Course Requirements

Each student will be required to:

- write one mid-term take-home exam.
- write a final term paper of 8 - 12 pages on a topic/philosopher covered in the course.

Concerning Grades

If you wish, we will schedule short "conferences" (for lack of a better term) to discuss your grade. The grades will be determined on the basis of an evaluation of the following: the exam, the final paper, and general class discussion.

Required Texts
(in the order we will use them)

Wheelwright, The Presocratics
Plato, The Republic
Plato, The Theatetus
Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics
Michel Foucault, The Use of Pleasure
Augustine, Photocopies from the Instructor

Short Bibliographies

A short bibliography on the Presocratics available in Todd Library.

A short bibliography on Greek Mythology available in Todd Library.

Miscellany

A Brief Glossary of Greek Terms is available as is The Greek Alphabet.

If you'd like to check out some other stuff on the World Wide Web (called the Web), you can take the following link to my Web page, which will lead you to some other philosophy sources (as well as other stuff) on the Web. Have a Blast! My Web Page

Here's a link to a Greek site on the Presocratics. Note that some of the pages are in Greek. Good Luck!

If you'd like to get an early start on the mid-term take-home exam, you can go to it now. Mid-Term

If you have questions, you may either come by the office, phone me, or email me by clicking on the address. Please enter the words "ancient class" for the subject line. jpurcell@frank.mtsu.edu

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