Browsing the "aristotle" Tag

August 11, 2019 - 0 Comments

 From 2015 and needed to be restored. This talk is especially relevant, given the paradigms debate. I had numerous requests for more theology, mathematics and metaphysics, so here you...

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July 28, 2019 - 2 Comments

 The timing is perfect to cover this classic debate between St. Gregory Palamas and a Barlaamite, who represents the normative, and later dogmatic, view of the Roman Catholic Church...

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April 12, 2019 - 1 Comments

 Multiple people have requested a philosophy Q n A so I am offering an open forum, with superchat discussion welcomed. Transcendental arguments, Pre-Socratics, Stoics, sophists, Aristotle, Plato, church fathers,...

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April 6, 2019 - 0 Comments

 I reflect on the lengthy, highly philosophical debate from last night and reconstruct the arguments since we had technical difficulties. I consider how it is we can associate Aristotle...

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April 5, 2019 - 0 Comments

Joe the Boomer invited be back to debate the learned pagan Tweetophon, who is a lawyer with proclivities for Aristotle and paganism.  His position is, ironically, similar to Thomism and...

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March 1, 2019 - 1 Comments

By: Jay Dyer Immanuel Kant wrote at the close of his Critique of Pure Reason as follows: In respect of the origin of the modes of ‘knowledge through pure reason’,...

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January 13, 2019 - 0 Comments

 Traditional philosophy and metaphysics Ep 6 picks up with a discussion of Defense of the Orthodox Faith: we cover the first book, where the doctrine of God is laid...

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November 21, 2018 - 1 Comments

By: Jay Dyer (2015) I recently opined in an interview my analysis of the alteration of western thought’s views about essence/ousia, matter and form, should be focused on the difference...

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October 1, 2018 - 0 Comments

 The writings of St Dionysius the Areopagite are some of the most famous and controversial in the history of theology and philosophy. However, most forget to dissect the actual...

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September 28, 2018 - 0 Comments

 Orthodox theology is very precise in its terminology: they aren’t to be altered or given new meanings. With this in mind, what is the relationship between Hellenism and logos?...

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September 7, 2018 - 1 Comments

By: Jay Dyer Phaedo, the dialogue of Plato that concerns Socrates’ final words, is both profound and prone to strike the reader as bizarre and mysterious. The discussion revolves around a proposal by Socrates’...

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March 31, 2017 - 0 Comments

  By: Jay Dyer In a long line of odd kids’ movies from the 80s we’ve detailed, an important missing piece from the to-do list has been Terry Gilliam’s Time...

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March 22, 2017 - 0 Comments

 Having explored a good bit of Plato, we move to his greatest student, Aristotle to understand his metaphysics, epistemology, ethics and civil polity. What about universals and particulars? Can...

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March 19, 2017 - 0 Comments

 A brief introductory clip to this week’s philosophy talk which will delve deeply into Aristotle.  Here we examine the basics of his Metaphysics by understanding his 4 causes. Subscribe...

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March 8, 2017 - 0 Comments

 Stepping back beyond Marcus Aurelius, this week we look into the origins of philosophy itself, the basic questions of metaphysics and the basic questions of theology. What is real?...

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February 27, 2017 - 0 Comments

 Download the free audio half here.  Join host Greg Carlwood of The Higherside Chats podcast as he talks esoteric Hollywood and movie magic with returning guest Jay Dyer. We...

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February 21, 2017 - 1 Comments

  In this half video for free, I discuss the historical circumstances and philosophical schools in the Roman Period. Still intoxicated from Hellenism, the Roman Stoics imbibed a syncretic blend...

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February 19, 2017 - 0 Comments

Jay Dyer gives a basic refutation of relativism in all its forms through a reductio argument. Relativism is self-contradictory and is actually a weaponized pseudo-philosophy. Purchase my book here. To support...

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February 15, 2017 - 0 Comments

 Jay Dyer and the Boiler Room Crew discuss the debate with Adam Kokesh, how to argue effectively and what constitutes the foundational beliefs within a worldview. We also cover...

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October 5, 2016 - 0 Comments

This is the first half of a full talk which can be obtained by subscribing to JaysAnalysis at the PayPal links for 4.95 a month or 60.00 per year. In...

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