pt. I: lecture 1. The Hindu vision of life
lecture 2. Thucydides and the Peloponnesian War
lecture 3. Law and rule in Sophocles' Antigone
lecture 4. Socrates and Socratic quest
lecture 5. Plato: idealism and power, part 1
lecture 6. Plato: idealism and power, part 2
lecture 7. Aristotle's critique of Plato's Republic
lecture 8. Machiavelli's theory of power politics
pt. II: lecture 9. Rousseau's theory of human nature and society
lecture 10. Marx's critique of capitalism and solution of communism
lecture 11. Freud's theory of human nature and civilization
lecture 12. Thoreau's theory of civil disobedience
lecture 13. Dostoevsky's Grand inquisitor
lecture 14. The idea of anarchism and the example of Emma Goldman
lecture 15. Hiltler's use of power
lecture 16. Gandhi's use of power.
pt. 1: disc 1. lecture 1. The Hindu vision of life ; disc 2. lecture 2. Thucydides and the Peloponnesian war ; disc 3. lecture 3. Law and rule in Sophocles' Antigone ; disc 4. lecture 4. Socrates and socratic quest ; disc 5. lecture 5. Plato, idealism and power: Pt.1 ; disc6. lecture 6. Plato, idealism and power: Pt.2 ; disc 7. lecture 7. Aristotle's critique of Plato's Republic ; disc 8. lecture 8. Machiavelli's theory of power and politics --
pt. 2: disc 9. lecture 9. Rousseau's theory of human nature and society ; disc 10. lecture 10. Marx's critique of capitalism and solution of communism ; disc 11. lecture 11. Freud's theory of human nature and civilization ; disc 12. lecture 12. Thoreau's theory of civil disobedience ; disc 13. lecture 13. Dostoevsky's grand inquisitor ; disc 14. lecture 14. The idea of anarchism and the example of Emma Goldman ; disc 15. lecture 15. Hitler's use of power ; disc 16. lecture 16. Gandhi's use of power.