Videos

In this lecture we discuss Empedocles, the most colorful of all the Presocratics. While Empedocles wrestled with Parmenides' law against becoming, he also harbored within himself a strong spiritual impulse, and died by hurling himself into...

In this lecture we discuss Anaxagoras. Specifically, we will investigate his interesting theory of matter which claimed that 'everything is in everything', and introduce him as the first philosopher to divide the universe into mind and matter...

In this lecture we look at Democritus, the father of the philosophical doctrine known as atomism. Along with investigating his proposal that the universe is composed of atoms and void, we discuss the influence which atomism had on subsequent...

“Meditations” by Marcus Aurelius (affiliate link) ►►►http://amzn.to/23Tf4xE ================================================= In this video we examine the techniques that the Stoic philosopher Marcus Aurelius used to help diminish the impact...

Get the book: http://amzn.to/2cKeG6J (affliliate link) In this video we dive into the wisdom contained in the Stoic Seneca's classic work, Letters from a Stoic. =================================================== Support us on Patreon...

In this lecture we investigate what is known as the Socratic problem, which is the problem as to whether we can arrive at knowledge of the historical Socrates, or whether he will always remain nothing but a work of fiction. We also look at...

Recommended Readings: A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy - http://amzn.to/1sAKIE9 (affiliate link) =================================================== In this video we introduce the philosophy of Stoicism. ===================================================...

In this lecture we investigate the life of Socrates. In particular, we look at two monumental events in his life: his encounter with the oracle at Delphi which pronounced him to be the wisest of all men, and his trial and subsequent execution...

Recommended Books on Socrates: Socrates A Life Examined - Luis Navia - http://amzn.to/1TKy3HZ (affiliate link) In this lecture we examine the ideas of Socrates. We look at his exhortation to 'care for your soul', his conviction that knowledge...

This video briefly describes the important historical developments of the Japanese Yayoi Period.