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Phronesis

By: Athwart
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  • Welcome to Phronesis, a show dedicated to issues in political philosophy. Each episode will take a close look at important essays and ideas in political and social thought—linking them to historical and contemporary debates. Which is to say, finding where they are discussed in the footnotes to Plato. Presented by William Lombardo and Bradley Davis.
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  • Episode 17: Josef Pieper, "Abuse of Language, Abuse of Power"

    Episode 17: Josef Pieper, "Abuse of Language, Abuse of Power"
    Aug 20 2021
    Phronesis Episode Notes

    In this episode, Will and Brad discuss Josef Pieper's "Abuse of Language, Abuse of Power."

    If you liked this episode, please leave us a review! If you have any questions or comments, feel free to reach out to us on our website. Or, if you would like to read and listen to more of our work, go to www.athwart.org.

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    Less than 1 minute
  • Episode 16: Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Intellect"

    Episode 16: Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Intellect"
    May 10 2021
    Episode Notes

    For this episode, we were joined by special guest John Holzwarth, Assistant Professor with Term in Political Science at Lewis & Clark College. We discussed Ralph Waldo Emerson's lecture and essay, "Intellect."

    If you liked this episode, please leave us a review! If you have any questions or comments, feel free to reach out to us on our website. Or, if you would like to read and listen to more of our work, go to www.athwart.org.

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    1 hr and 21 mins
  • Episode 15: Benjamin Fondane, "Man Before History"

    Episode 15: Benjamin Fondane, "Man Before History"
    Apr 7 2021
    Episode Notes

    In this episode we discuss Benjamin Fondane's essay "Man Before History: The Sound and the Fury" available in the volume Existential Monday. We are joined by Aaron Cummings, a PhD student in the History of Ideas at the University of Texas at Dallas, who previously wrote on Fondane for Athwart.

    If you liked this episode, please leave us a review! If you have any questions or comments, feel free to reach out to us on our website. Or, if you would like to read and listen to more of our work, go to www.athwart.org.

    Image: painting of MacBeth Act I, Season 3 by Samuel John Egbert Jones via Wikimedia Commons.

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    1 hr and 15 mins
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