A Podcast about the Art of the Possible. Hosted by Frank, a Brazilian Historian (@FrankGothic), and Leon, Dutch social scientist (@LaboringLeon). In which we look at Literature (The Left Page) and Media (Here Be Media) through a socio-historical & Utopian lens!
Find more of our work and projects at https://linktr.ee/leftpagehbm
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A Podcast about the Art of the Possible. Hosted by Frank, a Brazilian Historian (@FrankGothic), and Leon, Dutch social scientist (@LaboringLeon). In which we look at Literature (The Left Page) and Media (Here Be Media) through a socio-historical & Utopian lens!
Find more of our work and projects at https://linktr.ee/leftpagehbm
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Hello everyone!!
For our late Left Page this month, we dive into an odd choice, but a fruitful one! Emperor Marcus Aurelius' Meditations, from 161 A.D.!
In what we find to be one of the original inspirations for self-help books, we... certainly suffer through this one! Talking about how an Emperor can isolate himself from his society and keep himself above it, becoming "a perfect and invincible soul".
And we tackle it in turn, with our own experiences, charging against his feeble attempts at "human nature", what he understands existance and history to be, and worst and scariest of all, the horror of men.
Enjoy!
And check out the Existential Comics Frank mentioned on Epictetus!
https://existentialcomics.com/comic/264
If you can and are interested in early episodes and the Here Be Extras, check our Patreon!
https://www.patreon.com/leftpage
Also! If you're not there already, feel free to join our Discord, as we have been more talkative than usual, and plan to do so more and more!
Intro Credits: Ultralounge, Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Outro Credits: Leve Palestina, Spartacus
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