Ep. 8 What Is Philosophy? An Answer from Chris Higgins

Ep. 13 The Passive Man of Suffering from Otto Rank

Reading and Reacting to an excerpt from Otto Rank's "Truth and Reality". I’ve also started a Patreon as a place to continue these reflections in a slower, more open-ended way: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/cw/distillationsbl [https://www.patreon.com/cw/distillationsbl]

Ep. 12 Engaging John Vervaeke's Meaning Crisis - Socrates and the Quest For Wisdom

Continuing the journey reacting to (engaging critically with) John Vervaeke's "Awakening from the Meaning Crisis" series. From Episode 3 - "Socrates and the Quest for Wisdom". If you’re interested in following this project more closely, the full unedited version is available on my Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/cw/distillationsbl⁠⁠ [https://www.patreon.com/cw/distillationsbl] Check out my other work here: ⁠⁠https://distillationsbl.com/links [https://distillationsbl.com/links]

Ep. 11 Reality and the Mind

Reading and Reacting to the beginning of Celestine N. Bittle's "Reality and the Mind: Epistemology". I’ve also started a Patreon as a place to continue these reflections in a slower, more open-ended way: https://www.patreon.com/cw/distillationsbl [https://www.patreon.com/cw/distillationsbl]

Ep. 10 What Is Metaphysics? An Answer From Jean Grondin

Reading through my favorite introduction, Jean Grondin's "Introduction To Metaphysics: From Parmenides to Levinas". I had a lot of fun working through this one, it reminded me of the ideas and experiences that first threw me into philosophy, somewhat kicking and screaming lol Grondin writes in a beautiful and engaging style. I’ve also started a Patreon as a place to continue these reflections in a slower, more open-ended way: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/distillationsbl [https://www.patreon.com/distillationsbl]

Ep. 9 Engaging John Vervaeke's Meaning Crisis - Continuous Cosmos

Continuing the journey reacting to (engaging critically with) John Vervaeke's "Awakening from the Meaning Crisis" series. From Episode 3 - "Continuous Cosmos & Modern World Grammar". If you’re interested in following this project more closely, the full unedited version is available on my Patreon: ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/cw/distillationsbl⁠ [https://www.patreon.com/cw/distillationsbl] Check out my other work here: ⁠https://distillationsbl.com/links [https://distillationsbl.com/links]