P301 Spade, Spring 2004:

A selective survey of some main metaphysical and
epistemological themes in medieval philosophy. Major figures will
include Augustine, Boethius, Anselm and Aquinas. Topics will
include: the problem of skepticism, the relation of soul and body,
the problem of evil, the theory of “illumination,” divine
foreknowledge and human free will, and various traditional arguments
for the existence of God. Required readings will be from:

	* Augustine, Confessions and On Free Choice of the Will
(Hackett)
	* Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy (Hackett)
	* Anselm, The Major Works (Oxford).
	* Anton Pegis, ed., Introduction to St. Thomas Aquinas
(McGraw Hill), a collection mainly from his Summa theologiae).
	* Frederick Copleston, A History of Philosophy: Medieval
Philosophy (Image Books). For background and continuity.

Students will write a series of short weekly quizzes (over factual
points, terminology, and details), a mid-term and a final
examination, and a term paper.