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The Future of Work (Season 03:7)
In our final class, we're looking back at the last six weeks, and looking forward to ask about the future of work.
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The Opposite of Work Part 2: Philosophy and Play (Season 03:6)
We spend a lot of our life not just working, but also playing. But what is play? In this class, we'll look at the serious business of play, and why it matters.
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The Opposite of Work? All About Idleness (Season 03:5)
Is idleness a bad thing? Or does taking idleness more seriously offer us new possibilities for human liberation?
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Spiritual Damage: How Work is Bad for Us (Season 03:4)
In the last class, we explored the idea that work might just be the thing that saves us. But what if the reverse is true?
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The Goodness of Work: Virtue, work, and salvation (Season 03:3)
Work, according to Thomas Carlyle, is a purifying fire that saves us from all vices. But is Carlyle right? And is work really a path to virtue?
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The Life of Activity: Work, Labour and Action (Season 03:2)
The philosopher Hannah Arendt provides an incisive account of work, labour and action. This week, we see how Arendt can help us think better about work.
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Working it Out: The Philosophy of Work (Season 03:1)
Season three of our Looking for Wisdom course, where we're looking at the philosophy of work. This week: hunters and gatherers, Mencius, Aristotle and slavery.
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"Love and Understanding": The tangle of love and wisdom (Season 02:7)
Is philosophy the love of wisdom? Or is it, as some philosophers have suggested, the wisdom of love? And what do love and wisdom have to do with each other anyway?
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“Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?” Love, trust and the future (Season 02:6)
What does it mean to say "I love you"? And how do these three little words change our sense of ourselves, our commitments, and our future?
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Love Lifts Us Up Where We Belong? Love, transcendence and madness (Season 02:5)
Does love lift us up where we belong? Or is it a kind of madness? In this week's class, we plunge into Plato's Symposium and Phaedrus to find out.
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You Sexy Thing: Getting philosophical about sex (Season 02:4)
In this week's class, we are getting philosophical about desire, and asking questions about the philosophy of sex. Happy reading!
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Something So Right: Love and Justice (Season 02:3)
What are the limits of human love? Can we love everyone? Or should we only focus on those closest to us? And what happens when our personal loves and commitments come into contact with impersonal questions of justice?
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