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Ep. 302: Erasmus Praises Foolishness (Part One)

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

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Is There a Renaissance in the Platoon?

There is this bizarre praise of Folly for allowing men to allow a cuckoldry. And it's only because of Folly that a man will take back his tearful and faithless wife. There's some misogyny there. We shouldn't skate past that. Not just take her back, but say that she's like the paradigm of virtue. So basically to have the illusion that she's secure in faith, even though it's obvious to everyone else that yes. This is super common is what he says. He said, great big swingers club known as the Renaissance.

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