

Lily: The Voice of Alice von Hildebrand
Hildebrand Project
Join Alice von Hildebrand—Lily to her friends—as she brings her timeless wit and winsome charm to bear on topics both timely and eternal, from faith to femininity, from marriage to death, and many things in-between.Drawn from her hundreds of appearances on television and radio, and fully remastered for this archival podcast, Lily: The Voice of Alice von Hildebrand will introduce listeners to this great lady who, despite her many esteemed publications, was most expressive in the spoken word.Respected by popes, loved by students, and an inspiration to generations, Lily lived an amazing, faithful life. Listen here as we continue her legacy.
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Mar 15, 2024 • 26min
The Nature of Love - Alice von Hildebrand
Welcome to Lily: The Voice of Alice von Hildebrand. In this episode on Dietrich von Hildebrand’s book, The Nature of Love, Lily discusses the human person’s innate desire for love and its importance in human life.To purchase a copy of The Nature of Love, click here: https://amzn.to/2Tqlivb.To learn more about Dietrich von Hildebrand's philosophy of love, including corresponding lectures on shame, affectivity, and Karol Wojtyla, watch the videos from our 2013 Summer Seminar: https://hildebrandproject.org/love-and-marriage-summer-seminar/Become a monthly donor! Visit hildebrandproject.org/givingFollow us on Social MediaInstagram: instagram.com/hildebrand_projectYouTube: youtube.com/@HildebrandProjectTwitter: twitter.com/HildebrandPrjFacebook: facebook.com/Hildebrandproject#DietrichVonHildebrand #Phenomenology #Personalism #Philosophy

Mar 7, 2024 • 27min
Alice von Hildebrand on The Heart – Dietrich von Hildebrand's Phenomenology of Affectivity
Welcome to Lily: The Voice of Alice von Hildebrand. In this episode, Lily discusses Dietrich von Hildebrand's book The Heart with Doug Keck on EWTN Bookmark. In The Heart, Dietrich makes one of his most significant contributions to philosophy via phenomenology: a thorough look at human and divine affectivity. Lily discusses the spiritual emotions in the context of Dietrich's personalism, showing how the heart—the center of affective life—is the most revelatory, truest part of the human person.To purchase a copy of The Heart, click here: amzn.to/2u6k89n (available in Paperback or Kindle)To learn more about Dietrich von Hildebrand's philosophy of affectivity, including corresponding lectures on Max Scheler, John Henry Newman, and Thomas Aquinas, watch the videos from our 2020 Summer Seminar: https://hildebrandproject.org/the-heart-summer-seminar/Become a monthly donor! Visit hildebrandproject.org/givingFollow us on Social MediaInstagram: instagram.com/hildebrand_projectYouTube: youtube.com/@HildebrandProjectTwitter: twitter.com/HildebrandPrjFacebook: facebook.com/Hildebrandproject#Affectivity #AffectiveTheory #Phenomenology #Personalism #Philosophy

Feb 26, 2024 • 17min
The Art of Living, Episode 10: Gratitude (Part II)
Welcome to Lily: The Voice of Alice von Hildebrand. In this first series, Lily guides us through a chapter-by-chapter reflection of Dietrich von Hildebrand's book The Art of Living, which began as a series of radio lectures in 1930s Germany. In this final episode of the series, Lily discusses gratitude as the “Christian virtue par excellence.” Gratitude is viewed in contrast with pride, justice, and entitlement.Our next series is on Dietrich von Hildebrand's Transformation in Christ. We hope you will be able to join us.Gratitude by Dietrich von Hildebrand, bolstered by essays by Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI), Balduin V. Schwarz, and Romano Guardini, can be purchased here: amzn.to/47zP2I5To purchase a copy of The Art of Living, click here: amzn.to/2VLMykD (available as Paperback, Kindle, and Audible editions)To learn more about The Art of Living and listen to the full chapter on "Reverence," click here: hildebrandproject.org/the-art-of-living/Become a monthly donor! Visit hildebrandproject.org/givingFollow us on Social MediaInstagram: instagram.com/hildebrand_projectYouTube: youtube.com/@TheHildebrandLegacyTwitter: youtube.com/@HildebrandProjectFacebook: facebook.com/Hildebrandproject#ValueTheory #Phenomenology #Personalism #Hope #Philosophy

