Ancient Philosophy Aristotle and His Successors
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The Syllabus
Videos
- Introduction to Ancient Philosophy
- Introduction to Aristotle
- Subjects and Predicates
- Universals and Particulars
- Substance and Subject
- Subjects of Change
Readings
Practice Exercises
- Subjects and Predicates
- Substances & Subject
Videos
- Matter, Form and Change
- Nature
- Is Form or Matter Nature?
- The Four Causes
- Natural Teleology
- Soul As Cause
Readings
- Aristotle's Physics
- Aristotle's On the Soul
Practice Exercises
- Change & Nature
- Causes in Nature
- Aristotelian Souls
Videos
- The Eternity of Motion
- The First Mover of the Cosmos
- The Unmoved Mover
- The Goal of Life
- What Are You Doing With Your Life?
- Happiness and Living Well
- Pleasure and the Human Function
- Virtue of Character
- Godlike Virtue
Readings
- Aristotle's Metaphysics
- Aristotle's Ethics
Practice Exercises
- The Unmoved Mover
- Aristotle's Ethics
Videos
- Introduction to Epicurus
- Nature and the Gods
- Therapeutic Philosophy
- Death Is Nothing To Us
- What's Wrong With Death?
- Ataraxia
- Restricting Desire
- Enduring Pain
Readings
- The Letter to Menoeceus
- The Letter of Epicurus to Herodotus
- On the nature of the gods
- Principal Doctrines
Practice Exercises
- Gods and Death
- Pleasure and Pain
Videos
- Introduction to Stoicism
- God in Nature
- Following Nature
- A Good Flow of Life
- The Goal vs. The Target
- The Lazy Argument
- What Is Up To Us
- Stoic Compatibilism
- Conclusion
Readings
- The Enchiridion
- On the nature of the gods
- De Fato (On Fate)
- De Finibus (On Ends)
Practice Exercises
- Stoic Natural Philosophy and Ethics
- Fate and Human Action
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