What distinguishes a full human person from a “poor, bare, forked animal”? In this video, Associate Professor of English Gregory Roper, Ph.D., explains how Shakespeare portrays the human person in all of its complexity in King Lear, perhaps the greatest of his tragedies. Dr. Roper's presentation is taken from the video-based course "The Person: History and Tradition," part of the Studies in Catholic Faith and Culture Program; sign up at https://www.catholicfaithandculture.udallas.edu/.

"Who are you?" "What mystery do you hold within you?" Once a mother wonderingly asks these questions of a newborn child, Dr. William Frank explains, education has begun. This presentation is taken from the video-based course "What is a Person? An Introduction to Catholic Anthropology," part of the Studies in Catholic Faith and Culture Program; sign up at https://www.catholicfaithandculture.udallas.edu/.

Visit https://www.catholicfaithandculture.udallas.edu/ for more free videos like this one! How do human beings learn? Most of the time, it's not through inferences and deductions. Instead, we learn by trusting another person. Dr. Bernadette Waterman Ward explains how her experience of trust in another person while she was rock-climbing illustrates what St. John Henry Newman means by the claim that there are facts you only encounter if you begin with faith. This presentation is taken from the video-based course "The Person: History and Tradition," part of the Studies in Catholic Faith and Culture Program; sign up at https://www.catholicfaithandculture.udallas.edu/.

Visit https://www.catholicfaithandculture.udallas.edu/ for more free videos like this one! ****************************** Have you ever wondered why certain pieces of music affect you the way they do, and why they have the same effect on others? Dr. Ivan Eidt explains how the medieval mystic Hildegard of Bingen saw music as a mode of connection between the human person and the cosmos — and, more intimately, between the human person and God. This presentation is taken from the video-based course "The Person: History and Tradition," part of the Studies in Catholic Faith and Culture Program; sign up at https://www.catholicfaithandculture.udallas.edu/. ********************************* Liberal Learning for Life @ University of Dallas: https://udallas.edu/liberal-learning/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/liberallearningforlife/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/liberallearningforlife/ Podcast: http://hyperurl.co/7c7v42