Philosophy of Community 3 sem. Community and communication, the individual and social dimensions of personal existence, the meaning and direction of human life and social interaction. Source works in both the American and Continental traditions. The main tendencies in the West, beginning with the early Greeks and continuing through the classical Roman philosophers. The philosophies of Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics, Plotinus.
Selections read in translation.
Offered every semester. Outstanding figures in Christian philosophy from Augustine in the 4th century to Thomas Aquinas in the 13th century. Medieval Jewish and Arabian philosophers in their relation to Christian thought. Selections read in translation. Modern Philosophy 3 sem.