{"id":12,"date":"2014-03-22T16:34:59","date_gmt":"2014-03-22T20:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottmacdonald.net\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2026-04-17T10:50:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T14:50:38","slug":"courses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.scottmacdonald.net\/?page_id=12","title":{"rendered":"Courses"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-116 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scottmacdonald.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/sage-chapel-mosaic-study-banner-2.jpg?w=660\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">2026-27<\/h1>\r\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Fall 26<\/span> \u2013 on leave<\/h3>\r\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Spring 27<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<h5 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Phil 3212: Philosophy in the Islamic World (800-1400)<\/strong><\/h5>\r\n<h5 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Phil 6020: Latin Philosophical Texts<\/strong><\/h5>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Selected readings in Latin philosophical texts<\/li>\r\n<li>Permission of instructor required<\/li>\r\n<li>Text for Spring 27: tbd<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h5 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Phil 6210: Seminar in the Medieval Philosophy \u2013 tbd<\/strong><\/h5>\r\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">2025-26<\/h1>\r\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Fall 25<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 on leave<\/h3>\r\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Spring 26<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<h5 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Phil 3210: Medieval Philosophy<\/strong><\/h5>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>TR 2:55-410 in Morrill Hall 107<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h5 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Phil 6020: Latin Philosophical Texts<\/strong><\/h5>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Selected readings in Latin philosophical texts<\/li>\r\n<li>Text for Spring 2026: Albert the Great&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Super ethica<\/em><\/li>\r\n<li>Permission of instructor required<\/li>\r\n<li>Day\/time: T 7:30-9:30pm<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h5 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Phil 6210: Seminar in the History of Philosophy (co-meets with Phil 4215)<\/strong><\/h5>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Topic for Spring 2026: Aquinas&#8217;s Moral Psychology<\/li>\r\n<li>W 2:00-4:30 in GSH 232<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">2024-25<\/h1>\r\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Fall 24<\/span> \u2013 on leave<\/h3>\r\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Spring 25<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<h5 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Phil 3212: Philosophy in the Islamic World (800-1400) (MW 1:25-2:40)<\/strong><\/h5>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/classes.cornell.edu\/browse\/roster\/SP25\/class\/PHIL\/3212\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Course roster listing for Phil 3212<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h5 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Phil 6020: Latin Philosophical Texts<\/strong><\/h5>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Selected readings in Latin philosophical texts<\/li>\r\n<li>Permission of instructor required<\/li>\r\n<li>Text for Spring 25: Origen, <em>De principiis<\/em> 3 (Rufinus&#8217; Latin text)<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/classes.cornell.edu\/browse\/roster\/SP25\/class\/PHIL\/6020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Course roster listing for Phil 6020<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h5 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Phil 6210: Seminar in the History of Philosophy (with Toni Alimi and Karolina H\u00fcbner) (T 2:00-4:30)<\/strong><\/h5>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/classes.cornell.edu\/browse\/roster\/SP25\/class\/PHIL\/6210\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Course roster listing for Phil 6210<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">2023-24<\/h1>\r\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Fall 23<\/span> \u2013 on leave<\/h3>\r\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Spring 24<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<h5 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Phil 2530\/RelSt 2630<\/strong>: Religion &amp; Reason (TR 1:25-2:40)<\/h5>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/classes.cornell.edu\/browse\/roster\/SP24\/class\/PHIL\/2530\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Course roster