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Study philosophy: ancient, medieval, modern
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Module 6
Hellenistic Philosophy: Epicureans, Stoics, and Skeptics
1
Epicurean Atomism and Ethics
Explain Epicurean atomism and its ethical implications.
2
Epicurus on Death: "Nothing to Us"
Analyze the Epicurean argument that death is nothing to us from Epicurus' 'Letter to Menoeceus'.
3
The Dichotomy of Control
Distinguish between what is 'up to us' and what is not in Stoic ethics.
4
Epictetus on Living in Accord with Nature
Reconstruct the Stoic account of living according to nature using texts from Epictetus' 'Discourses'.
5
Pyrrhonian Skepticism: Equipollence and Suspension of Judgment
Analyze the Pyrrhonian skeptic's method of equipollence and suspension of judgment from Sextus Empiricus' 'Outlines of Pyrrhonism'.
6
Ancient Paths to Tranquility: Stoics, Epicureans, and Skeptics
Compare Stoic, Epicurean, and Skeptic accounts of achieving tranquility (ataraxia).
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