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PHIL530Graduate

Studies in Greek Philosophy:Hellenistic Philosophers

Printed in the catalogue as STUDIES IN GREEK PHILOSOPHY:HELLENISTIC PHILOSOPHERS

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.

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