Dr. J. Budziszewski

What general would not welcome the prospect of soldiers who never had to sleep and who couldn't disobey their orders?

What do we mean by nihilism?

It's a way of experiencing the sin of despair, whereupon it takes on the garments of philosophy.

The root of the word NIHIL is nothing means nothing.

Deep down, you know, just as well as I do, that the longing for meaning and coherency is deep set in every created mind.

I love it.

So why don't you tell me, what is it that you want so badly that you're willing to do without meaning and coherency to have it?

They said, don't make noises like tapping on keyboards.

I said, we're kind of tapping on keyboards.

Well, apparently some people...

They might be looking up their notes.

They might be trying to take notes on the conversation.

But they said that they might even be doing email and other things, being distracted while the interview was going on.

And they want you to pay attention to them.

I can't imagine that anybody would do that.

You're talking about a podcast interview.

This was before podcasts.

It was video, you know, and it was... And also telephone.

I'm going to be doing... I don't know, but it says a lot about that someone, doesn't it?

I can't imagine that.