St. John's College Undergraduate Reading List 13-14
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St John's College - Santa Fe, New Mexico
SEMINAR READING ASSIGNMENTS 2013-2014
Asterisks (*) indicate selections detailed in the supplement sheets.
Freshman Date Thursday Aug 29 Monday Sep 2 Thursday Sep 5 Homer, Iliad, Books 1-6 Iliad, Books 7-12 Iliad, Books 13-18
Sophomore Hebrew Bible Genesis, 1-11 Genesis, 12-23
Junior Cervantes, Don Quixote, Volume I Don Quixote, Volume II Descartes, Meditations, To the Reader, Synopsis, Meditations I-III Meditations IV-VI
Senior Tolstoy, War and Peace War and Peace
Genesis, 24-50
Hegel, Phenomenology of Spirit* Phenomenology*
Monday Sep 9 Thursday Sep 12 Monday Sep 16 Thursday Sep 19 Monday Sep 23 Thursday Sep 26
Iliad, Books 19-24 Homer, Odyssey, Books 1-8 Odyssey, Books 9-16 Odyssey, Books 17-24 Aeschylus, Agamemnon Aeschylus, Libation Bearers, Eumenides Herodotus, Histories*
Exodus
Deuteronomy
Pascal, Pensees, selections* Pensees, selections* Milton, Paradise Lost, Books 1-3 Paradise Lost, Books 4-5; 8-9 Paradise Lost, Books 10-12
Phenomenology* Phenomenology* Phenomenology* Phenomenology* Tocqueville, Democracy in America* Democracy in America*
Samuel; Kings; Chronicles* Psalms*
Jeremiah & Jonah* Job
Monday Sep 30
Livy, The Early History of Rome* Plutarch, Lives, Cato the Younger and Caesar
Hobbes, Leviathan, "Dedication," "Preface," Chapters 1-9 Leviathan, Chapters 10-16
Thursday Oct 3
Histories*
Democracy in America*
Monday Oct 7
Histories*
Plutarch, Antony and Brutus
Leviathan, Chapters 17-21,26, 31 [final paragraph]
"Review & Conclusion"
Marx, Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts* Marx, Capital*
Thursday Oct 10
Plato, Gorgias, 447a-481b
Virgil, Aeneid, Books 1-4 Aeneid, Books 5-8
Spinoza, TheologicoPolitical Treatise* TheologicoPolitical Treatise*
Monday Oct 14
Gorgias, 481b-527c
Marx, German Ideology: Part 1
Thursday Oct 17
Plato, Meno Sophocles, Antigone
Aeneid, Books 9-12
Locke, Second Treatise of Government* Rousseau, Discourse on the Origin of Inequality* Discourse on the Origin of Inequality* Preceptorials Preceptorials Preceptorials
Melville, Benito Cereno
Monday Oct 21
Tacitus, Annals, I-II
W.E.B. DuBois, Souls of Black Folk, Ch. 1-7 W.E.B. DuBois, Souls of Black Folk, Ch. 8-14
Thursday Oct 24
Plato, Republic, I
Annals, III-VI
Monday Oct 28 Thursday Oct 31 Monday Nov 4 Thursday Nov 7 Monday Nov 11
Republic, II-III Republic, IV-V
Epictetus, Discourses* New Testament Matthew New Testament John (Gospel), I John (Epistle) New Testament Acts New Testament Romans
Preceptorials Preceptorials Preceptorials
Republic, VI-VII
Republic, VIII-IX Republic, X
Preceptorials Preceptorials
Preceptorials Preceptorials
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Thursday Nov 14 Monday Nov 18 Thursday Nov 21 Monday Nov 25 Monday Dec 2 Thursday Dec 5 Monday Dec 9 Thursday Dec 12 Monday Dec 16
Aristophanes, Clouds Plato, Apology, Crito Plato, Phaedo, 57a-89a Phaedo, 89b-118a
New Testament I Corinthians Aristotle, On the Soul, II, 1-7, 11-12 On the Soul, III, 3-13; I, 4, 408b 18-30 Plotinus, Enneads* Augustine, Confessions, 1-6 Confessions, 7-9
Preceptorials
Preceptorials
Preceptorials
Preceptorials
Preceptorials
Preceptorials
Preceptorials
Preceptorials
Sophocles, Oedipus Rex Plato, Theaetetus, 142a-187a Theaetetus, 187a-210c Plato, Sophist, 216a-249d Sophist 249d-end Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound
Preceptorials
Preceptorials
Preceptorials
Preceptorials
Confessions, 10-11 Maimonides, Guide of the Perplexed* Guide of the Perplexed* Guide of the Perplexed* WINTER VACATION
Preceptorials Preceptorials
Preceptorials Preceptorials
Preceptorials
Preceptorials
Thursday Dec 19
Preceptorials
Preceptorials
Monday Jan 20
Thucydides, Peloponnesian War, I; II, 1-46
Anselm, Proslogium; Gaunilon's Reply and Anselm's Response
Swift, Gulliver’s Travels, 1-2
Dostoevsky, Brothers Karamazov, Parts I-III (Books I-IX)
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Thursday Jan 23 Monday Jan 27
Peloponnesian War, II, 47-65; III, 1-86; IV, 1-41 Peloponnesian War, IV, 42-135; V, 1-26, 84-116; VI, 132 Peloponnesian War, VI, 32-105; VII; VIII, 1-18 Plato, Phaedrus, 227a257c Plato, Phaedrus, 257c-end Plato, Symposium, 172a201c Symposium, 201d-223d
Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae* Summa Theologiae*
Gulliver’s Travels, 3-4 Leibniz, selections*
Brothers Karamazov, Part IV (Books X and XI) Brothers Karamazov, Book XII and "Epilogue" [Essay Preparation]
Thursday Jan 30 Monday Feb 3
Summa Theologiae*
Leibniz, selections*
Dante, Divine Comedy, Inferno, Cantos 1-17 Divine Comedy, Inferno, Cantos 18-End Divine Comedy, Purgatorio, Cantos 1-18 Divine Comedy, Purgatorio, Cantos 19-End Divine Comedy, Paradiso, Cantos 1-17 Divine Comedy, Paradiso, Cantos 18-End Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae* Summa Theologiae*
Hume, Treatise of Human Nature* Treatise of Human Nature*
[Essay Preparation]
Thursday Feb 6
[Essay Preparation]
Monday Feb 10
Treatise of Human Nature* Hume, Enquiry Concerning Principles of Morals* Kant, Critique of Pure Reason* Critique of Pure Reason*
[Essay Preparation]
Thursday Feb 13
[Essay Preparation]
Monday Feb 17
Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics; I Nicomachean Ethics; II, III
Dred Scott Decision*
Thursday Feb 20
Lincoln Speeches; Constitutional Amendments* Supreme Court Decisions* Kierkegaard, Fear & Trembling* Kierkegaard, Philosophical Fragments*
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Monday Feb 24 Thursday Feb 27 Monday Mar 3
Nicomachean Ethics; IV, V Nicomachean Ethics; VI, VII Nicomachean Ethics; VIII, IX
Critique of Pure Reason* Critique of Pure Reason* Critique of Pure Reason*
Chaucer, Canterbury Tales*
Thursday Mar 6 Monday Mar 10
