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<rss xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title>Exiting The Cave</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/show/exitingthecave</link><description><![CDATA[Last of all he will be able to see the sun, and not mere reflections of him in the water, but he will see him in his own proper place; and he will contemplate him as he is.]]></description><atom:link href="https://www.spreaker.com/show/2570757/episodes/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><language>en</language><category>Society &amp; Culture</category><copyright>Copyright Exiting The Cave</copyright><image><url>https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ece52e5c34c7d70af2de70538a563682.jpg</url><title>Exiting The Cave</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/show/exitingthecave</link></image><lastBuildDate>Sun, 02 Jan 2022 13:30:28 +0000</lastBuildDate><itunes:author>Exiting The Cave</itunes:author><itunes:owner><itunes:name>Exiting The Cave</itunes:name><itunes:email>philosophy@gmgauthier.com</itunes:email></itunes:owner><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ece52e5c34c7d70af2de70538a563682.jpg"/><itunes:subtitle>Last of all he will be able to see the sun, and not mere reflections of him in the water, but he will see him in his own proper place; and he will contemplate him as he is.</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Last of all he will be able to see the sun, and not mere reflections of him in the water, but he will see him in his own proper place; and he will contemplate him as he is.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:category text="Society &amp; Culture"/><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:type>episodic</itunes:type><googleplay:author>Exiting The Cave</googleplay:author><googleplay:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ece52e5c34c7d70af2de70538a563682.jpg"/><googleplay:email>philosophy@gmgauthier.com</googleplay:email><googleplay:description>Last of all he will be able to see the sun, and not mere reflections of him in the water, but he will see him in his own proper place; and he will contemplate him as he is.</googleplay:description><googleplay:category text="Society &amp; Culture"/><googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit><item><title>CHANNEL ANNOUNCEMENT: Exiting The Cave Is Moving</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/user/exitingthecave/channel-announcement-exiting-the-cave-is</link><description><![CDATA[I am no longer using Anchor.FM or any other third-party service as a platform for my content. If you want to continue with the Boethius podcast series, or any of the other things I podcast, then please go have a look at my personal blog, where I've begun hosting all my audio content.<br />The blog: <a href="https://gmgauthier.com/post/" rel="noopener">https://gmgauthier.com/post/</a><br />The podcast: <a href="https://gmgauthier.com/podcast/" rel="noopener">https://gmgauthier.com/podcast/</a><br /><br />This account will remain open for the next few months, but will eventually be deleted. So, save these links somewhere.<br /><br />--- <br /><br />Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message" rel="noopener">https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">17b8fe92-5728-4eb5-85ae-cd11051d6377</guid><pubDate>Sun, 02 Jan 2022 12:51:04 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/48138772/834424aae61c9a75e4efff935b1060d0.mp3" length="1208463" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Exiting The Cave</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>I am no longer using Anchor.FM or any other third-party service as a platform for my content. If you want to continue with the Boethius podcast series, or any of the other things I podcast, then please go have a look at my personal blog, where I've...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[I am no longer using Anchor.FM or any other third-party service as a platform for my content. If you want to continue with the Boethius podcast series, or any of the other things I podcast, then please go have a look at my personal blog, where I've begun hosting all my audio content.<br />The blog: <a href="https://gmgauthier.com/post/" rel="noopener">https://gmgauthier.com/post/</a><br />The podcast: <a href="https://gmgauthier.com/podcast/" rel="noopener">https://gmgauthier.com/podcast/</a><br /><br />This account will remain open for the next few months, but will eventually be deleted. So, save these links somewhere.<br /><br />--- <br /><br />Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message" rel="noopener">https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>76</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/8e6474b20903ed626b65f9a172428a5c.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType><googleplay:author>Exiting The Cave</googleplay:author><googleplay:description>I am no longer using Anchor.FM or any other third-party service as a platform for my content. If you want to continue with the Boethius podcast series, or any of the other things I podcast, then please go have a look at my personal blog, where I've begun hosting all my audio content.
