Best thinkers by Gregory B. Sadler Podcasts (2025)

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Seneca, Letter 6 - Friendship, Progress, and Sharing Knowledge - Sadler's Lectures 14:11

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient Stoic philosopher Seneca's Letters, this one looking at Letter 6It focuses specifically on how we make moral progress, and that we ought to want to share that progress with our friends. He also clarifies that when we learn something we ought to want to share that as well with our friends. A better w…

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Seneca, Letter 3 - True and False Friendship - Sadler's Lectures 13:33

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient Stoic philosopher Seneca's Letters, this one looking at Letter 3It focuses specifically on Seneca discussing a paradox of calling someone a friend but not trusting them with information. This leads Seneca to say that his correspondent, Lucilius doesn't seem to know what genuine friendship really is …

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Soren Kierkegaard The Present Age - Silence, Speaking, and Chatter - Sadler's Lectures 18:30

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the 19th century philosopher, essayist, and theologian, Søren Kierkegaard's review essay "The Present Age" contained in his review of Two Ages: The Age of Revolution and the Present AgeIt focuses specifically on what Kierkegaard calls the "nullification of the passionate disjunction between being silent and spe…

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Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan - Wit, Judgement, And Fancy - Sadler's Lectures 15:32

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the modern philosopher Thomas Hobbes' work LeviathanIt focuses specifically on first part of chapter 8 where he discusses what he calls "intellectual virtues", meaning the abilities of the mind that people praise, which he frames in terms of "wit", and distinguishes into natural and artificial. Natural wit in t…

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Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan - The Ends Of Discourse - Sadler's Lectures 14:10

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the modern philosopher Thomas Hobbes' work LeviathanIt focuses specifically on chapter 7, where he identifies and discusses what he calls the ends of mental and verbal discourse, and clarifies when the discourse people engage in results in mere opinion or produces something more reliable that that, i.e. knowled…

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Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan - Simple Passions Diversified - Sadler's Lectures 16:59

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the modern philosopher Thomas Hobbes' work LeviathanIt focuses specifically on on the second part of chapter 6, where Hobbes tells us that the basic passions are diversified into a number of other passions in four main manners.1. called from the opinion men have of the likelihood of attaining what they desire2.…

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Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan - Motion, Endeavor, and Passions - Sadler's Lectures 14:41

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By Lectures on classic and contemporary philosophical texts and thinkers by Gregory B. Sadler

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Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan - Reason and Science - Sadler's Lectures 17:16

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the modern philosopher Thomas Hobbes' work LeviathanIt focuses specifically on chapter 5, where he examines in detail what reason or reasoning is, and what science is. Hobbes views reasoning as something analogous to "reckoning" by adding and subtracting sums, not just of numbers, but of many other things as we…

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Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan - Names, Consequences, and Definitions - Sadler's Lectures 15:55

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the modern philosopher Thomas Hobbes' work LeviathanIt focuses specifically on chapter 4, where a number of different sorts of "names" (or terms) are distinguished, as well as how those names can be combined into "consequences", and have their significations clarified through definitions.To support my ongoing w…

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Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan - Human Discourse - Sadler's Lectures 18:06

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the modern philosopher Thomas Hobbes' work LeviathanIt focuses specifically on chapters 3 and 4, where Hobbes discusses mental and verbal discourse, that is the train of thoughts in our minds and the verbal expressions of those thoughts. Hobbes also notes that when our train of thoughts is not motivated by some…

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Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan - Sense and Imagination - Sadler's Lectures 14:14

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the modern philosopher Thomas Hobbes' work LeviathanIt focuses specifically on chapters 1 and 2 of the work, where he develops a clearly committed empiricist and materialist epistemology, which begins with sense perception which then gives rise to imagination and memory, which can also then lead to dreams, expe…

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Poul Anderson - Of Thud And Blunder - Sadler's Lectures 21:23

