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PHIL41780

Academic Year 2024/2025

Ancient Philosophy (TCD) P&A (PHIL41780)

Subject:
Philosophy
College:
Social Sciences & Law
School:
Philosophy
Level:
4 (Masters)
Credits:
10
Module Coordinator:
Professor Rowland Stout
Trimester:
Autumn
Mode of Delivery:
On Campus
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP IN PLATO AND ARISTOTLE
The aim of the seminar is to explore ideas of love, of friendship, and of the relation between them. We will take our starting point in Plato’s two dialogues on love, Phaedrus and Symposium, as well as his dialogue Lysis in which he combines love and friendship. We will examine the psychological, moral and existential import of Plato’s ideas, and bring them into conversation with cognate or opposed modern views, including Nietzsche, Christianity and Kant.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

• Students will gain an in-depth knowledge of central themes in Plato’s and Aristotle’s account of love and friendship
• Students will be able to relate this knowledge to current philosophical issues

Indicative Module Content:

The seminar will also concentrate on Aristotle’s account of friendship and the different kinds of friendship that he distinguishes. Here we will read (but selectively!) books 8 and 9 of Nicomachean Ethics and book 7 of Eudemian Ethics. Especially interesting is Aristotle’s view that friends share in a single life, and that friendship is essential for self-knowledge.

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Autonomous Student Learning

178
Lectures

22
Total

200

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
To be supplied by the TCD Lecturer

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 

Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Assignment(Including Essay): 2 essays (60%) Week 6, Week 12 Graded No

60

 Yes
Exam (In-person): 1 exam, 2 questions to answer Week 15 Graded No

40

 Yes

Carry forward of passed components
No
 

Remediation Type Remediation Timing
In-Module Resit Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Feedback individually to students, post-assessment This can be through different approaches such as oral, audio, video and/or written/annotated feedback, either in-class, out of class, in meetings, through the VLE, by email, using rubrics, etc.

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