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Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message</googleplay:description><googleplay:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/8e6474b20903ed626b65f9a172428a5c.jpg"/><googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit></item><item><title>Short Reads: The Consolation of Philosophy, Book 4, Chapter 3 - What Good and Evil Deserve</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/user/exitingthecave/short-reads-the-consolation-of-philosoph_25</link><description><![CDATA[Lady Philosophy explains how the righteous never lack their reward, nor the wicked their punishment. We take a trip with Odysseus to the Island of the Winds, and find ourselves transformed into swine, by Cerce. <br />My Boethius Publication Schedule can be found here.<br />If you'd like to get these podcasts in first-release, please visit my Locals Community page, and subscribe! Your subscription will also entitle you to participate in the curated discussion. Sign up now, to join in the discussion.<br /><br />--- <br /><br />Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message" rel="noopener">https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">4900b9ca-7bb0-4bdd-bb23-bf1bd283c664</guid><pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2021 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/43059664/https_d3ctxlq1ktw2nl_cloudfront_net_staging_2020_12_22_8c5f5075c7c3db8ead5d9918573f9cca.mp3" length="14559741" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Exiting The Cave</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Lady Philosophy explains how the righteous never lack their reward, nor the wicked their punishment. We take a trip with Odysseus to the Island of the Winds, and find ourselves transformed into swine, by Cerce. 
My Boethius Publication Schedule can be...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Lady Philosophy explains how the righteous never lack their reward, nor the wicked their punishment. We take a trip with Odysseus to the Island of the Winds, and find ourselves transformed into swine, by Cerce. <br />My Boethius Publication Schedule can be found here.<br />If you'd like to get these podcasts in first-release, please visit my Locals Community page, and subscribe! Your subscription will also entitle you to participate in the curated discussion. Sign up now, to join in the discussion.<br /><br />--- <br /><br />Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message" rel="noopener">https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>910</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/3e88b314b7072c2d3bd888e3ebb4063d.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType><googleplay:author>Exiting The Cave</googleplay:author><googleplay:description>Lady Philosophy explains how the righteous never lack their reward, nor the wicked their punishment. We take a trip with Odysseus to the Island of the Winds, and find ourselves transformed into swine, by Cerce. 
My Boethius Publication Schedule can be found here.
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Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message</googleplay:description><googleplay:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/3e88b314b7072c2d3bd888e3ebb4063d.jpg"/><googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit></item><item><title>Short Reads: The Consolation of Philosophy, Book 4, Chapter 2 - The Evil Are Powerless</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/user/exitingthecave/short-reads-the-consolation-of-philosoph_24</link><description><![CDATA[In today's episode, Lady Philosophy lays out for us, the first of four arguments attempting to defang the problem of evil, and in the process, we discover that evil people simply don't exist!<br />My Boethius Publication Schedule can be found here. If you'd like to get these podcasts in first-release, please visit my Locals Community page, and subscribe! Your subscription will also entitle you to participate in the curated discussion. Sign up now, to join in the discussion.<br /><br />--- <br /><br />Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message" rel="noopener">https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">f02b0a43-494f-4734-827e-694c855d2697</guid><pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2020 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/42823975/https_d3ctxlq1ktw2nl_cloudfront_net_staging_2020_12_06_2c0c62444f48f0c3b0c6b3a88994c606.mp3" length="29636782" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Exiting The Cave</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>In today's episode, Lady Philosophy lays out for us, the first of four arguments attempting to defang the problem of evil, and in the process, we discover that evil people simply don't exist!
My Boethius Publication Schedule can be found here. If...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In today's episode, Lady Philosophy lays out for us, the first of four arguments attempting to defang the problem of evil, and in the process, we discover that evil people simply don't exist!<br />My Boethius Publication Schedule can be found here. If you'd like to get these podcasts in first-release, please visit my Locals Community page, and subscribe! Your subscription will also entitle you to participate in the curated discussion. Sign up now, to join in the discussion.<br /><br />--- <br /><br />Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message" rel="noopener">https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1853</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/e01dc964d64655c06b258ccb83bc695d.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType><googleplay:author>Exiting The Cave</googleplay:author><googleplay:description>In today's episode, Lady Philosophy lays out for us, the first of four arguments attempting to defang the problem of evil, and in the process, we discover that evil people simply don't exist!
