St John's College - Santa Fe, New Mexico SEMINAR … of Pure Reason* Joyce, “The Dead” Monday...

St. John's College - Santa Fe, New Mexico

SEMINAR READING ASSIGNMENTS 2017-2018

Asterisks (*) indicate selections detailed in the supplement sheets.

Date Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior

Thursday

Aug 24

Homer, Iliad,

Books 1-6

Hebrew Bible

Genesis, 1-11

Cervantes, Don

Quixote, Volume

I

Tolstoy,

War and Peace

Monday

Aug 28 Iliad,

Books 7-12 Genesis, 12-23

Don Quixote, Volume II

War and Peace

Thursday

Aug 31 Iliad,

Books 13-18 Genesis, 24-50

Descartes,

Meditations, To

the Reader,

Synopsis,

Meditations I-III

Hegel,

Phenomenology of

Spirit*

Monday

Sep 4 Iliad,

Books 19-24 Exodus

Meditations IV-

VI

Hegel,

Philosophy of

History*

Thursday

Sep 7

Homer, Odyssey,

Books 1-8 Deuteronomy

Pascal, Pensees,

selections* Philosophy of

History*

Monday

Sep 11 Odyssey,

Books 9-16 Samuel; Kings;

Chronicles* Pensees,

selections* Philosophy of

History*

Thursday

Sep 14 Odyssey,

Books 17-24 Psalms*

Milton, Paradise

Lost, Books 1-3 Philosophy of

History*

Monday

Sep 18

Aeschylus,

Agamemnon Jeremiah & Jonah*

Paradise Lost, Books 4-5; 8-9

Philosophy of

History*

Thursday

Sep 21

Aeschylus,

Libation Bearers,

Eumenides

Job Paradise Lost, Books 10-12

Marx, Economic and

Philosophic

Manuscripts;*

Communist

Manifesto

Monday

Sep 25 Herodotus, Histories*

Livy,

The Early History of

Rome*

Hobbes,

Leviathan, "Dedication,"

"Preface,"

Chapters 1-9

Marx, On the Jewish

Question, Part I; The

German Ideology,

Part I*

Thursday

Sep 28 Histories*

Plutarch, Lives,

Cato the Younger

and Caesar

Leviathan, Chapters 10-16

Kierkegaard, Fear

and Trembling*

Monday

Oct 2 Histories*

Plutarch,

Antony and Brutus

Leviathan,

Chapters 17-

21,26, 31 [final

paragraph] "Review &

Conclusion"

Kierkegaard,

The Sickness Unto

Death*

Seminar Reading List 2017 - 2018 of 14

Thursday

Oct 5

Plato,

Gorgias, 447a-481b

Virgil,

Aeneid, Books 1-4

Spinoza,

Theologico-

Political Treatise*

Kierkegaard,

The Sickness Unto

Death*

Monday

Oct 9 Gorgias,

481b-527c Aeneid,

Books 5-8 Theologico-

Political Treatise*

Nietzsche,

On the Advantage and

Disadvantage of

History for Life

Thursday

Oct 12

Plato,

Meno

Aeneid, Books 9-12

Locke, Second

Treatise of

Government*

Nietzsche,

Beyond Good and

Evil Books I-II

Monday

Oct 16

Sophocles,

Antigone

Tacitus,

Annals, I-II

Rousseau,

Discourse on the

Origin of

Inequality*

Nietzsche,

Beyond Good and

Evil Book III; Book IX

Thursday

Oct 19

Plato,

Republic, I Annals, III-VI

Discourse on the

Origin of

Inequality*

Nietzsche,

Gay Science Book V

Monday

Oct 23 Republic, II-III

Epictetus,

Discourses* Preceptorials Preceptorials

Thursday

Oct 26 Republic, IV-V

New Testament

Matthew Preceptorials Preceptorials

Monday

Oct 30 Republic, VI-VII

New Testament

John (Gospel),

I John (Epistle)

