Ancient Wisdom and Modern Love, OpenCourseWare
by David O'Connor
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Description
An increasingly popular course, Ancient Wisdom and Modern Love, considers human love and attempts to meld philosophical analysis and literary imagination. The course reading list includes Shelley's translation of Plato's Symposium (which O'Connor edited); Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream and Othello; the papal encyclical Humanae Vitae; selections from Homer, Sappho and William Butler Yeats; and short stories by Andre Dubus. A half-dozen films are assigned as well. For all available materials for the course, “Ancient Wisdom and Modern Love”, visit the Notre Dame OpenCourseWare site.
| Name | Description | Released | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VideoIntroduction: Philosophy as Love Potion | -- | 6/3/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 2 | VideoExotica | -- | 6/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 3 | VideoPlato, Symposium, Phaedrus and Pausanias | -- | 6/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 4 | VideoAndre Dubus. _Fallin in Love_ | -- | 6/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 5 | VideoPlato, Phaedrus, Lysias and Socrates' First Speech | -- | 6/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 6 | VideoPhaedrus, Socrates' Second Speech | -- | 6/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 7 | VideoThomas Mann. Death in Venice | -- | 6/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 8 | VideoSymposium, Eryximachus | -- | 6/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 9 | VideoSymposium, Aristophanes | -- | 6/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 10 | VideoThe Hairdresser's Husband | -- | 6/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 11 | VideoMatthew 19 and Genesis 1-3 | -- | 6/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 12 | VideoSymposium, Socrates and Diotima | -- | 6/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 13 | VideoThe Lord of the Rings | -- | 6/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 14 | VideoMind the Gap | -- | 6/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 15 | VideoPope Paul VI, Humanae Vitae; Dubas, "All the Time in the World" | -- | 6/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 16 | VideoWilliam Shakespeare, Othello, (Acts 1-3) | -- | 6/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 17 | VideoOthello. (Acts 4-5) | -- | 6/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 18 | VideoDubas, "The Timing of Sin" | -- | 6/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 19 | VideoHannah and Her Sisters | -- | 6/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 20 | VideoThe Secret Lives of Dentists | -- | 6/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 21 | VideoDubus, "Out of the Snow" | -- | 6/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 22 | VideoBabette's Feast | -- | 6/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 23 | VideoProof | -- | 6/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 24 | VideoSymposium, Alcibiades | -- | 6/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 25 | VideoShakespeare. A Midsummer Night's Dream | -- | 6/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 26 | VideoA Midsummer Night's Dream | -- | 6/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 27 | VideoPhaedrus. Socrates' Second Speech | -- | 6/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 27 Episodes |
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