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Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message</googleplay:description><googleplay:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/e01dc964d64655c06b258ccb83bc695d.jpg"/><googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit></item><item><title>Short Reads: The Consolation of Philosophy, Book 4, Chapter 1 - The Problem of Evil Restated</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/user/exitingthecave/short-reads-the-consolation-of-philosoph_23</link><description><![CDATA[The mystery of the seeming moral confusion. Philosophy engages to make this plain, and to fulfill her former promise to the full. Boethius takes on The Gorgias. Let's see what he comes up with!<br />Librivox version of The Gorgias can be found here.<br />My Boethius Publication Schedule can be found here.<br />If you'd like to get these podcasts in first-release, please visit my Locals Community page, and subscribe! Your subscription will also entitle you to participate in the curated discussion. Sign up now, to join in the discussion.<br /><br />--- <br /><br />Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message" rel="noopener">https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">fa435f0e-18c7-4c0e-852f-8cee0a4d8eb9</guid><pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2020 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/42626133/https_d3ctxlq1ktw2nl_cloudfront_net_staging_2020_11_22_e02058c01020bc99df239f79d44a0228.mp3" length="10048707" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Exiting The Cave</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>The mystery of the seeming moral confusion. Philosophy engages to make this plain, and to fulfill her former promise to the full. Boethius takes on The Gorgias. Let's see what he comes up with!
Librivox version of The Gorgias can be found here.
My...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[The mystery of the seeming moral confusion. Philosophy engages to make this plain, and to fulfill her former promise to the full. Boethius takes on The Gorgias. Let's see what he comes up with!<br />Librivox version of The Gorgias can be found here.<br />My Boethius Publication Schedule can be found here.<br />If you'd like to get these podcasts in first-release, please visit my Locals Community page, and subscribe! Your subscription will also entitle you to participate in the curated discussion. Sign up now, to join in the discussion.<br /><br />--- <br /><br />Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message" rel="noopener">https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>628</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/07a0be123319434e787c305e03834d04.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType><googleplay:author>Exiting The Cave</googleplay:author><googleplay:description>The mystery of the seeming moral confusion. Philosophy engages to make this plain, and to fulfill her former promise to the full. Boethius takes on The Gorgias. Let's see what he comes up with!
Librivox version of The Gorgias can be found here.
My Boethius Publication Schedule can be found here.
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Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message</googleplay:description><googleplay:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/07a0be123319434e787c305e03834d04.jpg"/><googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit></item><item><title>Short Reads: Boethius Sidebar - Who Is Lady Philosophy?</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/user/exitingthecave/short-reads-boethius-sidebar-who-is-lady</link><description><![CDATA[This week, we take a momentary pause from the text, to ponder the origins of Lady Philosophy. What you will discover in this podcast, is a nexus of faith, reason, religion, and philosophy, in the books of Proverbs and Wisdom, and a powerful symbol who's meaning goes far beyond the superficial anthropomorphism of philosophy in human form.<br />I couldn't think of a good way to work in the famous passage from Acts 17, but that's hovering in the background of this, as well...<br />If you'd like to get these podcasts in first-release, please visit my Locals Community page, and subscribe! Your subscription will also entitle you to participate in the curated discussion. Sign up now, to join in the discussion.<br /><br />--- <br /><br />Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message" rel="noopener">https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">f2c34886-3efb-4a95-9f17-e7a0f65c8f7a</guid><pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2020 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/42374436/https_d3ctxlq1ktw2nl_cloudfront_net_staging_2020_11_09_5c8b57de3c977300a605ab9c751b337b.mp3" length="20349729" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Exiting The Cave</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>This week, we take a momentary pause from the text, to ponder the origins of Lady Philosophy. What you will discover in this podcast, is a nexus of faith, reason, religion, and philosophy, in the books of Proverbs and Wisdom, and a powerful symbol...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[This week, we take a momentary pause from the text, to ponder the origins of Lady Philosophy. What you will discover in this podcast, is a nexus of faith, reason, religion, and philosophy, in the books of Proverbs and Wisdom, and a powerful symbol who's meaning goes far beyond the superficial anthropomorphism of philosophy in human form.<br />I couldn't think of a good way to work in the famous passage from Acts 17, but that's hovering in the background of this, as well...<br />If you'd like to get these podcasts in first-release, please visit my Locals Community page, and subscribe! Your subscription will also entitle you to participate in the curated discussion. Sign up now, to join in the discussion.<br /><br />--- <br /><br />Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message" rel="noopener">https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1272</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/84292288245c626e7e1cd83524ca80cd.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType><googleplay:author>Exiting The Cave</googleplay:author><googleplay:description>This week, we take a momentary pause from the text, to ponder the origins of Lady Philosophy. What you will discover in this podcast, is a nexus of faith, reason, religion, and philosophy, in the books of Proverbs and Wisdom, and a powerful symbol who's meaning goes far beyond the superficial anthropomorphism of philosophy in human form.
