Intro to Social Thought
Professor Kozlowski embarks on a new scholastic project: preparing an introductory course on political philosophy for the fall semester. Several months and dozens of books later, he might not have muc...
15 Juli 20253h 1min
PHIL 143 Syllabus Lecture SU25
Professor Kozlowski welcomes his new students to the summer session of the Philosophy of Love and Friendship...with a two-hour long lecture about how the class is going to work.Enjoy!
19 Maj 20251h 56min
Always Re-Reading: Catch-22
Today, apropos of nothing, Professor Kozlowski tackles one of his favorite books: Joseph Heller's popular, stylish, satirical masterpiece - Catch-22. We'll look at its legacy, its themes, and the mess...
18 Feb 20251h 36min
Medieval Europe
Professor Kozlowski, concluding his serious of insanely ambitious General Humanities I videos, attempts to cram the whole thousand-year history of Medieval Europe into ninety minutes.
7 Feb 20251h 48min
Sir Orfeo and Sir Launfal
Professor Kozlowski concludes his General Humanities lecture series with an analysis of two Medieval lays - Sir Orfeo and Sir Launfal. Here we'll see how the Medieval writers adapt and understand the ...
7 Feb 20251h 6min
Islam from a Dummy
Professor Kozlowski here expresses his very limited knowledge and very uninformed interpretation of the Qu'ran, especially as it pertains to Jews, Christians, and the afterlife. He then goes on to exp...
4 Feb 20251h 31min
The Byzantine and Islamic Empires
Professor Kozlowski wanders well out of his comfort zone and scholarly experience to discuss the history of the two great powers of the medieval world: the Byzantine (Roman) Empire and the Islamicate ...
4 Feb 20251h 51min
Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy
Today Professor Kozlowski tackles another favorite philosophical work in Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy - a foundational text of medieval Christian philosophy and one of the most articulate d...
1 Feb 20251h 22min
