Many of the plays of the great tragedians Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides and by the comic genius Aristophanes are put on stage until today, and have a deep influence on our modern culture. Herodotus and Thucydides present two different models of writing history that are still valid. Reading will consist mainly of primary sources. Two lectures and one discussion per week. Plato, Augustine, Hume and Kant will be compared with thinkers of the Vedic, Jain, Saukhya, and Buddhist traditions.
Enrollment is limited.
Tuesday, November 16, in 324 Rayzor Hall. Freshmen are not eligible for this course. Limited to juniors and seniors. Preference given to humanities majors. Huma 201, junior students, or consent of instructor.