PHIL530 STUDIES IN GREEK PHILOSOPHY:HELLENISTIC PHILOSOPHERS
| Course Code: |
2410530 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): |
3(3-0) |
| ECTS Credit: |
8.0 |
| Department: |
Philosophy |
| Language of Instruction: |
English |
| Level of Study: |
Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: |
Prof.Dr. ÞEREF HALÝL TURAN |
| Offered Semester: |
Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Content
A study of extant by the Hellenistic philosophers. Topics of special interest are the problem of criteria of truth and questions concerning ethics. The texts from which selections will be read are: Epicurus’ letters, Lucretius’ De Rerum Natura, Sextus Empiricus’ Outlines of Pyrrhonism and Diogenes Laertius’ Lives of Eminent Philosophers.
