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Why Do We Study Ancient Philosophy? (General Philosophy 2)
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Covers two topics: why philosophy is best taught chronologically and why we still study Ancient Greek philosophy. Most Introduction to Philosophy textbooks present philosophy topically--a collection of separate topics. I argue that philosophy is best taught as the progressive history of philosophers responding to events and building on previous ideas. That process for teaching Western philosophy begins with the Ancient Greeks.
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