<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>
Meaning of Life: Perspectives from the World's Great Intellectual Traditions
Overview
Syllabus
- By This Professor
- 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?
Taught by
Jay L. Garfield
