PHL-266 God, Death, and the Meaning of Life

Analysis of Texts (TA)
This course will be an exploration of some of the main thematic issues associated with an existential approach to philosophy. it will ask the “big questions” that characterize existential philosophical engagement from Plato to Shakespeare, and from Pascal to Beauvoir. Specific figures and readings will vary, but the focus will be on what it means to live, act, and be as beings defined by the human condition. 4