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v. 1. The spell of Plato.--v. 2. The high tide of prophecy: Hegel, Marx, and the aftermath

v. 1. The spell of Plato.--v. 2. The high tide of prophecy: Hegel, Marx, and the aftermath

v. 1. The spell of Plato.--v. 2. The high tide of prophecy: Hegel, Marx, and the aftermath

Here is the conclusion of my four part series on the book The Open Society And Its Enemies by Karl Popper. This episode finishes up Popper's observations on Marx as well as his general overview on how we should best think about history. In this episode I discuss Popper's thoughts on:- How upon success revolutionary leaders become the new ruling class - and how there are many different classes; not just two.- How modern democracies are not what Marx knew as capitalism - political intervention as a less sexy but also less violent reform instead of revolution- The impoverished conception of Marx's practical program- Violence ended the exact moment it is not needed is the point of revolution- The Left Wings ambivalence and ambiguity toward violence is something to be suspicious of - equality or table turning?- The working class are realists and Marx had a lack of imagination in regards to Capitalism - the world today doesn't mean the world forever- We can use our thoughts to change our environment - the ethos of The Liberal Soul is about reflection and being able to change your mind- Honesty is making sure other people know what you mean by your words - traditions need to be analyzed before celebrated- Rationalism vs Irrationalism - Equality before the law - not a fact but a political demand based on a moral decision- One can only learn if you take others seriouslyThank you once again for listening to The Liberal Soul. If you enjoy the podcast please subscribe and leave a rating or review. 

Here is the conclusion of my four part series on the book The Open Society And Its Enemies by Karl Popper. This episode finishes up Popper's observations on Marx as well as his general overview on how we should best think about history. In this episode I discuss Popper's thoughts on:- How upon success revolutionary leaders become the new ruling class - and how there are many different classes; not just two.- How modern democracies are not what Marx knew as capitalism - political intervention as a less sexy but also less violent reform instead of revolution- The impoverished conception of Marx's practical program- Violence ended the exact moment it is not needed is the point of revolution- The Left Wings ambivalence and ambiguity toward violence is something to be suspicious of - equality or table turning?- The working class are realists and Marx had a lack of imagination in regards to Capitalism - the world today doesn't mean the world forever- We can use our thoughts to change our environment - the ethos of The Liberal Soul is about reflection and being able to change your mind- Honesty is making sure other people know what you mean by your words - traditions need to be analyzed before celebrated- Rationalism vs Irrationalism - Equality before the law - not a fact but a political demand based on a moral decision- One can only learn if you take others seriouslyThank you once again for listening to The Liberal Soul. If you enjoy the podcast please subscribe and leave a rating or review. 

Here is the conclusion of my four part series on the book The Open Society And Its Enemies by Karl Popper. This episode finishes up Popper's observations on Marx as well as his general overview on how we should best think about history. In this episode I discuss Popper's thoughts on:- How upon success revolutionary leaders become the new ruling class - and how there are many different classes; not just two.- How modern democracies are not what Marx knew as capitalism - political intervention as a less sexy but also less violent reform instead of revolution- The impoverished conception of Marx's practical program- Violence ended the exact moment it is not needed is the point of revolution- The Left Wings ambivalence and ambiguity toward violence is something to be suspicious of - equality or table turning?- The working class are realists and Marx had a lack of imagination in regards to Capitalism - the world today doesn't mean the world forever- We can use our thoughts to change our environment - the ethos of The Liberal Soul is about reflection and being able to change your mind- Honesty is making sure other people know what you mean by your words - traditions need to be analyzed before celebrated- Rationalism vs Irrationalism - Equality before the law - not a fact but a political demand based on a moral decision- One can only learn if you take others seriouslyThank you once again for listening to The Liberal Soul. If you enjoy the podcast please subscribe and leave a rating or review. 

