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Source: FORA.tv
Roundup
8-24-09

Two Strands of Liberty in the Western Canon [video 1 hour 9 minutes 17 seconds]

The Chautauqua Institution explores the strands of liberty in Western literature and canon. From ancient Greece to the Enlightenment, Hunter Ripley Rawlings III explores the prescriptive believes on freedom, independence and liberty.

Hunter Ripley Rawlings III is best known for serving as the 10th president of Cornell University from 1995 until 2003. Currently, he serves a professor of classical history in Cornell's Department of History and Department of Classics.
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