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Heloise and Abelard - Letter 4 - Love, Despair, and Repentance - Sadler's Lectures
This lecture discusses key ideas from the sequence of letters between two great Medieval intellectuals, lovers, and religious Heloise D'Argenteuil and Peter Abelard It focuses specifically on the fou…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Heloise and Abelard - Letter 3 - Love, Virtue, Duty, and God - Sadler's Lectures
This lecture discusses key ideas from the sequence of letters between two great Medieval intellectuals, lovers, and religious Heloise D'Argenteuil and Peter Abelard It focuses specifically on the thi…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Heloise and Abelard - Letter 2 - Married Love and Religious Life - Sadler's Lectures
This lecture discusses key ideas from the sequence of letters between two great Medieval intellectuals, lovers, and religious Heloise D'Argenteuil and Peter Abelard It focuses specifically on the sec…
Published on 1 month, 4 weeks ago
Heloise and Abelard - Letter 1 - A History Of Abelard's Calamities - Sadler's Lectures
This lecture discusses key ideas from the sequence of letters between two great Medieval intellectuals, lovers, and religious Heloise D'Argenteuil and Peter Abelard It focuses specifically on the fir…
Published on 2 months ago
Seneca, Letter 109 - Fellowship And Wise People - Sadler's Lectures
This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient Stoic philosopher Seneca's Letters, this one looking at Letter 109 It focuses specifically on whether or not a wise person, according to the Stoics, …
Published on 2 months ago
Seneca, Letter 99 - Consolation For Loss Of A Child - Sadler's Lectures
This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient Stoic philosopher Seneca's Letters, this one looking at Letter 99 In this letter, after a brief introductory paragraph, Seneca reproduces a letter se…
Published on 2 months ago
Seneca, Letter 6 - Friendship, Progress, and Sharing Knowledge - Sadler's Lectures
This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient Stoic philosopher Seneca's Letters, this one looking at Letter 6 It focuses specifically on how we make moral progress, and that we ought to want to…
Published on 2 months ago
Seneca, Letter 3 - True and False Friendship - Sadler's Lectures
This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient Stoic philosopher Seneca's Letters, this one looking at Letter 3 It focuses specifically on Seneca discussing a paradox of calling someone a friend b…
Published on 2 months ago
Soren Kierkegaard The Present Age - Silence, Speaking, and Chatter - Sadler's Lectures
This lecture discusses key ideas from the 19th century philosopher, essayist, and theologian, Søren Kierkegaard's review essay "The Present Age" contained in his review of Two Ages: The Age of Revolu…
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan - Wit, Judgement, And Fancy - Sadler's Lectures
This lecture discusses key ideas from the modern philosopher Thomas Hobbes' work Leviathan It focuses specifically on first part of chapter 8 where he discusses what he calls "intellectual virtues", …
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago