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Ancient Philosophy
Art: Raphael, Italian: Scuola di AteneThe School of Athenstitle…, 1509 · Public domain
- Instructor
- Prof. Sally Haslanger
- Term
- Fall 2004
- Level
- Undergraduate
- What's inside
- 1 lecture note · 1 reading · 31 other files · 5 web pages
- Materials open
- MIT OCW
About this course
Source: MIT OpenCourseWare 24.200 Ancient Philosophy, Fall 2004, Prof. Sally Haslanger — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: MIT's own listing order, section by section. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.
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Lecture Notes
21 files
- Characteristic Socratic Theses Download
- Euthyphro and the Elenchus Download
- Meno on Knowledge and Inquiry Download
- Immortality in the Phaedo Download
- Notes on Platonic Forms Download
- Republic I-II Download
- Social Justice and Psychic Justice in the Republic Download
- Plato’s Sun, Line, and Cave Download
- Plato on Happiness Download
- Third Man Argument Download
- Aristotle’s Categories and Early Thoughts on Substance Download
- Aristotle’s Categories II Download
- Aristotle’s Four Causes Download
- Aristotle on Science Download
- Aristotle on Primary Substance Download
- Aristotle on the Human Good Download
- The Greek Conception of Virtue Download
- Socrates on Weakness of Will (Akrasia) Download
- Aristotle: Voluntary/Involuntary Download
- Epicurean Empiricism Download
- Lucretius on Death Download
Study Materials
8 files
- TAP: Meno on Knowledge and Learning Download
- TAP: Immortality in the Phaedo Download
- TAP: “Why Be Moral?” Republic I-IV Download
- TAP: Philosopher Kings (and Queens?) Download
- TAP: Aristotle on God Download
- TAP: Aristotle on Virtue Download
- TAP: Aristotle on Friendship Download
- TAP: Lucretius on Free Will Download
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Course outline
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Lecture 2: Socrates and the Sophists
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Lecture 3: Socrates and the Law
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Lecture 4: Socratic Method
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Lecture 5: Knowledge and Learning
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Lecture 6: Prudential Paradox
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Lecture 7: Immortality and the Soul
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Lecture 8: Introduction of the Forms
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Lecture 9: Why Be Moral?
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Lecture 10: Justice in the City
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Lecture 11: Justice in the Soul
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Lecture 12: Theory of Forms
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Lecture 13: Happiness, Liberty, and Social Engineering
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Lecture 14: Aristotle on Plato
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Lecture 15: Matter and Form
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Lecture 16: Essence, God
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Lecture 17: On the Soul
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Lecture 18: Perception, Understanding
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Lecture 19: Happiness
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Lecture 20: Virtue
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Lecture 21: Weakness of Will
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Lecture 22: Friendship
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Lecture 23: Contemplation
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Lecture 24: Epicurean Atomism
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Lecture 25: Epicurean Morality
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Lecture 26: Death
MIT OpenCourseWare, Prof. Sally Haslanger, 24.200 Ancient Philosophy, Fall 2004.
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