OBS 114 History of Ancient Greek Philosophy

In the History of the Ancient Philosophy, we will elaborate general historical and geographical plan of ancient philosophy. Firstly, we will see how to understand the name of ‘pre-Socratic philosophers’. To accomplish this objective, there will be reading of a selection of the fragments and of the testimonies on pre-Socratic philosophers. Then we will continue with Socrates, Plato and Aristotle, on the relativity of human wisdom versus absolute divine wisdom. And also explain the Hellenistic philosophical schools such as sceptical, epicurean and stoic; then finally we will arrive at the Neo-platonic schools and the commentaries on this will point out the continuity and the differences between Hellenistic thought and the first Christian theology-philosophy.

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