Chapter 1 Socrates
Historical Background Who Was Socrates?
Reflective Reading Topic 1 A Taste of Plato's Socratic Dialogues
Topic 2 The Art of Discourse
Topic 3 A Divine Voice
Topic 4 The Right Insight Leads to the Right Action
Further Reading Plato's Socratic Dialogues
Pre-Socratic Thinkers
After-class Assignment
Chapter 2 Plato
Historical Background Who Was Plato?
Reflective Reading Topic 1 Eternally True, Eternally Beautiful, and Eternally Good
Topic 2 The World of Ideas
Topic 3 True Knowledge
Topic 4 Out of the Darkness of the Cave
Topic 5 The Philosophic State
Further Reading Plato's Birth and Family
Influence on Plato
Plato's Dialogues
Introduction to the Republic
After-class Assignment
Chapter 3 Aristotle
Historical Background Who Was Aristotle?
Reflective Reading Topic 1 No Innate Idea
Topic 2 The Form of a Thing Is Its Specific Characteristics
Topic 3 Logic
Further Reading Aristotle's Life
After-class Assignment
Chapter 4 Rene Descartes
Historical Background Who Was Rene Descartes?
Reflective Reading Topic 1 Certain Knowledge
Topic 2 The Perfect Entity
Topic 3 Dualism
Further Reading Rene Descartes' Life and Works
After-class Assignment
Chapter 5 David Hume
Historical Background Who Was David Hume?
Reflective Reading Topic 1 Impressions and Ideas
Topic 2 Perception
Topic 3 Causality
Further Reading David Hume's Life and Work
After-class Assignment
Chapter 6 Immanuel Kant
Historical Background Who Was Immanuel Kant?
Reflective Reading Topic 1 How to Perceive the World
Topic 2 The Existence of God and Reason
Topic 3 The Starry Heavens Above Me and the Moral Law Within Me
Further Reading Immanuel Kant's Life and Works
After-class Assignment
Chapter 7 John Locke