Entitled Opinions (about Life and Literature)

Robert Harrison

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Robert Harrison on Giambattista Vico

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09/14/23 • 41 min

A monologue in which our host, Professor Robert Harrison, discusses the originality and continued relevance of Giambattista Vico’s New Science (1748). Songs in this episode: “Riders on the Storm” by The Doors, “Nausicaa” by Glass Wave, and “Cycle of Eternity” by Tangerine Dream.

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Thomas Sheehan on the historical Jesus

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01/31/06 • -1 min

Thomas Sheehan has been Professor of Religious Studies at Stanford since 1999. Before coming to Stanford he taught at Loyola University of Chicago since 1972. He received his B.A. from St. Patrick's College and his Ph.D. from Fordham University. He has been the recipient of many academic honors including: Ford Foundation Fellow (1983-85), Resident Scholar [...]

Andrei Linde on the Universe

Entitled Opinions (about Life and Literature)

08/09/13 • -1 min

Professor Andrei Linde, a native of Moscow, is one of the authors of inflationary cosmology and of the theory of the cosmological phase transitions. His current research involves the theory of dark energy, investigation of the global structure and the fate of the universe, and quantum cosmology. He is the author of more than 200 [...]

Dick Gould on Tennis

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10/06/09 • -1 min

Dick Gould is currently the John L. Hinds Director of Tennis at Stanford University. From 1966 until his retirement in 2004, he coached the Stanford men's tennis team, during which time he led his teams to 17 NCAA Team Championships (10 NCAA singles champions, 7 NCAA doubles championship teams), and coached 50 All American champions. [...]

Hans Gumbrecht on Borges

Entitled Opinions (about Life and Literature)

11/23/09 • -1 min

Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht is the Albert Guérard Professor in Literature in the Departments of Comparative Literature, of French & Italian, of Spanish & Portuguese (by courtesy), and is affiliated with German Studies, and the Program in Modern Thought & Literature at Stanford University. He is also Professeur Associé au Département de Littérature comparée at the [...]

Andrew Mitchell on Poetry and Thinking in Heidegger

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06/12/07 • -1 min

Andrew J. Mitchell (Ph.D., Philosophy) works in the fields of 19th and 20th century German Philosophy and the Philosophy of Literature, with emphases in the Philosophy of Nature (German Romanticism, American Transcendentalism), Critical Theory, and the History of Philosophy (ancient and modern). His research addresses questions of meaning, mediation, and materiality in philosophy and literature. [...]

Richard Saller on the Ancient Rome

Entitled Opinions (about Life and Literature)

10/25/11 • 62 min

Richard Saller is the Vernon R. and Lysbeth Warren Anderson Dean of the School of Humanities & Sciences at Stanford University. He is also the Kleinheinz Family Professor of European Studies as well as Professor of Classics and History. Dean Saller received Bachelor’s degrees in both History and Greek at the University of Illinois in [...]

Czeslaw Milosz: A Discussion with Cynthia Haven

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05/27/22 • -1 min

Cynthia L. Haven is a National Endowment for the Humanities Public Scholar and author of Czesław Miłosz: A California Life, from Berkeley’s Heyday Books and 2018’s Evolution of Desire: A Life of René Girard, the first-ever biography of the renowned French theorist. She has also published two previous books on Czesław Miłosz: An Invisible Rope: [...]

Robert Harrison on Depression

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06/13/22 • -1 min

In this episode our host, Professor Robert Harrison, speaks on the topic of depression. Songs in this episode: “All Along The Watchtower” by Jimi Hendrix “Ophelia” by Glass Wave “Little Wing” by Jimi Hendrix

California Writers Part 1

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01/18/22 • 58 min

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