180089 SE Ancient Ethics (2014W)
Continuous assessment of course work
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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).
- Registration is open from Su 14.09.2014 14:00 to Mo 29.09.2014 14:00
- Deregistration possible until Fr 31.10.2014 20:00
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max. 45 participants
Language: German
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Thursday
09.10.
16:45 - 18:15
Hörsaal 3F NIG 3.Stock
Thursday
16.10.
16:45 - 18:15
Hörsaal 3F NIG 3.Stock
Thursday
23.10.
16:45 - 18:15
Hörsaal 3F NIG 3.Stock
Thursday
30.10.
16:45 - 18:15
Hörsaal 3F NIG 3.Stock
Thursday
06.11.
16:45 - 18:15
Hörsaal 3F NIG 3.Stock
Thursday
13.11.
16:45 - 18:15
Hörsaal 3F NIG 3.Stock
Thursday
20.11.
16:45 - 18:15
Hörsaal 3F NIG 3.Stock
Thursday
27.11.
16:45 - 18:15
Hörsaal 3F NIG 3.Stock
Thursday
04.12.
16:45 - 18:15
Hörsaal 3F NIG 3.Stock
Thursday
11.12.
16:45 - 18:15
Hörsaal 3F NIG 3.Stock
Thursday
18.12.
16:45 - 18:15
Hörsaal 3F NIG 3.Stock
Thursday
08.01.
16:45 - 18:15
Hörsaal 3F NIG 3.Stock
Thursday
15.01.
16:45 - 18:15
Hörsaal 3F NIG 3.Stock
Thursday
22.01.
16:45 - 18:15
Hörsaal 3F NIG 3.Stock
Thursday
29.01.
16:45 - 18:15
Hörsaal 3F NIG 3.Stock
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Aims, contents and method of the course
The seminar will engage critically with the main ethical theories of antiquity. Philosophy in antiquity was not an academic discipline, as is the case nowadays, but rather aimed to guide people to good or happy life, which is why ethics is particularly prominent in ancient philosophy. In Hellenistic era in particular (3rd. c.-1st. c. BCE) philosophy is conceived as an art of life (ars vitae/technê biou). An interesting feature of ancient ethics is its strong connection with metaphysics, psychology and epistemology. The reason for that is that ancient philosophers were envisaging founding their ethics in the nature of man or of the world. In the seminar we will closely read and discuss texts on ethics from the most important ancient philosophers, such as those of Plato, Aristotle, and the Stoics.
Assessment and permitted materials
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Examination topics
Reading list
G. Vlastos, Socrates, Ironist and Moral Philosopher, Ithaca 1991, T. Irwin, Plato's Ethics, Oxford 1995, M. Pakaluk, Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics. An Introduction, Cambridge 2005, J. Annas, The Morality of Happiness, Oxford 1993
Requirement for attending the seminar is the willingness to undertake a presentation (oral and written).
Requirement for attending the seminar is the willingness to undertake a presentation (oral and written).
Association in the course directory
BA M 6.2
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