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Professor Kozlowski Lectures

Benjamin Kozlowski

Professor Kozlowski lectures on various subjects in Philosophy, Theology, and the Humanities. For a list of courses and projects, visit his website at: https://professorkozlowski.wordpress.com/

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02:17:45

Medieval Christian Political Philosophy

Professor Kozlowski Lectures ·

2025/08/13

Today Professor Kozlowski takes on the political philosophy of the Medieval (and early modern) Christian world, as a cross-section of ideas and interpretations made by Christian political philosophers. Our readings for today hail from:City of God by Augustine of HippoSumma Theologica by Thomas Aquinas"Temporal Authority: To What Extent it Should be Obeyed" by Martin Luther (requires a free Internet Archives account to borrow)Institutes of the Christian Religion by John Calvin (Chapter XIX:

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02:07:53

Politics and the Bible

Professor Kozlowski Lectures ·

2025/08/12

Professor Kozlowski embarks on yet another discussion of politics and the Bible. Here we will look at the basic outline of the gospel, as well as key passages from Genesis, Deuteronomy, Judges, 1 Samuel, Matthew, Acts, and 1 Timothy that illuminate the Biblical perspective on politics and government - if there is one.https://www.biblegateway.com contains a wide variety of Biblical translations, including all the passages discussed in this lecture. I recommend the ESV for beginners.No official

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01:45:28

Roman Political Philosophy

Professor Kozlowski Lectures ·

2025/08/12

Today Professor Kozlowski takes on the Roman Empire - its legacy (historical and mythological), its organization, and the ideas of some of its most influential thinkers: Cicero and Polybius. Many great political thinkers take Rome as the closest thing to a perfect government ever created - hopefully we can reach some conclusions about what made Rome work, and why this obsession with Rome might be a result of the greatest propaganda campaign in history.Readings today come from Cicero's De Legibus

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02:12:15

Eastern Political Philosophy

Professor Kozlowski Lectures ·

2025/08/11

Professor Kozlowski presents a woefully inadequate look at some key ideas in the political philosophy of China and India, specifically:Lao-Tzu's Tao Te ChingThe Analects of ConfuciusMo-TzuThe Laws of ManuAlong the way we'll talk about the differences between Eastern and Western attitudes toward virtue, rule, and government, as well as how these texts take on a very different perspective from those we've seen in Ancient Greece....and then we won't talk about them again until the 20th

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02:04:26

Aristotle - Politics

Professor Kozlowski Lectures ·

2025/08/09

CW: Slavery (but not racism); Tyrannical Tactics, w/ examples from Hitler, Stalin, etc.Today Professor Kozlowski turns from Plato's Republic to the other great masterpiece of Greek political philosophy - Aristotle's Politics. Typical of Aristotle, we'll discuss his basic assumptions about government, his understanding of different forms of government, and the ways that revolutions, demagogues, and dissension can undermine democracies, oligarchies, and tyrannies. (Or preserve them, if

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01:49:45

Plato - Republic 5-10

Professor Kozlowski Lectures ·

2025/08/08

CW: Incest, Infanticide, and Misogyny as philosophical ideas and historical realitiesProfessor Kozlowski tackles the rest of the Republic by ranging over the three excerpts in the Cohen textbook and several excluded passages. On the docket:Equality for women (yay!)Open marriages (yay!?)Communal child-rearing (wut?)Eugenics (boo!)The Allegory of the Cave (yay!)How governments fall apart (Aristotle to follow)The Myth of Er (w00t)Professor Kozlowski apologizes in advance for how much brutally heinous

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01:49:09

Plato - Republic 2-4

Professor Kozlowski Lectures ·

2025/08/05

Professor Kozlowski tackles the origins of Plato's Republic proper - following Socrates as he describes the earliest organization of government through its growth into a "fevered" state of luxuries and wealth. And, bonus - we get a ten-minute tangent on the Laws of Lycurgus! - which influenced many ancient thinkers (including Plato and Aristotle) and will continue to haunt us for the rest of the class.You can find the full text of Plato's Republic for free on Project Gutenberg;

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02:00:15

Plato - Republic 1

Professor Kozlowski Lectures ·

2025/08/03

For the first reading in History of Social Thought, Professor Kozlowski *finally* tackles that greatest of philosophical classics: Plato's Republic. Today we'll look at the famous opening argument and get some preliminary answers to the question "What is Justice?" as well as Plato's practical example for dealing with Internet edgelords trying to win debates rather than understand truths.You can find the full text of Plato's Republic for free on Project Gutenberg; this

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03:01:13

Intro to Social Thought

Professor Kozlowski Lectures ·

2025/07/15

Professor Kozlowski embarks on a new scholastic project: preparing an introductory course on political philosophy for the fall semester. Several months and dozens of books later, he might not have much in the way of knowledge or answers, but he'll spend three hours talking about it anyway.Follow Professor Kozlowski's other projects online at his webpage: professorkozlowski.wordpress.comAnd please contribute to the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ProfessorKozlowski

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01:56:09

PHIL 143 Syllabus Lecture SU25

Professor Kozlowski Lectures ·

2025/05/19

Professor Kozlowski welcomes his new students to the summer session of the Philosophy of Love and Friendship...with a two-hour long lecture about how the class is going to work.Enjoy!

