The Living Philosophy

Karl Marx is the most (in)famous critic of Capitalism. Or is he? As with all stories, it's not so simple. Marx isn't a reactionary dreaming of a tribal communal paradise but more of a sci-fi visionary looking to the society that will transcend Capitalism using its foundation as a jumping off point to a much more interesting, much better world. ____________________ 📚 Further Reading: - The British rule in india: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1853/06/25.htm - Predictions of revolution: Robert Payne, Marx. p. 338 - Other quotes: Marx, K. and Engels, F. (1848) *The Communist Manifesto* https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/communist-manifesto/ ________________ ⭐ Support the channel (thank you!) ▶ Patreon: https://patreon.com/thelivingphilosophy ▶ Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/thelivingphilosophy _________________ 💬 More from The Living Philosophy ▶ Discord https://discord.gg/XNd4gTpfu9 ▶ 📨 Subscribe with email: https://thelivingphilosophy.substack.com/ ________________ 🎼 Media Used: 1. Allegro  — Emmit Fenn 2. Anguish — Kevin MacLeod 3. Alone With My Thoughts — Esther Abrami Subscribe to Kevin MacLeod https://www.youtube.com/user/kmmusic _________________ ⌛ Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 1:08 The Hegelian Marx 5:42 Why Marx Loved Capitalism

Following on from the last episode on Jordan Peterson's brilliant 2005 essay on "Peacemaking" this time we look at what went wrong and at JBP's arc as that of the classical tragic hero. And having a bit of fun with this we compare him to the villain in one of my favourite fantasy series Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson. We look at Aristotle's definition of tragedy, and at mapovers between Peterson and Mistborn's Lord Ruler and also Dune's Paul Atreides. ____________________ 📚 Further Reading: - Herbert, F. (1965). *Dune*. London: Penguin - Peterson, J.B. (2005). _Peacemaking Among Higher Order Primates_ in _The Psychology of Resolving Global Conflicts_ ed. by Mari Fitzduff, Chris E. Stout. Michigan: Praeger Security International - Sanderson, B. (2015). *Mistborn Trilogy Boxed Set: Mistborn, The Well of Ascension, The Hero of Ages*. London: Gollancz ________________ ⭐ Support the channel (thank you!) ▶ Patreon: https://patreon.com/thelivingphilosophy ▶ Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/thelivingphilosophy _________________ 💬 More from The Living Philosophy ▶ Discord https://discord.gg/XNd4gTpfu9 ▶ 📨 Subscribe with email: https://thelivingphilosophy.substack.com/ ________________ 🎼 Music: 1. Juniper  — Kevin MacLeod 2. Allegro — Emmit Fenn 3. Density & Time — Ether Real 4. Fresh Air — Kevin MacLeod Subscribe to Kevin MacLeod https://www.youtube.com/user/kmmusic ________________ 📸 Mistborn Images: Ruin and Preservation: reddit.com/r/Cosmere/comments/k9dg2a/ruin_and_preservation_again_but_this_time_in_a/ Kredik Shaw: https://www.deviantart.com/somnicide/art/Kredik-Shaw-315216988 Mistborn Mistbank Wiki Fandom: https://mistbank.fandom.com/wiki/Mistborn?file=Mistborn.jpg Lord Ruler: https://medium.com/@inkimpressionsss_30394/mistborn-unveiling-the-allomantic-symphony-a-journey-through-brandon-sandersons-great-trilogy-17c18f230604 The Skaa: https://readingseconds.com/the-skaa-explained-mistborn/ Rashek: https://www.tumblr.com/runmienn/709526582105112576/mistborn-spoilers-another-compilation-of?source=share The Deepness - Reading Seconds: https://readingseconds.com/the-deepness-explained-mistborn/ The Well of Ascension: https://medium.com/@jazznyul/the-mistborn-trilogy-the-well-of-ascension-part-one-my-book-review-57f7dfedefe2 Alendi and Rashek: https://adonalsium.tumblr.com/post/186149488793/sometimes-i-worry-that-im-not-the-hero-everyone Luthadel with Kredik Shaw, Mist and volcano in bg: https://mistborn.fandom.com/wiki/Mist?file=Kredikshaw_luthadel01.jpg _________________ ⌛ Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 2:16 Summary of Peacemaker 5:54 Mistborn 11:02 The Mapover with Peterson

