CLAS324-18S1 (C) Semester One 2018

Greek Philosophy

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 19 February 2018
End Date: Sunday, 24 June 2018
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 2 March 2018
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 18 May 2018

Description

A survey of Greek philosophy and intellectual history Archaic and Classical Greece (c. 700-320 BC), focusing on primary sources in three interconnected sections: Presocratics; Sophists, Socrates & Plato; Aristotle. Note: course requirements in this combined 200 and 300-level course will be appropriate to the level at which the student is enrolled.

The intellectual rigour, which informed the Greeks’ speculations on life, the universe and everything, changed the world forever. This course surveys the origins and development of Western philosophy in the Greece world, from the 6th to the 4th centuries BC when many areas that preoccupy philosophers today were first analysed and explored by the Greeks. We focus on the Presocratics, the Sophists (often called the first humanists) and Socrates, Plato and Aristotle in their cultural context; we analyse the following areas of ancient thought: on the nature of the cosmos, concepts of knowledge and reality, the nature vs nurture debate, political and ethical theories, psychology, rhetoric, and aesthetics. As a history of ideas, this course will also examine relevant texts from ancient poets, dramatists, and historians in so far as they engage with intellectual developments of their age; and it will also address the legacy and influence of Greek speculative thought in the modern world.

Prerequisites

Any 15 points in 200-level Philosophy or 200-level Classics

Restrictions

Equivalent Courses

Course Coordinator

Patrick O'Sullivan

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,493.00

International fee $6,075.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Humanities .

All CLAS324 Occurrences

  • CLAS324-18S1 (C) Semester One 2018
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