listing for PHIL 2530<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h5 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Phil 3210\/6210<\/strong>: Medieval Philosophy (MW 7:30 pm-8:45 pm)<\/h5>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/classes.cornell.edu\/browse\/roster\/SP24\/class\/PHIL\/3210\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Course roster listing for PHIL 3210<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h5 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Phil 4002\/6020<\/strong>: Latin Philosophical Texts<\/h5>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Selected readings in Latin philosophical texts<\/li>\r\n<li>Permission of instructor required<\/li>\r\n<li>Text for Spring 24: Augustine&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Contra academicos<\/em> book 3<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/classes.cornell.edu\/browse\/roster\/SP24\/class\/PHIL\/6020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Course roster listing for PHIL 6020<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">2022-23<\/h1>\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Fall 22\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2013 on leave<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Spring 23<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Phil 4002\/6020<\/strong>: Latin Philosophical Texts (R 7:30-9:30pm)<\/h5>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Selected readings in Latin philosophical texts<\/li>\r\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Permission of instructor required<\/li>\r\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Text for Spring 23: Anselm&#8217;s <em>Monologion<\/em><br \/><\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h5 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Phil 4210\/6210: Augustine&#8217;s <em>Confessions <\/em>(GSH 122; 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padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Spring 22<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<h5 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Phil 3210<\/strong>: Medieval Philosophy (MW 9:40-10:55)<\/h5>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/classes.cornell.edu\/browse\/roster\/SP22\/class\/PHIL\/3210\">Cornell course roster listing<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Phil 4002\/6020<\/strong>: Latin Philosophical Texts (T 2:00-4:00)<\/h5>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\r\n<li>Selected readings in Latin philosophical texts<\/li>\r\n<li>Permission of instructor required<\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Text for Spring 22: Abelard&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Theologia summi boni<\/em><\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/classes.cornell.edu\/browse\/roster\/SP22\/class\/PHIL\/4002\">Cornell course roster listing<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h5 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Phil 6290 (7200)<\/strong>: Proseminar in the History Philosophy (M 12:25-2:20)<\/h5>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/classes.cornell.edu\/browse\/roster\/SP22\/class\/PHIL\/6290\">Cornell course roster listing<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">2020-21<\/h1>\r\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Fall 20<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Visiting at Williams College as the Croghan Bicentennial Professor in Biblical and Early Christian Studies<\/p>\r\n<h5 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Phil 307:\u00a0<\/strong>Augustine&#8217;s <em>Confessions<\/em>\u00a0(TR 6:45-8:00pm)<\/h5>\r\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Spring 21<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> \u2013 on leave<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\r\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 40px; text-align: center;\">2019-20<\/h1>\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Fall 19<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Phil 4002<\/strong>:\u00a0Latin Philosophical Texts (R 7:00-9:00; 125 Hans Bethe House)<\/h5>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\r\n<li>Selected readings in Latin philosophical texts<\/li>\r\n<li>Permission of instructor required<\/li>\r\n<li>Text for Fall 19: Boethius&#8217;s <em>Theological Treatises<\/em><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h5 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Phil 4215\/6210<\/strong>: Topics in Medieval Philosophy (R 2:30-4:25; GS 124)<\/h5>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Topic for fall 19: Augustine&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Confessions<\/em><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Phil 7900<\/strong>: Placement Seminar (W 2:30-4:30; Goldwin Smith 320)<\/h5>\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Spring 20<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<h5 