1. Audio Introduction
2. Lecture 1: Metaphysics & Technics

Terms & Concepts:

1. Philosophia: φιλοσοφία – philosophy, ‘love of wisdom’
2. Logos: λόγος – (account) 
3. Telos: τέλος – (purpose, end point of a thing) 
4. Ontos: ὄντως (being)
   1. Ontology: τοῦ οντος λογία
5. Epistêmê: ἐπιστήμη (knowledge)
   1. Epistemology: ἐπιστήμη + λογία
6. Ousia: οὐσία (essence)
7. Ēthikós: ἠθικός – from êthos, meaning “pertaining to character” or “customary”.
   1. Êthos: ἦθος – personal character, disposition, habitual way of acting.
8. Arete: ἀρετή
   1. Virtue
   2. Excellence
      1. Full realization of potential or inherent function.
9. Technê: τέχνη (craft)
   1. Technological: τέχνη + λογία
10. Aisthētikos: αισθητικoˊς
11. Tragedy: τραγῳδία

Plato’s Concept of Soul:

1. Psyche: ψῡχή
   1. The Platonic soul consists of three parts, each located in different regions of the body:
      1. The logos (λογιστικόν), or logistikon, located in the head, is related to reason and regulates the other parts.
      2. The thymos (θυμοειδές), or thumoeides, located near the chest region, is related to spirit.
      3. The eros (ἐπιθυμητικόν), or epithumetikon, located in the stomach, is related to one’s desires.
2. Socrates
   1. Difficult Subjects
   2. Art
   3. Death
3. Ethics
4. Birth Without Violence
5. The Primacy of Perception*
6. Allegory of the Cave
7. Descartes
8. Nietzsche
9. The Matrix
10. Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) – 𑀩𑀼𑀥 𑀲𑀓𑁆𑀬𑀫𑀼𑀦𑀻

Critical Works:

1. Steinkamp: Introduction to Clara, or On Nature’s Connection to the Spirit World
2. Plato: Symposium
   1. Plato Writings Removed From University Philosophy Course
3. Stein: On The Problem of Empathy
4. Heidegger: The Question Concerning Technology
5. Mumford: Authoritarian & Democratic Technics
6. Shklar: The Liberalism of Fear
7. Weil: The Power of Words
8. Arendt: Lying In Politics
9. Young: Throwing Like A Girl
10. Havel: The Power of the Powerless

Links:

• Interview With A Modern Visionary
• The Megamachine
• The Myth of the Machine
• Each Thought And Thing Allied