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    Philosophy

    The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

    The Partially Examined Life is a podcast by some guys who were at one point set on doing philosophy for a living but then thought better of it. Each episode, we pick a short text and chat about it with some balance between insight and flippancy. You don’t have to know any philosophy, or even to have read the text we’re talking about to (mostly) follow and (hopefully) enjoy the discussion. For links to the texts we discuss and other info, check out www.partiallyexaminedlife.com.

    We also feature episodes from other podcasts by our hosts to round out your partially examined life, including Pretty Much Pop (prettymuchpop.com, covering all media), Nakedly Examined Music (nakedlyexaminedmusic.com, deconstructing songs), Philosophy vs. Improv (philosophyimprov.com, fun with performance skills and philosophical ideas), and (sub)Text (subtextpodcast.com, looking deeply at lit and film). Learn about more network podcasts at partiallyexaminedlife.com.

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    Ep. 321: August Schlegel on Beauty (Part One) Jul 10, 2023
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    Covering the elder Schlegel brother's Theory of Art (ca. 1800). How does our experience of Beauty relate to the infinite? Schlegel provides a Romantic response to Kant on knowing the divine, inner essences of things through art, how genius works, and the relationship between art and nature.

    Get more at partiallyexaminedlife.com. Visit partiallyexaminedlife.com/support to get ad-free episodes and tons of bonus discussion.


    PREMIUM-Ep. 320: Friedrich Schlegel on Romanticism (Part Three) Jul 08, 2023
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    Mark and Wes conclude our discussion of the younger Schlegel brother by going through more of his critical fragments, largely published in 1797 in the journal Lyceum Tier Schonen Kunste.

    If you're not hearing the full version of this part of the discussion, sign up via one of the options described at partiallyexaminedlife.com/support.


    Ep. 320: Friedrich Schlegel on Romanticism (Part Two) Jul 03, 2023
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    We continue on Schlegel's "Dialogue on Poesy" (1799) and "Concerning the Essence of Critique" (1804).

    How can Romantic art always aim at some common source of our humanity yet also require originality? How can having some sort of common mythology help artists be original in this way, and how can we embrace mythology as modern people?

    Get more at partiallyexaminedlife.com. Visit partiallyexaminedlife.com/support to get ad-free episodes and a supporter-exclusive part three to this discussion.


    Ep. 320: Friedrich Schlegel on Romanticism (Part One) Jun 26, 2023
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    On selected fragments from 1797-1801, "Dialogue on Poesy" (1799), and "Concerning the Essence of Critique" (1804).

    What makes art "Romantic"? Schlegel sees good art as uniquely, authentically reaching out to a divine source that underlies and connects each of us.

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    PREMIUM-Ep. 319: Schiller on Experiencing Beauty (Part Three) Jun 23, 2023
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    We complete our treatment of On the Aesthetic Education of Man by considering its final letters in more detail.

    Does Reason really make us more moral? And does the embrace of Beauty really point us to Reason, or does self-consciousness rule out immersion in art?

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    Ep. 319: Schiller on Experiencing Beauty (Part Two) Jun 19, 2023
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    Starting with letter 20 in On the Aesthetic Education of Man (1795), we tell more of the story of how art is supposed to get us from sensation to thinking.

    Aesthetic perception ends up being essential to any conceptualization (thinking) whatsoever!

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    Ep. 319: Schiller on Experiencing Beauty (Part One) Jun 11, 2023
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    On the second half of Friedrich Schiller's On the Aesthetic Education of Man (1795), getting into the mechanics of how aesthetic experience work in giving us a midpoint between animality and pure rationality where we can feel free. Also, does art reveal truth?

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    PREMIUM-Ep. 318: Friedrich Schiller on the Civilizing Potential of Art (Part Three) Jun 10, 2023
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    Mark and Wes dive deeper into the text of the first several letters of On the Aesthetic Education of Man (1795).

    Are verbal descriptions of art destined to fall short? What is it to put yourself forward as a representative of your species? These and many more of Schiller's puzzling proclamations are debated in detail!

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    Ep. 318: Friedrich Schiller on the Civilizing Potential of Art (Part Two) Jun 05, 2023
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    We continue working through letters 1-15 of On the Aesthetic Education of Man (1795), helped by Markus Reuter.

    We get clearer on what Schiller means by Beauty, and how two contrary drives toward matter and form somehow cancel each other out to combine in a "play drive" that is at the heart of appreciating and creating art.

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    Ep. 318: Friedrich Schiller on the Civilizing Potential of Art (Part One) May 29, 2023
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    Can art make us better people? Musician Markus Reuter joins Mark, Wes, and Seth to discussion the first half of On the Aesthetic Education of Man (1795).

    Given the failure of the French Revolution, this famous German poet wondered what could make the masses capable of governing themselves? His answer: Beauty! Aesthetic appreciation puts us at a distance from our savage desires, enables the abstract thought necessary for Kantian rationalist morality, and yet keeps us in touch with our feelings so that we don't just become cogs in the industrial machine.

    Get more at partiallyexaminedlife.com. Visit partiallyexaminedlife.com/support to get ad-free episodes and tons of bonus discussion.


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