Nicomachean Ethics; X Aristotle, Politics*
Canterbury Tales*
Critique of Pure Reason* Critique of Pure Reason*
Kierkegaard, Philosophical Fragments* Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil, Preface, Parts I & II Beyond Good and Evil, Parts III-V
Canterbury Tales*
Thursday Mar 13
Politics*
Shakespeare, As You Like It SPRING VACATION
Wordsworth, Two Part Prelude
Monday Mar 31
Sophocles, Ajax
Machiavelli, The Prince, I - XIV
Austen, Pride and Prejudice Vol. I-II Pride and Prejudice Vol III Rousseau, Social Contract, I, II, IV-8 “Civil Religion” Kant, Critique of Pure Reason, “Canon;” Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals * Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals* Mozart, Don Giovanni Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations*
Beyond Good and Evil, Parts VI & VII
Thursday Apr 3
Lucretius, On the Nature of Things, I-II On the Nature of Things, III-IV
The Prince, XV XXVI
Beyond Good and Evil, Parts VIII & IX, "Aftersong" Freud, Introductory Lectures, I-VIII
Monday Apr 7
Shakespeare, Midsummer Night’s Dream
Thursday Apr 10
On Nature of Things, V-VI
Montaigne, Essays:
"Education of Children," "Of Cannibals"
Introductory Lectures, IX-XI, XIII-XIV, XVII (pp. 323-333 only), XVIII-XIX
Monday Apr 14 Thursday Apr 17 Monday Apr 21
Plato, Timaeus, 17a-53e Aristotle, Physics* Physics*
Essays, “Of Experience” Shakespeare, Richard II Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part I
Introductory Lectures, XX-XXIV Heidegger
Being and Time*
Heidegger
Being and Time*
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Thursday Apr 24 Monday Apr 28
Physics*
Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part II Bacon, New Organon*
Wealth of Nations*
Heidegger
Being and Time*
Physics*
Wealth ofNations*
Heidegger
Being and Time*
Thursday May 1
Physics*
Bacon, New Atlantis; Great Instauration
Hawthorne, Scarlet Letter: Author’s preface; “Custom House”; Ch. 1-8 Scarlet Letter Ch. 9-end
Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway
Monday May 5
Aristotle, Metaphysics,
Book I (Α), Ch.1-2; Book XII (Λ), Ch. 610
Descartes, Discourse on Method, I-III
Mrs. Dalloway
Thursday May 8
Euripides, Bacchae
Discourse on Method, IV-VI
Declaration of Independence; U.S. Constitution
Madison, Hamilton, Jay,
Wittgenstein, Philosophical Investigations*
The Federalist*
Monday May 12
Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus Aristophanes, Frogs Aristotle, Poetics Sophocles, Philoctetes
Shakespeare, Othello Shakespeare, Macbeth Shakespeare, King Lear
The Federalist*
Wittgenstein, Philosophical Investigations* Joyce, Dubliners* Joyce, Dubliners* Joyce, Dubliners*
Thursday May 15 Monday May 19
The Federalist*
Twain, Huckleberry Finn Ch. 1-21 Huckleberry Finn Ch. 22-end
Thursday May 22
Shakespeare, Tempest
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Seminar Reading Assignments 2013-2014 SUPPLEMENT - FRESHMAN SEMINAR ASSIGNMENTS 2013-2014
Monday Sep 30 Thursday Oct 3 Monday Oct 7 Monday Mar 10 Thursday Mar 13 Thursday Apr 17 Monday Apr 21 Thursday Apr 24 Monday Apr 28 Thursday May 1 Histories: I; III, 37-38 Histories: V, 62-78; VI, 94-140; VII, 1-60, 99-end Histories: VIII, IX Politics: I; II, 1260 b27-1264 b26, 1266 a30-1269 a25 Politics: III; VII, 1323 a14-1326 b27 Physics: I, 184 a9-184 b14 and 189 b30-192 b7; II, 192 b8-195 b30 Physics: II, 195b31-200 b11 Physics: III, 200b12-202b29; IV, 217b29-224a16 Physics: III, 202b30-208a25;IV, 208a26-217b28 Physics: VIII, 250 b11-260 a19 and 265 a13-267 b27
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Seminar Reading Assignments 2013-2014 SUPPLEMENT - SOPHOMORE SEMINAR ASSIGNMENTS 2013-2014
Monday Sep 16 Thursday Sep 19 Monday Sep 23 Monday Sep 30 Monday Oct 28 Monday Nov 25 Thursday Dec 12 Hebrew Bible: I Samuel 8-31; II Samuel; I Kings, 1-2; II Chronicles, last chapter only Bible: Psalms 8, 14, 19, 22, 23, 38, 39, 46, 51, 90, 91, 107, 110, 130, 137, 139, (as numbered in RSV and Jerusalem editions; users of other editions should cross-check for correct selection) Jeremiah 1, 26-45 & Jonah
The Early History of Rome (Penguin Classics); pp. 29-148 (last paragraph) Discourses: Book I, Chapters 1, 2, 11, 16, 17, 18, 24; Book II, Chapters 1, 2, 5, 6, 8 The Essential Plotinus (O’Brien), “Beauty” (I,6) pp. 33-43; “Three Primal Hypostases” (V,1) pp. 90-104; “Contemplation” (III,8) pp. 162-175 Guide, Part I., Epistle Dedicatory, Introduction, (pp. 3-20 of the Pines translation, University of Chicago Press, Volume I - photocopy); Part II, Chs. 13-19, 25 Guide Part II., Chs. 32-40, 46-48, Volume II Guide Part III., Chs. 17-23, Volume II Summa Theologiae: (photocopy: "Articles of Faith" ); (photocopy: “Prologue”); Part I: q.1; q.2; q.3, arts. 3-4, 7 ST: (photocopy, I: q.4: "Perfection of God"); q.12, arts. 12-13; q.13, arts. 1-5 and 11-12 ST: (photocopy: "On the End of Man") ST: Part II, Section 1: q.90; q.91; (photocopy, q.92: "Readings on Law: On the Effects of Law"); q.93, arts. 1-3 ST : Part II, Section 1: q.94, q.95, arts. 1-2; (photocopy, q.96: "Readings on Law: On the Power of Human Law"; q.97: “Readings on Law: On the Change in Laws”)
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Monday Dec 16 Thursday Dec 19 Thursday Jan 23 Monday Jan 27 Thursday Jan 30 Monday Feb 24 Thursday Feb 27
Monday Mar 3 Thursday Mar 6
Canterbury Tales: Prologue, "Knight's Tale" Canterbury Tales: Prologues to the “Miller” & “Reeve’s” tales, "Miller's Tale," "Reeve's Tale"
Monday Canterbury Tales: Prologue to the "Wife of Bath's Tale", "Wife of Bath's Tale" Mar 10 Monday Bacon, New Organon: “Preface’” I, 1-69, 129, 130; II, 1-25, 52. Apr 28 NB: Aquinas selections are available in Introduction to St Thomas Aquinas (edited by Pegis), Modern Library, supplemented by photocopies, as indicated.
