Practical Wisdom
By Massimo Pigliucci
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Practical Wisdom is a short weekly podcast produced by Prof. Massimo Pigliucci of the City College of New York. The idea is to sample the philosophical writings of a wide range of Greco-Roman authors in search of insights that may be useful for modern life. Currently, we are examining five works: Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics; Cicero’s Tusculan Disputations; Epictetus’s Discourses; Epicurus’s Being Happy (letters and aphorisms); and Plato’s early Socratic dialogues (Ion, Laches, Lysis, Charmides, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, and Euthydemus). Available also on Apple, Google, and Spotify.
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Aristotle on the importance of external goods
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May 08, 2024 |
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Epicurus on sex, drugs, and rock ’n’ roll
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Apr 26, 2024 |
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Epictetus on the Stoic opposition
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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Cicero on the right time to die
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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An example of Socratic ignorance
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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Plato on the need for expertise
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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Cicero on the nature of the soul
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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Aristotle on the point of a human life
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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Epictetus on the purple in the toga
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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Epictetus and the chamber pot
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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Cicero on good reasons for dying
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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Epicurus on pleasure vs pain
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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Aristotle and the ultimate good
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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Epicurus and the three kinds of pleasures
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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Epictetus on what is or is not reasonable
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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Cicero on the fact that death doesn’t deprive us of anything
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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Plato on knowledge vs inspiration
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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Aristotle on the three kinds of happy life
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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Epicurus on death and the gods
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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Epictetus on dying or having lunch
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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Plato on the nature of poetry
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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Aristotle on the precision of our inquiries
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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Cicero on the nature of the soul
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Aug 14, 2023 |
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Epictetus on how to react to events
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Aug 07, 2023 |
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Plato on the value of poetry
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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Epicurus on why we should study philosophy
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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Cicero on whether we should be afraid of being dead
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Jul 17, 2023 |
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Aristotle on happiness as the ultimate good
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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Epictetus on the faculty of reason
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Jul 03, 2023 |