History of Philosophy Audio Archive

Check out the Documentary! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RwLdIiZk_8 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RwLdIiZk_8] Sabrina's Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/notetoselfzine.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/notetoselfzine.bsky.social] Will Patreon: https://patreon.com/c/hemlockpatreon [https://patreon.com/c/hemlockpatreon] Books and Sources Mentioned: * Black Skins, White Masks, and The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon (Algerian Revolutionary Psychoanalyst) * The Rebel's Clinic: The Revolutionary Life of Frantz Fanon by Adam Shatz (About Fanon) * Congo, Inc by Marjolijn de Jager * The Mighty Wurlitzer: How the CIA Played the World by Hugh Wilford * Also by Wilford: The CIA: An Imperial History * King Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild * Poisoner in Chief: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control by Stephen Kinzer * Related, Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties by Tom O'Neill * Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention by Manning Marable (cited by Sabrina) * Documentary about SS Officer turned NATO Commando: "Der Lachende Mann" * Music * Album: Ballads (1963) by John Coltrane * Intro Piano Music: Schubert Impromptu No. 3 in G-flat Major perf. Max John * Nina Simone: See Line Woman (Live 1989, GDR, Creative Commons) * Nina Simone: My Way (same as above)

Contact: williamengels@substack.com [williamengels@substack.com] Sabrina's Stuff: https://bsky.app/profile/notetoselfzine.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/notetoselfzine.bsky.social] Boethius Critical Edition I Used (Although not the Translation) https://a.co/d/7qpk2BV [https://a.co/d/7qpk2BV] Music Credit: Schubert, Impromptu No. 3 in G-flat Major, performed by Max John https://youtu.be/icowasnkEqw [https://youtu.be/icowasnkEqw] Patreon: https://patreon.com/c/hemlockpatreon [https://patreon.com/c/hemlockpatreon]

Patreon/Tip Jar: ⁠https://patreon.com/c/HemlockPatreon⁠ [https://patreon.com/c/HemlockPatreon] Table of Contents Below >>> Original Course Listing on YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEA18FAF1AD9047B0⁠ [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEA18FAF1AD9047B0] Buy Prof. Kagan's Book on Death: https://a.co/d/8FnPcW1 [https://a.co/d/8FnPcW1] About the Course (Yale) There is one thing I can be sure of: I am going to die. But what am I to make of that fact? This course will examine a number of issues that arise once we begin to reflect on our mortality. The possibility that death may not actually be the end is considered. Are we, in some sense, immortal? Would immortality be desirable? Also a clearer notion of what it is to die is examined. What does it mean to say that a person has died? What kind of fact is that? And, finally, different attitudes to death are evaluated. Is death an evil? How? Why? Is suicide morally permissible? Is it rational? How should the knowledge that I am going to die affect the way I live my life? Link to Syllabus/Readings and Course Description: https://oyc.yale.edu/death/phil-176 [https://oyc.yale.edu/death/phil-176] This course has 26 lectures - these (169a) are the first 13, in order. The forthcoming 169b will contain the back half. Shelly says 1-13 are about metaphysics of death, and 14-26 are about value theory of death. Chapters (00:00:00) Intro (00:01:57) Course Introduction (00:45:47) The Nature of Persons (01:23:52) Arguments for the Existence of the Soul I (02:05:09) Arguments for the Existence of the Soul II: Plato's Phaedo (02:47:38) Arguments for the Existence of the Soul III: Free Will and Near-Death Experiences (03:30:56) Arguments for the Existence of the Soul IV: Plato Part 1 (04:03:00) Plato Part II (04:44:30) Plato Part III (05:26:55) Plato Part IV (06:09:08) Personal Identity Part I: Identity Across Space and Time and the Soul Theory (06:49:07) Personal Identity Part II: Body and Personality Theory (07:33:58) Personal Identity Part III: Objections to the Personality Theory (08:17:42) Personal Identity Part IV: What Matters? (08:58:21) Schubert Impromptu No. 3 in G-Flat Major performed by Max John, CC License, YouTube -//-

Support the Rebel Alliance: https://patreon.com/c/HemlockPatreon [https://patreon.com/c/HemlockPatreon] People Mentioned: Mahmoud Khalil Maria Lugones Byung-Chul Han Lars von Trier (dir. Melancholia, 2011) Hannah Arendt Tyson Yunkaporta Concepts: Kenosis (self-emptying) Books: Putnam, Bowling Alone News/References: Zinc Mine in Georgia/https://thecurrentga.org/2025/06/20/okefenokee-mine-sale-conservation-fund/ [https://thecurrentga.org/2025/06/20/okefenokee-mine-sale-conservation-fund/] Minister of Loneliness UK https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/minister-loneliness-appointed-united-kingdom-180967883/ [https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/minister-loneliness-appointed-united-kingdom-180967883/] Guy dies in ICE Facility https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/30/us-ice-detention-deaths [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/30/us-ice-detention-deaths] Finger Shot Off (graphic) https://www.resetera.com/threads/los-angeles-police-blew-off-my-finger-for-protesting-ice-content-warning-amputation.1233627/ [https://www.resetera.com/threads/los-angeles-police-blew-off-my-finger-for-protesting-ice-content-warning-amputation.1233627/] ChatGPT Datacenter Depletes Groundwater https://energytheory.com/chatgpts-thirsty-data-centers-are-draining-water-resources/ [https://energytheory.com/chatgpts-thirsty-data-centers-are-draining-water-resources/] Peter Thiel/Greta Thunberg Interview https://archive.ph/HTIF6 [https://archive.ph/HTIF6] Palestinian Youth Movement and Mask off Maersk https://www.maskoffmaersk.com/ [https://www.maskoffmaersk.com/] Andrew Callaghan Channel Five Uranium Mine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcPsy8734Vg&pp=ygUlYW5kcmV3IGNhbGxhZ2hhbiBjaGFubmVsIGZpdmUgdXJhbml1bQ%3D%3D [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcPsy8734Vg&pp=ygUlYW5kcmV3IGNhbGxhZ2hhbiBjaGFubmVsIGZpdmUgdXJhbml1bQ%3D%3D]

Patreon: https://patreon.com/c/HemlockPatreon [https://patreon.com/c/HemlockPatreon] Photo Credit: Morning Tai Chi by Shuolong Ma [https://mobilephotoawards.com/silhouettes-winners-13th-annual-mpa/] Music Credit: Music Copyright Kevin MacLeod https://youtu.be/qGAcClayOqk [https://youtu.be/qGAcClayOqk] Coconut Tree Meme Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7_5nHIbsjo [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7_5nHIbsjo] Books/Sources Hans-Georg Moeller Daoism Explained https://www.amazon.com/Daoism-Explained-Butterfly-Fishnet-Allegory/dp/0812695631 [https://www.amazon.com/Daoism-Explained-Butterfly-Fishnet-Allegory/dp/0812695631] Oliver Sacks, the Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat Iain McGilchrist, the Master and His Emissary Jean Piaget, Concrete Operational/Formal Operational https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piaget%27s_theory_of_cognitive_development#Concrete_operational_stage [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piaget%27s_theory_of_cognitive_development#Concrete_operational_stage]