TTC - Queen of the Sciences: A History of Mathematics
Course No. 1434 (24 lectures, 30 minutes/lecture) Taught by David M. Bressoud Macalester College Ph.D., Temple University 1. What Is Mathematics? 2. Babylonian and Egyptian Mathematics 3. Greek Mathematics—Thales to Euclid 4. Greek Mathematics—Archimedes to Hypatia 5. Astronomy and the Origins of Trigonometry
This wide-ranging introduction to the study of philosophy in the ancient world surveys the period's developments and evaluates a comprehensive series of major thinkers, ranging from Pythagoras to Epicurus.
Course No. 217 (24 lectures, 30 minutes/lecture) Taught by Elizabeth Vandiver Whitman College Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin 1. Tragedy Defined 2. Democracy, Culture, and Tragedy 3. Roots of a Genre 4. Production and Stagecraft
Greek and Roman Mythology A to Z, 3rd Edition (2009)According to many scholars, ancient Greece and Rome provided the foundations of Western culture. More than two millennia later, myths of both civilizations are still being studied for their rich storytelling and insight into the cultures that spawned them. Their continued retelling speaks to their universal appeal. "Greek and Roman Mythology A to Z" illuminates the mythology at the core of those civilizations' beliefs. Entries of this title include: the most famous Greek and Roman gods and goddesses; the most memorable heroes and heroines;
Such classical Greek philosophers as Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle are fine, if lofty thinking is what you want. But philosophy means "love of wisdom," not "love of thinking." Where can you find philosophy that tells you not how to think well, but how to live well? Greek and Roman philosophers of the early imperial period devoted their lives not to metaphysics and epistemology but to the appreciation and practice of morality and virtue, values and character.
