The 19th Century, 1983

by: Roger Weir

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The 19th Century

13 of 13 presentations available
Tuesdays, Dec 6, 1983 to Feb 28, 1984


The pilgrimage through the world as a permanently dissolving inferno.
  • Bentham (1748-1831)
    The Transformation to Material Man. Scientific Social Theory, Happiness Calculus, Economic History and Utilitarianism
      Recorded: December 6, 1983
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  • Marx (1818-1903)
    The Philosophy of Material Man and Economic History
      Recorded: December 13, 1983
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  • Spencer (1818-1883)
    The synthesis of knowledge from scientific examination of Biology, Psychology, Sociology and Ethics
      Recorded: December 20, 1983
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  • Wagner (1813-1883)
    The New Art Form of the Romantic Cosmic Knight
      Recorded: December 27, 1983
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  • Delacroix (1798-1863)
    The greatest French Romantic painter and theorist towards Impressionism from Classicism
      Recorded: January 3, 1984
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  • Darwin (1809-1882)
    The origin of Species and The Descent of Man. Giant steps into the permanently dissolving world.
      Recorded: January 10, 1984
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  • Balzac (1799-1850)
    La Comedie Humaine. The writer as a "secretary" of society, towards a psychology of Man.
      Recorded: January 17, 1984
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  • Dickens (1812-1870)
    The greatest English Novelist and his portrait of Man's life
      Recorded: January 24, 1984
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  • Tennyson (1821-1881)
    Idylls of the King. Arthur's "World" reappears
      Recorded: January 31, 1984
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  • Dostoevsky (1821-1881)
    Crime and Punishment. The Idiot. The Brothers Karamazov. Views of the dissolving inferno.
      Recorded: February 7, 1984
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  • Brahms (1833-1897)
    The Personal Preservation of Art as the Balance of Revolution and Progress.
      Recorded: February 14, 1984
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  • Maxwell (1831-1879)
    A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism (3rd Ed. 1981, Oxford). The preparation for Einstein.
      Recorded: February 21, 1984
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  • Tolstoy (1828-1910)
    The Master Spirit of the 19th Century. Transformations back to Spiritual Man
      Recorded: February 28, 1984
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