Mon., Sep. 27: (no reading, first class).
Wed., Sep. 29: Homer, Iliad 1-4; Bible, Numbers 1-7.
Mon., Oct. 4: Iliad 5-6; 8-10;
14.153-360; 15.1-280.
Wed., Oct. 6: Iliad 16.1-256, .783-867; 18.354-473; 19; 22; 23.1-270; 24.
Mon., Oct. 11: Plato, Euthyphro.
Wed., Oct. 13: Plato, Apology 17a-35d.
Mon., Oct. 18: Apology 35d-end (and first paper
due).
Wed., Oct. 20: Aristophanes, Clouds, lines 1-1130.
(One or two evenings this and/or the following week: showing of South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut.)
Mon., Oct. 25: Clouds, lines 1131-end.
Wed., Oct. 27: stories about Diogenes the Cynic (from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Philosophers).
Mon., Nov. 1: Xenophon, Memorabilia,
1.1.1-10;
1.2.1-18;
3.3;
4.4;
4.8.
Wed., Nov. 3: Plato, Meno 70a-80b (to end of Meno's speech).
Mon., Nov. 8: Meno 80b-89c (to end of Meno's
speech) (and second paper
due).
Wed., Nov. 10: Meno 89c-96d (to end of Meno's speech).
Mon., Nov. 15: Meno, 96d-end; Gorgias
(515a-522e).
Wed., Nov. 17: Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1.
Mon., Nov. 22: Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 2, 4.7, 5.3;
Plato, Republic (brief selection); Aristotle, Politics
1.1, 1.13.
Wed., Nov. 24 (day before Thanksgiving): no class, but please read: Plato, Euthydemus (selections); Aristotle, Metaphysics 1.1-2.
Mon., Nov. 29: Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 6.
Wed., Dec. 1: Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 10.6-9.
Wed., Dec. 8: third (final) paper
due.