Life Lessons from the Great Books

18h 12m 10s
English
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An expert storyteller and professor shows you how some of Western civilization's greatest literary masterpieces can provide guidance in your life across the gulf of time and culture.

For every important moment in your life, there is a Great Book that can give you a unique perspective on the experience. In Life Lessons from the Great Books, master storyteller and veteran Teaching Company Professor J. Rufus Fears shows you how some of Western civilization's greatest literary masterpieces can provide you with guidance and consolation. Every book you explore in this course-from the Odyssey to Hamlet to Animal Farm-is a unique expression of the human spirit. They provide you with a wealth of insight into aspects of life, from how to conduct yourself in times of trouble to appreciating the simple moments in life. Rich in historical perspective, these 36 lectures reveal the many relevant insights in these enduring works of literature.

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# Title Duration
1 1 Seneca - 'On Providence' 31:49
2 2 The Gospel of John 30:11
3 3 Boethius, Martin Luther King - Conscience 30:18
4 4 Dostoevsky - The Brothers Karamazov 30:16
5 5 Elie Wiesel - Night 30:18
6 6 Schweitzer - Out of my life and thought 30:23
7 7 Goethe - The suffering of young werther 30:14
8 8 Shakespeare - Hamlet 30:25
9 9 Sophocles - Ajax 30:07
10 10 Plato - Epistle VII 30:11
11 11 Cicero - 'On old age' 30:24
12 12 Isaac Bashevis Singer - The Penitent 30:10
13 13 Euripides - Alcestis 30:10
14 14 Euripides - Medea 30:15
15 15 Von Strasburg - Tristan and Isolde 29:58
16 16 Shakespeare- Antony and Cleopatra 30:22
17 17 Shakespeare - Macbeth 30:08
18 18 Aldous Huxley-Brave New World 30:14
19 19 Homer - Odyssey 30:14
20 20 Sophocles - Philoctetes 29:20
21 21 The Song of Roland - Chivalric Adventure 30:07
22 22 Nibelungenlied - Chivalric Romance 30:26
23 23 Lewis and Clark - Journals 30:19
24 24 T.E. Lawrence - Seven Pillars of Wisdom 30:33
25 25 Aristophanes - Comedies 30:17
26 26 Menander - The Grouch 30:06
27 27 Machiavelli - La Mandragola 30:05
28 28 Erasmus - In Praise of Folly 30:07
29 29 Thomas More - Utopia 30:19
30 30 George Orwell - Animal Farm 30:04
31 31 Josephus - History of the Jewish War 30:13
32 32 Joseph Addison - Cato 30:24
33 33 George Washington - Farewell Address 30:31
34 34 Abraham Lincoln, George Patton - War 30:14
35 35 Theodore Roosevelt - An Autobiography 30:31
36 36 The Wisdom of Great Books 32:27

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