Category Archives: Unit 3

First Semester of Year 12:
The Good Life

Weil’s “A Need for Roots” Lesson 2

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Mr Melican

Learning Intention: To understand Simone Weil’s underlying purpose in Part 1 of The Need for Roots, and to examine the assumptions and presuppositions with which she supports her argument(s). Reading: You should have read or be reading Part 1 of … Continue reading →

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Nietzsche Lesson 4

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Mr Melican

Learning Intention: To read and understand the prescribed section of text from Essay 3 of Nietzsche’s Genealogy of Morals and begin comparing ideas with other texts. Reading: You should have read the (very short) excerpt from Essay 3. As with … Continue reading →

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Nietzsche Lesson 3

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Mr Melican

Learning Intention: To identify and define the key concepts in section 13 of essay 1 in A Genealogy of Morals. Reading: You should by now have read the first two prescribed sections of Nietzsche. As with the work we did … Continue reading →

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Nietzsche Lesson 2

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Mr Melican

Learning Intention: To identify and define the key concepts in section 10 of Essay 1 in A Genealogy of Morals. Reading: You should have read the first of the prescribed sections (sections 10 and part of 11) from Essay 1.  … Continue reading →

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Nietzsche’s “Genealogy of Morals” Lesson 1

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Mr Melican

Learning Intention: To understand the historical and cultural influences on the writings of Friedrich Nietzsche. Reading: His Life: Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche was born in the small village of Röcken bei Lützen, located in a rural farmland area southwest of Leipzig … Continue reading →

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Aristotle’s “Nicomachean Ethics” Lesson 1

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Mr Melican

Learning Intention: To understand the historical and cultural influences on the writings of Aristotle. Reading: Aristotle was born in Stageira, Chalcidice, in 384 BC. He was a student of Plato‘s for two decades before heading the royal academy of Macedon, where … Continue reading →

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Aristotle Lesson 4

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Mr Melican

Learning Intention: To critically analyse the propositions put forward in The Nicomachean Ethics and the supporting arguments provided. Reading: Re-read your chapter summaries (and mine) and the dot-point or raw notes you took before writing the summaries. In many cases, … Continue reading →

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Aristotle Lesson 3

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Mr Melican

Learning Intention: To identify and define the key concepts in Book 2 of The Nicomachean Ethics. Reading: You should by now have read Book 2 of The Nicomachean Ethics After last week’s lesson you should be more familiar with how … Continue reading →

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Aristotle’s ‘Nicomachean Ethics’ Lesson 2

Posted on April 7, 2012 by Mr Melican

Learning Intention: To identify and define the key concepts inBook 1 of The Nicomachean Ethics. Reading: You should have read Chapters 1-5 and 7-9 of Book 1. Chapter 6 is not a relevant discussion to our study of ‘The Good … Continue reading →

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Plato’s ‘Gorgias’ Lesson 5

Posted on April 7, 2012 by Mr Melican

Learning Intention: To critically analyse the argumentation inGorgias and develop objections or criticisms where necessary. Reading: That he who has learned justice is just. There are two fallacies in this argument: The old confusion of the arts and the virtues;a … Continue reading →

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