I couldn't think of a good way to work in the famous passage from Acts 17, but that's hovering in the background of this, as well...
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Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message</googleplay:description><googleplay:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/84292288245c626e7e1cd83524ca80cd.jpg"/><googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit></item><item><title>Short Reads: The Consolation of Philosophy, Book 3, Chapter 12</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/user/exitingthecave/short-reads-the-consolation-of-philosoph_22</link><description><![CDATA[Boethius and Lady philosophy confront the problem of evil, and Boethius laments the slipping of the vision of the true good just out of his sight.<br />If you'd like to get these podcasts in first-release, please visit my Locals Community page, and subscribe! Your subscription will also entitle you to participate in the curated discussion. Sign up now, to join in the discussion.<br /><br />--- <br /><br />Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message" rel="noopener">https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">90854df3-e63d-4430-9658-c2fd42df1d89</guid><pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2020 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/42374447/https_d3ctxlq1ktw2nl_cloudfront_net_staging_2020_11_14_f4afe0339763d937fadfacb570a48c50.mp3" length="27406970" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Exiting The Cave</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Boethius and Lady philosophy confront the problem of evil, and Boethius laments the slipping of the vision of the true good just out of his sight.
If you'd like to get these podcasts in first-release, please visit my Locals Community page, and...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Boethius and Lady philosophy confront the problem of evil, and Boethius laments the slipping of the vision of the true good just out of his sight.<br />If you'd like to get these podcasts in first-release, please visit my Locals Community page, and subscribe! Your subscription will also entitle you to participate in the curated discussion. Sign up now, to join in the discussion.<br /><br />--- <br /><br />Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message" rel="noopener">https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1713</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/d0d3bcb4d345780c016d5b0e86754ae2.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType><googleplay:author>Exiting The Cave</googleplay:author><googleplay:description>Boethius and Lady philosophy confront the problem of evil, and Boethius laments the slipping of the vision of the true good just out of his sight.
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Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message</googleplay:description><googleplay:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/d0d3bcb4d345780c016d5b0e86754ae2.jpg"/><googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit></item><item><title>Short Reads: The Consolation of Philosophy, Book 3, Chapter 11</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/user/exitingthecave/short-reads-the-consolation-of-philosoph_19</link><description><![CDATA[Philosophy and Boethius rehearse the final arguments for the unity of happiness, and the good, and Philosophy makes the case for The Good as the Telos of all things. The analysis of this episode includes an extended clip from Plato's Phaedo.<br />If you'd like to get these podcasts in first-release, please visit my Locals Community page, and subscribe! Your subscription will also entitle you to participate in the curated discussion. Sign up now, to join in the discussion.<br /><br />--- <br /><br />Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message" rel="noopener">https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">92d41074-ca58-4794-9b67-57ffdb86d432</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2020 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/42115701/https_d3ctxlq1ktw2nl_cloudfront_net_staging_2020_11_09_08935ee6631ade541a8640ad044fd3b6.mp3" length="30598924" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Exiting The Cave</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Philosophy and Boethius rehearse the final arguments for the unity of happiness, and the good, and Philosophy makes the case for The Good as the Telos of all things. The analysis of this episode includes an extended clip from Plato's Phaedo.
