Ancient Philosophy: Course Schedule

  • Please adhere to this reading schedule.  In planning your reading, please note that some assignments are longer than others.  
    • 21 September: Introduction, The First Philosophers
    • 26 September:  Xenophanes, Heracleitus
    • 28 September: Paremenides
    • 3 October : Democritus, Protagoras
    • 5 October: Socrates, Apology
    • 10 October: Socrates, Crito
    • 12 October: Socrates, Euthyphro
    • 17 October:  Socrates/Plato, Meno
    • 19 October: Plato, Meno 
    • 24 October: Plato, Phaedo
    • 26 October: Preliminary Examination 
    • 31 October: Plato, Republic i-ii
    • 2 November:Plato, Republic iii-iv 
    • 7 November: Plato, Republic v-vii 
    • 9 November: Plato, Parmenides 130e-134e
    • 14 November: Aristotle, Categories 
    • 16 November: Aristotle, Physics i 5-9, ii 
    • 21 November: Aristotle, De Anima ii 1-6, 11-12; iii 3-5
    • 28 November: Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics i; ii 1-6;  x 7-9 
    • 30 November: Final Examination 
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