Course Information
Course title
Independent Study:Aristotle's Metaphysics 
Semester
109-1 
Designated for
COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS  GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF PHILOSOPHY  
Instructor
Hsei-Yung Hsu 
Curriculum Number
Phl7871 
Curriculum Identity Number
124 M6000 
Class
 
Credits
1.0 
Full/Half
Yr.
Half 
Required/
Elective
Elective 
Time
Thursday 1(8:10~9:00) 
Remarks
Restriction: MA students and beyond AND Restriction: within this department (including students taking minor and dual degree program)
The upper limit of the number of students: 3. 
Ceiba Web Server
http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/1091Phl7871_meta 
Course introduction video
 
Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning
Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning
Course Syllabus
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Course Description

Aristotle calls metaphysics as the first philosophy, which is also the noblest theoretical science. It is also mentioned in the Nicomachean Ethics that the happiness (eudaimonia) of life is found in contemplating this noblest theoretical knowledge). This special study aims to inquire thoroughly several books of Aristotle’s Metaphysics, focusing on the main topics, such as “being qua being” and “first substance”, thus to grasp the whole outlook of “metaphysics” discussed by Aristotle. 

Course Objective
1) To grasp the notions of “actuality”, “being”, “substance” and “change” in Metaphysics,
2) To depict the whole outlook of “metaphysics” discussed by Aristotle,
3) To see the possible connection between Metaphysics and the Nicomachean Ethics, esp. Book I &X.
4) To help students to develop the skills involved in understanding and evaluating philosophical texts. 
Course Requirement
待補 
Student Workload (expected study time outside of class per week)
 
Office Hours
 
Designated reading
Aristotle, Metaphysics, translated with introduction and notes by C.D.C Reeve, Hackett Publishing Company, 2016.
Aristotle, Physics, translated with introduction and notes by C.D.C Reeve, Hackett Publishing Company, 2018.
Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Aristotle's "Metaphysics", translated with Introduction by John P. Rowan, Indiana: Dumb Ox Books, 1995. 
References
 
Grading
 
No.
Item
%
Explanations for the conditions
1. 
Attendance  
20% 
 
2. 
Reading & Discussion  
30% 
 
3. 
Final essay  
50% 
 
 
Progress
Week
Date
Topic
Week 1
9/17  Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book Alpha (I)Ch1-2 
Week 2
9/24  Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book Alpha (I)Ch1-2 
Week 3
10/01  Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book Little Alpha (Ⅱ)Ch1-3 
Week 4
10/08  Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book Little Alpha (Ⅱ)Ch1-3 
Week 5
10/15  Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book Gamma (IV) Ch1-3 
Week 6
10/22  Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book Epsilon (VI) Ch1-2 
Week 7
10/29  Aristotle, Physics, Book Alpha (I)Ch1-5 
Week 8
11/05  Aristotle, Physics, Book Gamma (Ⅲ)Ch1-4 
Week 9
11/12  Aristotle, Physics, Book Gamma (Ⅲ)Ch1-4 
Week 10
11/19  Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book Zeta (VII) 
Week 11
11/26  Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book Zeta (VII) 
Week 12
12/03  Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book Zeta (VII) 
Week 13
12/10  Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book Zeta (VII) 
Week 14
12/17  Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book Lambda (XII) 
Week 15
12/24  Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book Lambda (XII) 
Week 16
12/31  Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book Lambda (XII) 
Week 17
1/07  Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book Lambda (XII)