Unit 2
Plato (Antiquity) and St. Augustine (The Middle Ages)

Learning Objectives

When you have completed Unit 2, you should be able to

1. describe and explain Plato’s Theory of the Good, his theory of the soul, and his allegory of the cave.
2. classify Plato’s position according to the distinctions laid out in Unit 1.
3. describe and explain strengths and weaknesses in Plato’s ethical model.
4. compare and contrast St. Augustine’s Christian based ethics with Plato’s secular ethics.