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PHI/CLS 231: HISTORY OF ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY
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W. J. Cummins
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Texts:
- Waterfield, Robin, ed. The First Philosophers. New York:
Oxford University Press, 2000.
- Allen, Reginald E., ed. Greek Philosophy: Thales to Aristotle.
3rd ed. New York: Free Press, 1985.
- Xenophon. Conversations of Socrates. Trans. Hugh Tredennick
and Robin Waterfield. London: Penguin Books, 1990.
- Saunders, Jason L., ed. Greek and Roman Philosophy afterAristotle.
New York: Free Press, 1966.
- Lucretius. On the Nature of the Universe. Trans. Ronald Latham.
London: Penguin Books, 1951.
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Th 8/29
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Introduction
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Historical and cultural setting
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Archaeology of ideas
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Tu 9/3
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Nature of the evidence: handout and pp. xli-xlvi (in Waterfield)
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Map of birthplaces of philosophers (handout)
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Thales, pp. 11-13
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Anaximander, pp. 13-17
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Anaximenes, pp. 17-20
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Th 9/5
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Solon's poem addressed to the Muses (handout)
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Xenophanes, pp. 26-30 and handout
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Pythagoras and Pythagoreans, pp. 95-114
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Pythagorean system of planets (handout)
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Cicero on Pythagoras and Leon (handout)
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Tu 9/10
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Heraclitus, pp. 37-46
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Th 9/12
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Parmenides, pp. 56-66
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Zeno, pp. 74-80
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Melissus, pp. 84-86
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Tu 9/17
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Empedocles, pp. 140-62
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Anaxagoras, pp. 122-30
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Diogenes of Apollonia, pp. 196-202
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Archelaus (handout)
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Th 9/19
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Leucippus and Democritus, pp. 171-92
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Medical texts
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Alcmaeon (handout)
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Hippocratic texts (handout)
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Tu 9/24
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Sophists:
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Protagoras, pp. 211-20
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Gorgias, pp. 225-40
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Prodicus, pp. 243-50
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Hippias, pp. 252-57
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Critias, pp. 305-06
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Diodorus of Sicily, pp. 313-14
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Th 9/26
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Sophists:
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Antiphon, pp. 261-68
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Thrasymachus, pp. 271-76
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Ring of Gyges, from Plato's Republic (handout)
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Callicles, pp. 303-05
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Anonymous Iamblichi, pp. 306-11
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Pseudo-Demosthenes, pp. 311-12
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Euthydemus and Dionysodorus, pp. 278-84
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Double Arguments, pp. 287-98
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Tu 10/1
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Socrates:
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Xenophon's Memorabilia 1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 4.3. 4.7-8 (pp. 68-85,
89-93, 190-95, 211-16 in Penguin)
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Xenophon's Apology (pp. 41-49 in Penguin)
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Plato:
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Euthyphro (pp. 57-73 in Allen)
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Th 10/3
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Plato:
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Meno(pp. 110-41 in Allen)
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Tu 10/8
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Plato:
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Phaedo 57-76, 91-107 (pp. 155-93 in Allen)
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Phaedo 107a-115a (handout)
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Phaedo 115-118 (pp. 193-96 in Allen)
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Th 10/10
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Xenophon:
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Memorabilia 1.5, 4.5 (pp. 93-95, 202-05 in Penguin)
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Plato:
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Republic (in part), pp. 197-245 in Allen
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Diagram of Plato's divided line (handout)
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Drawing of Plato's cave (handout)
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Plato:
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Republic 10: myth of Er (handout)
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Tu 10/15
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Eros:
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Handout on symposium and on homo-eroticism
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Xenophon:
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Memorabilia 1.3.5-15 (pp. 87-89 in Penguin)
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Xenophon:
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Symposium 1, 5, 8 (pp. 227-28, 252-54, 257-65 in Penguin)
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Plato:
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Phaedrus (in part), pp. 246-56 in Allen
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Plato:
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Symposium (in part), pp. 142-54
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Th 10/17
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Plato:
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Parmenides (in part), pp. 257-69
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Plato:
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Timaeus (in part), pp. 270-81
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Tu 10/29
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Mid-term examination
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Th 10/31
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Aristotle:
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Metaphysics I, pp. 307-11 in Allen
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Physics II, pp. 413-21, 427-32
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Tu 11/5
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Aristotle:
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Metaphysics I, pp. 311-320
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Metaphysics IV, pp. 323-40
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Th 11/7
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Aristotle:
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Metaphysics VII, pp. 345-46
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Categories, pp. 285-91
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Metaphysics IX, pp. 357-69
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Tu 11/12
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Aristotle:
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Metaphysics XII, pp. 369-83
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On the Soul III, pp. 292-306
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Th 11/14
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Aristotle:
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Nicomachean Ethics I, pp. 384-96
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Herodotus on Solon and Croesus (handout)
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Handout on status-symbols
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Tu 11/19
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Aristotle:
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Nicomachean Ethics II, pp. 396-408
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Politics I: 409-12
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Aristotelian fragment from the Bodleian (handout)
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Th 11/21
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Cynics, Cyrenaics
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Dio of Prusa on Diogenes (handout)
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Diogenes Laertius on Hipparchia (handout)
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Passage from Isocrates' Helen (handout)
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Stoics, pp. 101-110, 133-48 (in Saunders)
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Cleanthes’ Hymn to Zeus (handout)
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Tu 11/26
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Epicurus, pp. 47-57 (in Saunders)
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Lucretius, 1.1 - 2.293, 2.582-1174 (in Penguin Lucretius)
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(N.b.: these are line-numbers, not page-numbers.)
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Tu 12/3
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Lucretius, 3.1-230, 417-1094; 4.1-175, 1037-1287; 5.1-234, 772-837,
925-1240, 1448-57; 6.1-95 (in Penguin)
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Th 12/5
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Sceptics, pp. 152-82
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Tu 12/10
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Philo, pp. 199-227
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Plotinus, pp. 249-75, 230-39
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Th 12/12
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Early Christian writers, pp. 290-96, 305-11, (311-27 optional),
343-57
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Minucius Felix, pp. 297-304
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Lucian, pp. 183-97
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We 12/18
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Essay examination, 2:00–4:00 P.M.
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Grading:
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Preparation for class
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20%
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Three short papers
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5% each
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One longer paper
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25%
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Two examinations, written essay or viva voce
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20% each
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Preparation for class. Students will be expected to have a thorough
knowledge of the assigned texts for each class and to have made notes
from which they can speak to the assigned topics or questions for the
day. In addition, students will be expected to review and retain the
substance of previous classes. With or without warning, the instructor
will call upon students for their analysis, interpretation, comparison,
and criticism of ancient texts. For most classes a few students will
be assigned to prepare brief oral presentations. Unexcused absence from
class and late arrival to class will be penalized.
Foreign-language option in Greek, Latin, or both, as “plus 2.”
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