In 2005, long before he became a household name, Jordan Peterson wrote an article with the title "Peacemaking Among Higher Order Primates" and it is amazing — partly for its own beauty and pathos and partly for the contract it provides with The Daily Wire Peterson we have today. It is a brilliant ode to what peace looks like and how it might be achieved and a stark reminder of the potential pitfalls for even the best-intentioned. ____________________ 📚 Further Reading: - Peterson, J.B., (2005). Peacemaking Among Higher Order Primates in The Psychology of Resolving Global Conflicts ed. by Mari Fitzduff, Chris E. Stout. Michigan: Praeger Security International - Peterson, J.B., (2002). Maps of meaning: The architecture of belief. Routledge. ________________ ⭐ Support the channel (thank you!) ▶ Patreon: https://patreon.com/thelivingphilosophy ▶ Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/thelivingphilosophy _________________ 💬 More from The Living Philosophy ▶ Discord https://discord.gg/XNd4gTpfu9 ▶ 📨 Subscribe with email: https://thelivingphilosophy.substack.com/ ________________ 🎼 Media Used: 1. Anguish — Kevin MacLeod 2. Promising Relationship — Kevin MacLeod 3. Disquiet — Kevin MacLeod 4. Alone With My Thoughts — Esther Abrami 5. Dark Times — Kevin MacLeod Subscribe to Kevin MacLeod https://www.youtube.com/user/kmmusic _________________ ⌛ Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 3:50 Peacekeeping Among Higher Order Primates 7:40 What Separates Them 9:50 Different Localities as Different Paradigms 11:56 As Sowellian Visions 13:53 Patreon Aside 14:26 The Peacemaker 16:41 Reflections

Why it Matters is back (kind of). This video revisits the Prophet archetype with a bit more passion and a little less bookishness. It is great to have the previous video as a foundation but as with the old Why it Matters videos the point of this video is to get into why I care so much about this topic and why I think you should as well. We're going to be looking at the Prophet through the lens of Richard Rohr's description of the Prophet's position as being at "the edge of the inside" and we are going to look at some examples of this Prophetic archetype like Karl Marx, Jordan Peterson, Contrapoints and Donald Trump. ____________________ 📚 Further Learning: - The original video on the Prophet archetype: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnaYn6WpwuA - Jonas Ceika/Cuck philosophy video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHtvTGaPzF4 - Szakolczai Á (2003) _The Genesis of Modernity_. Routledge studies in social and political thought 36. London ; New York: Routledge. ________________ ⭐ Support the channel (thank you!) ▶ Patreon: https://patreon.com/thelivingphilosophy ▶ Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/thelivingphilosophy _________________ 💬 More from The Living Philosophy ▶ 📨 Subscribe with email: https://thelivingphilosophy.substack.com/ ________________ 🎼 Media Used: 1. Allegro  — Emmit Fenn 2. Anguish — Kevin MacLeod 3. Alone With My Thoughts — Esther Abrami 4. Dark Times — Kevin MacLeod Subscribe to Kevin MacLeod https://www.youtube.com/user/kmmusic _________________ ⌛ Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 1:14 What is a prophet? 5:27 Ad spot 7:21 The Marx example 10:17 Jordan Peterson 10:42 Derrick Bell 12:30 Reflection 15:57 Personal reflection

In approaching the underworld there are a couple of terms that people use. Sometimes it can get a bit confusing who's using what and what we should be using. In this episode we look at the term subconscious vs unconscious and what the meaning and background is of each. As we'll see it wasn't always so clear cut — the French psychological heritage from Pierre Janet started with one term then with Freud it bounced to another and Jung and Adler followed in their direction now using unconscious instead of subconscious. ____________________ 📚 Further Reading: - Freud, S., 1969. _Questions Of Lay Analysis_. WW Norton & Company. ________________ ⭐ Support the channel (thank you!) ▶ Patreon: https://patreon.com/thelivingphilosophy ▶ Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/thelivingphilosophy _________________ 💬 More from The Living Philosophy ▶ Discord https://discord.gg/XNd4gTpfu9 ▶ 📨 Subscribe with email: https://thelivingphilosophy.substack.com/ ________________ 🎼 Media Used: 1. Overture  — Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 2. Fresh Air — Kevin MacLeod 3. Dreams Become Real — Kevin MacLeod 4. Juniper — Kevin MacLeod Subscribe to Kevin MacLeod https://www.youtube.com/user/kmmusic _________________ ⌛ Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 0:51 The Origins: Janet and Freud 4:03 A Tale of Two Usages 8:41 Which one is right?

