Jesus was a Philosopher (w/Dr. Daniel Napier)

Published 2024-04-26
In episode 260 of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Daniel Napier to discuss his work on the philosophy of Jesus, especially in his new (and fantastic) book, The Soul Whisperer: Jesus' Way Among The Philosophers. Grab the book here to support my work: amzn.to/49Us6Uf

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0:00 - St. Augustine on Human Nature
8:09 - Dallas Willard's Impact
16:10 - Was Jesus a Philosopher?
23:27 - Socrates vs. Jesus
30:51 - Jesus's Philosophical Anthropology

All Comments (7)
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  • @th3ist
    Like Napier I have some Willard books on the shelf. Might have to go back to it and give it another shot
  • @AP-vg3nr
    Great discussion! So happy to see this one!
  • @th3ist
    Is the heart in the Napier sense an instrumental cause or efficient cause? Since he ties it so closely to scope of awareness, awareness can be either passive or active, at the same time awareness is so close to the 1st person perspective. Having a hard time distinguishing efficient from instrumental.
  • @th3ist
    the deontological ethics and behaviour discussion is interesting. not really sure it matters from the 3rd person perspective. imagine i see 2 men and each of them are behaving (outputs) the same way but inwardly (the black box to the observer) one is coasting on the habits of the soul while the other guy is carefully attending through awareness every fluctuation of the soul and painfully fighting against it with his spirit. i imagine one day there will be a pill u can take with nanobots that will align your soul to a christian disposition for you. or align the meat in a way that the soul finds it easy to give the right outputs.
  • @th3ist
    dude the social relations part with winsomeness kinda made me cringe. i've yet to see someone make a case for winsomeness without coming across as feminine. if u can make a case for masculine winsomeness i'm in.