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    The Baths of Caracalla

    Professor Kleiner discusses the increasing size of Roman architecture in the second and third centuries A.D. as an example of a “bigger is better” philosophy. She begins with an overview of tomb architecture, a genre that, in Rome as in Ostia, embraced the aesthetic of exposed brick as a facing for the exteriors of buildings. […]

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhon2e3vfTo

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    The Logic of Science

    While there are many differences between modern science and philosophy, there are still a number of lessons in modes of thought that scientists can take from philosophy. Scientists’ ideas about the nature of science have evolved over time, leading to new ideas about falsifiability, creativity, revolutions, and the boundaries and limits of what can be […]

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzFweBDef2A

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    Introduction to Literary Theory

    In this first lecture, Professor Paul Fry explores the course’s title in three parts. The relationship between theory and philosophy, the question of what literature is and does, and what constitutes an introduction are interrogated. The professor then situates the emergence of literary theory in the history of modern criticism and, through an analysis of […]

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YY4CTSQ8nY

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    Maximilien Robespierre and the French Revolution

    Robespierre’s ascetic personal life and severe philosophy of political engagement are attributed by some to his difficult childhood. As a revolutionary, one of his most significant insights was that the Revolution was threatened not only by France’s military adversaries abroad, but also by domestic counter-revolutionaries. Under this latter heading were gathered two major groups, urban […]

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xprWm4fkLnY

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    ChucK: A Computer Music Programming Language

    November 16, 2007 lecture by Ge Wang for the Stanford University Human-Computer Interaction Seminar. In the first part of this talk, Ge presents the design, philosophy, and development of ChucK, a computer music programming language intending to provide a different approach, expressiveness, and thinking with respect to time and parallelism in audio programming – as […]

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rpk461T6l4

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    Hunting for the Right Cause

    In addition to dollars, Google.org harnesses the company’s engineering talent to try to make the world fairer, more just, and safer, says the corporate non-profit’s Executive Director Larry Brilliant. The company made a decision to dedicate one percent of its profits to global causes. It took 18 months to find that unique short list of […]

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOtbP4JorNk

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    Employee Growth

    Scott shares his philosophy on giving people an opportunity to grow within the company. At Juniper, he chooses the most energetic and enthusiastic person instead of the most experienced one for a given project.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKeKtwEXhx0
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