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From: Nietzsche and the Post-Modern Condition (1991) Lecture 1: Nietzsche as Myth and Mythmaker Transcript: …again, this word “Nihilism” I’ll… I’ll say a bit more about. In a context where the threat...
View Article101 Socrates and the Life of Inquiry (1990)
Download:Philosophy and Human Values (1990) Lecture 1: Socrates and the Life of Inquiry Transcript: A course in philosophy and human values may seem paradoxical because philosophy was that discipline...
View Article102 Epicureans, Stoics, Skeptics (1990)
Download: Philosophy and Human Values (1990) Lecture 2: Epicureans, Stoics, Skeptics Transcript: Well in the last lecture I tried to just make a few suggestive remarks in order to get us off the ground...
View Article103 Kant and the Path to Enlightenment (1990)
Download: Philosophy and Human Values (1990) Lecture 3: Kant and the Path to Enlightenment Transcript: I have the daunting task of summarising 2000 years in two sentences, so I’ll avoid it, and hope...
View Article104 Mill on Liberty (1990)
Download: Philosophy and Human Values (1990) Lecture 4: Mill on Liberty Transcript: Okay, we ended the last lecture by discussing the Utilitarian ethical theory which is that we should always act as...
View Article105 Hegel and Modern Life (1990)
Download: Philosophy and Human Values (1990) Lecture 5: Hegel and Modern Life Transcript: Okay, in our last lecture, ah, I ended the history of ethics in a way – what would be a usual introduction to...
View Article106 Nietzsche: Knowledge and Belief (1990)
Download: Philosophy and Human Values (1990) Lecture 6: Nietzsche – Knowledge and Belief Transcript: Last time, in our last lecture we were screaming about the United States government and its many...
View Article107 Kierkegaard and the Contemporary Spirit (1990)
Download: Philosophy and Human Values (1990) Lecture 7: Kierkegaard and the Contemporary Spirit Transcript: Okay, ah, last time I may have dropped out of my West Texas mode for a moment and become a...
View Article108 Philosophy and Post-Modern Culture (1990)
Download: Philosophy and Human Values (1990) Lecture 8: Philosophy and Postmodern Culture Transcript: A brief recap of the whole journey we have taken here. We tried to as it were retrace, sort of, the...
View Article201 Nietzsche as Myth and Mythmaker (1991)
Download: Nietzsche and the Post-Modern Condition (1991) Lecture 1: Nietzsche as Myth and Mythmaker Transcript: The first lecture will be an introduction to Nietzsche that I have called “Myth and...
View Article203 Nietzsche as Master of Suspicion and Immoralist (1991)
Download: Nietzsche and the Post-Modern Condition (1991) Lecture 3: Nietzsche as Master of Suspicion and Immoralist Transcript: Lecture three will be on a topic I richly enjoy, because I have in a way...
View Article204 Nietzsche: The Death of God (1991)
Download: Nietzsche and the Post-Modern Condition (1991) Lecture 4: The Death of God Transcript: In this lecture I want to pick up on my discussion of “On the Genealogy of Morals” by Nietzsche and...
View Article205 Nietzsche: The Eternal Recurrence (1991)
Download: Nietzsche and the Post-Modern Condition (1991) Lecture 5: The Eternal Recurrence Transcript: This lecture is on a very troubling thesis of Nietzsche’s: The Eternal Recurrence. Before I...
View Article206 Nietzsche: The Will to Power (1991)
Download: Nietzsche and the Post-Modern Condition (1991) Lecture 6: The Will to Power Transcript: I’d like to wrap up my remarks about self creation, self invention, and the challenge of The Eternal...
View Article207 Nietzsche as Artist (1991)
Download: Nietzsche and the Post-Modern Condition (1991) Lecture 7: Nietzsche as Artist Transcript: In this lecture I’d like to discuss Nietzsche as artist, and also – I don’t know if it’s on what we...
View Article208 Nietzsche’s Progeny (1991)
Download: Nietzsche and the Post-Modern Condition (1991) Lecture 8: Nietzsche’s Progeny Transcript: The last lecture on Nietzsche is quite a challenge since one of Nietzsche’s arguments are there are...
View Article301 Paul Ricoeur: The Masters of Suspicion (1993)
Download: The Self Under Siege (1993) Lecture 1: The Masters of Suspicion Transcript: The course that I am about to present: “Philosophy in the 20th Century – The Self Under Siege” has been a difficult...
View Article302 Heidegger and the Rejection of Humanism (1993)
Download: The Self Under Siege (1993) Lecture 2: Heidegger and the Rejection of Humanism Transcript: Our second lecture will be on Heidegger and the Rejection of Humanism. Many of you may know...
View Article303 Sartre and the Roads to Freedom (1993)
Download: The Self Under Siege (1993) Lecture 3: Sartre and the Roads to Freedom (VHS) In this third lecture I want to discuss one of the most famous intellectuals of the 20th Century, one of the few...
View Article303 Sartre and the Roads to Freedom v2 (1993)
Download: The Self Under Siege (1993) Lecture 3: Sartre and the Roads to Freedom (CAS) [No video available for this take. Transcribed from the cassette version of the lecture.] Transcript: In this...
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