As an undergraduate, I took a course in Ancient Philosophy, which was essentially going to be Plato and Aristotle (which is appropriate).
It became clear we wouldn’t be able to finish the Republic AND have enough time for Aristotle. I lead an insurrection to finish the Republic.
It became clear we wouldn’t be able to finish the Republic AND have enough time for Aristotle. I lead an insurrection to finish the Republic.
I can’t say I regret our finishing the Republic — the professor was certainly up for it, since a group of students DEMANDING TO BE TAUGHT was rare even back then — but as a result I had VERY little knowledge of Aristotle going into grad school.
I *tried* to remedy this by taking a course on Aristotle during my first year of graduate studies, under Idit Dobbs-Weinstein, using Joseph Owen’s magisterial Doctrine of Being in the Aristotelean Metaphysics: b-ok.cc/book/1247389/f…
But it was too hard. I wasn’t ready for it.
But it was too hard. I wasn’t ready for it.
The point here is that, although it is a lot less formal, there are difficulty tiers in graduate work just as much as in undergraduate work.
Oh, and everyone should read this book, if they can:
b-ok.cc/book/1247389/f…
It is a *very hard* book, but of *incalculable* value in helping one understand Aristotle.
b-ok.cc/book/1247389/f…
It is a *very hard* book, but of *incalculable* value in helping one understand Aristotle.
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