Postgraduate Course: Epicurus and Epicureanism (PGHC11181)
Course Outline
| School | School of History, Classics and Archaeology |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Postgraduate (School of History and Classics) |
Other subject area | Philosophy |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | A survey in translation of the philosophy of Epicurus and his school, with particular emphasis on physics and ethics. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | 1 course text, A.A. Long and D. Sedley, The Hellenistic Philosophers, vol. 1 |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2011/12 Semester 2, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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WebCT enabled: No |
Quota: None |
| Location |
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Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Central | Seminar | Rm 2.27, Doorway 4, Teviot Place | 1-11 | 14:00 - 15:50 | | | | |
| First Class |
Week 18, Monday, 14:00 - 15:50, Zone: Central. Rm 2.27, Doorway 4, Teviot Place |
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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 |
Assessment Information
| Long essay. |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Simon Trepanier
Tel: (0131 6)50 3589
Email: Simon.Trepanier@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Lindsay Scott
Tel: (0131 6)50 9948
Email: Lindsay.Scott@ed.ac.uk |
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