Amateur Philosophers' Club

Fr Richard Stonier and Fr Deneys Williamson
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"What is the meaning of life?" said one priest to another ... and yet another philosophy podcast was born.

  1. 10/04/2020

    Ep. 30 | Philosophy Forever

    Though we end where we began, we begin now with all we've ended with.

    45 min

  2. 09/27/2020

    Ep. 29 | God, Philosophically (part 2)

    As we conclude the chapter on the metaphysical question of God we look at the two major objections to God's existence as well as St Anselm's Ontological Argument and other arguments for God's existence.

    1h 5m

  3. 09/20/2020

    Ep. 28 | God, Philosophically (part 1)

    Continuing our consideration of being as such, we move from being to Being as we explore the source and plenitude of all being, and how we can philosophically respond to the question of God, a question which, like its answer, is ever-ancient, ever-new.

    1h 11m

  4. 09/13/2020

    Ep. 27 | The Divisions of Being

    Being as existence and essence, substance and accident, act and potency.

    47 min

  5. 09/05/2020

    Ep. 26 | The Transcendentals of Being

    What can we say ... of everything that is?

    1h 13m

  6. 08/30/2020

    Ep. 25 | The Quest for Being: An Introduction to Metaphysics

    Beyond the quality and quantity of things lies their very being. And their having being is what they have in common with all things that are. But what can we know and say about being? This is the quest of the science of metaphysics.

    1h 1m

  7. 08/23/2020

    Ep. 24 | Nature and the Four Causes

    This week we take a closer a look at nature, that is, the natural world around us and the natures of things that make it up. We also explore the four causes that account for those things.

    51 min

  8. 08/16/2020 · BONUS

    Bonus | Crito: A Socratic Dialogue

    In this episode we read and chat about Crito, a Socratic dialogue by Plato.  In the dialogue, Crito offers his friend Socrates a means of escaping his impending execution. Socrates invites Crito into a conversation about whether this would be a just action or not.

    45 min
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"What is the meaning of life?" said one priest to another ... and yet another philosophy podcast was born.

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  • Creator
    Fr Richard Stonier and Fr Deneys Williamson
  • Years Active
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  • Episodes
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