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Seminar on philosophical texts by authors from the past [ LFILO1315 ]


3.0 crédits ECTS  30.0 h   2q 

Teacher(s) Destrée Pierre ; Counet Jean-Michel ;
Language French
Place
of the course
Louvain-la-Neuve
Prerequisites

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Main themes The aim of the course is to teach the students how to arrive at an in depth "reading" and analysis of Ancient philosophical texts.
Aims The ability to analyze an Ancient philosophical text.
Evaluation methods

Oral examination on the whole matter. Particular question chosen  and prepared by the student

Teaching methods

Lectures by the professor, sketches out of  the students. Discussions

Content

The seminar will turn on the work of Thucydides, the famous author of The History of the Peloponnesian War. He is a historian of course, but also a disciple of some important sophists  (probably Protagoras and  Antiphon). His work shows a important philosophical background. Parallels will be done with texts of Plato and Aristotles (Nichomachean Ethics, Poltic, Poetic, Republic, Menexenus). The course intends to show how difficult it is to grasp Plato's and Aristotle's political doctrines without the background of the Peloponnesian War.

Bibliography

Jacqueline de Romilly, Thucydide et l'impéralisme athénien, Paris, Les Belles Lettres, 1961.

Jacqueline de Romilly, La construction de la vérité chez Thucydide, Paris, Juliard, 1990

Jacqueline de Romilly, L'invention de l'histoire politique chez Thucydide, Paris, ENS, 2005

Barbara Cassin, L'effet sophistique, Paris, Gallimard, 1995.

David Greene, Greek political Theory : the image of man in Thucydides and Plato, UPChicago, 1965

Cycle et année
d'étude
> Preparatory year for Master in Ethics
> Certificat universitaire en langue, littérature et civilisation latines
> Certificat universitaire en philosophie (approfondissement)
> Preparatory year for Master in Philosophy
> Master [120] in Ancient Languages and Literatures: Classics
> Bachelor in Ancient and Modern Languages and Literatures
> Master [120] in Ancient and Modern Languages and Literatures
> Bachelor in Philosophy
Faculty or entity
in charge
> EFIL


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