Feb 19, 2024 • 13min
The Art of Living, Episode 9: Gratitude (Part I)
Welcome to Lily: The Voice of Alice von Hildebrand. In this first series, Lily guides us through a chapter-by-chapter reflection of Dietrich von Hildebrand's book The Art of Living, which began as a series of radio lectures in 1930s Germany. In this episode, Lily reflects on gratitude. Written as a separate essay in the last year of Dietrich von Hildebrand’s life, gratitude is seen as a crucial virtue. Lily discusses how gratitude is crucial in finding happiness, that one must be grateful for the great gifts of life, being, faith, and everything in between.Gratitude by Dietrich von Hildebrand, bolstered by essays by Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI), Balduin V. Schwarz, and Romano Guardini, can be purchased here: amzn.to/47zP2I5To purchase a copy of The Art of Living, click here: amzn.to/2VLMykD (available as Paperback, Kindle, and Audible editions)To learn more about The Art of Living and listen to the full chapter on "Reverence," click here: hildebrandproject.org/the-art-of-living/Become a monthly donor! Visit hildebrandproject.org/givingFollow us on Social MediaInstagram: instagram.com/hildebrand_projectYouTube: youtube.com/@HildebrandProjectTwitter: twitter.com/HildebrandPrjFacebook: facebook.com/Hildebrandproject#ValueTheory #Phenomenology #Personalism #Hope #Philosophy

Feb 12, 2024 • 16min
The Art of Living, Episode 8: Hope (Part II)
Welcome to Lily: The Voice of Alice von Hildebrand. In this first series, Lily guides us through a chapter-by-chapter reflection of Dietrich von Hildebrand's book The Art of Living, which began as a series of radio lectures in 1930s Germany. Continuing from the previous episode, Lily reflects on hope in the context of communion, particularly communion with God. Lily contrasts hope with optimism, showing it to be something truer and deeper than a simple belief that everything is going to be okay.Content warning: Discussion of death and suicide.Aspects of this discussion are also found in Remnant of Paradise, which can be purchased here: amzn.to/3sCaUDwTo purchase a copy of The Art of Living, click here: amzn.to/2VLMykD (available as Paperback, Kindle, and Audible editions)To learn more about The Art of Living and listen to the full chapter on "Reverence," click here: hildebrandproject.org/the-art-of-living/Become a monthly donor! Visit hildebrandproject.org/givingFollow us on Social MediaInstagram: instagram.com/hildebrand_projectYouTube: youtube.com/@HildebrandProjectTwitter: twitter.com/HildebrandPrjFacebook: facebook.com/Hildebrandproject#ValueTheory #Phenomenology #Personalism #Hope #Philosophy

Feb 5, 2024 • 19min
The Art of Living, Episode 7: Hope (Part I: Despair)
Welcome to Lily: The Voice of Alice von Hildebrand. In this first series, Lily guides us through a chapter-by-chapter reflection of Dietrich von Hildebrand's book The Art of Living, which began as a series of radio lectures in 1930s Germany. In this episode, Lily discusses hope primarily through its antithesis, despair. Here, Lily reflects extensively on Soren Kierkegaard, who discusses existential despair in his classic work, The Sickness Unto Death.Content warning: Discussion of euthanasia, death, and suicide.Aspects of this discussion are also found in Remnant of Paradise, which can be purchased here: amzn.to/3sCaUDwTo purchase a copy of The Art of Living, click here: amzn.to/2VLMykD (available as Paperback, Kindle, and Audible editions)To learn more about The Art of Living and listen to the full chapter on "Reverence," click here: hildebrandproject.org/the-art-of-living/Become a monthly donor! Visit hildebrandproject.org/givingFollow us on Social MediaInstagram: instagram.com/hildebrand_projectYouTube: youtube.com/@HildebrandProjectTwitter: twitter.com/HildebrandPrjFacebook: facebook.com/Hildebrandproject#ValueTheory #Phenomenology #Personalism #Hope #Philosophy

Jan 29, 2024 • 13min
The Art of Living, Episode 6: Communion (Part II)
Welcome to Lily: The Voice of Alice von Hildebrand. In this episode, Lily reflects on the connection between communion and love, drawing on distinctions made by Gabriel Marcel and her husband, Dietrich von Hildebrand, especially regarding love as a value response to the nature and dignity of the other person.For more on this topic, consider joining the 2024 Summer Seminar, "The Challenge of Community." For more information, please visit https://hildebrandproject.org/the-challenge-of-community/In this first series, Lily guides us through a chapter-by-chapter reflection of Dietrich von Hildebrand's book The Art of Living, which began as a series of radio lectures in 1930s Germany.To purchase a copy of The Art of Living, click here: amzn.to/2VLMykD (available as Paperback, Kindle, and Audible editions)To learn more about The Art of Living and listen to the full chapter on "Reverence," click here: hildebrandproject.org/the-art-of-living/Purchase a copy of Remnant of Paradise: amzn.to/3sCaUDwBecome a monthly donor! Visit hildebrandproject.org/givingFollow us on Social MediaInstagram: instagram.com/hildebrand_projectYouTube: youtube.com/@HildebrandProjectTwitter: twitter.com/HildebrandPrjFacebook: facebook.com/Hildebrandproject#VirtueEthics #ValueTheory #Phenomenology #Personalism

