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May 10, 2020

See it HERE. Study it. It is now in effect.

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Assignment for Thursday, March 12, 2020

March 10, 2020

Read up to the end of section #30. You'll start to see some more dimension to the idea now, and even some more specific talk about "how to live." Read this carefully enough to do some in-class writing.

Assignment for Tuesday, February 18, 2020

February 16, 2020

Read it again, HERE . At the end, Epicurus says that anyone who follows this advice will "live like a god." Really study these pages this time, and be ready to write about what a life like this looks like. And what's "godlike" about it.

Going Forward

March 15, 2020

OK. Well, this is new. And we're not sure exactly how it will go. The faculty is going to take next week to develop a plan, and then classes will resume after spring break...just not on campus. First of all, you should all buy corncob pipes. The worst thing about actually being in a classroom is that you can't smoke a pipe. Well, classrooms are in the pre-apocalyptic past. Get a pipe. My hunch is that we won't try to have a "video" class on the same schedule as our old class. Too many technical issues. There may be some opportunities for audio meet-ups, perhaps in small groups at different times, to discuss stuff. Maybe I'll sometimes record and post short "lectures" on various topics along the way. I'll do office hours via phone or Skype. But mostly, I'm guessing, we'll use a threaded text discussion here, or some other e-place. And assignments can be emailed to me, or uploaded to a common folder. ...