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Dumbing Us Down, by John Taylor Gatto (1 of 2)
Posted by: cropperb
Video duration: 571 seconds
Book report on Gatto's "Dumbing Us Down"
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Machiavelli's "The Prince" 1 of 3
Posted by: cropperb
Video duration: 597 seconds
Some quotes from the tract on politics that has shocked so many people ever since it was written.
Related: ayn , cropper , education , italy , machiavelli , objectivism , peikoff , politcal , prince , rand , renaissance , war
I Used to be a Christian-Atheist, before Ayn Rand
Posted by: cropperb
Video duration: 465 seconds
This video is about what I saw of value in Christianity BEFORE I began studying Objectivism.
Related: altruism , atheism , ayn , belief , brandon , christ , christianity , cropper , faith , lyceum , objectivism , philosophy , rand , religion
Maria Montessori and her Method
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Video duration: 368 seconds
I will be using the Montessori Method in the younger grades, but not exclusively.
Related: aristotle , ayn , book , brandon , cropper , education , leonard , method , montesori , montessori , objectivism , peikoff , rand , read , school
Atheism - a Mental Disease?
Posted by: cropperb
Video duration: 341 seconds
Mr. mikecampochiaro replied to my video on the subject of R. N. Coles' Book, and in his video he asks what is atheism, and suggests it is a disease. Actually atheism IS mental health.
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Machiavelli's "The Prince" 2 of 3
Posted by: cropperb
Video duration: 596 seconds
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My Cat Plays Fetch!
Posted by: cropperb
Video duration: 197 seconds
In addition to other methods of torture, I sometimes amuse my cat by playing fetch with her little red feather thingy.
Related: ayn , cat , cropper , cute , dog , fetch , funny , home , kitten , kitty , laugh , lyceum , pet , play , silly , video
Dumbing Us Down, by John Taylor Gatto (2 of 2)
Posted by: cropperb
Video duration: 567 seconds
See part 1...
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About Objectivism 1 of 3
Posted by: cropperb
Video duration: 377 seconds
All of my videos come with the background of Objectivism. In case you're not familiar, here is quick and dirty intro to Objectivism.
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Was There Really a Dark Age, or Just a Middle Age?
Posted by: cropperb
Video duration: 500 seconds
It is fasionable today to hold that there was no Dark Ages, and that civilization and culture continued through Rome and Medeival Europe. But the Dark Age was actually longer than most peoples realize...
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Machiavelli's "The Prince" 3 of 3
Posted by: cropperb
Video duration: 477 seconds
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Aristotle and Islam's Golden Age - related?
Posted by: cropperb
Video duration: 407 seconds
What is the connection between ancient Greece and the Islamic world durring Europe's Dark Ages? It is the philosophy of Aristotle and the ideas of Pagan Greece. While Europe lost these ideas, Islam preserved them and thrived.
Related: academy , aristotle , ayn , brandon , cropper , education , golden , islam , leonard , muslim , objectivism , peikoff , progress , rand , science
Adult Education - Making up lost time
Posted by: cropperb
Video duration: 514 seconds
Did you miss the boat in school? Did you graduate without learning much? Do you find yourself lost when you hear about the Renaissance, or so you draw a blank when someone asks what century the pyramids were built?...
Related: adult , ayn , brandon , cropper , education , history , leonard , lyceum , peikoff , rand
What's Wrong with Modern Physics? 2 of 2
Posted by: cropperb
Video duration: 598 seconds
See part 1
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You Can and Should Study ALL the Time!!!
Posted by: cropperb
Video duration: 344 seconds
Motivating students to study above and beyond the lessons they learn in school. School can't cover all the information, not even all the important information, so its important for a well-educated person to get a great deal of info outside of school. Here's my system...
Related: academy , aristotle , ayn , brandon , cropper , education , k-12 , knowledge , leonard , objectivism , peikoff , prep , rand , school
Capitalism, a Historical Understanding, Part 1 in a series
Posted by: cropperb
Video duration: 600 seconds
History of capitalism, NOT DEFINITIVE, just useful and interesting.
Related: academy , aristotle , ayn , brandon , capitalism , cropper , engels , hazlitt , lyceum , marx , objectivism , rand
Are You Open-Minded?
Posted by: cropperb
Video duration: 507 seconds
Discussion of the open vs. closed minded mantalities. It is a false dichotomy that rejects the only rational alternative; objectivity.
Related: agnostic , ayn , brandon , closed , cropper , education , leonard , minded , objectivism , open , peikoff , rand
Self-Education
Posted by: cropperb
Video duration: 394 seconds
If the schools and Universities are so bad today, what can one do to get an education or at least to polish up on the things one missed in school? Here's my answer.
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Two Books by Nathaniel Branden
Posted by: cropperb
Video duration: 536 seconds
"The Psychology of Self-Asteem" and "The Psychology of Romantic Love" - two excellant books by the man who had a decade-long affair with Ayn Rand and who has transformed the art of psychology in America today.
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"Human Accomplishment" by Charles Murray (1 of 2)
Posted by: cropperb
Video duration: 578 seconds
This guy co-authored the "Bellcurve" that was so controversial. Here are some quotes from his fantastic work on human acheivment.
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Objectivist Epistemology
Posted by: cropperb
Video duration: 398 seconds
A short discussion of the epistemic theory of Ayn Rand.
Related: aristotle , ayn , book , brandon , concept , cropper , education , epistemology , leonard , objectivism , peikoff , philosophy , rand , read
"The Ignoble Savage" by Micheal Shermer
Posted by: cropperb
Video duration: 403 seconds
Debunking the myth of the eco-friendly indians and revealing them as primitive savages. This article is from Scientific American magazine
Related: ayn , brandon , cropper , education , leonard , objectivism , peikoff , rand , savage , scientific , shermer
Favorite Quotes from "Beyond Good and Evil"
Posted by: cropperb
Video duration: 392 seconds
"Beyond Good and Evil" by Nietzsche. Here are a few of my favorite quotes from the book.
Related: ayn , beyond , brandon , cropper , education , evil , good , leonard , nietzsche , objectivism , peikoff , philosophy , rand
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