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Staff (UCL)
*+20 credits
Meets: Tuesdays 10-12 (Term 1)
This
course offers students the opportunity to explore two aspects of the
interaction between philosophy and literature in the Classical World.
The first is what philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle have to say
about the nature of poetry. The second, not unrelated, aspect is the way
that the form and content of ancient philosophy can be seen to be
significantly related. Students will look at a range of texts from
across the ancient canon, including the Presocratics, Plato's dialogues,
Seneca's letters, Cicero's dialogues and Lucretius' didactic verse.
This course can also be taken by students at UCL on other MA programmes
as a 15 credit option (CLASGG14).
Assessment: one 5,000 word essay
Place: UCL
- PHILGA14 Aristotle
Dr Fiona Leigh (UCL)
20 credits
Meets: tbc (Term 2)
The course provides a survey of Aristotle's
thought with a particular focus on his philosophy of mind and moral psychology.
After an introduction to the central tenets of his logic and metaphysics, the
course will cover topics including Aristotle's views on the relation of the
mind (soul) to the body, the kinds of cognitive capacities attributable to
humans and non-human animals, the emotions, flourishing (eudaimonia), virtue
ethics, the doctrine of the mean and habituation, and the role of contemplation
in the good life. The main texts will be de Anima and the Nicomachean Ethics,
although other texts will be consulted.
Assessment: one 4,500 word essay
Place: UCL -- room tbc
- HISTGA73A Lived Ancient Religion in Hellenistic Greece
Dr Julietta Steinhauer (UCL)
*20 credits
Meets: Thursdays 9-11 (Term 1)
This
course explores the possibility of a 'religious identity' as an
innovation of the Hellenistic Greek world and the changes in the history
of religion that were perhaps necessary to pave the way for
Christianity. The focus will be upon one aspect in the religious life of
the people in the Aegean during the Hellenistic period that is known to
us mainly from sources other than literature, namely religious
associations. These groups of worshippers are recorded mainly in Greek
poleis from the end of the fourth century BC, a period in which these
cities experienced a huge influx of immigration from all over the
Mediterranean and beyond, which brought with it new rituals, deities and
religious traditions.
Assessment: one essay of 5,000 words max.
Place: UCL
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