Philosophy & Religious Studies
Philosophy & Religious Studies
Classics & Ancient History

In this course, Professor Anthony Price (Birkbeck College, London) explores Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics. In the first module, we explore the central concept of eudaimonia, or happiness, in Aristotle's ethics, before turning in the second module...
6 lectures
0:49:18
Prof. Anthony Price
Birkbeck College, London
Philosophy & Religious Studies

In this course, Professor John Marenbon (University of Cambridge) explores Medieval Philosophy through seven key thinkers. In the first module, we explore the philosophy of Avicenna, thinking in particular about his proof of existence of God and...
7 lectures
1:17:32
Prof. John Marenbon
Cambridge University
History
Philosophy & Religious Studies

In this course, Professor Terrell Carver (University of Bristol) introduces the political thought of Karl Marx. In the first module, we think about the way in which Marx has been re-interpreted over the last century and make some attempt to...
6 lectures
1:05:26
Prof. Terrell Carver
Bristol University
Philosophy & Religious Studies
Classics & Ancient History

In this course, Professor Angie Hobbs (University of Sheffield) explores Plato's Apology, his account of Socrates' trial for 'corrupting the youth' and 'not believing in the gods the state believes in' in Athens in 399 BC. The course begins by...
8 lectures
0:36:44
Professor Angie Hobbs
Sheffield University
Philosophy & Religious Studies

In this course, Professor Adrian Moore (University of Oxford) explores Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals through eight key questions. In particular, we think about the fundamental difference between the three main strands of moral...
8 lectures
0:57:32
Prof. Adrian Moore
Oxford University
Philosophy & Religious Studies

In this course, Professor Cottingham (University of Reading) explores René Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy. In the first module, we provide a brief introduction to Descartes himself and his philosophical system, as described in his...
6 lectures
0:49:57
Prof. John Cottingham
Reading University
Philosophy & Religious Studies

In this course, Professor Thomas Pink (King's College, London) explores the philosophical problem of free will. The course begins by thinking about what free will actually is, before going on to ask why free will is actually a problem for...
5 lectures
0:56:01
Prof. Thomas Pink
King's College London
Philosophy & Religious Studies

In this course, Professor Robert Stern (University of Sheffield) explores Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit. The course begins with a discussion of Hegel's life and times and the political and philosophical context in which he lived, before...
10 lectures
1:24:36
Prof. Robert Stern
Sheffield University
Philosophy & Religious Studies

In this course, Professor Susan James (Birkbeck, University of London) discusses Spinoza's Ethics, widely considered to be his magnum opus. In the first module, we think about Spinoza's ontological framework, including his remarkable claim that...
5 lectures
0:49:37
Prof. Susan James
Birkbeck College, London
Philosophy & Religious Studies

In this course, Professor Ken Gemes (Birkbeck, University of London) explores the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche. The course begins with the famous ‘death of God’ speech from ‘The Gay Science’, and focuses on what Nietzsche meant when he spoke...
5 lectures
0:47:28
Prof. Ken Gemes
Birkbeck College, London
Philosophy & Religious Studies

In this course, Ms Kate Kirkpatrick (University of Oxford) explores Jean-Paul Sartre’s ‘Being and Nothingness’, a text regarded by many as one of the greatest works of 20th-century philosophy. Having introduced Sartre himself and the historical...
8 lectures
1:08:02
Dr Kate Kirkpatrick
Oxford University
Philosophy & Religious Studies

In this course, Professor Chris Janaway (University of Southampton) explores the philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer, focusing in particular on his World as Will and Representation. After a brief introduction to Schopenhauer’s philosophy in general...
5 lectures
0:41:13
Prof. Chris Janaway
Southampton University