Major Philosophers
Gathered here are some helpful links to resources relative to a few of the major philosophers that figure prominently in my various courses.
Socrates
- The Last Days of Socrates
- Stanford Encyclopedia: Socrates
- Video: Why Socrates Hated Democracy
- Video: 5 Minute Philosophers–Socrates
Plato
- Philosophy Pages: Plato
- Video: An Introduction to Plato’s The Republic
- Video: Plato on the Allegory of the Cave
- Video: Plato on the Forms
- Video: Three Minute Philosophy–Plato
- Video: An Introduction to Plato’s Symposium
- Video: Plato’s Philosopher-Kings
Aristotle
- Philosophy Pages: Aristotle
- Video: Philosophy–Aristotle
- Video: Three Minute Philosophy–Aristotle
- Video: Aristotle & Virtue Theory
- Video: Aristotle on Ethics, Happiness, and Virtue
- Video: An Introduction to Aristotle’s Politics
- Video: An Introduction to Aristotle’s Metaphysics
Epictetus
Epicurus
- Philosophy Pages: Epicurus
- Video: Philosophy–Epicurus
- Video: Three Minute Philosophy–Epicurus and Zeno
Lucretitus
- Lucretius: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Video: Should We be Afraid of Death (Lucretius)
Marcus Aurelius
- Video: Stoicism–Meditations on the Wisdom of Marcus Aurelius
- Video: An Introduction to Marcus Aurelius’s Mediations
- Video: Gladiator–The Four Virtues according to Marcus Aurelius
Augustine
- Philosophy Pages: Augustine
- Video: Philosophy-Augustine
- Video: An Introduction to Augustine’s Confessions
Aquinas
- Philosophy Pages: Aquinas
- Video: Three Minute Philosophy–St. Thomas Aquinas
- Video: Philosophy–Thomas Aquinas
- Video: Aquinas and the Cosmological Arguments
Machiavelli
- Philosophy Pages: Machiavelli
- Video: Political Theory–Niccolo’ Machiavelli
- Video: Machiavelli’s Advice for Nice Guys
- Video: An Introduction to Niccolo Machiavelli’s The Prince
Hobbes
Locke
- Philosophy Pages: Locke
- Video: An Introduction to John Locke’s Two Treatises of Goverment
- Video: Sandel on Locke’s Notion of Property
- Video: Political Theory–John Locke
- Video: Three Minute Philosophy–Locke
Rousseau
- Philosophy Pages: Rousseau
- Video: Political Theory–Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- Video: An Introduction to Jean-Jacques Rouuseau’s The Social Contract
Kant
- Philosophy Pages: Kant
- Video: Kant and Categorical Imperatives
- Video: Three Minute Philosophy–Immanuel Kant
- Video: Beginner’s Guide to Kant’s Moral Philosophy
- Video: Philosophy–Immanuel Kant
Mill
- Video: Utilitarianism
- Video: An Introduction to John Stuart Mill’s Utilitarianism
- Video: An Introduction to John Stuart Mill’s On Liberty
- Video: Mill On Liberty
Marx
- Philosophy Pages: Marx
- Stanford Encyclopedia: Marx
- Marx-Engels Archive
- Video: Political Theory–Karl Marx
- Video: An Introduction to Karl Marx’s Capital
- Video: Noam Chomsky on Karl Marx
- Video: Marx Part 1–Labor & Class Conflict
- Video: Marx Part 2–Capitalism’s Consequences
- Video: Marx Part 3–Cultural Marxism & Political Correctness
- Video: Marx Part 4–Beyond Capitalism
- Video: Comment Replies–Marx Series
Rawls
- Philosophy Pages: Rawls
- Video: The Difference Principle (Rawls)
- Video: John Rawls’ Two Principles of Justice
- Video: Political Theory–John Rawls
- Video: An Introduction to John Rawls’ A Theory of Justice
Singer
- Philosophy Pages: Singer
- Video: Singer–The Drowning Child
- Video: Singer–Objections to the Pond Analogy