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01:36:30

Always Re-Reading: Catch-22

Professor Kozlowski Lectures ·

2025/02/18

Today, apropos of nothing, Professor Kozlowski tackles one of his favorite books: Joseph Heller's popular, stylish, satirical masterpiece - Catch-22. We'll look at its legacy, its themes, and the message it offers to our own absurd systemic hellscape here in 2025. (And maybe one day we'll tackle some other favorite re-reads as well!)If you want more lectures like this, contribute to the Patreon! - https://www.patreon.com/ProfessorKozlowskiOr go visit my website! -

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01:48:59

Medieval Europe

Professor Kozlowski Lectures ·

2025/02/07

Professor Kozlowski, concluding his serious of insanely ambitious General Humanities I videos, attempts to cram the whole thousand-year history of Medieval Europe into ninety minutes.

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01:06:02

Sir Orfeo and Sir Launfal

Professor Kozlowski Lectures ·

2025/02/07

Professor Kozlowski concludes his General Humanities lecture series with an analysis of two Medieval lays - Sir Orfeo and Sir Launfal. Here we'll see how the Medieval writers adapt and understand the pagan traditions underlying their own culture as a part of their Christian faith.

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01:31:45

Islam from a Dummy

Professor Kozlowski Lectures ·

2025/02/04

Professor Kozlowski here expresses his very limited knowledge and very uninformed interpretation of the Qu'ran, especially as it pertains to Jews, Christians, and the afterlife. He then goes on to explore Ibn Sina's thoughts on the afterlife as presented in The Book of Healing.None of this should be considered authoritative or rooted in expertise. Professor Kozlowski is absolutely still a novice in his study of Islam and Islamic theology, and this very much represents an interested outsider

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01:51:32

The Byzantine and Islamic Empires

Professor Kozlowski Lectures ·

2025/02/04

Professor Kozlowski wanders well out of his comfort zone and scholarly experience to discuss the history of the two great powers of the medieval world: the Byzantine (Roman) Empire and the Islamicate World. He apologizes for the roughness of his knowledge and understanding, but hopes that he can help make this discussion a more integral part of the study of world history.

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01:22:23

Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy

Professor Kozlowski Lectures ·

2025/02/01

Today Professor Kozlowski tackles another favorite philosophical work in Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy - a foundational text of medieval Christian philosophy and one of the most articulate discussions of virtue, the character of God, and the Problem of Evil in Christianity's history.

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01:31:50

The Gospel of Matthew

Professor Kozlowski Lectures ·

2025/01/30

Professor Kozlowski tackles the ethics of the Sermon on the Mount, the veiled allusions of the Kingdom of Heaven parables, and the moral quandary of identifying hypocrisy in the Gospel of Matthew.

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01:08:59

Ecclesiastes

Professor Kozlowski Lectures ·

2025/01/28

Professor Kozlowski takes a stab at unraveling one of the most famously knotty wisdom texts in the Old Testament: Ecclesiastes. Is it wisdom? Is it nihilism? Does it have a pat moral? Let's find out.

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02:01:26

Judaism, Christianity, and the Fall of Rome

Professor Kozlowski Lectures ·

2025/01/27

Professor Kozlowski tempts the wrath of the Internet by discussing the history of Judaism and Christianity by recounting the major events and themes of the Christian Bible. Along the way we'll revisit some important moments in ancient history, bump into some early Christian heresies, and talk about different perspectives on Christian teaching....hopefully without starting any flame wars... If you have good-faith follow-up questions about any of these topics, feel free to e-mail me at

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01:23:33

Epictetus' Enchiridion

Professor Kozlowski Lectures ·

2025/01/21

Professor Kozlowski tackles the classic of 2nd century stoicism, Epictetus' Enchiridion. Along the way we'll discuss the virtues (and vices) of stoicism, outline its similarities to Buddhism, and contextualize the stoics against the Roman political world in which it developed - and the contemporary world that it continues to influence and shape.

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