J. Rufus Fears Audio

What makes a written work eternal—its message still so fundamental to the way we live that it continues to speak to us, hundreds or thousands of years distant from the lifetime of its author?

This course is an introduction to Greek history through the lives of the great individuals who made that history.

A succession of remarkable individuals—statesmen, thinkers, warriors, and writers—shaped the history of the Roman Empire and, by extension, our own history and culture.

This course examines the history of the most important single idea in the Western political tradition: freedom.

For every important moment and stage in your life, there is a Great Book that can offer you invaluable lessons and place your unique experiences in a larger perspective.

Professor J. Rufus Fears believes not only can we learn from history—we must. In this course, he draws on decades of experience as a world-renowned scholar and classical historian to examine the patterns of history.