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Seminar Reading Assignments 2013-2014 SUPPLEMENT - JUNIOR SEMINAR ASSIGNMENTS 2013-2014
Pensees: The "thoughts" are numbered differently in the three editions generally available, and are correlated in the following lists. P=Penguin, D/ML=Dover, Dutton and Modern Library, GB=Great Books. Thursday, September 12 and Monday, September 16 First Assignment P 512 511 751 513 675 587 647 199 44 45 978 622 136 137 523 414 427 612 429 418 577 781 808 188 170 167 174 82 182 173 530 D/ML 1 2 3 4 29 34 35 72 82 83 100 131 139 143 145 171 194 219 229 233 234 242 245 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 GB 1 2 3 4 29 34 35 72 82 83 100 131 139 143 145 171 194 219 229 233 234 242 245 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 P 975 983 423 424 588 377 155 110 D/ML 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 GB 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 Second Assignmentcont. P D/ML GB 149 430 430 131 434 434 208 435 435 142 463 463 398 524 524 352 525 525 192 526 527 212 527 528 353 528 529 712 529 530 538 530 531 358 537 538 190 542 543 189 546 547 449 555 556 835 563 564 502 570 571 926 581 582 242 584 585 446 585 586 286 608 609 281 612 613 454 618 619 451 619 620 311 639 640 392 643 644 270 669 670 257 683 684 269 691 692 198 692 693 793 736 737
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Second Assignment 60 294 294 103 298 298 554 303 303 977 320 320 688 323 323 525 325 325 26 330 330 533 331 331 200 347 347 33 374 374 905 385 385 109 392 392 406 395 395 128 396 396 114 397 397 117 409 409 621 412 412 410 413 413 122 416 416 121 418 418 148 425 425
Second Assignment - cont. P D/ML GB 308 792 793 846 807 807 184 810 811 169 811 812
Thursday Oct 10 Monday Oct 14 Thursday Oct 17 Monday Oct 21 Thursday Oct 24 Monday Jan 27 Thursday Jan 30 Monday Feb 3 Thursday Feb 6 Monday Feb 10 Thursday, Feb 13 Monday Feb 17 Thursday Feb 20
Theologico-Political Treatise, Preface, Chs. I, II, IV, VI-VII Theologico-Political Treatise, Chs. XI-XVI, XIX, XX Second Treatise of Government, Numbered paragraphs 1-51, 86-100, 119-158, 199, 211-243 Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Letter to the Republic of Geneva, Preface, Part I Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part II
Philosophical Essays (Hackett): pp. 138 - 145 (New System of Nature); pp. 171 - 178 (from correspondence with de Volder); pp. 155 -167 (On Nature Itself) Philosophical Essays: pp. 206-213 (Principles of Nature and Grace); pp. 213-225 (Monadology) Treatise of Human Nature: "Introduction," Book I, Part I; Part III: sections I-VI Treatise of Human Nature: Book I, Part III: sections VII-VIII, X, XII, XIV and XV Treatise of Human Nature: Book I, Part IV, sections I-II, VI-VII Enquiry Concerning Principles of Morals: I-VI; IX; Appendix 1. “Concerning Moral Sentiment”; Appendix 2. “Of Self-Love” Critique of Pure Reason: "Preface" to Second Edition; "Introduction," pp. 17-62. Note: pagination is taken from the Norman Kemp Smith Translation. Pagination for the 2 other main editions is available in the St. John’s College Bookstore. "Transcendental Aesthetic," (pp. 65-91)
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Monday Feb 24 Thursday Feb 27 Monday Mar 3 Thursday Mar 6 Monday Mar 10 Thursday Apr 10 Monday Apr 14
"Transcendental Logic," "Introduction;" "Transcendental Analytic," Book I, Chapter I (pp.92-119), Book I, Chapter II, Section 1 (pp. 120-128) "Transcendental Analytic," Book I Chapter II, Section 2 (second edition, pp.151-175) "Transcendental Analytic," Book II, Chapter I (pp. 180-187); Chapter II, Analogies of Experience (first paragraph only, pp. 208-209), Second Analogy (first four paragraphs only, pp. 218-221); Chapter III (pp. 257-275, but omit all passages contained only in A= first edition, at bottom of pages 260-261 and 263-271) "Transcendental Dialectic," "Introduction" (pp. 297-307); Book I (pp. 308-326); Book II, The Dialectical Inferences of Pure Reason (pp. 327-328) and Chapter II, Introduction and Sections 1 and 2 (First and Third Antinomies only) (pp. 384-402, 409-415) "Transcendental Dialectic," Book II, Chapter II, Sections 3-8 and Section 9 (parts I and III only), pp. 422-458, 464-479, 483-484 Critique of Pure Reason, “Canon” (pp. 629-653); Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals: Preface and Section I Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals: Second section-third section
Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations: The Modern Library edition of The Wealth of Nations does not contain paragraph numbers. The following table correlates the readings in the Liberty Fund edition with the Modern Library Edition. Seminar Date Monday, April 21 Liberty Fund Edition “Introduction and Plan of Work” Book I, Chapters 1-4; Chapter 5, (first ten paragraphs) Book I, Chapters 6-7 Book I, Chapter 8, (paragraphs 127, 35-45, last paragraph) Book I, Chapter 9, (First 4 paragraphs) Book I, Chapter 10, Introduction, Part I, (paragraphs 1-26) Book I, Chapter 10, Part II, (paragraphs 1-17, 41-end) Book I, Chapter 11, Conclusion Book II, Introduction Book II, Chapter 1 Book II, Chapter 3 Book III, Chapter 1 Book III, Chapter 3 Modern Library Edition xxiii-xxvi 3-37 53-72 73-84 (to “In Great Britain…”), 89-95 (to “In Years of Plenty…”), 99 100-101 (to “By the 37th…”) 114-124 (to “That the chance of gain…”) 136-143 (to “The government of towns…”), 155-165 284-288 299-301 302-309 360-380 407-412 426-438
