| Description |
4 videodiscs (approximately 11 hr. 15 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (186 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm). |
| Physical Medium |
DVD 4 3/4 in. rda |
| Description |
DVD digital optical rda |
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NTSC rda |
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DVD video file DVD video rda |
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Lectures lcgft |
| Series |
The great courses. Philosophy, religion & intellectual history |
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Great courses (DVD). Philosophy, religion & intellectual history. Ancient philosophy.
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| System Details |
DVD. |
| Language |
In English; closed-captioned. |
| Performer |
Lecturer, Massimo Pigliucci, The City University of New York. |
| Note |
25 lectures (30 min. each). |
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"Course No. 5030"--Container. |
| Summary |
Discover how to think and act like a Stoic as you get introduced to one of the ancient world's most important -- and practical -- schools of philosophy. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references in course guidebook. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. How to live like a stoic sage -- Stoicism from Heraclitus to Thoreau -- The stoic garden: physics, ethics, logic -- How stoics understand providence -- The stoics on desire and disipline -- Disc 2. The stoics on interacting with others -- The stoics on decision-making -- Seneca's letters to Lucilius -- Seneca on grief and distress -- Epictetus on the importance of reason -- Disc 3. Epictetus on overcoming fear -- Epictetus on desire, action, and judgement -- A manual for the good life: the enchiridion -- Marcus Aurelius on being thankful -- Marcus Aurelius, virtue and the vineyard -- Disc 4. Marcus Aurelius on managing turmoil -- From stoic self-mastery to cosmopolitanism -- Drawing inspiration from stoic role models -- How stoics bear responsibility and conflict -- Misusing and misunderstanding stoicism -- Stoicism for everyday life -- Four family problems and stoic solutions. |
| Subject |
Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome, 121-180 -- Philosophy.
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Stoics -- Videodiscs.
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Philosophy, Ancient -- Videodiscs.
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Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 BC-65 AD.
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Epictetus.
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Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome, 121-180.
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| Genre |
Lectures.
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Nonfiction films.
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Educational films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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DVD-video discs.
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| Added Author |
Pigliucci, Massimo, lecturer.
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Teaching Company, production company.
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| ISBN |
9781644650622 |
| Standard No. |
9781644650622 |
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9781644650622 |
| Music No. |
ID5030A-01 The Teaching Company (disc container) |
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PB5030A The Teaching Company (course guidebook) |
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5030 The Teaching Company |
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