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Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 DVD (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Examined Life takes philosophy into the hustle and bustle of the everyday. The "rock star" philosophers of our time take "walks" through places that hold special resonance for them and their ideas. These places include crowded city streets, deserted alleyways, Central Park, and a garbage dump.
Author
Series
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
18 CDs : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (160 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Language
English
Description
Western philosophy is a vast intellectual tradition, the product of thousands of years of revolutionary thought built up by a rich collection of brilliant minds. When most of us study philosophy, we're focusing only on the Western intellectual tradition brought about by people such as Aristotle, Descartes, and Nietzsche. But to understand the Western intellectual tradition is to only get half of the story. Just as important, and just as valid a contribution...
Author
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
6 DVDs (approximately 1,080 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (160 pages ; 19 cm).
Language
English
Description
"[This series] is an epic, comprehensive survey of the East's most influential philosophers and thinkers. In 36 lectures, [the student will be introduced to] the men and women responsible for molding Asian philosophy and for giving birth to a wide variety of spiritual and ideological systems, including Hinduism, Daoism, Confucianism, Sufism, and Buddhism."--Www.thegreatcourses.com.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxii, 469 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Introduces the origins of self-understanding in the cultures of Ancient Greece, the Roman Empire, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance, and explains how Western civilization frames the issues of self and society.
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