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History of Philosophy
This course studies the origin and development of Western philosophical thought by seeing the evolution of ideas which began in the classical Greek era.
A study of the development of Greek thought from the pre-philosophical age to Plotinus (270 A.D), according to the following divisions: the period of Naturalism, the Metaphysical period of Naturalism, the Metaphysical period, the Ethical period, and the Religious period.
Class presentation: 40%
Written exam: 60%
Credit: 6
Copleston, Frederick A History of Philosophy. Vols. I London: Image Books, 1962.
Jones, W.T. A History of Western Philosophy: Vol. I. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1952.
Sahakian, William H, History of Philosophy, Boston, Burns & Nobles, 1968.
Tarnas, Richard. The Passion of the Western Mind: Understanding the Ideas That Have Shaped Our World View, New York, Ballantine Books, New York, 1991.
Walsh, M. J., A History of Philosophy, London, Geoffrey Chapman, 1985.
Varza, Ignatius History of Ancient philosophy, Manila, Sinag-Tala, 1994.
To be confirmed
Fr. Stanley Antoni