PHIL 301 ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY FALL 2012

Revised due to hurricane!!!

Professor Katherin A. Rogers, krogers@udel.edu, 831-8480

Office Hours 3-4:30 TR in 204, 24 Kent Way

Text: Introductory Readings in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy, edited by Reeve and Miller

Requirements: Four tests consisting of answering five out of six short essay questions, each worth roughly 1/6 of grade; daily quizzes on readings assigned for that day, together worth 1/6 of grade (five quizzes can be skipped or missed without penalty – score will be computed from remaining quizzes); four 2-page opinion/argument papers, together worth 1/6 of grade. I will give some extra credit for constructive participation in class.

August

29 Introduction

I. THE PRE-SOCRATICS

31 General Introduction, ix-xviii; The Milesians, and the Pythagoreans 1-7

September

5 Heraclitus and Parmenides 9-15

7 Parmenides continued and his followers 15-18

10 Empedocles 19-23

12 Anaxagoras 23-25

14 The Atomists 26-30

17 The Sophists (Protagoras and Gorgias) 30-35

19 More Sophists (you can skip Dissoi Logoi) 38-43

21 Test #1

(I will hand out questions for the two-page paper with the Test. The paper will be due in class on Sept. 26. Feel free to turn it in on paper or electronically before that. Failure to hand in a paper on or before class time 9/26 will result in a 0 for that paper, unless you have received an extension from me.)

II. Plato

24 Introduction and Euthyphro 44-57

26 Apology 57-73

28 Crito 73-80

October

1 Phaedo 107-123 (Read to the first paragraph in column two on 123, the one beginning “When we heard what they said we were all depressed,…”)

3 Phaedo 123-138.

5 Republic 1-2, 147-162

8 Republic 3-4,162-178

10 Republic 5-6, 178-201

12 Republic 7-8, 201-219, plus Handout for the rest of Book 8.

15 Republic 9-10, 219-232

17 Parmenides 233-238

19 Test #2

(I will hand out questions for the two-page paper with the Test. The paper will be due in class on October 24. Feel free to turn it in on paper or electronically before that. Failure to hand in a paper on or before class time 10/24 will result in a 0 for that paper, unless you have received an extension from me.)

III. Aristotle

22 Introduction and Posterior Analytics 245-249, 260-265

24 Physics 266-276 (skip sections 4-6 on Luck and Chance)

26 De Anima 276-286

Note that hurricane revisions start here

November

5 Metaphysics 1-3, 286-294

7 Metaphysics 4-12, 294-302 (We’re skipping section 8.)

9 Nicomachean Ethics 1-2, 304-316

12 Nicomachean Ethics 3 and 7, 317-323, 330-333

14 Nicomachean Ethics 10, 333-339

16 Test #3

(I will hand out questions for the two-page paper with the Test. The paper will be due in class on November 26. Feel free to turn it in on paper or electronically before that – like on the 19^th, and then you won’t have to worry about it over Thanksgiving! Failure to hand in a paper on or before class time 11/26 will result in a 0 for that paper, unless you have received an extension from me.)

IV. Aristotle’s Politics and After Aristotle

19 Politics 1-2, 339-341, plus Handout of Book 2

THANKSGIVING BREAK!

26 Politics 4, 344-346

28 Epicurus 352-365

30 Epictetus 413-422

December

3 Sextus Empiricus 433-442

5 Plotinus 443-454

Note that we have class on 12/6, which is a Thursday, as a makeup day.

6 Plotinus continued.

(I will hand out questions for the two-page paper the last day of class. The paper will be due in my mailbox or e-mail by 2:00 PM on December 10. Feel free to turn it in on paper or electronically before that. Failure to hand in a paper on or before 2:00 PM on 12/10 will result in a 0 for that paper, unless you have received an extension from me.)

Test #4 will be during the finals period. It will NOT be a final. It will cover only Section IV, and you will have only the usual 50 minutes.