Ancient & Medieval

Dr. Michael C. LaBossiere

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"Men suppose that gods are brought to birth, and have clothes and voice and shape like their own. But if oxens and horses or lions had hands, or could draw and fashion works as men do, horses would make the gods shaped like horses, and lions like lions, making the bodies of the gods resemble their own forms."
-Xenophane

"The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our ways-I to die, and you to live. Which is better, God only knows."
-Socrates

" A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side."
-Aristotle

"We must not believe the many, who say that only free people ought to be educated, but we should rather believe the philosophers who say that only the educated are free."
-Epictetus

"For I do not seek to understand that I may believe, but I believe in order to understand. For this I believe -- that unless I believe, I should not understand."
-St. Anselm

This page provides information and material for Dr. Michael LaBossiere's Ancient & Medieval Philosophy course.

From this page you can download the course pack which contains the text book, notes, and paper information as well as the practice tests and the software needed to take them.

PC Course Pack
Click on the link above to download the Window's version of the course pack. If that does not work, try right-clicking on the link and selecting the option to "Save Target As..." This Self-Expanding Archive contains the material for the course. If you are not familiar with using Self-Expanding Archives, see the PC Directions page for step-by-step illustrated instructions. This page also contains the directions for using the practice test software.

Mac Course Pack
Click on the link above to download the Macintosh version of the course pack. If that does not work, try holding down the control button and clicking on the link, then selecting the option to "Save As..." This Stuffit Archive contains the material for the course. If you are not familiar with using Stuffit archives, see the Mac Directions page for step-by-step illustrated instructions. This page also contains the directions for using the practice test software.

If you do not want to download the course pack, you can bring an UNUSED HD floppy disk to my office during office hours and I will copy the file to the disk.

Adobe Acrobat Downloads
The course notes, etc. are also available as Adobe Acrobat (PDF) files. You will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print these file. To view a file online (assuming you have installed the Reader software), click on the link. If you are using a PC and you want to download the file instead of viewing it online, right-click on the link and select the option to "Save Target As..." If you are using a Mac and you want to download the file instead of viewing it online, hold down the control button and click on the link, then select the option to "Save As..."

Ancient & Medieval Notes & Readings (PDF)
Ancient & Medieval Notes Part 1
Ancient & Medieval Notes Part 2
Ancient & Medieval Notes Part 3
Ancient & Medieval Notes Part 4
Ancient & Medieval Readings Part 1
Ancient & Medieval Readings Part 2
Ancient & Medieval Readings Part 3
Ancient & Medieval Readings Part 4

Ancient & Medieval Practice Tests (PDF)
Ancient & Medieval Practice Test #1
Ancient & Medieval Practice Test #2
Ancient & Medieval Practice Test #3
Ancient & Medieval Practice Test #4

Ancient & Medieval Paper Information(PDF)
Paper Rules and Policies
Paper Checklist & Comments Sheet
Ancient & Medieval Paper #1
Ancient & Medieval Paper #2