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

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.