Thinking About What Matters

Rebecca Goldstein is an award-winning philosopher and a writer whose novels and short stories dramatize the concerns of philosophy without sacrificing the demands of imaginative storytelling. After receiving her PhD from Princeton University, Rebecca went on to become a fellow at Harvard, Yale & Dartmouth Universities, while continuing to pursue her passions for writing and teaching. Rebecca has been awarded the National Humanities Medal By President Barrack Obama and the coveted Genius Award by the MacArthur Foundation. In this 20 chapter Videobook series, Rebecca transports you to the genesis of philosophy through Aristotle, Socrates and Plato. Immerse yourself in the ponderings of these ancient philosophers and come out the other end with a deep understanding of the origins of science and the myriad concepts of morality and personal identity.