Monday, February 1, 2016

Class Plan for Week Four and Five

Hi All,

Some how when I was revising the syllabus  I put Empedocles before Parmenides which will not work very well.   So  Here's the  plan for this week and  next week.

Class  Plan  for  Tuesday.


1.    What you found most interesting about Pythagoras.
2.    Everyone ask a question about Pythagoras.
3.    Number to  Logos as  Arche.
4.    Everyone share Favorite Heraclitus aphorism
5.    Questions about Heraclitus


Reading:  Curd Aphorisms on Heraclitus  Stanford Encyclopedia on Heraclitus


Class Plan for Thursday

1.    Student presentation on influence on Heraclitus Influence on later philosophy.   (JEREMY CALVERT)

2. Parmenides  not Empedocles.    (sorry for the confusion).

Reading Curd aphorisms on Parmenides and Stanford Encyclopedia article on Parmenides


Next Week.

Feb  9   Empedocles   Student presentation on Empedocles' life  (LUKE TUCKER)

Feb  11  Zeno

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