Preceptorials Preceptorials

Thursday

Nov 2 Republic, VIII-IX

New Testament

Acts Preceptorials Preceptorials

Monday

Nov 6 Republic, X

New Testament

Romans Preceptorials Preceptorials

Thursday

Nov 9 Aristophanes, Clouds

New Testament

I Corinthians Preceptorials Preceptorials

Monday

Nov 13

Plato,

Apology, Crito

Aristotle,

On the Soul, II, 1-7, 11-12


Thursday

Nov 16

Plato,

Phaedo, 57a-89a

On the Soul, III, 3-13; I, 4, 408b

18-30


Monday

Nov 20 Phaedo, 89b-118a

Plotinus,

Enneads* Preceptorials Preceptorials

Monday

Nov 27

Plato,

Theaetetus, 142a-187a

Augustine,

Confessions, 1-6 Preceptorials Preceptorials


Thursday

Nov 30 Theaetetus, 187a-210c

Confessions, 7-9 Preceptorials Preceptorials

Monday

Dec 4

Sophocles,

Oedipus Rex Confessions, 10-11 Preceptorials Preceptorials

Thursday

Dec 7

Plato,

Sophist, 216a-249d

Maimonides,

Guide of the

Perplexed*


Monday

Dec 11 Sophist

249d-end Guide of the

Perplexed* Preceptorials Preceptorials

Thursday

Dec 14

Aeschylus,

Prometheus Bound

Guide of the

Perplexed* Preceptorials Preceptorials

WINTER VACATION

Monday

Jan 15

Thucydides,

Peloponnesian War,

I; II, 1-46

Anselm,

Proslogium; Gaunilon's Reply

and Anselm's

Response

Swift,

Gulliver’s

Travels, 1-2

Stendhal,

The Red and the

Black, Part 1,

chapters 1-23

Thursday

Jan 18

Peloponnesian War,

II, 47-65;

III, 1-86; IV, 1-41

Thomas Aquinas,

Summa Theologiae*

Gulliver’s

Travels, 3-4

Stendhal,

The Red and the

Black, Part 1, chapter

24-Part 2, chapter 20

Monday

Jan 22

Peloponnesian War,

IV, 42-135; V, 1-26,

84-116; VI, 1-32 Summa Theologiae*

Leibniz,

selections*

Stendhal,

The Red and the

Black, Part 2,

chapters 21-end

Thursday

Jan 25

Peloponnesian War, VI, 32-105; VII; VIII,

1-18 Summa Theologiae*

Leibniz,

selections* [Essay Preparation]

Monday

Jan 29

Plato,

Phaedrus, 227a-257c

Dante,

Divine Comedy,

Inferno, Cantos 1-17

Hume,

Treatise of

Human Nature*

[Essay Preparation]

Thursday

Feb 1

Plato,

Phaedrus, 257c-end

Divine Comedy,

Inferno,

Cantos 18-End

Treatise of

Human Nature* [Essay Preparation]

Monday

Feb 5

Plato,

Symposium,

172a-201c

Divine Comedy, Purgatorio,

Cantos 1-18

Treatise of

Human Nature* [Essay Preparation]


Thursday

Feb 8 Symposium,

201d-223d

Divine Comedy, Purgatorio,

Cantos 19-End

Hume, Enquiry

Concerning

Principles of

Morals*

[Essay Preparation]

Monday

Feb 12

Aristotle,

Nicomachean Ethics;

I

Divine Comedy, Paradiso,

Cantos 1-17

Kant,

Critique of Pure

Reason*

Freud,

Introductory

Lectures, I-VIII

Thursday

Feb 15

Nicomachean Ethics;

II, III

Divine Comedy, Paradiso,

Cantos 18-End

Critique of Pure

Reason*

Introductory

Lectures, IX-XI,

XIII-XIV, XVII (pp.

323-333 only), XVIII-

XIX*

Monday

Feb 19

Nicomachean Ethics;

IV, V

Thomas Aquinas,

Summa Theologiae*

Critique of Pure

Reason*

Introductory

Lectures, XX-XXIV

Thursday

Feb 22

Nicomachean Ethics;

VI, VII Summa Theologiae*

Critique of Pure

Reason*

Woolf,

Mrs. Dalloway

Monday

Feb 26

Nicomachean Ethics;

VIII, IX

Chaucer,

Canterbury Tales*

Critique of Pure

Reason*

Woolf,

Mrs. Dalloway

Thursday

Mar 1

Nicomachean Ethics;

X Canterbury Tales*

Critique of Pure

Reason* Joyce, “The Dead”