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Phil 2530<\/strong>: Religion &amp; Reason (MW 2:55-4:10; M in ROCK 102, W in ROCK 231)<\/h5>\r\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Phil 4002<\/strong>: Latin Philosophical Texts (T 7:30-9:30, HBH 125)<\/h5>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\r\n<li>Selected readings in Latin philosophical texts<\/li>\r\n<li>Permission of instructor required<\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Text for Spring 20: Apuleius, <em>De Platone et Eius Dogmate<\/em><\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h5 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Phil 4215<\/strong>: Topics in Medieval Philosophy (M 7:00-9:00, GS 320)<\/h5>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Topic for spring 20: Aquinas&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Summa contra gentiles<\/em> bk. 1<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h5 style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"><strong>Phil 7900<\/strong>: Placement Seminar<\/h5>\r\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center; padding-left: 40px;\">2018-19<\/h1>\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Fall 18<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Phil 2530<\/strong>: Religion and Reason (TR 1:25-2:40; Rockefeller 132)<\/h5>\r\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Phil 4002<\/strong>:\u00a0Latin Philosophical Texts (T 7:30-930pm; Goldwin Smith 320)<\/h5>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\r\n<li>Selected readings in Latin philosophical texts<\/li>\r\n<li>Permission of instructor required<\/li>\r\n<li>Text for Fall 18:\u00a0Priscian&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Institutiones grammaticae<\/em><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Phil 7900<\/strong>: Placement Seminar (W 2:30-4:30; Goldwin Smith 320)<\/h5>\r\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Medvl 7777<\/strong>: Medieval Studies Proseminar (T 4:30-6:30; Goldwin Smith 181)<\/h5>\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Spring 19<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Phil 4002<\/strong>: Latin Philosophical Texts (T 7:00-9:00pm)<\/h5>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\r\n<li>Selected readings in Latin philosophical texts<\/li>\r\n<li>Permission of instructor required<\/li>\r\n<li>Text for Spring 19: Abelard&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Dialectica<\/em><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Phil 3210<\/strong>: Medieval Philosophy (MW 2:55-4:10; Rockefeller 112)<\/h5>\r\n<h5 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Phil 7900<\/strong>: Placement Seminar (Every other W 4:30-6:00 beginning January 30)<\/h5>\r\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center; padding-left: 40px;\">2017-18<\/h1>\r\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Fall 17<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Phil 1112-102<\/strong>:\u00a0Augustine&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Confessions<\/em>: A Search for Meaning [First-Year Writing Seminar] (MW 7:30-8:45pm; room 240 Hans Bethe House)<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Phil 2530<\/strong>: Religion and Reason (MW 2:55-4:10)<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Phil 4002<\/strong>:\u00a0Latin Philosophical Texts (T 7:30-9:30; GS 124)<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Selected readings in Latin philosophical texts<\/li>\r\n<li>Permission of instructor required<\/li>\r\n<li>Texts for Fall 17: Augustine\u2019s <em>De dialectica\u00a0<\/em>and <em>De magistro<\/em><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Spring 18<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Phil 4002<\/strong>: Latin Philosophical Texts (R 1:00-2:30)<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Selected readings in Latin philosophical texts<\/li>\r\n<li>Permission of instructor required<\/li>\r\n<li>Text for Spring 18: Book 10 of Augustine&#8217;s\u00a0<em>De trinitate<\/em><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Phil 4210\/6210<\/strong>: Augustine&#8217;s Philosophy of Mind (F 12:20-2:15; GS 158)<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 70px;\">An examination of Augustine&#8217;s wide-ranging reflections on the nature of mind, giving special attention to his later, major works: <em>Confessions<\/em>, <em>De trinitate<\/em>, and <em>De genesi ad litteram<\/em>.