The Consequences of Ideas
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To understand the culture in which we live, you need to be familiar with the ideas that have shaped it. In Ligonier's survey series, The Consequences of Ideas, R.C. Sproul traces the contours of Western philosophy throughout history and shows how our culture evolved to what it is today. From ancient Greek thinkers like Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle to Christian philosophers such as Augustine, Anselm and Aquinas to the shapers of modern thought such as Hume, Kant and Nietzsche, R.C. demonstrates the consequences of each of these and other important thinkers' ideas on world events, theology, the fine arts and culture, as well as our everyday lives. Listen, and you will hear echoes of their ideas in your daily conversations—especially as you witness to unbelievers.
Latest: Season 1
View all seasonsE1. Thales
23m
As Christians we are not without answers to life's most fundamental questions. We have God's Word to supply those answers for us. But how have others tried to resolve those ultimate questions? Beginning this new series titled Consequences of Ideas, which looks at the development of philosophical thought that has shaped the Western world, Dr. Sproul starts at the beginning with Thales and his idea of the unifying factor in reality.
E2. Monism & Pluralism
23m
Unaided by Scripture, the pre-Socractic philosophers embarked on a quest for ultimate reality. How did we get here? What is the source of all things? What gives reality purpose and harmony? Their answers were interesting, to say the least. In this message, Dr. Sproul explores the early attempts to account for reality.
E3. Parmenides, Heraclitus, and Zeno
25m
What are you and what are you becoming? Are you the same person you were ten years ago? If not, then who are you? How can we be the same but different? Apply these questions to the cosmos, and the question of existence seems rather complicated. Continuing this series on the Consequences of Ideas, Dr. Sproul helps us understand the fundamental questions of being and becoming.
E4. Socrates
25m
What happened to virtue? What happened to truth? Is all hope lost in the realm of science, politics, and our court system? These are questions we ask ourselves today, but actually, they are echoes of laments from the days of ancient Greece. What did it take to hold back that tide of Sophism and rhetoric? Considering these thoughts, Dr. Sproul helps us understand the important contribution of Socrates.
E5. Plato (Part 1)
23m
All of us should know what a person is when we see one. But if you were asked to give a definition of a person that captured the essence of personhood to the exclusion of all other creatures, what would it be? Apply that challenge to everything else in the created order with the seemingly endless varieties of things and we begin to feel the weight of the problem. The ancient Greek philosopher Plato did, and in this message, Dr. Sproul helps us understand how Plato viewed the world.
E6. Plato (Part 2)
24m
What is the difference between opinion and knowledge? Everyone has an opinion about something. But what is that opinion based on? Perhaps we don't really know anything, but rather, we only think we know things, and based on that, we are left with empty opinions. How do you know that you know anything? The ancient Greek philosopher Plato had an opinion on how we can attain true knowledge, and in this message, Dr. Sproul helps us understand Plato's thoughts on knowledge.
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