Learning Outcomes

In this free course, you will learn how to:

• Define the term philosophy and state its origin
• List the three main objects of interest in philosophy
• State the main contributions made by Socrates and Plato
• Explain Aristotle’s most influential domains of work
• Compare the work of Saint Augustine to Plato and Aristotle
• List the main philosophical ideas and arguments contributed by Aquinas
• State the contributions of René Descartes to philosophy and mathematics
• Explain the concept of Rationalism as found in the works of Spinoza