Dr. Cynthia Freeland
Philosophy 6396 Fall 2000, Section #11294
2:30 - 5:30 p.m., Monday, Room 512 Agnes Arnold Hall
(713) 743-3205,
CFreeland@UH.eduDr. Cynthia Freeland Philosophy 6396 Fall 2000, Section #11294 2:30 - 5:30 p.m., Monday, Room 512 Agnes Arnold Hall (713) 743-3205,
Ancient Stoicism Syllabus
(Tentative, subject to revision)
Note: See See Bibliography for more details on the recommended readings. Some books have been put on reserve in the library, some articles will be xeroxed for the seminar folder, and some books have been ordered as recommended texts. Be sure to check back for updates, because the syllabus and bibliography are evolving in the fall of 2000.
The general plan is that there will be reading in the Long and Sedley text (L&S) for each seminar meeting, plus recommended readings from secondary sources. There will also be seminar presentations, scheduled in advance. Copies of the recommended secondary readings will be made available in the Philosophy Department.
Aug. 21 Introduction
Overview, background, timeline, importance,
revisionism, etc.
Background reading: Ierodiakonou, Sandbach, Rist
See Seminar expectations and requirements. August 28 PHYSICS/COSMOLOGY
L&S 304-313 (Time and eternal recurrence)
And 274-9 (God, fire, cosmic cycles)
Main reading: Rist
Recommended readings: Sandbach, Hahm, Lapidge, Todd, Long Ch. 2 in Stoic Studies
Sept. 4
Sept. 11 THEORY OF SOUL The cosmos from the top down L&S 313-333
Elements, breath, tension, mixture L&S 280-94
Pneuma, Soul and Body, Soul Parts, Types of Soul
Main reading: Annas Ch. 2 ("The Soul and the Mind") Seminar Report: Helen Terry
Additional readings: Todd, Hahm, Gould Ch. V part 1b, Rist Ch. 14, Long Ch. 10
Sept. 18 EPISTEMOLOGY
L&S 236-266
Sensation, Perception, Representation, Self-AwarenessMain readings: Annas Ch. 3, Frede Ch. 9 pp. 152-157 Seminar Report: Steve Todd
Recommended reading: Long Chs. 11-12
Sept. 25 EPISTEMOLOGY
L&S 241-53 (The criterion of truth), 253-59 (Knowledge and Opinion)
Main reading: Frede Ch. 9, esp. 157-170, on cognitive impressions Seminar Report: Josh Ellery
Recommended readings: Annas Ch. 3, Striker Chs. 2, 7
Oct. 2 MODALITY AND
SCIENTIFIC METHOD
NO SEMINAR REPORT.
L&S sect. 36 (212-220), sect. 38 (230-236), sect. 42 (259-66) Main reading:Ian Mueller, Ch. 1 in Rist, "An Introduction to Stoic
Logic,"
Recommended reading: Frede Ch. 7
Oct. 9
L&S Causation and Fate, 333-343, re-read sect. 38 (Modality)
Main Reading: Rist, Ch. 7, "Fate and Necessity"
Seminar Report: Ivan Guajardo
Recommended reading: Bobzien, Reesor in Rist, Bobzien in Ierodiakinou, Ch. 8, pp. 196-242, Frede Ch. 8, "The Original Notion of Cause," pp. 125-150
Oct. 16 FATE AND MORAL RESPONSIBILITY
L&S 386-394
Main Reading: Charlotte Stough, "Stoic Determinism and Moral Responsibility", pp. 203-231. Seminar Report: Steve Shardonofsky
Recommended reading: Bobzien
Oct. 23 IMPULSE, PASSION, EMOTION
L&S Sect. 65 (The passions) and 66 (Ethics in Action)
Main reading: Martha Nussbaum, "The Stoics on the Extirpation of the Passions," Ch. 10. Seminar Report: Carolyn Lewis
Recommended readings: Long, Nussbaum Ch. 9 ("Stoic Tonics") and Ch. 12 ("Serpents in the Soul: A Reading of Seneca's Medea"), Cooper Ch. 21 ("Posidonius on Emotions"), Striker, Annas Ch. 5
Oct. 30 ETHICS (Value and indifference, proper functions)
L&S sect. 58 (Value and Indifference), 59 (Proper functions)
Main reading: Gisela Striker, Ch. 12 ("Following Nature: A Study in Stoic Ethics," pp. 221-280. Seminar Report: Monica Rokicki.
Recommended readings: Long, Nussbaum, Cooper, Striker Ch. 13 ("The role of oikeiosis in Stoic ethics," pp. 281-297.
Nov. 6 ETHICS (Good and bad, virtue and vice)
L&S sect. 60 (Good and bad), 61 (Virtue and Vice)
Main Reading (possible): Jerome Schneewind, Ch. 10 in Whiting and Engstrom, "Kant and Stoic Ethics." Seminar Report: Ed Aiman.
Recommended reading: Long, Cooper Ch. 23 ("Greek Philosophers on Euthanasia and Suicide"), Striker Ch. 15 ("Plato's Socrates and the Stoics")
Nov. 13 ETHICS (Ends and happiness)
L&S sect. 63 (The end and happiness)
Main Reading: TBA (Cooper Ch. 20 or Long Ch. 8). Seminar Report: Marcus Patrick.
Recommended reading: Long, Nussbaum, Cooper Ch. 20 ("Eudaimonism, the Appeal to Nature, and "Moral Duty" in Stoicism"), Striker Ch. 11 ("Origins of the Concept of Natural Law")
Nov. 20 ETHICS IN THE CITY(topic TBA)
L&S sect. TBA
Main Reading (possible): Nussbaum Ch. 11, "Seneca on Anger in Public Life." Seminar Report: Clyde Richardson.
Recommended reading: Long, Nussbaum, Cooper, Striker
Nov. 27 POLITICAL THEORY
L&S sect. TBA
Main Reading: Schofield Ch. 3, "The Cosmic City.". Seminar Report: Timothy Chen.
Recommended reading: TBA
Dec. 4 REVIEW AND CONCLUSIONS
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