Bonus: Greg Sadler on Gabriel Marcel

Turning to the Mystics with James Finley

Center for Action and Contemplation

Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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On this special bonus episode, James Finley and Kirsten Oates interview Greg Sadler about the philosophy of Gabriel Marcel, with special attention paid to Marcel's ideas on fidelity, hope, and love. Greg Sadler is the president of ReasonIO, associate editor of Stoicism Today, an APPA-certified philosophical counselor, an adjunct professor at Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, and a faculty member in the Stoa Nova. His main YouTube channel contains over 3,000 videos on thinkers, texts, and topics in philosophy. Resources: The transcript for this episode can be found here. The book we will be using this season can be⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠found here⁠⁠. Find Greg's Substack here: link Connect with us: Have a question you'd like Jim or Kirsten to answer about this season? Email us: ⁠[email protected]⁠ Send us a voicemail: ⁠cac.org/voicemail⁠

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0:00.0	You're listening to a podcast by the Center for Action and Contemplation.
0:04.0	To learn more, visit cac.org.
0:08.2	Greetings. I'm Jim Finley.
0:11.2	And I'm Kirsten Oates.
0:13.2	Welcome to Turning to the Mystics.
0:29.1	Welcome, everyone, to Season 11 of Turning to the Mystics, where we've been turning to the philosophy of Gabriel Marcel.
0:32.0	And I'm here today with Jim and our special guest, Gregory Sadler.
0:36.6	Gregory Sadler is the president of Reason I.O., Associate Editor of Stoism Today,
0:42.7	an APPA certified philosophical counselor, an adjunct professor at Milwaukee Institute of Art
0:50.2	and Design, and a faculty member in the Stoanova.
0:56.0	He has written a book called Reason Fulfilled by Revelation, the 1930s Christian philosophy debates in France, among many other books.
1:04.1	And on his YouTube channel, you can find over 3,000 videos on thinkers, texts and topics in philosophy. And Jim and I have both enjoyed
1:13.7	watching Gregory's teachings on Marcel on his YouTube channel, which is why we invited him to
1:19.8	dialogue with us today. So welcome Jim and welcome Greg. Oh, thanks. Thanks for having me.
1:27.3	So Jim, on the podcast, you've discussed how Gabriel Marcel, like many of the mystics
1:32.0	we've covered, incorporates both vision and path elements in his teaching.
1:37.9	So could you begin by reviewing the way you've presented Marcel's vision?
1:42.1	And then, Greg, I'll invite you to comment and expand on what Jim shares.
1:46.7	Yes.
1:48.1	Yeah, I'd like to start with this basic vision of Marcel, like an understanding of reality,
1:53.4	his understanding of reality.
1:55.7	And the approach that he takes is helping us see the distinction between problem and mystery.
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