For those with the occasional thoughtful bent as winter comes on, check out the description below from Open Culture.  It’s work, but an occasional video makes for a great evening discussion with a group of good friends. Best of all, it’s free.

The Philosophy section of our big Free Online Courses collection just went through another update, and it now features 100 courses. Enough to give you a soup-to-nuts introduction to a timeless discipline. You can start with one of several introductory courses.

• Philosophy for Beginners – iTunes – Web Video – Marianne Talbot, Oxford
  

• Critical Reasoning for Beginners – iTunes Video – iTunes Audio – Web Video – Oxford

• A Romp through Ethics for Complete Beginners – iTunes Video – Web Video – Oxford

• Introduction to Political Philosophy – YouTube – iTunes – Web Video – Steven B. Smith, Yale

• The Art of Living – Web Video – Stanford

• The History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps – Multiple Formats– Peter Adamson, King’s College London

Our worldviews form the basis for what our thinking preferences, emotional IQs, personalities and communications styles share with the world around us. That journey continues to challenge me…and yet it also frees me, when I let it.