NOTE: I reserve the right to modify these reading assignments, and on occasion, I will add a reading (and more rarely, subtract one).
1. Introductory remarks, syllabus review, course expectations
2. The Grandeur that was Greece! “Pericles’ Funeral Oration” and chap. 3 of D. Kagan’s Pericles of Athens (Prof. Jaffe will furnish both).
3. Aristophanes’ Clouds from Plato’s Four Text’s on Socrates, pp. 115 - 148.
4. Clouds from Plato’s Four Text’s on Socrates, pp. 148 -176.
5. Apology, from Plato’s Four Texts on Socrates, pp. 63-89.
6. Apology, pp. 89-97; Xenophon’s Apology of Socrates (Prof. Jaffe will furnish).
7. Crito, from Plato’s Four Texts on Socrates, pp. 99-114.
Socrates paper prompt one assigned.
8. Selections from Aristotle’s Ethics, Book II (Prof. Jaffe will furnish).
9. Aristotle, Politics, Book I, pp. 1-24.
10. Aristotle, Politics, Book III. pp. 62-96.
11. Aristotle, Politics, Book IV, chs.1-13, pp. 97-120.
Aristotle paper prompt two assigned
12. Machiavelli, The Prince, Dedicatory Letter + chs. 1-5, pp. 3-4; pp. 5-21.
13. Machiavelli, The Prince, chs. 6-9, pp. 21-42.
14. Machiavelli, The Prince, chs. 10-15, pp. 42-62.
15. Machiavelli, The Prince, chs. 16-21 AND chs. 25-26; pp. 62-91; 98-105.
Machiavelli paper prompt three assigned
16. Midterm (in class)
17. Locke, Second Treatise of Government, chs. 1-3, pp. 1-14.
18. Locke, Second Treatise, chs. 4-5, pp. 15-31.
19. Locke, Second Treatise, chs. 7-9, pp. 47-78. (Make up American T-Day.)
20. Locke, Second Treatise, chs. 10-12, 14, 19, pp. 79-91; 99-104; 130-148.
Locke paper prompt four assigned
21. Rousseau, First Discourse, pp. 1-37 plus notes.
22. Rousseau, Second Discourse, pp. 51-64 plus notes.
23. Rousseau, Second Discourse, pp. 65-90 plus notes.
24. Rousseau, Second Discourse, pp. 91-117 plus notes.
Rousseau paper prompt five assigned.
25. Nietzsche, On the Advantage and Disadvantage of History for Life, pp. 7-32.
26. Nietzsche, On the Advantage and Disadvantage of History for Life, pp. 32-64.
27. Marx, “The Communist Manifesto” (Prof. Jaffe will furnish)
28. Course review
Final exam