Ancient and Medieval Philosophy
Ralph McInerny, Ph.D.
International Catholic University Classics Collection, recorded in 1995
This course introduces the student to the major philosophers that have shaped the ideas of Western civilization, comparing and contrasting their thoughts, leaving the student with a map of the beginnings of philosophy up to the age of Descartes, a heritage that remains vital down to our own day.
60-minute lectures
Before Socrates
Plato and the Forms
Aristotle and After
Augustine and Boethius
Thomas Aquinas
The End of Scholasticism
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