Practical philosophy
Emory University professor Luke Timothy Johnson delivers lectures discussing the philosophers of ancient Greece and Rome, as well as the philosophical theories they espoused.
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- Full title :Practical philosophy / Professor Luke Timothy Johnson.
Summary
Emory University professor Luke Timothy Johnson delivers lectures discussing the philosophers of ancient Greece and Rome, as well as the philosophical theories they espoused.
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- Publication Date:2002
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Teaching Co
- Place of Publication:Chantilly, VA
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2002
The Physical Object
- Description:4 videodiscs (720 min., 24 lectures 30 min. each) + 1 Course guidebook
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781565857032, 1565857038
- oclc:on1126291568
Table of Contents
Lecture 1. The world of the Greco-Roman moralists -- lecture 2. How empire changed philosophy -- lecture 3. The great schools and their battles -- lecture 4. Dominant themes and metaphors -- lecture 5. The ideal philosopher, a composite portrait -- lecture 6. The charlatan, philosophy betrayed -- lecture 7. Philosophy satirized, the comic Lucian -- lecture 8. Cicero, the philosopher as politician -- lecture 9. Seneca, philosopher as court advisor -- lecture 10. Good Roman advice, Cicero and Seneca -- lecture 11. Musonius Rufus, the Roman Socrates -- lecture 12. Dio Chrysostom, the wandering rhetorician -- lecture 13. Dio Chrysostom, preaching peace and piety -- lecture 14. Epictetus, philosopher as school teacher -- lecture 15. Epictetus, the stoic path to virtue -- lecture 16. Epictetus, the messenger of Zeus -- lecture 17. Marcus Aurelius, meditations of the king -- lecture 18. Jews thinking like Greeks -- lecture 19. Philo, Judaism as Greek philosophy -- lecture 20. Plutarch, biography as moral instruction -- lecture 21. Plutarch and philosophical religion -- lecture 22. Plutarch on virtue and educating children -- lecture 23. Plutarch, envy, anger, and talking too much -- lect…
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