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PHIL372
Spinoza's ETHICS
PHIL372 SP
Not Currently Offered
This course is devoted to close reading of one of the
philosophical masterpieces of the Western tradition. The
ETHICS is of genuine contemporary interest, with its
metaphysics that combines materialism with theism, its
philosophical psychology that anticipates Freud, and its
attempt to reconcile human freedom with a belief in
scientific explanation. This is a difficult, vast, profound
work that requires and will repay close study.
MAJOR READINGS
Spinoza's ETHICS
Some secondary commentaries
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Weekly short paper and a
substantial final paper.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
This is a seminar,
not a class. Students should be prepared to participate
equally with the professor, to make introductory
presentations and to organize the material on their own.
Unless preregistered students attend the first class
meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to
the first class, they will be dropped from the class list.
NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form
to the Registrar's Office.
COURSE FORMAT: Seminar
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA PHIL
Prerequisites:
None
Last Updated on MAR-22-1999
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