Best Thinkers By Gregory B Sadler Podcasts (2025)

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Philip Jose Farmer, The Lovers - Breaking The Taboo On Sex in SciFi? - Sadler's Lectures 17:56

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century fantasy and science fiction writer, Philip Jose Farmer's novella The Lovers (which can be found anthologized in his Strange Relations It discusses whether and how that work "broke the taboo" on sex in science fiction when it was published in 1952.To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon sit…

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Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan - The True Moral Philosophy of Laws of Nature - Sadler's Lectures 19:13

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the modern philosopher Thomas Hobbes' work LeviathanIt focuses specifically on his discussion in chapters 15 and 26. In chapter 15, after having enumerated and explained the majority of the "laws of nature", which Hobbes notes correspond to various virtues, he claims that the science of the laws of nature, of v…

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Jorge Luis Borges - Pierre Menard, Author Of The Quixote - Menard's Unfinished Production 15:26

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century philosophical short story writer, essayist, and poet Jorge Luis Borges's story "Pierre Menard, Author Of The Quixote" which can be found in Collected Fictions. If focuses specifically on the main portion of the story, where the author discusses Pierre Menard's "other, subterranean, interminably…

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Jorge Luis Borges - Pierre Menard, Author Of The Quixote - Menard's Visible Work 16:47

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century philosophical short story writer, essayist, and poet Jorge Luis Borges's story "Pierre Menard, Author Of The Quixote" which can be found in Collected Fictions. It focuses specifically on the first portion of the story, where the author discusses Pierre Menard's visible work, of which he provide…

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Jorge Luis Borges - Emma Zunz - Sadler's Lectures 15:47

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century philosophical short story writer, essayist, and poet Jorge Luis Borges's story "Emma Zunz" which can be found in Collected Fictions. It provides an interesting tale of revenge to which Borges gives his usual narrative depth and twists. Emma finds out that her father, who was slandered and sent …

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Jorge Luis Borges - The Shape Of The Sword - Sadler's Lectures 11:57

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century philosophical short story writer, essayist, and poet Jorge Luis Borges's story "The Shape Of The Sword" which can be found in Collected Fictions. Borges listens to a story told by a former Irish revolutionary, marked by a scar across his face. the narrative centers on a physically cowardly and …

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Jorge Luis Borges - The Theologians - Sadler's Lectures 22:35

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century philosophical short story writer, essayist, and poet Jorge Luis Borges's story "The Theologians" which can be found in Collected Fictions. It centers on a (perhaps one-way) rivalry between two Christian theologians, Aurelian and John of Pannonia, in a time when the Christian church is strugglin…

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Jorge Luis Borges - Deutsches Requiem - Sadler's Lectures 17:42

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century philosophical short story writer, essayist, and poet Jorge Luis Borges's story "Deutsches Requiem" which can be found in Collected Fictions. The story is narrated in the voice of an unrepentant Nazi about to be executed for war crimes, Otto Dietrich zur Linde. He claims to be inspired in his li…

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Jorge Luis Borges - The Writing Of The God - Sadler's Lectures 16:06

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century philosophical short story writer, essayist, and poet Jorge Luis Borges's story "The Writing Of The God" which can be found in Collected Fictions. It centers on a priest Tzinacán, previously serving at the pyramid of Qaholom, now imprisoned for the rest of his life in a dark cell. There is a jag…

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Jorge Luis Borges - Death and the Compass - Sadler's Lectures 22:47

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century philosophical short story writer, essayist, and poet Jorge Luis Borges's story "Death And The Compass" which can be found in Collected Fictions. It takes the form of a detective tale, where the legendary, highly intelligent detective, Eric Lönnrot, does not figure out all of the aspects of the …

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Augustine of Hippo, Confessions - Past, Present, And Future - Sadler's Lectures 12:26

