We continue on with the Sadler's Lectures podcast episodes on Musonius Rufus' Lectures with this one looking at his discussion about what marriage is fundamentally about in lecture 13. soundcloud.com/gregorybsadle…

Spent some time recently reflecting, recollecting, and reminiscing about authors, books, and series that got me deeper into speculative fiction in my middle school after my dad died. Here's a third piece in this ongoing series gregorybsadler.substack.com/…

Here’s the latest interview with Andi and myself, hosted by PhilosoShe™, discussing how Andi and I got together in the first place, how Stoic philosophy has helped us in our marriage, and why we founded The Stoic Heart youtu.be/PjT0WG1Qrqc

5 years back, Evil Sadler moved from being a meme to showing up in short videos with uninvited and unhinged rants about various topics. There are 15 of them so far, which you can find in a playlist, if you're so inclined youtube.com/playlist?list=PL…

Here's the next core concept video on Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologiae IIaIIae, q. 23, this one looking at his discussion of how charity is something created in the human soul, even though as a participation in divine love, it surpasses the human soul youtu.be/AZnsBe1363o

Yeah, it does sound really silly when they throw the term around

Gotta chill out there a bit iPhone. I appreciate you got a connection with my laptop, but that’s a rather high level of insecurity

In my first two sections of Foundations of Philosophy today, we'll be starting study of some of what Thomas Aquinas has to teach us about love, both divine and human in a few questions from the Summa Theologiae. In the section tonight, we'll be looking at some of Seneca's Letters

The standard English translation of Musonius Rufus' lecture 12 renders the term aphrodisia a bit prudishly as "sexual indulgence" rather than the wider "sexual matters". An important dimension of life, and Musonius has some definite views on it, as we see soundcloud.com/gregorybsadle…

Quiet open house shift at Almost Home yesterday. A lot of napping, some pets, and a bit of play. Not a lot of visitors. But big sweet boy Chief went home with his adopter

Here's the next Sadler's Lectures podcast on Musonius Rufus' Lectures, this one on lecture 8, which has to do officially with "kings", but actually applies to anyone exercising authority or leadership. Develop & act in accordance with the virtues, or fail soundcloud.com/gregorybsadle…

Just updated this resource page for my ongoing online course Ancient Virtue Ethics: Three Main Traditions with new links to course recordings, readings, and bonus discussions gregorybsadler.substack.com/…

Ok. I'll get in in this. Introduce yourself by listing 10 bands you have seen live: Judas Priest Motorhead Ratt Iron Maiden KISS Queensryche No surprises there, but these might be for a few: Duran Duran The Cure Howard Jones The Violent Femmes

Here's the first in a new set of core concept videos, returning to Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologiae, but now to IIaIIae, q 23, looking at his discussions of charity, starting with the article on charity as a kind of friendship youtu.be/-zsK6eEghrQ

They're not all, as the kids (used to) say "bangers", but I can meme every once in a while

Ain't that the truth sometimes

Here's the next Sadler's Lectures on one of Musonius Rufus' lectures, number 4, in which he continues his line of thinking about men, women, and the virtues, arguing that sons and daughters should both receive the same education, as human beings soundcloud.com/gregorybsadle…

Just finished a class session in my online Ancient Virtue Ethics: Three Main Traditions course, a perk for paying Substack subscribers. This time, we moved into the third big tradition, the Stoics. Excellent questions from participants. Videorecording of it will be up tomorrow

Coming up at Noon Central Time today, we're continuing our exploration of Jim Butcher's The Dresden Files, looking at his novels Battle Ground and Twelve Months and the novella Out Law. Video premiere with live chat, followed by conversation in Zoom! youtu.be/dck5yP3NzAE

Here's a new short video, this one looking at Musonius' discussions of the cardinal virtue of justice, and the range of subordinate virtues encompassed by it youtube.com/shorts/eQ5nAbs5d…