History of Ideas

• The religious implications of Leibniz' metaphysics
• Literary analysis: The Division of Labor in Society, by Emile Durkheim
• The works of Augustine and Rousseau: Two views of the human condition
• Four great ideas in history
• The history of idealism
• The Platonic method: A litmus test for knowledge
• The history of republicanism

Meaning of Life

• What you'd do if you were to die tomorrow
• Theory of our existence
• The importance of love in finding a life purpose
• Why do we live?
• How we think about time: Philosophical and practical implications
• Fear of death and life's traumas
• Book reviews: Man's Search for Meaning, by Viktor E. Frankl

Political Philosophy

• Perestroika and the challenge of democracy in Russia
• Austrian economics and Models of Rest
• Capitalism vs. Communism: Which do you prefer?
• How to incorporate the philosophies of Martin Luther King Jr. into your life
• American society and the death of freedom
• Is the United States really defending human rights and democracy around the world?
• Fundamental problems with unrestricted liberty in wartime

Schools of Thought

• The importance and influence of an individual's worldview
• The value of original thought
• Historical and practical distinctions between Christian and secular humanism
• Commentary: The worst thing God did was get involved with religion
• Virtue theory: The ethics of personal development
• The Analects of Confucius, Book 1:1
• Questioning the possibility of cellular memory