透過選讀重要西方哲學家：亞里士多德、霍布斯、笛卡爾、斯賓諾莎、洛克、萊布尼茲、休謨與自由概念有關之原著，了解西方自由哲學思想要旨。

Understand the gist of Western liberal philosophy by reading selected original works of important Western philosophers: Aristotle, Hobbes, Descartes, Spinoza, Locke, Leibniz, and Hume related to the concept of freedom.

本課之目的在讓哲學系學士班同學在經過數年的哲學基礎訓練後，能在西洋哲學之專題上對所學的內容與方法作綜合的應用，即就哲學的一個專題來閱讀與思考，並寫成報告，可以為日後進一步的研究奠定基礎。西洋哲學的專題包括：（1）希臘哲學；（2）中世紀哲學；（3）英國經驗論；（4）歐陸理性論；（5）德國觀念論；（6）當代英美哲學；（7）當代歐陸哲學。授課教師可就任一專題設計課題程。

The purpose of this course is to enable students in the bachelor's degree class of the Department of Philosophy to comprehensively apply the content and methods they have learned on a topic in Western philosophy after several years of basic training in philosophy. That is, to read and think about a topic in philosophy and write a report, which can lay the foundation for further research in the future. Topics in Western philosophy include: (1) Greek philosophy; (2) Medieval philosophy; (3) British empiricism; (4) Continental rationalism; (5) German idealism; (6) Contemporary British and American philosophy; (7) Contemporary Continental philosophy. Teachers can design courses for any topic.

Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics (abstract)
Hobbes, Leviathan
Descartes, The philosophical Writings of Descartes, Cottingham et al.
Descartes, Meditation IIII
Locke, Essay Concerning Human Understanding
Spinoza, The Power of the Intellect, or Human Freedom
Spinoza, Treatise on Theology and Politics
Leibniz, Freedom and Possibility
Hume, Enquiry into Human Understanding

Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics (abstract)
Hobbes, Leviathan
Descartes, The philosophical Writings of Descartes, Cottingham et al.
Descartes, Meditation IIII
Locke, Essay Concerning Human Understanding
Spinoza, The Power of the Intellect, or Human Freedom
Spinoza, Treatise on Theology and Politics
Leibniz, Freedom and Possibility
Hume, Inquiry into Human Understanding