Life Lessons from the Great Books

18h 12m 10s
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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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#1: 1 Seneca - 'On Providence'

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

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