PHIL 395: Seminar in Ancient Philosophy
PHIL 395: Seminar in Ancient Philosophy
The Generic Catalog Description
This course will study selected issues from ancient philosophy. Course intended for philosophy majors. Students should have completed five philosophy courses, including Phil. 304.
PHIL 395: Ancient Theories of Friendship
Spring 2014
Dr. Ward
Course description
This is an undergraduate seminar with a special topic on ancient theories of friendship, with a focus on Plato and Aristotle. We will also spend one portion of the seminar looking at some earlier Greek literature on friendship, including two plays, Sophocles’ Philoctetes, and Euripedes’ Herakles. In the central part of the course, we read Plato’s Philebus, a dialogue about friendship, and Aristotle’s treatment of friendship in his ethical work, Nicomachean Ethics, Book VIII and IX. Secondary articles on the topic are also included in the readings. The course is primarily discussion-based as a seminar, and aimed at advanced undergraduate students in Philosophy and Classical Studies.
PHIL 395: Seminar in Ancient Philosophy
The Generic Catalog Description
This course will study selected issues from ancient philosophy. Course intended for philosophy majors. Students should have completed five philosophy courses, including Phil. 304.
PHIL 395: Ancient Theories of Friendship
Spring 2014
Dr. Ward
Course description
This is an undergraduate seminar with a special topic on ancient theories of friendship, with a focus on Plato and Aristotle. We will also spend one portion of the seminar looking at some earlier Greek literature on friendship, including two plays, Sophocles’ Philoctetes, and Euripedes’ Herakles. In the central part of the course, we read Plato’s Philebus, a dialogue about friendship, and Aristotle’s treatment of friendship in his ethical work, Nicomachean Ethics, Book VIII and IX. Secondary articles on the topic are also included in the readings. The course is primarily discussion-based as a seminar, and aimed at advanced undergraduate students in Philosophy and Classical Studies.