Schedule of Classes and Assigned Readings

Schedule of Classes ● Link to Assigned Readings ●
Week of	Monday	Wednesday

August 29	Introduction	Western Patterns of Thought
September 5	Before Philosophy in China	No Class
September 12	*The Analects:* Confucius on Moral Perfection**	*The Analects:* The Ritual Core & Man's Social Nature**
September 19	*The Analects:* The Significance of Disciples**	*The Analects:* Heaven, History, and Timeliness**
September 26	Mohism: Doctrine and Argumentation	Mohism: The Significance of Standards
October 3	Mohist Logic and Theory of Language	Mencius's Career & Anti-Mohism
October 10	Mencius: The Goodness of Human Nature	Mencius: Rules and Character
October 17	Mencius: Fate as a Moral Opportunity	Laozi and Daoism Take Home Midterm Distributed -- due Monday
October 24	The Paradox of the Dao de jing Take Home Midterm Due	Zhuangzi's Daoist Imagination
October 31	Zhuangzi: Language and Experience	Zhuangzi: Philosophy and Skill
November 7	Zhuangzi: Relativity, Life, Death, and Dao	Naturalism
November 14	Legalism	Study and the Mind, According to Xunzi
November 21	Xunzi: Heaven and Ritual	Thanksgiving Break
November 28	Xunzi: The Promise of Evil and Cosmic Ritual	The Great Learning
December 5	The Doctrine of the Mean	The Spring & Autumn Annals and the Yijing
Final Exam: Friday, December 16, 2:45-4:45