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Philosophy Week 1: Plato - Apology and Crito

https://vimeo.com/728032092 Plato documented the trial of Socrates and his last days in imprisonment and captured a truly moving moment in history. The Athenian people judged Socrates after some...

Published on: 2022-07-08

Week: Week 1

Philosophy Week 8: Aeschylus: Prometheus Bound

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Published on: 2022-07-08

Week: Week 8

Philosophy Week 7: Aristotle - Athenian Constitution

https://vimeo.com/728014562 Laws and those who issue them can gain esteem in society when issued to achieve justice and an outcome that supports the views held in society1. As we saw in the...

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Week: Week 7

Philosophy Week 6: Aristotle - Metaphysics

https://vimeo.com/728025254 In a way, following the concepts of Bertrand Russell that most post-modern philosophers rejected, metaphysics can be seen as also representing the science of science.1...

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Week: Week 6

Philosophy Week 5: Aristotle - Politics

https://vimeo.com/728023783 The United States of America is a republic under a constitutional government.1 Unlike Britain, the United States has a written constitution. However, the United Kingdom...

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Week: Week 5

Philosophy Week 4

Aristotle - Nicomachean Ethics https://vimeo.com/728019130 The Nicomachean Ethics is focused on human happiness or fulfillment and well-being. Aristotle notes how happiness is a fundamental...

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Week: Week 4

Philosophy Week 3: Sophocles - Oedipus the King / Antigone

https://vimeo.com/728057489 Two of the most cogent themes throughout literature involve happiness and tragedy. These can each be used in a wide range of scenarios. To many people, each of these...

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Week: Week 3

Philosophy Week 2: Plato - The Republic, Books I & II

Preview in new tab https://vimeo.com/728039089 Plato continues in investigating injustice in his work on the Republic. All people throughout societies have complained of injustice at some time,...

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Week: Week 2

Philosophy Week 10: Lucretius: On the Nature of Things

Introduction Lucretius wrote a very modern treatise of the world in verse.1 This notional account of reality captures many aspects of the underlying nature of modern science. At the same time, it...

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Week: Week 10

Philosophy Week 9: Aeschylus - Agamemnon, Choephoroe and Eumenides

Aeschylus - Agamemnon, Choephoroe and Eumenides https://vimeo.com/728026880 Introduction As with many other classics, the works of Aeschylus are easily available, affordable and provide an...

Published on: 2022-07-08

Week: Week 9