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Western Philosophy – From Reason to Enlightenment
Rating: 4.6 out of 5(9 ratings)
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Western Philosophy – From Reason to Enlightenment

An organized and scientific approach to learn philosophy
Created byAbhishek Shrivastava
Last updated 8/2026
English
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What you'll learn

  • We will discuss Western philosophers like Plato, Aristotle, Hume, Hegel, Quine, and many more will be simplified
  • The course will help you to understand their philosophies with some practical and fun examples.
  • To provide you with a broader perspective, we will also compare different philosophers and their philosophies.
  • Last, but not the least, The course will provide you with a new perspective on Philosophy.

Course content

13 sections • 60 lectures • 5h 58m total length

  • Introduction2:47

    Introduction to Plato's Idealism

  • Philosopher King2:07

    Plato argues democracy can degrade into tyranny. Only a ruler guided by wisdom and justice—a philosopher king—is fit to govern.

  • The Socrates method - Elenchus4:15
  • From Socrates' Method to Plato's Dualism3:48
  • The allegory of Cave4:22

    Explore Plato's allegory of the cave, a two-level tale of prisoners and shadows, urging us to question appearances and seek knowledge beyond illusions.

  • The Divided Line6:22

    Plato's divided line maps six blocks from imagination and shadows to mathematics and science, separating the visible world of opinion from the intelligible world of true knowledge and the forms.

  • Theory of forms6:10

    In this section , We discussed how the transcendental world is the world of forms and different meaning of forms.

  • Cave Analogy (Archived)2:15
  • Plato's Criticism of Empiricism(Archived)1:57
  • Platonic Idealism Vs Traditional Idealism1:34

    A simple difference between Idealism and Platonic Idealism

  • Characteristics of Plato's Ideas3:58
  • Criticism (Archived)1:58

    Aristotle's Criticism of Platonic Idealism

  • Platonic Idealism (Archived)3:34

    Platonic Idealism and why it is called Platonic Realism?

Requirements

  • It is only necessary to have a sincere desire to learn the subject.

Description

Western philosophy refers to the philosophical ideas and works of the Western world.

It includes Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Kant, among many others.

Western philosophy begins in the pre-Socrates era and reaches the modern day.

Different philosophers from different eras have a lot to offer. There is sometimes a contradiction between their views on various topics, and it is difficult to determine whether any common element can be found and if any core meaning can serve as universal and all-inclusive. But I tried my level best to categorize their philosophies based on their beliefs.

The course will discuss concepts like Empiricism , Rationalism , Monism , Atomism ,and logical positivism in detail.

Western philosophy has often reflected on theories that emphasize formalism and universal concepts. I have made sure that I have discussed this with complete sincerity.

This course also explores how western philosophy evolved over time.

All the complicated concepts that evolved over time from different philosophers are explained in an easy manner in this course.

Everyone who has never studied philosophy and has never had any experience with it will benefit from this course. Well-organized presentation and a smooth flow make this course easy to follow.

I am hoping that the course will be of benefit to many students.


Who this course is for:

  • Everyone who is interested in learning western Philosophy

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