For a few years now, I have enjoyed listening to and viewing recorded courses from The Teaching Company’s "The Great Courses" series. I think I first discovered Teaching Company materials through their website and I purchased a few inexpensive courses after my initial discovery. Some time later, my local library began purchasing these courses and rather than spend my money on purchasing tapes, CDs, and videos, I decided to limit myself to what the library had to offer. A few weeks ago, I was browsing through the library’s A/V collection and I found some selections from The Teaching Company’s "Great Ideas of Philosophy" series (2nd Edition). I borrowed two of the five volumes from this course in hopes of hearing more of the informative and enjoyable presentations that I had come to expect from The Teaching Company. The packaging of the course materials indicated that this particular course was taught by Professor Daniel N. Robinson of Georgetown University, so my expectations were somewhat high.   more »