Great Books Seminar II

(4 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

The second seminar in the sophomore sequence, this course represents a continuation of Great Books Seminar I. The material studied extends from ancient Greece through the Roman period through early Christianity and into the Middle Ages. The texts include Plato's <i>Republic</i> and <i>Phaedrus</i>, Aristotle's <i>On the Soul</i>, Lucretius's <i>The Way Things Are</i>, Cicero's <i>On The Republic</i>, Vergil's <i>Aeneid</i>, Epictetus's <i>Handbook</i>, Augustine's <i>Confessions</i> and <i>City of God</i>, St. Anselm's <i>Proslogion</i>, and St. Bonaventure's <i>Journey of the Mind to God</i>.