Here is the conclusion of my four part series on the book The Open Society And Its Enemies by Karl Popper. This episode finishes up Popper's observations on Marx as well as his general overview on how we should best think about history. In this episode I discuss Popper's thoughts on:- How upon success revolutionary leaders become the new ruling class - and how there are many different classes; not just two.- How modern democracies are not what Marx knew as capitalism - political intervention as a less sexy but also less violent reform instead of revolution- The impoverished conception of Marx's practical program- Violence ended the exact moment it is not needed is the point of revolution- The Left Wings ambivalence and ambiguity toward violence is something to be suspicious of - equality or table turning?- The working class are realists and Marx had a lack of imagination in regards to Capitalism - the world today doesn't mean the world forever- We can use our thoughts to change our environment - the ethos of The Liberal Soul is about reflection and being able to change your mind- Honesty is making sure other people know what you mean by your words - traditions need to be analyzed before celebrated- Rationalism vs Irrationalism - Equality before the law - not a fact but a political demand based on a moral decision- One can only learn if you take others seriouslyThank you once again for listening to The Liberal Soul. If you enjoy the podcast please subscribe and leave a rating or review. 

*Mild spoilers for season two of House of Cards in this episode*Welcome to part three of a four part series on the book The Open Society And Its Enemies by Karl Popper. If you haven't listened to the first two parts yet I would highly recommend that you do, as the book builds through the parts and I will make references in todays episode that will have more context if you are familiar with the previous two episodes. In part three, I discuss Popper's take on how Aristotle and Hegel have intellectually contributed to the closed society ethos; and also begin with how Marx did. In this episode I discuss:- Teleology and its application to the forms from Plato - that it is process driven Essentialism, and that there is in fact no such thing as static reality.- Competing arguments is how we live and it is necessarily so- Hegel as a politically useful philosopher - he had ability to use language to his own ends. His contribution was beginning our sense of Nationalism in the modern sense, and how that always needs an enemy.- Heroism as only being as good as the cause for which one is a hero in- The \"ya but how\" heuristic- How economies and ideas are a two way street- How economic power is dependent on political and physical power.Thanks again for listening, have a great day!

Welcome to part one of a four part mini-series on the book The Open Society And Its Enemies by Karl Popper. This book is a Promethean level of fresh air intellectually when it comes to understanding how a free society can operate; and what are the kind of mentalities that are opposed to that. Even though it is mentioned as unknowing in the episode, this book was published in 1945. It comes in two volumes, and for this episode I will be talking about the first half of volume one. In today's episode I discuss that parts of Poppers argument that deal with:- Historicism as Popper's catch all idea for the undergirding of all those interested in the closed society- How a turbulent world or social structure often inspires people to feel a need to return to a closed society - with all the tribal myths and stories about the greatness of a given people coming back into the fore- Plato's theory on the forms/ideas - postulating the idea of perfection- Plato's conclusion that change is evil and rest is divine - and how he begins to apply this idea to that of the State- How the concept of something being socially constructed does not necessitate that is is completely arbitrary. That in fact a better way to think about social constructions is asking what kind of problem are they purporting to solve.- The underlying fear of people that ethical obligations are the our responsibility- How Plato would twist the meaning of words to his own designs- And how borderline moral and intellectual cases are welcome in an open society because it keeps our thinking sharp.I hope you enjoy this first part, and there are three more to come. 

Vol. 1, translated into Ukrainian (1994)

Vol. 1, translated into Ukrainian (1994)

Vol. 1, translated into Ukrainian (1994)

This episode is part two of a four part series on the book The Open Society And Its Enemies by Karl Popper. Please listen to episode one before this as it will give context for this episode. In this episode I discuss:- Plato's formulation about who should rule is a useless question - rather we should ask how we can make institutions that prevent bad rulers from doing too much harm, as many to most rulers are below average in real life.- Shortcomings in a democratic state are the responsibility of the citizens in that state and should not be blamed on democracy itself.- Focusing on the question of who should rule will turn the education of leaders into a kind of race or competition rather than having those students focus on their studies for its own sake. They will rather be focused on furthering their careers instead.- My formulation of the Noble Truth to counteract against Plato's the Noble Lie - we have to create and discovering our own meaning in life by consciously selecting our own stories to live by.- The concept of philosopher as made clear by the distinction between Socrates and Plato; the former as a lover and seeker of wisdom and the latter as a proud possessor of knowledge.- The difference between the Utopian and Piecemeal social engineer- Plato as noticing the strain from the rise of democracy, and took advantage of existing sentiments to use language duplicitously to attempt to bring a more closed society. - And how we can't return to the closed society without becoming beasts. 

