Calendar

Sep
12
Tue
Philosophy Homework
Sep 12 all-day

**Homework**

Please spend twenty minutes practicing the following exercise:

https://www.quia.com/mc/2240067.html?AP_rand=1865047311

 

Sep
13
Wed
Philosophy Homework
Sep 13 all-day

**Homework**

Please complete the activity, and write out each of the fifteen words on a sheet of paper.  To be collected tomorrow.

Note also that long o (ō) signifies omega, and short o (o) signifies omicron

Practice the Greek Alphabet 1 – tabney.com

Sep
14
Thu
Philosophy Homework
Sep 14 all-day
Regular Order
Regular Order
with Answers
Random Order
Random Order with Answers
Sep
27
Wed
Philosophy Homework
Sep 27 all-day

**Homework**

Verbal Analogy Exercise 2 

**Please submit by email to Mkeil2@schools.nyc.gov**

Sep
28
Thu
Philosophy Homework
Sep 28 all-day

**Homework**

Analogy Exercise 

**Please submit the answers to me by email at Mkeil2@schools.nyc.gov**

Sep
29
Fri
Birth of Learning
Sep 29 – Oct 5 all-day

Dear Class,

Here is the Google Books version of the Marrou text for this week.  It is unfortunately incomplete, but read as much as you can of it.

Use this link, and scroll down to page 229

A History of Education in Antiquity

Also, here is Plutarch’s life of Cicero

plutarchs-life-of-cicero

And Demosthenes

plutarchs-life-of-demosthenes

In your imitation of Plutarch’s biographical style for this week, be guided by his characteristic statement at the beginning of his Life of Alexander:

For it is not Histories that I am writing, but Lives; and in the most illustrious deeds there is not always a manifestation of virtue or vice, nay, a slight thing like a phrase or a jest often makes a greater revelation of character than battles when thousands fall, or the greatest armaments, or sieges of cities. Accordingly, just as painters get the likenesses in their portraits from the face and the expression of the eyes, wherein the character shows itself, but make very little account of the other parts of the body, so I must be permitted to devote myself rather to the signs of the soul in men, and by means of these to portray the life of each, leaving to others the description of their great contests.

Oct
5
Thu
Principle of Sufficient Reason
Oct 5 – Oct 6 all-day

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B21Gr3XmDEPZTS03Q19Wclp2bkk/view?usp=sharing

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:

roche-la-intro

roche-la-ch-1

roche-la-ch-4

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