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课程概述

What is philosophy? How does it differ from science, religion, and other modes of human discourse? This course traces the origins of philosophy in the Western tradition in the thinkers of Ancient Greece. We begin with the Presocratic natural philosophers who were active in Ionia in the 6th century BCE and are also credited with being the first scientists. Thales, Anaximander, and Anaximines made bold proposals about the ultimate constituents of reality, while Heraclitus insisted that there is an underlying order to the changing world. Parmenides of Elea formulated a powerful objection to all these proposals, while later Greek theorists (such as Anaxagoras and the atomist Democritus) attempted to answer that objection. In fifth-century Athens, Socrates insisted on the importance of the fundamental ethical question—“How shall I live?”—and his pupil, Plato, and Plato’s pupil, Aristotle, developed elaborate philosophical systems to explain the nature of reality, knowledge, and human happiness. After the death of Aristotle, in the Hellenistic period, Epicureans and Stoics developed and transformed that earlier tradition. We will study the major doctrines of all these thinkers. Part I will cover Plato and his predecessors. Part II will cover Aristotle and his successors....

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MD

Jan 16, 2021

This was my first online course. In a crazy year, the flexibiilty to reset deadlines was much appreciated. I enjoyed the grading system, especially when your peers are from all around the world.

LL

Mar 8, 2016

Good intro to early Greek philosophy. Dr Meyer has a simple and subtly humorous approach to the material. Dr Meyer makes the subject approachable so that the student wants to do further reading.

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451 - Ancient Philosophy: Plato & His Predecessors 的 475 个评论(共 476 个)

创建者 Clotilde A

Feb 2, 2019

Great course, interesting topics and explanations, thanks !

创建者 Francisco L

Jun 26, 2019

Very interesting but some parts too solid.

Many Thanks.

创建者 Vimal K

Jul 20, 2020

Loved the way Dr Susan's way of explaining.

创建者 Leonidas T

Mar 11, 2016

Very interesting and well structure course.

创建者 Warren C

Apr 17, 2019

Good background for further exploration.

创建者 Advait D

Feb 17, 2025

good for time pass but not challenging

创建者 Dennis D

Oct 29, 2020

Good overview of these philosophers.

创建者 Almis P S j

Jun 13, 2016

Interesting material well presented.

创建者 Josef P

Mar 10, 2016

Clear and insightful explanation.

创建者 shahrzad a

Dec 3, 2022

it was an amazing course

创建者 AYARIGA J

May 2, 2023

I enjoyed the course.

创建者 Morgan g

Apr 17, 2020

quick

创建者 Nada N

Aug 8, 2020

Good

创建者 Jeffrey A S A

Aug 12, 2019

The content of the course is quite striking since this knowledge is not found everywhere, free and especially taught by a connoisseur. However, the videos are quite tedious since, in my opinion, the voice and tone of the teacher comes a time when it does not transmit energy and therefore is tedious, especially because they could help her with images, examples, animations etc. that could be more interesting and even more striking.

创建者 Jeffrey S

Apr 9, 2025

without more in-depth video lectures the key elements of the dialogues are left underdeveloped. the reason for this is that there is no real interaction between teacher, student, and materials

创建者 Julie C

Apr 12, 2016

The professor is animated and clearly loves her subject. I don't think we need to stop so frequently to ask a quiz question though. It's best to keep going on one subject without interruption.

创建者 butter y

Aug 20, 2025

To be modest and to avoid the feeling of guilt and stress I kind of want to avoid this course for right now. Many reasons why but all is well and forever will be.

创建者 Mrigank G

Jan 13, 2019

Content is interesting but the teaching style could be more engaging

创建者 Mick H

Aug 30, 2016

Heavy going! Informative though - and an engaging teacher.

创建者 McAteer

May 6, 2021

Try the Reason and Persuasion course instead

创建者 jenny h

Oct 13, 2016

Initially, I was excited about this course, but I lost interest due to two things. First, while the beginning segments about how we know the Presocratics was great, the presentation of the early Milesians was shallow and did not deepen my understanding of their world and thought. Then, the section on Parmenides made me lose faith in the teacher - she presented his main ideas in such a way as to obscure his vision, which is of what we now call a multiverse, a world in which all things exist potentially. The best part of the course was that it made me seek out other writers about Parmenides.

创建者 SAI P

Sep 1, 2019

can give a better explanation in simple term rather more reading content. But overall a good beginner course

创建者 Adele V

Oct 2, 2020

Poor course. Bad teacher bad environment boring and uneducational videos. She doesn’t know what she’s talking about and she says things that simply aren’t true.

创建者 Afsana A A

Jul 19, 2020

Am I not getting any certificate for completing this course or what?