I still want to comment more on last month's discussion/readings, but I should probably go ahead and list the ones for this month (below). We are still working on setting up an online discussion, but dates have been a bit tricky. I'll get back to you on it... Anyway, the reading are listed with the parts we'll focus on in brackets here, and then the volume and pages to find them in the old great books set.
It can be challenges to get started on these books if you are new to...old stuff, but don't be too intimidated. We welcome all perspectives and experience levels. This isn't about getting the "right" things out of the reading, or understanding everything all the time (or all most any of the time if it's really new to you), it's about progressing a little at a time and considering it in context with what is important to you. Last discussion we talked about everything from our own marriages (Joel!) to achieving world peace, all because that is what we were learning and interested in from our readings and from our personal experiences. If you have questions, or need general direction on understanding the context or readings themselves, please ask as a comment on here and take advantage of all of the online resources.
November 19th ColloquiumPLATO: REPUBLIC [Book I-II] Vol. 7, pp. 295-324
ARISTOTLE: ETHICS [Book I] Vol. 9, pp. 339-348
This Introduction by Joe Sachs to his translation really helped me get down to what Aristotle meant and intended with the words Habit, the Mean, and Noble and lays good groundwork for the Ethics.
ReplyDeleteHere is a link to the Amazon "look inside" view of the introduction:
http://www.amazon.com/Aristotles-Nicomachean-Ethics-Philosophical-Library/dp/1585100358/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1384263920&sr=8-1&keywords=nichomachean+ethics+joe+sachs
Here is a free download of the book from GoBookee, but I don't know if it's virus free?
http://www.gobookee.org/joe-sachs-aristotle-nicomachean-ethics/