Professor Kozlowski Lectures

Professor Kozlowski discusses the Roman Empire in broad strokes: its origins, its influence, its legacy, and its self-identity.

Professor Kozlowski discusses the Bible, Judaism, and Christianity with an eye toward discussing the Western view of God as preparation for reading Aquinas, Descartes, and Christian-influenced philosophy in future lectures.

Professor Kozlowski discusses the evolution of the Greek National Identity, beginning with Herodotus and the Greco-Persian War, through Hellenism, and how it is informed by the myths surrounding the Trojan War (as retold by Apollodorus).

Professor Kozlowski discusses Greek History from prehistory through the Classical period, along with an overview of Greek culture, especially in Classical Athens.

Professor Kozlowski tries (and fails) to explain the mysteries of the Tao and Te as presented in the Tao Te Ching.

Professor Kozlowski concludes his discussion of Creation Myths with a discussion of the rise and fall of human beings, especially contrasting the role of humans in Greek mythology (Hesiod's Theogony and Works and Days) against Genesis 1-3.

Professor Kozlowski discusses the principles of comparative mythology by comparing a wide variety of creation myths: Babylon's Enuma Elish & Theogony of Dunnu Egypt's "A Hymn to Life" Israel's Genesis 1-2 Plato's Timaeus Philon of Byblos' Phoenician History Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book I

Professor Kozlowski introduces himself to his online students at SCCC and BCC by explaining the syllabus and his expectations for the online sections of Philosophy.

Professor Kozlowski discusses the Homeric Hymns to Demeter, Apollo, and Dionysos, and introduces the children of Zeus: Apollo and Artemis, Hermes, Hephaestus, Ares, Athena, and Dionysos.

Professor Kozlowski discusses Hesiod's Theogony, and introduces the first generation of gods and goddesses in the Greek Pantheon.