Student Learning Outcomes 1. Acquire a general understanding of the cultural and intellectual contexts out of which early and classical Greek philosophy arose.
2. Summarize and examine the basic philosophical theories of the early and classical Greek philosophers, which might cover their conceptions of knowledge, ethics, metaphysics, and political philosophy.
3. Identify and compare the various approaches and answers to fundamental questions asked by Greek philosophers.Course Description This course is an introductory survey of early and classical Greek philosophy. The course will include discussion of such philosophers as the Pre-Socratics, the Sophists, Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. Topics to be discussed may include the beginnings of scientific thought, theories of the self, the concept of being, virtue ethics, happiness, and theories of justice.