PHL200Y1 Ancient Philosophy
(section 0101, MWF 11-12)
Prof. D. S. Hutchinson
-- Trinity College (main
building, Angels’ Roost 21)
office hours: Mondays,
Thursdays, Fridays 12-1
contact me at 978-8259 or at <dshutchinson@trinity.utoronto.ca>
the web site for the course will be at:
http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~dhutchin/
all updates to course information will be communicated via this web
site
(this course outline was updated on 14 September)
10 September #1. introduction to
PHL200Y
A. the first philosophers
12 September A2.
Thales, Anaximander,
Anaximenes: Milesian philosophers
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14 September A3. Xenophanes:
poet and sage
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17 September A4. Heraclitus: poet and
sage
19 September A5.
Pythagoras and Philolaus: Pythagorean
philosophers
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21 September A6.
Parmenides
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24 September A7. Zeno
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26 September A8. Anaxagoras
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28 September A9. Empedocles
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1 October A10. Leucippus and Democritus: atomist
philosophers
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3 October A11. Protagoras, with Plato, Protagoras
309a-328d
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5 October A12. Antiphon, Prodicus, and Hippias,
with Plato, Protagoras 328d-348c
8 October #13.
Thanksgiving holiday -- no
class
10 October A14. Gorgias, with Plato, Gorgias
447a-461b
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12 October A15. Double Arguments
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15 October A16. Aristophanes, Clouds (any
translation)
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B. Socrates of Athens
17 October B17. [Plato], Theages
19 October B18. Xenophon, Memoirs of Socrates 4.2
22 October B19. Xenophon, Memoirs of Socrates 2.4, 2.5,
2.6
24 October B20. Xenophon, Memoirs of Socrates 3.8, 3.9,
4.6
26 October B21. Xenophon, Memoirs of Socrates 3.3, 3.4,
3.6, 3.7
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29 October B22. [Plato], Alcibiades
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C. Socrates and Plato
31 October C23.
Plato, Lesser Hippias
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2 November C24. Plato, Protagoras 348c-362a
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5 November C25. Plato, Gorgias 481b-505c
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7 November C26. Plato, Gorgias 505c-527e
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9 November C27. Plato, Republic 327a-347a
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12 November C28. Plato, Republic
347a-369a
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14 November C29. Plato, Laches
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16 November C30. Plato, Apology
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D. Plato
19 November D31. Plato, Phaedo 95e-118a
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21 November D32. Plato, Symposium 189a-212c
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23 November D33. Plato, Theaetetus 142a-162a
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28 November D34. Plato, Phaedrus 242b-257b +
274c-277a
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26 November D35. Plato, Republic 473c-509c
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30 November D36. Plato, Republic 509d-534e
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3 December D37. Plato, Parmenides, esp.
126a-137c
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5 December D38. Plato, Timaeus 17a-41a
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7 December D39. Plato, Timaeus 41a-54d + 69b-72d
+ 89e-92c
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E. Aristotle
7 January E40.
Aristotle, Invitation to
Philosophy
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9 January E41. Aristotle, Physics ii.1-3
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11 January E42. Aristotle, Physics ii.4-8
(no lecture was given, due to the professor’s illness)
14 January E43. Aristotle, On the Soul i.1-3
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16 January E44. Aristotle, On the Soul i.4 -- ii.1
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18 January E45. Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics i.1, 2,
4, 5, 7
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21 January E46. Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics x.6-8, Metaphysics
I.1-2
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F. from Socrates to Epicurus, the
Epicureans, and Lucretius
(for the letters of Epicurus, see Hellenistic Philosophy (=HP)
pp.5-31)
23 January F47. Xenophon, Memoirs of Socrates 2.1 +
more evidence on Aristippus of Cyrene
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25 January F48. Epicurus, Letter to Menoeceus, with
Lucretius 2.1-61, 3.1-30, 5.1-54, 6.1-42
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28 January F49. Epicurus, Principal Doctrines
and Vatican Sayings ( = HP pp.32-40)
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30 January F50. Epicurus, Letter to Herodotus 35-41 +
54-59, with Lucretius 1.62-634; HP pp.40-42 (I-7), pp.81-85 (I-65 to
I-75)
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1 February F51. Epicurus, Letter to Herodotus 41-45 +
60-62, with Lucretius 1.961-1117, 2.62-332, 2.1023-1174, 5.416-533, and HP
pp.45-56 (I-14 to I-18)
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4 February F52. Epicurus, Letter to Herodotus 63-68,
with Lucretius 3.417-1094, 4.1058-1287
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6 February F53. Lucretius 5.772-1457
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G. from Socrates to Zeno, the Stoics, and
Seneca
8 February G54. Xenophon, The Dinner-Party
+ more on Antisthenes of Athens
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11 February G55. Diogenes of Sinope (fragments and
anecdotes)
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13 February G56. Stoic logic: HP pp.110-131, + Seneca, Letter
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15 February G57. Stoic physics: HP
pp.132-161, with Seneca, Letter 41, 65
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[18-22 Feburary is Reading Week at the University
of Toronto: no classes]
25 February G58. Stoic fatalism: HP pp.
179-190, with Seneca, Letter 107
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27 February G59. Stoic ethics: HP pp. 203-232,
with Seneca, Letter 9
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1 March G60. Seneca on philosophy: Seneca, Letter
16, 33, 53, 104, 123
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4 March G61. Seneca on death: Seneca, Letter 26, 63, 77 + Seneca’s own death
(pp. 243-44)
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H. Socrates and other Sceptics
6 March H62. Academic scepticism: HP
pp.261-285, with [Plato], Demodocus
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8 March H63. Pyrrhonian scepticism: HP
pp.285-302
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11 March H64. Sextus Empiricus -- general
sceptical principles: HP pp. 302-325 (III.26-III.34)
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13 March H65. Sextus Empiricus -- the 10 modes
of scepticism: HP pp.285-297 (III-22), pp.325-341 (III.35-III.37)
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I. Cicero: a Roman statesman in the
Academic tradition
15 March I66. Cicero, Laelius or On
Friendship 1-61 (pp.175-208)
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18 March I67. Cicero, Laelius or On
Friendship 62-104 (pp.208-227)
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20 March I68. Cicero, Discussions at Tusculum
V.1-52 (pp.52-81)
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22 March I69. Cicero, Discussions at Tusculum
V.53-120 (pp.81-116)
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25 March I70. Cicero, The Dream of Scipio
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27 March #71. Lucian, Philosophers on the Auction Block
click here to read the new translation of
the play
29 March #72. Good Friday -- no class
J. Boethius: a stoical Christian Platonist
in a Roman prison
1 April J73. Boethius, The Consolation of
Philosophy, Book I
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3 April J74. Boethius, The Consolation of
Philosophy, Book II
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5 April J75. Boethius, The Consolation of
Philosophy, Book III
8 April J76. Boethius, The Consolation of
Philosophy, Book IV
10 April J77. Boethius, The Consolation of
Philosophy, Book V
12 April #78. musical envoi: ancient philosophy in modern
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