Course

Aristotle’s Metaphysics

Description

Aristotle’s Metaphysics, while one of the most celebrated and commented upon of all philosophical works, remains mostly unread and problematic for moderns. Central to Later Greek and Medieval philosophers and theologians (notably Plotinus and Aquinas), the work, if considered at all, tends to be thought incidental to modern thinking. Members of this seminar can reasonably be expected to work at analyzing and synthesizing this text (or at least parts of it) as an ancient might do, while trying to understand how ancient metaphysics might provide some needful ballast to our modern voyage. Presentation of background material, dialectical discussion and considerations of important commentators should occur when feasible.

Note: This course is bilingual, however, the language of instruction will be English.

Credits

3

Language

both

Faculty

Philosophy

Professor

James Lowry

Course code

DPHI/DPHY 5600-6600

Room number

TBD

Academic year

2022-2023

Semester

Winter

Level

Academics

Time

Thursday, 1:30 - 4:20 p.m.