M. Gregory Oakes, Ph.D.

LART602: The Rational Eye

Fall, 2013

Syllabus

Style Sheet

A Guide to my Marks and Grading

Assignments

Term Paper and Presentations
Some Writing Advice	Outlines
Notes Example (class 9/24/13)	Another (10/30/13)

Study Guides

Preparation Advice
Week 1: Chaos, Cosmos, Logos
Week 2: Greek Myth
Week 3: The Pre-Socratic Philosophers
Week 4: Socrates
Week 5: Plato	Classical Greek Sculpture Cave Images (link)
Week 6: Aristotle
Week 7: Sophocles	Stravinsky Opera Pasolini Trailer
Week 9: Descartes, Spinoza, Bach	Bach by smalin and another Bach Brandenburg No. 6 score
Week 10: Hume
Week 11: Nietzsche
Week 12: The Problem of Evil I
Week 13: The Problem of Evil II

Notes

Chaos, Cosmos, Logos (week I study guide)	ant image 1	ant image 2
Hesiod
The Pre-Socratic Philosophers
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
Sophocles
Descartes
Hume
Nietzsche (see study guide)
Genesis, Leibniz, etc. (see study guide)
Job, Voltaire, etc. (see study guide)