UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY
PHILOSOPHY 320: HISTORY OF ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY

Vere Chappell                                                                                                                                                           Fall 2001

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Nov 27 -  Change in weekly paper assignment: 

              A paper on Hellenistic philosophy, due the last Tuesday (Dec 11) of the semester, will not be required. Rather,
                the topic proposed for that paper will appear as a question on the Final Exam.

              Regarding the Final Exam, it will include essays as well as short-answer questions. More information about it
                will be provided on the web site (via the EXAMS page) in a week or so.


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Nov 13 - Reading assignment in Aristotle's Metaphysics (week of Nov 26):

             Book I, pp. 115-28;  Book IV, pp. 128-34;  Book V, pp.147-49;  Book IX, pp. 180-86;  Book XII, pp. 187-94


Nov 13 - Reading assignment in Aristotle's Ethics (week of Dec 03):

             Book I, pp. 196-207, 213-16;  Book II, pp. 216-28;  Book III, pp. 228-41;  Book VI, pp. 247-56;  Book X, pp. 275-82


Nov 13 - Reading Assignment in Hellenistic Philosophy (week of Dec 10):

             Preface and Introduction, pp. xi-xx

             Epicureanism I-1, pp. 3-5;  I-2, pp. 5-19;  I-4, pp. 28-31;  I-14--16, pp. 45-53;  I-27--28, pp. 63-65

             Stoicism II-1, pp. 103-5, 107-10;  II-2--3, pp. 110-12;  II-20--21, pp. 132-41;  II-76--85, pp. 179-83;  II-94, pp. 190-203

             Scepticism III-1, pp. 261-62;  III-7--11, pp. 267-71;  III-22, pp. 285-97;  II-26, pp. 302-08;  III-32, pp. 319-21;  
               III-35, pp. 325-29;  III-42, pp. 362-64;  III-48, pp. 387-91


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