DVD.

In three containers.

Professor Robert C. Bartlett of Emory University.

"This course will explore the thought of three profoundly influential thinkers in the Western tradition, thinkers whose very names call to mind the spirit of philosophizing or the 'love of wisdom': Socrates (469-399 B.C.), Plato (c. 429-347 B.C.), and Aristotle (384-322 B.C.). The three are most obviously linked by their historical epoch and their common devotion to the search for the truth. But they also share a more immediate bond, for Socrates was the teacher of Plato, and Plato in turn became the teacher of Aristotle. Taken together, then, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle constitute one of the most remarkable flowerings of the human mind, and this course will explore their path-breaking attempts to grasp the world as it is in truth of 'according to nature.'" -- p. 1 [booklet 1].

Part 1 of 3 (Lectures 1-12): Socrates and his heirs -- The Socratic revolution -- Aristophanes's comic critique of Socrates -- Xenophon's recollections of Socrates -- Xenophon and Socratic philosophy -- Plato's Socrates and the Platonic dialogue -- Socrates as teacher-- Alcibiades -- Socrates and justice-- Republic, part 1 -- The case against justice-- Republic, part 2 -- Building the best city-- Republic, part 3 -- Philosophers as kings -- Socrates as teacher of justice --

Part 2 of 3 (Lectures 13-24): Socrates versus the Sophists -- Protagoras undone -- Socrates versus the Rhetoriticians -- Rhetoric and tyranny -- Callicles and the problem of justice -- What is virtue? Meno, part 1 -- Can virtue be taught? Meno, part 2 -- The trial of Socrates I-- Euthyphro -- The trail of Socrates II-- Apology, part 1 -- The trial of Socrates III, Apology, part 2 -- The trial of Socrates IV-- Crito -- The Socratic revolution revisited-- Phaedo --

Part 3 of 3 (Lectures 25-36): Aristotle and the Socratic legacy -- The problem of happiness-- Ethics 1 -- Introduction to moral virtues-- Ethics 2 -- The principal moral virtues-- Ethics 3-5 -- Prudence, continence, pleasure-- Ethics 6-7 -- Friendship-- Ethics 8-9 -- Philosophy and the good life-- Ethics 10 -- The political animal-- Politics 1-2 -- Justice and the common good-- Politics 3 -- Aristotle's political science-- Politics 4-6 -- The best regime-- Politics 7-8 -- Concluding reflections