HIST336

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Foundations of the European Intellectual Tradition

History College of Liberal Arts

Course Subject Code

HIST

Course Number

336

Status

Active

Course Attributes

BHUM: GenEd-Breadth/Humanities, CEA: ProgCLA-CEA and Au Pair, EMCL: Major-Classical Stu Elective, MCLA: Major-Classical Studies, MITA: Major-Italian, ENEU: Minor-European Study Elective, ENMS: Minor-Medieval Study Elective, NEUS: Minor-European Studies, NMES: Minor-Medieval Studies, NWES: Minor-Western Heritage

Course Short Title

Foundation Europe Intell Trad.

Course Long Title

Foundations of the European Intellectual Tradition

Course Description

A survey of Western thought from the earliest Greek thinkers through the Renaissance, with emphasis upon the rise of a spirit of free inquiry, the growth of humanism and secularism, and debates between science and religion; tradition and innovation. Considered in their social contexts are the Presocratics, the sophists, Plato and Aristotle, Hellenistic schools, Lucretius and Cicero, early Christians, and representatives of medieval scholasticism and Renaissance humanism. For continuation, see HIST 337.

Min

4

Repeatable

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Course Restrictions

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