Week 3 History Philosophy

Monday 19

Thucydides and the timeline. Eternal possession, speeches, core motivations

Thucydides selections, 2^nd half—Sunday night, before this session e-journal on Thucydides

Tues. 20

Finish Thucydides: perform the Melian dialogue? Question of tragedy in history.  

Afternoon--1:30 in Tutt Library, session on research.

Plato: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito

Browning Part I. Ch. 3, A. A. Long on “Thinking about the Cosmos” pp. 101-114

Wed. 21

Plato: Socrates vs. the Polis?  

(Thomas Frank lecture --of "What's the Matter With Kansas--lecture, 7:30)

Plato: Meno, Phaedo

Thurs. 22

Plato: the Forms, Anamnesis, Immortality

(Merrill Feitell reading 7:00, McHugh)

Big research push

Fri. 23

Research day

Browning Ch. 6: initial photo-essay (Conquest) pp. 168-186 and Austin on “The Age of Kings: From Alexander to the Roman Conquest” pp. 187-200