PHI PHP 4010 001	Eleni Tsalla
Spring Semester 2004	FAO 218
MW 12:30 - 01:45	Office Hours: MW 2:00 – 3.00
CPR 255	e-mail: etsalla@luna.cas.usf.edu

ARISTOTLE

(i) Description

The course is an examination of Aristotle’s philosophy with an emphasis on his theory of human nature, the good life and the pursuit of knowledge. The main texts we will work with are the On the Soul, the Nicomachean Ethics, the Politics, and the Poetics. We will also cover parts of the Categories, the Posterior Analytics, and the Metaphysics to the degree that these texts help our understanding of what a human being is and in what the good life consists.

(ii) Texts

Required: Introduction to Aristotle, ed. Richard McKeon

Recommended: A History of Western Philosophy: The Classical Mind, W. T. Jones

A History of Greek Philosophy, W. K. C. Guthrie, vol. VI

Categories and Experience: Essays on Aristotelian Themes, John P. Anton

(iii) Course Requirements

Attendance, participation in classroom discussions, and four papers. The grade will be cumulative.

Papers: Each paper (6 pages; double-spaced) will consist of three essay questions on topics that we will cover in class.

(iv) Meetings and Topics

Week 1: January 5/7 Introduction

Week 2: January 12/14 Categories

Week 3: January 19 Holiday (Martin Luther King, Jr.)

January 21 Posterior Analytics

Week 4: January 26/28 Metaphysics

Exam 1 distributed

Week 5: February 2/4 Metaphysics

Exam 1 due

Week 6: February 9/11 On the Soul

Week 7: February 16/18 On the Soul

Week 8: February 23/25 Ethics

Exam 2 distributed

Week 9: March 1/3 Ethics

Exam 2 due

Week 10: March 8/10 Spring Break

Week 11: March 15/17 Ethics

Week 12: March 22/24 Politics

Exam 3 distributed

Week 13: March 29/31 Politics

Exam 3 due

Week 14: April 5/7 Politics

Week 15: April 12/14 Poetics

Week 16: April 19/21 Poetics

Final Exam distributed

Week 17: Exam Week

Plagiarism policy: Papers that are plagiarized will receive an F.