Chapter
The Return to Intolerance in Politics
12:33 - 22:31 (09:58)
The current trend of less tolerance towards different opinions is a return to normal in history, where political views have been closely linked to fundamental beliefs like religion and identity. This has caused political thinkers throughout history to suffer consequences for their controversial views, emphasizing the importance of the purity and goodness of a person's soul over outward things.
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In this podcast, a discussion takes place about identity politics and its impact on people's views of politics.
12:33 - 13:18 (00:44)
Summary
In this podcast, a discussion takes place about identity politics and its impact on people's views of politics. The conversation also covers the inability to have a political ideology without being labelled or judged based on identity.
ChapterThe Return to Intolerance in Politics
Episode#107 - Graeme Garrard - How To Think Politically
PodcastModern Wisdom
The current dominant return to intolerance is normal in history, where people have been less accepting of different opinions, political views have been closely linked to fundamental things like religion and identity, and where the public sphere has been intolerant towards unconventional views.
13:18 - 18:15 (04:57)
Summary
The current dominant return to intolerance is normal in history, where people have been less accepting of different opinions, political views have been closely linked to fundamental things like religion and identity, and where the public sphere has been intolerant towards unconventional views.
ChapterThe Return to Intolerance in Politics
Episode#107 - Graeme Garrard - How To Think Politically
PodcastModern Wisdom
This excerpt from a podcast discusses the contrast between external beauty and the beauty of the soul, which is a major theme in Plato's writing, as exemplified by the contrast between Alcibiades and Socrates.
18:16 - 20:13 (01:57)
Summary
This excerpt from a podcast discusses the contrast between external beauty and the beauty of the soul, which is a major theme in Plato's writing, as exemplified by the contrast between Alcibiades and Socrates.
ChapterThe Return to Intolerance in Politics
Episode#107 - Graeme Garrard - How To Think Politically
PodcastModern Wisdom
The speaker shares his thoughts on the top five philosophers he would want to have dinner with.
20:13 - 22:31 (02:17)
Summary
The speaker shares his thoughts on the top five philosophers he would want to have dinner with. He chooses Plato, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and other notable philosophers from history.