PHL216: Ancient Greek Ideas

This unit examines the origin and development of philosophical ideas at the beginning of the Western tradition. Students will read and discuss major works by the Presocratics, Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics and Neoplatonists on such themes as the origin of the cosmos, the place of the gods, atoms and elements, souls and bodies, theory of knowledge, and theory of value.

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Points	4
Enrolment Options	Murdoch: S1-internal, S1-external
Contact Time	Lectures: 1 hour per week; tutorials: 1.5 hours per week.
Prerequisites	Nil. Co-requisite: Internet access if studying externally.
School	School of Social Sciences and Humanities
Unit Coordinator	Dr Paul McDonald Position: Senior Lecturer - Philosophy E-mail: P.McDonald@murdoch.edu.au Location: Murdoch Campus Education and Humanities Room 4.046 Phone: Prefix: +618 9360 2992
Unit Contacts	Contact Phone Prefix: +618 Location Explanation of Location Codes Teaching Period(s) Dr Paul McDonald Senior Lecturer - Philosophy (P.McDonald@murdoch.edu.au) 9360 2992 Murdoch Campus Education and Humanities Room 4.046 MURDOCH S1: Internal (15/02/2010 - 11/06/2010)   MURDOCH S1: External (15/02/2010 - 11/06/2010)

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Key to Offshore Campus Location abbreviations: APMISIN Asia Pacific Management Institute (Singapore) CEJTOKYO Chiropractic Education Japan (Tokyo) JKURASHIKI NET Corporation (Kurashiki, Japan) KDUPG KDU College (Penang, Malaysia) KDUPJ KDU College (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia) SGP-REPOLY Republic Polytechnic (Singapore) SMANUFED Singapore Manufacturing Federation ZHENGZHOU Zhengzhou University (China)