If you'd...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Philosophy and Boethius rehearse the final arguments for the unity of happiness, and the good, and Philosophy makes the case for The Good as the Telos of all things. The analysis of this episode includes an extended clip from Plato's Phaedo.<br />If you'd like to get these podcasts in first-release, please visit my Locals Community page, and subscribe! Your subscription will also entitle you to participate in the curated discussion. Sign up now, to join in the discussion.<br /><br />--- <br /><br />Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message" rel="noopener">https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1913</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/1ecee02b058c9330065d41287a5d6953.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType><googleplay:author>Exiting The Cave</googleplay:author><googleplay:description>Philosophy and Boethius rehearse the final arguments for the unity of happiness, and the good, and Philosophy makes the case for The Good as the Telos of all things. The analysis of this episode includes an extended clip from Plato's Phaedo.
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Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message</googleplay:description><googleplay:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/1ecee02b058c9330065d41287a5d6953.jpg"/><googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit></item><item><title>Short Reads: The Consolation of Philosophy, Book 3, Chapter 10</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/user/exitingthecave/short-reads-the-consolation-of-philosoph_21</link><description><![CDATA[We have reached the summit, and Lady Philosophy now lays out the full case defending Divine Unity along Neo-Platonic lines of reasoning. This is going to be an intensely technical episode, but if you make it all the way to the end, I have a treat in store for you. Did you know that Boethius wrote his own music? We don't know absolutely for sure what it sounded like, but you may enjoy "Bella quis quinis", a work by Boethius himself.<br />If you'd like to get these podcasts in first-release, please visit my Locals Community page, and subscribe! Your subscription will also entitle you to participate in the curated discussion. Sign up now, to join in the discussion.<br /><br />--- <br /><br />Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message" rel="noopener">https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">556baab6-5b8e-4775-ab91-d716ceb69139</guid><pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2020 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/42115704/https_d3ctxlq1ktw2nl_cloudfront_net_staging_2020_10_25_32b62cf54169bdab9e03800b26608fe9.mp3" length="37486892" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Exiting The Cave</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>We have reached the summit, and Lady Philosophy now lays out the full case defending Divine Unity along Neo-Platonic lines of reasoning. This is going to be an intensely technical episode, but if you make it all the way to the end, I have a treat in...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[We have reached the summit, and Lady Philosophy now lays out the full case defending Divine Unity along Neo-Platonic lines of reasoning. This is going to be an intensely technical episode, but if you make it all the way to the end, I have a treat in store for you. Did you know that Boethius wrote his own music? We don't know absolutely for sure what it sounded like, but you may enjoy "Bella quis quinis", a work by Boethius himself.<br />If you'd like to get these podcasts in first-release, please visit my Locals Community page, and subscribe! Your subscription will also entitle you to participate in the curated discussion. Sign up now, to join in the discussion.<br /><br />--- <br /><br />Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message" rel="noopener">https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>2343</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/0ff2d918bf0324775edaff023f456564.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType><googleplay:author>Exiting The Cave</googleplay:author><googleplay:description>We have reached the summit, and Lady Philosophy now lays out the full case defending Divine Unity along Neo-Platonic lines of reasoning. This is going to be an intensely technical episode, but if you make it all the way to the end, I have a treat in store for you. Did you know that Boethius wrote his own music? We don't know absolutely for sure what it sounded like, but you may enjoy "Bella quis quinis", a work by Boethius himself.
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Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message</googleplay:description><googleplay:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/0ff2d918bf0324775edaff023f456564.jpg"/><googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit></item><item><title>Short Reads: The Consolation of Philosophy, Book 3, Chapter 9</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/user/exitingthecave/short-reads-the-consolation-of-philosoph_20</link><description><![CDATA[We reach the end of the journey to the true good. Philosophy and Boethius have a brief dialogue on the false good, and turn toward the true good. Philosophy ends the dialogue with a prayer to the source of the One True Good (God). <br />If you'd like to get these podcasts in first-release, please visit my Locals Community page, and subscribe! Your subscription will also entitle you to participate in the curated discussion. Sign up now, to join in the discussion.<br /><br />--- <br /><br />Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message" rel="noopener">https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">eaef5ff8-7fb4-4627-8638-f89d8d15b9d2</guid><pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2020 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/42115703/https_d3ctxlq1ktw2nl_cloudfront_net_staging_2020_10_18_2c0dcd61bce8a8305b9196e233dc9043.mp3" length="22457497" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Exiting The Cave</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>We reach the end of the journey to the true good. Philosophy and Boethius have a brief dialogue on the false good, and turn toward the true good. Philosophy ends the dialogue with a prayer to the source of the One True Good (God). 
