CLASS DISCUSSION SCHEDULE
PART I: Development of a Polis Ideology [The Tragedies]
Discussion 1
Discussion 2
Discussion 3
Discussion 4
PART II: A Philosophic Basis of a Polis [The Socratic Dilemma]
Discussion 5
Discussion 6
Discussion 7
Discussion 8
PART III: The Aim of The State & The Recovery of Political Thought
Discussion 9
Discussion 10
Discussion 1
- Topics: Class Overview; From "Blood Revenge" and Retribution to Communal Justice
- Reading: Aeschylus, "The Eumenides"
Discussion 2
- Topics: The Sacred Origins of Civic Order: From Oìkos (Household) to Polis (City-State)
- Reading: Aeschylus, "The Eumenides"
Discussion 3
- Topics: Reconciling Claims of Authority Within the Polis
- Reading: Sophocles, "Antigone"
Discussion 4
- Topics: "Worship the Mean"
- Reading: Sophocles, "Antigone"
PART II: A Philosophic Basis of a Polis [The Socratic Dilemma]
Discussion 5
- Topics: The Corruption of the Polis: Socrates as Gadfly
- Reading: Plato, "The Apology"
Discussion 6
- Topics: "The Unexamined Life" & "The Only True Stateman"
- Reading: Plato, "The Apology"
Discussion 7
- Topics: The Laws Speak
- Reading: Plato, "Crito"
Discussion 8
- Topics: "The Socratic Dilemma:" Reconciling Socratic Thought on the Polis
- Reading: Plato, "Crito"
PART III: The Aim of The State & The Recovery of Political Thought
Discussion 9
- Topics: Aristotle and The Purpose of Politics
- Reading: Aristotle, "Politics" [Selections]
- Book I: Chapters 1-2 [1252a1-1253a25] (The Polis)
Book II: Chapters 1-5 [1260b27-1264b24] (Unity and Plurality)
Book III: Chapters 1; 6-11 [1274b32-1275b13; 1278b6-1282a41] (Aim of the State)
- Book I: Chapters 1-2 [1252a1-1253a25] (The Polis)
Discussion 10
- Topics: Concluding Reflections & Recovering Classical Greek Language in a Modern World
- Reading: Aristotle, "Politics" [Selections]
- Book VII: Chapters 1-3 [1323a14-1325b14] (Polis and Education)
Book VIII: Chapters 1 [1337a11-1337a21] (Polis and Education)
- Book VII: Chapters 1-3 [1323a14-1325b14] (Polis and Education)