This episode is part two of a four part series on the book The Open Society And Its Enemies by Karl Popper. Please listen to episode one before this as it will give context for this episode. In this episode I discuss:- Plato's formulation about who should rule is a useless question - rather we should ask how we can make institutions that prevent bad rulers from doing too much harm, as many to most rulers are below average in real life.- Shortcomings in a democratic state are the responsibility of the citizens in that state and should not be blamed on democracy itself.- Focusing on the question of who should rule will turn the education of leaders into a kind of race or competition rather than having those students focus on their studies for its own sake. They will rather be focused on furthering their careers instead.- My formulation of the Noble Truth to counteract against Plato's the Noble Lie - we have to create and discovering our own meaning in life by consciously selecting our own stories to live by.- The concept of philosopher as made clear by the distinction between Socrates and Plato; the former as a lover and seeker of wisdom and the latter as a proud possessor of knowledge.- The difference between the Utopian and Piecemeal social engineer- Plato as noticing the strain from the rise of democracy, and took advantage of existing sentiments to use language duplicitously to attempt to bring a more closed society. - And how we can't return to the closed society without becoming beasts. 

This episode is part two of a four part series on the book The Open Society And Its Enemies by Karl Popper. Please listen to episode one before this as it will give context for this episode. In this episode I discuss:- Plato's formulation about who should rule is a useless question - rather we should ask how we can make institutions that prevent bad rulers from doing too much harm, as many to most rulers are below average in real life.- Shortcomings in a democratic state are the responsibility of the citizens in that state and should not be blamed on democracy itself.- Focusing on the question of who should rule will turn the education of leaders into a kind of race or competition rather than having those students focus on their studies for its own sake. They will rather be focused on furthering their careers instead.- My formulation of the Noble Truth to counteract against Plato's the Noble Lie - we have to create and discovering our own meaning in life by consciously selecting our own stories to live by.- The concept of philosopher as made clear by the distinction between Socrates and Plato; the former as a lover and seeker of wisdom and the latter as a proud possessor of knowledge.- The difference between the Utopian and Piecemeal social engineer- Plato as noticing the strain from the rise of democracy, and took advantage of existing sentiments to use language duplicitously to attempt to bring a more closed society. - And how we can't return to the closed society without becoming beasts. 

This episode is part two of a four part series on the book The Open Society And Its Enemies by Karl Popper. Please listen to episode one before this as it will give context for this episode. In this episode I discuss:- Plato's formulation about who should rule is a useless question - rather we should ask how we can make institutions that prevent bad rulers from doing too much harm, as many to most rulers are below average in real life.- Shortcomings in a democratic state are the responsibility of the citizens in that state and should not be blamed on democracy itself.- Focusing on the question of who should rule will turn the education of leaders into a kind of race or competition rather than having those students focus on their studies for its own sake. They will rather be focused on furthering their careers instead.- My formulation of the Noble Truth to counteract against Plato's the Noble Lie - we have to create and discovering our own meaning in life by consciously selecting our own stories to live by.- The concept of philosopher as made clear by the distinction between Socrates and Plato; the former as a lover and seeker of wisdom and the latter as a proud possessor of knowledge.- The difference between the Utopian and Piecemeal social engineer- Plato as noticing the strain from the rise of democracy, and took advantage of existing sentiments to use language duplicitously to attempt to bring a more closed society. - And how we can't return to the closed society without becoming beasts. 

