Philosophy Talk w/ Exploring Western Thought & The Christendom Coalition

0:00 - Slightly awkward Intro - First chat wasn’t recorded and is sadly lost forever

0:59 - Boethius Intro

5:24 - The Consolation of Philosophy - Free Will vs. God’s Providence & Happiness

6:42 - Can Plato and Aristotle be reconciled?

10:34 - Book Recommendation - Coppleston’s History of Philosophy

11:33 - The state of philosophy in academia

14:27 - Kant is bad tangent

17:29 - Which philosophers do you start with/When in the history of philosophy do you start?

21:06 - Critique of Materialism begins

22:05 - The importance of Hylomorphism, explanation of matter and form, and the problem of change

26:16 - The epistemological and moral consequences of your metaphysics. The three metaphysical options

29:56 - More problems with materialism and emergence theory. Problems with dualism.

32:55 - Ad hominem against/Critique of English Atheists

34:09 - Dualism comes from Protestantism

35:35 - Theory(ies) of the Forms and their necessity

41:21 - The failure of public education with respect to philosophy

43:43 - Does Hylomorphism imply God?

45:57 - A Christian view of The History of Philosophy

48:16 - Suicide vs. Why - The Fundamental Question of Philosophy

51:54 - Transition to The Three Pillars of Western Civilization/Christendom

53:53 - The Three Necessary Societies

56:16 - The Necessity and Current Weakness of The Catholic Church

59:16 - Marriage is Illegal and The Failure of Conservatives

1:08:28 - The Role of Women in saving Western Civilization

1:15:21 - The Crisis of Liberty

1:20:13 - Highlighted/Coming Soon pieces

1:22:49 - Conclusion

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