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81) The Pagan World: Ancient Religions before Christianity: Episode 8,Delphi and Other Greek Sanctuaries
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (27 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Major sanctuaries attracted people from all cities and states and served to unite the Greek world. Explore the fascinating Temple of Apollo at Delphi and the Sanctuary of Asklepios at Epidaurus. In addition to the expected altars, you might be surprised to learn about the sporting events, libraries, hospitals, and even racetracks at these significant shrines.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (34 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Whose responsibility was it to care for the Roman gods and goddesses, maintaining appropriate worship and relationships? Learn what roles the four collegia of priests, the pontiffs, and the Vestal Virgins played in Roman religion. They played a crucial role in maintaining stability by calming the deities and keeping them on the side of Rome. In fact, the state's survival depended on them.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (34 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Julius Caesar began his public religious career as a teenager, and early in his political career announced that he was descended not only from kings, but from the gods Venus and Mars. Learn how he used his priesthood and political success, as well as military and financial success, to become a dictator and have the Senate declare him a god after his death.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (37 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Individually, it was relatively easy for people to convert to Christianity because it offered many familiar aspects of traditional religion. But at the state level? Explore the many fascinating reasons why, after so many centuries of success with its own state-sponsored religion, the Roman Empire finally adopted Christianity as its official faith.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2021.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (28 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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According to the Stoics, if you want to live a free life, you have to be the master of your own desires -- chiefly by eliminating them. Get philosophical tips on how to do that. This episode focuses on the fourth and last surviving book of the collected teachings of Epictetus.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2021.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (672 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Think like a Stoic: Ancient Wisdom for Today's World is an enlightening introduction to Stoicism. Over 25 lessons, you’ll review the lasting influence of Stoic ideas through time, consider what it means to be a Stoic in the 21st century, and participate in workshops and exercises that make up a how-to manual for the modern Stoic.
87) Think like a Stoic: Ancient Wisdom for Today's World: Episode 19,Marcus Aurelius on Managing Turmoil
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (27 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
How can we best practice Stoicism during times of turmoil in our lives? This episode describes the last four chapters of Meditations. Explore how not to catastrophize, how to be mindful of labels, and how to practice a sunrise exercise that goes back to the 6th century BCE.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (30 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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The daily life of the average ancient Athenian family wasn't dominated by the gods who lived on Mt. Olympus, but by the gods who protected their front door and hearth and blessed the marriage bed. Discover the many ways in which these household gods were woven into the fabric of daily life and who was responsible for the household religious activities.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2021.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (28 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Epictetus wrote Enchiridion ("a little thing in the hand") as a practical manual for living how to live what the Greco-Romans considered a worthwhile life. Enchiridion was a well-known text throughout the Middle Ages, into the Renaissance, and beyond. Get to the core of its teachings on how to change your desires and aversions.
90) The Pagan World: Ancient Religions before Christianity: Episode 13,Ancient Roman Ancestor Worship
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (31 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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How did the descendants of the shepherds and criminal outcasts who founded Rome on the hills above malaria-infested swampland conquer the entire Mediterranean? According to the Romans, their greatest strength was their religion. Learn about the cultus deorum and how precise relationships with dead ancestors, as well as the gods, allowed the conservative Roman culture to flourish.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2021.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (30 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Why would anyone living today wish to become a Stoic? Professor Pigliucci answers this question by comparing Stoicism with three other philosophies of life you've probably heard of: Buddhism, Confucianism, and Daoism. He then reveals how his own practice of Stoicism has helped him in his life.
92) Think like a Stoic: Ancient Wisdom for Today's World: Episode 17,Marcus Aurelius on Being Thankful
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (28 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Marcus Aurelius's mastery of Stoic philosophy helped him navigate frontier wars, a rebellion, and a plague. Examine the first four chapters of Meditations, which describe exercises in gratitude and contemplations on adversity and death. His most interesting -- and misunderstood -- idea was: "The universe is transformation; life is opinion."
93) The Pagan World: Ancient Religions before Christianity: Episode 3,State Religion in Ancient Egypt
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (30 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Explore how the Egyptian Book of the Dead and a pyramid inscription reveal the existence of Atum, the creator god who rose from primordial chaos to create himself and nine additional gods. But what happens to Atum when the cities of Memphis and then Karnak rise to power? Learn how political power and religion were interwoven in ancient Egypt.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2021.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (26 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Take an in-depth look at the second volume of Discourses, written by Epictetus, with an aim to apply its insights to your own life. What does Epictetus tell us about what's under our complete control? How do we make sense of the trade-off between material things and family relations? What pieces of wisdom can we use to manage our everyday anxieties?
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (34 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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The college of pontiffs was responsible for keeping track of all the gods and their holidays; the necessary public festivals and the seasons; as well as the days, weeks, months, and cycles of the Moon. But by historical times, the calendar was completely out of sync. Learn how and why Julius Caesar reorganized the calendar into a version very close to what we use today.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2021.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (28 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Role models are a crucial aspect in the practice of Stoicism. First, meet two individuals Seneca suggested his contemporaries should model themselves after: Cato and Gaius Laelius Sapiens. Then, consider contemporary role models -- real and imagined -- who fit the Stoic concept, including Nelson Mandela and Spider-Man.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (31 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Rome was remarkable in antiquity in that this sexist, classist, and slave-owning culture incorporated conquered peoples into the Roman body of citizens. Discover how they also incorporated the gods of the conquered in a practice known as interpretatio Romana. Of course, summoning a deity from an enemy city was a formal process, as you'll see through the fascinating stories of Juno and others.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (35 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Explore the ways in which the ancient peoples of Mesopotamia tried to understand, worship, and cultivate supernatural forces in the world around them. Learn how the Enuma Elish, the great Mesopotamian creation myth, mirrors human concerns we still address today (power struggles, gender issues, family discord) as it explains the origin of the world, its organization, and humanity's place in it.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (36 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Is it possible that one of the world's greatest empires was based in great part on the art and science of birdwatching? Absolutely. The calls, flight patterns, and eating styles of various birds were all were signs from the gods. Explore the college of priests, the Sybilline Oracles, and the detailed rituals of divination required before state officials could take any decisive action.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (27 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Explore in detail some of the 124 letters Seneca wrote in his last years to his friend Lucilius, which offer an informal curriculum on Stoic philosophy. Through these writings, you'll consider eye-opening thoughts on managing time, on the high standards of friendships, on feeling joy, on judging others, and on coming to terms with death.
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