Dr. J. Rufus Fears (1945-2012) was a US classics professor (University of Oklahoma), a renowned lecturer on classical history, philosophy, and the great books of the Western tradition. His lecture series for The Great Courses / Wondrium are among the most highly-regarded liberal-arts lecture sets ever recorded.
His CourseFlix listing carries Life Lessons from the Great Books — a comprehensive lecture series drawing practical and ethical lessons from the major works of the Western literary tradition (the Bible, Homer, Plato, Shakespeare, and others).
Material is paid and aimed at general adult learners interested in classical literature and philosophy. The course sits in the broader Non-Tech catalog on CourseFlix as a general-interest reference.
