Philosophy 310 Ancient Greek Philosophy (SP07)
Professor James Lesher
Department of Philosophy
College of Arts and Humanities
University of Maryland



1. Syllabus
2. Creation Accounts
3. Pythagorean Teachings
4. Greek Words I
5. Echoes of Heraclitus
6. Heraclitus and the East
7. Parmenides' Arguments
8. Review Questions
9. Three Portraits of Socrates
10. Later Views of Socrates
11. The Gadfly Song
12. Wittgenstein
13. Wordsworth
14. The Gyges Story- Fallacy in Plato's Republic
15. Plato on Women
16. Aristophanes' Speech
17. Echos of Forms
18. Review Questions II
19. Greek Words II
20. Aristotle's God
21. Legacy of Ancient Thought
22. Review Questions for Final Exam


Supplement 1: Greek Alphabet

Supplement 2: Cave and Matrix

Afterimages of Plato's Symposium (password protected)