In this podcast, we consider Chapter 32 of The Tao Te Ching. Here, Lao Tzu emphasises the ineffability of the Tao even whilst urging the sage/ruler to follow it if he is to be a good ruler who is able to care for the people well. The implications of the ineffability of the Tao for the nature of language, that it cannot exhaust the world with its names or propositions, is suggested in the text and we tease it out. [Free. 29 mins.]
MONARCHY: INSTITUTION & SOAP OPERA - INTERESTING TIMES 26
THE DRY TINDER OF RESENTMENT & OPPORTUNITIES FOR EMANCIPATION - INTERESTING TIMES 25
CORRUPTION, AUTHORITARIANISM, NUGATORY OPPOSITION - INTERESTING TIMES 24
FREUD'S INFLUENCE ON US GOVERNMENT & BUSINESS
REASON ON REASON 4 - MADNESS
EVENTS THAT DEMYSTIFY: BREXIT NOT DONE, GAMESTOP & A TRUTHFUL POLITICIAN - INTERESTING TIMES 23
PAIN, HOPE & THE STATE OF THE NATION - INTERESTING TIMES 22
REASON ON REASON 3 - QUESTIONING IN THE AGE OF REASON
TWITTER BANS AND FREE SPEECH - INTERESTING TIMES 21
INVASION OF US CAPITOL - INTERESTING TIMES 20
LOOKING BACK OVER 2020 AND FORWARD TO 2021 - INTERESTING TIMES 19
LAO TZU 33
MUTANTS, BORDERS AND PLAGUE ISLAND - INTERESTING TIMES 18
REASON ON REASON 2 - THE ANTECEDENTS TO THE ENLIGHTENMENT
LAO TZU 32
LABOUR'S CIVIL WAR, BREXIT, FRAGMENTATION - INTERESTING TIMES 17
LAO TZU 31
REASON ON REASON 1 - MAPPING THE TERRAIN
LAO TZU 30
POST TRUTH THIS WEEK - INTERESTING TIMES 16
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