# key ideas (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover key ideas. Page: Feed: --- ## [Alasdair MacIntyre, Is Patriotism A Virtue? - Patriotism And Particular Communities](https://soundcloud.com/gregorybsadler/alasdair-macintyre-is-2) _2026-08-20 · Sadler's Lectures_ This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th and 21st century philosopher and moral theorist, Alasdair MacIntyre's essay "Is Patriotism A Virtue?" It focuses upon the third section, in which he outlines some of the central claims of what he calls the morality of patriotism. These have to do with the importance of particular communities as places where human beings learn moral conceptions and… [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2381292618-gregorybsadler-alasdair-macintyre-is-2.mp3) ## [Alasdair MacIntyre, Is Patriotism A Virtue? - Patriotism And Liberal Morality](https://soundcloud.com/gregorybsadler/alasdair-macintyre-is-1) _2026-08-18 · Sadler's Lectures_ This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th and 21st century philosopher and moral theorist, Alasdair MacIntyre's essay "Is Patriotism A Virtue?" It focuses upon his discussion of one common approach to morality in modernity that will inevitably construe patriotism however understood as a vice, rather than as a virtue, one he labels "liberal" morality, which requires moral agents to abstract… [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2381292381-gregorybsadler-alasdair-macintyre-is-1.mp3) ## [Alasdair MacIntyre, Is Patriotism A Virtue? - Clarifying What Patriotism Is](https://soundcloud.com/gregorybsadler/alasdair-macintyre-is) _2026-08-16 · Sadler's Lectures_ This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th and 21st century philosopher and moral theorist, Alasdair MacIntyre's essay "Is Patriotism A Virtue?" It focuses upon the first portion of the work, where MacIntyre notes that the task for the moral philosopher is to provide clarity about the incompatible claims and convictions people make about patriotism, virtue, and morality. He distinguishes… [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2381292066-gregorybsadler-alasdair-macintyre-is.mp3) ## [Plutarch, Can Virtue Be Taught? - Sadler's Lectures](https://soundcloud.com/gregorybsadler/plutarch-can-virtue-be-taught) _2026-08-14 · Sadler's Lectures_ This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher and biographer Plutarch's short work Can Virtue Be Taught? In this work, Plutarch considers the arguments of those who claim that virtue, including justice and prudence, cannot be taught, and shows weaknesses to those arguments. Among the arguments that he makes in favor of virtue being able to be taught is his contention that if the… [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2373369827-gregorybsadler-plutarch-can-virtue-be-taught.mp3) ## [Plutarch, On Virtue And Vice - Sadler's Lectures](https://soundcloud.com/gregorybsadler/plutarch-on-virtue-and-vice) _2026-08-13 · Sadler's Lectures_ This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher and biographer Plutarch's short work On Virtue and Vice This episode focuses on his discussion why living pleasantly and happily requires a person to develop some level of moral virtue and to free themselves of their vices. This has to do in significant part with the fact that even the things that vicious people value and think will… [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2373369587-gregorybsadler-plutarch-on-virtue-and-vice.mp3) ## [Plutarch, On Moral Virtue - Right Amount And Use Of Emotions - Sadler's Lectures](https://soundcloud.com/gregorybsadler/plutarch-on-moral-virtue-9) _2026-08-10 · Sadler's Lectures_ This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher and biographer Plutarch's short work On Moral Virtue This episode focuses specifically on his discussion at the end of the work that sets out how the rational part of the soul ought to use the emotions from the irrational part of the soul, rather than simply suppress or eliminate them. Plutarch names a number of specific emotions that… [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2373369419-gregorybsadler-plutarch-on-moral-virtue-9.mp3) ## [Plutarch, On Moral Virtue - Right Order Of Rational And Irrational Parts - Sadler's Lectures](https://soundcloud.com/gregorybsadler/plutarch-on-moral-virtue-right) _2026-08-09 · Sadler's Lectures_ This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher and biographer Plutarch's short work On Moral Virtue This episode focuses specifically on his discussion near the end of the work of how the rational and irrational parts of the soul ought to be ordered and related to each other. Plutarch thinks the rational (and divine) part ought to be determining matters overall, and that the… [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2373369269-gregorybsadler-plutarch-on-moral-virtue-right.mp3) ## [Plutarch, On Moral Virtue - Criticism of Stoics On Emotions - Sadler's Lectures](https://soundcloud.com/gregorybsadler/plutarch-on-moral-virtue-8) _2026-08-08 · Sadler's Lectures_ This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher and biographer Plutarch's short