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the early medieval philosopher and theologian, Augustine of Hippo's work, The Confessions.It focuses specifically on his discussion in book 11 focused on what time is, where he examines our usual way of understanding it in terms of past, present, and future. This raises some issues, given that the present only …

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Augustine of Hippo, Confessions - Time And Its Measures - Sadler's Lectures 16:38

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the early medieval philosopher and theologian, Augustine of Hippo's work, The Confessions.It focuses specifically on his discussion in book 11 bearing upon how we can measure time.It seems a bit paradoxical when we examine it, since past and present don't really exist as the present does, and the present is jus…

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Augustine of Hippo, Confessions - God, Time, and Creation - Sadler's Lectures 14:25

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the early medieval philosopher and theologian, Augustine of Hippo's work, The Confessions.It focuses specifically on his discussion in book 11 of how God and time are related to each other, starting from questions raised by considering creation out of nothing and what God was doing or thinking before that creat…

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Augustine of Hippo, Confessions - The Pride Of Life - Sadler's Lectures 15:28

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the early medieval philosopher and theologian, Augustine of Hippo's work, The Confessions.It focuses specifically on his discussion in book 10 of the type of temptation that is called "the pride of life", or (due to an alternate translation from the Latin Vulgate) the "ambition of the world". This has to do wit…

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Augustine of Hippo, Confessions - Temptations Of The Eyes - Sadler's Lectures 13:40

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the early medieval philosopher and theologian, Augustine of Hippo's work, The Confessions.It focuses specifically on his discussion in book 10 of the temptations involved in the "concupiscence of the eyes", namely our tendency to take delight or interest in the things that we see with this sense, and the drive …

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Augustine of Hippo, Confessions - Temptations Of The Flesh - Sadler's Lectures 13:58

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the early medieval philosopher and theologian, Augustine of Hippo's work, The Confessions.It focuses specifically on his discussion of the temptations caused by the "concupiscence of the flesh" discussed in book 10, which Augustine says that he still has to struggle with to some degree even after his full conve…

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Augustine of Hippo, Confessions - Monica's Life And Death - Sadler's Lectures 19:25

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the early medieval philosopher and theologian, Augustine of Hippo's work, The Confessions.It focuses specifically on his discussion of the childhood, adulthood, and final days of his mother Monica in book 9 of the work. She prayer for Augustine throughout his life, and got to see him eventually convert to Chris…

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Augustine of Hippo, Confessions - Augustine's Friend Alypius - Sadler's Lectures 19:46

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the early medieval philosopher and theologian, Augustine of Hippo's work, The Confessions.It focuses specifically on his discussion of his friend Alypius in book 8, who was from Augustine's home town of Thagaste, attended Augustine's lectures, where he heard Augustine touch upon a moral failing of his, namely h…

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Albert Camus, Letter To A German Friend - Letter 4: Justice and Happiness - Sadler's Lectures 16:53

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century philosopher, novelist, and essayist Albert Camus' four Letters To A German Friend (anthologized in Resistance, Rebellion, and Death: Essays)Specifically it examines the fourth and final letter, which looks at the importance of attending to the demands of justice but also human happiness when co…

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Albert Camus, Letter To A German Friend - Letter 3: Europe's Meaning - Sadler's Lectures 18:58

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century philosopher, novelist, and essayist Albert Camus' four Letters To A German Friend (anthologized in Resistance, Rebellion, and Death: Essays)Specifically it examines the third letter, which elaborates the theme of the meaning of Europe, a matter where fascists and nationalists like the Nazis vie…

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Albert Camus, Letter To A German Friend - Letter 2: The Price Of Intelligence - Sadler's Lectures 16:34

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century philosopher, novelist, and essayist Albert Camus' four Letters To A German Friend (anthologized in Resistance, Rebellion, and Death: Essays)Specifically it examines the second letter, which builds upon and expands themes from the first letter, specifically holding one's country to standards. Th…

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Albert Camus, Letter To A German Friend - Letter 1: Loving One's Country - Sadler's Lectures 16:12

