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    PHIL 160: History of Ancient Philosophy

    Colombetti
Course Description:

 This course presents a historical and critical survey of Western philosophy from the time of the Pre-Socratics (500 BCE) to the end of the Classical period and into the Medieval period. We will read primary sources and contemporary interpretation of Plato and Aristotle, as well as Epicureans, Stoics, and Skeptics. We will also study the work of influential Christian philosophers, including Augustine, Anselm, and Aquinas.

Recommended: eligibility for ENGL 100 or 105
Transfer Credit: UC; CSU (C2)

    Plato and Aristotle
    (Raffaello Sanzio, 1510)





Students can obtain an official syllabus in class.
Course grade will be based on multiple-choice exams and essays.
Advice on how to prepare for multiple-choice exams: Study Tips
Information on how essays are evaluated: Standards for Essays



Required Texts:

 Norman Melchert,ed.,
The Great Conversation:
A Historical Introduction to Philosophy, 4th ed.
(Boston: McGraw Hill, 2002)
chapters 1 - 11

Plato, Republic (tr. by Grube)
Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics (tr. by Ostwald)
Sophocles, Antigone (tr. by R. E. Brown)
Epictetus, Enchiridion (tr. by G. Long)