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Perennial Wisdom

A Look Back at 2024 | Anxiety, Big Questions, and Losing Ourselves

Jan 2, 2025
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Welcome back to the podcast, and happy new year to you all! Today, we’re pausing to revisit a few episodes from last year. This is not necessarily a “best of” collection; it’s just a few clips that I found particularly insightful or helpful.
 

In the first clip, you’ll hear a portion of my conversation with Samir Chopra (author of Anxiety: A Philosophical Guide) on the meaning of anxiety. Next, you’ll get a clip from my conversation with Prof. Ross D. Inman (author of Christian Philosophy as a Way of Life) on the wisdom of wrestling with “big” questions. Finally, I conclude the episode with a portion of my conversation with Prof. Jay Garfield (author of Losing Ourselves), discussing what it means to live as a selfless “person” in the world.


Key Takeaways:

  • Why anxiety can be our greatest teacher
  • How "big questions" can unlock intellectual and spiritual growth
  • What it means to live without a self

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