Phil 3151: History of Ancient Philosophy

University of Minnesota, Morris
Fall 2008
Professor Collier
Tu & Th 10:00-11:40
Imholte 217

Course Description: This course serves as a broad introductory survey of Ancient Philosophy, from the Pre-Socratics to the Romans.

Course Requirements: Three exams (20% each), one eight page paper (20%), attendance and participation (20%).


SCHEDULE OF TOPICS

The Pre-Socratics

The Milesians: Thales, Anaximander, Anaximenes
Solitary Figures: Pythagoras, Xenophanes, Heraclitus
The Eliatics: Parmenides and Zeno
The Pluralists: Empedocles, Anaxagoras, Democritus

Plato

Meno
Thaeatetus
Gorgias
Parmenides

Aristotle

Categories 1-5; On Interpretation 1-4, 9
Posterior Analytics i 1-4, ii 8-10, 19
Physics i 1, 7-8; ii
Metaphysics i 1-4, 6; iv 1, 3-5; vii 1–3; xii 6–9

Cicero (in context)

On the Nature of the Gods
On Academic Skepticism
On Moral Ends