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CHIN 258 Classical Chinese Thought: Wisdom and Advice from Ancient Masters 6 credits
Behind the skyscrapers and the modern technology of present-day China stand the ancient Chinese philosophers, whose influence penetrates every aspect of society. This course introduces the teachings of various foundational thinkers: Confucius, Mencius, Laozi, Sunzi, Zhuangzi, and Hanfeizi, who flourished from the fifth-second centuries B.C. Topics include kinship, friendship, self-improvement, freedom, the art of war, and the relationship between human beings and nature. Aiming to bring Chinese wisdom to the context of daily life, this course opens up new possibilities to better understand the self and the world. No knowledge of Chinese is required.
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CHIN 258.01 Fall 2025
- Faculty:Lei Yang 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- T, THLanguage & Dining Center 104 10:10am-11:55am
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PHIL 270 Ancient Greek Philosophy 6 credits
Is there a key to a happy and successful human life? If so, how do you acquire it? Plato and Aristotle thought the key was virtue and that your chances of obtaining it depend on the sort of life you lead. We’ll read texts from these authors that became foundational for the later history of philosophy, including the Apology, Gorgias, Symposium, and the Nicomachean Ethics, while situating the ancient understanding of virtue in the context of larger questions of metaphysics (the nature of being), psychology, and ethics.
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PHIL 270.01 Fall 2025
- Faculty:Allison Murphy 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WLeighton 330 9:50am-11:00am
- FLeighton 330 9:40am-10:40am
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PHIL 272 Early Modern Philosophy 6 credits
This is a course in global early modern philosophy. We will study the work of American Revolution era enslaved poet Phillis Peters, née Wheatley. Peters offers an account of how imagination works in our perception, and a reconciliation of evil given the assumption of a loving creator. In addition, we will analyze the writings of Im Yunjidang and Gang Jeongildang, Korean Neo-Confucians who focused on living well. Finally, we will read Margaret Cavendish’s natural philosophy and reply to European experimental philosophy. Throughout the course we will raise methodological issues, such as how the genre of a contribution impacts disciplinary categorization.
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PHIL 272.01 Spring 2026
- Faculty:Hope Sample 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- T, THWeitz Center 233 10:10am-11:55am
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POSC 160 Political Philosophy 6 credits
Introduction to ancient and modern political philosophy. We will investigate several fundamentally different approaches to the basic questions of politics–questions concerning the character of political life, the possibilities and limits of politics, justice, and the good society–and the philosophic presuppositions (concerning human nature and human flourishing) that underlie these, and all, political questions.
- Fall 2025, Winter 2026
- HI, Humanistic Inquiry WR2 Writing Requirement 2
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POSC 160.01 Fall 2025
- Faculty:Mihaela Czobor-Lupp 🏫 👤
- Size:30
- T, THWeitz Center 233 1:15pm-3:00pm
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POSC 160.01 Winter 2026
- Faculty:Laurence Cooper 🏫 👤
- Size:30
- T, THHasenstab 002 3:10pm-4:55pm