Archive for October, 2006

Here are my thoughts for this project.  It will look seomthing like this:
1.  Divide Philosophy into eras: Greek Philosophy, Early Christianity and philosophy, Medivieval philosophy, Modern philosophy, contemporary philosophy.  (Hat tip to Julian Marias’ History of Philosophy for this outline).
2.  Survey of general historical context of each era
3.  Look at major movements, figures, controversies, hotly [...]

 This endeavor will look a lot like the dive into philosophy.
1) Dividing Christianity into epochs or time periods.  The tentative periods at this time are; “Ancient Christianity (100-500 AD), “Augustine (He deserves a section all his own),” Medieval Christianity (500-1500 AD),” “The Refomation (1500-1700 AD),” “The Enlightenment (1700-1800),” and the “Modern World (1800-Present).”
2) Provide a general survey [...]