Send us a text English Description (German below) Guest: Willi Goetschel One of the key figures of the Enlightenment was Königsberg-born philosopher Immanuel Kant. The influential thinker once spoke of his age as the true “age of criticism, to which everything must submit.” His critiques are examinations of both the possibilities and limits of human thought. He argued that reason must critically examine not only religion, legislation, ethics, and the like, but also itself. His aim was to ex...
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Send us a text English Description (German below) Guest: Willi Goetschel One of the key figures of the Enlightenment was Königsberg-born philosopher Immanuel Kant. The influential thinker once spoke of his age as the true “age of criticism, to which everything must submit.” His critiques are examinations of both the possibilities and limits of human thought. He argued that reason must critically examine not only religion, legislation, ethics, and the like, but also itself. His aim was to ex...
Philosophizing for a friend - On Michel de Montaigne's essays on life and its wisdom (English podcast)
METIS Wisdom Talks at ETH Zurich
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Philosophizing for a friend - On Michel de Montaigne's essays on life and its wisdom (English podcast)
Send us a textEnglish Description (German below)Guest: Willi GoetschelMichel de Montaigne war nicht nur Philosoph, sondern parlamentarischer Berater, Diplomat und Bürgermeister. In seinen Essays machte er sich selbst zum Thema, ohne dabei eine Autobiographie zu schreiben. Es ist ein multiperspektivisches Werk mit literarischem Charakter, in dem sich fast alle Themen der Weisheitsliteratur finden lassen. Es kommen die europäischen Granden der Philosophie zu Wort, als auch unüberhörbar die mens...
METIS Wisdom Talks at ETH Zurich
Send us a text English Description (German below) Guest: Willi Goetschel One of the key figures of the Enlightenment was Königsberg-born philosopher Immanuel Kant. The influential thinker once spoke of his age as the true “age of criticism, to which everything must submit.” His critiques are examinations of both the possibilities and limits of human thought. He argued that reason must critically examine not only religion, legislation, ethics, and the like, but also itself. His aim was to ex...
