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What's a technocratic paradigm?
Pope Francis's 2015 encyclical, Laudato Si', has done more than maybe any other document to set the tone and agenda for his pontificate. Here we introduce and review Laudato Si' and review its key claims, including especially the claim the we today are in the thrall of a "technocratic paradigm" - a way of seeing that grants the most power to those with technical skills. Pope Francis holds that his limited way of seeing underlies both our unsustainable exploitation of natural resources and our failure to recognize and respect the dignity of all.
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Labyrinths is an ongoing project of Dr. Jon Sozek to promote thoughtful conversation about the history of philosophy, religion, and culture on TH-cam.
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The Trivium - tinyurl.com/4cntnz3n
Religion and Society - tinyurl.com/mvwa9k5v
History of Christianity - tinyurl.com/5ykn4kb7
Catholic Intellectual Tradition - tinyurl.com/mw3v8f8r
Christian Mysticism - tinyurl.com/yerc4vne
Theology of the Civil Rights Movement - tinyurl.com/2npc3jd4
The Spiritual Life - tinyurl.com/3h84why8
Religions of Asia - tinyurl.com/56yjstpn
Debating Democracy - tinyurl.com/3cvzr6nr
Ancient Greek Thought - tinyurl.com/4rzwky35
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Dominion or community?
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In the concluding chapter of her 2014 book, Ask the Beasts: Darwin and the God of Love, Catholic theologian Elizabeth Johnson distinguishes between two "paradigms," two ways of seeing, the relationship between human beings and the rest of the natural world: the "dominion paradigm," which sees humanity as superior to or above other creatures, and "the community of creation paradigm," which decli...
Three stations of Islamic spirituality
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In this final part of a four-part series on A. Helwa's Secrets of Divine Love, we walk through three stages or dimensions of the spiritual life in Islamic tradition - stages that Helwa calls "stations of ecstatic love." These are islam, pertaining to our actions; iman, pertaining to our beliefs, and ihsan, which joins and transcends both earlier stages, bringing them to fruition. Labyrinths is ...
Looking through the Qur'an
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In this third part of a four-part on A. Helwa's Secrets of Divine Love, we discuss chapter three of that book. Helwa explores the Qur'an, calling her readers "to look through it and toward the mysterious essence of God that animates everything in existence." Labyrinths is an ongoing project of Dr. Jon Sozek to promote thoughtful conversation about the history of philosophy, religion, and cultur...
What is Catholic social teaching?
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You've heard it mentioned - but what is it? Here we introduce the tradition of thought called "Catholic social teaching", starting from its biblical foundations and its seven so-called "pillars," then reviewing some historical milestones since its beginnings in 1891 with the promulgation of Leo XIII's encyclical Rerum novarum. We conclude by considering a series of brief passages from Msgr. Mar...
What is a person?
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We say that we're "individuals," and we say that we're "persons." What's the difference? Here we look at three accounts of the human person in the work of Karol Wojtyła (Pope John Paul II), Robert Sokolowski, and Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI). This includes a discussion of the person from the perspectives of moral philosophy (Wojtyła), metaphysics (Sokolowski), and theology (Ratzinger). ...
The human return to God
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In part one of this three-part series on A. Helwa's Secrets of Divine Love, we surveyed the authors account of the nature of God - who is God? This time, we consider the books second chapter, which focuses on the nature of ourselves as human beings. We consider the author's account of what we call the "human drama" of sin, repentance, and remembrance of God, and survey her account of the dynami...
God reflected in the world
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This is the first in a four-part series on A. Helwa's 2019 book Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam. The four installments comment in turn on the first four chapters of the book. Here we focus on Helwa's first chapter: "Allah: The Origin of Love." Labyrinths is an ongoing project of Dr. Jon Sozek to promote thoughtful conversation about the history of philosophy,...
Robert Barron on being "sent"
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In previous installments in this three-part series, we've looked at Robert Barron's discussions of the first two "paths" he identifies in Christian spirituality: of "finding the center," and recognizing that we are both sinful and redeemed by Christ. In this third installment, we look at the third and final of these paths: of "recognizing that your life is not about you." Barron proposes that e...
