Sadler's Lectures

Nov 20 2024 500 ep. 14 mins 558

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John Wisdom, Gods - The Invisible Gardener Parable - Sadler's Lectures

Nov 20 2024 13 mins

This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century analytic philosopher John Wisdom's essay in the philosophy of religion, "Gods", found in his collection "Philosophy and Psychoanalysis". It focuses specifically on his discussion of the parable of the invisible gardener found in section 6 of the essay, the most often read and anthologized part of it. Wisdom develops this parab

John Wisdom, Gods - Sources Of Questions About God(s) - Sadlers Lectures

Nov 19 2024 15 mins

This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century analytic philosopher John Wisdom's essay in the philosophy of religion, "Gods", found in his collection "Philosophy and Psychoanalysis". It focuses specifically on his discussion of the different sources of questions that people could have or be motivated by in disputes about whether or not god(s) exist. One of these sources i

John Wisdom, Gods - Differences Between Theists And Atheists - Sadlers Lectures

Nov 18 2024 14 mins

This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century analytic philosopher John Wisdom's essay in the philosophy of religion, "Gods", found in his collection "Philosophy and Psychoanalysis". It focuses specifically on his discussion of how we ought to understand the differences in perspective of theists and atheists in modern times. These differences are not, in Wisdom's view, ab

H.P. Lovecraft, The Call Of Cthulhu - Encountering Cthulhu - Sadler's Lectures

Nov 16 2024 13 mins

This lecture discusses key ideas from the early 20th century weird and horror story writer, H.P. Lovecraft's short story "The Call of Cthulhu", a classic work of cosmic horror and absolutely central to what will later come to be called the Cthulhu mythos. It focuses specifically on the encounter with the Great Old One Cthulhu narrated within the story. To support my ongoing work

H.P. Lovecraft, The Call Of Cthulhu - The Sunken City Of Rl'yeh - Sadler's Lectures

Nov 15 2024 14 mins

This lecture discusses key ideas from the early 20th century weird and horror story writer, H.P. Lovecraft's short story "The Call of Cthulhu", a classic work of cosmic horror and absolutely central to what will later come to be called the Cthulhu mythos. It focuses specifically on one of the key settings referenced in the work, the vast city of R'Lyeh, where Cthulhu and other Gre

H.P. Lovecraft, The Call Of Cthulhu - The Star-Born Old Ones - Sadler's Lectures

Nov 14 2024 11 mins

This lecture discusses key ideas from the early 20th century weird and horror story writer, H.P. Lovecraft's short story "The Call of Cthulhu", a classic work of cosmic horror and absolutely central to what will later come to be called the Cthulhu mythos. It focuses specifically on the entities called the Great Old Ones, of which Cthulhu is one, and even has a role as their "pries

H.P. Lovecraft, The Call Of Cthulhu - The Cthulhu Cult - Sadler's Lectures

Nov 13 2024 11 mins

This lecture discusses key ideas from the early 20th century weird and horror story writer, H.P. Lovecraft's short story "The Call of Cthulhu", a classic work of cosmic horror and absolutely central to what will later come to be called the Cthulhu mythos. It focuses specifically on what we learn of the cult of Cthulhu (and to a lesser extent) the other Great Old Ones, which accord

H.P. Lovecraft, The Call Of Cthulhu - Images Of The Great Old One Cthulhu - Sadler's Lectures

Nov 11 2024 15 mins

This lecture discusses key ideas from the early 20th century weird and horror story writer, H.P. Lovecraft's short story "The Call of Cthulhu", a classic work of cosmic horror and absolutely central to what will later come to be called the Cthulhu mythos. It focuses specifically on the images of the Great Old One Cthulhu that appear in the story. Some of these are bas-reliefs prod

H.P. Lovecraft, The Call Of Cthulhu - Second Mate Johansen's Account - Sadler's Lectures

Nov 08 2024 13 mins

This lecture discusses key ideas from the early 20th century weird and horror story writer, H.P. Lovecraft's short story "The Call of Cthulhu", a classic work of cosmic horror and absolutely central to what will later come to be called the Cthulhu mythos. It focuses specifically on the third part of the story, which includes an account originally written down by 2nd mate Johansen

H.P. Lovecraft, The Call Of Cthulhu - Inspector Legrasse's Account - Sadler's Lectures

Nov 07 2024 13 mins

This lecture discusses key ideas from the early 20th century weird and horror story writer, H.P. Lovecraft's short story "The Call of Cthulhu", a classic work of cosmic horror and absolutely central to what will later come to be called the Cthulhu mythos. It focuses specifically on the account provided by Inspector Legrasse to the American Archeological Society which explains how