| LEC # | TOPICS | LECTURE NOTES |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction | |
| 2 | Socrates and the Sophists | Characteristic Socratic Theses (PDF) |
| 3 | Socrates and the Law | Characteristic Socratic Theses (cont.) (PDF) |
| 4 | Socratic Method | Euthyphro and the Elenchus (PDF) |
| 5 | Knowledge and Learning | Meno on Knowledge and Inquiry (PDF) |
| 6 | Prudential Paradox | Meno on Knowledge and Inquiry (cont.) (PDF) |
| 7 | Immortality and the Soul | Immortality in the Phaedo (PDF) |
| 8 | Introduction of the Forms | Notes on Platonic Forms (PDF) |
| 9 | Why Be Moral? | Republic I-II (PDF) |
| 10 | Justice in the City | Social Justice and Psychic Justice in the Republic (PDF) |
| 11 | Justice in the Soul | Social Justice and Psychic Justice in the Republic (cont.) (PDF) |
| 12 | Theory of Forms | Plato's Sun, Line, and Cave (PDF) |
| 13 | Happiness, Liberty, and Social Engineering | Plato on Happiness (PDF) |
| 14 | Aristotle on Plato | Third Man Argument (PDF) Aristotle's Categories and Early Thoughts on Substance (PDF) |
| 15 | Matter and Form | Aristotle's Categories II (PDF) |
| 16 | Essence, God | Aristotle's Four Causes (PDF) |
| 17 | On the Soul | Aristotle on Science (PDF) |
| 18 | Perception, Understanding | Aristotle on Primary Substance (PDF) |
| 19 | Happiness | Aristotle on the Human Good (PDF) |
| 20 | Virtue | The Greek Conception of Virtue (PDF) |
| 21 | Weakness of Will | Socrates on Weakness of Will (Akrasia) (PDF) |
| 22 | Friendship | Aristotle: Voluntary/Involuntary (PDF) |
| 23 | Contemplation | Epicurean Empiricism (PDF) |
| 24 | Epicurean Atomism | Lucretius on Death (PDF) |
| 25 | Epicurean Morality | Lucretius on Death (cont.) (PDF) |
| 26 | Death | Lucretius on Death (cont.) (PDF) |