IDEAS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD: ANCIENT THOUGHT AND BEYOND

Undergraduate

This course is a global historical introduction to various religious, secular, and philosophical speculations about questions that are common to human experience across different historical and cultural contexts. Recurring themes may include different visions of creation, the nature of reality, and understandings of immanence and transcendence. Material will be drawn from traditional and non-traditional sources, as well as contemporary critical scholarship, from the beginning of recorded history until the year 1500. Three credit hours