Jan 22, 2024 • 13min
The Art of Living, Episode 5: Communion (Part I)
Welcome to Lily: The Voice of Alice von Hildebrand. In this episode, Lily discusses the chapter she contributed to The Art of Living on communion. She examines the importance of loving relationships, community, and union with God as crucial aspects of our shared humanity. The human person is not made for solitude, and this is why we always long for communion.For more on this topic, consider joining the 2024 Summer Seminar, "The Challenge of Community." For more information, please visit https://hildebrandproject.org/the-challenge-of-community/In this first series, Lily guides us through a chapter-by-chapter reflection of Dietrich von Hildebrand's book The Art of Living, which began as a series of radio lectures in 1930s Germany.To purchase a copy of The Art of Living, click here: amzn.to/2VLMykD (available as Paperback, Kindle, and Audible editions)To learn more about The Art of Living and listen to the full chapter on "Reverence," click here: hildebrandproject.org/the-art-of-living/Purchase a copy of Remnant of Paradise: amzn.to/3sCaUDwBecome a monthly donor! Visit hildebrandproject.org/givingFollow us on Social MediaInstagram: instagram.com/hildebrand_projectYouTube: youtube.com/@HildebrandProjectTwitter: twitter.com/HildebrandPrjFacebook: facebook.com/Hildebrandproject

Jan 14, 2024 • 16min
The Art of Living, Episode 4: Veracity
Welcome to Lily: The Voice of Alice von Hildebrand. In this episode, Lily reflects on veracity, the fourth chapter in The Art of Living. Veracity is more than just saying the truth to others but is how we recognize the world of values, allowing it to guide all of my relationships: with others and toward myself. By being honest about what I have apprehended, I do not lie to myself. Thereby, it follow that I will remain true, acting rightly with others in all my dealings, so long as I live veraciously.In this first series, Lily guides us through a chapter-by-chapter reflection of Dietrich von Hildebrand's book The Art of Living, which began as a series of radio lectures in 1930s Germany.To purchase a copy of The Art of Living, click here: amzn.to/2VLMykD (available as Paperback, Kindle, and Audible editions)To learn more about The Art of Living and listen to the full chapter on "Reverence," click here: hildebrandproject.org/the-art-of-living/Purchase a copy of Remnant of Paradise: amzn.to/3sCaUDwBecome a monthly donor! Visit hildebrandproject.org/givingFollow us on Social MediaInstagram: instagram.com/hildebrand_projectYouTube: youtube.com/@HildebrandProjectTwitter: twitter.com/HildebrandPrjFacebook: facebook.com/Hildebrandproject

Nov 15, 2023 • 13min
The Art of Living, Episode 2: Faithfulness
Welcome to Lily: The Voice of Alice von Hildebrand. In this episode, Lily reflects on the title of the book—The Art of Living—and its relationship to faithfulness, the book's second chapter. Following reverence, faithfulness is crucially important in forming human lives. Not only does it mean faithfulness to God, but faithfulness to oneself, to others, and to the values that have been uncovered by living reverently.In this first series, Lily guides us through a chapter-by-chapter reflection of Dietrich von Hildebrand's book The Art of Living, which began as a series of radio lectures in 1930s Germany.To purchase a copy of The Art of Living, click here: amzn.to/2VLMykD (available as Paperback, Kindle, and Audible editions)To learn more about The Art of Living and listen to the full chapter on "Reverence," click here: hildebrandproject.org/the-art-of-living/Purchase a copy of Remnant of Paradise: amzn.to/3sCaUDwBecome a monthly donor! Visit hildebrandproject.org/givingFollow us on Social MediaInstagram: instagram.com/hildebrand_projectYouTube: youtube.com/@HildebrandProjectTwitter: twitter.com/HildebrandPrjFacebook: facebook.com/Hildebrandproject