METIS Wisdom Talks at ETH Zurich

science, social, arts, society, culture, philosophy · EN-US

English Description (German below) The bilingual Podcast accompanying the METIS project on intercultural wisdom literature and wisdom practices. To be found on www.metis.ethz.ch. The podcast covers the wide range of wisdom traditions, such as Daoism, the Stoa, skeptical traditions, and many more. In addition to the main currents, authors, works and topics we talk about with academic experts, we also interview people in meditation, wisdom training and other wisdom practices. Last but not least, we provide information about the methodology of the Metis Project and address your comments and critique in the "wisdom tasks". The podcasts are held in German and English. We provide German and English transcripts on our homepage. There you will also find further material in the form of essays, classics of wisdom literature and much more. The project was founded in 2022 in Zurich, Switzerland. Michael Hampe, Professor for philosophy at ETH Zurich is the initiator of the project.