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Podcast: Commonwealth Club of California Podcast
Episode: George Hammond: The Revitalization of Ancient Greek Philosophy
Description: Monday Night Philosophy at The Commonwealth Club celebrates its 14th anniversary by revealing how 20th century scientific knowledge was used to revitalize the power of Pythagorean insights and Platonic ideals. Using ancient Greek principles that promote clear conceptual reasoning, Hammond spent his 20s reorganizing the concepts we all use into a more coherent whole, generating both philosophical wisdom about the patterns in our personalities and perhaps even a better scientific understanding of the universe as well.Just as it did 2,500 years ago, focusing on the existence of the continuum of change and on the unchanging principles inherent...