The meaning of life perspectives from the world's great intellectual traditions
Record details
- ISBN: 1598037196
- ISBN: 9781598037197
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Physical Description:
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videorecording (DVD)
6 videodiscs. (ca. 1080 min.) : sd., col. ; 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook. ((vi, 148 p. ; 19 cm.) - Publisher: Chantilly, Va. : Teaching Co., c2011.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Includes 36 lectures; 30 minutes per lecture; 6 lectures per disc. Publisher no.: Teaching Co. PD4320A. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Disc 1. The meaning of the meaning of life ; The Bhagavad-Gita: choice and daily life ; The Bhagavad-Gita: discipline and duty ; The Bhagavad-Gita: union and purpose ; Aristotle on life: the big picture ; Aristotle: the highest good -- disc 2. Aristotle: the happy life ; Job's predicament: life is so unfair ; Job's challenge: who are we? ; Stoicism: rationality and acceptance ; Human finitude: the epicurean synthesis ; Confucius: order in the cosmos and in life -- disc 3. Daodejing: the Dao of life and spontaneity ; Daodejing: the best life is a simple life ; Daodejing: sublety and paradox ; Zhuangzi on Daoism: impermanence and harmony ; The teachings of the Buddha ; Santideva: Mahayana Buddhism -- disc 4. Santideva: transforming the mind ; Zen: the moon in a dewdrop and impermanence ; Zen: being-time and primordial awakening ; Taking stock of the classical world ; Hume's skepticism and the place of God ; Hume's careless and compassionate vision -- disc 5. Kant: immaturity and the challenge to know ; Mill's call to individuality and to liberty ; Tolstoy: is everyday life the real thing? ; Nietzsche: Twilight of the idiots ; Nietzsche: achieving authenticity ; Gandhi: Satyagraha and holding fast to truth -- disc 6. Gandhi: the call to a supernormal life ; Lame Deer: life enfolded in symbols ; Lame Deer: our place in a symbolic world ; HH Dalai Lama XIV: a modern Buddhist view ; HH Dalai Lama XIV: discernment and happiness ; So, what is the meaning of life? |
System Details Note: | DVD. |
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Subject: | Life Meaning (Philosophy) |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Prince Rupert Library | GCDVD 128 Mean GC003 (Text) | 33294001836022 | DVDs | Volume hold | Available | - |
Prince Rupert Library | GCDVD 128 Mean GC003 (Text) | 33294005000815 | DVDs | Available | - |
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245 | 1 | 4. | ‡aThe meaning of life ‡h[videorecording (DVD)] : ‡bperspectives from the world's great intellectual traditions / ‡cJay L. Garfield. |
260 | . | ‡aChantilly, Va. : ‡bTeaching Co., ‡cc2011. | |
300 | . | ‡a6 videodiscs. (ca. 1080 min.) : ‡bsd., col. ; ‡c3/4 in. + ‡e1 course guidebook. ((vi, 148 p. ; 19 cm.) | |
490 | 1 | . | ‡aThe great courses. |
500 | . | ‡aIncludes 36 lectures; 30 minutes per lecture; 6 lectures per disc. | |
500 | . | ‡aPublisher no.: Teaching Co. PD4320A. | |
505 | 0 | 0. | ‡gDisc 1. ‡tThe meaning of the meaning of life ; ‡tThe Bhagavad-Gita: choice and daily life ; ‡tThe Bhagavad-Gita: discipline and duty ; ‡tThe Bhagavad-Gita: union and purpose ; ‡tAristotle on life: the big picture ; ‡tAristotle: the highest good -- ‡gdisc 2. Aristotle: the happy life ; ‡tJob's predicament: life is so unfair ; ‡tJob's challenge: who are we? ; ‡tStoicism: rationality and acceptance ; ‡tHuman finitude: the epicurean synthesis ; ‡tConfucius: order in the cosmos and in life -- ‡gdisc 3. Daodejing: the Dao of life and spontaneity ; ‡tDaodejing: the best life is a simple life ; ‡tDaodejing: sublety and paradox ; ‡tZhuangzi on Daoism: impermanence and harmony ; ‡tThe teachings of the Buddha ; ‡tSantideva: Mahayana Buddhism -- ‡gdisc 4. ‡tSantideva: transforming the mind ; ‡tZen: the moon in a dewdrop and impermanence ; ‡tZen: being-time and primordial awakening ; ‡tTaking stock of the classical world ; ‡tHume's skepticism and the place of God ; ‡tHume's careless and compassionate vision -- ‡gdisc 5. ‡tKant: immaturity and the challenge to know ; ‡tMill's call to individuality and to liberty ; ‡tTolstoy: is everyday life the real thing? ; ‡tNietzsche: Twilight of the idiots ; ‡tNietzsche: achieving authenticity ; ‡tGandhi: Satyagraha and holding fast to truth -- ‡gdisc 6. Gandhi: the call to a supernormal life ; Lame Deer: life enfolded in symbols ; ‡tLame Deer: our place in a symbolic world ; ‡tHH Dalai Lama XIV: a modern Buddhist view ; ‡tHH Dalai Lama XIV: discernment and happiness ; ‡tSo, what is the meaning of life? |
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