<\/p>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u00a0<\/h2>\r\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center; padding-left: 40px;\">2016-17<\/h2>\r\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">On sabbatical leave<\/h3>\r\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center; padding-left: 40px;\">2015-16<\/h2>\r\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Fall 15<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Phil 1900<\/strong>: Bethe Ansatz: Building a Life Worth Living (W 7:15-8:15pm) \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.cornell.edu\/betheansatz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/blogs.cornell.edu\/betheansatz\/<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Phil 4002<\/strong>:\u00a0Latin Philosophical Texts\u00a0(T 7:45-9:45)<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Selected readings in Latin philosophical texts<\/li>\r\n<li>Permission of instructor required<\/li>\r\n<li>Text for Fall 15: Aquinas&#8217;s\u00a0<i>Quaestiones disputatae<\/i> X:\u00a0<em>De mente<\/em><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>For medieval philosophy courses<\/strong>, see Nate Bulthuis&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Phil 3210<\/strong>\u00a0(TR 10:10) and\u00a0<strong>Phil 6210<\/strong>\u00a0(R 2:30) &lt;<a title=\"http:\/\/philosophy.cornell.edu\/courses\/index.cfm\" href=\"http:\/\/philosophy.cornell.edu\/courses\/index.cfm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/philosophy.cornell.edu\/courses<\/a>&gt;<\/p>\r\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Spring 16<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Phil 1900<\/strong>: Bethe Ansatz: Building a Life Worth Living (W 7:15-8:15pm) \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.cornell.edu\/betheansatz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/blogs.cornell.edu\/betheansatz\/<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Phil 4002<\/strong>:\u00a0Latin Philosophical Texts\u00a0(M 7:30-9:30)<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Selected readings in Latin philosophical texts<\/li>\r\n<li>Permission of instructor required<\/li>\r\n<li>Text for Spring 16: Hisdosus,\u00a0<em>De anima mundi in Platonis Timaeum<\/em><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u00a0<\/h2>\r\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center; padding-left: 40px;\">2014-15<\/h2>\r\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Fall 14<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Phil 1900<\/strong>: Bethe Ansatz: Building a Life Worth Living (W 7:15-8:15pm) \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.cornell.edu\/betheansatz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/blogs.cornell.edu\/betheansatz\/<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Phil 4002<\/strong>:\u00a0Latin Philosophical Texts\u00a0(R 7:30-9:30)<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Selected readings in Latin philosophical texts<\/li>\r\n<li>Permission of instructor required<\/li>\r\n<li>Text for Fall 14: Anselm&#8217;s <em>Monologion<\/em><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>For medieval philosophy courses<\/strong>, see Sydney Penner&#8217;s <strong>Phil 3210<\/strong>\u00a0(TR 10:10) and <strong>Phil 6210<\/strong>\u00a0(T 4:30) &lt;<a title=\"http:\/\/philosophy.cornell.edu\/courses\/index.cfm\" href=\"http:\/\/philosophy.cornell.edu\/courses\/index.cfm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/philosophy.cornell.edu\/courses<\/a>&gt;<\/p>\r\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Spring 15<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Phil 1900<\/strong>: Bethe Ansatz: Building a Life Worth Living (W 7:15-8:15pm) \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.cornell.edu\/betheansatz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/blogs.cornell.edu\/betheansatz\/<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Phil 4002<\/strong>:\u00a0Latin Philosophical Texts\u00a0(T 7:30-9:30)<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Selected readings in Latin philosophical texts<\/li>\r\n<li>Permission of instructor required<\/li>\r\n<li>Text for Spring 15:\u00a0Seneca<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u00a0<\/h2>\r\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center; padding-left: 40px;\">2013-14<\/h2>\r\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Fall 13<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Phil 1900<\/strong>: Bethe Ansatz: Building a Life Worth Living (W 7:15-8:15pm)<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Phil 4002<\/strong>:\u00a0Latin Philosophical Texts\u00a0(T 7:30-9:30pm)<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Selected readings in Latin philosophical texts<\/li>\r\n<li>Permission of instructor required<\/li>\r\n<li>Text for Fall 13: Eriugena, Periphyseon<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Spring 14<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Phil 1900<\/strong>: Bethe Ansatz: Building a Life Worth Living (W 7:15-8:15pm)<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Phil 4002<\/strong>:\u00a0Latin Philosophical Texts\u00a0(M 7:30-9:30pm)<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Selected readings in Latin philosophical texts<\/li>\r\n<li>Permission of instructor required<\/li>\r\n<li>Text for Spring 14: Augustine, De genesi ad litteram 7<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u00a0<\/h2>\r\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center; padding-left: 