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Michel de Montaigne, Essays - Same Design, Different Outcomes - Sadler's Lectures
This lecture discusses key ideas from the Renaissance-era philosopher, critic, and essayist Michel De Montaigne's work Essays, specifically his essay Same Design, Different Outcomes It focuses upon …
Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago
Pierre Hadot, Philosophy As A Way Of Life - Christianity As Philosophy - Sadler's Lectures
This lecture discusses the 20th century philosopher and historian of ideas, Pierre Hadot, and focuses on chapter 4 of his book, Philosophy As a Way of Life. He discusses how Christianity was explici…
Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago
Seneca, Letter 70 - Ethics Of Choosing Death - Sadler's Lectures
This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient Stoic philosopher Seneca's Letters, this one looking at Letter 70, in which Seneca discusses whether or not ending one's life deliberately is permiss…
Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago
Seneca, Letter 63 - Grief For Lost Friends - Sadler's Lectures
This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient Stoic philosopher Seneca's Letters, this one looking at Letter 63, in which Seneca tells a friend who is grieving after the death of another friend t…
Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago
Alasdair MacIntyre, Plain Persons - How Far Should Plain Persons Be Moral Philosophers?
This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th and 21st century philosopher and moral theorist, Alasdair MacIntyre's essay "Plain Persons and Moral Theory" It focuses upon the extent to which what Ma…
Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago
Alasdair MacIntyre, Plain Persons - Narrative and Moral Development - Sadler's Lectures
This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th and 21st century philosopher and moral theorist, Alasdair MacIntyre's essay "Plain Persons and Moral Theory" It focuses upon MacIntyre's discussion of m…
Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago
Seneca, Letter 59 - Pleasure, Joy, And Wisdom - Sadler's Lectures
This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient Stoic philosopher Seneca's Letters, this one looking at Letter 59, in which Seneca distinguishes between the senses that ordinary people and Stoics g…
Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago
Seneca, Letter 47 - Treatment Of Slaves - Sadler's Lectures
This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient Stoic philosopher Seneca's Letters, this one looking at Letter 47, in which Seneca discusses how masters in the ancient would should regard and treat…
Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago
Seneca, Letter 30 - Attitudes Towards Death - Sadler's Lectures
This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient Stoic philosopher Seneca's Letters, this one looking at Letter 30, in which Seneca uses the example of an aged friend Bassus who is approaching his o…
Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago
Seneca, Letter 23 - Feeling Joy In Right Things - Sadler's Lectures
This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient Stoic philosopher Seneca's Letters, this one looking at Letter 23, in which Seneca tells Lucilius that he wants him to learn how to attain and feel g…
Published on 9 months, 4 weeks ago