In Search of Wisdom

About In Search of Wisdom

Perennial Meditations is a podcast for seekers and curious minds. Each episode delivers a quote, a meditation, and a practice—inspired by the writings of Stoics, Saints, and Sages. Learn more at perennial.substack.com.

Publisher

Perennial Leader Project

Category

religion & spirituality · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

10 Mar 2021

Latest episode

23 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

9 of 270 episodes have a transcript.

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   23 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT

   St. Thomas Aquinas: "The Things We Love" | Perennial Meditations

   Host [Host Name] explores Thomas Aquinas's insights on how our deepest loves reveal our true selves, offering a profound understanding of personal identity.

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   20 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Dostoevsky: "Beauty Will Save the World" | Perennial Meditations

   Host [Host Name] explores Fyodor Dostoevsky's profound belief that beauty can redeem humanity, drawing from his personal trials and spiritual insights.

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   11 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT

   St. Teresa of Ávila on the Interior Castle | Perennial Meditations

   Host [Host Name] explores St. Teresa of Ávila's "The Interior Castle," offering insights into transforming spiritual understanding into lived experience.

Inside a recent episode

St. Thomas Aquinas: "The Things We Love" | Perennial Meditations

Published 23 Jul 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] These, Aquinas insisted, are the honest portraits. He believed that love was not primarily an emotion, it was a direction. The soul, he taught, is always in motion and always oriented towards something, always leaning, always moving in the direction of whatever it finds most real and most worth having. We don't choose our loves the way we choose our opinions. They form beneath our opinions, deeper than our decisions, and they govern our lives, whether we acknowledge them or not. This is what makes his observation so difficult. Opinions can be adjusted. Stories can be revised. But the quote loves are harder to argue with because they are not claims we make. […]

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Apple Podcasts (US)

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