If you'd like to...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[We reach the end of the journey to the true good. Philosophy and Boethius have a brief dialogue on the false good, and turn toward the true good. Philosophy ends the dialogue with a prayer to the source of the One True Good (God). <br />If you'd like to get these podcasts in first-release, please visit my Locals Community page, and subscribe! Your subscription will also entitle you to participate in the curated discussion. Sign up now, to join in the discussion.<br /><br />--- <br /><br />Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message" rel="noopener">https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1404</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/722df3771f626931b83a106004759d24.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType><googleplay:author>Exiting The Cave</googleplay:author><googleplay:description>We reach the end of the journey to the true good. Philosophy and Boethius have a brief dialogue on the false good, and turn toward the true good. Philosophy ends the dialogue with a prayer to the source of the One True Good (God). 
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Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message</googleplay:description><googleplay:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/722df3771f626931b83a106004759d24.jpg"/><googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit></item><item><title>Short Reads: The Consolation of Philosophy, Book 3, Chapter 8</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/user/exitingthecave/short-reads-the-consolation-of-philosoph_18</link><description><![CDATA[Lady Philosophy concludes her case against false happiness with a brief bullet-point recap, and a verse to remind us not to spend our lives looking for things where they cannot be found.<br />If you'd like to get these podcasts in first-release, please visit my Locals Community page, and subscribe! Your subscription will also entitle you to participate in the curated discussion. Sign up now, to join in the discussion.<br /><br />--- <br /><br />Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message" rel="noopener">https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">a9e92189-f648-43c8-a943-4d2765465924</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2020 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/41856010/https_d3ctxlq1ktw2nl_cloudfront_net_staging_2020_10_11_b31c44342617fc34230ec1716e5ee3ff.mp3" length="8873824" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Exiting The Cave</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Lady Philosophy concludes her case against false happiness with a brief bullet-point recap, and a verse to remind us not to spend our lives looking for things where they cannot be found.
If you'd like to get these podcasts in first-release, please...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Lady Philosophy concludes her case against false happiness with a brief bullet-point recap, and a verse to remind us not to spend our lives looking for things where they cannot be found.<br />If you'd like to get these podcasts in first-release, please visit my Locals Community page, and subscribe! Your subscription will also entitle you to participate in the curated discussion. Sign up now, to join in the discussion.<br /><br />--- <br /><br />Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message" rel="noopener">https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>555</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/560e04f9b090899b417c8f535a1e29df.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType><googleplay:author>Exiting The Cave</googleplay:author><googleplay:description>Lady Philosophy concludes her case against false happiness with a brief bullet-point recap, and a verse to remind us not to spend our lives looking for things where they cannot be found.
