UNIVERSITY OF

NOTRE DAME
SUMMERONLINE
2020

OVE LOVE LOV

A CONVERSATION BETWEEN
THE GREEK, JEWISH, AND
CHRISTIAN TRADITIONS

MONDAY, JUNE 29 - FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2020

Dr. Diego I. Rosales

 LOVE
A CONVERSATION BETWEEN
THE GREEK, JEWISH, AND
CHRISTIAN TRADITIONS

Love is the most important question a person has to face in life. Even if not everyone
addresses it in a theoretical way —searching for the essence of love or looking for its
precise definition–, sooner or later we all have to address the question in an existen-
tial way: “What or whom should I love?” and “How should I love them?” Throughout
history, many philosophers have dedicated some of their most relevant thoughts to
answer the questions of what love is and why it is so important for the manifestation
and development of the human person. Among the philosophers of Ancient Greece,
many can be found -Heraclitus, Socrates, Plato or Plotinus- who considered these as
the most important questions a philosopher can ask. But Ancient Greece is not the
only place where important philosophical, theological, and literary reflections about
love can be found. In The Song of Songs, the Jewish tradition offers one of the most
beautiful books ever written about the different facets of love: love as an erotic relation
between two human beings, but also as a quest for the searching of God (a path that is
followed to this day by contemporary Jewish philosophers such as Franz Rosenzweig
or Emmanuel Lévinas). In Christianity, the Gospel itself is one of the most beautiful
love stories ever told, but there is also a great Christian literary and philosophical tra-
dition that places love at the core of its reflections: St. Augustine, St. John of the Cross,
and Søren Kierkegaard, just to mention three great classics. After a general introduc-
tion to love and its manifestations through the reading of literary texts, this course will
explore the main insights that the above-mentioned traditions provide on the matter.
Reading materials will include the Platonic Symposium, the Song of Songs, excerpts
from St. Augustine, and poetry works by Rilke, Shakespeare, St. John of the Cross,
Borges, and others.

Dr. Diego I. Rosales. Ph.D. Philosophy, Comillas Pontifical University of Madrid,

Spain. M.A. Philosophy, National Autonomous University of Mexico. B.A. Philosophy,
Panamerican University, Mexico. Chair of Contemporary Thought at the School of
Humanities of the Technological Institute of Monterrey, Mexico. Level I member of
the Researchers National System (SNI, Mexico). Correspondent member of the la pla-
te-form ALPHA at the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium.
LOVE WHAT TO EXPECT FROM
THIS ONLINE COURSE LOVE
- Depending on the week, students will meet with their professor and classmates
once or twice a week in live online sessions. These class meetings are a required and
essential part of the course.

- Tutorial sessions will be conducted once a week by a teaching assistant in the first
three weeks of the course.

- In addition to live sessions, students will work through online content designed by
the professor. This work can be done anytime, anywhere, but there are specific weekly
deadlines that students have to meet.

- Small class size ensures students benefit from peer-to-peer interaction and close
faculty attention.

- Workload includes the above-mentioned digital live weekly sessions (60 minutes
each); 30 to 50 pages of weekly readings; weekly answering of reflection questions;
and writing a final paper.

- Time Expectations. On average, 6 to 8 hours per week, depending on your learning

style, schedule, and your ability to read and write in English.

- Supplemental readings are provided to encourage further exploration of each topic.

- All reading materials, class discussions and homeworks will be in English.

- This online course offers the same rigor and excellence that have characterized the
Phoenix Institute Notre Dame on-campus programs for over 30 years.

- Upon the successful completion of the course, students will be able to request a
transcript from the Notre Dame Office of the Registrar.

Eligibility. These Summer Online courses are open to all students with a high school
degree. Typically, students must be 18 years and older.

MONDAY, JUNE 29 - FRIDAY, JULY 24

COST
The cost of the course is 1,230 USD.
REGISTRATION
General registration will remain open until June 24, 2020.
Enrollment to the course is limited.

APPLY HERE
http://thephoenixinstitute.org/2020OnlineSummer.html