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Session	Readings
1	Lecture: Plato, Republic Book I
2	Lecture: Republic Book II
3	Discussion: Republic Book III
4	Lecture: Republic Book IV
5	Lecture: Republic Book V
6	JOURNALS (Collected but not graded) Discussion: Republic Book VI
7	Lecture: Republic Book VII
8	Lecture: Republic Book VIII
9	Discussion: Republic Book IX
10	Lecture: Republic Book X
11	FIRST EXAM
12	Discussion: Aristotle, Metaphysics I
13	Lecture: Metaphysics IV
14	Lecture: Metaphysics VII.1-9
15	Discussion: Metaphysics VII.10-17
16	Lecture: Metaphysics VIII
17	Lecture: Metaphysics IX
18	Discussion: Metaphysics XII
19	JOURNALS Lecture: Plato, Timaeus 17a-47e
20	Lecture: Timaeus 47e-53e
21	Discussion: Plato and Aristotle
22	SECOND EXAM
	FALL BREAK
23	Lecture: Lucretius, The Way Things Are (De Rerum Natura) Book I, lines 1-635, 921-1117 (pp. 19-38, 46-51)
24	Lecture: The Way Things Are Book II, lines 1-332, 1023-1104 (pp. 52-61, 81-83); Book III, lines 1-30, 830-1094 (pp. 86-87, 110-118)
25	Lecture: The Way Things Are Book IV, lines 1037-1287 (pp. 149-157); Book V, lines 1-90, 925-1457 (pp. 158-161, 186-201)
26	Lecture: Marcus Aurelius, Meditations Books 1-6
27	Discussion: Epicureanism and Stoicism
28	Lecture: Augustine, Confessions Book 1
29	Lecture: Confessions Book 2
30	JOURNALS Discussion: Confessions Book 7
31	Lecture: Confessions Book 8
32	Lecture: Confessions Book 10
33	Discussion: Confessions Book 11
34	THIRD EXAM
35	Lecture: Thomas Aquinas, Summa Contra Gentiles I.1-9
36	Lecture: Summa Contra Gentiles I.10-13
	THANKSGIVING BREAK
37	Lecture: Summa Contra Gentiles I.14-22
38	Discussion: Summa Contra Gentiles I.28-37
39	Lecture: Summa Contra Gentiles I. 38-43
40	Lecture: Summa Contra Gentiles I.44-53
41	Discussion: Pagan and Christian philosophy
	FINAL EXAM AND JOURNALS

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Cite/attribute Resource. O\'Connor, D. (2007, January 30). Readings. Retrieved February 12, 2012, from Notre Dame OpenCourseWare Web site: http://ocw.nd.edu/philosophy/ancient-and-medieval-philosophy/readings.

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