CLA 6930 Ancient Philosophy

Spring 2008

Dr. Velvet Yates

Announcements:

- Tentative class meeting time is Wednesday, 8:00-10:00 p.m. (Eastern Time).  At the first class meeting (January 9), there will be a discussion and vote on the permanent meeting time. 

- Registering for class: in-state students, please contact the Classics office for the section number (distance@classics.ufl.edu).  Out-of-state students, please register through DoCE (see link at left).

- The registration deadline is January 11 for DoCE; the deadline for ISIS is January 4 (drop-add deadline Jan. 11). You must be enrolled in the UF Classics distance-learning graduate program to take this class.

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 Textbooks:

   1. Readings in Ancient Greek Philosophy: from Thales to Aristotle, 2nd edition (2000).  S.M. Cohen, P. Curd, C.D.C. Reeve (eds.); Hackett Publishing Company. (ISBN: 1-55571-516-8.) Third edition now available at Amazon.com (I will be using the 2nd edition).

   2. From Epicurus to Epictetus: Studies in Hellenistic and Roman Philosophy (2006). A.A. Long; Oxford University Press. (ISBN: 978-0-19-927912-8).  Also also available at Amazon.com.

   3.  The Roman Philosophers: from the time of Cato the Censor to the death of Marcus Aurelius (2002).  M. Morford. Routledge.  This book available as an e-book from the UF Library (Use this link to log in from off-campus).

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 Grading: your grade will be based as follows on participation in weekly class 'meetings', and 3 5-page essays, one written after each section of the class.

   1. Participation in weekly class meetings: 25%

   2. Section I (Greek Philosophy) essay: 25%

   3.  Section II (Hellenistic Philosophy) essay: 25%

   4. Section III (Roman Philosophy) essay: 25%

 

 Grading scale:

   90-100     A

   88-89       B+

   80-87       B

   78-79       C+

   70-77       C

   68-69       D+

   60-67       D

   0-59         F