40px;\">2012-13<\/h2>\r\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Fall 12<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Phil 4002<\/strong>:\u00a0Latin Philosophical Texts\u00a0(T 7:30-9:30pm)<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Selected readings in Latin philosophical texts<\/li>\r\n<li>Permission of instructor required<\/li>\r\n<li>Text for Fall 12: Boethius\u2019 commentary on the Categories<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Spring 13<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Phil 2530\/RelSt 2630<\/strong>:\u00a0Religion &amp; Reason\u00a0(MWF 11:15; Lewis Aud, GS)<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 70px;\">What must (or could) God be like, and what reasons do we have for thinking that a being of that sort actually exists? What difference would (or could) the existence of God make to our lives?\u00a0Religion &amp; Reason\u00a0examines the idea, shared by several major world religions, that God must be an absolutely perfect being. What attributes must a perfect being have? Must it have a mind, be a person, care for human beings? Is the concept of a perfect being coherent? Is the existence of a perfect being compatible with the presence of evil in the world and the existence of human freedom? Does human morality depend in any important way on the nature or will of a perfect being? Is a perfect being among the things that actually inhabit our universe? The course approaches these questions with the tools and methods of philosophical reason and through readings drawn from both classic texts and contemporary philosophical discussion.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Phil 4002<\/strong>:\u00a0Latin Philosophical Texts\u00a0(T 7:30-9:30pm)<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Selected readings in Latin philosophical texts.<\/li>\r\n<li>Permission of instructor required.<\/li>\r\n<li>Text for Spring 13: Roger Bacon\u2019s De signis<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u00a0<\/h2>\r\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center; padding-left: 40px;\">2011-12<\/h2>\r\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Fall 11<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Phil 4002<\/strong>:\u00a0Latin Philosophical Texts\u00a0(meeting tba)<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Selected readings in Latin philosophical texts<\/li>\r\n<li>Permission of instructor required<\/li>\r\n<li>Text for Fall 11: tba<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Spring 12<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Phil 6210<\/strong>:\u00a0Seminar: Medieval Philosophy \u2013\u00a0TBA<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Phil 4002<\/strong>:\u00a0Latin Philosophical Texts\u00a0(meeting time tba)<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Selected readings in Latin philosophical texts.<\/li>\r\n<li>Permission of instructor required.<\/li>\r\n<li>Text for Spring 12: tba<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Summer 12<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<ol>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ol>\r\n<li>Cornell Adult University\u00a0(July 15-21)<\/li>\r\n<li>Seven Deadly Sins<\/li>\r\n<li><a title=\"http:\/\/www.sce.cornell.edu\/cau\/on_campus\/courses.php?v=15948\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sce.cornell.edu\/cau\/on_campus\/courses.php?v=15948\">cau website<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u00a0<\/h2>\r\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center; padding-left: 40px;\">2010-11<\/h2>\r\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Spring 11<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<p id=\"body_layer\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Phil 2530\/RelSt 2630<\/strong>:\u00a0Religion &amp; Reason\u00a0(TR 1:25; RCK 115)<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Phil 4002<\/strong>:\u00a0Latin Philosophical Texts\u00a0(meeting time tba)<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Selected readings in Latin philosophical texts.<\/li>\r\n<li>Permission of instructor required.<\/li>\r\n<li>Text for Spring 11: tba<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Fall 10<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<ol>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ol>\r\n<li>Phil 4002:\u00a0Latin Philosophical Texts\u00a0(meeting time T 8:00-10:00)<\/li>\r\n<li>Selected readings in Latin philosophical texts<\/li>\r\n<li>Permission of instructor required<\/li>\r\n<li>Text for Fall 10: Duns Scotus\u2019 cognitive psychology<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Summer 10<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<ol>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ol>\r\n<li>Cornell Adult University\u00a0(August 1-7)<\/li>\r\n<li>When Moses Met Plato: Reading Genesis in Late Antiquity<\/li>\r\n<li><a title=\"http:\/\/www.scottmacdonald.net\/genesis\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scottmacdonald.net\/genesis\">course