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.
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 Matija K
•Superb! Simple yet not simplistic. Nicely and clearly presented, with all the most important ideas covered. Perfect introduction.
By Heather S
•Very informative, made the subject really easy to relate to.Professor was very personable and engaging, thanks for a fun class!
By Octavio P
•Nice course, very pedagogical. Susan really masters the subjects and makes the lessons much easier than one would have thought.
By Susan S
•At first I did not really want to learn about the Pre-Socratics, but I was really impressed by how the lectures hung together.
By Laura M
•I truly enjoyed this course, it has helped my thinking process, and it has increased my curiosity about philosophy ever more.
By Laura V
•The teacher's is very clear when explaining, I wold have love to have her as my teacher in highschool!. Love all the subjects
By Bruce F
•Not only was the content - video and writing - compelling, I feel vey lucky to have had Susan Sauve Meyer as out instructor.
By Irakli P
•Informative and well-presented. Even after having prior knowledge of the topic I found the lectures interesting to follow.
By John D
•The best Coursera course I've taken thus far. Dr. Meyer is an excellent lecturer and the reading selections are excellent.
By Robert C C
•Though I don't like doing peer-reviews or peer-reviewed assignments, overall this was an interesting course. Thank you.
By David O
•Very good and well presented course. Interesting concepts and materials. I thoroughly enjoyed the learning experience.
By caroline s
•Very in-depth, while still being concise and easy to understand. Susan Meyer is a great, engaging professor as well.
By Engr H S
•I am very happy about that course so this is first attempt for this kind of university specially from USA, so Cheers
By Wong W W
•Could add more discussions of modern critics (such as the ones from Kierkegaard) on Platonic writings on Socrates.
By Stefanos M
•Great lecturer with great background for stuff I should be knowing! I will definitely be back in the next course!
By Sylvia H K
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Very fine lectures on Plato and the visions of those philosophers that went before him. I've learned a lot of it.
By Astra A K
•it was absolutely DELICIOUS!!!!! This was a very well organized, well conceived course, i thoroughly enjoyed it!
By Lisa ( C
•Excellent course. Broken into logical sections with great videos and tests to check your knowledge. Thank you!
By Caroline S d A
•It was better than I expected. I've learned so much in these weeks and in a very simple way. Thanks Coursera!
By Rabeet T
•Great Explanations! This course really helped me to start reading the original works of ancient philosophers
By Patrick K
•Very enjoyable overview of PreSocratic thought and how it pertains to Plato's own works. Highly recommended!
By Diane N
•Great course for the introduction of Socrates and all of the other great Philosophers, I enjoyed this class.
By Steven B
•Interesting, but not too involved. One can get through the weeks material in a reasonable amount of time.
By Chew R
•Delivery of course is very clear and concise and had a very enjoyable and insightful learning experience.
By Benson H
•Beautifully organized, crystal clear, this is a phenomenal introduction to the Pre-Socratics and Plato.