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The great ideas of philosophy, Daniel N. Robinson, Part 2 of 5

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The great ideas of philosophy, Daniel N. Robinson, Part 2 of 5

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eng

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instructional materials

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Includes lecture notes and outline, timeline, glossary, and bibliographical references

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The great ideas of philosophy

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58837282

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Daniel N. Robinson

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The great courses

Summary

Philosophy is best understood as a "great conversation" held across hundreds of years. All philosophers have the same eternal questions: What is the nature of the world and what can we know about it? What is the best kind of life? How should we govern ourselves and each other? There are no final answers, but some answers are far better than others. These lectures link the concerns of geniuses across centuries with the same fundamental questions, making their debates our own

Table Of Contents

Lecture 13: Aristotle on friendship -- Lecture 14: Aristotle on the perfect life -- Lecture 15: Rome, the stoics, and the rule of law -- Lecture 16: The stoic bridge to Christianity -- Lecture 17: Roman law, making a city of the once-wide world -- Lecture 18: The light within, Augustine on human nature -- Lecture 19: Islam -- Lecture 20: Secular knowledge, the idea of university -- Lecture 21: The reappearance of experimental science -- Lecture 22: Scholasticism and the theory of natural law -- Lecture 23: The Renaissance, was there one? -- Lecture 24: Let us burn the witches to save them

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