The Wes Cecil Podcast

The influence of Plato grows from the repeated introduction of Platonic ideas into Catholicism, Calvinism, Humanism, Romanacism, Enlightenment thought and even Scientific Rationalism. Platonic ideals ...

4 Aug 202549min

Wes and Jeremy take questions from Patreon members on Plato's Symposium, Lectures 1 - 4Sign-up for Wes’s PATREON to get your questions answered by Wes!Plus, gain access to course materials, reading li...

1 Aug 202550min

Our culture in theory tells us not to be stressed and filled with anxiety yet structurally virtually guarantees we will feel this way. Taoism works the other way around and singles out stress and anxi...

30 Jul 202544min

Enter Alcibiades - seemingly disrupting the entire structure of Plato’s dialogue, he actually works to underscore the power and truth of Socrates’ argument without ever actually engaging with the clai...

28 Jul 202546min

If you feel confused and uneasy in a seemingly directionless world you are not crazy. We are experiencing a rapid transformation in all of the elements that create a sense of meaning and belonging and...

24 Jul 20251h 3min

Wow, after all the build up, Socrates - through the voice of Diotima - delivers a truly radical conception of the nature of love. That it might lead us to personal divinity is perhaps the single most ...

21 Jul 202539min

Thanks for the questions and comments. A quick follow up to techno feudalism exploring some of the ideas in a little more depth and clarity - at least hopefully.Sign-up for Wes’s PATREON to get your q...

18 Jul 202520min

When our social narratives fail us, we are thrown back onto the values we create and defend. We can, and should, be the final arbiter of our world.Sign-up for Wes’s PATREON to get your questions answe...

16 Jul 202553min