PHIL 1610
Great Philosophical Ideas, Part 1
Major figures and developments in philosophy from the early Greeks to the year 1400. Descriptive and comparative approach, providing an understanding of the place of philosophers in the history of thought. Appreciation of critical reasoning is included for comprehending philosophical developments.
2026
Topics
- Mythos and Logos Guthrie’s A History of Greek Philosophy
- Nature in Myth and Philosophy Hesiod’s Theogony and the fragments of
- Humanity in Myth and Philosophy Hesiod’s Works and Days and Protagoras’
- God in Myth and Philosophy Hesiod’s Theogony and the fragments of
- The One and the Many The fragments of Heraclitus
- Plato: The Intelligible and the Sensible Plato’s Phaedo and Republic
- Test #1 n/a
- Plato: The Theory of Forms Plato’s Phaedo and Philebus
- Aristotle: Nature and Causality Aristotle’s Physics
- Life in Classical Greek Philosophy Aristotle’s On the Soul
- Ethics in Classical Greek Philosophy Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics
- Reason, God, and Eudaimonia Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics and
- Plato on Love and Beauty Plato’s Symposium
- Plato and Aristotle on God Plato’s Laws and Aristotle’s Metaphysics
- Ways of Life: Skepticism and Epicureanism Sextus Empiricus’ Outlines of Pyrrhonism
- Test #2 n/a
- Ways of Life: Stoicism Epictetus’ Discourses
- Ways of Life: The Christian Critique of Stoicism Augustine’s The City of God
- Stoic and Christian Cosmopolitanism Epictetus’ Discourses, the book of
Prerequisites & course information
Precludes additional credit for FYSM 1300 , PHIL 1600. Lectures three hours a week.