CC.110 - MIT Concourse

Core Concourse Classes

CC.110

CC.110 CI-H
Becoming Human: Ancient Perspectives on the Good Life

Faculty: L. Rabieh

Prereq: None.
Coreq:CC.010 or CC.A10
Units: 3-6-3

Explores the question of the good life in the major literary and philosophic thinkers of ancient Greece. Considers topics such as justice, moral virtue, friendship, love, and the life of the mind both for an individual and as part of society. Students debate the classical Greek answers to these questions and consider ways in which these answers apply to our present lives. Includes selected works by authors such as Homer, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, Plato, Aristotle, and Epicurus. Limited to students in Concourse.