Professor Kozlowski Lectures
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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Faust Scenes 20-28 (opens the original)
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Professor Kozlowski concludes his discussion of Goethe's Faust, Part One by discussing the fall of Gretchen/Margareta, and touching briefly on the conclusion of Faust, Part Two for the sake of closure. He managed to do all this without breaking into tears - this time.
HBM - Blake Into the 20th Century (opens the original)
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Today we discuss the influence of William Blake on the 20th Century. By tracing the development of some of Blake's artistic choices, ideas, and themes through the 19th century and into the 20th, we will hopefully see how many of the preoccupations of William Blake, many of which were revolutionary or unusual in his work, would develop into commonplaces of our own time and culture.
HBM - Nietzsche and Romanticism (opens the original)
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Today we tackle one of the most controversial figures in the history of philosophy, Friedrich Nietzsche. By examining his ideas in the prologue to Thus Spake Zarathustra , "The Four Great Errors" in Twilight of the Idols , and his thoughts on "Peoples and Countries" in Beyond Good and Evil , we hope to lay bare many of the preoccupations and assumptions of the late Romantic era, discuss the development of these same ideas since Blake explored them in his prophecies, and set the stage for our dis
HBM - Blake the Prophet (opens the original)
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CW: Poetic imagery of blood and gore, ravishing, and apocalyptic discussion Today we discuss the works of William Blake that don't usually make it into anthologies and undergraduate curricula - namely " America: A Prophecy ," " The [First] Book of Urizen ," and " Laocoon " (as well as one EXTREMELY popular poem from the deleted preface to "Milton: A Poem", and Pseudo Ossian's " The War of Inis-Thona, " for context). These works begin to describe the greater mythological project of Blake's, which
HBM - Blake's Life, Times, and Songs (opens the original)
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Today we kick off our discussion of William Blake with a little history catch-up, some discussion of his biography, and a [brief] analysis of the "Songs of Innocence and Experience," and the "Marriage of Heaven and Hell." We'll discuss Blake's religious perspective, his creative interpretation of Milton, and the ideas that will go on to influence Romanticism, magicians, and 20th century thinkers of many stripes.
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