PHIL 411.001 – Aristotle

Instructor: C.D.C. Reeve. This course meets W 1:25 – 3:55 p.m. via remote synchronous (RS) instruction.

Generic course description: An examination of some representative works of Aristotle, with reference to common emphases and basic problems, together with an analysis of their philosophic content. The aim to provide students with a more thorough understanding of the key texts, doctrines, notions, and ideas in Aristotle’s philosophy as a whole and with the capacities and confidence to conduct a short, independent, ancient philosophical research project on Aristotle’s philosophy.

Specific course description: We will be looking at ideas of ethics, politics, and human flourishing and happiness as they emerge and are developed in Aristotle’s Politics.