Ancient Philosophy: The Pre-Socratics to Plato

Undergraduate

This course is an introduction to the earlier phase of Ancient Philosophy. We will examine some of the remaining fragmentary texts from the pre-Socratics. The main focus will be on the doctrines of Socrates and Plato, especially in the areas of ethics and metaphysics. Antirequisite(s): Credit can be obtained for only one of PHIL 2003 or PHIL 2006.