Schedule of assigned readings and required assignments
Date Required reading or activity
2009 i 6 Introduction
2009 i 8 Protrepticus VI; Metaphysics I 1-2
2009 i 13 Protrepticus VI; Nicomachean Ethics I 1-3
2009 i 15* Protrepticus VII; Nicomachean Ethics I 4-13
2009 i 20 Protrepticus VII-VIII; Nicomachean Ethics II-V
2009 i 22 Protrepticus VII-VIII; Nicomachean Ethics VI
2009 i 27* Protrepticus IX; Physics II 1-2
2009 i 29 Protrepticus IX; Physics II 3-9
2009 ii 3 Review Session
2009 ii 5* Midterm Examination
2009 ii 10 Protrepticus IX; Parts of Animals I
2009 ii 12 Protrepticus X; Politics I 1-2
2009 ii 17 Protrepticus X; Politics I 3-13
2009 ii 19* Protrepticus X; Politics VII-VIII
2009 ii 24 Protrepticus XI; On the Soul II 1-2
2009 ii 26 Protrepticus XI; On the Soul II 3-12
2009 iii 3 Protrepticus XI; Nicomachean Ethics X 1-5
2009 iii 5* Protrepticus XI; Nicomachean Ethics X 6-9
2009 iii 10 Protrepticus XII; Rhetoric I 1-5
2009 iii 12 Review Session
2009 iii 16* Final Examination (Monday 11:30 - 2:30)
Useful Files
- Instructions on how to cite Aristotle along with a list of his extant works
- Scribal minutes of this course in 2007 and 2008
In the library and on the web: You are encouraged to research and use other translations and studies of Aristotle. Relevant editions, translations, commentaries, lexica, and monographs of Aristotle can be found in the following LC classifications: Philosophy-Ancient-Aristotle (B407-491); Politics-Aristotle (JC 71.A); Greek language and literature- Aristotle (PA 3890-3926). An Oxford Translation is online at classics.mit.edu, and some Loeb texts and translations at www.perseus.tufts.edu.