Calendar

LEC # TOPICS KEY DATES
1 Introduction
2 Socrates and the Sophists
3 Socrates and the Law
4 Socratic Method
5 Knowledge and Learning
6 Prudential Paradox
7 Immortality and the Soul
8 Introduction of the Forms
9 Why Be Moral?
10 Justice in the City First paper due 2 days later
11 Justice in the Soul
12 Theory of Forms
13 Happiness, Liberty, and Social Engineering
14 Aristotle on Plato
15 Matter and Form
16 Essence, God
17 On the Soul
18 Perception, Understanding Second paper due 2 days later
19 Happiness
20 Virtue
21 Weakness of Will
22 Friendship
23 Contemplation
24 Epicurean Atomism
25 Epicurean Morality
26 Death Third paper due 2 days later