This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century philosopher, novelist, and essayist Albert Camus' four Letters To A German Friend (anthologized in Resistance, Rebellion, and Death: Essays)
Specifically it examines the fourth and final letter, which looks at the importance of attending to the demands of justice but also human happiness when considerin ... Show More
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Augustine of Hippo, Confessions - Augustine's Friend Alypius - Sadler's Lectures
This lecture discusses key ideas from the early medieval philosopher and theologian, Augustine of Hippo's work, The Confessions. It focuses specifically on his discussion of his friend Alypius in book 8, who was from Augustine's home town of Thagaste, attended Augustine's lecture ... Show More
19m 46s
Aug 6
Albert Camus, Letter To A German Friend - Letter 3: Europe's Meaning - Sadler's Lectures
This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century philosopher, novelist, and essayist Albert Camus' four Letters To A German Friend (anthologized in Resistance, Rebellion, and Death: Essays) Specifically it examines the third letter, which elaborates the theme of the meaning ... Show More
18m 58s
Aug 4
Albert Camus, Letter To A German Friend - Letter 2: The Price Of Intelligence - Sadler's Lectures
This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century philosopher, novelist, and essayist Albert Camus' four Letters To A German Friend (anthologized in Resistance, Rebellion, and Death: Essays) Specifically it examines the second letter, which builds upon and expands themes fro ... Show More
16m 34s
May 28
Close Readings: Nietzsche's 'Schopenhauer as Educator'
In this extended extract from their series 'Conversations in Philosophy', part of the LRB's Close Readings podcast, Jonathan Rée and James Wood look at one of Friedrich Nietzsche's early essays, 'Schopenhauer as Educator'. For Nietzsche, Schopenhauer’s genius lay not in his ideas ... Show More
31m 43s
Nov 2024
Philosophy Series: Marx on History, Communism, & Political Economy
Breht listens to, reflects on, and critically engages with a public lecture by the late philosopher Michael Sugrue entititled "Marx on Alienation and Ideology". Professor Sugrue passed away recently, and Breht has always found his free, public lectures on philosophy to be helpful ... Show More
2h 14m
Aug 2024
Revisiting Aquinas' Five Ways w/ Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P., Prof. Robert Koons, & Prof. Daniel Bonevac
Are Aquinas' Five Ways for proving the existence of God still relevant today? Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with Prof. Robert Koona & Prof. Daniel Bonevac about new insights that contemporary schola ... Show More
44m 8s
Dec 2023
Schopenhauer en dialogue... 3/4 : Avec Nietzsche : morale, religion, faut-il s’en débarrasser ?
durée : 00:58:20 - Avec philosophie - par : Géraldine Muhlmann - Nietzsche reprend à Schopenhauer sa métaphysique du vouloir-vivre pour en explorer une autre voie. S'il a une dette envers lui, Nietzsche a surtout critiqué avec virulence le philosophe du pessimisme, notamment sur ... Show More
58m 20s