| Section Id |
: PH303 |
| Name |
: Foundations of Western Thought II: The Middle Ages |
| Program |
: Philosophy |
| Program Detail |
: This course considers the synthesis of Christianity with classical pagan philosophy achieved by St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas. What became of the ancients? ideal of human knowledge in an age when philosophy became the ?handmaid of theology?? What were the underpinnings of the ?natural law? conception of moral and political philosophy? How did this medieval synthesis break down, on the scientific side with Galileo?s challenge to Aristotelian physics and astronomy, and on the moral and political side with Machiavelli?s portrayal of a Renaissance prince? |
| Prerequisite |
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| Course Level |
: Online Undergraduate Courses |
| Course URL |
: http://www.apus....ucourse.asp?q=PH |
| Additional Information |
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