Essays on the literary, mythological, historical and geological possibilities of the actual existence of Atlantis

Atlantis: Fact or Fiction?

Politics & Social Sciences

J. Rufus Fears

John V. Luce

S. Casey Fredericks

Dorothy B. Vitaliano

Herbert E. Wright Jr.

Social Sciences

Indiana University Press

High quality, university level teaching. Course Lecture Titles - (24 lectures, 30 minutes/lecture) 1. Theseus 2. Achilles and Agamemnon 3. Hector 4. Odysseus 5. Lycurgus 6. Solon 7. Croesus 8. Xerxes 9. Leonidas 10. Themistocles 11. Pausanias 12. Pericles 13. Anaxagoras, Phidias, and Aspasia 14. Sophocles 15. Thucydides 16. Alcibiades 17. Nicias 18. Alcibiades and the Peloponnesian War 19. Lysander and Socrates 20. The Trial of Socrates 21. Xenophon, Plato and Philip 22. Alexander the Great 23. Pyrrhus 24. Cleopatra

Famous Greeks

Science & Math

Evolution

The Teaching Company

These 24 lectures retell the lives of the remarkable individuals - the statesmen, thinkers, warriors, and writers - who shaped the history of the Roman Empire and, by extension, our own history and culture. Among the fascinating gallery of individuals whose lives, ideas, actions, and legacies you'll explore are Hannibal (who caused the Second Punic War personally, much as Adolf Hitler caused World War II), Augustus (who, beginning at the age of just 19, brilliantly followed a doctrine of ruthless expediency in order to rescue Rome from a century of civil war), and Marcus Aurelius (that most noble and philosophic of rulers who may have hastened the Empire's decline by tolerating the wicked cruelty of his heir). Professor Fears divides his presentation into three "turning point" epochs in Roman history: Rome's war with Hannibal (the Second Punic War); Caesar and the end of the Roman Republic; and the imperial era between Augustus and Marcus Aurelius. As he presents the great figures of each period, he makes them seem personal and immediate. As you study these and many other significant Romans, you'll probe fundamental questions about the political and cultural history of Rome. What was the impact of Greek civilization on the Romans? Why did the Roman people, at the height of military, political, and economic power, abandon their republican liberty for the dictatorship of Caesar and his successors? What made the 2nd century A.D. one the most creative periods in world history? And why did the central figures of Roman history hold so much appeal for America's Founding Fathers?

Famous Romans

It can be argued that one simple idea - the concept of freedom - has been the driving force of Western civilization and may be the most influential intellectual force the world has ever known. But what is freedom, exactly? These 36 engaging lectures tell the dramatic story of freedom from ancient Greece to our own day, exploring a concept so close to us we may never have considered it with the thoroughness it deserves. In exploring what freedom meant to Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Martin Luther King, and other great historical figures, you'll probe a range of provocative issues related to a concept we in the 21st century sometimes take for granted. What does it take to be free, to have and to hold liberty? What role do the liberal arts and the world of the intellect play in the life of a free society or a free individual? How should we understand the relationship among freedom, religion, and morality? With Professor Fears guiding and informing your thinking, you explore the birth of the idea of freedom in Greece and the story of the world's first democracy; the status and meaning of freedom in both the Roman Republic and the Empire; the role of Christianity in that flowering of freedom, and the Christian view of the true meaning of human liberation; the debates about freedom that informed the framing and ratification of the United States Constitution; its awful testing on the battlefields of the Civil War; the struggles of free peoples against domestic injustices and foreign dictatorships during the 20th century; and the questions about freedom we still face today.

A History of Freedom

This 36-lecture course explores the history of freedom, from the birth of the idea of liberty in classical Greece to our own day. No idea in the history of the world has been more influential than freedom. This course deals with the political, economic, social, moral and cultural dimensions of freedom.

A History of Freedom (Great Courses Lecture Transcript and Course Guidebook, 3 V

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Books That Have Made History: Books That Can Change Your Life (The Great Courses: Philosophy & Intellectual History) (3 Parts)

Philosophy

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The Wisdom of History

36 Lectures 1Why We Study History 2World War I and the Lessons of History 3Hitler's Rise and the Lessons of History 4World War II and the Lessons of History 5Is Freedom a Universal Value? 6Birth of Civilization in the Middle East 7The Trojan War and the Middle East 8Ancient Israel and the Middle East 9Ancient Greece and the Middle East 10Athenian Democracy and Empire 11The Destiny of the Athenian Democracy 12Alexander the Great and the Middle East 13The Roman Republic as Superpower 14Rome of the Caesars as Superpower 15Rome and the Middle East 16Why the Roman Empire Fell 17Christianity 18Islam 19The Ottoman Empire and Turkey 20The Spanish Empire and Latin America 21Napoleon's Liberal Empire 22The British Empire in India 23Russia and Empire 24China and Empire 25The Empire of Genghis Khan 26Britain's Legacy of Freedom 27George Washington as Statesman 28Thomas Jefferson as Statesman 29America's Empire of Liberty-Lewis and Clark 30America and Slavery 31Abraham Lincoln as Statesman 32The United States and Empire 33Franklin Roosevelt as Statesman 34A Superpower at the Crossroads 35The Wisdom of History and the Citizen 36The Wisdom of History and You

(THE WISDOM OF HISTORY) The great courses teaching that engages the mind. THE TEACHING COMPANY.

36 lectures of 30 minutes each. Course Lecture Titles 1. Seneca-"On Providence" 2.The Gospel of John 3.Boethius, Martin Luther King-Conscience 4.Dostoevsky-The Brothers Karamazov 5.Elie Wiesel-Night 6.Schweitzer-Out of My Life and Thought 7.Goethe-The Sufferings of Young Werther 8.Shakespeare-Hamlet 9.Sophocles-Ajax 10.Plato-Epistle VII 11.Cicero-"On Old Age" 12.Isaac Bashevis Singer-The Penitent 13.Euripides-Alcestis 14.Euripides-Medea 15.Von Strasburg-Tristan and Isolde 16.Shakespeare-Antony and Cleopatra 17.Shakespeare-Macbeth 18.Aldous Huxley-Brave New World 19.Homer-Odyssey 20.Sophocles-Philoctetes 21.The Song of Roland-Chivalric Adventure 22.Nibelungenlied-Chivalric Romance 23.Lewis and Clark-Journals 24.T. E. Lawrence-Seven Pillars of Wisdom 25.Aristophanes-Comedies 26.Menander-The Grouch 27.Machiavelli-La Mandragola 28. Erasmus-In Praise of Folly 29.Thomas More-Utopia 30.George Orwell-Animal Farm 31.Josephus-History of the Jewish War 32.Joseph Addison-Cato 33.George Washington-Farewell Address 34.Abraham Lincoln, George Patton-War 35.Theodore Roosevelt-An Autobiography 36.The Wisdom of Great Books

Life Lessons from the Great Books [Set of 18 Audiocassettes + 3 Course Guidebooks] (The Great Courses: Literature & English Language, PA2180)

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