This collection consists of audio files of lectures given by classics scholar and philosopher Seth Benardete in his classes at The New School and New York University. The lectures represent Benardete's courses on subjects such as the works of Plato and Aristotle, among others. Each course consists of a series of recordings covering the semester-long span of that course. The recordings were made by Benardete's students on cassette recorder.

The Seth Benardete Papers consist of the philosophy and classics scholar's files from his office at New York University (NYU), where he taught for 35 years. The files document Benardete's teaching at The New School, NYU, and City University of New York and scholarship; course materials; lecture notes and transcripts; typescripts; correspondence; and publications totalling around 15,000 manuscript pages.