Thomas Merton, "Fire Watch"
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A reading of the epilogue to Thomas Merton's journal, The Sign of Jonas (1953). The title of the epilogue is "Fire Watch, July 4, 1952." The Catholic philosopher Jacques Maritain called this "the greatest piece of spiritual writing in the twentieth century." No commentary. Just the reading. Labyrinths is an ongoing project of Dr. Jon Sozek to promote thoughtful conversation about the history of...
Robert Barron on the sense of sin
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The idea of "sin" is often controversial in our time, as it might appear to impose an excessive burden of guilt on the would-be Christian. For Robert Barron, though - and for the tradition he represents - having a healthy "sense of sin" is crucial for spiritual growth and development. Here we examine the second chapter of Barron's book, The Strangest Way (2002), focusing on the second path of C...
Robert Barron on finding the center
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The first in a three-part series on Bishop Robert Barron's 2002 book, The Strangest Way: Walking the Christian Path. Barron builds a case against a "Cartesian"-inspired understanding of the spiritual life, emphasizing practice, embodiment, passion, affect, and more. This first installment surveys the Introduction and Chapter One of Barron's book. On Robert Barron, The Strangest Way (2002) Part ...
Structure and anti-structure; Thomas Merton on Chuang Tzu
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How does structure relate to anti-structure? Should we just to "burn it all down," or does anti-structure refer to something deeper than that? Here we discuss Thomas Merton's introduction to his 1965 book The Way of Change Tzu and approach this question by looking at the relation between Confucianism and Taoism, as presented by Merton. Labyrinths is an ongoing project of Dr. Jon Sozek to promot...
The "measured" death of Socrates (Apology, Part 3)
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Socrates is convicted and sentenced to death. How does he take it? And what do we know about the actual scene of his death? Here we explore. This video is the first in a three-part series offering a reading of Plato's dialogue based on that trial, the Apology. Part 1: Socrates confronts his accusers. th-cam.com/video/xlN41Ha6bVo/w-d-xo.html Part 2: Why is Socrates a "gadfly"? th-cam.com/video/J...
Why is Socrates a "gadfly"? (Apology, Part 2)
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We often hear Socrates called a "gadfly." What does that mean? Here we explain. This video is the first in a three-part series offering a reading of Plato's dialogue based on that trial, the Apology. Part 1: Socrates confronts his accusers. th-cam.com/video/xlN41Ha6bVo/w-d-xo.html Part 2: Why is Socrates a "gadfly"? th-cam.com/video/Jofh6cbsuZM/w-d-xo.html Part 3: The "measured" death of Socrat...
Socrates confronts his accusers (Apology, Part 1)
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Socrates confronts his accusers (Apology, Part 1)
Kipling on the fruits of action
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Kipling on the fruits of action
Why read the Bhagavad Gita?
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Why read the Bhagavad Gita?
Labyrinths channel trailer
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Labyrinths channel trailer
Democracy: Threats and prospects (Part 7 of 7)
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Democracy: Threats and prospects (Part 7 of 7)
Does democracy promote equality? (Part 6 of 7)
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Does democracy promote equality? (Part 6 of 7)
Are democracies more free? (Part 5 of 7)
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Are democracies more free? (Part 5 of 7)
Does democracy make us wise? (Part 4 of 7)
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Does democracy make us wise? (Part 4 of 7)
Does democracy make us virtuous? (Part 3 of 7)
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Does democracy make us virtuous? (Part 3 of 7)
Are democracies more stable? (Part 2 of 7)
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Are democracies more stable? (Part 2 of 7)
Democracy and its history (Part 1 of 7)
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Democracy and its history (Part 1 of 7)
Inductive arguments (The Trivium, Part 20)
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Inductive arguments (The Trivium, Part 20)
Hypothetical arguments (The Trivium, Part 19)
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Hypothetical arguments (The Trivium, Part 19)
Determining validity (The Trivium, Part 18)
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Determining validity (The Trivium, Part 18)
Categorical syllogisms (The Trivium, Part 17)
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Categorical syllogisms (The Trivium, Part 17)