This episode is part two of a four part series on the book The Open Society And Its Enemies by Karl Popper. Please listen to episode one before this as it will give context for this episode. In this episode I discuss:- Plato's formulation about who should rule is a useless question - rather we should ask how we can make institutions that prevent bad rulers from doing too much harm, as many to most rulers are below average in real life.- Shortcomings in a democratic state are the responsibility of the citizens in that state and should not be blamed on democracy itself.- Focusing on the question of who should rule will turn the education of leaders into a kind of race or competition rather than having those students focus on their studies for its own sake. They will rather be focused on furthering their careers instead.- My formulation of the Noble Truth to counteract against Plato's the Noble Lie - we have to create and discovering our own meaning in life by consciously selecting our own stories to live by.- The concept of philosopher as made clear by the distinction between Socrates and Plato; the former as a lover and seeker of wisdom and the latter as a proud possessor of knowledge.- The difference between the Utopian and Piecemeal social engineer- Plato as noticing the strain from the rise of democracy, and took advantage of existing sentiments to use language duplicitously to attempt to bring a more closed society. - And how we can't return to the closed society without becoming beasts. 

This episode is part two of a four part series on the book The Open Society And Its Enemies by Karl Popper. Please listen to episode one before this as it will give context for this episode. In this episode I discuss:- Plato's formulation about who should rule is a useless question - rather we should ask how we can make institutions that prevent bad rulers from doing too much harm, as many to most rulers are below average in real life.- Shortcomings in a democratic state are the responsibility of the citizens in that state and should not be blamed on democracy itself.- Focusing on the question of who should rule will turn the education of leaders into a kind of race or competition rather than having those students focus on their studies for its own sake. They will rather be focused on furthering their careers instead.- My formulation of the Noble Truth to counteract against Plato's the Noble Lie - we have to create and discovering our own meaning in life by consciously selecting our own stories to live by.- The concept of philosopher as made clear by the distinction between Socrates and Plato; the former as a lover and seeker of wisdom and the latter as a proud possessor of knowledge.- The difference between the Utopian and Piecemeal social engineer- Plato as noticing the strain from the rise of democracy, and took advantage of existing sentiments to use language duplicitously to attempt to bring a more closed society. - And how we can't return to the closed society without becoming beasts. 

This episode is part two of a four part series on the book The Open Society And Its Enemies by Karl Popper. Please listen to episode one before this as it will give context for this episode. In this episode I discuss:- Plato's formulation about who should rule is a useless question - rather we should ask how we can make institutions that prevent bad rulers from doing too much harm, as many to most rulers are below average in real life.- Shortcomings in a democratic state are the responsibility of the citizens in that state and should not be blamed on democracy itself.- Focusing on the question of who should rule will turn the education of leaders into a kind of race or competition rather than having those students focus on their studies for its own sake. They will rather be focused on furthering their careers instead.- My formulation of the Noble Truth to counteract against Plato's the Noble Lie - we have to create and discovering our own meaning in life by consciously selecting our own stories to live by.- The concept of philosopher as made clear by the distinction between Socrates and Plato; the former as a lover and seeker of wisdom and the latter as a proud possessor of knowledge.- The difference between the Utopian and Piecemeal social engineer- Plato as noticing the strain from the rise of democracy, and took advantage of existing sentiments to use language duplicitously to attempt to bring a more closed society. - And how we can't return to the closed society without becoming beasts. 

This episode is part two of a four part series on the book The Open Society And Its Enemies by Karl Popper. Please listen to episode one before this as it will give context for this episode. In this episode I discuss:- Plato's formulation about who should rule is a useless question - rather we should ask how we can make institutions that prevent bad rulers from doing too much harm, as many to most rulers are below average in real life.- Shortcomings in a democratic state are the responsibility of the citizens in that state and should not be blamed on democracy itself.- Focusing on the question of who should rule will turn the education of leaders into a kind of race or competition rather than having those students focus on their studies for its own sake. They will rather be focused on furthering their careers instead.- My formulation of the Noble Truth to counteract against Plato's the Noble Lie - we have to create and discovering our own meaning in life by consciously selecting our own stories to live by.- The concept of philosopher as made clear by the distinction between Socrates and Plato; the former as a lover and seeker of wisdom and the latter as a proud possessor of knowledge.- The difference between the Utopian and Piecemeal social engineer- Plato as noticing the strain from the rise of democracy, and took advantage of existing sentiments to use language duplicitously to attempt to bring a more closed society. - And how we can't return to the closed society without becoming beasts. 

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