Recent SemestersFall 2026Class SizeNot publishedCredits3PrerequisiteCourses taught at the level of Introduction to College Composition with a grade of "C" or higher or "Pass" or equivalent or appropriate placement based on the college's multiple measures process with eligibility for ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E. This course covers the genesis of Western philosophy and its development, ranging from the pre- Socratic philosophers, moving through Plato and Aristotle, and ending with the emergence of Neo-Platonism. This study includes the influence Hellenic society and culture had over Athens, Rome, Alexandria, and Asia Minor: from 585 BC/BCE), with the earliest pre-Socratics, the 529 AD/CE, when Justinian closed Plato's Academy at Athens. Special attention is paid to reading primary philosophical texts. 