Free Ancient & Medieval Philosophy Courses

These are the 36 lectures from the Teaching Company course The Great Minds of the Western Intellectual Tradition, 2nd Edition, featuring principal lecturers Michael Sugrue and Darren Staloff.

This course is a scholarly treatment of the Bible as literature that examines the many literary and cultural themes that originate in the Bible.

This course explores various ways of understanding the human self and its relation to the world.

Philosophy and the Science of Human Nature pairs central texts from Western philosophical tradition with recent findings in cognitive science and related fields.

The history of ancient philosophy with special emphasis on the Presocratics, Plato, and Aristotle.

Survey of Western philosophical thought in the ancient period from the pre-Socratics, Plato, Aristotle, the Sceptics, Stoics, Epicureans. Particular choices of texts and philosophical ideas may vary.

This series of eight lectures delivered by Dr T. J. Mawson at the University of Oxford in Hilary Term 2011, introduces the main philosophical arguments pertaining to the Western monotheistic religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

A general introduction to some of the fundamental questions, texts, and methods of philosophy.

Professor Bonevac works mainly in metaphysics, philosophy of mathematics, semantics, and philosophical logic. His book Reduction in the Abstract Sciences received the Johnsonian Prize from The Journal of Philosophy.

This course will concentrate on major figures and persistent themes in ancient and medieval philosophy. A balance will be sought between scope and depth, the latter ensured by a close reading of selected texts.