CLASSICS 340
Dialogues of Plato
Please note: this is archived course information from 2018 for CLASSICS 340.
Description
An interpretative study with attention to the literary form, dramatic and rhetorical features and dialectical method, with their implications for our understanding of the arguments, concepts and positions presented. Dialogues to be read include topics such as: ethics, the soul, love, education, knowledge, politics, reason and persuasion, the theory of forms and the nature of the cosmos.
Availability 2018
Not taught in 2018
Lecturer(s)
Coordinator(s) Dr Dougal Blyth
Points
CLASSICS 340: 15 points
Prerequisites
15 points at Stage I in Classical Studies or ANCHIST 102 or 103, and 15 points at Stage II in Classical Studies or Ancient History, or 30 points at Stage II in Greek
Restrictions
CLASSICS 240