Jun 30, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
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GK 3130 - Greek Sophists and Philosophers
Readings in Greek chiefly from Plato and the Sophists. Emphasis on the role of the authors on cultural, social, and educational transformations of the 5th century B.C.E.
Requisites: GK 2120
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Acquisition of the vocabulary and language skills to read Greek philosophic and scientific texts with enhanced sensitivity and understanding.
- Appreciation of the literary art of Plato.
- Some understanding of the influence of Greek science and philosophy on modern ideas about science and philosophy.
- Understanding of the cultural and historical circumstances of the rise of Greek science and philosophy.
- Understanding of the key scientific and philosophic concerns of the period: truth, being, knowledge, nature and culture, etc.
- Understanding of the relation of personalities from whom we have little or no writings (Socrates, the sophists) to Plato’s influential portrayals.
- Understanding of the relation of the scientific and philosophic activity of the period to traditional Greek education and to the rise of.
- Understanding of the response of Greek society to the scientific and philosophic activity of the period.
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