Episode 75: Silence
Released April 11, 2023
*cricket noises* In episode 75 of Overthink, Ellie and David discuss silence and its connection with awe, ecstasy, and the experience of the divine. They talk about David’s experience staying silent during a collegiate debate and Ellie’s practice of meditation as it relates to silence. How does being silent reveal the inner and outer noise that so often surrounds us? They talk about Christian mysticism, Dauenhauer's deep silence, and Heidegger’s call of conscience and explore the various forms of silence that shape our everyday lives.
Interested in the works discussed? You can find them here:
St. Thomas Aquinas, The Summa Theologica
John Cage, 4’33”
Bernard Dauenhauer, Silence: The Phenomenon and its Ontological Significance
Rupert Gethin, The Foundations of Buddhism
Martin Heidegger, Being and Time
Richard Kostelanetz, Conversing with John Cage
Louis Pelletier, “Silence please! A brief history of silence at the theater”
Ludwig Wittgenstein, The Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
Dōgen Zenji, Shōbōgenzō
