Readings

Required Readings

Cohen, S. Marc, Patricia Curd, and C. D. C. Reeve., eds. Readings in Ancient Greek Philosophy from Thales to Aristotle. Indianapolis, IN: Hackett, 1995. ISBN: 0872203131. [RAGP]

Carus, Titus Lucretius. On the Nature of the Universe. Translated by Ronald Latham. New York, NY: Penguin Books, 1951. [ONU]

Recommended Readings

Shields, Christopher., ed. The Blackwell Guide to Ancient Philosophy. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing, 2003. ISBN: 0631222146.

The Lucretius is available on the web. If you'd prefer to have a hard copy, you may order them yourself on the web or by contacting the instructor. Additional texts will be handed out in class or available on the server, as needed. The course will be focused on primary sources. Secondary sources will be assigned in class when appropriate.

In many cases, complete versions of the texts can be found through Project Gutenberg, although these translations may differ from those used in the course.

Readings Table
LEC #	TOPICS	READINGS
1	Introduction
2	Socrates and the Sophists	Introduction to RAGP Apology
3	Socrates and the Law	Crito
4	Socratic Method	Euthyphro
5	Knowledge and Learning	Meno
6	Prudential Paradox	Meno
7	Immortality and the Soul	Phaedo
8	Introduction of the Forms	Phaedo Symposium (201d-212c)
9	Why Be Moral?	Republic I-IV, especially II, III: 412c-417b
10	Justice in the City	Republic IV: 427d-445e
11	Justice in the Soul	Republic V-VII, especially V: 449a-468, 471c-480a
12	Theory of Forms	Republic VI: 502d-511 Republic VII: 514a-525
13	Happiness, Liberty, and Social Engineering	Republic X
14	Aristotle on Plato	RAGP, pp. 473-482 Categories 1-5
15	Matter and Form	Physics I: 7-9, II Parts of Animals I: 1, 5
16	Essence, God	Metaphysics VII: 1-4; VIII: 1-2; XII: 6-9
17	On the Soul	De Anima II: 1-3
18	Perception, Understanding	De Anima II: 5, 12; III: 4-5 Posterior Analytics I-III
19	Happiness	Nichomachean Ethics I-II
20	Virtue	Nichomachean Ethics III
21	Weakness of Will	Nichomachean Ethics VII
22	Friendship	Nichomachean Ethics VIII
23	Contemplation	Nichomachean Ethics X
24	Epicurean Atomism	Selections from Epicurus TBA Lucretius, ONU, Chapter 1-2
25	Epicurean Morality	Selections from Epicurus TBA Lucretius, ONU, Chapter 3 (pp. 96-121)
26	Death	Lucretius, ONU, Chapter 3 (pp. 121-29)

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