Universität Wien

180023 PS Plato's Euthypro (2022W)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 18 - Philosophie
Continuous assessment of course work
Moodle

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Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 45 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Wednesday 12.10. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 2G, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/2.Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Wednesday 19.10. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 2G, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/2.Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Wednesday 09.11. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 2G, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/2.Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Wednesday 16.11. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 2G, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/2.Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Wednesday 23.11. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 2G, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/2.Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Wednesday 30.11. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 2G, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/2.Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Wednesday 07.12. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 2G, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/2.Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Wednesday 14.12. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 2G, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/2.Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Wednesday 11.01. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 2G, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/2.Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Wednesday 18.01. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 2G, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/2.Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Wednesday 25.01. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 2G, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/2.Stock, 1010 Wien

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The aim of the seminar is the close reading of Plato's early dialogue Euthyphron in the original and also in German translation. The seminar is designed for those students, who have already attended the lectures on Greek philosophical Terminology and want to learn more Greek, so that they can read and appreciate a Greek philosophical text (in the summer semester I will offer a similar class, in which we will read a latin philosophical text in the original language). In this seminar we will read and translate the entire dialogue and we will explain all grammatical phenomena. We will also discuss the philosophical substance of this much debated platonic dialogue.

Assessment and permitted materials

- regular participation
- homework
- one essay

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

- Regular attendance (not unexcused absences), presentation, homework, one essay
- It is expected that all participants make a presentation in class and provide a handout.
- All participants should write an essay on a philosophical topic or on a philosophical aspect of the dialogue.
- Essays must be 10 to 12 p. long in normal font and with 1 ½ interlinear space.
- The final grade (1-5) will depend on following three tasks, the presentation (20%), homework and participation in class (30%), and the essay (50%)

Examination topics

All participants should participate actively, make a presentation in class and write 2 pieces of homework and a final essay.

Reading list

Platon: Euthyphron Griechisch/Deutsch, Übers. und hrsg. von Otto Leggewie, Reklam Verlag

R. E. Allen, Plato’s ‘Euthyphro’ and earlier theory of Forms, London 1970
D. Frede, "Holy and the God-Loved: The Dilemma in Plato's Euthyphro", The Monist 105 (2022), 293-308
P. Geach, "Plato's Euthyphro: An Analysis and a commentary", The Monist 50 (1966), 369-382
A. Nehamas, "On Confusing Universals and Particulars in Plato’s Early Dialogues,” Review of Metaphysics, 29 (1975), 287–306.
G. Vlastos, “The Socratic Elenchus,” Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy, 1 (1983), 27–58.
G. Vlastos, Socrates, Ironist and Moral Philosopher, Ithaca: Cornell University Press 1991

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