Calendar

Oct
6
Fri
Birth of Learning
Oct 6 – Oct 12 all-day

Dear Class,

First, here’s an interesting article, very germane to our most recent class.

The Rhetoric of an Excellent Essay

Now, for this week’s assignment:

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Regarding the Bonner text mentioned on the syllabus, I will try to put that up later this week.

 

Take care

 

Oct
10
Tue
Heraclitus
Oct 10 – Oct 12 all-day

Dear Class,

Here is the expanded version of the Heraclitus lecture to download and read: heraclitus-lecture

Here is the website for the fragments: Fragments of Heraclitus

Please read both for Thursday

Oct
19
Thu
Euripides’ Medea
Oct 19 all-day

**Please Read**

Read this book online: HTML

Audio: Medea

**Quizzi-pooh tomorrow on the play**

Oct
20
Fri
Sophists
Oct 20 – Oct 22 all-day

**Dear Class**

Here is the link for the PDF on the Sophists.  Please Copy and Paste

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzJ7NXnJhpqbTVNZakFOZTFRaWs

Oct
26
Thu
Euthyphro
Oct 26 all-day

**Dear Class**

Please read and listen along, only 40 minutes:

Euthyphro – LibriVox

Euthyphro by Plato (audiobook) – YouTube

Online text

**Quiz Tomorrow**

Oct
27
Fri
Socrates’ Apology (Defense Speech)
Oct 27 – Oct 29 all-day

**Dear Class**

Please read and/or listen to Socrates’ Apology (from the Greek ἀπολογία meaning “a word back,” or “defense speech,” NOT an “apology” in our, modern sense of the word)

Apology by PLATO – LibriVox

Apology by Plato (audiobook) – YouTube

Online text

**Quiz Monday**

Nov
1
Wed
Birth of Learning
Nov 1 – Nov 2 all-day

**Dear Class**

I’m so sorry not to have put this out sooner.  If you can, read something of this for tomorrow.  If not by tomorrow, read it whenever you get a chance.  It’s a very valuable text, and not easy to come by.

**Copy and Paste**

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B21Gr3XmDEPZNnFVek02ZC1wbnM/view?usp=sharing

Nov
4
Sat
Crito Lecture
Nov 4 – Nov 5 all-day

**Dear Class**

Sorry for the delay in posting this

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And here are the lectures for the Apology

lect-21-the-trial-of-socrates-ii-apology-part-1

lect-22-the-trial-of-socrates-iii-apology-part-2

And here is the PDF of the notes, starting on page 64 of the booklet (slide 70 of the PDF)

Lecture Notes

Nov
5
Sun
Birth of Learning
Nov 5 @ 3:56 pm – Nov 9 @ 4:56 pm

**Dear Class**

Here is the St. Augustine read for next week.

Text: Augustine, On Christian Doctrine (English)

Audio:

Nov
6
Mon
Phaedo
Nov 6 @ 4:54 pm – 5:54 pm