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George Orwell's classic satire of the Russian Revolution has become an intimate part of our contemporary culture, with its treatment of democratic, fascist, and socialist ideals through an animal fable. When the animals of Mr. Jones's Manor Farm...
"Bought the book a couple weeks ago. It's OK. It's nice that they've made a biography of sorts. As a fan, it's nice to have a reference point to help fill in some of those gaps in his story.
It's hagiography. It essentially posits that Norman wa..."
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The Great Ideas of Philosophy
DVD - 2004
Sixty lectures tracing the abiding issues of philosophy across the centuries.
As explorers and traders, the Vikings played a decisive role in the formation of Latin Christendom, and particularly of Western Europe. In this course the Vikings will be studied not only as warriors, but also in other roles for which they are...