Philosophy
Philosophy from the Pre-Socratics to the present day, via Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Kant, and others.
Philosophy
Classics & Ancient History
Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics
In this course, Professor Anthony Price (Birkbeck College, London) explores Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics. In the first module, we explore the central concept of eudaimonia, or happiness, in Aristotle's ethics, before turning in the second module to the concept of egocentricity:...
Prof. Anthony Price
Birkbeck College, London
Philosophy
Classics & Ancient History
Plato: Apology
In this course, Professor Angie Hobbs (University of Sheffield) explores Plato's Apology, his account of Socrates' trial for 'corrupting the youth' and 'not believing in the gods the state believes in' in Athens in 399 BC. The course begins by...
Professor Angie Hobbs
Sheffield University
Philosophy
Classics & Ancient History
Plato: Republic
In this course, Nakul Krishna (University of Oxford) considers some of the key philosophical problems in Plato's Republic. In the first module, he examines the fundamental question that the Republic is trying to answer: "Why should we be just?". In...
Dr Nakul Krishna
Cambridge University
Philosophy
Classics & Ancient History
Plato: Euthyphro and Meno
This course examines the life of Socrates, before looking at his famous philosophical method and asking, why was Socrates so interested in defining what things mean? After this, we look more closely at two early dialogues of Plato which feature...
Dr Nakul Krishna
Cambridge University