CLASSICS 250

Philosophical Writing in Antiquity


Please note: this is archived course information from 2018 for CLASSICS 250.

Description

A study of some influential philosophical texts from Greco-Roman antiquity with reference to circumstances of composition and ancient reception. Writers studied may include Plato, Xenophon, Aristotle, Cicero, Lucretius, Seneca the Younger, Plutarch, Sextus Empiricus and Augustine.

Availability 2018

Not taught in 2018

Lecturer(s)

Coordinator(s) Dr Dougal Blyth

Assessment

Coursework + exam

Points

CLASSICS 250: 15 points

Prerequisites

15 points at Stage I in Classical Studies, Ancient History, or GREEK 101 or LATIN 101, or EUROPEAN 100, and 30 points passed

Restrictions

CLASSICS 350