An audio book version of my translation of Nietzsche's Thus Spake Zarathustra. I'm translating all four books and working with illustrator Axel Void. This is reading is from the rough draft version of the translation, so the final version will be a little different. I'll try an post a section a week of Book I.

Thus Spake Zarathustra Part I

The next installment of the rough draft of my translation of Thus Spake Zarathustra Book One. I'll record the commentary after completing the entire book and then on to Book Two!

Thus Spake Zarathustra Book One Part III

The fourth installment of the audio version of my translation of TSZ. This is a rough draft. Will be followed by a chapter by chapter commentary.

Thus Spake Zarathustra Part IV

The fifth and final section of commentary on the book one of Nietzsche's Thus Spake Zarathustra. By Wesley Cecil PhD.

Thus Spake Zarathustra Commentary Part Five

First lecture in a new series exploring the structure, meaning, and challenges facing our experience of identity. Presented by Wesley Cecil PhD. 
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Identity - Introduction And Chimpanzees

Part two of my series on identity explores the notion that identity has not really been a problem for almost anyone in the last 200,000 years. It truly is a modern problem.

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Identity Part Two - From Chimps To The Modern World In One Big Step

The third part of the identity series explores the transition to the modern world which was given form and impetus by the thinkers of the enlightenment.

Identity Part Three - Blame The Enlightenment

This lecture explores some of the challenges that are persented when one enters urban spaces and encounters large groups of strangers. 
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Identity Part IV - Country To The City

In an attempt to solve the complexities of the modern world we often look to abstractions to simplify the vast complexity we face. Understandable, but not really that helpful. 
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Identity Part Five - The Attraction Of Abstraction

The sixth part of the identity series explores how our sense of where we are and when we are has been disrupted. 

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Identity Part Six - Be Here Now

This lecture explores how the marketing industry exploits our insecurities and essentially makes a bad situation much worse.

Identity Part Seven - The Perils Of Marketing

This lecture explores the necessity of controlling what occupies our attention in a world the tends to undermine any sense of identity.

Identity Part Eight - The Garden Of The Mind

A world filled with abstractions works to undermine our sense of self and community. This lectures explores the problem and offers a vague and likely unhelpful suggestion to look for the visceral whenever possible. 

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Identity Part Nine - Abstraction

A lecture on the early Greek philosophers focusing on Pythagoras and the Miletians.

1 - 01 The Pre - Socratic Philosophers -The Greek And Roman Philosophers

1 - 02 Epicurus Life And Philosophy -The Greek And Roman Philosophers

The Life and Philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre

2 - 03 Jean - Paul Sartre - Modern Philosophers

2 - 04 Heidegger - Modern Philosophers

2 - 05 William James - Modern Philosophers

2 - 06 Wittgenstein - Modern Philosophers

The Life and Philosophy of Betrand Russell

2 - 07 Betrand Russell - Modern Philosophers

A lecture that explores the importance of leisure as an element of artistic and scientific creativity.

3 - 01 On Leisure - The Humane Arts

Visit my new website: http://www.wescecil.com   Lecture by Wesley Cecil PhD. on the life and work of Max Stirner. Delivered at Peninsula College.

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Forgotten Thinkers: Jacques Barzun

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A lecture delivered by Wesely Cecil PhD. on Max Stirner as part of a series on significant thinkers who have been largely forgotten today.

Forgotten Philosophers: Max Stirner

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A lecture delivered by Wesley Cecil PhD. exploring the work of two of the most significant thinkers from the Islamic Golden Age. Delivered at Peninsula College.

Forgotten Thinkers: Al-Kindi and Averroes

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A lecture delivered by Wesley Cecil PhD. on the life, work and influence of Goethe. Often overlooked in intellectual history, Goethe was an influential writer and thinker for his entire adult life. Several generations of European thinkers and artists looked to him as a role model and mentor.

Forgotten Thinkers: Goethe

An exploration of the birth of ethics in the Ancient Greek world and how this has created a series of problems that we face in our everyday lives. Presented by Wesley Cecil, PhD. at FinnRiver Cidery in Chimacum Washington. The flyer is available at https://www.instagram.com/humanearts/
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History Of Philosophy In 16 Questions Three How Should People Live

The first lecture in a series on German Philosophers features Immanuel Kant and his influence on the history of philosophy. Presented by Wesley Cecil PhD. at Peninsula College.

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Immanuel Kant

The second in my series of lectures on great German thinkers explores the life, work and influence of Hegel. Presented by Wesley Cecil PhD at Peninsula College

Hegel

An exploration of the life, philosophy and influence of Schopenhauer. This lecture, the third in my series covering German thinkers, was presented by Wesley Cecil PhD at Peninsula College.

The Germans Schopenhauer

A review of the work and life of this unique thinker who has exerted an amazing influence on modern philosophy. Delivered by Wesley Cecil PhD. at Peninsula College

The Germans Kierkegaard

A lecture exploring the life and work of the under-appreciated German thinker Karl Jaspers. Delivered by Wesley Cecil PhD. at Peninsula College.

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The Germans Karl Jaspers

This lecture explores the life and thinking of one of the most important thinkers of the 20th century. Presented by Wesley Cecil PhD but not at Peninsula College because, alas, all gathering have been temporarily suspended. Hopefully the lectures, with audience, will return in the not too distant future. 
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The Germans Hannah Arendt

he original introduction to the Humane Arts series failed to record so, unless you were live at the series, it has been unavailable. So I thought I would do a new introduction for the series as a means of giving a background for the other lectures. Presented by Wesley Cecil, PhD.

The Humane Arts Introduction

A quick overview of the Frankfurt school and a response to this odd theory I encountered while researching for the Germans series. There seems to be an idea that this school has had some incredibly powerful influence on contemporary culture. Spoiler alert, no evidence for this. The picture is Herbert Marcuse, likely the best known member of this school in the United States.

Cultural Marxism And The Frankfurt School

I am a student of language and literature. I have been reading, writing, and studying for most of my life. I received a B.A. in English from Fresno State and then went on to receive an M.A. and Ph.D. in English at Indiana University. I am interested in literature, philosophy, history and gardening. For the last 16 years, I have been a teacher at Peninsula College and, when not working, reading, or writing, spend much of my time in my garden.

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