Tag Archives: Classical

Update Announcement (Season 2, Episode 0)

Welcome to this update for BetterPears. I am Dr. Jason Fugikawa, founder of BetterPears and managing member of FugiCor, LLC, the parent company of BetterPears. This blog post and podcast will include updates on my career transition, the BetterPears Mission, and the year ahead followed by a closing insight for your reading or listening edification.

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Catch up on past episodes of Season 1 at BetterPears.com/preserves.

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Two Iotas of a Difference (Episode 12)

The phrase “it does not make one iota of a difference” should be classified with similar phrases such as “I am not my brother’s keeper” and “to thy own self be true” in that it bears something of a biblical or Shakespearean pedigree while it excels in being on the wrong side of history and truth.

This episode of The BetterPears Podcast features a dedication to Dr. Fugikawa’s paternal grandfather and the lesson of his life and legacy. The episode itself is something of a two-for-one where the initial historical development only sets the stage for a more contemporary discussion of morality and our desire for authentic life.

BetterPears Swag and Back-to-School gifts are available at the BetterPears Market.

Catch up on past episodes of Season 1 at BetterPears.com/preserves.

Please visit our homepage at BetterPears.com.

To support the BetterPears Podcast, please visit: BetterPears.com/CSA

Heart Cor (Episode 11)

Fecisti nos ad te et cor nostrum inquietum est donec requiescat in te.

In his most famous line from his Confessions, St. Augustine introduces the great outward and return journey of his life, of our life. In this meticulous sentence, he reveals both his ability for rhetorical flourish and the paucity of our attempts at translation.

This episode is prefaced by a dedication to Fr. Matthew L. Lamb, who was influential in Dr. Fugikawa’s philosophical and theological formation.

BetterPears Swag and Back-to-School gifts are available at the BetterPears Market.

Catch up on past episodes of Season 1 at BetterPears.com/preserves.

Please visit our homepage at BetterPears.com.

To support the BetterPears Podcast, please visit: BetterPears.com/CSA

Taste and See (Episode 10)

Sight and Taste are linked to our expression and understanding of wisdom in the West. Dr. Fugikawa explores the limitations and nuances of these senses in our grasp of reality, truth, and the ordering of all things.

Dr. Fugikawa announces the second BetterPears course starting on June 15th in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. For more information and to claim a limited spot in these fellowships, visit BetterPears.com/courses. All inaugural fellows this summer will receive a complimentary BetterPears Mug from the BetterPears Market.

Catch up on past episodes of Season 1 at BetterPears.com/preserves.

This week’s podcast is on the word wisdom and the deep etymology behind its ancient and more modern meaning.

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Egregious (Episode 9)

The BetterPears Podcast returns this week with an historical announcement concerning our first BetterPears Course starting on May 30th in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. For more information and to claim a limited spot of the inaugural fellowship, visit BetterPears.com/courses. All inaugural fellows will receive a complimentary BetterPears Mug from the BetterPears Market.

Catch up on past episodes of Season 1 at BetterPears.com/preserves.

This week’s podcast is on the word egregious and the deep etymology behind its ancient and more modern meaning.

Please visit our homepage at BetterPears.com.

To support the BetterPears Podcast, please visit: BetterPears.com/CSA

Procreation (Episode 8)

The BetterPears Podcast returns after our mid-season hiatus as the road to the Season 1 finale approaches in May. Catch up on past episodes of Season 1 at BetterPears.com/preserves.

This week’s podcast is on procreation. As one of the two (or in some sense three) ends of marriage, the procreative end or procreation is often confused with creation. Dr. Fugikawa discusses this difference amid the creator/creature distinction.

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Classical Education (Episode 2)

Classical education bears the tension of an oxymoron. Education, a literal “leading out” recalls the “Allegory of the Cave” in Plato’s Republic in which Socrates describes the way by which the philosopher leads others out from the cave of images.