
In Aristotle: From Logic to Life, an eight-hour course, Dr. Orr explores Aristotle's comprehensive philosophical system, tracing his life, empirical methodology, and key contributions to logic, metaphysics, ethics, politics, and poetics. We examine his theories of substance, causation, virtue ethics, eudaimonia (human thriving), political life, and his analysis of tragedy and catharsis. The course follows his impact from medieval rediscovery and tensions with monotheism to contemporary revivals, showing why Aristotle remains a vital guide for modern philosophy.
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Air Date: 2026-03-05
In our introductory lecture, we examine Aristotle’s foundational role in Western philosophy, exploring his life, hist...
Air Date: 2026-03-05
In lecture two, we explore Aristotle’s groundbreaking work in logic, focusing on the Organon, which formalized human ...
Air Date: 2026-03-05
In lecture three, we turn to Aristotle’s metaphysics, focusing on “being as being” and the question of why anything e...
Air Date: 2026-03-05
In lecture four, we study Aristotle's ethics, focusing on his concept of eudaimonia (human flourishing) as the highes...
Air Date: 2026-03-05
In lecture five, we investigate Aristotle’s Politics, focusing on his view that humans are “political animals” who ac...
Air Date: 2026-03-05
In lecture six, we consider Aristotle’s Poetics, focusing on his theory of mimesis (artistic representation) and his ...
Air Date: 2026-03-05
In lecture seven, we witness Aristotle’s enduring impact on Western thought, tracing how his works were lost to Europ...
Air Date: 2026-03-05
In our eighth and final lecture, we explore Aristotle’s powerful influence on 20th- and 21st-century philosophy, high...