Thursday, April 24
Monday, April 28
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Book III, Chapter 4, (paragraphs 1-18) Book IV, Introduction, Chapter 1, (paragraphs 1-4, 34-end) Book IV, Chapter 2, (paragraphs 1-15, 40-end) Book IV, Chapter 3, Part II Book IV, Chapter 9, (last 3 paragraphs) Book V, Chapter 1, Part III, article 2 (paragraphs 48-end Book V, Chapter 1, part III, article 3, (paragraphs 1-25)
439-448 (to “This order, however…”) 455-458 ( to “In consequence of these…”), 478-480 (beginning with “ I thought it necessary…”) 481-487 (to the bottom of the page), 498-502 (beginning with “The case in which…”) 520-532 745-746 839-846 (beginning with “Ought the public…”) 846-863 (to “In this situation…”)
Thursday May 8 Monday May 12 Thursday May 15
The Federalist: 1,2,6,9 together with the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution The Federalist: 10, 15, 23, 39, 49, 50, 51
The Federalist: 57, 62, 63, 68, 69, 76, 78, 84
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Seminar Reading Assignments 2013-2014: Revised SUPPLEMENT - SENIOR SEMINAR ASSIGNMENTS 2013-2014
Thursday Sep 5 Monday Sep 9 Thursday Sep 12 Monday Sep 16 Thursday Sep 19 Monday Sep 23 Thursday Sep 26 Phenomenology: (Miller translation, Oxford Univ Press): Introduction, paragraphs 73-89 (pp. 46-57); Sense Certainty, 90-110 (pp. 58-66) Phenomenology: Lordship and Bondage, Stoicism; paragraphs 178-201 (pp. 111-122) Phenomenology: Skepticism, Unhappy Consciousness, Reason (Intro), paragraphs 202-239, (pp.123-145) Phenomenology: Spirit – The Ethical Order – Guilt & Destiny, pp. 263-289 ; paragraphs 438-476 Phenomenology: Preface, paragraphs 1-37 (pp.1-22) Phenomenology: Preface, paragraphs 38-72 (pp.22-45) Democracy in America Vintage ed.: I.intro. (pp.3-16); I.1-5 to p. 68 (pp.17-68); I.9-12 (pp. 173-198). Chicago ed.: I.i.intro. (pp. 3-15); I.i.1-5 to p. 65 (pp. 19-65); I.ii.1-4 (pp.165-186). Democracy in America Vintage ed.: I.14-16 (pp. 237-287); II.i.1-2 (pp.3-12); II.i.5-8 (pp.20-34); II.i.10, 15, 17, 20 (pp.41-47, 62-63, 71-76, 85-88). Chicago ed.: I.ii.6-8 (pp. 220-264); II.i.1-2 (pp.403-410); II.i.5-8 (pp. 417-428); II.i.10, 15, 17, 20 (pp. 433-439, 450-452, 458-463, 469-472). Democracy in America Vintage ed.: II.ii.1-4 (pp. 94-105); II.ii.8-9 (pp.121-127); II.ii.10-13 (pp. 128-139); II.iii.1 (pp.162-167); II.iv (pp. 287-334). Chicago ed.: II.ii.1-4 (pp. 479-488); II.ii.8-9 (pp. 500-506); II.ii.10-13 (pp. 506-514); II.iii.1 (pp. 535-539); II.iv (pp. 639-676). (All Marx readings fromThe Marx-Engels Reader, ed. Robert Tucker) On the Jewish Question, pp. 26-52; Economic & Philosophical Manuscripts: Estranged Labor, Private Property and Communism, The Meaning of Human Requirements, The Power of Money in Bourgeois Society, pp. 70-105.
Monday Sep 30
Thursday Oct 3
Monday Oct 7
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Thursday Oct 10
Monday Feb 17
Thursday Feb 20
Monday Feb 24
(The Marx-Engels Reader, ed. Robert Tucker) Capital, Volume One, Excerpts, Chapter 1 (Commodities) through Chapter VII (The Labour Process and the Production of Surplus Value), pp. 302-361. Chapter V (omitted in the Marx-Engels Reader) is also assigned and available as a photocopy in the bookstore. Dred Scott Decision: Dred Scott v. Sandford (photocopy) Lincoln Speech on Dred Scott Decision, 1857 (photocopy) Frederick Douglass, The Constitution of the United Staes: Is is Pro-Slavery or Anti-Slavery? (photocopy) Lincoln’s Address at Cooper’s Union, 1860 (Abraham Lincoln Great Speeches, Dover Thrift Edition) Lincoln Speeches (all are in Abraham Lincoln Great Speeches, Dover Thrift Edition) and Constitutional Amendments: “The Perpetuation of our Political Institutions.” Address Before Springfield Young Men’s Lyceum, 1838 “A House Divided.” Speech delivered at Springfield, Illinois at the close of the Republican State Convention, 1858 First Inaugural Address, 1861 Final Emancipation Proclamation, 1863 Address Delivered at the Dedication of the Cemetery at Gettysburg, 1863 Second Inaugural Address, 1865 13, 14, 15 Amendments to the U.S. Constitution Supreme Court Decisions (photocopy): Marbury v. Madison Plessy v. Ferguson Brown v. Board of Education Fear and Trembling, from the Preface through the "First Problem” and the Epilogue Philosophical Fragments: Preface. I-III, Appendix (The Paradox and the Offended Consciousness). Philosophical Fragments: IV, Interlude, V, Moral. Being and Time: Epigraph, (German page 1), sections 1-4,7. Being and Time: Sections 9, 12-16.
Thursday Feb 27 Monday Mar 3 Thursday Mar 6 Thursday Apr 17 Monday Apr 21
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Thursday Apr 24 Monday Apr 28 Thursday May 8 Monday May 12 Thursday May 15 Monday May 19 Thursday May 22
Being and Time: Sections 27, 29, 31, 38-40. Being and Time: Sections 41, 50-53, 65. Philosophical Investigations: Preface, sections 1-38. Philosophical Investigations: Sections: 39-133. Dubliners: Beginning through “A Little Cloud”. Dubliners: Through “Grace”. Dubliners: “The Dead”.