website<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a title=\"http:\/\/www.sce.cornell.edu\/cau\/on_campus\/courses.php?action=class&amp;f=CLASSID&amp;v=14118\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sce.cornell.edu\/cau\/on_campus\/courses.php?action=class&amp;f=CLASSID&amp;v=14118\">cau website<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u00a0<\/h2>\r\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center; padding-left: 40px;\">2009-10<\/h2>\r\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Spring 10<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Phil 2530<\/strong>:\u00a0Religion &amp; Reason\u00a0(TR 10:10-11:25)<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Phil 4002<\/strong>:\u00a0Latin Philosophical Texts\u00a0(meeting time tba)<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Selected readings in Latin philosophical texts.<\/li>\r\n<li>Permission of instructor required.<\/li>\r\n<li>Text for Spring 10: something of Peter Abelard\u2019s<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Fall 09<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Phil 6210<\/strong>:\u00a0Seminar: Medieval Philosophy \u2013\u00a0M 4:30-6:30 \/ GS 181<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Topic:\u00a0Augustine: Mind &amp; Reality<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 70px;\">Augustine believes that mind \u2014 divine mind \u2014 is the basis of all reality: the explanation of its existence, its nature and structure, and its most fundamental inclinations and propensities. Moreover, because he believes that an understanding of our own mind is the best route to an understanding of the divine mind, Augustine is convinced that no account of fundamental reality will be possible without significant insight into the nature of the human mind. The seminar will focus on his most sustained, sophisticated, and original investigation of the nature of mind \u2014 his treatise De trinitate \u2014 and on the broad view of the nature of reality that emerges in the course of that investigation.<br \/>Since De trinitate contains extraordinarily rich material not only in the philosophy of mind but also in metaphysics, epistemology, moral psychology, ethics, and philosophical theology, the seminar will explore a wide range of Augustine\u2019s mature philosophical views. There will also be opportunity for interested students to explore the relations between Augustine and late ancient philosophy (e.g., Cicero, Plotinus, Porphyry), and between Augustine and medieval and early modern philosophy (e.g., Anselm, Aquinas, Descartes).<br \/>All required reading will be in English, but there will be opportunity for work with the Latin text. Consent of instructor required.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Phil 4002<\/strong>:\u00a0Latin Philosophical Texts\u00a0(meeting time tba)<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Selected readings in Latin philosophical texts.<\/li>\r\n<li>Permission of instructor required.<\/li>\r\n<li>Text for Fall 09: Cicero\u2019s\u00a0De finibus\u00a0book 5<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center; padding-left: 40px;\">2008-09<\/h2>\r\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">On sabbatical leave<\/h3>\r\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center; padding-left: 40px;\">2007-08<\/h2>\r\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Summer 08<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Phil 2200 (211)<\/strong>:\u00a0Ancient Philosophy\u00a0(Daily 2:30-3:45)<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 70px;\">This course focuses on the thought of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle and considers developments prior to Socrates and after Aristotle in relation to these three foundational figures. Topics include central issues in metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and political philosophy.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>CAU Study Tour<\/strong>:\u00a0Heaven and Earth in the Ancient Aegean<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a title=\"http:\/\/www.scottmacdonald.net\/heavenandearth\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scottmacdonald.net\/heavenandearth\/\">study tour website<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a title=\"http:\/\/www.sce.cornell.edu\/cau\/off_campus\/courses.php?action=class&amp;f=CLASSID&amp;v=12148\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sce.cornell.edu\/cau\/off_campus\/courses.php?action=class&amp;f=CLASSID&amp;v=12148\">cau website<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Spring 08<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Phil 410:\u00a0Latin Philosophical Texts<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Selected readings in Latin philosophical texts.<\/li>\r\n<li>Permission of instructor required.