加载中…TTC课程：从名著学习人生哲学（Life Lessons from the Great Books）
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TTC课程：Life Lessons from the Great
Books
Professor J. Rufus Fears
University of OklahomaPh.D., Harvard
University
中文名：从名著学习人生哲学
英文名：Life Lessons
from the Great Books
媒体格式：音频
语言：英语
集数：36集（每集30分钟）
主讲人：（美）J. Rufus
Fears
定价：欢迎交流
COURSE OVERVIEW
36
lectures / 30 minutes per lecture
For
every important moment and stage in your life, there is a Great
Book that can offer you invaluable lessons and place your unique
experiences in a larger perspective. Some of history's greatest
authors have written about timeless themes and trying points in our
lives. If you're unlucky in love, you can ...
Full Course
Description
LECTURE LIST
1 Seneca—"On
Providence"
2 The
Gospel of John
3
Boethius, Martin Luther King—Conscience
4
Dostoevsky—The Brothers Karamazov
5 Elie
Wiesel—Night
6
Schweitzer—Out of My Life and Thought
7
Goethe—The Sufferings of Young Werther
8
Shakespeare—Hamlet
9
Sophocles—Ajax
10
Plato—Epistle VII
11
Cicero—"On Old Age"
12 Isaac
Bashevis Singer—The Penitent
13
Euripides—Alcestis
14
Euripides—Medea
15 Von
Strasburg—Tristan and Isolde
16
Shakespeare—Antony and Cleopatra
17
Shakespeare—Macbeth
18
Aldous Huxley—Brave New World
19
Homer—Odyssey
20
Sophocles—Philoctetes
21 The
Song of Roland—Chivalric Adventure
22
Nibelungenlied—Chivalric Romance
23 Lewis
and Clark—Journals
24 T. E.
Lawrence—Seven Pillars of Wisdom
25
Aristophanes—Comedies
26
Menander—The Grouch
27
Machiavelli—La Mandragola
28
Erasmus—In Praise of Folly
29
Thomas More—Utopia
30
George Orwell—Animal Farm
31
Josephus—History of the Jewish War
32
Joseph Addison—Cato
33
George Washington—Farewell Address
34
Abraham Lincoln, George Patton—War
35
Theodore Roosevelt—An Autobiography
36 The
Wisdom of Great Books
ABOUT
THE PROFESSOR
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Professor J. Rufus Fears
University of OklahomaPh.D., Harvard
University
Dr. J.
Rufus Fears was David Ross Boyd Professor of Classics at the
University of Oklahoma, where he held the G. T. and Libby
Blankenship Chair in the History of Liberty. He also served as
David and Ann Brown Distinguished Fellow of the Oklahoma Council of
Public Affairs. He earned his Ph.D. from Harvard
University.
Before
joining the faculty at the University of Oklahoma, Professor Fears
was Professor of History and Distinguished Faculty Research
Lecturer at Indiana University, and Professor of Classical Studies
at Boston University.
An
acclaimed teacher and scholar with more than 25 awards for teaching
excellence, Professor Fears was chosen Professor of the Year on
three occasions by students at the University of Oklahoma. His
other accolades included the Medal for Excellence in College and
University Teaching from the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence,
the University Continuing Education Association (UCEA) Great Plains
Region Award for Excellence in Teaching, and the UCEA's National
Award for Teaching Excellence.
Professor Fears's books and monographs include
The Cult of Jupiter and Roman Imperial Ideology and The Theology of
Victory at Rome. He edited a three-volume edition of Selected
Writings of Lord Acton. His discussions of the Great Books have
appeared in newspapers across the country and have aired on
national television and radio programs.
Professor Fears passed away in October
2012.
FULL
COURSE DESCRIPTION
For
every important moment and stage in your life, there is a Great
Book that can offer you invaluable lessons and place your unique
experiences in a larger perspective. Some of history's greatest
authors have written about timeless themes and trying points in our
lives. If you're unlucky in love, you can seek sympathy in Goethe's
epistolary novel, The Sufferings of Young Werther, and its title
character's frustrations with unrequited love. If you're looking to
explore new environments, you can follow along with Lewis and Clark
in their detailed journals as they journey through the Louisiana
Territory. And if you're trying to lead a noble and hard-working
life, you can learn from Albert Schweitzer, whose autobiography Out
of My Life and Thought details his work providing medical care in a
remote African village.
