| Course Title: Topics in Philosophy: 'Plato' |
| Start Date: 01/24/2022 End Date: 05/09/2022 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2022 |
| Description: In this course, we will undertake a close reading of several of Plato's dialogues, exploring the themes of beauty, love, justice, society, and human happiness. More formally, we will cover metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, moral psychology, and social and political philosophy. Dialogues include Lysis, Symposium, Gorgias, Republic, Me no, and Phaedo. Plato's ideas were as surprising and controversial to his Athenian contemporaries as they are to so many in this American democracy. For that very reason, Plato's ideas remain alive and deeply relevant today. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Vanessa de Harven | deharven@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/24/2022 - 05/09/2022 | Discussion | Tuesday and Thursday | 03:15PM - 04:30PM | SKNR - Skinner Hall | 210 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| None |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| PHIL0001 | PHIL-HP: History of Philosophy | This course has been approved to count towards the Philosophy major in the History of Philosophy area. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 12 | Available: 6 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Complete Works of Plato Author: John Cooper (ed.) Copyright: 1997 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780872203495 Publisher: Hackett |
Required | 61.00 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class. |