The Body of a City and How Authority Works
This video is a repost from a discussion I had with Sam Glenn, whose YouTube channel is dedicated to exploring philosophy. We discuss the symbolic reality of the bodies and agency of cities as principalities. Viewers might find it complementary to last my discussion with John Vervaeke, linked below. Sam and I also talk about how authority ideally functions, and modernity's relationship to authority, hierarchy and technology. Enjoy. Original video: • Philosophia #8 Jonathan Pageau Collective Intelligence: Angels in Scientific Terms | with John Vervaeke: • Collective Intelligence: Angels in Scienti... ==================== Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:25 - Contents of this discussion 00:01:30 - The body of a city 00:07:09 - Fractals: humans and cities 00:10:49 - Embodying higher consciousness VS idolatry 00:14:17 - What agency do we have as part of the bodies of angels? 00:20:24 - The value of a community of authority 00:26:35 - Modernity both resists and fetishizes authority 00:35:09 - How technology stretches authority 00:38:23 - How authority works 00:44:01 - Outro ==================== The Symbolic World website and blog: http://www.thesymbolicworld.com Merch: http://www.thesymbolicworld.store My brother's book on symbolism - Language of Creation (Matthieu Pageau): https://www.amazon.com/Language-Creat... The Symbolic World podcast: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0gI8bUw... Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... More videos from The Symbolic World: Clips Channel: / jonathanpageauclips French Channel: / jonathanpageaufrançais Bitchute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/page... Dtube: https://steemit.com/@symbolism Join the conversation: Unofficial Facebook discussion group: / 1989208418065298 The Symbolic World Reddit: / thesymbolicworld Support this channel: Website: https://thesymbolicworld.com/support/ Patreon: / pageauvideos Subscribestar: https://www.subscribestar.com/jonatha... Paypal: http://www.paypal.me/JonathanPageau Social media links: Facebook: / thesymbolicworld Twitter: / pageaujonathan Instagram: / jonathan.pageau My intro was arranged and recorded by Matthew Wilkinson. My website designers, Anomalist Design: https://www.anomalistdesign.com/
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