In this palette cleanser we are going to talk about the philosophy of romcoms for a change. I reckon this should remove any accusations of important work being done on The Living Philosophy. We'll be looking at two romcoms — the classic Norah Ephron When Harry Met Sally and the lesser known Just Like Heaven starring Reese Wetherspoon and Mark Ruffalo. One is reflective of a type of art that strives for psychological accuracy (Dostoevsky, When Harry Met Sally) category — while the second category (Just Like Heaven, Alexander Dumas's The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo) dispense with reality and works at the hyperreal level of the archetypal underworld. *** Damien's YouTube channel: "Science Fiction with Damien Walter": https://www.youtube.com/@DamienWalterPatreon interview with Damien Walter: *** 📚 Learning Resources: When Harry Met Sally. (1989). [Movie] USA: Columbia Pictures. Just Like Heaven. (2005). [Movie] USA: DreamWorks Pictures. Dumas A (2014) The Three Musketeers. United States: Shine Classics. Dumas A (2004) The Count of Monte Cristo. New York: Barnes & Noble Classics. Dostoyevsky (1993) Notes from Underground. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. *** ⭐ Support the channel (thank you!) ▶ Patreon: https://patreon.com/thelivingphilosophy▶ Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/thelivingphilosophy *** 💬 More from The Living Philosophy ▶ 📨 Subscribe with email: https://thelivingphilosophy.substack.com/ *** 🎼 Media Used: Anguish — Kevin MacLeod Juniper — Kevin MacLeod Overture — Pyotr Ilyich tchaikovsky Fresh Air — Kevin MacLeod Subscribe to Kevin MacLeod https://www.youtube.com/user/kmmusic *** ⌛ Timestamps:0:00 Introduction2:30 The True vs the Fantastic3:15 Just Like Heaven3:56 When Harry Met Sally6:12 The Unrealistic Just Like Heaven7:31 The Fantastic As Archetypal Dynamism10:52 The Power of Archetypal Storytelling

You can get "Become Who You Are" here: http://designingthemind.org/becoming It's rare that you encounter a fresh take on a path as well-trodden as happiness. I've read a lot of books on the topic and I have to say that Ryan Bush's take is fresh and yet simultaneously ancient. I think this is part of the reason I'm so enthusiastic about it: it integrates a trend in academic philosophy that I've yet to see anyone else talk about: Virtue Ethics. This is an ethical approach to philosophy that goes all the way back to the ancients especially Socrates, Aristotle and the Stoics. Bush integrates this old esteemed tradition with very 21st century fields like Cognitive Science and neuroscience to produce a thought-provoking map of the good life that I can't recommend highly enough.  ____________________ 📚 Further Reading: - Pan W, Liu C, Yang Q, et al. (2016) The neural basis of trait self-esteem revealed by the amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations and resting state functional connectivity. _Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience_ 11(3): 367–376. - Bush R. (2023) _Become Who You Are_. USA: DTM Press - Davey CG, Pujol J and Harrison BJ (2016) Mapping the self in the brain’s default mode network. _NeuroImage_ 132: 390–397. _________________  🎼 Media Used: 1. Letting Go  — Kevin MacLeod 2. Juniper — Kevin MacLeod 3. Dreams Become Real — Kevin MacLeod 6. Anguish — Kevin MacLeod Subscribe to Kevin MacLeod https://www.youtube.com/user/kmmusic _________________ ⌛ Timestamps: 0:00 Gain and Loss  2:45 The Third Dimension of the Good Life 4:00 How to Eudaimonia 5:21 The Spiritual Path 7:06 The Neuroscience of Self-Esteem 9:43 Virtue: the Royal Road to Eudaimonia

We modern serfs have forgotten something: we've forgotten how to live. You don't question the meaning of life when leisure is the heart of life rather than work. But with the rise of modern urban life, the intrinsic mode of living has died at the hands of the instrumental mode of life. Our entire lives have been colonised by "utility". We don't relax or rest for their own sake anymore — now we rest so that we are more productive. In this episode we explore these two relationships with time: the leisurely intrinsic mode and the future-oriented instrumental mode. _________________ 📚 Further Reading: Burkeman O (2021) Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals. First edition. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Burnham, B. (2021) Inside. Los Angeles, CA: Netflix. Available at: https://www.netflix.com/browse?jbv=81289483. De Botton A (2005) Status Anxiety. First Vintage International edition. New York: Vintage International. Seligman MEP (2013) Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment. Atria paperback edition. New York London Toronto Sydney New Delhi: Atria Paperback. _________________ ⭐ Support The Living Philosophy (thank you!) ▶ Patreon: https://patreon.com/thelivingphilosophy ▶ Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/thelivingphilosophy _________________ 💬 More from The Living Philosophy ▶ 📨 Subscribe with email: https://thelivingphilosophy.substack.com/ _________________ 🎼 Media Used: Anguish — Kevin MacLeod Dark Times — Kevin MacLeod Mozart's String Quartet No. 15 in D minor, MOVEMENT II, K. 421 — WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Letting Go Ambient Background music Subscribe to Kevin MacLeod: https://www.youtube.com/user/kmmusic ⌛ Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 01:27 Modern Times 03:51 The Other Story 10:46 Conclusion

