Cultivate Virtue: Recent Episodes

Eric Claussen

Myth, Virtue, Philosophy, Metaphysics, and Theology.

Platonism is the original spiritual heritage of the western world. Its philosophy shaped the way we understand ethics, virtue, and beauty. Its theology illuminated our view of the afterlife, Gods, and the soul of man.

After centuries of oppression under Christianity, Platonism is ready for a rebirth, a renaissance.

The west is ready for a spiritual path that promotes reason over faith, allegory over literalism, and philosophy over belief. We no longer have to choose between the irrational Abrahamic traditions and the cold cynicism of atheism.

Here, we explore the traditions, philosophy, and wisdom of this spiritual path and how it applies to modern life.

Here is the original debate:

Here is the original youtube debate.

E. Michael Jones' new book on Logos and other random topics.

You thought we couldn't talk about porn, exorcism, and loony toons but here we are. Kyle swears off porn and we discuss ways to kick the addiction.

Kyle and Eric discuss some of E. Michael Jones' new book on Logos (Pronounced Lo-Go-s)

What are laws really? What gives law its power? Is it the power of the one who dictates it? Does law have a natural basis that we can understand?

I often hear democracy spoken of as a universal good but why? What makes the masses particularly qualified to make good decisions about policy, leaders, and laws?

This episode had a few technical difficulties and cuts short abruptly but I still wanted to share the bulk of it.

Mainstream scientific theories like the big bang, black holes, and evolution are garbage.

The Pope attacks traditional Catholics raising questions about the relationship of tradition to authority.

Kyle and Eric talk about their animal based diets and discuss some of the metaphysical differences between Catholicism and Platonism.

Kyle and I discuss the roles of Heroes in our lives and the state of paganism.

With Eric moving soon, this episode takes a more free form with topics ranging from freemasonry to philosophy for dummies.

Eric and Kyle discuss the role of social media in modern and life and reasons to avoid it altogether.

We discuss the value and limits of political action. What is the point and nature of politics?

We discuss the modern and ancient conceptions of Liberty. Modernity views Liberty as freedom from constraint whereas the Ancients viewed Liberty as the capacity for self-governance.

In this episode, Eric and Kyle talk about how they met and what the show will discuss.