Monday

Mar 5

Aristotle,

Politics*

Canterbury

Tales*

Critique of Pure

Reason*

Conrad,

Heart of Darkness

Thursday

Mar 8 Politics*

Shakespeare,

As You Like It

Wordsworth,

Two Part Prelude

Heidegger, “What is

Metaphysics?”*

SPRING VACATION

Monday

Mar 26 Sophocles, Ajax

Machiavelli,

The Prince, I - XIV

Austen, Pride

and Prejudice Vol. I-II

Dostoevsky, The

Brothers Karamazov,

Parts I-III

(Books I-IX)

Thursday

Mar 29

Lucretius, On the

Nature of Things, I-II

The Prince,

XV -XXVI

Pride and

Prejudice

Vol III

Dostoevsky, The

Brothers Karamazov,

Part IV (Books X and

XI)

Monday

Apr 2 On the Nature of

Things, V-VI

Shakespeare,

Midsummer Night’s

Dream

Rousseau, Social

Contract, I, II

Dostoevsky, The

Brothers Karamazov,

Book XII and

"Epilogue"


Thursday

Apr 5

Plato,

Timaeus, 17a-53e

Montaigne, Essays: "Education of

Children," "Of

Cannibals"

Rousseau, Social

Contract, III, IV

Tocqueville,

Democracy in

America*

Monday

Apr 9

Aristotle,

Physics*

Essays, “On

Experience”

Kant, Critique of

Pure Reason, “Canon;”

Groundwork of

the Metaphysics

of Morals *

Tocqueville,

Democracy in

America*

Thursday

Apr 12 Physics*

Bacon,

New Organon*

Groundwork of

the Metaphysics

of Morals*

Tocqueville,

Democracy in

America*

Monday

Apr 16 Physics*

Bacon,

New Atlantis;

Great Instauration

Adam Smith,

Wealth of

Nations*

Lincoln, Dred Scott, etc.*

Thursday

Apr 19 Physics*

Shakespeare,

Richard II

Wealth of

Nations*

Lincoln

Speeches;

Constitutional

Amendments*

Monday

Apr 23 Physics*

Shakespeare,

Henry IV, Part I

Wealth of

Nations*

DuBois, The Souls of Black

Folk, Chapters 1-7

Thursday

Apr 26

Aristotle,

Metaphysics, Book I (Α), Chapters1-2;

Book XII (Λ), Chapters

6-10

Shakespeare,

Henry IV, Part II

Hawthorne,

Scarlet Letter:

Author’s preface;

“Custom House”;

Chapters 1-8

DuBois,

The Souls of Black

Folk, Chapter 8-14

Monday

Apr 30 Euripides,

Bacchae

Shakespeare,

Macbeth

Scarlet Letter

Chapters 9-end

James,

The Europeans

Thursday

May 3 Euripides,

Medea

Descartes,

Discourse on

Method, I-III

Declaration of

Independence;

U.S. Constitution Madison, Hamilton,

Jay,

The Federalist*

Melville,

“Bartleby”

Monday

May 7

Sophocles,

Oedipus at Colonus

Discourse on

Method, IV-VI The Federalist*

O’Connor,

“Good Country

People”

Thursday

May 10

Aristophanes,

Birds

Shakespeare,

Othello The Federalist*

Heidegger,

“The Word of

Nietzsche, God is

Dead”*


Monday

May 14

Aristotle,

Poetics

Shakespeare,

King Lear

Twain,

Huckleberry Finn Chapters 1-22

Jonas,

Essays*

Thursday

May 17 Sophocles, Philoctetes

Shakespeare,

Tempest

Huckleberry Finn Chapters 23-end

Aristotle,

Nicomachean Ethics,

Books VIII and IX

St John's College - Santa Fe, New Mexico Seminar Reading Assignments 2017 – 2018: FRESHMEN SUPPLEMENT

Monday

Sep 25 Histories: I; III, 37-38

Thursday

Sep 28 Histories: V, 62-78; VI, 94-140; VII, 1-60, 99-end

Monday

Oct 2 Histories: VIII, IX

Monday

Mar 5 Politics: I; II, 1260 b27-1264 b26, 1266 a30-1269 a25

Thursday

Mar 8 Politics: III; VII, 1323 a14-1326 b27

Monday

Apr 9 Physics: I, 184 a9-184 b14 and 189 b30-192 b7; II, 192 b8-195 b30

Thursday

Apr 12 Physics: II, 195b31-200 b11

Monday

Apr 16 Physics: III, 200b12-202b29; IV, 217b29-224a16

Thursday

Apr 19 Physics: III, 202b30-208a25;IV, 208a26-217b28

Monday

Apr 23 Physics: VIII, 250 b11-260 a19 and 265 a13-267 b27


St. John's College - Santa Fe, New Mexico

Seminar Reading Assignments 2017 – 2018: SOPHOMORE SUPPLEMENT

Monday

Sep 11 Hebrew Bible: I Samuel 8-31; II Samuel; I Kings, 1-2; II Chronicles, last chapter only

