Best Thinkers By Gregory B Sadler Podcasts (2025)

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Karl Marx And Friedrich Engels, The Communist Manifesto - The Emergence Of The Proletariat 20:38

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the 19th century philosophers and social theorists, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, articulated in their work The Communist Manifesto.This episode examines Marx and Engel's description of the formation and emergence of the revolutionary class in industrial capitalism, the ProletariatTo support my ongoing work, …

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Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels, The Communist Manifesto - Class Conflict & The Rise Of The Bourgeoisie 19:39

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the 19th century philosophers and social theorists, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, articulated in their work The Communist Manifesto.This episode examines what Marx and Engels envision the role of the Communist Party to be in relation to leadership of, and the development of class consciousness in, the Proleta…

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Divine Justice, Mercy, and Intercession: The Innovative Structure of Anselm’s Prayers 25:26

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Divine Justice, Mercy, and Intercession: The Innovative Structure of Anselm’s Prayers by Lectures on classic and contemporary philosophical texts and thinkers by Gregory B. SadlerBy Lectures on classic and contemporary philosophical texts and thinkers by Gregory B. Sadler

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Is God's Justice Unmerciful in Anselm's Cur Deus Homo? - Sadler's Lectures 20:23

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This is my portion of a panel discussion, reading my paper a panel presentation, "Is God's Justice Unmerciful in St. Anselm's Cur Deus Homo?," delivered at the 2014 American Catholic Philosophical Association, hosted by the Institute for Saint Anselm StudiesCan God be entirely and supremely just and also entirely merciful, without these twocharacte…

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St. Anselm on Marriage, Conjugal Love, and Sexual Desire - Sadler's Lectures 23:30

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This lecture is a talk given at the 5th Saint Anselm conference, sponsored by the Institute for Saint Anselm Studies at Saint Anselm College in April 2014.I discuss Anselm's views on marriage, conjugal love, sexual desire, activity, and pleasure. Anselm lives and writes just before a flowering of monastic writing upon marriage and conjugal love, an…

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An Anselmian Account of the Grounding of Morality - Sadler's Lectures 23:25

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In this talk, given in the course of Franciscan University of Steubenville's 2013 Annual Conference on Christian Philosophy, I set out what could be St. Anselm's response to the guiding question of the conference: "Must Morality be Grounded on God". In typical Anselmian manner, I say, Yes and No, and go on to discuss how Anselm would envision the p…

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Ayn Rand, The Virtue of Selfishness - Ethics of Emergencies - Sadler's Lectures 11:52

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century philosopher and novelist Ayn Rand's book The Virtue of Selfishness, in particular the chapter "The Ethics of Emergencies"This focuses specifically on her discussion about what an emergency is, why bad ethics results from taking emergency cases as normative, and when one ought to be willing to r…

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Ayn Rand, The Virtue of Selfishness - Love and Friendship as Selfish - Sadler's Lectures 16:15

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century philosopher and novelist Ayn Rand's book The Virtue of Selfishness, in particular the chapter "The Objectivist Ethics"This focuses specifically on her discussion of how love and friendship are properly understood selfish or self-centered relations to other peopleTo support my ongoing work, go t…

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Ayn Rand, The Virtue of Selfishness - Values and Virtues - Sadler's Lectures 16:05

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th Century rational egoist philosopher and novelist Ayn Rand's book, The Virtue Of Selfishness. It focuses specifically upon her discussion of the virtues she recognizes - rationality, productivity, pride, independence, integrity, honesty, and justice.To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - ww…

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Ayn Rand, The Virtue of Selfishness - How Should A Rational Egoist Behave - Sadler's Lectures 13:37

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th Century rational egoist philosopher and novelist Ayn Rand's book, The Virtue Of Selfishness. It focuses specifically upon her views about how a rational egoist ought to behave and structure their life, choices, and relationships.To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler…

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Ayn Rand, The Virtue of Selfishness - Consciousness, Animals, and Humans - Sadler's Lectures 20:23

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th Century rational egoist philosopher and novelist Ayn Rand's book, The Virtue Of Selfishness. It focuses specifically upon her discussion of the difference between other animals and human beings, which has to do with the range and types of consciousness we have. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patr…

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Divine Justice, Mercy, and Intercession- The Innovative Structure of Anselm’s Prayers 25:26

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Divine Justice, Mercy, and Intercession- The Innovative Structure of Anselm’s Prayers by Lectures on classic and contemporary philosophical texts and thinkers by Gregory B. SadlerBy Lectures on classic and contemporary philosophical texts and thinkers by Gregory B. Sadler

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Ayn Rand, The Virtue of Selfishness - Life as a Basis for Rational Egoism - Sadler's Lectures 14:21

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th Century rational egoist philosopher and novelist Ayn Rand's book, The Virtue Of Selfishness. It focuses specifically upon her views about values and their grounding in Life (which for humans means a distinctively human life, not merely survival).To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.p…

