Arthur Brooks

Yeah. when your wife was giving that talk on gratitude in the room next door at the same conference as Salt Lake City, my wife was giving a talk on forgiveness, which is also adapted, which is also standing up to the limit. Right, right, right. See, our wives, who are godly Catholic women, will be into them being married to us. Imagine this. Yeah, no, I don't like that.

Leading us in paths of righteousness. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. It's a beautiful parallel.

Leading us in paths of righteousness. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. It's a beautiful parallel.

Leading us in paths of righteousness. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. It's a beautiful parallel.

So discernment comes from a very strong view of the existence and essence dichotomy. So philosophically, we've been going back and forth forever. What precedes what? Essence or existence? Of course, in the 19th and 20th century, Sartre and all of the existentialists would say that existence precedes essence. You're born without a meaning.

So discernment comes from a very strong view of the existence and essence dichotomy. So philosophically, we've been going back and forth forever. What precedes what? Essence or existence? Of course, in the 19th and 20th century, Sartre and all of the existentialists would say that existence precedes essence. You're born without a meaning.

So discernment comes from a very strong view of the existence and essence dichotomy. So philosophically, we've been going back and forth forever. What precedes what? Essence or existence? Of course, in the 19th and 20th century, Sartre and all of the existentialists would say that existence precedes essence. You're born without a meaning.

Meaning in life doesn't exist until you discover it or, no, no, until you create it. That's what Sartre said. The ethical life is one in which you have to create your sense of meaning.

Meaning in life doesn't exist until you discover it or, no, no, until you create it. That's what Sartre said. The ethical life is one in which you have to create your sense of meaning.

Meaning in life doesn't exist until you discover it or, no, no, until you create it. That's what Sartre said. The ethical life is one in which you have to create your sense of meaning.

Exactly right. Well, actually, Nietzsche was stronger. Nietzsche said that there is no essence, so stop looking. Right. for all intents and purposes. It's like, stop wasting your time for Pete's sake, because actually trying to create this illusion of meaning, this illusion of essence, what you're going to be, you're feeding into this global kind of delusion that people have. Now,

Exactly right. Well, actually, Nietzsche was stronger. Nietzsche said that there is no essence, so stop looking. Right. for all intents and purposes. It's like, stop wasting your time for Pete's sake, because actually trying to create this illusion of meaning, this illusion of essence, what you're going to be, you're feeding into this global kind of delusion that people have. Now,

Exactly right. Well, actually, Nietzsche was stronger. Nietzsche said that there is no essence, so stop looking. Right. for all intents and purposes. It's like, stop wasting your time for Pete's sake, because actually trying to create this illusion of meaning, this illusion of essence, what you're going to be, you're feeding into this global kind of delusion that people have. Now,

The ancient Greeks, which of course led to, and the Hebrew tradition leading to the Christian tradition is, no, no, no, no, no. Essence precedes existence. And that means your job in life is to discover your essence. To discern. To discover, and that's discernment. Okay, okay. And that's what I believe.

The ancient Greeks, which of course led to, and the Hebrew tradition leading to the Christian tradition is, no, no, no, no, no. Essence precedes existence. And that means your job in life is to discover your essence. To discern. To discover, and that's discernment. Okay, okay. And that's what I believe.

The ancient Greeks, which of course led to, and the Hebrew tradition leading to the Christian tradition is, no, no, no, no, no. Essence precedes existence. And that means your job in life is to discover your essence. To discern. To discover, and that's discernment. Okay, okay. And that's what I believe.

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There is truth. There is rightness. There are things that actually exist. It isn't all subjective. Edmund Husserl, I mean, in Phenomenology, talks about the essence of reality is what you perceive. That's the beginning of the problem. Right there, that's the beginning of the problem.