Thursday

Sep 14 Bible: Psalms 8, 14, 19, 22, 23, 38, 39, 46, 51, 90, 91, 107, 110, 130, 137, 139,

(as numbered in RSV/Jerusalem editions; other editions cross-check for correct selection)

Monday

Sep 18 Jeremiah 1, 26-45 & Jonah

Monday

Sep 25 The Early History of Rome (Penguin Classics); sections 1-2.33

Monday

Oct 23 Discourses: Book I, Chapters 1, 2, 11, 16, 17, 18, 24; Book II, Chapters 1, 2, 5, 6, 8

Monday

Nov 20

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

Thursday

Dec 7

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

Monday

Dec 11 Guide Part II., Chs. 32-40, 46-48, Volume II

Thursday

Dec 14 Guide Part III., Chs. 17-23, Volume II

Thursday

Jan 18

Summa Theologiae: (photocopy: "Articles of Faith" ); (photocopy: “Prologue”);

Part I: q.1; q.2; q.3, arts. 3-4, 7

Monday

Jan 22 ST: (photocopy, I: q.4: "Perfection of God"); q.12, arts. 12-13; q.13, arts. 1-5 and 11-12

Thursday

Jan 25 ST: (photocopy: "On the End of Man")

Monday

Feb 19

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

Thursday

Feb 22

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”)

Monday

Feb 26 Canterbury Tales: General Prologue; "Knight's Tale"

Thursday

Mar 1 Canterbury Tales: “Miller’s Tale”; “Reeve's Tale”

Monday

Mar 5 Canterbury Tales: “Wife of Bath's Tale”

Thursday

Apr 12 New Organon: “Preface” I, 1-69, 129, 130; II, 1-25, 52.

NB: Aquinas selections are available in Introduction to St Thomas Aquinas (edited by Pegis), Modern

Library, supplemented by photocopies, as indicated.

St John's College - Santa Fe, New Mexico

Seminar Reading Assignments 2017 - 2018: JUNIOR SUPPLEMENT

Pensees: The "thoughts" are numbered differently in the three editions generally available, and

are correlated in the following lists.

Key: P - Penguin, D/ML - Dover/Dutton and Modern Library, and GB - Great Books Editions.

Seminar Dates: Thursday, September 7 and Monday, September 11

First Assignment

First Assignment continued

Second Assignment continued

P D/ML GB P D/ML GB P D/ML GB

512 1 1 588 279 279 353 528 529

511 2 2 377 280 280 712 529 530

751 3 3 155 281 281 538 530 531

513 4 4 110 282 282 358 537

542

538

675 29 29

Second Assignment 190 543

587 34 34 189 546 547

647 35 35 60 294 294 449 555 556

199 72 72 103 298 298 835 563 564

44 82 82 554 303 303 502 570 571

45 83 83 977 320 320 926 581 582

978 100 100 688 323 323 242 584 585

622 131 131 525 325 325 446 585 586

136 139 139 26 330 330 286 608 609

137 142 142 533 331 331 281 612 613

523 145 145 200 347 347 454 618 619

414 171 171 33 374 374 451 619 620

427 194 194 905 385 385 311 639 640

612 219 219 109 392 392 392 643 644

429 229 229 406 395 395 270 669 670

418 233 233 128 396 396 257 683 684

577 234 234 114 397 397 269 691 692

781 242 242 117 409 409 198 692 693

808 245 245 621 412 412 793 736 737

188 267 267 410 413 413 308 792 793

170 268 268 122 416 416 846 807 808

167 269 269 121 418 418 184 810 811

174 270 270 148 425 425 169 811 812

82 271 271 149 430 430

182 272 272 131 434 434

173 273 273 208 435 435

530 274 274 142 463 463

975 275 275 398 524 525

983 276 276 352 525 526

423 277 277 192 526 527

424 278 278 212 527 528




Thursday

Oct 5

Theologico-Political Treatise, Preface, Chs. I, II, IV, VI-VII

Monday

Oct 9

Theologico-Political Treatise, Chs. XI-XVI, XIX, XX

Thursday

Oct 12 Second Treatise of Government, Numbered paragraphs 1-51, 86-100, 119-158, 199, 211-243

