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Pythagoras (1996)

OpenM1nd — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 10:06:44 +0000

Pythagoras (fl. 530 BCE) was one of the world’s greatest men, but he wrote nothing, and it is hard to say how much of the doctrine we know as Pythagorean is due to the founder of the society and how much is later development. It is also hard to say how much of what we

J. Krishnamurti: The Real Revolution

OpenM1nd — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 22:05:23 +0000

J. Krishnamurti: The Real Revolution. This 30-minute documentary is the first from an original series of eight made for television in 1966. They were the earliest sound-films of Krishnamurti speaking to audiences. Autoplay Quality set to: LOWEST QUALiTY [CHANGE] Streaming-Madness.net – Watch Top Documentaries Online

J. Krishnamurti: The Future of Humanity – Interview with David Bohm (1983)

OpenM1nd — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 10:02:51 +0000

Starting with the questions – Are psychologists really concerned with the future of man? Are they concerned with the human being conforming to the present society, or going beyond that? The conversation embarks on the incredible journey of the unconditioned mind and asks if the consciousness of mankind can be changed through time. The Future

J. Krishnamurti Fourth Conversation with Dr Allen W. Anderson

OpenM1nd — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 10:01:00 +0000

Fourth Conversation with Dr Allen Anderson. San Diego, California, 18 February 1974 A Wholly Different Way of Living J. Krishnamurti was born in South India and educated in England. For the past 40 years he has been speaking in the United States, Europe, India, Australia and other parts of the world. From the outset of

J. Krishnamurti Third Conversation with Dr Allen W. Anderson

OpenM1nd — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 22:00:59 +0000

Third Conversation with Dr Allen Anderson. San Diego, California, 18 February 1974. A Wholly Different Way of Living J. Krishnamurti was born in South India and educated in England. For the past 40 years he has been speaking in the United States, Europe, India, Australia and other parts of the world. From the outset of

J. Krishnamurti Second Conversation with Dr Allen W. Anderson

OpenM1nd — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 06:44:43 +0000

Second Conversation with Dr Allen Anderson. San Diego, California, 18 February 1974 A Wholly Different Way of Living J. Krishnamurti was born in South India and educated in England. For the past 40 years he has been speaking in the United States, Europe, India, Australia and other parts of the world. From the outset of

J. Krishnamurti First Conversation with Dr Allen W. Anderson

OpenM1nd — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 18:41:22 +0000

First Conversation with Dr Allen Anderson. San Diego, California, 18 February 1974 A Wholly Different Way of Living J. Krishnamurti was born in South India and educated in England. For the past 40 years he has been speaking in the United States, Europe, India, Australia and other parts of the world. From the outset of

Krishnamurti: It doesnt matter if you die for it (1984)

DeadSociety — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 10:00:41 +0000

Jiddu Krishnamurti talking with students at Rishi Valley 20. December 1984. More: jkrishnamurti.org Autoplay Quality set to: LOWEST QUALiTY [CHANGE] Streaming-Madness.net – Watch Top Documentaries Online

Slavoj Žižek – The Return To Hegel. (2009)

OpenM1nd — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:24:29 +0000

Another nice lecture by Slavoj Žižek at the European Graduate School (EGS) in Switzerland is a privately funded graduate school founded by the non-profit European Foundation of Interdisciplinary Studies. Enjoy The Return To Hegel. More: http://www.egs.edu Autoplay Quality set to: LOWEST QUALiTY [CHANGE] Streaming-Madness.net – Watch Top Documentaries Online

Slavoj Žižek – Confronting Humanity & The Post-Modern. (2009)

OpenM1nd — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:43:48 +0000

Slavoj Žižek discussing Hegel in reference to Charlie Chaplins The Great Dictator, Leni Riefenstahl, fascism, the Nazi propaganda film Kolberg, Alfred Hitchcocks Vertigo, objectivity in film. He also spoke about Peter Sloterdijk and Jürgen Habermas as well as ethics, dignity, military technology, pharmonarcoleptic drugs, scientology and Ron Hubbard. Public open lecture for the students and

