Philosophy as a Way of Life

Philosophy as a Way of Life is a Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies class taught by Christoph Cox.

Course Description
Philosophy today is generally conceived and practiced as a purely theoretical discipline dedicated to investigating intellectual puzzles and problems. Yet philosophy began as a practical discipline dedicated to helping human beings to live their lives in the fullest and best way possible. In this course, we will read and discuss the work of various philosophers-ancient, modern, and postmodern-for whom philosophy is a practical tool for living: Socrates, Aristotle, Epicurus, Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Schopenhauer, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Sartre, and Deleuze.