Monday

Oct 16 Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Letter to the Republic of Geneva, Preface, Part I

Thursday

Oct 19

Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part II

Monday

Jan 22

Philosophical Essays (Hackett): pp. 138-145 (New System of Nature); pp. 171-178

(from correspondence with de Volder); pp. 155-167 (On Nature Itself)

Thursday

Jan 25

Philosophical Essays: pp. 206-213

(Principles of Nature and Grace); pp. 213-225 (Monadology)

Monday

Jan 29

Treatise of Human Nature: "Introduction," Book I, Part I; Part II, section VI; Part III:

sections I-VI

Thursday

Feb 1 Treatise of Human Nature: Book I, Part III: sections VII-VIII, X, XII, XIV and XV

Monday

Feb 5 Treatise of Human Nature: Book I, Part IV, sections I-II, VI-VII

Thursday,

Feb 8

Enquiry Concerning Principles of Morals: I-VI; IX; Appendix 1. “Concerning Moral

Sentiment”; Appendix 2. “Of Self-Love”

Monday

Feb 12

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 two

other main editions is available in the St. John’s College Bookstore.

Thursday

Feb 15 "Transcendental Aesthetic," (pp. 65-91)

Monday

Feb 19

"Transcendental Logic," "Introduction;" "Transcendental Analytic," Book I, Chapter I (pp.92-

119), Book I, Chapter II, Section 1 (pp. 120-128)

Thursday

Feb 22 "Transcendental Analytic," Book I Chapter II, Section 2 (second edition, pp.151-175)

Monday

Feb 26

"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)

Thursday

Mar 1

"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)




Monday

Mar 5

"Transcendental Dialectic," Book II, Chapter II, Sections 3-8 and Section 9 (parts I and III

only), pp. 422-458, 464-479, 483-484

Monday

Apr 9

Critique of Pure Reason, “Canon” (pp. 629-653); Groundwork of the Metaphysics of

Morals: Preface and Section I

Thursday

Apr 12 Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals: Second section-third section

Adam Smith Readings, The Wealth of Nations: The Modern Library edition does not contain any

paragraph numbers. For your reference, the following table correlates the readings in the

Liberty Fund edition with the Modern Library Edition.

Seminar

Date Liberty Fund Edition Modern Library Edition

Monday

April 16 “Introduction & Plan of Work” xxiii-xxvi

Book I, Chapters 1-4; Chapter 5,

(first ten paragraphs) 3-37

Book I, Chapters 6-7 53-72

Thursday

April 19

Book I, Chapter 8,

(paragraphs 1-27, 35-45, last paragraph)

73-84 (to “In Great Britain…”),

89-95 (to “In Years of Plenty…”), and 99

Book I, Chapter 9, (First 4 paragraphs) 100-101 (to “By the 37th

…”)

Book I, Chapter 10, Introduction, Part I,

(paragraphs 1-26) 114-124 (to “That the chance of gain…”)

Book I, Chapter 10, Part II,

(paragraphs 1-17, 41-end)

136-143 (to “The government of towns…”),

155-165

Book I, Chapter 11, Conclusion 284-288

Book II, Introduction 299-301

Book II, Chapter 1 302-309

Book II, Chapter 3 360-380

Monday

April 23

Book III, Chapter 1 407-412

Book III, Chapter 3 426-438

Book III, Chapter 4, (paragraphs 1-18) 439-448 (to “This order, however…”)




Monday

April 23

Continued

Book IV, Introduction, Chapter 1,

(paragraphs 1-4, 34-end)

455-458 (to “In consequence of these…”),

478-480 (beginning with “ I thought it

necessary…”)

Book IV, Chapter 2, (paragraphs 1-15, 40-

end)

481-487 (to the bottom of the page),

498-502 (beginning with “The case in

which…”)

Book IV, Chapter 3, Part II 520-532

Book IV, Chapter 9, (last 3 paragraphs) 745-746

Book V, Chapter 1, Part III, article 2

(paragraphs 48-end

839-846 (beginning with “Ought the

public…”)

Book V, Chapter 1, Part III, article 3,

(paragraphs 1-25) 846-863 (to “In this situation…”)

