaphysics
S1 E6: How Things Happen: Physics
S1 E5: Knowledge and Its Limits: Epistemology
S1 E4: How to Argue: Logic
S1 E3: Schools of Thought: Aristotle to Augustine
S1 E2: Beginnings: From Pythagoras to Plato
S1 E1: General Introduction