Epicurus - Guide Happiness
Spookybuk. (2012, May 23). 02 - Epicurus on happiness - philosophy: a guide to happiness [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irornIAQzQY
- The Pursuit of Happiness. (2018). Epicurus. Retrieved from https://www.pursuit-of-happiness.org/history-of-happiness/epicurus/Epicurus is considered a major figure in the history of science as well as philosophy. He argued that we should only proportion belief to empirical evidence and logic, and he propounded the scientific view of atomism, according to which all facts in the macroscopic world are caused by the configuration of atoms or indivisible elements in the microscopic world.
- Burton, N. (2013). The philosophy of Epicurus. Retrieved from https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/hide-and-seek/201310/the-philosophy-epicurusEpicurus of Samos, who flourished not long after Aristotle died, founded a school of philosophy that convened at his home and garden in Athens and that dedicated itself to attaining happiness through the exercise of reason and the application of rational principles.
Plato - The Ring of Gygges
Janux. (2014, July 28). Law and justice - Plato’s republic - 7.6 Ring of Gyges [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlT5SdLeXtM
- Morrissey, C. (2016). Plato’s Ring of Gyges: power & the divided self. Retrieved from https://theimaginativeconservative.org/2016/04/platos-ring-of-gyges-power-divided-self.htmlIn Plato’s Republic, we hear of the tale of Gyges’ ring. This famous tale has been adapted in equally famous ways: one need only think of The Lord of the Rings, or Wagner’s Ring Cycle, to realize its perennial influence. But what is the meaning of this tale in the original form in which the Republic presents it to us?
- Glorioso, M. (2017) Lessons from Plato and the Ring of Gyges. Retrieved from https://www.scu.edu/ethics/the-power-of-our-voices/lessons-from-plato-and-the-ring-of-gyges/Almost one year ago, Walter Isaacson wrote an article for The Atlantic arguing that “anonymity poisoned online life.” Online anonymity is sometimes used as a tool for bullying, scheming for personal and private information, and proposing violence against others.
Aristotle - Virtue Theory
CrashCourse. (2016, December 5).Aristotle & virtue theory: crash course philosophy #38 [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrvtOWEXDIQ
- Rayner, V. (2011). 12 virtues introduced by Aristotle – the master of those who know. Retrieved from https://aesthetichealingmindset.wordpress.com/2011/06/12/4706/Aristotle was a Greek Philosopher, a student of Plato who was responsible for major contributions for metaphysics to ethics, aesthetics and politics.
- Athanassoulis, N. (n.d.). Virtue Ethics. Internet Encyclopaedia of Philosophy. Retrieved from https://www.iep.utm.edu/virtue/Virtue ethics is a broad term for theories that emphasize the role of character and virtue in moral philosophy rather than either doing one’s duty or acting in order to bring about good consequences. A virtue ethicist is likely to give you this kind of moral advice: “Act as a virtuous person would act in your situation.”
Wireless Philosophy. (2015, September 8). Philosophy – the goof life: Aristotle [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=VFPBf1AZOQg
Seneca - Stoicism
The Rugged Pyrrhus. (2014, December 15). Seneca: letter 66 - on various aspects of virtue [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6fi1QXb6jE
- Vogt, K. (2015, December 24). Seneca. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Retrieved from https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/seneca/#VirThe Stoic distinction between valuable and good things is at the center of Seneca's Letters. So-called preferred indifferents—health, wealth, and so on—have value (their opposites, dispreferred indifferents, have disvalue). But only virtue is good. Again and again, Seneca discusses how health and wealth do not contribute to our happiness.
Marcus Aurelius - Stoicism
lill c.-foreground: Big C.-background:. (2018, July 4). Marcus Aurelius Best Lecture on Stoicism EVER! full Virtual University lesson 5897dMWJiSM [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5897dMWJiSM
- Flynn, P. (2016). Marcus Aurelius on living the good life. Retrieved from https://www.chroniclesofstrength.com/marcus-aurelius-living-good-life/It should be so easy for a Roman Emperor to talk on living the good life. He is, after all, a Roman Emperor. Feed me grapes, give me wine! But Marcus Aurelius wasn’t you’re everyday, pope-hatted ruler. He was a reflective man, of insight and purpose and restraint. He didn’t hold onto the power he was given, he didn’t take it for granted–or so it seems.
- De las Morenas, D. (n.d.). How to live a good life: 5 lessons from Marcus Aurelius. Retrieved from https://www.howtobeast.com/5-lessons-on-how-to-live-a-good-life-from-marcus-aurelius/How to Live a Good Life: 5 Lessons from Marcus Aurelius
Modern Stoicism. (2013, July 19). Insights from Marcus Aurelius’ ‘Meditations’ [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWc-4sYhfk0