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SEMINAR READING ASSIGNMENTS 2013-2014
Asterisks (*) indicate selections detailed in the supplement sheets.
Freshman Date Thursday Aug 29 Monday Sep 2 Thursday Sep 5 Homer, Iliad, Books 1-6 Iliad, Books 7-12 Iliad, Books 13-18
Sophomore Hebrew Bible Genesis, 1-11 Genesis, 12-23
Junior Cervantes, Don Quixote, Volume I Don Quixote, Volume II Descartes, Meditations, To the Reader, Synopsis, Meditations I-III Meditations IV-VI
Senior Tolstoy, War and Peace War and Peace
Genesis, 24-50
Hegel, Phenomenology of Spirit* Phenomenology*
Monday Sep 9 Thursday Sep 12 Monday Sep 16 Thursday Sep 19 Monday Sep 23 Thursday Sep 26
Iliad, Books 19-24 Homer, Odyssey, Books 1-8 Odyssey, Books 9-16 Odyssey, Books 17-24 Aeschylus, Agamemnon Aeschylus, Libation Bearers, Eumenides Herodotus, Histories*
Exodus
Deuteronomy
Pascal, Pensees, selections* Pensees, selections* Milton, Paradise Lost, Books 1-3 Paradise Lost, Books 4-5; 8-9 Paradise Lost, Books 10-12
Phenomenology* Phenomenology* Phenomenology* Phenomenology* Tocqueville, Democracy in America* Democracy in America*
Samuel; Kings; Chronicles* Psalms*
Jeremiah & Jonah* Job
Monday Sep 30
Livy, The Early History of Rome* Plutarch, Lives, Cato the Younger and Caesar
Hobbes, Leviathan, "Dedication," "Preface," Chapters 1-9 Leviathan, Chapters 10-16
Thursday Oct 3
Histories*
Democracy in America*
Monday Oct 7
Histories*
Plutarch, Antony and Brutus
Leviathan, Chapters 17-21,26, 31 [final paragraph]
"Review & Conclusion"
Marx, Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts* Marx, Capital*
Thursday Oct 10
Plato, Gorgias, 447a-481b
Virgil, Aeneid, Books 1-4 Aeneid, Books 5-8
Spinoza, TheologicoPolitical Treatise* TheologicoPolitical Treatise*
Monday Oct 14
Gorgias, 481b-527c
Marx, German Ideology: Part 1
Thursday Oct 17
Plato, Meno Sophocles, Antigone
Aeneid, Books 9-12
Locke, Second Treatise of Government* Rousseau, Discourse on the Origin of Inequality* Discourse on the Origin of Inequality* Preceptorials Preceptorials Preceptorials
Melville, Benito Cereno
Monday Oct 21
Tacitus, Annals, I-II
W.E.B. DuBois, Souls of Black Folk, Ch. 1-7 W.E.B. DuBois, Souls of Black Folk, Ch. 8-14
Thursday Oct 24
Plato, Republic, I
Annals, III-VI
Monday Oct 28 Thursday Oct 31 Monday Nov 4 Thursday Nov 7 Monday Nov 11
Republic, II-III Republic, IV-V
Epictetus, Discourses* New Testament Matthew New Testament John (Gospel), I John (Epistle) New Testament Acts New Testament Romans
Preceptorials Preceptorials Preceptorials
Republic, VI-VII
Republic, VIII-IX Republic, X
Preceptorials Preceptorials
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Thursday Nov 14 Monday Nov 18 Thursday Nov 21 Monday Nov 25 Monday Dec 2 Thursday Dec 5 Monday Dec 9 Thursday Dec 12 Monday Dec 16
Aristophanes, Clouds Plato, Apology, Crito Plato, Phaedo, 57a-89a Phaedo, 89b-118a
New Testament I Corinthians Aristotle, On the Soul, II, 1-7, 11-12 On the Soul, III, 3-13; I, 4, 408b 18-30 Plotinus, Enneads* Augustine, Confessions, 1-6 Confessions, 7-9
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Sophocles, Oedipus Rex Plato, Theaetetus, 142a-187a Theaetetus, 187a-210c Plato, Sophist, 216a-249d Sophist 249d-end Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound
Preceptorials
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Confessions, 10-11 Maimonides, Guide of the Perplexed* Guide of the Perplexed* Guide of the Perplexed* WINTER VACATION
Preceptorials Preceptorials
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Thursday Dec 19
Preceptorials
Preceptorials
Monday Jan 20
Thucydides, Peloponnesian War, I; II, 1-46
Anselm, Proslogium; Gaunilon's Reply and Anselm's Response
Swift, Gulliver’s Travels, 1-2
Dostoevsky, Brothers Karamazov, Parts I-III (Books I-IX)
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Thursday Jan 23 Monday Jan 27
Peloponnesian War, II, 47-65; III, 1-86; IV, 1-41 Peloponnesian War, IV, 42-135; V, 1-26, 84-116; VI, 132 Peloponnesian War, VI, 32-105; VII; VIII, 1-18 Plato, Phaedrus, 227a257c Plato, Phaedrus, 257c-end Plato, Symposium, 172a201c Symposium, 201d-223d
Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae* Summa Theologiae*
Gulliver’s Travels, 3-4 Leibniz, selections*
Brothers Karamazov, Part IV (Books X and XI) Brothers Karamazov, Book XII and "Epilogue" [Essay Preparation]
Thursday Jan 30 Monday Feb 3
Summa Theologiae*
Leibniz, selections*
Dante, Divine Comedy, Inferno, Cantos 1-17 Divine Comedy, Inferno, Cantos 18-End Divine Comedy, Purgatorio, Cantos 1-18 Divine Comedy, Purgatorio, Cantos 19-End Divine Comedy, Paradiso, Cantos 1-17 Divine Comedy, Paradiso, Cantos 18-End Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae* Summa Theologiae*
Hume, Treatise of Human Nature* Treatise of Human Nature*
[Essay Preparation]
Thursday Feb 6
[Essay Preparation]
Monday Feb 10
Treatise of Human Nature* Hume, Enquiry Concerning Principles of Morals* Kant, Critique of Pure Reason* Critique of Pure Reason*
[Essay Preparation]
Thursday Feb 13
[Essay Preparation]
Monday Feb 17
Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics; I Nicomachean Ethics; II, III
Dred Scott Decision*
Thursday Feb 20
Lincoln Speeches; Constitutional Amendments* Supreme Court Decisions* Kierkegaard, Fear & Trembling* Kierkegaard, Philosophical Fragments*
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Monday Feb 24 Thursday Feb 27 Monday Mar 3
Nicomachean Ethics; IV, V Nicomachean Ethics; VI, VII Nicomachean Ethics; VIII, IX
Critique of Pure Reason* Critique of Pure Reason* Critique of Pure Reason*
Chaucer, Canterbury Tales*
Thursday Mar 6 Monday Mar 10
Nicomachean Ethics; X Aristotle, Politics*
Canterbury Tales*
Critique of Pure Reason* Critique of Pure Reason*
