[Teachldsseminary] COMM: free online class Ancient Philosophy

[Marji]

OK to post this on the seminary list per Tim.
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Dear Seminary Teachers,
This message is for any who might have homeschooled students in
their seminaries.  It is time sensitive.

Teachers, if any of you have homeschool students in your seminaries
who might be interested in the following class, would you please print
this message and pass it on to them asap?  If they are interested,
they need to sign up now, classes start right after Labor Day.  The
class will be closed to new admissions after this week.

THERE IS NO CHARGE FOR THIS CLASS.  The books or other online/print
resources are required.

During the Fall of 2006, School of Abraham is sponsoring a free online
discussion group for Ancient Philosophy, based on the class created by
the department of Linguistics and Philosophy at MIT, through their
free OpenCourseWare program.  (see www.scholarcentral.net).  Most, but
not all, of the current students in the class are LDS (about 20 are
enrolled).

This free course will acquaint the student with some of the ancient Greek
contributions to the Western philosophical and scientific tradition.
We will examine a broad range of central philosophical themes
concerning: nature, law, justice, knowledge, virtue, happiness, and
death.

This first course is a "learning experience" for us and I hope
for the students!  We are starting classes the day after Labor day.
There is still time to order the books if you HURRY!  :)

Right now, all that has been "required" is to post an
intro with some personal background.  Some interesting kids are in the
group, and some adults are also.  The easiest way to navigate is to go
to www.scholarcentral.net and click on those links to join the yahoo
group.

All work will be done independently, and will be submitted and shared
with the online class. No official credit will be given. Homeschool
students will be able to add this class to their transcripts. A
certificate of completion will be provided at the end of the course.

The syllabus, calendar, readings, lecture notes, assignments, study
materials, and related resources can be found at
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Linguistics-and-Philosophy/24-200Fall-2004/CourseHome/index.htm.

Weekly reading assignments will range from about 30-100 pages per
week. It is essential that students read these assignments.

There will be three 5-7 page papers due. Paper topics will be
distributed in advance. Students will participate in a "text analysis
presentation" [TAP]. In a TAP, students are assigned a paragraph of
text and are responsible for presenting an interpretation of the
passage to the study group, together with several follow-up discussion
questions.

Required Readings
Cohen, S. Marc, Patricia Curd, and C. D. C. Reeve., eds. Readings in
Ancient Greek Philosophy from Thales to Aristotle. Indianapolis, IN:
Hackett, 1995. ISBN: 0872203131. [RAGP]

Carus, Titus Lucretius. On the Nature of the Universe. Translated by
Ronald Latham. New York, NY: Penguin Books, 1951. [ONU]

Recommended Readings
Shields, Christopher., ed. The Blackwell Guide to Ancient Philosophy.
Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing, 2003. ISBN: 0631222146.

Marji Meyer
www.schoolofabraham.com
www.scholarcentral.net
Email:  classics at schoolofabraham.com