Readings for the first two weeks

I'll have the  page  numbers  for the semester  done by class  on thursday,  but here's the first two weeks.

Week One

Jan 14  Introductions:   Philosophy and the Mythopoetic tradition and an overview of class.

Reading: Curd, 1-12.

Jan 16 Thales, Anaximander, Anaximenes  and a bit more on class logistics.

Reading: Curd, 13-22.

Week Two

Jan 21 Xenophanes  and a philosophical critique of  Greek Religion.

Reading:  Curd,  31-38.

Jan 23 Pythagoras  and  Philosophy as a Way of Life. 

Curd, 23-30.