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This podcast has been created for people to come together in order to discuss interesting/unique topics and to learn more about Philosophy. Additionally, we want to create a place for...
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This podcast has been created for people to come together in order to discuss interesting/unique topics and to learn more about Philosophy. Additionally, we want to create a place for people to have meaningful discussions about topics that matter. We provide a place for people to discuss their ideas about life and the world around us. Our staff encourages free speech and the ability to use reason in discussing major issues.I am a creator of the website The Philosophes (www.thephilosophes.com) and the open Facebook group (The Philosophes) that is used for our discussions. I am a high school teacher who is an amateur in philosophy, but I am extremely interested in the subject. It will involve weekly discussions on philosophical topics, books, movies, etc. Join me on my adventure to become more educated within philosophy and about the lives of others. Our website is built upon the mission to provide a great place for everyone to discuss philosophical ideas.
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23 JAN 2021 · Show Notes:
Welcome back to the Knowing You Know Nothing podcast! This is Episode 53.
I was incredibly excited and honored to have a meaningful conversation with my former student and a current midshipman at the Navy Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. This conversation will open your eyes to what it was like for him to set his sights on future goals, attend the Academy, and persevere through challenges. He shares several literary sources that have inspired him along his journey and I have shared his notes/recommendations below.
Riley's Show Notes to Share with Guests:
Book Recommendations
Man’s Search for Meaning - Viktor Frankl
Gates of Fire - Steven Pressfield
The Virtues of War - Steven Pressfield
Starship Troopers - Robert Heinlein
Tribe - Sebastian Junger
The Warriors: Reflections on Men in Battle - J. Glenn Gray
Message to Garcia - Elbert Hubbard
Aristotle
The virtue of character comes from habituation (ethos)
Confucius
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
Viktor Frankl
“What man actually needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for some goal worthy of him. What he needs is not the discharge of tension at any cost, but the call of a potential meaning waiting to be fulfilled by him.”
“Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it consistently sets for each individual.”
“The more one forgets himself… by giving himself to a cause to serve or another person to love… the more human he is and the more he actualizes himself.”
J. Glenn Gray
“unless human beings are pushed to the extreme, we are not so likely to confront simple and primal realities, or to reflect about them.”
Lord Moran
Anatomy of Courage
“Their numbers were replaceable, their spiritual worth never could be.”
Joseph Heinlein
“Citizenship is an attitude, a state of mind, an emotional conviction that the whole is greater than the part… and that the part should be humbly proud to sacrifice itself that the whole may live.”
“Liberty is never unalienable; it must be redeemed regularly with the blood of patriots or it always vanishes.”
Steven Pressfield
“We must excel the foe, not only as warriors but as men and as knights. They must say of us that we deserve their empire, for we surpass them in virtue and in self-command!”
“Let us conduct ourselves in such a fashion that all nations wish to be our friends and all fear to be our enemies.”
“An officer must lead from the front. How can we ask our soldiers to risk death if we ourselves shrink from hazard?”
“Life is a battle, is it not? And how better to train for it than to be a soldier? For have you not noticed of these sages, my friends, that they are the consummate soldiers? Inured to pain, oblivious to hardship. Each takes up his post at dawn and does not relinquish it for thirst, hunger, heat, cold, fatigue. He is cheerful in all weathers, self-motivated, self-governed, self-commended.”
Audio clips used from this source:
Goalcast YouTube Page: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sK3wJAxGfs
Recommended Podcasts:
Reel Talk: A Movie Podcast
Twitter: @reel_cast
Chapter Podcast
Host: Ben Malcomson
Thoughtful-Three Questions Section
Inspired by the book, “Consider This…Questions That Make You Think.” By Barbara Ann Kipfer. Thingstobehappyabout.com
Twitter: @kyknownothing
Music is from www.bensound.com
Facebook Group: Knowing You Know Nothing (Join us!)
18 JAN 2021 · Show Notes:
Welcome back to the Knowing You Know Nothing podcast! This is Episode 52.
I was humbled and excited to have this conversation with YouTuber Jeff Sherrill from the War is Hell channel. He predominantly has content for Arma 3, but he will discuss multiple experiences that truly opened my mind to what it is like to create and maintain a successful channel along with balancing a family and career. Please support Jeff at the following links below. I am personally a supporter of his channel. I highly recommend the video and social media links below for War is Hell gaming.
Arma 3 Multiplayer Gameplay - This is the MOST WHOLESOME Arma Session I've Played
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBhaWtLTSF4
Iran PMC Convoy is Attacked | Arma 3 Alternate History | War with Iran | Ep 21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRJhl0hpjuA&t=764s
Top 5 Reasons Why You Should Buy or Play Arma 3 In 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAvdV2lPcNQ&t=18s
War is Hell Social Media Links and Patreon Support
Patreon → https://www.patreon.com/warishell
Discord → https://discord.gg/Brg4zTN
Twitter → @_warishell
TikTok → https://www.tiktok.com/@_warishell
Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/_warishell/
Recommended Podcasts:
Reel Talk: A Movie Podcast
Twitter: @reel_cast
Thoughtful-Three Questions Section
Inspired by the book, “Consider This…Questions That Make You Think.” By Barbara Ann Kipfer. Thingstobehappyabout.com
Twitter: @kyknownothing
Music is from www.bensound.com
Facebook Group: Knowing You Know Nothing (Join us!)
15 JAN 2021 · Show Notes:
Welcome back to the Knowing You Know Nothing podcast! This is Episode 51.
I was honored to have my first character analysis and discussion with fellow educators, Ryan Bailey and Justin Adams. We discussed a foundational understanding of what makes the character of Michael Scott who he is. I enjoyed this conversation and it resulted in many laughs. I hope all of you laugh as much as we did. We each find this a meaningful character that represents something within us all. Listen to the podcast to find our what that is! Thank you for your support!
Supplemental Material for this episode:
The Office and Philosophy : Scenes from the Unexamined Life
-Can Michael ever learn? empathy and the self-other gap (US) by Andrew Terjesen.
-Authenticity or happiness? Michael Scott and the ethics of self-deception (US) by Jonathan Evans and Peter Murphy.
-Humiliation in The office (and at home) (US) by John Elia
Bridging the gap between self-concept (have) and ideal self-concept (want)
-PDF link
Self-Knowledge
-https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/self-knowledge/
YouTube Source for Audio Clips:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY77rVR_jdQ
Recommended Podcasts:
Reel Talk: A Movie Podcast
Twitter: @reel_cast
Thoughtful-Three Questions Section
Inspired by the book, “Consider This…Questions That Make You Think.” By Barbara Ann Kipfer. Thingstobehappyabout.com
Twitter: @kyknownothing
Music is from www.bensound.com
Facebook Group: Knowing You Know Nothing (Join us!)
This podcast has been created for people to come together in order to discuss interesting/unique topics and to learn more about Philosophy. Additionally, we want to create a place for...
show more
This podcast has been created for people to come together in order to discuss interesting/unique topics and to learn more about Philosophy. Additionally, we want to create a place for people to have meaningful discussions about topics that matter. We provide a place for people to discuss their ideas about life and the world around us. Our staff encourages free speech and the ability to use reason in discussing major issues.I am a creator of the website The Philosophes (www.thephilosophes.com) and the open Facebook group (The Philosophes) that is used for our discussions. I am a high school teacher who is an amateur in philosophy, but I am extremely interested in the subject. It will involve weekly discussions on philosophical topics, books, movies, etc. Join me on my adventure to become more educated within philosophy and about the lives of others. Our website is built upon the mission to provide a great place for everyone to discuss philosophical ideas.
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