by Dan | Mar 13, 2013 | Ancient Perspectives on Transhuman Issues, Interviews with Philosophers
Staying on the path of digging into Nietzsche, I was able to catch up recently with Professor Mark Anderson of Nashiville’s Belmont University. Specializing in Nietzsche and the ancient greeks, Prof. Anderson shared some if his insights into Nietzsche’s...
by Dan | Feb 18, 2013 | Ancient Perspectives on Transhuman Issues, Interviews with Philosophers
Below is correspondance between myself and Professor Peter Adamson of King’s College in London. Professor Adamson has published widely on Greek and Arabic philosophers, Epictetus being one (the philosopher of particular interest here). After reaching out to...
by Dan | Feb 17, 2013 | Ancient Perspectives on Transhuman Issues, Interviews with Philosophers
The first philosophy book that I ever dove into was Nichomachean Ethics, at age 19. The emphasis on self-cultivation and the articulation of the depths of fulfillment pulled me in, and I’ve been immersed ever since. I reached out to Dr. David Roochnik as an...
by Dan | Feb 17, 2013 | Ancient Perspectives on Transhuman Issues, Interviews with Philosophers
It would be a vast understatement to say that Emerson is one of my favorite thinkers. Luckily, I was in touch with and set up an interview with Professor Richard Geldard, author of “Emerson and the Dream of America,” “The Spiritual Teachings of Ralph Waldo Emerson,”...
by Dan | Jan 26, 2013 | Ancient Perspectives on Transhuman Issues, Interviews with Philosophers
To whom to we give thanks for our modern perspective on science and man’s will to understand / overcome his condition? How do these outlooks and mindsets translate to future developing faster than any era before it? Dr. Khalil Habib heads the Pell Honors Program...
by Dan | Dec 30, 2012 | Ancient Perspectives on Transhuman Issues, Interviews with Philosophers
Seneca, Epictetus, Aurelius – even westerners unfamiliar with “Stoicism” recognize many of the names that brought this Philosophy to bear. Today, there are few self-professed Stoics in the world, but I was lucky enough to catch up with one of them...
