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Simon Critchley - From Poison to Cow Dung: A History of Philosophers' Deaths

from FORA.tv - Daily Video FORAcast on November 06, 2009
Duration: 690

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/10/09/Simon_Critchley_To_Philosophize_is_to_Learn_How_to_Die From suicide by a love potion to suffocating in cow dung, Simon Critchley gives a brief history of the deaths of famous philosophers -- histories he describes as "weirdness, madness, suicide, murder, bad luck, pathos and some very dark humor." ----- English philosopher Simon Critchley, chair and professor of Philosophy at The New School for Social Research, discusses his 2009 New York Times bestseller, The Book of Dead Philosophers. Starting with Cicero's axiom, "To philosophize is to learn how to die," Professor Critchley leads us to his conclusion that to die is to learn how to live. The Daily Telegraph called the book "rigorous, profound, and frequently hilarious" and described Critchley as "an engaging and deadpan guide to the metaphysical necropolis" as well as "bracingly serious and properly comic." - The New School Simon Critchley was born in Hertfordshire in 1960, and currently lives and works in New York as Professor of Philosophy at the New School for Social Research. He failed dramatically at school before failing in a large number of punk bands in the late 70s and failing as a poet some time later. This was followed by failure as a radical political activist. By complete accident, he ended up at university when he was 22 and decided to stay. He found a vocation in teaching philosophy, although his passions still lie in music, poetry and politics. The Book of Dead Philosophers is his eighth book.

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PES Prime Ministers meeting 29 October 2009

from recent posts tagged elections - blip.tv (beta) on October 30, 2009
Duration: 120

In a meeting this afternoon ahead of the European summit, the Prime Ministers of the Party of European Socialists appointed a troika consisting of Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Werner Faymann and Poul Nyrup Rasmussen to negotiate the position of President of the Council or the position of High Representative on behalf of the PES Prime Ministers. Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, President of the Party of European Socialists, said: Today the PES Prime Ministers agreed to speak and negotiate with a strong, common voice to maximise our influence to hold one of the two key EU posts. This sturdy co-ordination will help us to find the right person to represent our values. The PES Prime Ministers also discussed the upcoming climate change negotiations in Copenhagen. Additionally, they rejected calls for an early exit strategy from stimulus packages and agreed instead on the need for an entry strategy into the labour market.

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Socrates' and Aristippus' Conference on Pleasure and Tempera

from Dailymotion - blog on October 27, 2009
Duration: 960

http://SupremeMasterTV.com – Socrates' and Aristippus' Conference on Pleasure and Temperance - P2/2 (In Greek). Episode: 1077, Air Date: 26 August 2009Author: smtvuploads Tags: Supreme Master Socrates Aristippus Conference Pleasure Temperance Greek Posted: 27 October 2009 Rating: 0.0 Votes: 0

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