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 term paper.