FREN4433 · Romance Languages and Literatures
Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences
Beginning with Plato's allegory of the cave, this course will examine the question of truth and the way it has been addressed in several key texts, at several key moments, in the history of philosophy and of literature. What is the relation between the philosophical concept of truth and the literary modes of fiction in which that concept is often articulated? Readings will include Plato, Descartes, Kant, Kleist, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Kafka and Heidegger, among others.
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4.1 / 5
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~5
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Nov 17, 2025 · Historical comment
I think he is a must-take philosophy professor. His style is different, not really engaging, sometimes boring. Yet, through yap there is a lot of high-level discussions, content, and learning with jokes here and there. He is a real one.
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