Information Package / Course Catalogue
History of Thought
Course Code: REH212
Course Type: Non Departmental Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 3
Objectives of the Course

The main aim of this lesson is to examine Mesopotamia cultures, Anatolia, World of Aegean, the political thoughts of Ancient Greek and Roman from the beginning of the first outputs of thought and to analyze the thought of west which was propounded until 20 th century.

Course Content

The issues are state, rulership, human nature, justice, virtue, equality and freedom within the context of medieval age from the beginning of Ancient Greek and social contract philosophers.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Ins. Ergün EFENDİ
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to recognize that it is virtually possible to analyze the modern world by being informed about the past,
2.To be able to define the issues of state, rulership, human nature, justice, virtue, equality and freedom,.
3.To be able to examine the political thought of Mesopotamian cultures, Anatolia, Aegian World, Ancient Greek and Roman
4.Have knowledge about the philosophy of the Middle Ages
5.Have knowledge about Renaissance philosophy
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Tannenbaum, D.- Schultz, D. 2005 Siyasi Düşünce Tarihi, Filozoflar ve Fikirleri, Adres Yayınları, Ankara.
2.Hançerlioğlu, O. 2003 Düşünce Tarihi, Remzi Yayınevi, İstanbul.
3.Timuçin, A. 2000 düşünce Tarihi, Bulut Yayınevi, İstanbul.
4.Göze, A. 2000 Siyasal Düşünceler ve Düşünürler, Beta, İstanbul.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Preliminary information will be given about the objectives, importance, scope, content, measurement methods and sources of the course.
Week 2 - Theoretical
Miletus School and Pre-Socratics (Thales, Anaximander and Anaximenes)
Week 3 - Theoretical
Pre-Socratic thinkers (Pythagoras, Heraclitus and Democritus)
Week 4 - Theoretical
Ancient Philosophy and Post-Socratic Schools (Socrates, Plato and Aristotle)
Week 5 - Theoretical
Hellenic Philosophy (Epicurus, Zeno of Cyprus and Carneades)
Week 6 - Theoretical
Roman Philosophy (Cicero, Seneca and Plotinus)
Week 7 - Theoretical
Medieval Philosophy (St. Augustine, Roscelinus, Thomas Aquinas, Scotus and William of Ockham)
Week 8 - Theoretical
Eastern Philosophy (Philosophy of India and China)
Week 9 - Theoretical
Islamic Philosophy (Farabi, Avicenna, Gazali, Mevlana and Yunus Emre)
Week 10 - Theoretical
Renaissance Philosophy (Machiavelli, Thomas More, Erasmus Thomas Campanella, Francis Bacon and Thomas Hobbes)
Week 11 - Theoretical
17th Century Philosophy (Rene Descartes, Benedict Spinoza and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz)
Week 12 - Theoretical
Enlightenment Philosophy (John Locke, David Hume, François Marie Voltaire and Jean Jacques Rousseau)
Week 13 - Theoretical
German Idealism (Immanuel Kant, Friedrich Hegel and Arthur Schopenhauer)
Week 14 - Theoretical
Philosophies of Friedrich Nietzsche and Karl Marx
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142256
Reading52010
Midterm Examination1415
Final Examination1415
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)76
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026