Kierkegaard, Philosophical Fragments* Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil, Preface, Parts I & II Beyond Good and Evil, Parts III-V
Canterbury Tales*
Thursday Mar 13
Politics*
Shakespeare, As You Like It SPRING VACATION
Wordsworth, Two Part Prelude
Monday Mar 31
Sophocles, Ajax
Machiavelli, The Prince, I - XIV
Austen, Pride and Prejudice Vol. I-II Pride and Prejudice Vol III Rousseau, Social Contract, I, II, IV-8 “Civil Religion” Kant, Critique of Pure Reason, “Canon;” Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals * Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals* Mozart, Don Giovanni Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations*
Beyond Good and Evil, Parts VI & VII
Thursday Apr 3
Lucretius, On the Nature of Things, I-II On the Nature of Things, III-IV
The Prince, XV XXVI
Beyond Good and Evil, Parts VIII & IX, "Aftersong" Freud, Introductory Lectures, I-VIII
Monday Apr 7
Shakespeare, Midsummer Night’s Dream
Thursday Apr 10
On Nature of Things, V-VI
Montaigne, Essays:
"Education of Children," "Of Cannibals"
Introductory Lectures, IX-XI, XIII-XIV, XVII (pp. 323-333 only), XVIII-XIX
Monday Apr 14 Thursday Apr 17 Monday Apr 21
Plato, Timaeus, 17a-53e Aristotle, Physics* Physics*
Essays, “Of Experience” Shakespeare, Richard II Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part I
Introductory Lectures, XX-XXIV Heidegger
Being and Time*
Heidegger
Being and Time*
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Thursday Apr 24 Monday Apr 28
Physics*
Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part II Bacon, New Organon*
Wealth of Nations*
Heidegger
Being and Time*
Physics*
Wealth ofNations*
Heidegger
Being and Time*
Thursday May 1
Physics*
Bacon, New Atlantis; Great Instauration
Hawthorne, Scarlet Letter: Author’s preface; “Custom House”; Ch. 1-8 Scarlet Letter Ch. 9-end
Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway
Monday May 5
Aristotle, Metaphysics,
Book I (Α), Ch.1-2; Book XII (Λ), Ch. 610
Descartes, Discourse on Method, I-III
Mrs. Dalloway
Thursday May 8
Euripides, Bacchae
Discourse on Method, IV-VI
Declaration of Independence; U.S. Constitution
Madison, Hamilton, Jay,
Wittgenstein, Philosophical Investigations*
The Federalist*
Monday May 12
Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus Aristophanes, Frogs Aristotle, Poetics Sophocles, Philoctetes
Shakespeare, Othello Shakespeare, Macbeth Shakespeare, King Lear
The Federalist*
Wittgenstein, Philosophical Investigations* Joyce, Dubliners* Joyce, Dubliners* Joyce, Dubliners*
Thursday May 15 Monday May 19
The Federalist*
Twain, Huckleberry Finn Ch. 1-21 Huckleberry Finn Ch. 22-end
Thursday May 22
Shakespeare, Tempest
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St John's College - Santa Fe, New Mexico
Seminar Reading Assignments 2013-2014 SUPPLEMENT - FRESHMAN SEMINAR ASSIGNMENTS 2013-2014
Monday Sep 30 Thursday Oct 3 Monday Oct 7 Monday Mar 10 Thursday Mar 13 Thursday Apr 17 Monday Apr 21 Thursday Apr 24 Monday Apr 28 Thursday May 1 Histories: I; III, 37-38 Histories: V, 62-78; VI, 94-140; VII, 1-60, 99-end Histories: VIII, IX Politics: I; II, 1260 b27-1264 b26, 1266 a30-1269 a25 Politics: III; VII, 1323 a14-1326 b27 Physics: I, 184 a9-184 b14 and 189 b30-192 b7; II, 192 b8-195 b30 Physics: II, 195b31-200 b11 Physics: III, 200b12-202b29; IV, 217b29-224a16 Physics: III, 202b30-208a25;IV, 208a26-217b28 Physics: VIII, 250 b11-260 a19 and 265 a13-267 b27
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St. John's College - Santa Fe, New Mexico
Seminar Reading Assignments 2013-2014 SUPPLEMENT - SOPHOMORE SEMINAR ASSIGNMENTS 2013-2014
Monday Sep 16 Thursday Sep 19 Monday Sep 23 Monday Sep 30 Monday Oct 28 Monday Nov 25 Thursday Dec 12 Hebrew Bible: I Samuel 8-31; II Samuel; I Kings, 1-2; II Chronicles, last chapter only Bible: Psalms 8, 14, 19, 22, 23, 38, 39, 46, 51, 90, 91, 107, 110, 130, 137, 139, (as numbered in RSV and Jerusalem editions; users of other editions should cross-check for correct selection) Jeremiah 1, 26-45 & Jonah
The Early History of Rome (Penguin Classics); pp. 29-148 (last paragraph) Discourses: Book I, Chapters 1, 2, 11, 16, 17, 18, 24; Book II, Chapters 1, 2, 5, 6, 8 The Essential Plotinus (O’Brien), “Beauty” (I,6) pp. 33-43; “Three Primal Hypostases” (V,1) pp. 90-104; “Contemplation” (III,8) pp. 162-175 Guide, Part I., Epistle Dedicatory, Introduction, (pp. 3-20 of the Pines translation, University of Chicago Press, Volume I - photocopy); Part II, Chs. 13-19, 25 Guide Part II., Chs. 32-40, 46-48, Volume II Guide Part III., Chs. 17-23, Volume II Summa Theologiae: (photocopy: "Articles of Faith" ); (photocopy: “Prologue”); Part I: q.1; q.2; q.3, arts. 3-4, 7 ST: (photocopy, I: q.4: "Perfection of God"); q.12, arts. 12-13; q.13, arts. 1-5 and 11-12 ST: (photocopy: "On the End of Man") ST: Part II, Section 1: q.90; q.91; (photocopy, q.92: "Readings on Law: On the Effects of Law"); q.93, arts. 1-3 ST : Part II, Section 1: q.94, q.95, arts. 1-2; (photocopy, q.96: "Readings on Law: On the Power of Human Law"; q.97: “Readings on Law: On the Change in Laws”)
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Monday Dec 16 Thursday Dec 19 Thursday Jan 23 Monday Jan 27 Thursday Jan 30 Monday Feb 24 Thursday Feb 27
Monday Mar 3 Thursday Mar 6
Canterbury Tales: Prologue, "Knight's Tale" Canterbury Tales: Prologues to the “Miller” & “Reeve’s” tales, "Miller's Tale," "Reeve's Tale"
Monday Canterbury Tales: Prologue to the "Wife of Bath's Tale", "Wife of Bath's Tale" Mar 10 Monday Bacon, New Organon: “Preface’” I, 1-69, 129, 130; II, 1-25, 52. Apr 28 NB: Aquinas selections are available in Introduction to St Thomas Aquinas (edited by Pegis), Modern Library, supplemented by photocopies, as indicated.