In Life
Lessons from the Great Books, Professor J. Rufus Fears of the
University of Oklahoma—a marvelous storyteller with deep historical
knowledge—shows you how some of Western civilization's greatest
literary masterpieces can speak to you and provide guidance in your
life across the gulf of time and culture. Rich in historical
perspective and infused with layers of meaning, these 36 lectures
reveal the wealth of insight these enduring works can provide in
your life. You'll come to see that each of these works—whether
written 2,000, 200, or 20 years ago—remain relevant to all of
us.
What
Makes a Book "Great"?
According to Professor Fears, four
characteristics define a Great Book:
- Its focus on great themes such as love, courage, and patriotism
- Its composition in a noble language
- Its ability to speak to readers across the ages
- Its ability to speak to readers not as groups, but as individuals
In Life
Lessons from the Great Books, you focus on more than three dozen
works that span the timeline of Western history, from ancient
Greece and Rome to the modern age. Each of these 36 books provides
insights not only into the human experience of their particular
time and place but also into your own situation.
Great
Books are touchstones to history and the story of humanity. Every
Great Book you explore in this course—from the Odyssey and the
Gospel of John to Hamlet and Animal Farm—is a unique expression of
the human spirit and a fountain of advice, from how to conduct
yourself in times of trouble to how to better appreciate the simple
moments in your life.
In
addition to pointing out the merits and virtues of each text in the
course, Professor Fears explains how authors learned from and
influenced each other, and how certain texts are
interrelated.
"We will
be very concerned in our course not with just what each one of
these books says, but also with how it has built upon the lessons
of the books that have come before and how it contributes to an
ongoing current of intellectual excitement and dialogue," he
notes.
Great
Themes, Enduring Life Lessons
The
lectures in Life Lessons from the Great Books are grouped into six
broad themes that run through history's most compelling stories.
Each of these themes is universal—we've all, at some point or
another, felt the pangs of love or tried to steel our souls with
courage. In exploring these themes within the context of these
Great Books, you learn new ideas about both the works themselves
and the broad scope of the human condition.
- The Unconquerable Human Spirit: Why can your spirit endure so much hardship without crumbling? Fyodor Dostoevsky displays the inner battle of the human spirit against sensuousness, violence, and mystery in The Brothers Karamazov. Similarly, Elie Wiesel's Night presents a single individual struggling to survive during one of history's darkest moments: the Holocaust.
- Youth and Old Age: How can you cope with the trials and tribulations of youth? Of old age? Goethe's The Sufferings of Young Werther remains an enduring statement about the passions of youth, while Cicero's "On Old Age" counsels us on the importance of old age and the wisdom that comes with it.
- Romance and Love: Why can love bring both pain and pleasure? How can you overcome heartache? Great Books such as Tristan and Isolde (with its depiction of chivalric romance) and Macbeth (with Lady Macbeth's use of love to manipulate her husband) help you understand love in all its complex forms.
- Adventure and Courage: How can you find the strength within yourself to face life's many challenges? T. E. Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom, which charts the soldier's experiences in the Middle East during World War I, reveals how one can reinvent oneself in new environments and discover inner strengths.
- Laughter and Irony: How can humor help to console you in times of trouble? How can it offer us unique perspectives on horrible situations? See how George Orwell's Animal Farm uses pointed satire as an opportunity to skewer Communist ideals.
- Patriotism: What is the true meaning of patriotism? President George Washington's farewell address called for the avoidance of savage partisan strife—a message that still rings true in today's world. President Theodore Roosevelt's Autobiography offers you timeless views on patriotic characteristics such as honesty and integrity.
A
Storyteller Who Brings Literature to Life
An
extraordinary orator, Professor Fears possesses a passion,
knowledge, and authority that shine through in each of these
inspirational lectures. You quickly understand why he has earned 25
teaching awards in his distinguished career.
His deep
knowledge of classical history sheds new light on these literary
masterpieces. With each lecture in Life Lessons from the Great
Books, you discover fascinating new vantage points from which to
view classic works.
Professor Fears's analogies between ancient
dilemmas and their modern-day counterparts close the gap between
literature and your daily life; they show you how these resonant
themes are not new to the modern human condition but instead have
been felt throughout history. You take solace in the realization
that the ancient Greeks, medieval scholars, and our country's
Founding Fathers all experienced social struggles, ethical
dilemmas, and personal challenges similar to those we all
face.
If you
haven't read these Great Books before, the warmth of Professor
Fears's storytelling and his insightful approach to literature will
have you heading to the library to learn more. And if you've
already read these works, you'll discover new themes and ideas that
will help you get more out of them.
Regardless of your previous familiarity with
these works, you'll come to understand why these masterpieces
remain eternal testaments to the variety of human experience and
the powerful ways in which literature can guide and inspire
us.
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