Before the Axial Age the religious archetypes were those of the Priest and the Magician. But with the increased complexity and evolution of society a new archetype emerged: that of the Prophet. This is the archetype of liminal transformation in the midst of a society paralysed by its own success. The Prophet comes in from the edge of inside and shows the society where it has lost its way. ____________________ 📚 Further Reading: - Szakolczai Á (2003) _The Genesis of Modernity_. Routledge studies in social and political thought 36. London ; New York: Routledge. ________________ ⭐ Support the channel (thank you!) ▶ Patreon: https://patreon.com/thelivingphilosophy ▶ Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/thelivingphilosophy _________________ 💬 More from The Living Philosophy ▶ Discord https://discord.gg/XNd4gTpfu9 ▶ 📨 Subscribe with email: https://thelivingphilosophy.substack.com/ ________________ 🎼 Media Used: 1. Anguish  — Kevin MacLeod 2. Density & Time — Ether Real 3. Mind Scrape — Kevin MacLeod 4. Alone With My Thoughts — Esther Abrami 5. Shores of Avalon — Kevin MacLeod 6. Disquiet — Kevin MacLeod 7. Letting Go — Kevin MacLeod 8. Allegro — Emmit Fenn 9. Evening Fall Harp  — Kevin MacLeod Subscribe to Kevin MacLeod https://www.youtube.com/user/kmmusic Subscribe to Emmit Fenn https://www.youtube.com/c/emmitfenn _________________ ⌛ Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 01:14 Priests and Magicians 03:33 Prophets 04:13 Power and the Priest 06:11 Refusal of the Call 08:19 Personal Aspect and Revelation 09:16 Exemplary and Ethical Prophecy 11:31 Elitist Exemplarys 12:34 Conclusion

Philosopher and anthropologist Rene Girard once described justice and public vengeance. Nietzsche expressed the same in his Genealogy of Morals. Why then do we value justice so highly and look down so judgingly on revenge? And what, if this is true, is the purpose of justice? How is it in any way different from vengeance? The answer is that it is profoundly different and in this video we explore why. ____________________ 📚 Further Reading: - Prisoner abuse data: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0032885500080004004 - Death penalty data: https://www.ipsos.com/en-uk/death-penalty-international-poll - MP support of death penalty: https://ukandeu.ac.uk/big-differences-on-economic-and-social-values-between-mps-and-voters-new-academic-survey-finds/ - Recidivism in Norwegian prisons - 1 year: https://medium.com/wagovernor/how-norwegian-prisons-prepare-inmates-to-become-better-neighbors-534409a90f33 - 3-year Norwegian recidivism: https://www.firststepalliance.org/post/norway-prison-system-lessons - 1980s Norway recidivism: https://www.firststepalliance.org/post/norway-prison-system-lessons - Nietzsche, F. (2000) *Genealogy of Morals* in _Basic Writings of Nietzsche_ ed. by Walter Kaufmann. New York: Modern Library. - Girard R. (1979) _Violence and the Sacred_. Baltimore: Hopkins Univ. Press. ________________ ⭐ Support the channel (thank you!) ▶ Patreon: https://patreon.com/thelivingphilosophy ▶ Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/thelivingphilosophy _________________ 💬 More from The Living Philosophy ▶ Discord https://discord.gg/XNd4gTpfu9 ▶ 📨 Subscribe with email: https://thelivingphilosophy.substack.com/ ________________ 🎼 Media Used: 1. Anguish — Kevin MacLeod 2. Mind Scrape — Kevin MacLeod 3. Fresh Air — Kevin MacLeod 4. Dreams Become Real — Kevin MacLeod 5. Dark Times — Kevin MacLeod Subscribe to Kevin MacLeod https://www.youtube.com/user/kmmusic _________________ ⌛ Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 01:33 Rehabilitation vs Punishment 06:29 The Dark Side of Justice 10:15 The Hegemony of Justice 13:26 Further Avenues for Research