In this lecture we overview the general characteristics of the Scientific Revolution and look at how science changed during this period. We also discuss the famous historian Herbert Butterfield's influential views on the impact of the Scientific Revolution.

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In this lecture we discuss the ethics of Epicurus, an Ancient Greek philosopher who ascribed to hedonism and claimed that pleasure is the greatest good in life.

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In this lecture we examine collectivism and individualism from the perspective of the 20th century economist and philosopher Ludwig von Mises

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In this video we introduce Aristotle's ideas on the nature of knowledge, his four causes, and his teleological view of nature.

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In this video we examine how fear can be used as a tool to manipulate others, and how those in positions of power, past and present, have effectively used fear to control certain aspects of society.

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In this video we explore the ideas of Peter Wessel Zapffe and Friedrich Nietzsche, specifically the ideas that individuals utilize repressional mechanisms to protect themselves from the "pain of living", and how art and beauty can be a stimulus to life.

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In the first part of our introduction to Jung (link to part 2 below), we look at Jung’s ideas on the conscious and unconscious realms of the mind, his distinction between the personal and collective unconscious and his theory of archetypes.

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In the second part of our introduction to Jung (link to part 1 below) we examine the individuation process, dream analysis, the persona, the shadow, the anima/animus, and the Self.

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In this video we examine spontaneous order, or the idea that order emerges in society in a bottom-up manner without the need for top-down centralized control.

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