CLGR 409
Plato
Spring 2013
Division I
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Class Details
Plato’s writing has exercised an incalculable influence on the development of subsequent philosophy and literature, but his dialogues are equally compelling when they are read independently of the works they have inspired. In this course we will read substantial selections from one or more of the so-called middle dialogues (Symposium, Phaedo, Republic, Phaedrus), in which a variety of speakers, including Socrates, ask and provisionally answer questions such as what are love, beauty, and justice, and how does the human soul in possession of these goods participate in the divine?
The Class:
Format: seminar
Limit: 12
Expected: 5-6
Class#: 3315
Grading: yes pass/fail option, no fifth course option
Limit: 12
Expected: 5-6
Class#: 3315
Grading: yes pass/fail option, no fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation:
evaluation will be based on class participation, several short written assignments, a midterm and final exam, and a longer final paper
Extra Info:
not available for Pass/Fail
Prerequisites:
CLGR 201 or permission of the instructor
Enrollment Preferences:
if oversubscribed, preference given to majors in Classics, Philosophy, Comparative Literature, English or another literature
Distributions:
Division I
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CLGR 409 - 01 (S) SEM Plato
CLGR 409 - 01 (S) SEM PlatoDivision ITF 2:35 pm - 3:50 pm
Schapiro Hall 1373315
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