Pt .1. lecture 1. What was the Axial Age? -- lecture 2. The noble ones -- lecture 3. The world of Zoroaster -- lecture 4. Zoroaster's legacy -- lecture 5. South Asia before the Axial Age-- lecture 6. The start of the Indian Axial Age -- lecture 7. Death and rebirth -- lecture 8. The quest for liberation -- lecture 9. The Vedantic solution -- lecture 10. The one and the many -- lecture 11. The life of Siddhattha Gotama -- lecture 12. "I am awake."
pt. 2. lecture 13. Why we suffer -- lecture 14. The noble path -- lecture 15. From Buddha to Buddhism -- lecture 16. Jainism -- lecture 17. East Asia before the Axial Age -- lecture 18. The world of Confucius -- lecture 19. The foundations of Confucianism -- lecture 20. The cultivation of virtue -- lecture 21. Early Confucianism and the rise of Daoism -- lecture 22. The Daodejing -- lecture 23. Daoist politics and mysticism -- lecture 24. Reflections on the Axial Age.
