Practical philosophy the Greco-Roman moralists / [videorecording] :
Greco-Roman moralists
[Luke Timothy Johnson] ; the Teaching Co.
- Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., c2002.
- 4 videodiscs (ca. 720 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 2 course guidebooks (ii, 56 p. each ; 22 cm.)
- Great courses .
- Great courses (DVD) .
Includes bibliographical references.
pt. 1: tape 1. lecture 1. The world of the Greco-Roman moralists ; lecture 2. How empire changed philosophy ; lecture 3. The great schools and their battles ; lecture 4. Dominant themes and metaphors. part 1: tape 2. lecture 5. The ideal philosopher-a composite portrait ; lecture 6. The charlatan-philosophy betrayed ; lecture 7. Philosophy satairized-The comic Lucian ; lecture 8. Cicero-philosopher as politician. part 1: tape 3: lecture 9. Seneca-Philosopher as court adviror ; lecture 10. Good Roman advice-Cicero and Seneca ; lecture 11. Musonius Rufus-The Roman Socrates ; lecture 12. Dio Chrysostom-The wandering rhetorician -- pt. 2: Tape 1. Lecture 13. Dio Chrysostom - Preaching peace and poety ; lecture 14. Epictetus - Philosopher as school teacher ; lecture 15. Epictetus -- The Stoic path to virtue ; lecture 16. Epictetus - The messenger of Zeus -- pt. 2: tape 2. lecture 17. Marcus Aurelius-Meditations of the king ; lecture 18. Jews thinking like Greeks ; lecture 19. Philo-Judaism as Greek philosophy ; lecture 20. Plutarch-Biography as moral instruction -- pt. 2: tape 3. lecture 21. Plutarch and philosophycal religion ; lecture 22. Plutarch on virtue and educating children ; lecture 23. Pluratch-Envy, anger, and talking too much ; lecture 24. The missing page in philosophy's story.
Professor Luke Timothy Johnson, lecturer.
Discussions of philosophers and philosophical themes from ancient Greece and Rome.