The Problem With Self-Awareness

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Socrates thinks double ignorance being ignorant but not knowing that you're ignorant is where the real problem lies like there are several with the first alcabides if I remember rightly talks about this it's double ignorance. Socrates says there's nothing wrong with ignorance it's just as long as you know that you're ignorant and so on. He also has some sympathy for the skeptics he kind of missed the days when people would be a little bit more humility about subjects that they've got zero training or education and why.

In this episode, I chat with J.W. Bertolotti host of the In Search of Wisdom podcast, and founder of the Perennial Leader Project. Josh was one of the speakers at our Stoicon-x Military event a few years ago. We’re both very active on Substack now, Josh at Perennial Meditations so I thought it would be a great opportunity to reconnect and chat about philosophy as a guide to life.

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* How Joshua got into philosophy

* His journey as a podcaster speaking to people about the nature of wisdom

* Stoicism and other philosophies

* Desire and attachment in philosophy

* Conceit, and skepticism as a way of life

* How the Delphic maxims can teach us about philosophy

Links

* Perennial Meditations Newsletter on Substack

* In Search of Wisdom Podcast @in sear on Substack and on Spotify

* Perennial Meditations Podcast

* @JWBertolotti on Twitter