Classical Stuff You Should Know cover image

215: Learning in Wartime

Classical Stuff You Should Know

00:00

The Learning Life Is for Some a Duty

Sartre was trying to give two level and equal options that would both be morally positive right. Both are and I think he tried to keep it as level as possible. The learned life then is for some a duty at the moment it looks as if it were your duty these people sitting in the room. But there is a similar shock awaiting us in every vocation. A young priest finds himself involved in choir treats and a young subaltern in accounting for pots of jam. On that kind of difficulty we need waste no sympathy but the peculiar difficulty imposed on you by the war is another matter. It may be useful to mention some exercises which may help their service defenses against this.

Transcript
Play full episode

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app