Tag Archives: The Pursuit of Happiness

Socrates

2,151 words

Author’s Note:

The following text is based on a transcript by Rollo Walker of a 1999 lecture on “Objectivity, Relativism, and Well-Being.” This text only includes the first half of the transcript, and it has been massively condensed and rewritten.

Socrates is famous for arguing that all human beings pursue happiness; Read more …

Published: June 25, 2019 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Aristotle, articles, ethics, Greg Johnson, living well, moral philosophy, North American New Right, objectivity, originals, philosophy, Plato, relativism, Socrates, subjectivism | 10 Responses

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Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 149
The Pursuit of Happiness
Pleasure, Part 2: Epicureanism

Greg Johnson

40:21 / 156 words

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Beginning in August of 1999, I gave a series of eight lectures on “The Pursuit of Happiness: Philosophies East and West,” Read more …

Published: February 29, 2016 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged Counter-Currents Radio, cynicism, Epicureanism, ethics, Greg Johnson, hedonism, living well, philosophy, Pleasure, podcasts | 2 Responses

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Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 148
The Pursuit of Happiness
Pleasure, Part 1: Plato’s Gorgias

Greg Johnson

53:16 / 149 words

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Beginning in August of 1999, I gave a series of eight lectures on “The Pursuit of Happiness: Philosophies East and West,” Read more …

Published: February 26, 2016 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged Callicles, Counter-Currents Radio, ethics, Gorgias, Greg Johnson, hedonism, living well, philosophy, Plato, Pleasure, podcasts, Socrates | 1 Response

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Counter-Currents Radio Podcast 147
The Pursuit of Happiness
The Conquest of Nature: Ayn Rand

Greg Johnson

67:53 / 223 words

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Published: February 24, 2016 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged Ayn Rand, Counter-Currents Radio, Epicureanism, Greg Johnson, living well, modernity, philosophy, podcasts, progress., science, space exploration, technology | 3 Responses

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Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 92
The Pursuit of Happiness
Detachment, Part 1

Greg Johnson

Epictetus

47:19 / 144 words

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Beginning in August of 1999, I gave a series of eight lectures on “The Pursuit of Happiness: Philosophies East and West,” dealing with different conceptions of the good life. Read more …

Published: February 19, 2014 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged Counter-Currents Radio, detachment, Epictetus, ethics, Greg Johnson, living well, philosophy, podcasts, self-actualization, Stoicism | 3 Responses

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Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 91
The Pursuit of Happiness
Self-Actualization, Part 2

Greg Johnson

Michel Eyquem de Montaigne, 1533–1592

40:58 / 148 words

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Beginning in August of 1999, I gave a series of eight lectures on “The Pursuit of Happiness: Philosophies East and West,” dealing with different conceptions of the good life. Read more …

Published: February 12, 2014 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged Counter-Currents Radio, ethics, evil, Friedrich Nietzsche, Giambattista Vico, Greg Johnson, living well, Michel de Montaigne, nihilism, philosophy, podcasts, self-actualization | 2 Responses

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Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 89
The Pursuit of Happiness
Self-Actualization, Part 1

Greg Johnson

47:13 / 139 words

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Beginning in August of 1999, I gave a series of eight lectures on “The Pursuit of Happiness: Philosophies East and West,” dealing with different conceptions of the good life. Read more …