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Jean Valerie Roberts
PHIL 431
Seattle Campus
Study of selected middle and late dialogues.
Class description
We will focus on the dialogues on friendship and love, the Lysis, Symposium, and Phaedrus, with occasional forays into others where relevant. Undergraduates will be required to write two short (5-6 page) papers and take a final. Grad students will write term papers instead. Undergrads ought to have taken at least one previous course in ancient philosophy.
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