Life Lessons from the Great Books
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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