UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
PHILOSOPHY 329: MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY
Vere Chappell Spring 1997
SYLLABUS
TEXTS
Aquinas. Selected Philosophical Writings, tr. by T. McDermott (Oxford 1993).
Dante. The Portable Dante, tr. by M. Musa (Penguin 1995).
Both books are available at Wootton's Books, 19 North Pleasant Street, Amherst.
SCHEDULE
Week of Aquinas Pages Dante Cantos Notes
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Jan 27 Intro xi-xxxii Inferno 01-06 No class Mon
Feb 03 01 01- 50 passim 07-13
Feb 10 02-03 51- 66 14-20 Exam on Fri 14
Feb 17 04 67- 80 21-27 Mon class Tue
Feb 24 05 80- 90 28-34 Quiz on Fri 28
Mar 03 07-10 115- 37 passim Purgatory 01-06
Mar 10 18-19 184- 93 07-12 Exam on Fri 14
Mar 17 ----- ------- Spr Vacation
Mar 24 11-12 138- 49 13-19
Mar 31 16-17 169- 83 20-26
Apr 07 HO on Voluntary Action 27-33
Apr 14 15 156- 69 Paradise 01-07
Apr 21 HO on Virtue 08-13 No class Mon
Exam on Fri 25
Apr 28 HO on Sin 14-20 Topic due Mon 28
May 05 20-28 195-270 passim 21-27
May 12 31-35 285-352 passim 28-33 Quiz on Wed 14
No class Fri
May 19 ----- ------- Paper due Wed 21
Quizzes and exams must be taken as scheduled: no make-ups will be given.
The final paper must be handed in when due: late papers will not be accepted.
Grades will be based on quizzes (5% each), exams (15% each), the final paper (30%), and class
attendance and participation (15%).