Episode 2 described the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates’ idea that “vice harms the doer.” This episode describes the remarkably similar idea advanced by the fourth century Christian thinker Saint Augustine that vice contains its own punishment.
Think of this as a test. Sorry about the cryptic episode title, but saying too much will be a spoiler.
Can simple, ordinary objects in our environment be giving us a distorted view of history? Are there any practical, negative impacts?
This is the first episode dedicated to examining logical mistakes. This episode looks at the “informal fallacy” of “unwarranted generalization and stereotyping”–one of the...