Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy

Undergraduate

Students will study the origins of Western philosophical thought as it emerges in classical Greece and Rome from 6th century BCE through the 4th century CE. Topics may include: the methods and value of philosophy; the fundamental nature of reality; the possibility of knowledge; the roles of logic and mathematics in inquiry; philosophy of biology; philosophy of medicine; moral psychology and human action; virtue and human flourishing; political philosophy; fatalism; death.