Name

Andrea   Altobrando

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Nation

Italy

Course Details

Course name

Introduction to Philosophy

Brief

Thiscourse is devoted to exploring some main concepts of Western Philosophy. The   objective of this course is to enable students to have a general and concise understanding   of those concepts which are deeply embedded in the western philosophical   tradition. In doing so, it will lay a solid foundation for future research.   The topics to be lectured include: Love and Knowledge; the meaning of   existence; the concept of self; passions and laws, the limits of sensation   and understanding; pleasure, disgust and art, the health of body and mind;   reason and death.