Course syllabus, part 2 of 2
DETAILED COURSE SYLLABUS
AGP: Readings in Ancient Greek Philosophy, 4th ed
SEP: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, online at
Podcasts: https://historyofphilosophy.net
#1: 11Dec18 Presocratics 1: Thales to Heraclitus
AGP4, 1-40; SEP, P. Curd, “Presocratic Philosophy”
Podcasts at http://www.historyofphilosophy.net/classical
particularly ## 1, 5, 6
Presocratics 2: Parmenides; Anaxagoras & Empodocles; Zeno.
AGP4, 40-80 & SEP, J. Palmer, “Parmenides”
Recommended: SEP, P. Curd, “Anaxagoras”; R. Parry, “Empedocles”;
Palmer, “Zeno”
Podcasts at http://www.historyofphilosophy.net/classical
particularly ## 7, 8, 10
#2: 18Dec18 3 pm Presocratics 3: Leucippus & Democritus; Diogenes; Melissus;
Sophists Protagoras & Gorgias.
AGP4, 80-112; SEP, S. Berryman, “Ancient Atomism”.
Recommended: SEP, S. Berryman, “Leucippus” & “Democritus”
Podcasts at http://www.historyofphilosophy.net/classical
particularly ## 9, 11, 12, 14
Plato & Socrates; reading Platonic dialogues; Platonic arguments.
AGP3, 89-96 / AGP4 127-134; “Euthyphro” AGP3, 97-114 / AGP4,
135-152;
SEP: D. Nails, “Socrates” and R. Kraut, “Plato”.
Recommended: AGP, 115-40, “Apology”; 141-53, “Crito”; SEP, P. Woodruff, “Plato’s Shorter Ethical Works”.
Podcasts at http://www.historyofphilosophy.net/classical particularly
## 15, 16, 17, 18.
#3: 26Dec18 ONLINE MEETING
Platonic dialectical elenchus in action: “Gorgias” (selection) & “Meno”
(complete). AGP3, 181-202 / AGP4, 219-240 & AGP3 203-228 / AGP4,
242-266; & SEP, R. Barney, “Callicles and Thrasymachus.”
HINTS ON REREADING THE MENO.
Recommended: Read the entire dialogue “Gorgias”; SEP, D. Frede,
“Plato’s Ethics: An Overview”.
Podcasts at http://www.historyofphilosophy.net/classical
particularly ## 19, 20 at http://www.historyofphilosophy.net/classical
#4: 1Jan19 NO MEETING
Reading Plato’s dialogues and arguments. Read “Phaedo,” AGP3,
229-81 / AGP4, 267-319; & SEP, A. Silverman, “Plato’s
Middle Period Metaphysics and Epistemology”
Podcasts at http://www.historyofphilosophy.net/classical particularly
# 23.
Recommended: SEP, H. Lorenz, “Ancient Theories of the Soul;”
Podcasts at http://www.historyofphilosophy.net/classical
particularly # 24.
#5 8Jan19 NO MEETING
Justice in the soul. Plato’s “Republic” books 2-4
AGP, 360-444; SEP, E. Brown, “Plato’s Ethics and Politics in The
Republic”
Recommended: SEP, R. Barney, “Callicles and Thrasymachus” &
SEP Brown,
“Plato’s Ethics and Politics in The Republic”
Podcasts at http://www.historyofphilosophy.net/classical
particularly # 25
Platonic metaphysics and epistemology. Plato’s “Republic” books 5-6
AGP, 445-503; & SEP Silverman, “Plato’s Middle Period Metaphysics and Epistemology”
Podcasts at http://www.historyofphilosophy.net/classical
particularly # 26.
Recommended: Political society. Plato’s “Republic” books 7-8
AGP, 504-55 ; SEP, C. Griswald, “Plato on Rhetoric and Poetry”
#6: 15Jan19: 3:30-4:30 Concluding the argument for justice.
Plato’s “Republic” books 9-10
AGP, 556-603; SEP C. Partenie, “Plato’s Myths”; SEP Kraut,“Plato”.
Recommended: SEP, N. Pappas, “Plato’s Aesthetics”.
Podcasts at http://www.historyofphilosophy.net/classical
particularly # 33
Allan Silverman, SEP “Plato’s Middle
Period Metaphysics and Epistemology”
#7: 22Jan19 3:30-4:30 Plato in critique of the theory of forms.
Plato’s “Parmenides” (selection)
AGP, 614-44; SEP, S. Rickless, “Plato’s Parmenides”.
Podcasts at http://www.historyofphilosophy.net/classical
particularly # 27
“Timaeus” (selection)
AGP, 614-44; SEP, D. Zeyl, “Plato’s Timaeus”.
