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Life is complicated. It is afflicted with more big questions than big answers. As one is tested by the suffering and irrationality of life, the questions become more compelling and imperative, and the answers become more urgent and necessary in order to be a good person and to live a happy life. What does it mean to be a good person? What is a happy life? What is love? Who am I before I was told who I am? Why haven’t I found myself yet? Why do I have regrets? Is the world just? Everything seems to have been figured out, except how to live. In this podcast, we will ask and answer the hard questions, and we will question the simple answers, the answers you’ve been told to believe almost from the moment of birth. Think for yourself. There is no feeling like it, and it really is the only good fight left. You may not be rewarded for your wisdom, but you will be rewarded by your wisdom. “The Laughing Philosopher” is Robert M. Khoury, Ph.D., a scholar and writer with a lifetime of teaching and learning at the intersection of sociology and philosophy.
Welcome home to philosophy! Where we wonder about everything and anything is possible! I’m Dr. Robert Khoury, The Laughing Philosopher. Life is complicated. The world is complicated. And you are complicated. Figuring out how to live a happy, meaningful life guided by wisdom and reason is not easy. Is life a game? What is love? Should I fear death? Is this a just world? Almost from the moment of birth, you’ve been told how to behave, how to fit in, and how to fulfill other people’s expectations. You fear that you will lack importance or cease to exist in the lives of others if you think for yourself and question the rules and roles you’ve been told define you. Wisdom and reason will remove this illusion so you can live authentically in the world around you, find your true purpose, and become your real self.
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Thursday Mar 28, 2024
Thursday Mar 28, 2024
Thursday Mar 28, 2024
It’s not easy to ruin your life. To get to the wrong place, you must do the right things. The Laughing Philosopher’s guide presents six foolproof steps to a boring, miserable life: Think only about yourself. Empty yourself of humility and gratitude. Sacrifice everyone as a means to an end. Be perfectly imperfect. Don’t think for yourself. Drown yourself in the world’s sea of troubles.
Thursday Feb 29, 2024
Thursday Feb 29, 2024
Thursday Feb 29, 2024
Unjustly imprisoned and awaiting execution, Boethius, Roman philosopher and statesman, would write his most famous work, “The Consolation of Philosophy”. Boethius explores the problem of evil, the certainty of pain and suffering, and the unpredictability of good and bad fortune, but shows how, through wisdom and virtue, happiness and serenity are still attainable. In the Middle Ages, for 400 years, “The Consolation” was one of two books considered so important they were expected to be in everyone’s personal library. The other book was The Holy Bible.
Thursday Feb 01, 2024
Thursday Feb 01, 2024
Thursday Feb 01, 2024
The person you will talk to the most in your life is you. The most important conversations you will ever have are with yourself. Whether it is chatting with yourself in your inner voice, or verbalizing your thoughts and reflections out loud, you will engage in some form of self-talk on a daily basis. But, is it normal to talk to yourself?
Thursday Jan 11, 2024
Thursday Jan 11, 2024
Thursday Jan 11, 2024
"Know yourself” is Socrates’ imperative. Why? There is no perfect life. No one is infallible. Everyone makes mistakes because some of our beliefs and assumptions are false. Just because we think it or believe it doesn’t mean it is true. Yet, beliefs are neither proof nor evidence, but only claims. So, we can’t trust everything we believe to be true. But, still we do. False certainties lead us away from truth and virtue. Which path leads us to wisdom?
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Thank you for listening. I hope that what you’ve learned will help you to be a better person and live a better life. Think for yourself! Question everything. Accept nothing that does not agree with your own wisdom, experience, and good sense. In this crazy world, the good are wise, the wise are virtuous, and the virtuous are happy.
Be good.