HIST336
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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Equivalent Course(s)
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