I need to give a high school class on medieval philosophy. However,

Have them read Name of the Rose

>>9453390
just go for the drunken anecdotes about the philosophers instead. that ought to get their attention.

>>9453390
C.S. Lewis wrote a book on it called The Discarded Image. Check it out.

>>9453390
Part 2 of Anthony Kenny's A New History of Western Philosophy. It's not terribly long and a good overview, although for a high school class you may not want to read ~300 pages, but it's a good read by itself. First section is a chronological overview and the second is divided by the different branches of philosophy, so you can pick and choose if there's a certain area you want to focus on. You can find it on libgen. And as for your question about disinterested young people, you could do something about Heloise and Abelard. A tragic love affair and they were both philosophers in their own right.

Here you go:
http://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/great-minds-of-the-medieval-world.html

Why are you giving a class on a subject you don't know?

>>9453465
Please, don't.

>>9453589
>Please, don't.

why not faggot

http://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/life-and-writings-of-c-s-lewis.html

>>9453593
Because Lewis a shit.

>>9453580
>>9453390
Oh, I read your OP as if you were a high school student, I'd still read what I recommended though even if you're not assigning it.

Medieval Philosophy? Might as well teach a course on theology.

>>9453593

He's a retarded tripfag, don't mind him

>>9453601
I'd honestly prefer that they read Gilson but I mean these are high schoolers were talking about.

Why not kick it off with Augustine's confessions, Boethius, and Thomist ideas from the Summa? Follow it up with some Averrone-kebab philosophy counterpoints and book end it with the emergence of Descartes and rationalism.

Neoplatonism is another interesting side journey.

Add Dante Or Boccaccio to supplement.