PHIL7635 · Philosophy
Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences
In this course we will consider the Ancient and Renaissance philosophy of the passions and their relationship to sin and vice. Thinkers considered include: Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics, Cicero, Seneca, Cassiodorus, Augustine, Church fathers, and Renaissance appropriations of ancient thought in Marsilio Ficino, Lorenzo Valla, Erasmus, and Montaigne. We will consider the spiritual tradition of the deadly sins, Christian appropriation and criticism of Stoicism and Renaissance appropriations of Platonic views and texts. Satisfies the following distribution requirement(s) for Philosophy: Ancient.
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~5
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Fall 2024
1 section