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Great Minds of the Western Intellectual Tradition, 3rd Edition
- Narrated by: Alan Charles Kors, Darren Staloff, Dennis Dalton, Douglas Kellner
- Length: 43 hrs and 41 mins
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Summary
For 3,000 years, mankind has grappled with fundamental questions about life. What is real? Who or what is God? When is it legitimate for one person to have power over others? What is justice? Beauty?
This 84-lecture, 12-professor tour of Western philosophical tradition covers more than 60 of history's greatest minds and brings you a comprehensive survey of the history of Western philosophy from its origins in classical Greece to the present.
It took 3,000 years for the debate chronicled in these lectures to reach maturity.
With this series of lectures, you can encompass it by the end of next month. You'll travel chronologically through the history of the Western world, charting the intriguing development of Western philosophy and drawing fascinating connections between thinkers separated by the gulf of time and space. You'll acquaint yourself with the Greek Pre-Socratics (the world's first scientific thinkers) and examine in detail the insights of three towering figures: Socrates, his student Plato, and Plato's student, Aristotle.
You'll examine the contributions to philosophy from biblical traditions and the great minds of the Christian age. Then, you'll mark the critical schism that developed between the claims of faith and those of science and participate in the breathless discovery found during the Enlightenment, which reveled in the new freedom of human potential and scientific expansion. You'll study the provocative philosophical responses (by the Existentialists and others) to the challenges raised by the new scientific consciousness. And you'll conclude with an overview of the work of Derrida and other late 20th-century philosophers and theorists.
The full list of lecturers includes Professors Alan Charles Kors, Darren Staloff, Dennis Dalton, Douglas Kellner, Jeremy Adams, Jeremy Shearmur, Kathleen M. Higgins, Louis Markos, Mark Risjord, Phillip Cary, Robert C. Solomon, and Robert H. Kane.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.
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- Anonymous User
- 11-09-21
Awesome stuffs
Something everyone should listen to, fascinating and lots of practical wisdom to live by. Can't wait for the 4th edition to include some more (post) modern philosophies
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- Matthew McGuire
- 15-07-17
lots and lots of matrial
This is a great resource and has given me a glimpse into profoundly deep thoughts from 3 thousand years of grear western minds. Many of these were not known to me before. So much material! Just thinly spread; despite many hours of lectures.
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- Mike
- 08-08-18
A really good overview of the subject
I really enjoyed this set of lectures, and will listen again, it gives the opportunity to delve deeper into the subjects that are found most interesting , I specially enjoyed the parts on Socrates and Plato, and will be delving deeper into this, thank you for a great course.
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- Maneesh Kaushik
- 05-05-21
Great introduction to various facets of Western
why West dominates the world. some of reason lies with their ideology over the centuries. Science and democracy are the key reasons.1
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- Ted
- 13-03-21
huge amount of crucial information.
some of this information is hugely important for a thinking mind. the ability to track behavioural patterns of the human animal as far back as this material travels and to aid in context for our own confusing lives seems paramount to improving negative conditions or improving already solid foundations. the need to learn about religion is a humanitarian need in aiding the understanding as to how we as creatures operate and the spiritual nature of our involvement in the cycle of life and death. don't be afraid, learn fearlessness from men who have lived better.
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- Chris
- 01-05-17
Surprisingly good
There is something for everyone in this introduction to philosophy. I have a Masters Degree in the subject and bought this course as a refresher, overlooking some of the negative reviews from the hard-to-please crowd. That was the right choice. Here are my thoughts. The choice of philosophers was a good, including both the usual greats as a few surprises. The selection is well-balance across time (sampling each period from the pre-socratics to the present) and also across space, the different approaches to and branches of philosophy (from softer spiritual, ethical, and political questions to harder questions of analysis, knowledge, and science). This evenhandedness was quite an accomplishment in my opinion. In terms of rigour, the level is about right for this sort of course: there is plenty of substance for people with a background in philosophy yet beginners will also be able to enjoy and benefit from it. The fact that I am going to listen to it again is probably the surest sign that's it's achieved it's aim. Overall, a very solid and enriching course.
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- Finn
- 22-07-18
A perspective-altering epic
This gargantuan collection of lectures covers great Western philosophers from Ancient Greece to the present. In general, it was very well lectured (however occasionally I had to increase the speed to 1.25x or 1.5x). It was perpetually provocative, fairly balanced in viewpoint, and has substantially broadened and deepened my understanding of philosophical thoughts and ideas. A side effect of this course is a significant lengthening of my to-read list: pretty much all of the works mentioned in this course!
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- Amazon Customer
- 13-08-21
Generally good with one annoying aspect
The content is great but they use the same clapping sound effect after every lecture, which makes it sound a bit fake.
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- marcelo
- 09-07-22
The best GC
This was one os the best GC, it touches the most important topics in western intellectual minds.. I loved every moment without skipping.
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- Tone
- 02-07-22
Too much too thin.
30 minutes on each of these vast subjects provides nothing more than a broad overview of the people rather than the philosophy and to much opinion of the lecturer.
Wikipedia provides a better summary.
i didn't come away from these lectures with much new information.
Also the Introductory music and the ridiculous fake ( canned ) clapping before and after every lecturer is tedious and trite and should be removed.
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