Greek philosophy
Dirk Baltzly and Edward Khamara
8 points * 3 hours per week * Second semester * Clayton * Prerequisites: A first-year sequence in philosophy
The subject will be given in two parts. The first part is on the philosophy of Plato, and will deal with the pre-Socratic background, Plato's theory of forms, and his views on survival after death and the teachability of virtue. The second part is on Aristotle and will deal with his views on causation, infinity, and time; his attempt to resolve Zeno's paradoxes of motion; and his way of dealing with fatalism.
Assessment
Written (5000 words): 80% * Examinations (1 hour): 20% * Optional replacement of one essay by a 2-hour examination: 40%
Prescribed texts
Plato The last days of Socrates Penguin
Plato Republic tr. R Waterfield, OUP, 1994
A selection of readings from Aristotle, available from the department