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Foundations of Western Thought: Hebrews, Greeks, and Romans (Portable Professor Series) by Timothy B. Shutt

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(Compact Disc - Unabridged, 8 CD's, Full-length Course G)

  • Pub. Date: November 2004

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    • Pub. Date: November 2004
    • Publisher: Barnes & Noble
    • Format: Compact Disc

    Synopsis

    Portable Professor™ is a series of exciting and informative lectures recorded by some of today's most renowned university and college professors. Each course introduces listeners to fascinating, and sometimes startling, insights into the intellectual forces that shape our understanding of the world. Each package includes 14 riveting lectures presented by notable professors as well as a book-length course guide.

    Even at a remove of several millennia, it is impossible to overestimate the considerable influence of three ancient civilizations—the Hebrew, Greek, and Roman—on Western thought. In his inimitably entertaining and accessible style, Professor Timothy Shutt illustrates how the concepts with which these civilizations wrestled, individually and in concert, continue to shape the cultural life of the West.

    COURSE LECTURES

    1. Overview and Backgrounds
    2. The Hebrew Bible: Introduction and Genesis
    3. The Hebrew Bible: Exodus, David, the Prophets, and Job
    4. Homer and The Iliad
    5. Homer: The Odyssey and the Birth of Tragedy
    6. Aeschylus and the Greek Drama
    7. Herodotus and Thucydides: Historians and Hellenism
    8. Socrates and Plato
    9. Plato and Aristotle
    10. Virgil and Rome
    11. Virgil and Ovid
    12. The Christian Bible: The Gospels
    13. The Christian Bible: The Diaspora and St. Paul
    14. Plotinus and St. Augustine: The End of Antiquity and the Medieval Synthesis

    Timothy B. Shutt is a graduate of Yale, and earned his Ph.D. at the University of Virginia, where he specialized in medieval literature and the history of ideas. Shutt—who today lectures on Homer, Plato, Aristotle, the Bible and the Greek historians, Virgil, and Dante to packed houses—joined Kenyon College in 1986, and has since been honored frequently for his teaching skills.

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    Shutt is an outstanding and engaging presenterby Anonymous

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    July 18, 2008: The enthusiasm of Professor Shutt is absolutely contagious. I listened to the presentation in the car but couldn't wait to read some of the recommended further reading suggested in the supplemental material. Even the Greek philosophy was covered in effective lay person language.

    The essential worksby Anonymous

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    March 09, 2007: Professor Shutt eloquently and carefully discusses the foundational works of literature that shaped the unique and profound outlook of Western society and culture. The booklet that accompanies the lecture is thorough on its own, but it also has an exceptional reading list to help the student pursue the subject in depth. I've listened to most of the courses in this series and this is in my top 3 favorites.


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