Prelude to the Twentieth Century, 1984
by: Roger Weir
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Prelude to the Twentieth Century
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Thursdays, Jul 5, 1984 to Sep 27, 1984
- Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855)
Either/Or, The Sickness Unto Death. Purity of heart. The early warning signs of the century of consciousness and anxiety.
Recorded: July 5, 1984
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- Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)
Thus Spake Zarathustra. Beyond Good and Evil. Philosophy plunges into the Superman's psyche
Recorded: July 12, 1984
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- Madame Helena Blavatsky (1831-1891)
Isis Unveiled. The Secret Doctrine. Theosophy as a world pattern
Recorded: July 19, 1984
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- Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910)
The Kingdom of God is Within You. The later religious writings of the "grandfather sage"
Recorded: July 26, 1984
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- Anton Chekhov (1860-1904)
The Seagull. Uncle Vanya. The Cherry Orchard. Three Sisters. Interior drama takes the family stage
Recorded: August 2, 1984
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- Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
The great manifestor of heroic form
Recorded: August 9, 1984
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- Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906)
When We Dead Awaken. Hedda Gabler. Drama intensifies towards the surreal.
Recorded: August 16, 1984
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- Paul Cezanne (1839-1906)
Multi-dimensional composition in the artist's eye/mind
Recorded: August 23, 1984
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- Antoni Gaudi (1852-1926)
Architecture breaks open its traditional forms
Recorded: August 30, 1984
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- Claude Monet (1840-1926)
Painting explores impressionism and Ukiyo-e
Recorded: September 6, 1984
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- August Strindberg (1849-1912)
Autobiology and the theatre. Skirt madness, dreams, surrealism, and ultimate realities.
Recorded: September 13, 1984
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- Edmund Husserl (1859-1938)
Ideas. The frozen reaction, eidetic processes of vision, and the phenomenological world-view
Recorded: September 20, 1984
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- Marcel Proust (1871-1922)
The Remembrance of Things Past. Stream of consciousness and the artist-seer.
Recorded: September 27, 1984
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