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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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