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St John's College - Santa Fe, New Mexico
Seminar Reading Assignments 2013-2014 SUPPLEMENT - JUNIOR SEMINAR ASSIGNMENTS 2013-2014
Pensees: The "thoughts" are numbered differently in the three editions generally available, and are correlated in the following lists. P=Penguin, D/ML=Dover, Dutton and Modern Library, GB=Great Books. Thursday, September 12 and Monday, September 16 First Assignment P 512 511 751 513 675 587 647 199 44 45 978 622 136 137 523 414 427 612 429 418 577 781 808 188 170 167 174 82 182 173 530 D/ML 1 2 3 4 29 34 35 72 82 83 100 131 139 143 145 171 194 219 229 233 234 242 245 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 GB 1 2 3 4 29 34 35 72 82 83 100 131 139 143 145 171 194 219 229 233 234 242 245 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 P 975 983 423 424 588 377 155 110 D/ML 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 GB 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 Second Assignmentcont. P D/ML GB 149 430 430 131 434 434 208 435 435 142 463 463 398 524 524 352 525 525 192 526 527 212 527 528 353 528 529 712 529 530 538 530 531 358 537 538 190 542 543 189 546 547 449 555 556 835 563 564 502 570 571 926 581 582 242 584 585 446 585 586 286 608 609 281 612 613 454 618 619 451 619 620 311 639 640 392 643 644 270 669 670 257 683 684 269 691 692 198 692 693 793 736 737
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Second Assignment 60 294 294 103 298 298 554 303 303 977 320 320 688 323 323 525 325 325 26 330 330 533 331 331 200 347 347 33 374 374 905 385 385 109 392 392 406 395 395 128 396 396 114 397 397 117 409 409 621 412 412 410 413 413 122 416 416 121 418 418 148 425 425
Second Assignment - cont. P D/ML GB 308 792 793 846 807 807 184 810 811 169 811 812
Thursday Oct 10 Monday Oct 14 Thursday Oct 17 Monday Oct 21 Thursday Oct 24 Monday Jan 27 Thursday Jan 30 Monday Feb 3 Thursday Feb 6 Monday Feb 10 Thursday, Feb 13 Monday Feb 17 Thursday Feb 20
Theologico-Political Treatise, Preface, Chs. I, II, IV, VI-VII Theologico-Political Treatise, Chs. XI-XVI, XIX, XX Second Treatise of Government, Numbered paragraphs 1-51, 86-100, 119-158, 199, 211-243 Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Letter to the Republic of Geneva, Preface, Part I Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part II
Philosophical Essays (Hackett): pp. 138 - 145 (New System of Nature); pp. 171 - 178 (from correspondence with de Volder); pp. 155 -167 (On Nature Itself) Philosophical Essays: pp. 206-213 (Principles of Nature and Grace); pp. 213-225 (Monadology) Treatise of Human Nature: "Introduction," Book I, Part I; Part III: sections I-VI Treatise of Human Nature: Book I, Part III: sections VII-VIII, X, XII, XIV and XV Treatise of Human Nature: Book I, Part IV, sections I-II, VI-VII Enquiry Concerning Principles of Morals: I-VI; IX; Appendix 1. “Concerning Moral Sentiment”; Appendix 2. “Of Self-Love” Critique of Pure Reason: "Preface" to Second Edition; "Introduction," pp. 17-62. Note: pagination is taken from the Norman Kemp Smith Translation. Pagination for the 2 other main editions is available in the St. John’s College Bookstore. "Transcendental Aesthetic," (pp. 65-91)
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Monday Feb 24 Thursday Feb 27 Monday Mar 3 Thursday Mar 6 Monday Mar 10 Thursday Apr 10 Monday Apr 14
"Transcendental Logic," "Introduction;" "Transcendental Analytic," Book I, Chapter I (pp.92-119), Book I, Chapter II, Section 1 (pp. 120-128) "Transcendental Analytic," Book I Chapter II, Section 2 (second edition, pp.151-175) "Transcendental Analytic," Book II, Chapter I (pp. 180-187); Chapter II, Analogies of Experience (first paragraph only, pp. 208-209), Second Analogy (first four paragraphs only, pp. 218-221); Chapter III (pp. 257-275, but omit all passages contained only in A= first edition, at bottom of pages 260-261 and 263-271) "Transcendental Dialectic," "Introduction" (pp. 297-307); Book I (pp. 308-326); Book II, The Dialectical Inferences of Pure Reason (pp. 327-328) and Chapter II, Introduction and Sections 1 and 2 (First and Third Antinomies only) (pp. 384-402, 409-415) "Transcendental Dialectic," Book II, Chapter II, Sections 3-8 and Section 9 (parts I and III only), pp. 422-458, 464-479, 483-484 Critique of Pure Reason, “Canon” (pp. 629-653); Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals: Preface and Section I Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals: Second section-third section
Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations: The Modern Library edition of The Wealth of Nations does not contain paragraph numbers. The following table correlates the readings in the Liberty Fund edition with the Modern Library Edition. Seminar Date Monday, April 21 Liberty Fund Edition “Introduction and Plan of Work” Book I, Chapters 1-4; Chapter 5, (first ten paragraphs) Book I, Chapters 6-7 Book I, Chapter 8, (paragraphs 127, 35-45, last paragraph) Book I, Chapter 9, (First 4 paragraphs) Book I, Chapter 10, Introduction, Part I, (paragraphs 1-26) Book I, Chapter 10, Part II, (paragraphs 1-17, 41-end) Book I, Chapter 11, Conclusion Book II, Introduction Book II, Chapter 1 Book II, Chapter 3 Book III, Chapter 1 Book III, Chapter 3 Modern Library Edition xxiii-xxvi 3-37 53-72 73-84 (to “In Great Britain…”), 89-95 (to “In Years of Plenty…”), 99 100-101 (to “By the 37th…”) 114-124 (to “That the chance of gain…”) 136-143 (to “The government of towns…”), 155-165 284-288 299-301 302-309 360-380 407-412 426-438
