Ancient Philosophy

Introductions

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Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (Handout)

Hesiod, Theogony (Handout)

Irwin, "Homer" from Classical Thought (CT), pp. 6-19

Adkins, "Plato" from Ethics in the History of Western Philosophy, pp. 5-11 (Handout)

Thales, Anaximander, and Anaximenes, Fragments from Baird and Kaufmann, Ancient Philosophy (AP), pp. 6-10

Thales, Anaximander, and Anaximenes, Additional Fragments (Handout)

Irwin, "The Naturalist Outlook", "Nature as Matter", and "Conceptions of Nature" from (CT), pp. 20-23

Pythagoras and Xenophanes, Fragments from (AP), pp. 11-15

Pythagoras and Xenophanes, Additional Fragments (Handout)

Heraclitus, Fragments from (AP), pp. 15-18

Heraclitus, Additional Fragments (Handout)

Irwin, "Change and Stability", "Nature and History", "Nature and Medicine", "The Problems of Method", "General Laws", "Reason and Argument", "Ethics", and "The Gods" from (CT), pp. 23-42

No Class!

Parmenides, Zeno of Elea, and Melissus, Fragments (AP), pp. 19-30

Parmenides and Zeno of Elea, Additional Fragments (Handout)

Irwin, "Parmenides on Speaking and Thinking", "Parmenides Against Change", "Zeno Against Plurality", and "Parmenides and Zeno: Sense and Reason" from Classical Philosophy (Handout)

Reread the Eleatics

Empedocles, Anaxagoras, Leucippus, and Democritus, Fragments from (AP), pp. 31-42

Empedocles, Anaxagoras, and Leucippus, Additional Fragments (Handout)

Irwin, "Tendencies", "Appearance and Nature", "Nature and Purpose", "Nature and Cosmic Justice" from (CT), pp. 43, 47-52

Protagoras, Gorgias, and Critias, Fragments (AP), pp. 43-48

Thucydides, excerpts from The History of the Peloponnesian War (Handout)

Irwin, "Tragedy and Naturalism", "Beyond Naturalism", "Naturalism and Human Nature", "Questions About Naturalist History", "Some Effects of Naturalism", "Radical Doubt", "Convention, Truth, and Reality", "Scepticism, Conventionalism, and Morality", "Political Tensions", "The Growth of Political Debate", "Practical Results", and "Unsettled Questions" from (CT), pp. 44-47, 53-67

Plato, Euthyphro from (AP), pp. 76-88

Irwin, "Morality and Religion" and "The Unity of Morality" from (CT), pp. 75-79

Plato, Apology from (AP), pp. 88-105

Irwin, "Socrates' Trial", "Socrates' Defense", and "Socratic Arguments" from (CT), pp. 68-75

Plato, Crito from (AP), pp. 105-113

Irwin, "The Problem of Justice" and "Intelligible Misunderstandings of Socrates" from (CT), pp. 79-84

First Paper Handed Out

Plato, Meno from (AP), pp. 157-171 (70-86c)

Irwin, "Socrates and Plato", "The Theory of Socratic Argument", "Inquiry and Recollection", and "Knowledge and Belief" from (CT), pp. 85-89

Plato, Phaedo from (AP), pp. 114-129 (57-78a)

Irwin, "The Theory of Socratic Definition", "The Senses", "Questions About the Forms", "Soul and Body", and "The Soul and the Self" from (CT), pp. 90-94, 98-101

Plato, Phaedo from (AP), pp. 138-150, 154-156 (91c-107c, 115b-118)

First Paper Due

Plato, Republic, Book III-IV, pp. 88-93, 102-121 (412b-417, 427d-445)

Irwin, "The Problem of Justice", "Reason and Desire", "The Defense of Justice", and "Virtue and Philosophy" from (CT), pp. 101-106

Plato, Republic, Book V-VIII, pp.148-156, 180-193 (473c-480, 506d-521b)

Irwin, "The Theory of Socratic Knowledge", "Knowledge, Morals, and Politics", "Knowledge and Freedom", "The Cosmos", and "Misunderstandings of Plato" from (CT), pp. 94-97, 106-117

Aristotle, Categories, from (AP), pp. 315-320

Second Paper Handed Out

Aristotle, Physics, Book I, Chapters 1, 5-9, translated by Hardie and Gaye, pp. 315, 321-338 (Handout)

Irwin, "Aristotle and His Predecessors", "Observation and Experience", "Philosophical Argument", "Nature and Change", and "Form and Matter", from (CT), pp. 118-126

Aristotle, Physics, Book II, Chapters 1-3, 7-9, from (AP), pp. 329-33, 336-340

Irwin, "Causes" and "Nature and Form" from (CT), pp. 126-130

Aristotle, On the Soul, Excerpts from Books II and III, from (AP), pp. 365-371

Irwin, "Soul and Body" and "Dualism and Materialism" from (CT), pp. 130-132

Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book I and excerpts from Book X, from (AP), pp. 371-385, 436-441

Irwin, "The Human Good" and "Ethics and Self-Sufficiency" from (CT), pp. 133-136, 140-142

Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book II, and excerpts from Books III and IV, from (AP), pp. 385-405

Irwin, "Happiness and Virtue", "Virtue and the Good of Others", and "Ethics and Society" from (CT), pp. 136-140

Second Paper Due

Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book VI, from (AP), pp. 406-418

Irwin, "The Significance of Aristotle" from (CT), pp. 142-144