Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy

teaches, studies, & produces content about philosophy (also MKE, cats, & heavy metal)

[Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy @philosopher70]

Here's the latest episode of the Stoic Heart podcast! If the body is just an indifferent according to the Stoics, does that mean that we ought to adopt an attitude of indifference towards it? Well . . . . not exactly, as Andi and I discuss
https://t.co/rHgJfLAn7u

[Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy @philosopher70]

Here is the videorecording, with slides, of my recent talk at the America At 250: Stoic Virtue and the American Experiment conference, hosted by the Philadelphia Stoa, "What Precisely Is Stoic Virtue? How Can We Practice It Today?" Includes good Q&A!
https://t.co/YxD4a3WA6n

[Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy @philosopher70]

Coming up tonight in the greater Milwaukee area, I'll be giving a lecture in the Philosophers in the Midst of History series, focusing on Lou Andreas Salomé, a brilliant and incisive author who was the muse to Nietzsche and Rilke, and one of the first female psychoanalysts

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Veteran's Day rolls around again. I wrote a "modest proposal" for how the day might be better celebrated a few years back. . . .
https://t.co/2Bt5M369DK

[Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy @philosopher70]

Magnus (AKA Maggie G Muddypaws) was my little buddy. He made it to 14 years old. Up to the end, he liked to go outside together. I had to help him up into the big chair in the park, but it was still a happy day for him

[Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy @philosopher70]

A melancholy 51st to those who celebrate. The last transmission: "We are holding our own". Even the biggest, toughest, and strongest can founder, so maybe a good day to check in on those you'd assume are doing just fine

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Every good citizen of the Great Lakes should be putting out 26,000 tons of iron ore on this front step tonight in remembrance of the Edmund Fitzgerald.

[Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy @philosopher70]

Here's the third post in our ongoing series explaining and applying specific Stoic subordinate virtues within the context of relationships. This one looks at why we need endurance (karteria), in order to deal with past pains that are holding us back
https://t.co/psBVckxjeY

[Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy @philosopher70]

I put together a curated list with links to my Stoicon, Stoicon-X, and Stoic Week presentations, along with other invited talks on Stoicism given to academic and popular audiences
https://t.co/aP4u6C4wjL

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In his Metaphysics of Morals, Immanuel Kant not only discusses how fulfilling the duty of benevolence needs to take the form of actual beneficence, he discusses how this plays out for the rich, who have considerablely more means for exercising beneficience
https://t.co/sT1YXOSAUh

[Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy @philosopher70]

We currently have three calico cats in the shelter. One young rambunctious girl (Emma), one shy but sweet middle aged lady (Sassy), and one senior who wants to cuddle, eat, and snooze most of the time (Carmel)

[Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy @philosopher70]

Here's the next core concept video in the series I've been producing on portions of Immanuel Kant's Metaphysics of Morals, which I'm teaching this week to my Foundations of Philosophy students. This one looks at his distinction between four dispositions
https://t.co/GOpt0HSxNO

[Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy @philosopher70]

I've updated this resource page for my online course Ancient Virtue Ethics: Three Main Traditions, hosted in my Substack. Added links to the two latest course recordings and the page of readings from week 13 through 18.
https://t.co/GJJvds7l7F

[Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy @philosopher70]

Have had this beautiful, deeply touching, and in parts heavy song as my earworm for the last two days. Give it a listen and it might stick with you too
https://t.co/RrUmKUokwq

[Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy @philosopher70]

There's many quotes attributed to Socrates floating around on the internet. I'm not surprised when thoughtless wannabehustler types repost them, but I'm surprised when I see colleagues suckered by them. Here's a piece about ten particularly bad ones
https://t.co/Gnb4JfZicg

[Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy @philosopher70]

Here's the next Sadler's Lectures podcast episode on question 23 of Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologiae IIaIIae, this one looking at whether or not charity is a "special", i.e. specific virtue as opposed to a general virtue
https://t.co/CPtpetCkH9

[Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy @philosopher70]

Busy day ahead. Two class sessions on Bentham, one on Descartes, and a good bit of grading to do for all three sections. Working on three short pieces on various narrow topics in Stoic philosophy. Got some correspondence to catch up on as well.

[Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy @philosopher70]

Remember who invaded outside of their legitimate space!

[Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy @philosopher70]

Continuing on with the series of Core Concept videos on Immanuel Kant's Metaphysics of Morals, we now shift to looking at his discussion of duties to others, specifically to those concerning love of others
https://t.co/KKlwNr49M9

[Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy @philosopher70]

@NZaidka Well, you'll reread them all anyway if you really want to understand them well, so it's quite all right to read them outside of the canonical ordering