April 19, 2022
J. Budziszewski, one of the foremost contemporary natural law philosophers, joins us on the show to talk about his new book. How to be happy (and how not to be happy)spiritual battles in the classroom, and the journey from “macho nihilism” to faith.
Topics include:
- Why virtue alone does not make us happy
- Why the Greeks said, “Don’t call a man happy until he’s dead”
- Criticism of the Stoic Revival
- Belief in an afterlife helps us to honestly face the suffering of this life.
- Teaching Secular Students About Natural Law
- Breaking through people’s self-deception
- Budziewski’s early years of nihilism and God’s destruction of his intellectual pride
link
How to be happy (and how not to be happy)
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/How-and-How-Not-to-Be-Happy/J-Budziszewski/9781684511075
Underground Thomist Website http://www.undergroundthomist.org
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Other recommended books by J. Budszizewski:
Things you can’t help but know: guide https://www.amazon.com/What-We-Cant-Not-Know/dp/1586174819
The meaning of sex https://www.amazon.com/Meaning-Sex-J-Budziszewski/dp/1610170997
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