Course Description

The thoughts of the ancient Greeks still have relevance and greatly influence the world today. This course will take students on a journey through ancient Greek thought in order to examine those ideas and explore how these profound thinkers helped move Western thought away from mysticism and superstition to philosophical analysis and the scientific method. This course will cover the writings of the Pre-Socratics, Zeno's paradoxes, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics, Epicureanism, and more. Graded or Pass/No Pass option. C-ID: PHIL 130.