web01.fireside.fm Sun, 14 Jun 2026 07:18:59 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Weird Studies - Episodes Tagged with “Greek Philosophy” https://www.weirdstudies.com/tags/greek%20philosophy Wed, 09 May 2018 10:00:00 -0400 Professor Phil Ford and writer J. F. Martel host a series of conversations on art and philosophy, dwelling on ideas that are hard to think and art that opens up rifts in what we are pleased to call "reality." en-us episodic Art and philosophy at the limits of the thinkable Phil Ford and J. F. Martel Professor Phil Ford and writer J. F. Martel host a series of conversations on art and philosophy, dwelling on ideas that are hard to think and art that opens up rifts in what we are pleased to call "reality." yes weird, art, philosophy Phil Ford and J. F. Martel admin@weirdstudies.com Episode 13: The Obscure: On the Philosophy of Heraclitus https://www.weirdstudies.com/13 01de045e-51da-4cc1-8f4e-b4e3ab6734b5 Wed, 09 May 2018 10:00:00 -0400 Phil Ford and J. F. Martel 13 The Obscure: On the Philosophy of Heraclitus full Phil Ford and J. F. Martel Phil and JF riff on randomly generated fragments from the work of a truly weird philosopher, Heraclitus of Ephesus. 1:21:02 yes <p>Heraclitus of Ephesus was one of the great pre-Socratic thinkers. Called the Obscure and the Weeping Philosopher, he left behind a collection of fragments so mysterious and pregnant with meaning that they continue to puzzle scholars to this day. In this episode, Phil and JF use a random number generator to select a number of fragments and speculate about their content. By the end, they will also have disclosed the bizarre contents of JF's tenth-grade "hippie bag," outed Oscar Wilde as a Zen Buddhist, and taken a walking tour of a city that exists only in Phil's dreams. </p> <p><strong>REFERENCES</strong></p> <p>Pierre Hadot, <em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/What-Ancient-Philosophy-Pierre-Hadot/dp/0674013735" rel="nofollow noopener">What is Ancient Philosophy?</a></em><br> Northrop Frye, <em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Great-Code-Bible-Literature/dp/0156027801" rel="nofollow noopener">The Great Code</a></em><br> Northrop Frye, <em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Words-Power-Literature-Collected-Northrop/dp/0802092934" rel="nofollow noopener">Words with Power</a></em> <br> <em><a href="http://www.akirarabelais.com/i/i.html" rel="nofollow noopener">I Ching: The Book of Changes</a></em> <br> Oxford World Classics, <em><a href="https://www.amazon.ca/First-Philosophers-Presocratics-Sophists/dp/019953909X" rel="nofollow noopener">The First Philosophers: The Presocratics and Sophists</a></em><br> Wikisource page for <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Fragments_of_Heraclitus" rel="nofollow noopener">Heraclitus</a><br> James Hillman, <em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Dream-Underworld-James-Hillman/dp/0060906820" rel="nofollow noopener">The Dream and the Underworld</a></em><br> Dogen Zenji, <em><a href="http://www.thezensite.com/ZenTeachings/Dogen_Teachings/GenjoKoan8.htm" rel="nofollow noopener">Genjokoan</a></em> <br> Mark Johnson, <em><a href="http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/M/bo5417890.html" rel="nofollow noopener">The Meaning of the Body</a></em> <br> <a href="http://deleuzelectures.blogspot.com/2007/02/on-spinoza.html" rel="nofollow noopener">Gilles Deleuze on Spinoza</a><br> Benedict de Spinoza, <em><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3800/3800-h/3800-h.htm" rel="nofollow noopener">Ethics</a></em> <br> Oscar Wilde, <em><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/174/174-h/174-h.htm" rel="nofollow noopener">The Picture of Dorian Grey</a></em> <br> Friedrich Nietzsche, <em><a href="http://www.handprint.com/SC/NIE/GotDamer.html" rel="nofollow noopener">Twilight of the Idols</a></em> <br> Neil Gaiman, <em><a href="http://sandman.wikia.com/wiki/Season_of_Mists" rel="nofollow noopener">Seasons of Mist</a></em> (the fourth arc of the Sandman series) <br> <em><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Klhi6S6G-OY" rel="nofollow noopener">Deleuze on Dreams</a></em> </p> Heraclitus of Ephesus was one of the great pre-Socratic thinkers. Called the Obscure and the Weeping Philosopher, he left behind a collection of fragments so mysterious and pregnant with meaning that they continue to puzzle scholars to this day. In this episode, Phil and JF use a random number generator to select a number of fragments and speculate about their content. By the end, they will also have disclosed the bizarre contents of JF's tenth-grade "hippie bag," outed Oscar Wilde as a Zen Buddhist, and taken a walking tour of a city that exists only in Phil's dreams.

REFERENCES

Pierre Hadot, What is Ancient Philosophy?
Northrop Frye, The Great Code
Northrop Frye, Words with Power
I Ching: The Book of Changes
Oxford World Classics, The First Philosophers: The Presocratics and Sophists
Wikisource page for Heraclitus
James Hillman, The Dream and the Underworld
Dogen Zenji, Genjokoan
Mark Johnson, The Meaning of the Body
Gilles Deleuze on Spinoza
Benedict de Spinoza, Ethics
Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Grey
Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols
Neil Gaiman, Seasons of Mist (the fourth arc of the Sandman series)
Deleuze on Dreams

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REFERENCES

Pierre Hadot, What is Ancient Philosophy?
Northrop Frye, The Great Code
Northrop Frye, Words with Power
I Ching: The Book of Changes
Oxford World Classics, The First Philosophers: The Presocratics and Sophists
Wikisource page for Heraclitus
James Hillman, The Dream and the Underworld
Dogen Zenji, Genjokoan
Mark Johnson, The Meaning of the Body
Gilles Deleuze on Spinoza
Benedict de Spinoza, Ethics
Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Grey
Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols
Neil Gaiman, Seasons of Mist (the fourth arc of the Sandman series)
Deleuze on Dreams

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