Professor Socrates and Miss P conduct an experiment to see the way that the body needs and uses energy.

Philosopher Scott Soames (USC) relates aspects of the spectrum of professional views on what philosophy should and should not be.

Classicist and political theorist Josiah Ober (Stanford) reflects on the societal role of universities and the importance of academics engaging with the outside world.

Classicist and political theorist Josiah Ober (Stanford) relates how he overcame many setbacks to pursue an academic career in classics.

Classicist and political theorist Josiah Ober (Stanford) relates how his personal exposure to aspects of class structure inadvertently prepared him for better understanding Demosthenes.

Alexa teaches you how to conjugate Écouter (to listen) in the present tense.

Tom Kemp is a Silicon Valley–based author, entrepreneur, investor, and policy advisor. Tom was the founder and CEO of Centrify (renamed Delinea in 2022), a leading cybersecurity cloud provider that amassed over two thousand enterprise...

Ben Nelson (Minerva) speaks passionately about the importance of developing the appropriate cognitive tools for students.

Classicist and political theorist Josiah Ober (Stanford) argues that the success of classical Athenian democracy was consistently challenged by aristocratic elites such as Plato or Aristotle.

Classicist and political theorist Josiah Ober (Stanford) looks back to Aristotle's view of human flourishing to appreciate the benefits of democracy.

Classicist and political theorist Josiah Ober (Stanford) describes his belief that classical Athens is a counter-example to the so-called “Iron Law of Oligarchy”.

Classicist and political theorist Josiah Ober (Stanford) describes how the experience of the Vietnam War affected his research on classical Athens.

Classicist and political theorist Josiah Ober (Stanford) reminisces on the personal importance of accessible, high-level university education.

Classicist and political theorist Josiah Ober (Stanford) describes the standard Aristotelian argument of capacities and flourishing.

Classicist and political theorist Josiah Ober (Stanford) describes two concerns that were as important in ancient Athens are they are today: elite capture and political inequality.

Classicist and political theorist Josiah Ober (Stanford) highlights the importance of dignity for a well-functioning democracy.

There are a lot of definitions of artificial intelligence. Which one do we actually mean?

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Classicist and political theorist Josiah Ober (Stanford) describes how his generation of classical Greek historians took a different approach to Athens of the 4th century BCE.

Classicist and political theorist Josiah Ober (Stanford) gives us a detailed view of the ancient Athenian deliberative assembly.

Yet another phrase of the day! A ver si les gusta.

Since we're in the whole New Years thing, how about an encouraging phrase!? The phrase in this video is used to tell people to get moving. When I first heard it, it was in the context of "Get with the program."

Here's yet another phrase of the day! It's absolutely free! And I'm not pulling your leg. Que disfruten. :-)

Hola. In this lesson we'll be covering how we use Double Object Pronouns in Spanish. Don't forget to check out some of my other videos on this series to practice them!