AA
Apr 18, 2020
Excellent course. This course has opened up ancient philosophy to me and made it accessible. I feel I have finished the course a good understanding of such keys texts as Plato's Republic and Timaeus.
LL
Mar 8, 2016
Good intro to early Greek philosophy. Dr Meyer has a simple and subtly humorous approach to the material. Dr Meyer makes the subject approachable so that the student wants to do further reading.
By Yingyi Z
•Apr 22, 2019
Very straightforward course. The professor explains things well, and I found this a very good intro to ancient philosophy.
By Marilyn S
•Feb 14, 2021
Good course. Wish I could access comments from peer review or continue to access the course itself.
By Axel L
•Aug 10, 2016
...excellent course for beginners but also for advanced - you will get always a new point of view.
By Humfrido
•May 26, 2020
I loved it. I give four stars only because I think that presential courses are better.
By David M
•Jun 5, 2016
A good introduction to Ancient Greek Philosophy, though not as in depth as it could be
By Sisawad
•Dec 13, 2019
I think it was an enriching course. Though not many other students to engage with.
By Alina S
•Jun 2, 2016
everything is fine but the music before each lecture is so loud and annoying
By Louise H
•Jun 3, 2020
Maybe a little boring at the end but I very enjoyed the final task !
By Chatziiosifidis A
•Sep 16, 2017
Very interesting , well designed and presented, introductory course
By Clotilde A
•Feb 2, 2019
Great course, interesting topics and explanations, thanks !
By Francisco L
•Jun 26, 2019
Very interesting but some parts too solid.
Many Thanks.
By Vimal K
•Jul 20, 2020
Loved the way Dr Susan's way of explaining.
By Leonidas T
•Mar 11, 2016
Very interesting and well structure course.
By Warren C
•Apr 18, 2019
Good background for further exploration.
By Dennis D
•Oct 29, 2020
Good overview of these philosophers.
By Almis P S j
•Jun 13, 2016
Interesting material well presented.
By Josef P
•Mar 10, 2016
Clear and insightful explanation.
By shahrzad a
•Dec 3, 2022
it was an amazing course
By AYARIGA J
•May 2, 2023
I enjoyed the course.
By Morgan g
•Apr 17, 2020
quick
By Nada N
•Aug 8, 2020
Good
By Clare H
•Jan 12, 2018
This course covers a lot of very interesting material and is presented in a calm, clear, organized manner. I thought the selected materials were well-chosen and presented in a way that captured the most important ideas of the philosophers discussed. I would not recommend this course to anyone with any formal background in philosophy, as the pace is somewhat slow, and the course spends a lot of time covering some basics of philosophy. (This may be an unfair critique, since I covered this material in college. I was drawn to this course as a refresher, but also hoping to learn something new or gain a new perspective on material I had already read. Rather, this is very much an introductory survey.) As a technical issue, I did not like the "pop quizzes" interspersed into the videos. These were annoying, breaking up the flow of the lecture merely to reiterate basic points. These interruptions added no value. I also disliked the introduction to each video: while it was well-produced, it was repetitive. The into music should be only on the first video, or, at most, on the first video of every section. Not each and every video. It may seem like a little thing, but each video is short, which means you're listening to the same musical into every 5 minutes or so. This is maddening. I skipped over it, but I'd prefer if the videos were edited in a way that acknowledges that people will likely be "binge watching" these, and formatted to flow one into the other seamlessly.
By Jeffrey A S A
•Aug 12, 2019
The content of the course is quite striking since this knowledge is not found everywhere, free and especially taught by a connoisseur. However, the videos are quite tedious since, in my opinion, the voice and tone of the teacher comes a time when it does not transmit energy and therefore is tedious, especially because they could help her with images, examples, animations etc. that could be more interesting and even more striking.
By Nick d U
•May 9, 2016
The course material is OK; the lectures are fun and interesting, but to pass the course you need to submit an assignment that is subjected to peer review and you will need to get approval by all of your peers. However the act of subscribing to a MOOC alone does not make people suited to review other peoples work...
By Julie C
•Apr 12, 2016
The professor is animated and clearly loves her subject. I don't think we need to stop so frequently to ask a quiz question though. It's best to keep going on one subject without interruption.