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Special Topics: Stoic Philosophy in Ancient Rome
Theology & Religious Studies Program
Rome, Italy
Dates: 1/9/18 - 4/28/18
Special Topics: Stoic Philosophy in Ancient Rome
OVERVIEW
CEA CAPA Partner Institution: CEA CAPA Rome Center
Location: Rome, Italy
Primary Subject Area: Philosophy
Instruction in: English
Course Code: PHL330FCO
Transcript Source: University of New Haven
Course Details: Level 300
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 45
Prerequisites: None
Fee Description:A course fee will be applied starting in spring 2018.
Additional Fee: $50.00
Additional Fee Description:This course requires payment of an additional fee to cover active learning components that are above and beyond typical course costs, such as site visits, entrance fees and other expenses.
DESCRIPTION
For more than three hundred years, Stoicism was the dominant philosophy of Rome. From the Republic to St. Paul, Stoic philosophy was more than just an abstract set of doctrines, but a living mode of thought that changed dynamically in response to the changing social and political environment. Cicero's exhortations in the Senate, Seneca's tutoring of Nero, Marcus Aurelius' Emperorship, the slave Publius Syrus's life in bondage, and early Christianity's incorporation of Stoic morality- nearly all aspects of Ancient Roman society were deeply imbued with Stoic teaching. Accordingly, one can neither understand Ancient Rome without Stoicism nor Stoicism without Ancient Rome.
In this course, we will closely investigate the major texts of Roman Stoicism alongside the relevant socio-political developments with the city of Rome as our backdrop. Each week?s lesson will combine the philosophical doctrines of the most important Stoics and the contemporary socio-political context of Rome.
In this course, we will closely investigate the major texts of Roman Stoicism alongside the relevant socio-political developments with the city of Rome as our backdrop. Each week?s lesson will combine the philosophical doctrines of the most important Stoics and the contemporary socio-political context of Rome.