<\/li>\r\n<li>Text for Spring 08: Aquinas on the cardinal virtues (fromScriptum super sententiis\u00a0III)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Phil 612:\u00a0Seminar: Medieval Philosophy\u00a0(R 7:30-9:30)<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Topic: Aquinas\u2019s Moral Theory<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 70px;\">This course examines Aquinas\u2019s moral theory by focusing on his moral psychology and his accounts of virtue and natural law. We will read a variety of Aquinas\u2019s texts (in English translation), including\u00a0Summa theologiae,\u00a0Summa contra gentiles, various disputed questions, and the commentary on Aristotle\u2019s\u00a0Ethics. We will also give some attention to important recent literature on these parts of Aquinas\u2019s thought.<\/p>\r\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Fall 07<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Phil 315<\/strong>:\u00a0Medieval Philosophy\u00a0(MW 2:55-4:10)<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 70px;\">A selective survey of Western philosophical thought from the fourth to the fourteenth century. Topics include the problem of universals, the theory of knowledge and truth, the nature of free choice and practical reasoning, and philosophical theology. Readings (in translation) include Augustine, Boethius, Anselm, Abelard, Aquinas, Scotus, and Ockham. Some attention will be given to the development of ideas across the period and the influence of non-Western traditions on the West<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Prerequisite: one previous course in philosophy.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"><strong>Phil 410<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">:\u00a0Latin Philosophical Texts<\/span><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Selected readings in Latin philosophical texts.<\/li>\r\n<li>Permission of instructor required.<\/li>\r\n<li>Text for Fall 07: Tertullian\u2019s\u00a0De anima.<\/li>\r\n<li>Tuesdays 4:45-6:15, GS 320<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center; padding-left: 40px;\">2006-07<\/h2>\r\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Summer 2007<\/h3>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Cornell Adult University<\/strong>:\u00a0Inventing Christianity: The First Six Centuries<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a title=\"http:\/\/www.scottmacdonald.net\/1st6centuries\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scottmacdonald.net\/1st6centuries\">course website<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a title=\"http:\/\/www.sce.cornell.edu\/cau\/on_campus\/courses.php?action=class&amp;f=CLASSID&amp;v=11810\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sce.cornell.edu\/cau\/on_campus\/courses.php?action=class&amp;f=CLASSID&amp;v=11810\">cau website<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Spring 07<\/h3>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Phil 263<\/strong>:\u00a0Religion &amp; Reason\u00a0(MWF 1:25-2:15)<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Phil 410<\/strong>:\u00a0Latin Philosophical Texts<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Selected readings in Latin philosophical texts.<\/li>\r\n<li>Permission of instructor required.<\/li>\r\n<li>Text for Spring 07: Augustine,\u00a0De trinitate\u00a0book 9<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Fall 06<\/h3>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 70px;\">On leave<\/p>\r\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center; padding-left: 40px;\">2005-06<\/h2>\r\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Summer 2006<\/h3>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Phil 101<\/strong>:\u00a0Introduction to Philosophy<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Cornell Adult University<\/strong>:\u00a0Deadly Sins\u00a0(<a title=\"http:\/\/instruct1.cit.cornell.edu\/Courses\/dsins\/home.html\" href=\"http:\/\/instruct1.cit.cornell.edu\/Courses\/dsins\/home.html\">course site<\/a>)<\/p>\r\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Spring 06<\/h3>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Phil 100.1<\/strong>:\u00a0Augustine\u2019s\u00a0Confessions: How to Search for God Without Losing One\u2019s Mind\u00a0(Tues\/Thurs 1:25\u20132:40)<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 70px;\">No thinker has done more to shape the Western intellectual tradition than Augustine (354-430 AD), and no book displays Augustine\u2019s dynamic vision of reality more compellingly than the Confessions. Its probing and intimate reflections on the meaning of human life, the nature of God and mind, good and evil, love and sexuality, and time and eternity have challenged every generation since Augustine\u2019s own. The seminar will be structured around a close, critically engaged reading of the Confessions. Some attention will be given to its historical context and significance. Required work will include short exegetical and analytical assignments and longer synthetic and critical essays. 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