Developing more or less parallel to the history course on Asian philosophy, Ancient Philosophy traces the beginnings of Western philosophy, focusing largely on ancient Greece and Rome. Particular emphasis will be on reading the entirety of what are sometimes known as 鈥淭he Twin Pillars of Oxford University鈥–Plato鈥檚 Republic and Aristotle鈥檚 Ethics–though attention will also be given to major works in the Epicurean and Stoic traditions.