PHIL0004-1

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

	Bachelor in ancient and modern languages and literatures	5 crédits
	Bachelor in ancient languages and literatures : classics	5 crédits
	Bachelor in information and communication	5 crédits
	Bachelor in modern languages and literatures : German, Dutch and English	5 crédits
	Bachelor in history of art and archaeology : general	5 crédits
	Bachelor in history	5 crédits
	Bachelor in modern languages and literatures : general	5 crédits
	Bachelor in history of art and archaeology : musicology	5 crédits
	Bachelor in ancient languages and literatures : Oriental studies (Inscriptions closes)	5 crédits
	Bachelor in philosophy	5 crédits
	Bachelor in French and Romance languages and literatures : general	5 crédits

Lecturer

Marc-Antoine Gavray

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

Hellenistic and Roman Philosophy, until Neoplatonism.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

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

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

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).

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Every session stands of an ex cathedra part and a collective reading of some major texts.

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Face-to-face course

Additional information:

2nd term, 2h/week (or 3h/week). Schedule will be arranged in due time with regular students.

Assessment methods and criteria

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

The schedule will be determined in agreement with students, at the end of Q1.

Contacts

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@uliege.be

Items online

Handbook on History of hellenistic and imperial philosophy
Only the fourth and last part of this handbook concerns this course.

History of Hellenistic and Roman philosophy