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Detail from Raphael, The School of Athens , 1509-11. The two central figures are Plato (pointing upwards) and Aristotle. Socrates is the second figure at left (upper row).
Apostolic Palace, Vatican City (Vatican Museum)

Plato & Aristotle:
Knowledge, Nature, & Metaphysics

Reading Assignments:

9/23 Plato, Phaedo [PDF]

9/30 Aristotle, Physics, Bk. II, chs. 1-3, 8. [PDF];
OPTIONAL: Metaphysics, Bk. IV, chs 1-2; Bk. XII, chs. 1-3 [PDF]

Note: The linked PDF documents contain more extensive excerpts from the text than the chapters specified above. For Aristotle's Physics, the specified chapters are found on pp. 19-25 and 30-33 of the document. (The "§" symbol is used to indicate the chapter divisions.) For Metaphysics, the specified chapters are found on pp. 261-265 and pp. 339-342.

10/7 Aristotle, On the Soul, Bk. I, chs. 1-2, 4; Bk. II, chs. 1-5, 12; Bk. III, chs. 3-4, 9-10 [PDF]

Pre-Recorded Lectures

1. Aristotle's Physics (part 1) [link]

2. Aristotle's Physics (part 2) [link]

3. Aristotle's On The Soul

Lecture Slides

Aristotle's Physics - Lecture Slides

Aristotle's On The Soul - Lecture Slides

Aristotle
384 - 322 B.C.E.
Portrait bust of Aristotle. Roman copy (1st or 2nd century C.E.) of lost original in bronze by Lyssipos (Paris, Louvre)