Academic Calendar 2025/2026 - Ancient Philosophy

PHIL 2406  Ancient Philosophy

Antirequisites:

PHIL 2306, PHIL 2307, PHIL 2305

Hours:

3 hrs of lecture per week for one term

Credits:

3

Description:

Students explore a selection of classic texts in early Western philosophy, especially the work of Plato and Aristotle, and engage with foundational issues in various areas of philosophy including ethics, epistemology, and metaphysics.  Some consideration may also be given to the work of pre-Socratic philosophy, as well as to later Greek and Roman thought (Scepticism, Epicureanism, and Stoicism).