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Original Air Date

Dec 15, 1978 → Apr 06, 1979

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Series Overview

• INTRODUCTION: What is philosophy?
• PART ONE: PLATO
• PART TWO: DESCARTES
• PART THREE: HUME
• PART FOUR: HEGEL
• PART FIVE: MARX
• PART SIX: SARTRE
• PART SEVEN: The Contemporary Scene </aside>

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PART ZERO: INTRODUCTION

• E01. FSTS EP01 ⟩ INTRODUCTION: THE INDESTRUCTIBLE QUESTIONS </aside>

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PART ONE: PLATO

• E02. FSTS EP02 ⟩ Plato I – VIRTUE IS KNOWLEDGE
• E03. FSTS EP03 ⟩ Plato II – SHADOW AND SUBSTANCE
• E04. FSTS EP04 ⟩ Plato III – THE DIVIDED LINE (Opinion vs Knowledge)
• E05. FSTS EP05 ⟩ Plato IV – THE TRIPARTITE SOUL (The Three Part Man)
• E06. FSTS EP06 ⟩ Plato V – THE IDEAL STATE </aside>

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PART TWO: DESCARTES

• E07. FSTS EP07 ⟩ Descartes I: Historical Transition to the Modern World (The Modern World Begins)
• E08. FSTS EP08 ⟩ Descartes II: Doubting to Believe
• E09. FSTS EP09 ⟩ Descartes III: God Exists
• E10. FSTS EP10 ⟩ Descartes IV: The Clockwork Universe
• E11. FSTS EP11 ⟩ Descartes V: Body and Soul </aside>

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PART THREE: HUME

• E12. FSTS EP12 ⟩ Hume I: How Do You Know?
• E13. FSTS EP13 ⟩ Hume II: “A Well-Meanin’ Critter”
• E14. FSTS EP14 ⟩ Hume III: Will the Sun Rise Tomorrow?
• E15. FSTS EP15 ⟩ Hume IV: Reason: “Slave of the Passions” </aside>

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PART FOUR: HEGEL

• E16. FSTS EP16 ⟩ Hegel I: A Revolution in Thought
• E17. FSTS EP17 ⟩ Hegel II: The Real Is the Rational
• E18. FSTS EP18 ⟩ Hegel III: Master and Slave
• E19. FSTS EP19 ⟩ Hegel IV: The Cunning of Reason
• E20. FSTS EP20 ⟩ Hegel V: The Owl of Minerva </aside>

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PART FIVE: MARX

• E21. FSTS EP21 ⟩ Marx I: The Young Hegelian
• E22. FSTS EP22 ⟩ Marx II: Alienated Man
• E23. FSTS EP23 ⟩ Marx III: The Conflict of Classes
• E24. FSTS EP24 ⟩ Marx IV: The World to Come
• Choice Quotes </aside>

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PART SIX: SARTRE

• E25. FSTS EP25 ⟩ Sartre I: My Existence is Absurd
• E26. FSTS EP26 ⟩ Sartre II: Nausea
• E27. FSTS EP27 ⟩ Sartre III: ‘Condemned To Be Free’
• E28. FSTS EP28 ⟩ Sartre IV: No Exit </aside>

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Sartre IV — No Exit

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Sartre IV: No Exit

28 – NO EXIT

Postwar appeal of Sartrean existentialism. “Existentialism Is a Humanism” lecture, 1945; analysis. Bad faith and inauthenticity; alienation; the spirit of seriousness; total freedom and responsibility: but existentialism is a moral philosophy which offers no principles for the guidance of action. Sartre’s false claim that existentialism rests on the humanistic value of universal freedom. Sartre’s view of human relations: No Exit analyzed: “Hell is other people.” Being and Nothingness, Part III: Being-for-others; the look; the struggle to overcome the Other’s freedom; “Conflict is the original meaning of being-for-others.” Love and the cycle of sadism-masochism The body as being-in- itself; the response is nausea. Nature horrifying, superfluous; symbolized by the viscous: sticky, slimy, softly engulfing, feminine.

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• From Socrates to Sartre EP27 ⟩ “Sartre III: ‘Condemned To Be Free’”, Thu, Oct 16, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup </aside>

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• Transcript: EP28 – Sartre IV: No Exit
• Chatlog </aside>

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