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The 18th century Jean-Jacques Rousseau made the bold claim that modernity and civilisation are not improvements; they’ve dragged us from a primitive state of innocence and happiness. Please subscribe here: http://tinyurl.com/o28mut7

Adam Savage walks through two spectacular examples of profound scientific discoveries that came from simple, creative methods anyone could have followed — Eratosthenes’ calculation of the Earth’s circumference around 200 BC and Hippolyte Fizeau’s measurement of the speed of light in 1849.

Emile Durkheim was a French 19th century sociologist who focused on what modern capitalism does to our minds – and concluded that it might, quite literally, be driving us to an early grave. Please subscribe here: http://tinyurl.com/o28mut7

Max Weber explained that modern capitalism was born not because of new technology or new financial instruments. What started it all off was religion. SUBSCRIBE to our channel for new films every week: http://tinyurl.com/o28mut7

The 19th century thinker Auguste Comte invented a religion without a God in it. It was a fascinating move that deserves to be studied today. If you like our films, take a look at our shop (we ship worldwide): http://www.theschooloflife.com/shop/?…

Alexis de Tocqueville was a 19th century French aristocrat with some crucial things to tell us about the strengths and weaknesses of that once-new and now widespread political system: democracy. http://tinyurl.com/o28mut7    

This video intents to explain what sociology is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5pp_fZDU8I