Class Plan For Week Two - Day One.

1.     The Name Game continues.  Please arrange yourself  by  the geographic distance of your home town from  Waco. 

2.  Name one aspect of   where you are from  that shapes how you view the world.

2.5    A Discussion of  Class Presentations

3.      A Discussion of the Questions that will guide us.

A.   Where is the philosopher from

B.     What are some biographical facts and stories about him ?

C.    What is the arche ? (I’ll talk about what the arche is in class)

D.    What are the characteristics of the arche?

E.     What are the metaphysical views that the philosopher has?

F.     What are the epistemological views that the philosopher has?

G.   What are the ethical views that the philosopher has?

H.    What are the aesthetic views that the philosopher has?

I.       How does the philosopher relate to his predecessors?

J.      How does the philosopher influence the future?

K.    How would you apply these insights to your own experience in the world? 

4.     Looking at  Thales, Anaximander, and Anaximenes, through these  questions.