Thursday

May 3

The Federalist: 1,2,6,9 together with the Declaration of Independence

and the U.S. Constitution

Monday

May 7 The Federalist: 10, 15, 23, 39, 49, 50, 51

Thursday

May 10 The Federalist: 57, 62, 63, 68, 69, 76, 78, 84


Seminar Reading Assignments 2017 - 2018: SENIOR SUPPLEMENT

Seminar Reading List 2017 – 2018 of 14

Thursday

Aug 31

Phenomenology of Spirit (Miller Translation Required): “Self Consciousness,” pp. 104 –

119, from paragraph 166 through paragraph 196

Monday

Sep 4

Philosophy of History (Sibree Translation Required): “Classification of Historic Data,”

pp. 103-110; “The Persian Empire and its Constituent Parts,” pp. 187-222

Thursday

Sep 7 Philosophy of History (Sibree Translation Required): “The Greek World,” pp. 223-277

Monday

Sep 11 Philosophy of History (Sibree Translation Required): “The Roman World,” pp. 278-340

Thursday

Sep 14 Philosophy of History (Sibree Translation Required): “The German World,” pp. 341-398

Monday

Sep 18 Philosophy of History (Sibree Translation Required): “The German World,” pp. 398-457

Thursday

Sep 21

(All Marx readings from The Marx-Engels Reader, ed. Robert Tucker)

Economic &Philosophic Manuscripts: Estranged Labor, Private Property and Communism,

The Meaning of Human Requirements, The Power of Money in Bourgeois Society, pp. 70-

105

Monday

Sep 25

(All Marx readings from The Marx-Engels Reader, ed. Robert Tucker)

On the Jewish Question, Part 1, pp. 26-46; The German Ideology Part I “Feuerbach”, pp.

146-202

Thursday

Sep 28 Fear and Trembling, from the Preface through the "First Problem” and the Epilogue.

Monday

Oct 2

The Sickness Unto Death: The beginning of the book through the section titled “Despair

Over the Earthly or Something Earthly,” pp. 1-60, Princeton edition, Hong translation, or pp.

33-91, Penguin Classics edition, Hannay translation

Thursday

Oct 5

The Sickness Unto Death: The remainder of the book, skipping the sections beginning with

“Sin is Not a Negation but a Position” through “The Continuance of Sin,” pp. 60-96, 109-

131, Princeton Edition, or pp. 91-128, 142-165, Penguin Classics

Thursday

Feb 15

The page numbers refer only to the Liveright Edition, copyright 1966, W.W. Norton &

Company.

Monday

March 8

“What is Metaphysics?”, from Heidegger, Basic Writings, Harper Collins, pp. 89-110




Thursday

Apr 5

Democracy in America Vintage edition: I.intro. (pp.3-16); I.1-5 to p. 68 (pp.17-68); I.9-12 (pp. 173-198).

Chicago edition: I.i.intro. (pp. 3-15); I.i.1-5 to p. 65 (pp. 19-65); I.ii.1-4 (pp.165-186)

Monday

Apr 9

Democracy in America

Vintage edition: 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 edition: 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)

Thursday

Apr 12

Democracy in America

Vintage edition: II.ii.1-4 (pp. 94-105); II.ii.8-13 (pp.121-139); II.iii.1 (pp.162-167);

II.iv (pp. 287-334)

Chicago edition: II.ii.1-4 (pp. 479-488); II.ii.8-13 (pp. 500-514); II.iii.1 (pp. 535-539);

II.iv (pp. 639-676)

Monday

Apr 16

Dred Scott Decision:

Dred Scott v. Sandford (photocopy)

Lincoln Speech on Dred Scott Decision, 1857 (photocopy)

Frederick Douglass, The Constitution of the United States: Is it Pro-Slavery or Anti-

Slavery? (photocopy)

Lincoln’s Address at Cooper Union, 1860

(Abraham Lincoln Great Speeches, Dover Thrift Edition)

Thursday

Apr 19

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, Illionois 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

13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution




Thursday

May 10

“The Word of Nietzsche, God is Dead,” from Heidegger, The Question Concerning

Technology and Other Essays, Harper Torchbooks, pp. 53-112

Monday

May 14

“The Altered Nature of Human Action,” chapter 1 of The Imperative of Responsbility,

The University of Chicago Press, pp. 1-24;

“Toward an Ontological Grounding of an Ethics for the Future,” chapter 4 of Mortality

and Morality, Northwestern University Press, pp. 99-112

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