Epicurus and Epicureanism (P01651)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : HCA-P-HCL

A survey in translation of the philosophy of Epicurus and his school, with particular emphasis on physics and ethics.

Entry Requirements

? This course is not available to visting students.

? Pre-requisites : PG's only

? Costs : 1 course text, A.A. Long and D. Sedley, The Hellenistic Philosophers, vol. 1

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Postgraduate (School of History and Classics), (School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Schedule E)

Other subject areas

Philosophy, (School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, Schedule I)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 1 hour(s) 30 minutes per week for 11 weeks

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

-close, historically informed reading of philosophical texts
-Understanding of the history of ideas, and the relation of philosophical ideas to narrower intellectual traditions and to the thinker's wider historical context.
-links and discontinuities between contemporary ideologies and philosophical systems
-awarenwess of the difficulty of dealing with fragmentary texts
-philosophical doctrine as a guide to practical conduct and philosophical allegiance within the Greco-Roman world,
-links between philosophy and religion