2011-01-16

S:1 E:17 The Teachings of the Buddha This lecture begins with the search for enlightenment by a young Indian prince and concludes with an introduction...

S:1 E:7 Intermediate Multiplication Take mental multiplication to an even higher level. Professor Benjamin shows you five methods for accurately multiplying any two-digit numbers. Among...

S:1 E:29 Nietzsche - Achieving Authenticity Nietzsche's repudiation of modernity's concept of a meaningful life does not mean he lacks his own. This lecture presents...

S:1 E:11 Advanced Multiplication Professor Benjamin shows you how to do enormous multiplication problems in your head, such as squaring three-digit and four-digit numbers; cubing...

S:1 E:26 Mill's Call to Individuality and to Liberty Readings from John Stuart Mill's "On Liberty" reveal the first purely individualistic doctrine of the meaning...

S:1 E:8 The Speed of Vedic Division Vedic mathematics, which has been around for centuries, is extremely helpful for solving division problems: much more efficiently...

S:1 E:8 Hubble's View of Galaxies Near and Far Hubble's image of the nearby galaxy NGC 3370 includes many faint galaxies in the background, exemplifying...

S:1 E:5 A Stellar Demise Turning from star birth to star death, get a preview of the sun's distant future by examining the Cat's Eye...

S:1 E:30 Gandhi - Satyagraha and Holding Fast to Truth Your introduction to the thought of Gandhi reveals him as even more radical than Nietzsche....

S:1 E:22 Taking Stock of the Classical World A look back at the classical traditions studied thus far reveals that although there is no unanimity,...