Teaching

I am a passionate instructor of the history of philosophy. When I teach, I am a proponent of active learning. I structure my courses to include students’ active confrontation with the textual basis. Reading ancient texts from our elegant high-class editions makes us forget the long and complex text tradition that encompasses emendations, glosses, and corruption. In my past teaching experience, I have devoted special attention to the intellectual, cultural, and linguistic gaps we face when working on ancient texts. I intend to aim at the following objectives in my courses:

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→ Bridging the intellectual gap through analysis. Students are helped to examine philosophical problems as challenges for solutions, using logical and critical reasoning skills. Ancient philosophy and science are fascinating fields of research and demand a high devotion to semantic richness and complexity.

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→ Bridging the cultural gap through intercultural learning. Ancient thinking is mostly alien to our modern way of thinking. This helps students to apprehend their limits and overcome mental borders. To this end, I encourage students to look at ancient texts in detail. Students develop mastery of philosophical concepts and ideas from different philosophers writing in different times and places. This helps students acquire knowledge and skills that support the ability to understand thinking from cultures different from their own.

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→ Bridging the linguistic gap through verbal skills. I help students to reconstruct and analyze a line of argument in ancient texts based on the original text. With the help of secondary literature and dictionaries, I empower students to interpret passages on their own. Students develop the ability to write, speak, read, listen, and express themselves clearly and persuasively.

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Find a list of my past courses below.