CLASSICS 360

Culture, Nature and Ancient Philosophy

Please note: this is archived course information from 2017 for CLASSICS 360.

Description

An investigation with reference to cultural context of important questions and ways of thinking about human life and the natural world discussed by Greek and Roman philosophers. Thinkers studied may include the Presocratics, Sophists, Socrates and Plato, Aristotle, the Hellenistic schools and later Sceptics and Platonists.

In this course we will investigate the ways ideas about the gods developed in ancient philosophy as a result of the study of nature, and the developing relationship between this natural theology and traditional mythic and cultic religious beliefs about the gods in Greek and Roman culture.

Availability 2017

Semester 1

Lecturer(s)

Coordinator(s) Dr Dougal Blyth

Assessment

Coursework + exam

Points

CLASSICS 360: 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 or Latin

Restrictions

CLASSICS 260