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What is Tragedy?

Is Tragedy still Alive?

Discussion on whether tragedy still exists in modern culture, whether in films, modern theatre or and other creative arts.
What is Tragedy?

What does Tragedy do for People?

A discussion of what the use of tragedy is, and whether the emotional experience of tragic theatre is simply a passing thrill or a vital part of life.
What is Tragedy?

Defining Tragedy

First dialogue between Oliver Taplin and Joshua Billings on tragedy: they discuss what 'tragedy' means, from its origins in Greek culture to philosophical notions of what tragedy and tragic drama are.
General Philosophy

1.4 From Galileo to Descartes

Part 1.4. Outlines Galileo's revolutionary theories of astronomy and mechanical science and introduces Descartes' (the father of modern philosophy) ideas of philosophical scepticism.
General Philosophy

1.3 Science from Aristotle to Galileo

Part 1.3. Describes briefly the Aristotelian view of the universe; the basis for natural science in Europe until the 15th century and its conflict Galileo's theories.
General Philosophy

1.2 The Background of Early Modern Philosophy

Part 1.2. Gives a very brief history of philosophy from the 'birth of philosophy' in Ancient Greece through the rise of Christianity in Europe in the Middle Ages through to the Renaissance, the Reformation and the birth of the Modern Period.
Interviews with Philosophers

Roger Crisp on Aristotle's Ethics

Roger Crisp, Uehiro Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy, discusses the ethics of Aristotle.
St Anne's College

Roger Crisp on Aristotle's Ethics

Roger Crisp, Uehiro Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy, discusses the ethics of Aristotle.
Interviews with Oxonians

Roger Crisp on Aristotle's Ethics

Roger Crisp, Uehiro Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy, discusses the ethics of Aristotle.

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