Socrates and Plato: Five Dialogues (VS1) (U03636)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : HCA-3-VS1-SP5

A survey of the philosophy of Socrates and Plato through a study of five Platonic dialogues and other relevant sources.

Entry Requirements

? This course is only available to part year visiting students.

? This course is a variant of the following course : U03603

? Pre-requisites : Equivalent university preparation to admission to Honours at the University of Edinburgh, at discretion of course organiser

? Prohibited combinations : Cannot be taken along with U03602 ('Socrates and Plato') or U03635 ('Socrates and Plato (VS1)'.

? Special Arrangements for Entry : This course is only for visiting students in Edinburgh during the 1st Semester but NOT the 2nd Semester. In order for a student to be enrolled, contact must be made with a Course Secretary on 50 3580 in order for approval to be obtained.

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Classical Literature in Translation, (School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Schedule E)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Not being delivered

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Monday	10:00	10:50	Central
Lecture	Thursday	10:00	10:50	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

Students who complete the course successfully will be able by the end of the course to demonstrate in written examination and course work as well as in class discussion:

- an understanding of the difficulties of ascribing a specific philosophy to the historical Socrates, as opposed to the various claims made by the first generation of writers of Socratic dialogues.
- an awareness of the historical and legal issues surrounding the trial of Socrates
- the way in which Plato eventually supplanted his competitors in the quest to establish himself as Socrates' main philosophical successor
-knowledge of the basic ethical tenets found in the early Platonic dialogues
- a sensitivity to the relationship between philosophical views and literary form in early to middle Plato
- familiarity with the first version of Plato's theory of Forms and his views on the soul