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century American science fiction and fantasy author Poul Anderson's essay "Of Thud And Blunder", which begins by parodying a passage of swords and sorcery fantasy. While making exceptions for L. Sprague de Camp, Fritz Leiber, and J.R.R. Tolkein, Anderson criticizes many of the heroic, historical, or sw…

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Cicero On The Nature Of The Gods book 2 - For The Sake Of Rational Beings - Sadler's Lectures 15:01

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher and statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero's work, On The Nature Of The Gods, which critically examines Epicurean, Stoic, and Skeptic perspectives on matters of theology and cosmologySpecifically it focuses upon the presentation of Stoic cosmology and theology by Quintus Lucilius Balbus in book…

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Cicero On The Nature Of The Gods book 2 - Providence And Individuals - Sadler's Lectures 9:58

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher and statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero's work, On The Nature Of The Gods, which critically examines Epicurean, Stoic, and Skeptic perspectives on matters of theology and cosmologySpecifically it focuses upon he presentation of Stoic cosmology and theology by Quintus Lucilius Balbus in book …

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Cicero On The Nature Of The Gods book 2 - Providence And Human Beings - Sadler's Lectures 16:27

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher and statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero's work, On The Nature Of The Gods, which critically examines Epicurean, Stoic, and Skeptic perspectives on matters of theology and cosmologySpecifically it focuses upon the presentation of Stoic cosmology and theology by Quintus Lucilius Balbus in book…

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Cicero On The Nature Of The Gods book 2 - Providence, Plants, And Animals - Sadler's Lectures 14:38

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher and statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero's work, On The Nature Of The Gods, which critically examines Epicurean, Stoic, and Skeptic perspectives on matters of theology and cosmologySpecifically it focuses upon the presentation of Stoic cosmology and theology by Quintus Lucilius Balbus in book…

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Cicero On The Nature Of The Gods book 2 - Stability Of World And Cosmos - Sadler's Lectures 12:23

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher and statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero's work, On The Nature Of The Gods, which critically examines Epicurean, Stoic, and Skeptic perspectives on matters of theology and cosmologySpecifically it focuses upon the presentation of Stoic cosmology and theology by Quintus Lucilius Balbus in book…

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Cicero On The Nature Of The Gods book 2 - Religion And Superstition - Sadler's Lectures 10:57

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher and statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero's work, On The Nature Of The Gods, which critically examines Epicurean, Stoic, and Skeptic perspectives on matters of theology and cosmologySpecifically it focuses upon the presentation of Stoic cosmology and theology by Quintus Lucilius Balbus in book…

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Cicero On The Nature Of The Gods book 2 - Allegorical Interpretation Of Gods - Sadler's Lectures 13:00

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher and statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero's work, On The Nature Of The Gods, which critically examines Epicurean, Stoic, and Skeptic perspectives on matters of theology and cosmologySpecifically it focuses upon the presentation of Stoic cosmology and theology by Quintus Lucilius Balbus in book…

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Cicero On The Nature Of The Gods book 2 - Deification Of Beneficial Things - Sadler's Lectures 11:48

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher and statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero's work, On The Nature Of The Gods, which critically examines Epicurean, Stoic, and Skeptic perspectives on matters of theology and cosmologySpecifically it focuses upon the presentation of Stoic cosmology and theology by Quintus Lucilius Balbus in book…

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Cicero On The Nature Of The Gods book 2 - Nature And The Universe - Sadler's Lectures 14:20

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher and statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero's work, On The Nature Of The Gods, which critically examines Epicurean, Stoic, and Skeptic perspectives on matters of theology and cosmologySpecifically it focuses upon the presentation of Stoic cosmology and theology by Quintus Lucilius Balbus in book…

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Cicero On The Nature Of The Gods book 2 - Perfection Of Earth And Stars - Sadler's Lectures 12:48

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher and statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero's work, On The Nature Of The Gods, which critically examines Epicurean, Stoic, and Skeptic perspectives on matters of theology and cosmologySpecifically it focuses upon the presentation of Stoic cosmology and theology by Quintus Lucilius Balbus in book…

