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Meaning of Life: Perspectives from the World's Great Intellectual Traditions

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English
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18 hours 40 minutes
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Intermediate

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<p>Guided by a passionate and thorough professor, this intellectually gripping course offers a rigorous and wide-ranging exploration of what various spiritual, religious, and philosophical traditions from both the East and the West have contributed to this profound line of questioning.</p>

Syllabus

01: The Meaning of the Meaning of Life
02: The Bhagavad-Gita-Choice and Daily Life
03: The Bhagavad-Gita-Discipline and Duty
04: The Bhagavad-Gita-Union and Purpose
05: Aristotle on Life-The Big Picture
06: Aristotle-The Highest Good
07: Aristotle-The Happy Life
08: Job's Predicament-Life Is So Unfair
09: Job's Challenge-Who Are We?
10: Stoicism-Rationality and Acceptance
11: Human Finitude-The Epicurean Synthesis
12: Confucius-Order in the Cosmos and in Life
13: Daodejing-The Dao of Life and Spontaneity
14: Daodejing-The Best Life Is a Simple Life
15: Daodejing-Subtlety and Paradox
16: Zhuangzi on Daoism-Impermanence and Harmony
17: The Teachings of the Buddha
18: Santideva-Mahayana Buddhism
19: Santideva-Transforming the Mind
20: Zen-The Moon in a Dewdrop and Impermanence
21: Zen-Being-Time and Primordial Awakening
22: Taking Stock of the Classical World
23: Hume's Skepticism and the Place of God
24: Hume's Careless and Compassionate Vision
25: Kant-Immaturity and the Challenge to Know
26: Mill's Call to Individuality and to Liberty
27: Tolstoy-Is Everyday Life the Real Thing?
28: Nietzsche-Twilight of the Idols
29: Nietzsche-Achieving Authenticity
30: Gandhi-Satyagraha and Holding Fast to Truth
31: Gandhi-The Call to a Supernormal Life
32: Lame Deer-Life Enfolded in Symbols
33: Lame Deer-Our Place in a Symbolic World
34: HH Dalai Lama XIV-A Modern Buddhist View
35: HH Dalai Lama XIV-Discernment and Happiness
36: So, What Is the Meaning of Life?
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Taught by

Jay L. Garfield

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