Eastern & Western Philosophy is a groundbreaking series that explores the roots of ancient philosophy, religious thought and spiritual enlightenment. Eastern philosophy explores the genesis of spiritual thought and investigates the central doctrines of Confucianism, Shinto, Hinduism, Judaism, and Islam. Western philosophy traces the evolution of philosphy from classical Greece, its development in Europe and through the medieval period and the enlightenment...

A chronological examination of the central Western philosphers, covering: Pythagoras; Heraclitus; Parmenides and Zeno; Empedocles; Anaxagoras; Socrates; Plato; Aristotle; St. Augustine; Thomas Aquinas; Duns Scotus; Hobbes; Descartes; Spinoza; Liebniz; Locke; George Berkeley; Hume; Kant.

David Roochnik, professor of philosophy at Boston University, presents a series of 24 lectures divided into four parts. Lectures 1-8 are devoted to the "Pre-Socratics"; lecture 9 discusses Socrates himself; lectures 10-17 concentrate on the works of Plato; lectures 18-24 are devoted to Aristotle.

Documents the life and times of the historian, activist and author of the best selling classic "A People's History of the United States." Features archival materials, interviews with Zinn as well as colleagues and friends including Noam Chomsky, Marian Wright Edelman, Daniel Ellsberg, Tom Hayden and Alice Walker. Documentary on historian and activist Howard Zinn.

Astrophysicist Mario Livio, along with a colorful cast of mathematicians, physicists, and engineers, follow math from Pythagoras to Einstein and beyond, all leading to the ultimate riddle: Is math an invention or a discovery? Humankind₂s clever trick, or the language of the universe? Join Nova for a mathematical mystery tour, a provocative exploration of math₂s astonishing power across the centuries.

Series surveys science from flint tools to the theory of relativity.

Professor Erickson discusses how some of the greatest minds of the past three centuries have pondered why we are here and what journey we might be on: post-Enlightenment thinkers such as Kant, Hegel, Schopenhauer, and other European philosophers. These ideas persist to the present day, as contemporary philosophers have taken up the intellectual route so irresistible to the likes of later intellectuals -- Marx, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Freud, Heidegger,...

"[This series] is an epic, comprehensive survey of the East's most influential philosphers and thinkers. In 36 lectures, [the student will be introduced to] the men and women responsible for molding Asian philosophy and for giving birth to a wide variety of spiritual and ideological systems, including Hinduism, Daoism, Confucianism, Sufism, and Buddhism."--Www.thegreatcourses.com.