PHI 3343 From Ancient to Medieval Philosophy
The development of Platonic and Aristotelian thought from their pre-Socratic origins through the twelfth century. Plato’s attention to pre-Socratic thinkers and his fertile exploration of philosophical methods, styles, and ideas. The schools and systems of post-Platonic antiquity, especially Aristotle and Plotinus. Platonic thought in Hellenistic Judaism and in the formation of the Christian intellectual tradition. The development of Platonic and Aristotelian themes by Jewish, Christian, and Islamic thinkers. The origins of scholasticism.
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