Sadler's Lectures

This lecture discusses the 16th century philosopher, theologian, and mathematician, Blaise Pascal, and focuses on his work, the Pensees. Specifically it discusses his views on the "two infinites" - the infinitely great and the infinitely small (the latter of which, in his view still contains a great amount of stuff) - and their implications for human beings.

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This lecture discusses the 16th century philosopher, theologian, and mathematician, Blaise Pascal, and focuses on his work, the Pensees. Specifically it discusses what "tyranny" - including but going beyond the political sense - consists in. In his view, the basis of tyranny is the desire to dominate beyond one's own area of legitimate value, competence, or scope.

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This lecture discusses the 16th century philosopher, theologian, and mathematician, Blaise Pascal, and focuses on his work, the Pensees. Specifically it discusses his advice about how to get a person to accept criticism or correction. Pascal notes that nobody wants to be told he or she is simply wrong about an issue, but people are willing to admit that their view of matters is one-sided.

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This lecture discusses the short story by the science fiction and fantasy author, Ursula K. Leguin, and the ethical problem for the citizens of the city of Omelas raised by her narrative.

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This lecture discusses the 19th century philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche, and focuses on his work Thus Spoke Zarathustra, specifically his discussion in part 1 of the State as a locus of superfluous people and as a corrupter of the strong. He differentiates between a State and a people or nation (Volk) in terms of the values and the way power operates

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This lecture discusses the 19th century philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche, and focuses on his work Thus Spoke Zarathustra, specifically his discussion in part 1 of the value of war and of warriors.

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This lecture discusses the 19th century philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche, and focuses on his work Thus Spoke Zarathustra, specifically on his treatment of virtues - positive character traits - in book 1 of that work. Nietzsche's treatment of the virtues is at odds with those of virtue ethicists, particularly on the issue of the unity of the virtues

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This lecture discusses the 19th century philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche, and focuses on his work Thus Spoke Zarathustra, specifically his discussion in part 1 on the "solitary" person and why solitude (Einsamkeit) is necessary for a person to develop as an individual.

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This lecture discusses the 19th century philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche, and focuses on his work Thus Spoke Zarathustra, specifically his references in part 1 to values (Werte) and to valuation and evaluation and their grounding in the tables of values generated by peoples.

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This lecture discusses the 19th century philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche, and focuses on his work Thus Spoke Zarathustra, specifically his discussion in part 1 of the relationship between the body and the spirit, and along with that the Ego and the Self.

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