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_aFears, Jesse R. _d1945-2012 |
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| 110 | _aUniversity of Oklahoma | ||
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_aBooks That Have Made History : _bBooks That Can Change Your Life / _cJesse R. Fears ; The Teaching Company. |
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_aChantilly, VA : _bThe Teaching Company, _c2005. |
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_a6 DVDs (1080 min.) : _bsd col. ; _c4 3/4 in. + _e1 Course Guidebook (iv, 218 p. : ill. ; 19 cm) |
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| 440 | _aThe Great Courses | ||
| 440 | _aLiterature and Language | ||
| 440 | _aWestern Literature | ||
| 500 | _aIncludes 36 x 30 min. lectures. Also includes a Course Guidebook. | ||
| 504 | _aThe course guidebook includes glossary, biographical notes and bibliographical references. | ||
| 505 | _a"Professor J. Rufus Fears presents his choices of some of the most essential writings in history. These are works that shaped the minds of great individuals and that offer an extraordinary gift of wisdom to those willing to receive it. Focus is on intellectual history and ethics, taking the underlying ideas of each great work and revealing how these ideas can be put to use in a moral and ethical life. From the Aeneid and the Book of Job to Othello and 1984, the range in time is from the 3rd millennium B.D. to the 20th century, and in locale from Mesopotamia and China to Europe and America." (Publisher's Website) | ||
| 505 | _aCONTENTS: | ||
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_aDISC 1
_tLecture 1. Bonhoeffer, Letters and Papers From Prison _tLecture 2. Homer, Iliad _tLecture 3. Marcus Aurelius, Meditations _tLecture 4. Bhagavad Gita _tLecture 5. Book of Exodus _tLecture 6. Gospel of Mark |
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_aDISC 2
_tLecture 7. Koran _tLecture 8. Gilgamesh _tLecture 9. Beowulf _tLecture 10. Book of Job _tLecture 11. Aeschylus, Oresteia _tLecture 12. Euripides, Bacchae |
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| 505 |
_aDISC 3
_tLecture 13. Plato, Phaedo _tLecture 14. Dante, The Divine Comedy _tLecture 15. Shakespeare, Othello, the Moor of Venice _tLecture 16. Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound _tLecture 17. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago _tLecture 18. Shakespeare, Julius Caesar |
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_aDISC 4
_tLecture 19. George Orwell, 1984 _tLecture 20. Vergil, Aeneid _tLecture 21. Pericles, Oration; Lincoln, Gettysburg Address _tLecture 22. Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front _tLecture 23. Confucius, The Analects _tLecture 24. Machiavelli, The Prince |
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_aDISC 5
_tLecture 25. Plato, Republic _tLecture 26. John Stuart Mill, On Liberty _tLecture 27. Sir Thomas Malory, Morte d'Arthur _tLecture 28. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust, Part 1 _tLecture 29. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust, Part 2 _tLecture 30. Henry David Thoreau, Walden |
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_aDISC 6
_tLecture 31. Gibbon, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire _tLecture 32. Lord Acton, The History of Freedom _tLecture 33. Cicero, On Moral Duties (De Officiis) _tLecture 34. Gandhi, An Autobiography _tLecture 35. Churchill, My Early Life; Painting as a Pastime; WWII _tLecture 36. Lessons from the Great Books |
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| 520 | 3 | _a"Professor J. Rufus Fears presents his choices of some of the most essential writings in history. These are works that shaped the minds of great individuals and that offer an extraordinary gift of wisdom to those willing to receive it. Focus is on intellectual history and ethics, taking the underlying ideas of each great work and revealing how these ideas can be put to use in a moral and ethical life. From the Aeneid and the Book of Job to Othello and 1984, the range in time is from the 3rd millennium B.D. to the 20th century, and in locale from Mesopotamia and China to Europe and America." (Publisher's Website) | |
| 520 | 2 | _aDVD CONTENTS: DISC 1 Lecture 1. Bonhoeffer, Letters and Papers From Prison Lecture 2. Homer, Iliad Lecture 3. Marcus Aurelius, Meditations Lecture 4. Bhagavad Gita Lecture 5. Book of Exodus Lecture 6. Gospel of Mark DISC 2 Lecture 7. Koran Lecture 8. Gilgamesh Lecture 9. Beowulf Lecture 10. Book of Job Lecture 11. Aeschylus, Oresteia Lecture 12. Euripides, Bacchae DISC 3 Lecture 13. Plato, Phaedo Lecture 14. Dante, The Divine Comedy Lecture 15. Shakespeare, Othello, the Moor of Venice Lecture 16. Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound Lecture 17. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago Lecture 18. Shakespeare, Julius Caesar DISC 4 Lecture 19. George Orwell, 1984 Lecture 20. Vergil, Aeneid Lecture 21. Pericles, Oration; Lincoln, Gettysburg Address Lecture 22. Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front Lecture 23. Confucius, The Analects Lecture 24. Machiavelli, The Prince DISC 5 Lecture 25. Plato, Republic Lecture 26. John Stuart Mill, On Liberty Lecture 27. Sir Thomas Malory, Morte d'Arthur Lecture 28. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust, Part 1 Lecture 29. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust, Part 2 Lecture 30. Henry David Thoreau, Walden DISC 6 Lecture 31. Gibbon, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Lecture 32. Lord Acton, The History of Freedom Lecture 33. Cicero, On Moral Duties (De Officiis) Lecture 34. Gandhi, An Autobiography Lecture 35. Churchill, My Early Life; Painting as a Pastime; WWII Lecture 36. Lessons from the Great Books | |
| 520 | 2 | _aGUIDEBOOK CONTENTS: INTRODUCTION Professor Biography Course Scope LECTURE GUIDES Lecture 1: Bonhoeffer, Letters and Papers From Prison Lecture 2: Homer, Iliad Lecture 3: Marcus Aurelius, Meditations Lecture 4: Bhagavad Gita Lecture 5: Book of Exodus Lecture 6: Gospel of Mark Lecture 7: Koran Lecture 8: Gilgamesh Lecture 9: Beowulf Lecture 10: Book of Job Lecture 11: Aeschylus, Oresteia Lecture 12: Euripides, Bacchae Lecture 13: Plato, Phaedo Lecture 14: Dante, The Divine Comedy Lecture 15: Shakespeare, Othello, the Moor of Venice Lecture 16: Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound Lecture 17: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago Lecture 18: Shakespeare, Julius Caesar Lecture 19: George Orwell, 1984 Lecture 20: Vergil, Aeneid Lecture 21: Pericles, Oration; Lincoln, Gettysburg Address Lecture 22: Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front Lecture 23: Confucius, The Analects Lecture 24: Machiavelli, The Prince Lecture 25: Plato, Republic Lecture 26: John Stuart Mill, On Liberty Lecture 27: Sir Thomas Malory, Morte d'Arthur Lecture 28: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust, Part 1 Lecture 29: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust, Part 2 Lecture 30: Henry David Thoreau, Walden Lecture 31: Gibbon, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Lecture 32: Lord Acton, The History of Freedom Lecture 33: Cicero, On Moral Duties (De Officiis) Lecture 34: Gandhi, An Autobiography Lecture 35: Churchill, My Early Life; Painting as a Pastime; WWII Lecture 36: Lessons from the Great Books SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL Timeline Glossary Biographical Notes Bibliography | |
| 538 | _aDVD format. | ||
| 650 | _aLiterature | ||
| 650 | _aLanguage | ||
| 650 | _aWestern Literature | ||
| 650 | _aBooks List | ||
| 650 | _aImportant Books | ||
| 710 | _aThe Teaching Company | ||
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