How Ideas can Unleash a Mass Psychosis

Nietzsche and The Human Animal: The Broken and The Strong

Become a Supporting Member (Join us through Paypal or Credit Card) Learn More here ► http://academyofideas.com/members/ **Get access to Membership videos and courses!** === In this video we examine Nietzsche's ideas on why we have strayed from our instincts, and how this has weakened and domesticated us. === Get the transcript (and art-work) ► https://academyofideas.com/2018/12/nietzsche-human-animal-domesticated-strong/ Sign up for our newsletter ► http://academyofideas.com/newsletter/ === Subscribe to us on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/academy-of-ideas/id1364706343 ==== Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Nietzsche and Jung: Myth and the Heroic Age

Become a Supporting Member (Join us through Paypal or Patreon) Learn More here ► http://academyofideas.com/members/ **Get access to Membership videos and courses!** === Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/academyofideas Bitcoin ► 1P6ntukFENP1nvEf4bJNj3tsDEuiSyUFW6 Paypal ► https://www.paypal.me/academyofideas === In this video, relying on the work of Nietzsche and Jung, we explore the importance of the myth for the psychological well-being of the individual and the flourishing of a culture. We look at Nietzsche's and Jung's views on the symbol, Christianity, and the modern alternative to myth - collective political ideologies. === Get the transcript (and art-work) ► https://academyofideas.com/2018/11/nietzsche-jung-myth-age-of-the-hero Sign up for our newsletter ► http://academyofideas.com/newsletter/ === Subscribe to us on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/academy-of-ideas/id1364706343 ==== Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

How to Escape Mediocrity and Mental Illness - The Road Less Traveled

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Introduction to Schopenhauer: Schopenhauer's Ethical Philosophy

In this lecture we look at what it means for us as human beings to manifestations of will, and investigate how Schopenhauer thought this knowledge should influence how we live. =================================================== Support us on Patreon: http://patreon.com/academyofideas Recommended Readings: The World as Will and Representation - Arthur Schopenhauer - http://amzn.to/1WR65xJ (affiliate link) The Philosophy of Schopenhauer - Bryan Magee -http://amzn.to/1WR5FHv (affiliate link) Schopenhauer: Robert Wicks - http://amzn.to/1TKwk5t (affiliate link) Visit http://www.academyofideas.com for more videos, video transcripts and more! For more videos visit: http://www.academyofideas.com/ ================================================== --- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Introduction to Brainwashing

In this lecture we investigate the nature of propaganda. We examine what propaganda is, the difference between education and propaganda, the history of propaganda, the nature of political propaganda, and the role propaganda plays in modern democracies. =================================================== Support us on Patreon: http://patreon.com/academyofideas Recommended Readings: Propaganda: The Formation of Men's Attitudes by Jacques Ellul - http://amzn.to/1sAJlpd (affiliate link) Propaganda by Edward Bernays - http://amzn.to/1VjV7Ql (affiliate link) Visit http://www.academyofideas.com for more videos, video transcripts and more! =================================================== --- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]