Study Programmes 2015-2016
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| History of Hellenistic and Roman philosophy | ||
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Duration :
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| 30h Th | ||
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Number of credits :
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Lecturer :
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| Marc-Antoine Gavray | ||
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language | ||
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the second semester | ||
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Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
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| Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program | ||
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Course contents :
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| Hellenistic and Roman Philosophy, until Neoplatonism. | ||
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| This course aims at giving a basic knowledge of both particular concepts and way of thinking in Hellenistic and Roman Philosophy. It also takes into account the influence it had on the History of philosophy till nowadays. It goes through the many schools and their main characters, whose major theses are studied by the way of reading texts.
The content is the following: - Socratics Schools (Megarics, Cyrenaics and Cynics) - The Academy - The Lyceum and Aristotelism - Scepticism - Stoicism - Epicurianism - Middle Platonism and Neoplatonism |
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Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
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| Reference is done to Greek and Latin notions, but no knowledge of ancient languages is required. However it is highly recommended to attend my History of Ancient Philosophy (PHIL0009-1) course (Q1). | ||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Every session stands of an ex cathedra part and a collective reading of some major texts. | ||
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| 2nd term, 2h/week : the precise schedule will be arranged with students in due time. | ||
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Students will be given an access to a collection of texts, documents and bibliography. | ||
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Oral exam or written essay in June. | ||
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| Marc-Antoine Gavray
Department of Philosophy
Place du 20-Août, 7, bat. A1
4000 Liège
Tel.: +32 (0)4 366 92 00 e-mail: Marc-Antoine.Gavray@ulg.ac.be |
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