Sadler's Lectures

This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher Plato's work, The Republic, in particular book 6.

Specifically it examines his discussion in the end of book 6 about the likeness or analogy between the Form of the Good and the Sun, which he calls the "offspring" of the Good. Both the Good and the Sun make it possible for the human being to apprehend matters, in the case of the Sun, for vision to apprehend visible objects, in the case of the Good, for the soul to recognize and know the Forms.

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher Plato's work, The Republic, in particular book 6.

Specifically it examines his discussion in the end of book 6 of the "Divided Line". This analogy is used to arrange the matters human beings can grasp and (in some cases) develop knowledge about, ranging from those that posses the least truth and being to those that possess the most.

The four parts of the line include: 1. he domain of shadows, reflections, and other things of that sort; 2. the domain of "real", material, generally visible, objects, such as animals, plants, and human-produced artifacts; 3. some of the forms, those that are grasped to some degree through likenesses; and 4. the forms grasped on their own terms, and the Form of the Good.

We also have four modes of grasping these objects. Eikasia, "imagination" or "picture thinking""; Pistis, "belief"; Dianoia, "discursive thinking"; and Noesis, "understanding" or "intellection".

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This lecture discusses the depiction of the Cynic philosopher Diogenes within Diogenes Laertes' Lives of the Philosophers, book 6

It focuses specifically on Diogenes' frankness of speech (parrhesia), its purpose and value, with reference to a lot of examples.

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This lecture discusses the depiction of the Cynic philosopher Diogenes within Diogenes Laertes' Lives of the Philosophers, book 6

It focuses specifically on Diogenes' ways of living, thinking, and interacting with others and the world, embodying his Cynic moral philosophy

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This lecture discusses the depiction of the Cynic philosopher Antisthenes within Diogenes Laertes' Lives of the Philosophers, book 6

It focuses specifically on what Antisthenes' beliefs, teachings, and actions bearing upon the virtues and wisdom.

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This lecture discusses the ancient historian, military commander, and student of philosophy, Xenophon's Symposium

It focuses specifically on the discourses that Antisthenes, the founder of the Cynic school gives in that work, in which he details his beliefs and way of life.

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This lecture discusses the ancient writer and satirist Lucian of Samosata's short work, The Cynic.

It focuses specifically on his presentation of arguments for and against the Cynic school of philosophy, allowing the Cynic to make his case to the narrator and the reader

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This lecture discusses the ancient Stoic philosopher Epictetus' work, the Discourses.

It focuses specifically on his discussions of the interrelation between the human and the divine, the divine "will", and willing what God or the divine wills.

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This lecture discusses the ancient Stoic philosopher Epictetus' work, the Discourses.

It focuses specifically on his discussions bearing on the profession of the Stoic philosopher.

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This lecture discusses the ancient Stoic philosopher Epictetus' work, the Discourses.

It focuses specifically on his discussions of interacting with people in social settings and relations.

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