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Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message</googleplay:description><googleplay:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/560e04f9b090899b417c8f535a1e29df.jpg"/><googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit></item><item><title>Short Reads: The Consolation of Philosophy, Book 2, Chapter 2</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/user/exitingthecave/short-reads-the-consolation-of-philosoph_12</link><description><![CDATA[Philosophy warns Boethius of the inevitability of his place on the wheel, and chides him for challenging this most natural state of affairs. We'll briefly explore the history and mythology of Croesis and Perseus, and then we’ll have a quick look at the problem of fate.<br />If you'd like to get these podcasts in first-release, please visit my Locals Community page, and subscribe! Your subscription will also entitle you to participate in the curated discussion. Sign up now, to join in the debate.<br /><br />--- <br /><br />Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message" rel="noopener">https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">cfd3a560-bef6-4ed2-b63f-a6e4f9901d4e</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2020 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/41618921/https_d3ctxlq1ktw2nl_cloudfront_net_staging_2020_05_10_efad9c358ef68dd520ca3e6231c11117.mp3" length="14667156" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Exiting The Cave</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Philosophy warns Boethius of the inevitability of his place on the wheel, and chides him for challenging this most natural state of affairs. We'll briefly explore the history and mythology of Croesis and Perseus, and then we’ll have a quick look at...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Philosophy warns Boethius of the inevitability of his place on the wheel, and chides him for challenging this most natural state of affairs. We'll briefly explore the history and mythology of Croesis and Perseus, and then we’ll have a quick look at the problem of fate.<br />If you'd like to get these podcasts in first-release, please visit my Locals Community page, and subscribe! Your subscription will also entitle you to participate in the curated discussion. Sign up now, to join in the debate.<br /><br />--- <br /><br />Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message" rel="noopener">https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>917</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c85fdf6792841c45333fcb544a2fa8e8.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType><googleplay:author>Exiting The Cave</googleplay:author><googleplay:description>Philosophy warns Boethius of the inevitability of his place on the wheel, and chides him for challenging this most natural state of affairs. We'll briefly explore the history and mythology of Croesis and Perseus, and then we’ll have a quick look at the problem of fate.
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Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message</googleplay:description><googleplay:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c85fdf6792841c45333fcb544a2fa8e8.jpg"/><googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit></item><item><title>Short Reads: The Consolation of Philosophy, Book 1, Chapter 5.</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/user/exitingthecave/short-reads-the-consolation-of-philosoph_17</link><description><![CDATA[Boethius' final prayer of lamentation.<br />If you'd like to get these podcasts in first-release, please visit my Locals Community page, and subscribe! Your subscription will also entitle you to participate in the curated discussion. Sign up now, to join in the debate.<br /><br />--- <br /><br />Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message" rel="noopener">https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">31bd3056-9cda-47d8-a9ba-efe532d662a8</guid><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2020 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/41618957/https_d3ctxlq1ktw2nl_cloudfront_net_staging_2020_05_02_db7e4a6be68fa04d152edcb4d380836d.mp3" length="14902049" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Exiting The Cave</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Boethius' final prayer of lamentation.
If you'd like to get these podcasts in first-release, please visit my Locals Community page, and subscribe! Your subscription will also entitle you to participate in the curated discussion. Sign up now, to join...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Boethius' final prayer of lamentation.<br />If you'd like to get these podcasts in first-release, please visit my Locals Community page, and subscribe! Your subscription will also entitle you to participate in the curated discussion. Sign up now, to join in the debate.<br /><br />--- <br /><br />Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message" rel="noopener">https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>932</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/b00d9dd8ee2a325f1f8d1908f929b234.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType><googleplay:author>Exiting The Cave</googleplay:author><googleplay:description>Boethius' final prayer of lamentation.
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Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message</googleplay:description><googleplay:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/b00d9dd8ee2a325f1f8d1908f929b234.jpg"/><googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit></item><item><title>Short Reads: The Consolation of Philosophy, Book 1, Chapter 4.</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/user/exitingthecave/short-reads-the-consolation-of-philosoph_16</link><description><![CDATA[Boethius pleads his case to Lady Philosophy, and raises a charge against God himself.<br />If you'd like to get these podcasts in first-release, please visit my Locals Community page, and subscribe! Your subscription will also entitle you to participate in the curated discussion. Sign up now, to join in the debate.<br /><br />--- <br /><br />Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message" rel="noopener">https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">ef67313a-bbb0-4d2f-8b7e-5cbf82dee153</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2020 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/41618947/https_d3ctxlq1ktw2nl_cloudfront_net_staging_2020_05_02_d2b1c7f5f47ee086e8b16c01eb61b12f.mp3" length="22125220" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Exiting The Cave</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Boethius pleads his case to Lady Philosophy, and raises a charge against God himself.
