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Greek Philosophy II : Plato

Key information

  • Module code:

    5AANA001

  • Level:

    5

  • Semester:

      Autumn

  • Credit value:

    15

Module description

 

The course is designed to give not only an overview of some of the most important topics in Plato’s philosophy, but also to raise critical points and offer different interpretative strategies, thus providing the student with the knowledge and skills required to study Plato independently. The course will be arranged around one of the most important questions in Plato’s career, ‘Why should I be just?’. By working through two of Plato’s works centrally devoted to this topic, the Gorgias and the Republic, we will cover aspects of Plato’s Ethics, Metaphysics, Epistemology, Political Philosophy and Moral Psychology. While the module will build on the Greek Philosophy I module for students who have taken it, it does not presuppose that module and can be taken without prerequisite.

For full details:

https://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/philosophy/modules/level5/5aana001.aspx

 

Assessment details

Coursework: 1 x 2500 word essay (100%)

Teaching pattern

One one-hour weekly lecture and one one-hour weekly seminar over ten weeks.

Department

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