The Medieval Islamicate World was truly a world of wonders! Clocks with gears, armillary spheres ... and robots that played music? Journey to ancient Baghdad, the center of science and math with the seventh video in a History of Science...

Biology, cosmology, philosophy ... Plato and Aristotle had theories about them all! How did these ancient scholars shape the science of today? The third video in the History of Science series compares and contrasts the ideas of the famed...

Metaphysics explores concepts of reality and being. A video summary provides an introduction to Aristotle's Metaphysics. Clear narration and creative animation help viewers understand the deep concepts presented in the text.

Discover Aristotle's view of happiness, or eudaimonia, with a short video that analyzes the Greek philosopher's Nicomachean Ethics. An applicable example of finding the golden mean when pursuing happiness connects ancient...

How easy is it to change your virtues? High schoolers learn about Aristotle and his philosophical views with a short analysis video. It links the value of art, particularly drama, to one's virtues, values, friendships, and social...

Are politics a necessary and natural part of society? High schoolers view a brief explanation of Aristotle's Politics to learn more about the ways Greek society — and modern society — form the political world to help citizens...

Guts! Gore! Murder! Human flaws! Aristotle considered all elements of a tragedy. Crash Course Theater's third video covers the Greek philosopher's views on the art form and also explains alternating perspectives on the topic. Engaging...

Debates afford our learners the opportunity to become better researchers, critical thinkers, eloquent speakers, and informed participants in our society. If you are planning to host debates in your classroom, try beginning by...

If you choose to believe Aristotle, then you must believe all the mechanics of tragedy. This episode looks at Aristotle's rules for the basic elements of theater, and how those can be used to bring about catharsis, the emotional release...

Learn about Aristotle, a Greek philosopher and scientist who made important contributions to a wide range of subjects including physics, biology, philosophy, politics and zoology. [1:56]

Examines Aristotle's concept of the forms of government.

Looks at Aristotle's description of democracy as an example of a corrupt form of government.

On today's podcast, we learn about Aristotle's important contribution to the modern conception of democracy.

This podcast explores Aristotle's notion of the three functions of the state.

Discusses Aristotle's concept of the polity as a right form of government.

This podcast examines Aristotle's ideas about mixed constitutions.

In this Crash Course video, you are introduced to the life and accomplishments of Alexander the Great, his empire, his horse Bucephalus, the empires that came after him, and the idea of Greatness. Is greatness a question of...

Video created and narrated by Tom Richey discussing the philosophies of Plato of and Aristotle. In this introduction to Greek philosophy, Richey illuminates the comparison between Plato's idealism versus Aristotle's realism. [7:50]

In this video episode "Crash Course Philosophy #38: Aristotle and Virtue Theory;" we explore the final ethical theory in this unit: Aristotle's virtue theory. Hank explains the Golden Mean, and how it exists as the midpoint between vices...

You've probably heard of Charles Darwin, but how did scientists before him form their theories about life, evolution, and extinction? Learn how different people in the seventeenth and eighteenth century tried to answer the question -...

In this episode of Crash Course, you are introduced to Socrates and his two important students, Plato and Aristotle. Learn about their different philosophies and the contributions they made to science. Are you a Platonist or...

In this video, a philosphy student explores an approach to the question "What is the purpose of life?" developed by the Greek Philosopher Aristotle (384-322 BC). [9:07]