Philosophy through the Ages, Part 3

About this course:

According to the ancient Greeks, philosophy means the love of wisdom. More broadly, philosophy is a journey undertaken by those who wish to understand fundamental truths about themselves, the world in which they live, and their relationship to the world and to each other. This course is the third in a three-part series exploring the history of this collective journey, beginning with Hegel to the present. We study Existentialism with philosophers including Camus, Sartre, and Buber, among others; followed by Heidegger whose driving question was “the question of being.” We then tackle the most contemporary thinking in philosophy, centering on the four basic questions of philosophy: Who am I really? What is really real? How does one act in the face of the world? And what is the ultimate source of all this, or what is God? One need not have taken the previous courses to take and appreciate this final one. This course uses the Hybrid format which allows students to participate remotely or in the classroom.