If you'd like to get these podcasts in first-release, please visit my Locals Community page, and subscribe! Your subscription will also entitle you to participate in...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Boethius pleads his case to Lady Philosophy, and raises a charge against God himself.<br />If you'd like to get these podcasts in first-release, please visit my Locals Community page, and subscribe! Your subscription will also entitle you to participate in the curated discussion. Sign up now, to join in the debate.<br /><br />--- <br /><br />Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message" rel="noopener">https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1383</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/31b63b7e5f856499899dff3a26e19d55.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType><googleplay:author>Exiting The Cave</googleplay:author><googleplay:description>Boethius pleads his case to Lady Philosophy, and raises a charge against God himself.
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Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message</googleplay:description><googleplay:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/31b63b7e5f856499899dff3a26e19d55.jpg"/><googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit></item><item><title>Short Reads: The Consolation of Philosophy, Chapters 1 and 2.</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/user/exitingthecave/short-reads-the-consolation-of-philosoph_14</link><description><![CDATA[Hello, and welcome to the first in a new series of Exiting The Cave short reads, made available exclusively to my Locals community. If you want to continue listening, you can sign up at this link: <a href="https://exitingthecave.locals.com" rel="noopener">https://exitingthecave.locals.com</a><br />This feature begins with a series on "The Consolation of Philosophy", by Anicus Manlius Severinus Boethius. Each episode will consist of a reading of one or two chapters in sequence, followed by a brief commentary offering a few insights into the text. Boethius' chapters are very short. Each consists of a single section of verse, followed by a passage of narration. So, each episode is likely to be around 15 minutes long. There are a total of 5 books, or 39 chapters. So, this series should last us a while, given one reading per week!<br />The first episode covers both chapters one and two, of Book one. I am making this episode available to all comers to the Exiting the Cave community page, to provide a taste of what awaits those who are generous enough to support what I do<br /><br />--- <br /><br />Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message" rel="noopener">https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">893d0633-c248-4f90-8d49-df830b4fff05</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2020 23:37:41 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/41618923/https_d3ctxlq1ktw2nl_cloudfront_net_staging_2020_04_04_605dd81bac2a6233c7513994f8539dab.mp3" length="19517991" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Exiting The Cave</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Hello, and welcome to the first in a new series of Exiting The Cave short reads, made available exclusively to my Locals community. If you want to continue listening, you can sign up at this link: https://exitingthecave.locals.com
This feature begins...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Hello, and welcome to the first in a new series of Exiting The Cave short reads, made available exclusively to my Locals community. If you want to continue listening, you can sign up at this link: <a href="https://exitingthecave.locals.com" rel="noopener">https://exitingthecave.locals.com</a><br />This feature begins with a series on "The Consolation of Philosophy", by Anicus Manlius Severinus Boethius. Each episode will consist of a reading of one or two chapters in sequence, followed by a brief commentary offering a few insights into the text. Boethius' chapters are very short. Each consists of a single section of verse, followed by a passage of narration. So, each episode is likely to be around 15 minutes long. There are a total of 5 books, or 39 chapters. So, this series should last us a while, given one reading per week!<br />The first episode covers both chapters one and two, of Book one. I am making this episode available to all comers to the Exiting the Cave community page, to provide a taste of what awaits those who are generous enough to support what I do<br /><br />--- <br /><br />Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message" rel="noopener">https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1220</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/944dd9ed44b06d4fe166411e1b35f447.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType><googleplay:author>Exiting The Cave</googleplay:author><googleplay:description>Hello, and welcome to the first in a new series of Exiting The Cave short reads, made available exclusively to my Locals community. If you want to continue listening, you can sign up at this link: https://exitingthecave.locals.com
This feature begins with a series on "The Consolation of Philosophy", by Anicus Manlius Severinus Boethius. Each episode will consist of a reading of one or two chapters in sequence, followed by a brief commentary offering a few insights into the text. Boethius' chapters are very short. Each consists of a single section of verse, followed by a passage of narration. So, each episode is likely to be around 15 minutes long. There are a total of 5 books, or 39 chapters. So, this series should last us a while, given one reading per week!
The first episode covers both chapters one and two, of Book one. I am making this episode available to all comers to the Exiting the Cave community page, to provide a taste of what awaits those who are generous enough to support what I do

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Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/exitingthecave/message</googleplay:description><googleplay:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/944dd9ed44b06d4fe166411e1b35f447.jpg"/><googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit></item></channel></rss>
