Ancient philosophy and faith
Subtitle: from Athens to Jerusalem
Contributors: Staloff, Darren, 1961-; Dalton, Dennis; Oden, Robert A.; McNamer, Elizabeth Mary; Teaching Company
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: Great minds of the Western intellectual tradition -- pt. 1; SuperStar teachers; EDA 617 (NU course)
Publisher: Teaching Company
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Springfield, VA
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] :
Number of pages: 540
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation; Philosophy; History; Ancient Philosophy; Western Civilization; Philosophers; Bible
Description: This program is the first of a six-part series which traces the progress of the Western mind in grappling with the fundamental questions that determine our stance toward being.  This includes an introduction to the series and to the enduring problems of philosophy.  The critical tensions in Western thought are identified and the context is set for the other parts.  The part includes lectures on the pre-Socratic Greeks, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, key contributions from the Roman Stoics, particularly Emperor Marcus Aurelius, and material from the Old and New Testaments.
Notes: Titles of lectures taken from the booklet.

Date on cassette labels and guide, c1997. Date in end credits, c1994.

Lecturers: Michael Sugrue, Darren M. Staloff, Robert Oden, Elizabeth McNamer, Dennis G. Dalton.

VHS.
Table of contents: title: Lecture 1. Introduction to the problems and scope of philosophy /  M. Sugrue; title: lecture 2. Introduction to the Old Testament / R. Oden; title: lecture 3. The New Testament: The Gospels of Mark and Matthew / E. McNamer; title: lecture 4. The New Testament: The world of Paul / E. McNamer; title: lecture 5. Presocratics: Ionian speculation and Eleatic metaphysics / D. Staloff; title: lecture 6. Republic I: justice, power, and knowledge / M. Sugrue; title: lecture 7. Republic II-V: soul and city / M. Sugrue; title: lecture 8. Republic VI-X: the architecture of reality; title: lecture 9. Aristotle's metaphysical views / D. Staloff; title: lecture 10. Aristotle's Politics: the golden mean and  just rule / D. Dalton; title: lecture 11. Marcus Aurelius' Meditations: the Stoic ideal / M. Sugrue; title: lecture 12. Augustine's City of God: grace, original sin, and theodicy / D. Staloff.