September 8: Introduction
Unit 1: Early Greek Philosophy
September 9: More Introduction; Thales (Barnes, chs. 1 and 2); Aristotle, Metaphysics I 1-3 (in Aristotle: Introductory Readings) and Metaphysics III 4, 1000a4-22 (handout)
September 14: Thales, Anaximander (Barnes, chs. 2 and 3)
September 16: Anaximenes (Barnes, ch. 4)
September 18: Heraclitus (Barnes, ch. 8)
September 21: Same as September 18
September 23: Parmenides (Barnes, ch. 9)
September 25: Same as September 23
September 28: Leucippus and Democritus (Barnes, chs. 20 and 21)
September 30: Same as September 28
October 2: Protagoras (handout); Plato, Theaetetus 166d-172b, 177c-179d (handout)
October 5: Same as October 2
Unit 2: Socrates
October 7: Plato, Apology and Euthyphro
October 9: Same as October 7.
Fall Break
October 14: Plato, Crito
October 15: Paper Due
October 16: Plato, Protagoras
October 19: Same as October 16
October 21: Same as October 16
Unit 3: Plato
October 23: Plato, Meno
October 26: Same as October 23
October 28: Plato, Phaedo
October 30: Same as October 28
November 2: Plato, Republic I
November 4: Plato, Republic II and III
November 6: Plato, Republic IV
November 9: Same as November 6
November 11: Plato, Republic V
November 13: Plato, Republic VI and VII
November 16: Plato, Republic VIII and IX
November 17: Paper Due
November 18: Same as November 16
Unit 4: Aristotle
November 20: Aristotle Physics II 1-7
Thanksgiving Break
November 30: Aristotle, Physics II 8-9
December 2: Aristotle, On the Soul (entire selection)
December 4: Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics I 1-10, 13
December 7: Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics X 6-9
December 9: Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics II 1-7
December 11: Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics III 1-5
December 14: Conclusion
December 22: Paper due