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 19th, 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.