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Course Outlines and Lecture Notes
Lecture List
- 101 Socrates and the Life of Inquiry (1990)
- 102 Epicureans, Stoics, Skeptics (1990)
- 103 Kant and the Path to Enlightenment (1990)
- 104 Mill on Liberty (1990)
- 105 Hegel and Modern Life (1990)
- 106 Nietzsche: Knowledge and Belief (1990)
- 107 Kierkegaard and the Contemporary Spirit (1990)
- 108 Philosophy and Post-Modern Culture (1990)
- 201 Nietzsche as Myth and Mythmaker (1991)
- 202 Nietzsche on Truth and Lie (1991)
- 203 Nietzsche as Master of Suspicion and Immoralist (1991)
- 204 Nietzsche: The Death of God (1991)
- 205 Nietzsche: The Eternal Recurrence (1991)
- 206 Nietzsche: The Will to Power (1991)
- 207 Nietzsche as Artist (1991)
- 208 Nietzsche’s Progeny (1991)
- 301 Paul Ricoeur: The Masters of Suspicion (1993)
- 302 Heidegger and the Rejection of Humanism (1993)
- 303 Sartre and the Roads to Freedom (1993)
- 303 Sartre and the Roads to Freedom v2 (1993)
- 304 Marcuse and One-Dimensional Man (1993)
- 305 Habermas and the Fragile Dignity of Humanity (1993)
- 306 Foucault and the Disappearance of the Human (1993)
- 307 Derrida and the Ends of Man (1993)
- 308 Baudrillard: Fatal Strategies (1993)
Additional Information
- Tom ZigalAugust 15, 2026 at 6:41 amon Rick Roderick Interview (1987)I quote Professor Buttimer and Rick from this interview in my new memoir. It's titled "The Seasons of Rick Roderick," and it chronicles my 30-year friendship with Rick and also includes excerpts from the unfinished autobiography Rick was writing at the time of his death in 2002. If you're interested
- Tom ZigalAugust 5, 2026 at 5:47 amon The Seasons of Rick Roderick (Thomas Zigal)No hardback is in the works. But the paperback is handsome, and the book is also available as ebook format.
- ctrlshiftAugust 4, 2026 at 5:45 pmon The Seasons of Rick Roderick (Thomas Zigal)Not sure about that, but if it helps, the paperback is very high quality, feels really good in the hands.
- T QAugust 4, 2026 at 9:04 amon The Seasons of Rick Roderick (Thomas Zigal)Amazing to get a look into Rick's life from a new angle. Any chance this will come to hardback?
- ctrlshiftJune 4, 2026 at 5:48 pmon The Seasons of Rick Roderick (Thomas Zigal)Reposting my Amazon/goodreads review here: I finished reading this book a lot faster than usual. It is interesting, well structured and easy to read. It’s sensitive and honest. Rick was lucky to have someone like Tom to carefully and honestly tell his story. There is no sugar coating here, just
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