Schedule of Theaetetus seminar

Work listed under any particular day is due on that day. In other words, it is not the assignment for the next class: it is due on the day for which it is listed.

• January
• Suggested background reading for those who wish to know more about Plato generally: Richard Kraut's "Plato" in The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 
• Or read the Encyclopedia Britannica article on Plato, which is available electronically thru B/H library.
  
• Wed. Jan. 19: Introduction of seminar topic and procedure
• Sign up for one commentary section for Lindsay.
• Fri. Jan. 21
• Read Theaetetus in English
  
• Read Theaetetus for three full hours in Greek, covering as much as you can do well.
• Bring at least two typed out questions about the Greek with you to class.
• These can be about any aspect of the Greek, but they should be honest questions that you encountered during your reading. If you think you understand the text completely and have no questions, then I will ask you questions to show you that you do not understand the text completely (yes, that's a threat: if you really understand the text that well, you should be teaching this seminar, because I don't understand it so well that I don't have questions!).
• Sample questions:
  
• "I just don't understand the grammar of the following sentence: ____. Is X the subject? What's that infinitive doing there? and how can we possibly explain that dative?" 
• "It seems that something is missing from the text here, because ____"
• "This optative has me flummoxed. Why is it optative instead of indicative?"
• "I understand the first half of this sentence (quote it), but then the second half does not fit with the first half, because ..."
  
• Mon. Jan. 24
• Read Timothy Chappell's Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article Plato on Knowledge in the Theaetetus
• Read Theaetetus for three full hours in Greek, covering as much as you can do well.
• Bring at least two typed out questions about the Greek with you to class, similar to last week's questions.
  
• Sign up for one report for February (report about an article could be simplest to choose)
  
• Wed. Jan. 26
• Read Mi-Kyoung Lee's 'The Theaetetus,' a chapter from Gail Fine's The Oxford Handbook of Plato (on reserve at B/H)
• Read Theaetetus for three full hours in Greek, covering as much as you can do well.
• Bring at least two typed out questions about the Greek with you to class, similar to last week's questions.
• Fri. Jan. 28
• Do Greek diagnostic exercise (will take all period, except for a brief time for the next item).
  
• Sign up for another report for February.
  
• Mon. Jan 31: read 146-149
  
• Results of diagnostic exercise:
• 13 weeks and 64 Stephanus pages left: 4 Stephanus pages each week during February, 5 each week during March, and 6 each week during April.
• We have four groups: A, B, C, and D
  
• Group A students are responsible for the first Stephanus page of the week's assignment in Feb., the first Stephanus page plus sections A and B of the following pages in March, and the first two Stephanus pages in April
• Group B students: the first Stephanus page plus sections A, B, and C of the following page in February, the first two and a half Stephanus pages in March, and the first three and a half Stephanus pages in April.
• Group C students: the first 2 and a half Stephanus pages in February, the first 3 and a half Stephanus pages in March, and the first 4 and a half Stephanus pages in April.
• Group D students: read it all in Greek.
  
• These are minima: you are free to exceed them!
  
• Continue reading in Greek.
• Bring at least two typed out questions about the Greek with you to class, similar to last week's questions.
• February
• Wed. Feb. 2
• Charles and Marley
  
• Fri. Feb. 4
• Dylan and David
  
• Mon. Feb. 7: week's reading is 150-153
  
• Chris and Brittany
  
• Wed. Feb. 9
• Fri. Feb. 11
• Lindsay
  
• Mon. Feb. 14 week's reading is154-7
• Wed. Feb. 16
• Fri. Feb. 18
• Prof. Bailly en route to Korea
• Class should meet in my absence to read Theatetus.
  
• Mon. Feb. 21 week's reading is158-161
• Prof. Bailly in Korea
• Class should meet in my absence to read Theatetus.
• Wed. Feb. 23
• Prof. Bailly in Korea
• Class should meet in my absence to read Theatetus.
• Fri. Feb. 25
• Brittany
  
• Mon. Feb. 28 week's reading is162-166
• March
• Wed. March 2
• Fri. March 4
• Mon. March  14 week's reading is167-171
• Wed. March 16
• Dylan Hudson
  
• Fri. March 18
• Mon. March 21 week's reading is173-177
• David Dyke?
  
• Wed. March 23
• Chris Waldo and
  
• Fri. March 25
• Prof. Bailly may be in Ottawa
• Class should meet in my absence to read Theatetus.
• Mon. March 28 week's reading is178-182
• Wed. March 30
• April-May
• Fri. April 1
• Mon. April 4 week's reading is183-188
• David Dyke
  
• Wed. April 6
• Fri. April 8: LATIN DAY!
• Mon. April 11 week's reading is189-194
• Wed. April 13
• Fri. April 15
• Mon. April 18 week's reading is195-200
• Wed. April 20
• Fri. April 22
• Mon. April 25 week's reading is200-205
• Lindsay's third report
  
• Wed. April 27
• Marley Evans, Final Project
  
• Fri. April 29
• Lindsay Whittaker, Brittany Rudacille, Final Project
  
• Mon. May 2 week's reading is 206-210
• Dylan Hudson, Charles Haragely, Final Projects
  
• Wed. May 4
• Chris Waldo, David Dyke, Final Projects
  
• FINAL EXAM:
• Fri. May 6, 10:30-1:15