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You have stumbled upon the  class blog for  Dr. Schultz's Plato Seminar 2013.  I'm  excited to get started reading  Plato this semester.

Here's  a version of  the syllabus

Plato Seminar 2013

Telling Tales of Socrates: Crafting a Philosophical Epic

Anne-Marie Schultz

Thursdays 2:00-4:45

Morrison 107

"The safest generalization that can be made about the history of Western Philosophy is that it is all a series of footnotes to Plato."  Albert North Whitehead

“The long story of mistakes about Plato will certainly never be finished.”

Holger Thesleff

“Nothing could be more helpful to present philosophizing  than a ‘Back to Plato’ movement.”   John Dewey.

In this course, we will engage in a careful reading of Plato’s Apology, Symposium, Republic, Phaedo, and Theaetetus. Our focus will be the different portraits of Socrates and the different portraits of the practice of philosophy that emerge in these diverse dialogues. This exploration will illuminate the complex relationships between ethics, metaphysics, epistemology, and aesthetics in Plato’s dialogues. The course ends with a conference where each seminar participant will read and respond to a paper.  

 Required Texts:

Complete Works. Plato, Ed. John M. Cooper. Indianapolis: Hackett, 1997.ISBN 0-87220-349-2.

Suggested Texts:    The People of Plato.  D. Nails.   Indianapolis: Hackett.

Course Goals:
To read and interpret Plato's dialogues.

To become aware of the broad range of  scholarly interpretations of  Plato.

To write a conference length paper.

To attain a competency in teaching Plato at the undergraduate level.

 To increase self-knowledge.

Office and Office Hours: My office is 101 Morrison. The  best way to get in touch with me  is via email Anne_Marie_Schultz@baylor.edu.  I am also available via phone at  512-468 2808

 
My office hours are  Thursdays from  12:30-2:00 and other times by appointment. Please contact Mildred_Hubbard@baylor.edu to schedule an appointment with me. 

Course Calendar

Week One   August 29  Apology  

We will end at  3:30 due to  a faculty meeting I must attend. 

Week Two    September 5  Republic   1 and  2

Week  Three   September  12  Republic   3 and  4

Week Four     September 19  Republic   5,  6, and   7

Week Five     September 26    Republic        8 and  9   

        

Week Six       October  3   Republic  10 

Week  Seven   October  10  Symposium

Week  Eight   October  17    Symposium

Week Nine    October  24   No Class  Dr. Schultz at SPEP  in conjunction with her duties as co-director of the Ancient Plato Society.

   Abstracts due. 

Week Ten  October  31  Phaedo

Week Eleven    Nov   7  Phaedo

Week Twelve   Nov  14   Theaetetus

Week Thirteen  Nov   21   Theaetetus

Drafts due sometime after class on the 21^st but before noon on the  26th

Week Fourteen  Nov   28   No Class  Thanksgiving

Paper edits due  no later than  noon  Monday December  2.

Week Fifteen  December  5   Class  Conference.  

Final Papers  due December 12.