Humanities Final Project

  • 1637 BCE

    Descartes Publishes Discourse on Method

    Birth of modern philosophy; tradition shifts from faith to rational doubt.
  • 1265 BCE

    Thomas Aquinas Writes Summa Theologica

    A monumental tradition-blending work combining Christian belief and Aristotle.
  • 1138 BCE

    Maimonides Begins Writing Guide for the Perplexed

    A synthesis of Jewish tradition and Aristotelian logic.
  • 1025 BCE

    Avicenna’s Canon of Medicine and Metaphysics

    Middle Eastern philosopher who preserves and extends Greek rationalist traditions.
  • 420 BCE

    The Parthenon Frieze

    A high-relief sculptural band running along the Parthenon’s inner chamber, showing religious procession traditions in Ancient Athens.
  • 399 BCE

    Trial and Death of Socrates

    Socrates’ execution becomes a foundational moment for the philosophical tradition of questioning authority and defending moral principles.
  • 354 BCE

    Augustine’s Christian Neo-Platonism

    Augustine merges Greek philosophical traditions with Christian theology for centuries.
  • 335 BCE

    Aristotle Opens the Lyceum

    Aristotle’s school develops the traditions of logic, science, and systematic reasoning.
  • 300 BCE

    Zeno Establishes Stoicism

    Stoicism becomes a major ethical tradition emphasizing reason, virtue, and self-control.
  • 121 BCE

    Marcus Aurelius Writes Meditations

    A blend of political power and philosophical tradition guiding personal morality.
  • 50 BCE

    Seneca Writes Letters from a Stoic

    A Roman reinterpretation of Stoic traditions, tying philosophy to daily life.
  • Locke’s Two Treatises of Government

    Introduces political traditions of rights, liberty, and social contract theory.
  • Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason

    Reshapes Western philosophical tradition by balancing rationalism and empiricism.
  • Karl Marx’s Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts

    Challenges economic and social traditions with materialist philosophy.
  • Nietzsche Publishes Thus Spoke Zarathustra

    Questions morality and tradition itself; introduces the idea of revaluing values.