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Grimes’ Miss Anthropocene

Scott Weisswald

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Miss Anthropocene is the fifth full-length release of Canadian avant-pop songstress Claire Boucher, known professionally as Grimes, and it’s considerably darker than much of her previous work. This is fitting — Grimes has stated that the concept of Miss Anthropocene, a triple-entendre, is that of an “anthropomorphic goddess of climate change.” If this sounds like a bunch of woo nonsense to you, you’d be (mostly) correct. Read more …

Published: February 21, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged ambient music, articles, artificial intelligence, climate change, electronic music, global warming, music reviews, New Music Friday, North American New Right, originals, pop music | 5 Responses

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Plato’s Apology, Part 2

6,751 words

Part 2 of 2

Author’s Note:

The following text is based on a transcript by V. S. of a lecture on Plato’s Apology of Socrates. As usual, I have edited his transcript to remove excessive wordiness. I have also added a few lines and repositioned some paragraphs. Read more …

Published: February 11, 2014 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Apology, articles, Clouds, Greg Johnson, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, Plato, rhetoric, Socrates, The Trial of Socrates | 1 Response

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Plato’s Apology, Part 1

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Part 1 of 2

Author’s Note:

The following text is based on a transcript by V. S. of a lecture on Plato’s Apology of Socrates. As usual, I have edited his transcript to remove excessive wordiness. I have also added a few paragraphs and points based on my notes. Read more …

Published: January 29, 2014 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Clouds, Greg Johnson, irony, Jacques Derrida, magnanimity, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, Plato, religion, rhetoric, Socrates, The Trial of Socrates | 2 Responses

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Plato’s Euthyphro, Part 2

6,448 words

Part 2 of 2

Author’s Note:

The following text is based on a transcript by V. S. of a lecture on Plato’s dialogue Euthyphro. As usual, I have edited his transcript to remove excessive wordiness.

The quotes are from Plato and Aristophanes, Four Texts on Socrates, Read more …

Published: January 23, 2014 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles originals, Clouds, Euthyphro, Greg Johnson, language, North American New Right, philosophy, piety, Plato, Socrates, The Trial of Socrates | 1 Response

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Plato’s Euthyphro, Part 1

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Part 1 of 2

Author’s Note:

The following text is based on a transcript by V. S. of a lecture on Plato’s dialogue Euthyphro. Read more …

Published: January 21, 2014 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles originals, Clouds, Euthyphro, Greg Johnson, language, North American New Right, philosophy, piety, Plato, Socrates, The Trial of Socrates | Leave a comment

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The Trial of Socrates:
Plato’s Theages

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Author’s Note:

The following text is based on a transcript by V. S. of a lecture on Plato’s dialogue Theages. As usual, I have edited his transcript to remove excessive wordiness.

Unlike earlier transcripts in this series, I have also added new sections and rewitten others. Read more …

Published: January 14, 2014 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, eros, Greg Johnson, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, Plato, Socrates, The Trial of Socrates | Leave a comment

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The Stones Cry Out:
Cave Art & the Origin of the Human Spirit, Part 5

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Part 5 of 7 (other parts here)

5. Can Biology Explain Ekstasis?

I have already mentioned that scientists speculate that cave art (and religion, language, etc.) comes about as a result of some kind of genetic mutation, perhaps a “sudden, serendipitous, genetically-based brain reorganization.” Read more …

Published: January 7, 2014 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged aesthetic experience, anthropology, art, Arthur Schopenhauer, articles, cave art, Cleary cave art, Collin Cleary, Darwinism, ekstasis, European prehistory, evolutionary psychology, Martin Heidegger, materialism, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, religion, Socrates, teleology | 2 Responses

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The Trial of Socrates:
Aristophanes’ Clouds, Part 3

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Part 3 of 3

Author’s Note:

The following text is a transcript by V. S. of a discussion of Aristophanes’ Clouds, which took place prior to a lecture on Plato’s dialogue Theages. Read more …

Published: December 18, 2013 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Clouds, comedy, drama, education, Greg Johnson, morality, originals, philosophy, presocratics, religion, Socrates, sophists, The Trial of Socrates | 1 Response

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The Trial of Socrates:
Aristophanes’ Clouds, Part 2

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Part 2 of 3

Author’s Note:

The following text is a transcript by V. S. of part of my lecture on Aristophanes’ Clouds. As usual, I have edited this transcript to remove excessive wordiness and any factual errors. Read more …

