- Teaching and learning on the MSt in Ancient Philosophy consists of individual supervisions with members of the faculty during term-time, classes, lectures, and ongoing independent research.
- You must choose two subject options, offer a thesis of 10,000-15,000 words, and show that you have attained a satisfactory standard in Ancient Greek.
- Plato: Republic, in Greek
- Plato: Theatetus and Sophist, in Greek
- Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics, in Greek
- Aristotle: Physics, in Greek
- Sextus Empiricus: Outlines of Pyrrhonism, in Greek
- Latin philosophy, in Latin
The first subject option must be chosen from the following list of undergraduate papers in ancient philosophy offered in the original language:
The second subject option consists of two classes, which change every year, and you must attend both classes. Assessment is by two 5,000-word essays in topics linked to the area covered in the two classes. You may choose to write both essays on topics linked to one class or to write one essay on a topic linked to the first class and the other essay on a topic linked to the second.
