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What is the nature of reality? What kind of life ought one live? What are the limits of reason and human freedom? What is our relationship to God and to the state? In this course students study readings from the major figures of the Western philosophical tradition, from Socrates to the modern day, in order to examine these issues. In addition to gaining familiarity with the great thinkers of this tradition, students can expect both formal and informal practice in formulating their own arguments, and in critically analyzing their own and others' arguments.