work On Moral Virtue This episode focuses specifically on his criticisms of the Stoic understanding of what the emotions are, how they work, how they arise, and how they influence us human beings in our choices and actions You can find the copy of the text I am using for this sequence on Plutarch's On… [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2369620136-gregorybsadler-plutarch-on-moral-virtue-8.mp3) ## [Plutarch, On Moral Virtue - Conflict Between Reasonings - Sadler's Lectures](https://soundcloud.com/gregorybsadler/plutarch-on-moral-virtue-7) _2026-08-07 · Sadler's Lectures_ This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher and biographer Plutarch's short work On Moral Virtue This episode focuses specifically on how conflicts can arise within the intellectual or reasoning part of the human soul, between different lines of reasoning (logoi) arriving at different judgements about the matters in question. At times, one line of reasoning can be given… [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2369619827-gregorybsadler-plutarch-on-moral-virtue-7.mp3) ## [I just finished reading The Psychology of Money](https://www.littlealmanack.com/p/i-just-finished-reading-the-psychology) _2026-08-07 · Julio Froment · 📙 Little Almanack_ 10 Key Ideas + Highlights & Notes ## [AI QA that opens fix PRs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/fK7MAn2W5Ndq) _2026-08-07 · **Sponsored**_ Run a browser QA from plain-English instructions; get GitHub issues and optional fix PRs. ## [Plutarch, On Moral Virtue - The Stoic Good Emotional States - Sadler's Lectures](https://soundcloud.com/gregorybsadler/plutarch-on-moral-virtue-the-1) _2026-08-06 · Sadler's Lectures_ This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher and biographer Plutarch's short work On Moral Virtue This episode focuses specifically on his discussion of the Stoic doctrine of the "good emotional states" (eupatheiai), which are rational desire (boulēsis), caution (eulabeia), and joy (kharis). Some of the points Plutarch makes seem a bit off-target in this section, as far as the… [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2369619401-gregorybsadler-plutarch-on-moral-virtue-the-1.mp3) ## [The Psychology of Money: Summary, Highlights & Notes](https://www.littlealmanack.com/p/the-psychology-of-money-summary) _2026-08-05 · Julio Froment · 📙 Little Almanack_ Summary of The Psychology of Money in 10 key ideas. Learn the money behaviors that will accelerate your path to financial freedom. ## [Plutarch, On Moral Virtue - Criticism Of The Stoic Ruling Part - Sadler's Lectures](https://soundcloud.com/gregorybsadler/plutarch-on-moral-virtue-6) _2026-08-04 · Sadler's Lectures_ This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher and biographer Plutarch's short work On Moral Virtue This episode focuses specifically on his critical examination of what the Stoics call the hegemonikon, translated as "the ruling part" of the human soul. As opposed to a Platonist or Aristotelean moral psychology, in which there is a higher rational part of the human soul, and a lower… [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2369097071-gregorybsadler-plutarch-on-moral-virtue-6.mp3) ## ["Goals are for Losers" (Do This Instead)](https://www.littlealmanack.com/p/goals-are-for-losers) _2026-07-24 · Julio Froment · 📙 Little Almanack_ Nugget by Scott Adams ## [9 of the Best (Free & Paid) Audiobook Apps in 2026 (with sample audios)](https://www.littlealmanack.com/p/best-audiobook-apps) _2026-07-13 · Julio Froment · 📙 Little Almanack_ I love listening to podcasts. ## [Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb: 15 Key Ideas (with Highlights & Notes)](https://www.littlealmanack.com/p/antifragile-nassim-taleb) _2026-07-10 · Julio Froment · 📙 Little Almanack_ In this blog post, I share the 15 key ideas — with direct quotes from the book — I picked from reading Antifragile, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. ## [33 Mental Models for Life](https://www.littlealmanack.com/p/mohnish-pabrai-33-mental-models-for-life) _2026-06-26 · Julio Froment · 📙 Little Almanack_ Nugget by Mohnish Pabrai ## [45 Mental Models for Investing & Starting a Business](https://www.littlealmanack.com/p/mohnish-pabrai-mental-models-for-investing-and-business) _2026-06-19 · Julio Froment · 📙 Little Almanack_ Nugget by Mohnish Pabrai ## [Readwise Review: Is It Really Worth Your Time and Money? \[2026\]](https://www.littlealmanack.com/p/readwise-review) _2026-06-08 · Julio Froment · 📙 Little Almanack_ It was back in 2023 when I first heard of Readwise (from a post on X). ## [Never Enough by Andrew Wilkinson: 12 Key Ideas & Highlights](https://www.littlealmanack.com/p/andrew-wilkinson-never-enough) _2026-05-22 · Julio Froment · 📙 Little Almanack_ (12 Ideas I Learned) ## [Crush Every Threat in Real Time (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/Li3tf2o8umei) _2026-05-22 · **Sponsored**_ One agent for real-time detection, exposure tracking, and active defense. ## [Shooting for the Moon](https://www.littlealmanack.com/p/shooting-for-the-moon) _2026-05-08 · Julio Froment · 📙 Little Almanack_ Nugget by Andrew Wilkinson, Robert Greene