History of Philosophy Audio Archive

The ultimate theological journey through the midlife crisis, presented by existentialist philosopher Bert Dreyfus in 2006 at UC Berkeley. (REPUPLOAD) Please consider donating to support humanitarian relief and lifesaving medical care in Gaza. The links below are verified and reputable charities and individuals who are desperate for medical care, asylum, shelter, and safety in Palestine. Fundraisers, Palestine Support, and Good Programs: ⁠⁠Amjad Hamad and his Family⁠⁠ [https://chuffed.org/project/142254-urgent-appeal-to-save-our-children-no-meds-food-or-safety] ⁠⁠Rulin and Family⁠⁠ [https://chuffed.org/project/120762-save-what-remains-of-us] ⁠⁠Sammar and her Husband⁠⁠ [https://chuffed.org/project/141310-newlywed-in-gaza-help-us-escape-hunger-and-war] ⁠⁠MSF (Doctors Without Borders)⁠⁠ [https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/] ⁠⁠Palestinian Youth Movement⁠⁠ [https://palestinianyouthmovement.com/] Read more about Bert Dreyfus [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubert_Dreyfus]

Support the show on Patreon! [https://patreon.com/c/hemlockpatreon] A nice change of pace for me as I am put on the hot-seat and forced to properly explain myself for once. Interview by Roubin Thind, a social media manager and podcast connoisseur, running down topics ranging from diplomacy to education and back.

And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. John 1:5, King James Version [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%201&version=KJV] This is Part Four of a multipart series [https://www.patreon.com/collection/1784260] on the Great Books of the Western Tradition by Berkeley Professor of Philosophy Bert Dreyfus, which you can begin here. [https://www.patreon.com/collection/1784260] The source material is found here [https://archive.org/details/ucberkeley_webcast_itunesu_461120619]on Internet Archive. Who is God? What does it mean to be anointed (chrīstós, in Koine Greek), emptied of self (kénōsis [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenosis]), or resurrected? What is the world, seen through the eyes of love? How does philosophy encounter Christianity? In this two-lecture episode, Dreyfus takes these concepts apart and analyzes them in the terms of Heidegger, literary theory, and the hermeneutic approaches of different Continental thinkers. Please consider donating to support humanitarian relief and lifesaving medical care in Gaza. The links below are verified and reputable charities and individuals who are desperate for medical care, asylum, shelter, and safety in Palestine. Fundraisers, Palestine Support, and Good Programs: ⁠⁠Amjad Hamad and his Family⁠⁠ [https://chuffed.org/project/142254-urgent-appeal-to-save-our-children-no-meds-food-or-safety] ⁠⁠Rulin and Family⁠⁠ [https://chuffed.org/project/120762-save-what-remains-of-us] ⁠⁠Sammar and her Husband⁠⁠ [https://chuffed.org/project/141310-newlywed-in-gaza-help-us-escape-hunger-and-war] ⁠⁠MSF (Doctors Without Borders)⁠⁠ [https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/] ⁠⁠Palestinian Youth Movement [https://palestinianyouthmovement.com/]

Paul Thomas Anderson made this when he was 28. So did Richard and Will. A celebration of the greatest movie of our greatest living director. [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0175880/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk] Hats off to you, man. advisory: child abuse, self-harm, suicide. “Ever since happiness heard your name, it has been running through the streets trying to find you.” ―Hafez Music Credits: Violin version of Habañera by Katy Adelson [https://youtu.be/VZS6Y-PnoYA] Aria version of Habañera by Deutsch Opera Berlin [https://youtu.be/P7C5lirO0QE?si=gTEaoXkuxP3cX7Em] Tom Cruise Leaked Scientology Interview [https://youtu.be/UFBZ_uAbxS0?si=kAnQZsJdqWq1Q8Ul]

Everything becomes its opposite. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enantiodromia] cw: animal harm, general doom. If this work is important to you, consider supporting my financial and creative independence on Patreon, for only $5 per month. [patreon.com/c/hemlockpatreon] "All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace" (1967) by Richard Brautigan I like to think (and the sooner the better!) of a cybernetic meadow where mammals and computers live together in mutually programming harmony like pure water touching clear sky.  I like to think (right now, please!) of a cybernetic forest filled with pines and electronics where deer stroll peacefully past computers as if they were flowers with spinning blossoms.  I like to think (it has to be!) of a cybernetic ecology where we are free of our labors and joined back to nature, returned to our mammal brothers and sisters, and all watched over by machines of loving grace. Poem: Batter my heart, three-person'd God by John Donne [https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44106/holy-sonnets-batter-my-heart-three-persond-god] Credits: Richard Brautigan Reading "All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace" [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw4gnlAobJ0] Palantir CEO Alex Karp Speaking in February 2025 in New York [https://youtu.be/KZWB5XGZy-Q] (End of Episode) Rachmaninoff, Prelude Op. 3 No. 2 in C-sharp Minor performed by Mr. Forte (Creative Commons) [https://youtu.be/nh82j3_1XQc] George Kennan, Memo PPS23, February 24th 1948. Declassified in June 1974. [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Memo_PPS23_by_George_Kennan] Books: The Assassination Complex by Jeremy Scahill and the Staff of The Intercept [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28365035-the-assassination-complex] The Power Elite by C. Wright Mills [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/222863.The_Power_Elite]