PHIL5589 · Philosophy
Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences
In 1957, Karl Jaspers published Die groen Philosophen, a work collecting his interpretation of some of the foremost thinkers of all time. The book was translated into English in 1962 under the title The Great Philosophers, edited by Hannah Arendt. Taking this work as a starting point, but also referring to other writings by Jaspers, the seminar aims to analyze the Jaspersian interpretation of the thought of the following authors: Plato, Plotinus, Agustin, Anselm, Cusano, Descartes, and Spinoza. The intent is, moreover, to highlight the influence of these thinkers on Karl Jaspers' philosophy of existence and metaphysics. Satisfies the following distribution requirement(s) for Philosophy: History of Philosophy.
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Fall 2024
1 section