Academic Catalog

ENG215 WORLD THINKERS

Course Code: 6390215
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-1)
ECTS Credit: 3.0
Department: Modern Languages (english)
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Undergraduate
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Offered Semester: Fall and Spring Semesters.
Prerequisite: Set 1: 6390101 , 6390102
The course set above should be completed before taking ENG215 WORLD THINKERS .

Course Content

This course aims to study some chosen thinkers who escaped crucifixion, burning or imprisonment, and who sometimes did not. We will discuss their life stories, what they thought, what they lived through, what they achieved, and even what they did not achieve, for there are times when their failures are as important and valuable to us as their achievements. We have chosen to study not professional philosophers, although there are times when they come in handy, but intellectual leaders of human civilization: Scientists, artists, authors, musicians...