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  • @andreasrylander
    @andreasrylander 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Ahh yes. This is very compatible with nondual Shaiva Tantra. ❤

  • @PirateRadioPodcasts
    @PirateRadioPodcasts 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    #technoKRAKEN

  • @williamhaddoc
    @williamhaddoc 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I’m not entirely convinced by the World War Two propaganda.

  • @C-me-calling
    @C-me-calling 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Brilliant, thank you

  • @C-me-calling
    @C-me-calling 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thank you for these videos

  • @frank.sophia
    @frank.sophia 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    1 John 5:7 says the three are one. Galatians 3:20 says God is one. Galatians 3:28 says Jesus makes all one. John 17:20-26 is him requesting it.

  • @starlightmusicafrica
    @starlightmusicafrica 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I watched one of your videos and I had to scroll back and begin from the start, Am looking forward to learning

  • @randomcompilations201
    @randomcompilations201 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Create videos on letting Go by david hawkins and the untethered soul by micheal singer. Those books really helped me find peace and surrender

  • @nickhornfeck
    @nickhornfeck 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Beautiful brother. Much appreciated 👏

  • @pothecary
    @pothecary 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    WOW, I am ABSOLUTELY blown away by the quality and effort of your channel. I am busy with a series explaining how to "Think Medieval" and I will most certainly send my subscribers your way. If you will permit me to share... I have always loved the medieval world, its history and aesthetic. I recently began studying the Summa and when I came across the "Great Chain of Being" idea - it radically shifted my perspective of the world around me. Ever since I have been determined to acquire a medieval education. Sadly, I think the modern education system has progressed itself off a cliff in many respects. As a father to a toddler, I now have the opportunity to educate myself, so that I may educate her. For all these reasons, your channel has been an answer to my prayers. Perhaps we will collaborate in the future - it would be an honour! - Vale et Salve, frater. 😄

    • @labyrinthsideas
      @labyrinthsideas 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Greetings and many thanks! Certainly I agree that the modern practice of education can be strengthened by taking more seriously these "earlier" materials - materials that call for a degree of clarity of thought and capacity for logical disinterest that seem too-often lacking today. The "Great Chain of Being" idea is another good example of this possibility for strengthening, as we seem largely to have forgotten the possibility of there being "degrees" of being, maybe in the way Jacques Maritain talked about it. I've enjoyed visiting your own channel as well and have subscribed - and yes, let's please do keep this possibility of a collaboration in mind, would be lovely! Do be well.

  • @theresamiller6178
    @theresamiller6178 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    All the "things" that God "is not" must also be said concerning people.

  • @potspansandpiety
    @potspansandpiety หลายเดือนก่อน

    God bless you for this series!!!!!!!!

  • @Sana-pg2xe
    @Sana-pg2xe หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you so much for making these!

  • @christopherkelly9985
    @christopherkelly9985 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Augustine would not have read Psuedo-Dionysus as Augustine lived and died before he was Psuedo-Dionysius was born

  • @zayaricon
    @zayaricon หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks

  • @ericklopes4046
    @ericklopes4046 หลายเดือนก่อน

    And I'm back here again, mu interests only broaden with these videos, thank you Jonathan xD