Published: December 17, 2013 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Clouds, comedy, drama, Greg Johnson, originals, philosophy, presocratics, Socrates, sophists, The Trial of Socrates | Leave a comment

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The Trial of Socrates:
Aristophanes’ Clouds, Part 1

Socrates: a good 5 cent cigar

Socrates: among other things, a good 5 cent cigar

6,365 words

Author’s Note:

The following text is a transcript by V. S. of the second part of my lecture on Aristophanes’ Clouds. As usual, I have edited this transcript to remove excessive wordiness and any factual errors. The quotes come from the translation of the Clouds in Four Texts on Socrates.

Published: June 6, 2013 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Clouds, comedy, drama, Greg Johnson, originals, philosophy, presocratics, Socrates, sophists, The Trial of Socrates | Leave a comment

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The Trial of Socrates:
Antiphon the Sophist

A third century AD papyrus attributed to the first book of On Truth (P.Oxy. XI 1364 fr. 1, cols. v-vii)

Papyrus fragment of Antiphon’s “On Truth,” 3rd century A.D.

1,922 words

Author’s Note:

The following text is a transcript by V. S. of the prefatory remarks on Antiphon the Sophist from the first part of my lecture on Aristophanes’ Clouds. As usual, I have edited this transcript to remove excessive wordiness. The quotes come from the first edition of A Presocratics Reader, ed. Patricia Curd.

Antiphon the Sophist was a younger contemporary of Socrates. He was the author of the treatise On Truth, only fragments of which survive. Read more …

Published: May 16, 2013 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Greg Johnson, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, presocratics, Socrates, the Sophists, The Trial of Socrates | Leave a comment

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Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 48
The Trial of Socrates:
Plato’s Crito, Part 2 of 2

Jacque-Louis David, "The Death of Socrates," detail

Jacques-Louis David, “The Death of Socrates,” detail

35:07 / 428 words

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Published: May 1, 2013 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged Counter-Currents Radio, Crito, Greg Johnson, originals, philosophy, Plato, podcasts, Socrates, The Trial of Socrates | Comments closed

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The Trial of Socrates:
The Presocratic Background to Aristophanes’ Clouds, Part 2

Lucca Signorelli, “Empedocles,” Orvieto Cathedral, 1502

Luca Signorelli, “Empedocles,” Orvieto Cathedral, 1502

6,530 words

Part 2 of 2

Author’s Note:

The following text is a transcript by V. S. of a lecture on the presocratic background of Aristophanes’ Clouds. Read more …

Published: April 25, 2013 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, atheism, Counter-Currents Radio, Diogenes, Greg Johnson, myth, originals, philosophy, Plato, podcasts, presocratics, religion, science, Socrates, sophists, The Trial of Socrates | Comments closed

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Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 47
The Trial of Socrates:
Plato’s Crito, Part 1 of 2

Canova, "The Death of Socrates," detail: Crito closing the eyes of Socrates

Canova, “The Death of Socrates,” detail: Crito closing the eyes of Socrates

46:06 / 400 words

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Published: April 24, 2013 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged Counter-Currents Radio, Crito, Greg Johnson, originals, philosophy, Plato, podcasts, Socrates, The Trial of Socrates | Comments closed

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Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 45
The Trial of Socrates:
Plato’s Apology, Part 2 of 2

41:40 / 417 words

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This is the second of two parts of a lecture on the Platonic dialogue Apology of Socrates to the Jury, which I interpret in the light of Plato’s Euthyphro and Aristophanes’ Clouds.

Published: April 18, 2013 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged Apology, Counter-Currents Radio, Greg Johnson, originals, philosophy, Plato, podcasts, Socrates, The Trial of Socrates | Comments closed

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The Trial of Socrates:
The Presocratic Background to Aristophanes’ Clouds, Part 1

Thales, Union Station, Washington, D.C.

Thales, Union Station, Washington, D.C.

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Author’s Note:

The following text is a transcript by V. S. of a lecture on the presocratic background of Aristophanes’ Clouds. I have edited this transcript to remove excessive wordiness, and I have added section headings and transitions. I found it sobering to read this transcript, for I discovered just how widely the written and spoken word vary, and how flabby my lectures are compared to my writings.