Thursday, April 24
Monday, April 28
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Book III, Chapter 4, (paragraphs 1-18) Book IV, Introduction, Chapter 1, (paragraphs 1-4, 34-end) Book IV, Chapter 2, (paragraphs 1-15, 40-end) Book IV, Chapter 3, Part II Book IV, Chapter 9, (last 3 paragraphs) Book V, Chapter 1, Part III, article 2 (paragraphs 48-end Book V, Chapter 1, part III, article 3, (paragraphs 1-25)
439-448 (to “This order, however…”) 455-458 ( to “In consequence of these…”), 478-480 (beginning with “ I thought it necessary…”) 481-487 (to the bottom of the page), 498-502 (beginning with “The case in which…”) 520-532 745-746 839-846 (beginning with “Ought the public…”) 846-863 (to “In this situation…”)
Thursday May 8 Monday May 12 Thursday May 15
The Federalist: 1,2,6,9 together with the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution The Federalist: 10, 15, 23, 39, 49, 50, 51
The Federalist: 57, 62, 63, 68, 69, 76, 78, 84
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St John's College - Santa Fe, New Mexico
Seminar Reading Assignments 2013-2014: Revised SUPPLEMENT - SENIOR SEMINAR ASSIGNMENTS 2013-2014
Thursday Sep 5 Monday Sep 9 Thursday Sep 12 Monday Sep 16 Thursday Sep 19 Monday Sep 23 Thursday Sep 26 Phenomenology: (Miller translation, Oxford Univ Press): Introduction, paragraphs 73-89 (pp. 46-57); Sense Certainty, 90-110 (pp. 58-66) Phenomenology: Lordship and Bondage, Stoicism; paragraphs 178-201 (pp. 111-122) Phenomenology: Skepticism, Unhappy Consciousness, Reason (Intro), paragraphs 202-239, (pp.123-145) Phenomenology: Spirit – The Ethical Order – Guilt & Destiny, pp. 263-289 ; paragraphs 438-476 Phenomenology: Preface, paragraphs 1-37 (pp.1-22) Phenomenology: Preface, paragraphs 38-72 (pp.22-45) Democracy in America Vintage ed.: I.intro. (pp.3-16); I.1-5 to p. 68 (pp.17-68); I.9-12 (pp. 173-198). Chicago ed.: I.i.intro. (pp. 3-15); I.i.1-5 to p. 65 (pp. 19-65); I.ii.1-4 (pp.165-186). Democracy in America Vintage ed.: I.14-16 (pp. 237-287); II.i.1-2 (pp.3-12); II.i.5-8 (pp.20-34); II.i.10, 15, 17, 20 (pp.41-47, 62-63, 71-76, 85-88). Chicago ed.: I.ii.6-8 (pp. 220-264); II.i.1-2 (pp.403-410); II.i.5-8 (pp. 417-428); II.i.10, 15, 17, 20 (pp. 433-439, 450-452, 458-463, 469-472). Democracy in America Vintage ed.: II.ii.1-4 (pp. 94-105); II.ii.8-9 (pp.121-127); II.ii.10-13 (pp. 128-139); II.iii.1 (pp.162-167); II.iv (pp. 287-334). Chicago ed.: II.ii.1-4 (pp. 479-488); II.ii.8-9 (pp. 500-506); II.ii.10-13 (pp. 506-514); II.iii.1 (pp. 535-539); II.iv (pp. 639-676). (All Marx readings fromThe Marx-Engels Reader, ed. Robert Tucker) On the Jewish Question, pp. 26-52; Economic & Philosophical Manuscripts: Estranged Labor, Private Property and Communism, The Meaning of Human Requirements, The Power of Money in Bourgeois Society, pp. 70-105.
Monday Sep 30
Thursday Oct 3
Monday Oct 7
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Thursday Oct 10
Monday Feb 17
Thursday Feb 20
Monday Feb 24
(The Marx-Engels Reader, ed. Robert Tucker) Capital, Volume One, Excerpts, Chapter 1 (Commodities) through Chapter VII (The Labour Process and the Production of Surplus Value), pp. 302-361. Chapter V (omitted in the Marx-Engels Reader) is also assigned and available as a photocopy in the bookstore. Dred Scott Decision: Dred Scott v. Sandford (photocopy) Lincoln Speech on Dred Scott Decision, 1857 (photocopy) Frederick Douglass, The Constitution of the United Staes: Is is Pro-Slavery or Anti-Slavery? (photocopy) Lincoln’s Address at Cooper’s Union, 1860 (Abraham Lincoln Great Speeches, Dover Thrift Edition) Lincoln Speeches (all are in Abraham Lincoln Great Speeches, Dover Thrift Edition) and Constitutional Amendments: “The Perpetuation of our Political Institutions.” Address Before Springfield Young Men’s Lyceum, 1838 “A House Divided.” Speech delivered at Springfield, Illinois at the close of the Republican State Convention, 1858 First Inaugural Address, 1861 Final Emancipation Proclamation, 1863 Address Delivered at the Dedication of the Cemetery at Gettysburg, 1863 Second Inaugural Address, 1865 13, 14, 15 Amendments to the U.S. Constitution Supreme Court Decisions (photocopy): Marbury v. Madison Plessy v. Ferguson Brown v. Board of Education Fear and Trembling, from the Preface through the "First Problem” and the Epilogue Philosophical Fragments: Preface. I-III, Appendix (The Paradox and the Offended Consciousness). Philosophical Fragments: IV, Interlude, V, Moral. Being and Time: Epigraph, (German page 1), sections 1-4,7. Being and Time: Sections 9, 12-16.
Thursday Feb 27 Monday Mar 3 Thursday Mar 6 Thursday Apr 17 Monday Apr 21
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Thursday Apr 24 Monday Apr 28 Thursday May 8 Monday May 12 Thursday May 15 Monday May 19 Thursday May 22
Being and Time: Sections 27, 29, 31, 38-40. Being and Time: Sections 41, 50-53, 65. Philosophical Investigations: Preface, sections 1-38. Philosophical Investigations: Sections: 39-133. Dubliners: Beginning through “A Little Cloud”. Dubliners: Through “Grace”. Dubliners: “The Dead”.
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