Podcasts at http://www.historyofphilosophy.net/classical
particularly # 30
#8: 22Jan19 3:30-4:30 Later Platonic dialogues; the Seventh Letter
(1) Theaetetus http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/theatu.html
Sophie Grace Chappell, SEP: “Plato on Knowledge in the Theaetetus”
(2) http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/seventh_letter.html
Recommended:
Mary Louis Gill, SEP: “Method and Metaphysics in Plato’s
Sophist and Statesman”
Plato, The Sophist: http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/sophist.html
Plato, Statesman: http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/stateman.html
#9: 29Jan19 3:30-4:30 Introduction to Aristotle; Language and metaphysics.
Aristotle’s Categories, ch. 1-5.
AGP3 645-55 & 656-62; AGP4 683-693 & 694-700;
SEP, C. Shields, “Aristotle”; SEP, P. Studtmann, “Aristotle’s
Categories”
Recommended: browse SEP
Podcasts at http://www.historyofphilosophy.net/classical particularly
## 34&35
Dialectic, logic and science.
Posterior Analytics, 1.1-4 & 2.19
AGP3, 671-75; 676-83; 690-93; AGP4, 709-713; 714-721; 728-731.
Recommended: SEP, R. Smith, “Aristotle’s Logic”; C. Rapp, “Aristotle’s
Rhetoric”. Recommended: browse SEP
Podcasts at http://www.historyofphilosophy.net/classical
particularly # 37
#10: 5Feb19 3:30-4:30 Principles of natural science. Aristotle’s Physics, 2.1-9
AGP3, 702-19; AGP4, 740-757;
SEP, I. Bodnar, “Aristotle’s Natural Philosophy”;
SEP, A. Falcon, “Aristotle on Causality”
Recommended: browse SEP
Podcasts at http://www.historyofphilosophy.net/classical
particularly # 39, 40
Aristotle, Physic, 3.1-3; 8.6; Parts of Animals, 1.1 & 1.5.
AGP3, 702-26, 749-57; AGP4, 758-763; 787-795;
SEP, J. Lennox, “Aristotle’s Biology”
Recommended: browse SEP
Podcasts at http://www.historyofphilosophy.net/classical
particularly # 41,43
#11: 12Feb19 3:30-4:30 Aristotle on psychology. Aristotle’s De Anima
AGP3, 809-25; AGP4: 847-863; SEP, C. Shields,
“Aristotle’s Psychology”.
Recommended:
Podcasts at http://www.historyofphilosophy.net/classical
particularly # 36, 42
Imagination and intellect. Aristotle’s De Anima 3.3-5
AGP, 825-29
Recommended: Aristotle’s De Anima 3.6-11.
Podcasts at http://www.historyofphilosophy.net/classical
particularly # 47
#12 19Feb19 3:30-5 and #13 26Feb19 3:30-5
The science of wisdom. Metaphysics selections from 1.1-9.
AGP, 758-71; SEP, S. M. Cohen, “Aristotle’s Metaphysics”.
The nature of this science and its subject matter. Metaphysics selections from books 4, 6, 7. More precisely, we will focus on 4.1-4; 6.1; and 7.1-4, 7.13, 7.17.
SEP, S. M. Cohen, “Aristotle’s Metaphysics”.
Podcasts at http://www.historyofphilosophy.net/classical
particularly # 38
The science of being and the eternal divine movers.
Metaphysics, continued discussion of 7; also 12.6-9.
AGP, 800-08; SEP, S. M. Cohen, “Aristotle’s Metaphysics”.
Podcasts at http://www.historyofphilosophy.net/classical
particularly # 47
#13: 5Mar19 3:30-5 Nicomachean Ethics : Bk 1.1&1.13; Bks 2-3; Bk 5.1-2
as available in AGP.
SEP, R. Kraut, “Aristotle’s Ethics”
Recommended:
Podcasts at http://www.historyofphilosophy.net/classical
particularly # 44
Nicomachean Ethics : Bk 6.1-2; Bk 7.1-3; Bk 10.6-9 as available in AGP.
Recommended: SEP, F. Miller, “Aristotle’s Political Theory”
Podcasts at http://www.historyofphilosophy.net/classical
particularly # 45, 46
Recommended additional reading:
“Stoicism” by Dirk Baltzly at
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/stoicism/
Alexander of Aphrodisias on abstraction, God & providence; Neoplatonism;
Recommended: SEP, D. Frede, “Alexander of Aphrodisias”; L. Gerson,
“Plotinus”; E. Emilsson, “Porphyry”; Helmig & Steel, “Proclus”.
Podcasts at http://www.historyofphilosophy.net/classical
particularly # 88, 89, 91, 92, 94
