05. On the Apathy of the Human Mind | Anton Wilhelm Amo Majorly Useless: A Philosophy and Literature Podcast

Welcome back to yet another episode of Majorly Useless: A Philosophy and Literature Podcast.

This week's episode will be covering the work of philosopher Anton Wilhelm Amo, specifically his 1734 PhD thesis: On the Apathy of the Human Mind.

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RESOURCES

Anton Wilhelm Amo: Introduction & English Translation by Dwight K. Lewis Jr.

https://www.academia.edu/32648027/Anton_Wilhelm_Amo_Introduction_and_English_Translation



Anton Wilhelm Amo's Philosophical Dissertations on Mind and Body, Edited and Translated by Stephen Menn and Justin E. H. Smith

https://www.bookdepository.com/Anton-Wilhelm-Amos-Philosophical-Dissertations-on-Mind-Body-Stephen-Menn/9780197501627



A. W. Amo: First Great Black Man of Letters by Reginald Bess. A journal article from the Journal of Black Studies

https://www.jstor.org/stable/2784391?read-now=1&seq=1

Note: Even if you don’t have an institution login, this article is accessible with a free JSTOR account. You get up to 100 free articles per month.



Anton Wilhelm Amo, A Black Philosopher in 18th Century Europe by Temitope Ajileye
https://medium.com/@temitopeajileye/anton-wilhelm-amo-a-black-philosopher-in-18th-century-europe-16d29ff3f165