  • @richardmagin2905
    @richardmagin2905 หลายเดือนก่อน

    If I was in this class, at its next meeting, I would ask if Thoreau (and Emerson) borrowed their westward gaze from Wordsworth, and his poem, Stepping Westward, that was inspired by a question asked by a country woman about his saunter. "What, you are stepping westward?""Yea." 'T would be a wildish destiny, If we, who thus together roam In a strange land, and far from home, Were in this place the guests of Chance: Yet who would stop, or fear to advance, Though home or shelter he had none, With such a sky to lead him on? The dewy ground was dark and cold; Behind, all gloomy to behold; And stepping westward seemed to be A kind of heavenly destiny: I liked the greeting; 't was a sound Of something without place or bound; And seemed to give me spiritual right To travel through that region bright. The voice was soft, and she who spake Was walking by her native lake: The salutation had to me The very sound of courtesy: Its power was felt; and while my eye Was fixed upon the glowing sky, The echo of the voice enwrought A human sweetness with the thought Of travelling through the world that lay Before me in my endless way.

  • @bartholomewabraham430
    @bartholomewabraham430 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very good and brief explanation.

  • @ruthgilmour8399
    @ruthgilmour8399 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you. That was very deep but helpful. I continue to struggle with the understanding of God and the depth of our Catholic faith. Thank you again.

  • @robertwilson214
    @robertwilson214 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Is there a book or online course to teach basic quadrivium or do you have to go to university?

  • @TomTimes5
    @TomTimes5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Good lecture, but it would have been nice if you had included some of the questionable debate methods used so as to not lead listeners to believe that this was purely intellectual. Because as you know, dissenters often faced torture and violence, which is conveniently left out of 100% of lectures on church history.

    • @labyrinthsideas
      @labyrinthsideas หลายเดือนก่อน

      Quite so, Tom - if I may - and indeed that’s a limitation of this series on the history of Christianity in general. It could surely use more treatment of the political and practical aspects of this history. The whole series is based on a textbook by Alisdair McGrath - and a notable fact about that: McGrath makes not a single mention of the work “Inquisition” in the whole book! My class based on these lectures includes a supplementary reading on that theme, as really it can’t responsibly be passed over. Much appreciate your comment here.

    • @TomTimes5
      @TomTimes5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@labyrinthsideas Thanks for the reply. Your lectures are extremely informative and i've watched about 10 of them now. Hopefully you keep making them

  • @TomTimes5
    @TomTimes5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    While I somewhat agree with the last statement that Spiritual But Not Religious is somewhat of a cohesive cultural choice to move in toward something, it should be noted that, maybe more importantly, it’s a collective choice to move away from something, specifically all extant organized religions. And people are moving away from them for very rational reasons that nobody in organized religion has yet taken seriously or taken the time to really introspect about.

  • @jtb9751
    @jtb9751 หลายเดือนก่อน

    As ever, grateful 🍎🍏

  • @jtb9751
    @jtb9751 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Most grateful 🏺😸

  • @jtb9751
    @jtb9751 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Most grateful 😸

  • @jtb9751
    @jtb9751 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Most grateful 😸

  • @jtb9751
    @jtb9751 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Most grateful

  • @TheWayofFairness
    @TheWayofFairness หลายเดือนก่อน

    🕉 Om Shivo Ham, good luck swasti. I defeat evil.

  • @DP-xu2jf
    @DP-xu2jf หลายเดือนก่อน

    The order is mixed to me. How does the ability to speak come before the ability to order the speech? Grammar, logic and rhetoric (knowledge, understanding and wisdom)

    • @jtb9751
      @jtb9751 หลายเดือนก่อน

      If you were to 'reverse engineer' the system of grammar then you would have the key to rhetoric, and that's two thirds of the whole 📐 Best wishes, 93s ✌️ Many blessings

  • @justbrian...
    @justbrian... หลายเดือนก่อน

    As someone who has been very firmly stuck in materialism for the better part of 30 years...with no framework of for anything spiritual, these 4 videos connected a lot of dots for me. Than you so much for your ability to clearly articulate this information in such an accessible way for a layman like myself. As much as I'd would REALLY go back to just drinking beer and watching football on the weekends, I guess that is no longer gonna be an option for me. At least now I have some guidance for how to start climbing up the mountain. Thank you 🙏

    • @labyrinthsideas
      @labyrinthsideas หลายเดือนก่อน

      Many thanks - and indeed, this experience of being stuck in materialism is something I’ve been thinking of a good bit lately myself. Most of us are, I think. Once one begins to ask questions about the things these videos talk about, though, it is indeed hard to go back to “normal life” - new realizations supersede older felt certainties! Grateful.

