PHIL 201 - c History of Philosophy: Ancient

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Cypress College

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Description:

Three hours lecture per week. UC/CSU, AA GE, CSU GE, IGETC, CAN PHIL 8 Advisory: Eligibility for ENGL 100 C. This historical introduction to philosophy traces the development of Western philosophy from the early Greeks through the Medieval Period, emphasizing those ideas which have most influenced the development of Western culture. This course will explore the birth of rational thought with the Pre-Socratics, such as Anaximander, Heraclitus, the Pythagoreans, Parmenides, Empedocles, and the Greek atomists, then move to Athens with Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, and continue with philosophers from the late Classical and Medieval periods such as the Stoics, the Skeptics, Augustine, Aquinas, and Ockham. This course surveys the development and transformation of Greek and Hellenistic metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics within the context of later philosophical theology. Emphasis will be placed on viewing these periods from the historical and cultural setting of the texts, which is relevant to many of the significant religious and philosophical issues facing us now, including the perennial search for values.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.cypresscollege.edu

Phone Number:

(714) 484-7000

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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