Published: April 16, 2013 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, atheism, Greg Johnson, myth, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, Plato, presocratics, religion, science, Socrates, The Trial of Socrates | Comments closed

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Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 43
The Trial of Socrates:
Plato’s Apology, Part 1 of 2

Plato, 1st century marble bust, Capitoline Museum, Rome

Plato, 1st century marble bust, Capitoline Museum, Rome

45:05 / 399 words

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This is the first of two parts of a lecture on the Platonic dialogue Apology of Socrates to the Jury, which I interpret in the light of Plato’s Euthyphro and Aristophanes’ Clouds.

Published: April 10, 2013 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged Apology, Counter-Currents Radio, Greg Johnson, originals, philosophy, Plato, podcasts, Socrates, The Trial of Socrates | Comments closed

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Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 41
The Trial of Socrates:
Plato’s Euthyphro, Part 2 of 2

46:12 / 416 words

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This is the second of two parts of a lecture on the Platonic dialogue Euthyphro, which deals with the nature of piety. As with the Theages, I interpret the Euthyphro as in part a reply to Aristophanes’ Clouds. Read more …

Published: April 3, 2013 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged Counter-Currents Radio, Euthyphro, Greg Johnson, originals, philosophy, piety, Plato, podcasts, Socrates, The Trial of Socrates | Leave a comment

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Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 39
The Trial of Socrates:
Plato’s Euthyphro, Part 1 of 2

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The veneration of Zeus Meilichios, relief, Berlin

46:58 / 415 words

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This is the first of two parts of a lecture on the Platonic dialogue Euthyphro, which deals with the nature of piety. As with the Theages, I interpret the Euthyphro as in part a reply to Aristophanes’ Clouds. Read more …

Published: March 27, 2013 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged Counter-Currents Radio, Euthyphro, Greg Johnson, originals, philosophy, piety, Plato, podcasts, Socrates, The Trial of Socrates | 1 Response

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Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 36
The Trial of Socrates:
Plato’s Theages

54:34 / 342 words

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Published: March 6, 2013 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged Clouds, Counter-Currents Radio, Greg Johnson, philosophy, Plato, podcasts, Socrates, The Trial of Socrates | Leave a comment

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Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 35
The Trial of Socrates:
Aristophanes’ Clouds, Part 3

Aristophanes

Aristophanes

36:31 / 374 words

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This is the third of three podcasts on Aristophanes’ Clouds.

Published: February 27, 2013 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged Clouds, comedy, drama, Greg Johnson, philosophy, podcasts, presocratics, Socrates, sophists, The Trial of Socrates | 1 Response

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Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 34
The Trial of Socrates:
Aristophanes’ Clouds, Part 2

45:43 / 463 words

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This is the second of three podcasts on Aristophanes’ Clouds.

Published: February 20, 2013 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged Clouds, comedy, drama, Greg Johnson, philosophy, podcasts, presocratics, Socrates, sophists, The Trial of Socrates | 5 Responses

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Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 33
The Trial of Socrates:
Aristophanes’ Clouds, Part 1

Seated Socrates, fresco from ancient Ephesus

Seated Socrates, fresco from ancient Ephesus

54:53 / 472 words

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This is the first of three podcasts on Aristophanes’ Clouds. This lecture opens with a discussion of the Sophist Antiphon.

Published: February 13, 2013 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged Clouds, comedy, drama, Greg Johnson, philosophy, podcasts, presocratics, Socrates, sophists, The Trial of Socrates | 3 Responses

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Counter-Currents Radio Podcast Podcast No. 31
The Trial of Socrates:
The Presocratic Background to Aristophanes’ Clouds, Part 2

48:29 / 435 words

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Topics discussed in this second and final installment on the philosophical background of Aristophanes’ Clouds: Read more …

Published: February 6, 2013 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged atheism, Counter-Currents Radio, Diogenes, Greg Johnson, myth, philosophy, Plato, podcasts, presocratics, religion, science, Socrates, sophists, The Trial of Socrates | 2 Responses

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Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 30
The Trial of Socrates:
The Presocratic Background to Aristophanes’ Clouds, Part 1

48:45 / 408 words

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In September and October of 1998, I gave a course of eight, two-hour lectures on “The Trial of Socrates.” Read more …

Published: January 30, 2013 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged atheism, Counter-Currents Radio, Greg Johnson, myth, philosophy, Plato, podcasts, presocratic philosophy, religion, science, Socrates, The Trial of Socrates | 4 Responses

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