  • @HealthyThinkingsubstack
    @HealthyThinkingsubstack หลายเดือนก่อน

    I’ve got three doctorate degrees in health/medicine and I’ve published quite widely. I think that if doctors had to take a course somewhere in their education about logic, then we wouldn’t see so much stupidity in medicine and public health.

  • @HealthyThinkingsubstack
    @HealthyThinkingsubstack หลายเดือนก่อน

    I would have loved this course earlier in my education/life

  • @HealthyThinkingsubstack
    @HealthyThinkingsubstack หลายเดือนก่อน

    2:29 "Two Concepts of Liberty" was the inaugural lecture delivered by the liberal philosopher Isaiah Berlin before the University of Oxford on 31 October 1958 - but Nietzsche clarified this 80 years previously in genealogy of morals when he talked about master slave morality.

  • @prajnabala
    @prajnabala 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This was very helpful to explain why I am drawn to the Catholic church even though it seems absurd. This description of Eckhart's theology is exactly how I experience God.

  • @matthewashman1406
    @matthewashman1406 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I find the ecstasy stuff very strange with female Catholic saints 😮. Like i dont see this with Orthodox saints. Not in a sex kind of way ,the " Jesus pierced me with His arrow stuff". Anyway i dont mean to demean her or Catholics

  • @jordi2712
    @jordi2712 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for your generosity, your time and your teachings.

  • @joelscott4384
    @joelscott4384 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very good.

  • @joelscott4384
    @joelscott4384 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Good job!

  • @richardtruluck2024
    @richardtruluck2024 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    How do they get all this from the Bible?

  • @Virginia-vn7ud
    @Virginia-vn7ud 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    She , Saint Teresa would have been offended to have a translation to all spiritual seeks outside the Catholic spirituality for she believed there was no salvation outside Catholic Church . She died saying she had been a faithful daughter of Catholic Church so to work and promote a “loose” translation is a big betrayal to such a great Catholic Saint 😢

  • @Priyanka-ded
    @Priyanka-ded 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    very important lecture for the pursuit of my Masters in Theology. 🎉

  • @joshbeierschmitt4820
    @joshbeierschmitt4820 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for clarifying darkness as a lack of knowledge rather than an evil or pejorative thing.

  • @Raymond-d2l7n
    @Raymond-d2l7n 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    How does the One relate to the Trinity?

  • @Shevock
    @Shevock 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks for your insight. At school conference, a Chinese American scholar who writes on Eastern philosophies told me I ought to look into Chuan tsu. Because I'm already into a Merton this seems like a good place to start.

  • @PoorKidOne
    @PoorKidOne 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I find your presentations to be exceedingly well done. Please keep them coming.

  • @ronwalker403
    @ronwalker403 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Excellent presentation. Thanks!

  • @trippy6183
    @trippy6183 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This helped a great deal. Thank you.

  • @nickcammarata1233
    @nickcammarata1233 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    these videos are so good thanks so much for making them

  • @thecaliforniamaniac
    @thecaliforniamaniac 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Amazing presentation! Really appreciate the knowledge drop. Spoken wonderfully and very concise!

  • @octavianrei
    @octavianrei 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you very much for this work. I can feel that you actually apply in your life this things, and this makes it more than a lecture, but a spiritual guidance. Clear, calm, and humble , very beautiful 🙏