Practical philosophy : the Greco-Roman moralists

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Discussions of philosophers and philosophical themes from ancient Greece and Rome. Abstract: Discussions of philosophers and philosophical themes from ancient Greece and Rome Content: pt. 1: tape 1. lecture 1. The world of the Greco-Roman moralists lecture 2. How empire changed philosophy lecture 3. The great schools and their battles lecture 4. Dominant themes and metaphors. part 1: tape 2. lecture 5. The ideal philosopher-a composite portrait lecture 6. The charlatan-philosophy betrayed lecture 7. Philosophy satirized-The comic Lucian lecture 8. Cicero-philosopher as politician. part 1: tape 3: lecture 9. Seneca-Philosopher as court advisor lecture 10. Good Roman advice-Cicero and Seneca lecture 11. Musonius Rufus-The Roman Socrates lecture 12. Dio Chrysostom-The wandering rhetorician -- pt. 2: Tape 1. Lecture 13. Dio Chrysostom -- Preaching peace and piety lecture 14. Epictetus -- Philosopher as school teacher lecture 15. Epictetus -- The Stoic path to virtue lecture 16. Epictetus -- The messenger of Zeus -- pt. 2: tape 2. lecture 17. Marcus Aurelius-Meditations of the king lecture 18. Jews thinking like Greeks lecture 19. Philo-Judaism as Greek philosophy lecture 20. Plutarch-Biography as moral instruction -- pt. 2: tape 3. lecture 21. Plutarch and philosophical religion lecture 22. Plutarch on virtue and educating children lecture 23. Plutarch-Envy, anger, and talking too much lecture 24. The missing page in philosophy's story.