PH 221 - Disc Reas

Institution:

Dominican University New York

Subject:

Description:

A study of classical Greek thought and attitudes as they illuminate contemporary experience, with particular emphasis on the shift away from a reliance on myth and magic for understanding the world to an insistence on rational explanations and the ways rationality and dialogue can collapse into irrationality, fragmentation, disorder, and violence. Includes discussion of several aspects of Greek culture, focusing especially on the presocratics, the life of Socrates, the Dialogues of Plato, and Greek drama.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.dc.edu

Phone Number:

(845) 359-7800

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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