Readings

Thursday, September 24: : (no reading, ﬁrst class).
Tuesday, September 29: : Diogenes Laertius, “Prologue,” “Thales,” and “Anaxagoras,”reading (PDF) from Lives of Eminent Philosophers.
Thursday, October 1: : Plato, Ion.
Tuesday, October 6: : Plato, Euthyphro (from Four Texts on Socrates: note that this is different from the Euthydemus, which we’ll be reading later). Short assignment 1 due.
Thursday, October 8: : Aristophanes, Clouds (from Four Texts on Socrates), lines 1–813. Short assignment 2 due.
Tuesday, October 13: : Aristophanes, Clouds, lines 814–end. Short assignment 3 due.
Thursday, October 15: : Plato, Apology (from Four Texts on Socrates), 17a–24b. Short assignment 4 due.
Tuesday, October 20: : Plato, Apology, 24b–35d.
Thursday, October 22: : Plato, Apology, 35d–end. Short assignment 5 due.
Tuesday, October 27: : Plato, Meno, 70a–80b. Short assignment 6 due.
Thursday, October 29: : Plato, Meno, 80b–89c. Short assignment 7 due.
Tuesday, November 3: : Plato, Meno, 89c–96d. Short assignment 8 due.
Thursday, November 5: : Plato, Meno, 96d–end; Gorgias, 515a–522c.
Tuesday, November 10: : Plato, Euthydemus, 271a–282e. Short assignment 9 due.
Thursday, November 12: : Plato, Euthydemus, 283a–293a, through the end of Socrates’ ﬁrst speech (“…the rest of our lives beautifully”).
Tuesday, November 17: : Plato, Euthydemus, 293a–end. Short assignment 10 due.
Thursday, November 19: : Plato, Charmides, 163e–175d.
Tuesday, November 24: : Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, 1.1–4, 1.7, 1.13, 2.6–7; Politics, 1.1 and 1.13. Short assignment 11 due.
Thursday, November 26: : Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1.5, 1.8, 4.5, 4.7; 10.6–8.
Tuesday, December 1: : Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 6.3–7, 6.12–13; Metaphysics, 1.1–2, 4.1–2.
Thursday, December 3: : Diogenes Laertius, “Diogenes,” from Lives of Eminent Philosophers.
Wednesday, December 9: : ﬁnal assignment due.