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 (History, Classics and Archaeology) |
Other subject area | Philosophy |
Course website |
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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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Co-requisites | |
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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: 2014/15 Semester 2, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
Course Start Date |
12/01/2015 |
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 22,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
174 )
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Additional Notes |
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Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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No Exam Information |
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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Syllabus |
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Transferable skills |
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Reading list |
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Study Abroad |
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Study Pattern |
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Keywords | Epicurus |
Contacts
Course organiser | Dr Simon Trepanier
Tel: (0131 6)50 3589
Email: Simon.Trepanier@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Amanda Campbell
Tel: (0131 6)50 3782
Email: amanda.campbell@ed.ac.uk |
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