Explore 3 Millennia of Genius

摘要

Perhaps more so than in any other discipline, philosophy is best understood as a "great conversation1' held across hundreds of years. All philosophers-and we are all philosophers or their followers-have the same eternal questions.rnWhat is the nature of the world? What can we know about it? How should we behave? How should we govern ourselves and each other? Socrates and Nietzsche wanted to answer these questions. Aristotle and Hegel wanted answers to these questions. Scientists and artists want answers to these questions. These lectures return to abiding issues confronted by each new age and thinker. They are more than a collection of the thoughts of various geniuses; they link their concerns across centuries, making their debates a part of our own.