Greg Jenner
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Yes. So the Lyceum is arguably the first teaching university. The academy is a philosophy class. But this has got a library. This feels like it's something different. It is something different.
Yes. So the Lyceum is arguably the first teaching university. The academy is a philosophy class. But this has got a library. This feels like it's something different. It is something different.
Yeah, so the father of the GP was Nick Comacus.
Yeah, so the father of the GP was Nick Comacus.
So he writes 160 books or treatises.
So he writes 160 books or treatises.
Okay. And he's writing books on physics, on metaphysics, on Nicomachean ethics, the politics, on the soul. He writes about the soul. He writes about animals. He writes about storytelling. He writes about jurisprudence and law and justice and equity. Like he's just every subject. Logic. He's doing everything.
Okay. And he's writing books on physics, on metaphysics, on Nicomachean ethics, the politics, on the soul. He writes about the soul. He writes about animals. He writes about storytelling. He writes about jurisprudence and law and justice and equity. Like he's just every subject. Logic. He's doing everything.
And the thing that I suppose he's most famous for in moral philosophy is what we call virtue ethics. Yeah. How would you sum that up? I mean, it's a big subject. How would you sum that up quickly on a comedy podcast?
And the thing that I suppose he's most famous for in moral philosophy is what we call virtue ethics. Yeah. How would you sum that up? I mean, it's a big subject. How would you sum that up quickly on a comedy podcast?
It's so sensible. It's sensible centrist politics. It's what we want. And there are words that are used in philosophy. Eudaimonia. Yeah, that means... Flourishing.
It's so sensible. It's sensible centrist politics. It's what we want. And there are words that are used in philosophy. Eudaimonia. Yeah, that means... Flourishing.
So be good, be happy, and you will be good. And if you be good, you'll be happy. Basically. It's pretty good, isn't it?
So be good, be happy, and you will be good. And if you be good, you'll be happy. Basically. It's pretty good, isn't it?
I think we do. I mean, we've spent a lot of the episode saying what an extraordinary man. And I'm not going to back away from that. But he has flaws. He's not a saint. There are things that he believed that we would find repellent. Absolutely. One of them was that he did not believe women were as intellectually capable as men. Right. So he thinks women are not as smart.
I think we do. I mean, we've spent a lot of the episode saying what an extraordinary man. And I'm not going to back away from that. But he has flaws. He's not a saint. There are things that he believed that we would find repellent. Absolutely. One of them was that he did not believe women were as intellectually capable as men. Right. So he thinks women are not as smart.