Course Materials
Philosophy 300--History of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy
Fall 2015

  1. Catherine Osborne’s Presocratic Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2004: 978-0-19-284094-0)
  2. A Plato Reader: Eight Essential Dialogues, edited and translated by C. D. C. Reeve (Hackett Publishing, 2012: 978-1603848114)
  3. Aristotle, Introductory Readings, edited and translated by Terence Irwin and Gail Fine (Hackett Publishing, 1996: 978-087220-339-6)
  4. Seneca’s Letters from a Stoic, translated by Robin Campbell (Penguin Classic, 1969: 978-0140442106)
  5. Augustine’s On Free Choice of the Will, translated by Thomas Williams (Hackett Publishing, 1993: 978-087220-188-0)

Some readings appear on the course schedule as web links.  Additional readings are listed as handouts, and will be circulated to you ahead of time.


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