025: How Hyper-Productive Work Culture Destroys Leisure And Individual Freedom - Josef Pieper

Lessons from "Leisure: The Basis of Culture" by Josef Pieper. This book challenges our contemporary work-centric culture and the idea of “total work,” where every aspect of life is dominated by the ethos of work and productivity. Pieper argues that this shift has led to a loss of meaning and a neglect of the liberal arts, which traditionally has been a space for leisure and the cultivation of individual freedom. Josef Pieper was a professor of philosophy at University of Munster. He was schooled specifically in Greek philosophy and Thomas Aquinas, law and sociology. - Social & Website Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/ijmakan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/ijmakan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://becomingantifragile.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Newsletter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ijmakan.substack.com - 00:00 - Excerpt and background 04:30 - Our work-centric culture vs. leisure 07:10 - Individual freedom comes from leisure 13:30 - When work becomes a religion, leisure makes no sense 16:00 - Hyper-productive state is at odds with enlightenment 19:15 - Servile arts vs. liberal arts 24:30 - Leisure is only possible when you know yourself 33:00 - Crave out a time for leisure 38:00 - Virtues perfect you so that you can act effortlessly 40:10 - Challenge

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