1. The Classical Heritage

2.  Introduction  Greek Philosophy  Roman Legacy ◦ Writers ◦ History ◦ Law ◦ Empire ◦ Latin

3.  Greek Philosophy ◦ Plato  Anti-relativistic  Socrates and moral instruction  The Forms or Ideas  Relation to Neo-Platonists and mystics  Timaeus only dialogue known direction in West

4. ◦ Aristotle  Form and matter joined  Logic  Ethics of moderation  Science - spheres ◦ Boethius  Translator of Greek philosophy  Particularly Aristotle ◦ Other Greek writers not known directly in the West

5. ◦ Major Writers  Cicero  Father of Eloquence – Rhetoric  Importance of On Friendship  Scipio’s Dream

6.  Virgil  Aeneid  Dido and Love  Pilgrimage and Aeneas’ journey  4 th Eclogue

7.  Ovid  Metamorphoses – source of pagan myths  Amores

8. ◦ History  Livy  Suetonius  Sallust

9. ◦ Law  Roman Law  Justinian Code

10.  Virgil  Holy Roman Empire  Dante

11.  Church  Universities  European lingua franca