How to Lead the Good Life with Marsh McCall
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If one class could change the way you approach your life, this might be it. Learn about the core ethical beliefs of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, the Epicureans and the Stoics and consider how they confront fundamental issues of justice, morality, and fear of death. Marsh McCall, P ’86, ’89, ’93, is a professor emeritus of classics and former dean of Stanford's Continuing Studies Program. At Stanford since 1976, he served three times as the chair of classics, associate dean of undergraduate studies and chairman of the Western Culture program committee. Professor McCall received the School of Humanities & Sciences 2013 Lifetime Teaching Award and in 2006, he received the Richard W. Lyman Award for exceptional volunteer service to alumni.
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