Ancient Greek Philosophy

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Description: This course explores the philosophical inventions of the Ancient Greeks and highlights the contemporary relevance of their ideas for us today. The course covers the physical philosophy of the Presocratics, the dramatic philosophy of Plato, the organic philosophy of Aristotle, and the happy lives of the Epicureans and Stoics. Focus is given to the following questions: What is the structure of reality? How can we know the world? What is the good-life and how can we achieve it? The answers given by the Ancient Greeks are surprisingly still relevant and interesting to us today.