94: The Praise of Folly

Classical Stuff You Should Know

A.J. Hanenburg

Christianity, Education, Books, Religion & Spirituality, Arts

4.5 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2019

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Desiderius Erasmus is a great name, and he wrote a satire in which the goddess Folly gives an extemporaneous speech in praise of herself. It's great. Let's get silly.

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to classical stuff you should know.
0:12.3	We are a podcast about the classical world, classical education, and talking about old
0:19.3	things like their new things. Well, that's not really. No. We talk about old things like their new things.
0:21.8	Well, that's not really.
0:22.6	No.
0:23.1	We talk about them like they're old.
0:24.5	Yeah.
0:25.6	But with the excitement as if they were not.
0:28.1	That's right.
0:28.6	It's like talking about your old vacuum cleaner like it was brand new.
0:31.1	That's right.
0:32.1	Actually, Thomas, pro parenting tip.
0:34.1	I don't have children.
0:34.7	Okay, great.
0:35.5	But let's say you buy your child, let's say your child owns 10 toys.
0:39.4	Ten toys, okay, good. Here's a little trick. Is it a math problem?
0:42.0	Take five of those toys and hide them. Okay. Put them in the, put them in the attic.
0:45.7	So the child doesn't know that they're there. Let them play with five toys, take them away, give them those five other toys, and it's going to be like,
0:59.4	oh my goodness, new toys. Plays with those, gets bored of those, put them away, take the other five back,
1:03.4	and he's like, oh, these things, I love these things. You have to buy tools. You're saying it like a joke.
1:11.6	That's great a good. My brother-in-law and my sister do this, it absolutely works. You take half their toys, box them up, and they, you know, they'll freak out a little bit,
1:12.8	but you're like, hey, they won't even notice.
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