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Cicero On The Nature Of The Gods book 2 - Beauty Of Cosmic Matters - Sadler's Lectures 11:33

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher and statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero's work, On The Nature Of The Gods, which critically examines Epicurean, Stoic, and Skeptic perspectives on matters of theology and cosmologySpecifically it focuses upon the presentation of Stoic cosmology and theology by Quintus Lucilius Balbus in book…

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Cicero On The Nature Of The Gods book 2 - The Stars As Gods - Sadler's Lectures 10:25

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher and statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero's work, On The Nature Of The Gods, which critically examines Epicurean, Stoic, and Skeptic perspectives on matters of theology and cosmologySpecifically it focuses upon the presentation of Stoic cosmology and theology by Quintus Lucilius Balbus in book…

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Cicero On The Nature Of The Gods book 2 - Arguments That The World Is God - Sadler's Lectures 12:15

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher and statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero's work, On The Nature Of The Gods, which critically examines Epicurean, Stoic, and Skeptic perspectives on matters of theology and cosmologySpecifically it focuses upon the presentation of Stoic cosmology and theology by Quintus Lucilius Balbus in book…

Thinkers By Gregory B. Sadler Podcasts

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Sadler's Lectures

Lectures on classic and contemporary philosophical texts and thinkers by Gregory B. Sadler

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Seneca, Letter 6 - Friendship, Progress, and Sharing Knowledge - Sadler's Lectures 14:11

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Seneca, Letter 3 - True and False Friendship - Sadler's Lectures 13:33

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Soren Kierkegaard The Present Age - Silence, Speaking, and Chatter - Sadler's Lectures 18:30

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Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan - Wit, Judgement, And Fancy - Sadler's Lectures 15:32

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Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan - The Ends Of Discourse - Sadler's Lectures 14:10

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Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan - Simple Passions Diversified - Sadler's Lectures 16:59

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Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan - Motion, Endeavor, and Passions - Sadler's Lectures 14:41

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Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan - Reason and Science - Sadler's Lectures 17:16

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Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan - Names, Consequences, and Definitions - Sadler's Lectures 15:55

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Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan - Human Discourse - Sadler's Lectures 18:06

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Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan - Sense and Imagination - Sadler's Lectures 14:14

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Poul Anderson - Of Thud And Blunder - Sadler's Lectures 21:23

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Cicero On The Nature Of The Gods book 2 - For The Sake Of Rational Beings - Sadler's Lectures 15:01

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Cicero On The Nature Of The Gods book 2 - Providence And Individuals - Sadler's Lectures 9:58

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Cicero On The Nature Of The Gods book 2 - Providence And Human Beings - Sadler's Lectures 16:27

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Cicero On The Nature Of The Gods book 2 - Providence, Plants, And Animals - Sadler's Lectures 14:38

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Cicero On The Nature Of The Gods book 2 - Stability Of World And Cosmos - Sadler's Lectures 12:23

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Cicero On The Nature Of The Gods book 2 - Religion And Superstition - Sadler's Lectures 10:57

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Cicero On The Nature Of The Gods book 2 - Allegorical Interpretation Of Gods - Sadler's Lectures 13:00

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Cicero On The Nature Of The Gods book 2 - Deification Of Beneficial Things - Sadler's Lectures 11:48

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Cicero On The Nature Of The Gods book 2 - Nature And The Universe - Sadler's Lectures 14:20

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Cicero On The Nature Of The Gods book 2 - Perfection Of Earth And Stars - Sadler's Lectures 12:48

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Cicero On The Nature Of The Gods book 2 - Beauty Of Cosmic Matters - Sadler's Lectures 11:33

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Cicero On The Nature Of The Gods book 2 - The Stars As Gods - Sadler's Lectures 10:25

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Cicero On The Nature Of The Gods book 2 - Arguments That The World Is God - Sadler's Lectures 12:15