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Ayn Rand, The Virtue of Selfishness - Criticisms of Non-Rational Ethics - Sadler's Lectures 15:18

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century philosopher and novelist Ayn Rand's book The Virtue of Selfishness, in particular the chapter "The Objectivist Ethics"This focuses specifically on her discussion of what she terms "non-rational" ethics, by way of contrast to her own rational egoist or "objectivist ethics". She examines what she…

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Why Stoics Should Not Be Indifferent to the Indifferents - Sadler's Lectures 16:18

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This is the recording of my invited talk at the first Stoicon-X Brasil online conference. Due to technical issues, I provided a live presentation (translation provided by participants) to the conference. In this presentation, I briefly present the Stoic doctrine of the indifferents (adiaphoria), namely that Stoics view many things as neither good n…

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Early Christian Thinkers On Anger - Sadler's Lectures 15:58

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This is my relatively short talk given during the 2025 Plato's Academy multidisciplinary conference: The Philosophy and Psychology of Anger, during which I discuss some of the useful insights and practices early Christian thinkers (2nd-5th Century CE) can provide us. These don't require one to be committed to Christianity and can be applied by a wi…

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The Scope of Genuine Courage In Stoicism - Sadler's Lectures 10:05

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This is a talk I was invited to provide to the inaugural 2021 Stoicon-X Military conference, held online. I chose as my topic the scope of genuine courage, a topic of considerable importance but also frequent misunderstandings within professions like that of the military. In this talk I discuss what courage is and what it is for, the scope of coura…

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How Should Stoics Respond When Bad Things Happen To Other People - Sadler's Lectures 14:38

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This is the recording of my short presentation and the Q&A at the second Conversations With Modern Stoicism event, hosted in July 2023 by Phil Yanov. Asked to give a short and provocative presentation about an issue that arises in the everyday applications of Stoicism, I chose to focus on a common mistake and distortion of Stoic philosophy and prac…

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Rainer Maria Rilke on Solitude, Slowing Down, and Making Space - Sadler's Lectures 21:25

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This is a podcast of a guest sermon, given by invitation to the Unitarian Universalist Community of the Catskills.A guest sermon invited by the Unitarian Universalist Community of the Catskills, Aug 9, 2015. In it, I discuss Rainer Maria Rilke's conception of "solitude" (Einsamkeit), and its relevance to our contemporary lives. Explaining how the t…

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Thomas Aquinas Summa Theologiae - Knowledge As A Cause Of Love 12:45

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the medieval Christian philosopher and theologian Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologiae, 1st part, question 27, "The Causes Of Love", and examines his discussions in article 2, which centers on whether and how knowledge can be a cause of love.To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler…

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"Whoever is Angry with His Brother” Early Christian Insights on Anger - Sadler's Lectures 20:28

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This is a podcast of a guest sermon, given by invitation to the Unitarian Universalist Community of Rock Tavern. In it, I discuss anger as a common problem not only of our own times, but of all times. Christian teachings on anger present us with some "hard sayings," and several 4th century thinkers -- John Cassian, Augustine of Hippo, and John Chry…

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Thomas Aquinas Summa Theologiae - Likeness As A Cause Of Love 12:38

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the medieval Christian philosopher and theologian Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologiae, 1st part, question 27, "The Causes Of Love", and examines his discussions in article 3, which centers on whether and how likeness (similitudo) is a cause of love, particularly between similar people. He addresses the issue raise…

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Thomas Aquinas Summa Theologiae - The Causes Of Love - Sadler's Lectures 13:56

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the medieval Christian philosopher and theologian Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologiae, 1st part, question 27, "The Causes Of Love", and examines his discussions in articles 1 and 4, which center on the issues whether goodness in some sense is a cause of love and whether any other passion is the case of love. Aquin…

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Thomas Aquinas Summa Theologiae - Love, Dilection, Charity, and Friendship - Sadler's Lectures 15:14

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the medieval Christian philosopher and theologian Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologiae, 1st part of the second part, question 26 "Of Love", and examines his discussions in articles 3-4, which center on different senses or modalities of love (amor). He makes a distinction between four terms: love, dilection (dilecti…

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Thomas Aquinas Summa Theologiae - Love, The Appetites, and Passion - Sadler's Lectures 15:38

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the medieval Christian philosopher and theologian Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologiae, 1st part of the second part, question 26 "Of Love", and examines his discussions in articles 1-2, which center on determining where love is within the things and specifically within human being. Thomas will frame this in terms o…

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Thomas Aquinas Summa Theologiae - God Loving Some Things More - Sadler's Lectures 16:15

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the medieval Christian philosopher and theologian Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologiae, 1st part, question 20, "God's Love", and examines his discussions in articles 3-4, which center on the issues of whether God loves some things more than others or not, and whether God loves better things more than others. For Th…