PHIL 332 Comparative Classical Philosophies
PHIL332
300 Level Course
Winter
3 Units
In-person
3
- None.
None
one-way Exclusions
- Lectures
- Plato, Five Dialogues
- Aristotle, Introductory Readings
- Nagarjuna, The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way
- Hagen & Coutinho, Philosophers of the Warring States
- other readings available electronically via onQ
Instructor: Mark Smith
This course offers a comparative study of themes in the ancient philosophical traditions of Greece, China and India, over the period from roughly the 6th century BCE to the 2nd century CE. Our reading will range over (among others) Plato, Aristotle, and Epicurus; Kong Zi (Confucius), Meng Zi (Mencius), and Xun Zi; the Nyaya-sutra, Kautilya, and Nagarjuna. Themes will include self and no-self, ethics, logic and paradox, mind and embodiment, the state and politics, the good life, and other topics.
Learning Outcomes
Assessments
Assessments
3 short comparative analyses, 1 midterm paper, 1 final paper.