Philosophy

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   Leisure: The Basis of Culture

   by Josef Pieper · 2 episodes · 2 shows

   “His most important book was Leisure: the Basis of Culture. That's his most inflecting. It's actually a long essay. It's very, very beautiful. He says, I can tell you everything you need to know about a culture by how they actually use leisure.”

   Huberman Lab · The Art of True Happiness | Dr. Arthur Brooks · 14/09/2026 · at 34:40

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   The Book of Five Rings

   by Miyamoto Musashi · 2 episodes

   “One of the most impactful books for me was a book that I read when I was very young called The Book of Five Rings. Oh, yeah, Miyamoto Musashi. Yeah. So let's say, let's say, let's say you read Miyamoto Musashi. You read that a lot of times, right? Oh, yeah, yeah. I've read that. I don't even know how many times.”

   The Joe Rogan Experience · #2561 - LL Cool J · 06/10/2026 · at 1:45:18

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   The Hero with a Thousand Faces

   by Joseph Campbell · 2 episodes · 2 shows

   “And he wrote this book. He wrote his dissertation on this book. Took him years. And then afterwards, he did a like too long, didn't read version of it, which is called The Hero Has a Thousand Faces and The Hero's Journey. And then George Lucas picked up those books and he made Star Wars.”

   The Joe Rogan Experience · #2571 - Jimmy Carr · 28/10/2026 · at 1:35:32

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   The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life and Work

   by Joseph Campbell · 2 episodes · 2 shows

   “Has a Thousand Faces and The Hero's Journey. And then George Lucas picked up those books and he made Star Wars. So Star Wars is a too long didn't read version of Finnegan's Wake, which is a version of Vico.”

   The Joe Rogan Experience · #2571 - Jimmy Carr · 28/10/2026 · at 1:35:47

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   On the Equality of All Things: Lessons on Physics and Philosophy

   by Carlo Rovelli · 1 episode

   “Okay. On the equality of all things. Oh, the book. That's the last book I published. Yes. I'm going to publish. It's coming out in a few days. Yeah, it comes out September 15th. And what are we at today? Today is the 8th. This is a very fascinating subject.”

   The Joe Rogan Experience · #2554 - Carlo Rovelli · 15/09/2026 · at 0:55

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   The Denial of Death

   by Ernest Becker · 1 episode

   “And I will say, though, you know, I read a book when I was about in my 20s called The Denial of Death by Ernest Becker. He was a social psychologist, I guess, sociologist who believed strongly that so much of what we do in our lives is driven by our awareness of our own mortality.”

   The Diary Of A CEO · Top Scientist REVEALS: We Invented Heaven, God Is A Human Invention! | Prof Brian Greene · 17/08/2026 · at 26:55

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   Aspects of the Theory of Syntax

   by Noam Chomsky · 1 episode

   “What is it? Oh, A Manufacturer of Consent. That's right. Yeah. But he had the first book of his I read, it was in linguistics, aspects of the theory of syntax. And if you're a linguist and you're studying linguistics, that's just genius.”

   The Joe Rogan Experience · #2547 - Daniel Everett · 27/08/2026 · at 47:13

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   Deep Utopia: Life and Meaning in a Solved World

   by Nick Bostrom · 1 episode
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   Hagakure: The Secret Wisdom of the Samurai

   by Yamamoto Tsunetomo · 1 episode

   “You ever get into like Book of Five Rings or any of that shit? For sure. I'm reading. It's called Hagakari right now. And it's essentially a single individual, Yamamoto, it's like Tunishi or something.”

   The Joe Rogan Experience · JRE MMA Show #185 with Ethyn Ewing · 02/09/2026 · at 1:41:49

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