| CODE | PHI1050 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Studies in Plato's Philosophy | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | Not Applicable | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 2 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Philosophy | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Every year the lecturer will select one text from the Platonic corpus. One of the following will be closely read (a) the Symposium; (b) the Phaedrus; (c) the Euthyphro (d) the Phaedo. Reading List: - Jowett, B., M.A. (Trans.) (1980) The Dialogues of Plato. Random House N.Y. - Diogenes Laertius (c. early 3rd century AD) Lives of the Philosophers, trans. R.D. Hicks, (1925) Diogenes Laertius: Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press and London: Heinemann, 2 vols. (Greek text with facing English Translation; book III contains Diogenes’ life of Plato) - Friedländer, P. (1958, 1964, 1969) Plato, trans. H. Meyerhoff, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 3 vols. (An account of the dialogues particularly recommended for its treatment of the philosophical significance of their literary characteristics) - Grote, G. (1867) Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, London: John Murray, 2nd edn, 3 vols. (An unrivalled account of the dialogues by the greatest nineteenth-century Plato Scholar) |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | |||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Michael Zammit |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2025/6. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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