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century philosopher, novelist, and essayist Albert Camus' four Letters To A German Friend (anthologized in Resistance, Rebellion, and Death: Essays)Specifically it examines the first letter, which elaborates the theme of love for one's country. He makes a distinction between two different conceptions o…

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David Hume, Essays Moral, Political, and Literary - The Skeptic - Sadler's Lectures 21:26

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the 18th century philosopher and essayist David Hume's essay "The Skeptic", found in his Essays Moral, Political, and Literary, the first of his four essays that bear names of members of philosophical schools, about which he tells us: "The intention . . . is not so much to explain accurately the sentiments of t…

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David Hume, Essays Moral, Political, and Literary - The Platonist - Sadler's Lectures 13:12

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the 18th century philosopher and essayist David Hume's essay "The Platonist", found in his Essays Moral, Political, and Literary, the first of his four essays that bear names of members of philosophical schools, about which he tells us: "The intention . . . is not so much to explain accurately the sentiments of…

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David Hume, Essays Moral, Political, and Literary - The Stoic - Sadler's Lectures 18:38

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the 18th century philosopher and essayist David Hume's essay "The Stoic", found in his Essays Moral, Political, and Literary, the first of his four essays that bear names of members of philosophical schools, about which he tells us: "The intention . . . is not so much to explain accurately the sentiments of the…

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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Philip Jose Farmer, The Lovers - Breaking The Taboo On Sex in SciFi? - Sadler's Lectures 17:56

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Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan - The True Moral Philosophy of Laws of Nature - Sadler's Lectures 19:13

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Jorge Luis Borges - Pierre Menard, Author Of The Quixote - Menard's Unfinished Production 15:26

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Jorge Luis Borges - Pierre Menard, Author Of The Quixote - Menard's Visible Work 16:47

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Jorge Luis Borges - Emma Zunz - Sadler's Lectures 15:47

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Jorge Luis Borges - The Shape Of The Sword - Sadler's Lectures 11:57

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Jorge Luis Borges - The Theologians - Sadler's Lectures 22:35

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Jorge Luis Borges - Deutsches Requiem - Sadler's Lectures 17:42

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Jorge Luis Borges - The Writing Of The God - Sadler's Lectures 16:06

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Jorge Luis Borges - Death and the Compass - Sadler's Lectures 22:47

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Augustine of Hippo, Confessions - Past, Present, And Future - Sadler's Lectures 12:26

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Augustine of Hippo, Confessions - Time And Its Measures - Sadler's Lectures 16:38

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Augustine of Hippo, Confessions - God, Time, and Creation - Sadler's Lectures 14:25

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Augustine of Hippo, Confessions - The Pride Of Life - Sadler's Lectures 15:28

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Augustine of Hippo, Confessions - Temptations Of The Eyes - Sadler's Lectures 13:40

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Augustine of Hippo, Confessions - Temptations Of The Flesh - Sadler's Lectures 13:58

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Augustine of Hippo, Confessions - Monica's Life And Death - Sadler's Lectures 19:25

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Augustine of Hippo, Confessions - Augustine's Friend Alypius - Sadler's Lectures 19:46

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Albert Camus, Letter To A German Friend - Letter 4: Justice and Happiness - Sadler's Lectures 16:53

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Albert Camus, Letter To A German Friend - Letter 3: Europe's Meaning - Sadler's Lectures 18:58

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Albert Camus, Letter To A German Friend - Letter 2: The Price Of Intelligence - Sadler's Lectures 16:34

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Albert Camus, Letter To A German Friend - Letter 1: Loving One's Country - Sadler's Lectures 16:12

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David Hume, Essays Moral, Political, and Literary - The Skeptic - Sadler's Lectures 21:26

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David Hume, Essays Moral, Political, and Literary - The Platonist - Sadler's Lectures 13:12

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David Hume, Essays Moral, Political, and Literary - The Stoic - Sadler's Lectures 18:38