The Great Philosophers: An Introduction to Western Philosophy

DeadSociety — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 06:21:52 +0000

Beginning with the death of Socrates in 399 BC, and following the story through the centuries to recent figures such as Bertrand Russell and Wittgenstein, Bryan Magee’s conversations with fifteen contemporary writers and philosophers provide an accessible and exciting account of Western philosophy and its greatest thinkers. The contributors include A.J. Ayer, Bernard Williams, Martha

Sartre: The Road to Freedom

OpenM1nd — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:24:07 +0000

“You are responsible for the period of history that you are living in. You have not only the right to choose, but the duty to choose and if you are now surrounded by poverty, war, cruelty – that is what you have chosen.” Sartre was the leading advocate of atheistic existentialism in France but he

Heidegger: Thinking the Unthinkable

OpenM1nd — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:17:11 +0000

German philosopher Martin Heidegger addressed the central question of human existence full on, by examining how human self-awareness depends on concepts of time and death. His preoccupation with ontology – the form of metaphysical inquiry concerned with the study of existence itself – dominated his work. The central idea of his complex Sein und Zeit

Philosophy: A Guide To Happiness – Part 06 (2000)

OpenM1nd — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:33:39 +0000

Episode 6. Nietzsche on Hardship. Philosophy: A Guide To Happiness. We all face difficulties in our lives. But there’s one philosopher who has particularly inspiring advice on how to deal with them. Friedrich Nietzsche believed in a philosophical version of ‘no pain, no gain’: that any worthwhile achievements in life come from the experience of

Philosophy: A Guide To Happiness – Part 05 (2000)

OpenM1nd — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:31:29 +0000

Episode 5. Socrates on Self-Confidence. Philosophy: A Guide To Happiness. Why do so many of us go along with the crowd and fail to stand up for what we truly believe? Partly because we’re too easily swayed by other people’s opinions – and partly because we don’t know when to have confidence in our own.

Philosophy: A Guide To Happiness – Part 04 (2000)

OpenM1nd — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:27:56 +0000

Episode 4. Montaigne on Self-Esteem. Philosophy: A Guide To Happiness. Why do so many people suffer from feelings of low self-esteem? Alain De Botton looks at the problem through the eyes of the French 16th century philosopher Michel de Montaigne, who singled out three main reasons why we might feel bad about ourselves – and

Philosophy: A Guide To Happiness – Part 03 (2000)

OpenM1nd — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:26:39 +0000

Episode 3. Epicurus on Happiness. Philosophy: A Guide To Happiness. The ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus believed there were just three simple things we needed in order to be happy – and money wasn’t one of them. Alain reveals what those things were, in a journey that takes him to the ruins of the ancient city

Philosophy: A Guide To Happiness – Part 02 (2000)

OpenM1nd — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:23:58 +0000

Episode 2. Schopenhauer on Love. Philosophy: A Guide To Happiness. Surprisingly, perhaps, given how important it is to the rest of us, philosophers haven’t tended to talk much about love. An honourable exception was the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, who believed that love was the most important thing in life. Alain shows how the ideals

Philosophy: A Guide To Happiness – Part 01 (2000)

OpenM1nd — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:22:35 +0000

Episode 1. Seneca on Anger. Philosophy: A Guide To Happiness. De Botton starts with anger and the philosopher Seneca who refused to view anger as an irrational outburst and thought it flowed from our surprise when things do not turn out the way we expect them to. De Botton puts Seneca’s advice to angry van

Friedrich Nietzsche: Beyond Good and Evil

OpenM1nd — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:43:34 +0000

A brilliant young man, he was appointed professor at the University of Basel aged 24 having not even finished his degree. His evanescent philosophical life ended 20 years later when he went insane and died shortly afterwards. Nietzsche’s argued that the Christian system of faith and worship was not only incorrect, but harmful to society