What is the nature of religion? What is the nature of revelation and religious experience? What can philosophy reveal to us about these? Join us and find out; we look closely at arguments by Heraclitus, Pythagoras, Socrates, Plato, the Neoplatonists and the Stoics, among others and explore the relations between religion, religious experience, revelation and philosophy.

DELIVERY MODE

• Face-to-Face

SUGGESTED READING

• Russell, Bertrand, A History of Western Philosophy
• Plato, The Last Days of Socrates
• Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
• Barnes, Early Greek Philosophy

COURSE OUTLINE

• On the nature of religion
• On the nature of revelation
• On the nature of religious experience

LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of this course, students should be able to:

1. Understand the nature and meaning of religion
2. Gain an understanding of revelation
3. Explore the nature and significance of religious experience in ancient philosophy