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: http://ocw.nd.edu/philosophy/ancient-wisdom-and-modern-love
| Name | Description | Released | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VideoIntroduction: Philosophy as Love Potion | PHIL 20214 - Ancient Wisdom and Modern Love | 6/3/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 2 | VideoExotica | PHIL 20214 - Ancient Wisdom and Modern Love | 6/4/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 3 | VideoPlato, Symposium, Phaedrus and Pausanias | PHIL 20214 - Ancient Wisdom and Modern Love | 6/4/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 4 | VideoAndre Dubus. _Fallin in Love_ | PHIL 20214 - Ancient Wisdom and Modern Love | 6/4/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 5 | VideoPlato, Phaedrus, Lysias and Socrates' First Speech | PHIL 20214 - Ancient Wisdom and Modern Love | 6/4/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 6 | VideoPhaedrus, Socrates' Second Speech | PHIL 20214 - Ancient Wisdom and Modern Love | 6/4/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 7 | VideoThomas Mann. Death in Venice | PHIL 20214 - Ancient Wisdom and Modern Love | 6/4/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 8 | VideoSymposium, Eryximachus | PHIL 20214 - Ancient Wisdom and Modern Love | 6/4/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 9 | VideoSymposium, Aristophanes | PHIL 20214 - Ancient Wisdom and Modern Love | 6/4/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 10 | VideoThe Hairdresser's Husband | PHIL 20214 - Ancient Wisdom and Modern Love | 6/4/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 11 | VideoMatthew 19 and Genesis 1-3 | PHIL 20214 - Ancient Wisdom and Modern Love | 6/4/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 12 | VideoSymposium, Socrates and Diotima | PHIL 20214 - Ancient Wisdom and Modern Love | 6/4/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 13 | VideoThe Lord of the Rings | PHIL 20214 - Ancient Wisdom and Modern Love | 6/4/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 14 | VideoMind the Gap | PHIL 20214 - Ancient Wisdom and Modern Love | 6/4/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 15 | VideoPope Paul VI, Humanae Vitae; Dubas, "All the Time in the World" | PHIL 20214 - Ancient Wisdom and Modern Love | 6/4/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 16 | VideoWilliam Shakespeare, Othello, (Acts 1-3) | PHIL 20214 - Ancient Wisdom and Modern Love | 6/4/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 17 | VideoOthello. (Acts 4-5) | PHIL 20214 - Ancient Wisdom and Modern Love | 6/4/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 18 | VideoDubas, "The Timing of Sin" | PHIL 20214 - Ancient Wisdom and Modern Love | 6/4/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 19 | VideoHannah and Her Sisters | PHIL 20214 - Ancient Wisdom and Modern Love | 6/4/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 20 | VideoThe Secret Lives of Dentists | PHIL 20214 - Ancient Wisdom and Modern Love | 6/4/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 21 | VideoDubus, "Out of the Snow" | PHIL 20214 - Ancient Wisdom and Modern Love | 6/4/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 22 | VideoBabette's Feast | PHIL 20214 - Ancient Wisdom and Modern Love | 6/4/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 23 | VideoProof | PHIL 20214 - Ancient Wisdom and Modern Love | 6/4/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 24 | VideoSymposium, Alcibiades | PHIL 20214 - Ancient Wisdom and Modern Love | 6/4/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 25 | VideoShakespeare. A Midsummer Night's Dream | PHIL 20214 - Ancient Wisdom and Modern Love | 6/4/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 26 | VideoA Midsummer Night's Dream | PHIL 20214 - Ancient Wisdom and Modern Love | 6/4/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 27 | VideoPhaedrus. Socrates' Second Speech | PHIL 20214 - Ancient Wisdom and Modern Love | 6/4/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Customer Reviews
Yes!!!
Listened to this a long time ago on my iPod and have been desperately searching for it since. A brilliant, accessible, profound instruction in philosophy. Priceless!
