Themes in Western Thought, PH 200

Taken from the Introduction of the text: "The title Themes in Western Thought was chosen for this volume of readings as well as for the course it serves. The readings will introduce you to ideas that have had a long run in Western thought. They have persisted because they connect with perennial life issues, questions such as the existence of God, the nature of the universe and man, moral accountability, the possibility of certainty, the purpose of government, determinism and free will. They lurk in the background of intellectual discussion even today.