AP/PHIL 3600 3.00

ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY

Plato's Republic is the first known systematic account of an utopian society in western literature. It is arguably the most influential and famous philosophical and political treatise ever written. The Republic expounds Plato's conception of the perfectly just state (the standard against which all other states, in his eyes, can be judged to be just or unjust). In this course we will examine the background, structure and arguments of the Republic.
PREREQUISITE: At least one of: AS/PHIL 2010 3.0 or AS/PHIL 2015 3.0