Why does happiness so often present itself as a problem?
Listen to the Full-Capacity Ep. 115 Aftershow
Danny Lobell was joined by Mark, Jonathan Segel, and a mass of other fellas to chat about Schopenhauer and music.
Join us for the #116 Aftershow on 6/7 (on Freud).
Ep 115 Aftershow: Schopenhauer and Music
Featuring Danny Lobell, Mark Linsenmayer, Jonathan Segel, Dave Buchanan, David Prentiss, Kevin Peffley, Kevin Middleton, Anthony Durity, Todd Costa, and Sebastian Roll. Recorded May 18, 2015,
Episode 115: Schopenhauer on Music with Guest Jonathan Segel (Citizen Edition)
The Camper Van Beethoven violinist/composer/multi-instrumentalist joins us to discuss The World as Will and Representation, book 3 selections.
End song: “(Ever and) Always” by Jonathan Segel from All Attractions (2012).
Episode 115: Schopenhauer on Music with Guest Jonathan Segel
The Camper Van Beethoven violinist/composer/multi-instrumentalist joins us to discuss The World as Will and Representation, book 3 selections.
End song: “(Ever and) Always” by Jonathan Segel from All Attractions (2012).
Topic for #115: Schopenhauer on Music & Art (w/ Jonathan Segel)
We discussed portions of The World as Will and Representation, Book 3, about how music differs from other arts with guest Jonathan Segel of Camper van Beethoven fame.
Listen to Ep. 114 Aftershow
Citizens can listen to Seth, Danny, and newcomer Terra Leigh now, and sign up to join us on Sun., 5/17, 3pm Eastern time for the Aftershow for #115. Show up and get a free audiobook!
Ep 114 Aftershow: Schopenhauer’s Metaphysics
Featuring new host Danny Lobell, Seth Paskin, and Tara Leigh Bell. Recorded May 3, 2015.
Schopenhauer’s Idealism: How Time Began with the First Eye Opening
How does Schopenhauer reconcile nature’s dependence on human minds (his idealism) with the belief that science can study the distant past before any minds existed?
Episode 114: Schopenhauer: “The World Is Will” (Citizen Edition)
On The World As Will and Representation (1818), book 2. The world is a blind, striving force!
End song: “Sinking” from Mark Lint & the Simulacra
Episode 114: Schopenhauer: “The World Is Will”
On The World As Will and Representation (1818), book 2. The world is a blind, striving force!
Topic for #114: Schopenhauer on Will
We’ll read book 2 of The World as Will and Representation about how the only reality is a singular Will outside of space and time that manifests itself as the multitude of our experience.
Originality, Music and Noise: Some References
I am a regular listener of the show, and my dad, Jonathan White, has even been a guest (episode 72, “Terrorism”). I am a music history professor at Mercer University and became very excited when the discussion on episode 94 focused on music and, in particular, two major issues: 1) music and noise; 2) music and the cult of originality Continue Reading …
Episode 94: Schopenhauer on Reading, Writing, and Thinking
On Arthur Schopenhauer’s essays, “On Authorship and Style,” “On Thinking for Oneself,” and “On Genius” (all published 1851).
Episode 94: Schopenhauer on Reading, Writing, and Thinking
On Arthur Schopenhauer’s essays, “On Authorship and Style,” “On Thinking for Oneself,” and “On Genius” (all published 1851). Is the best way to do philosophy (or any art) to self-consciously build on the work of others to advance the genre? Schopenhauer says no! Learn more.
End song: “Drake’s Song” from The Maytricks (1992)
Topic for #94: Schopenhauer on Reading, Writing, and Thinking
First, a sad story: on 4/27, we recorded a discussion of Robert Nozick’s Anarchy, State, and Utopia with Slate’s Stephen Metcalf. It went fairly well (Stephen was impressed, and gave us a nice traffic bump by promoting us on his Culture Gabfest podcast), but within the next couple of days, the hard drive on which my part and much of Continue Reading …
Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, Kant
[Editor’s Note: Thanks to new blogger David Crohn for this glimpse into one aspect of Nietzsche’s relationship with his idol.] In ep. 84 PEL touches briefly on Nietzsche’s criticism of Schopenhauer—or rather, the ways Schopenhauer’s readers have, according to Nietzsche, accepted the weakest aspects of his philosophy first (aphorism 99). Nietzsche was a great admirer of Schopenhauer, however, not least Continue Reading …
Schopenhauer on Love
Here’s a nice little video, part of the “Philosophy: A Guide to Happiness” series, discussing Schopenhauer’s earnest but very unromantic theory of love, the point of which is to propagate the species (i.e. the will to life!). Watch on youtube. Did you know that tall people are attracted to short people so that their children won’t turn out to be Continue Reading …
More Audio About Schopenhauer
If you’re liking having Schopenhauer-related audio to listen to so you needn’t actually read him, here’s a clip with some introduction or other to the World as Will and Representation, which describes his place in the history of philosophy and states some high level points about his philosophy, and quite a bit more about his biography. It’s nothing you couldn’t Continue Reading …
Schopenhauer’s Pessimism Read Aloud
There are a number of read-aloud Schopenhauer selections on the web that you should be aware of, which cover very directly the pessimism he is most famous for but which we didn’t cover in the episode. For instance: Listen on youtube (There’s nothing really to watch). Read the text. This is over half an hour of simply the text, read Continue Reading …