St John's College - Santa Fe, New Mexico

SEMINAR READING ASSIGNMENTS 2013-2014

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

Date

Freshman

Sophomore

Junior

Senior

Thursday

Aug 29

Homer, Iliad,

Books 1-6

Hebrew Bible

Genesis, 1-11

Cervantes, Don

Quixote, Volume I

Tolstoy,

War and Peace

Monday

Sep 2

Iliad,

Books 7-12

Genesis, 12-23

Don Quixote,

Volume II

War and Peace

Thursday

Sep 5

Iliad,

Books 13-18

Genesis, 24-50

Descartes,

Meditations, To the

Reader, Synopsis,

Meditations I-III

Hegel,

Phenomenology of

Spirit*

Monday

Sep 9

Iliad,

Books 19-24

Exodus

Meditations IV-VI

Phenomenology*

Thursday

Sep 12

Homer, Odyssey,

Books 1-8

Deuteronomy

Pascal, Pensees,

selections*

Phenomenology*

Monday

Sep 16

Odyssey,

Books 9-16

Samuel; Kings;

Chronicles*

Pensees,

selections*

Phenomenology*

Thursday

Sep 19

Odyssey,

Books 17-24

Psalms*

Milton, Paradise

Lost, Books 1-3

Phenomenology*

Monday

Sep 23

Aeschylus,

Agamemnon

Jeremiah & Jonah*

Paradise Lost,

Books 4-5; 8-9

Phenomenology*

Thursday

Sep 26

Aeschylus,

Libation Bearers,

Eumenides

Job

Paradise Lost,

Books 10-12

Tocqueville,

Democracy in

America*

Monday

Sep 30

Herodotus,

Histories*

Livy,

The Early History of

Rome*

Hobbes, Leviathan,

"Dedication,"

"Preface,"

Chapters 1-9

Democracy in

America*

Thursday

Oct 3

Histories*

Plutarch, Lives,

Cato the Younger

and Caesar

Leviathan,

Chapters 10-16

Democracy in

America*

2

Monday

Oct 7

Histories*

Plutarch,

Antony and Brutus

Leviathan,

Chapters 17-21,26,

31 [final paragraph] "Review & Conclusion"

Marx,

Economic and

Philosophic

Manuscripts*

Thursday

Oct 10

Plato,

Gorgias, 447a-481b

Virgil,

Aeneid,

Books 1-4

Spinoza,

Theologico-

Political Treatise*

Marx,

Capital*

Monday

Oct 14

Gorgias,

481b-527c

Aeneid,

Books 5-8

Theologico-

Political Treatise*

Marx,

German Ideology:

Part 1

Thursday

Oct 17

Plato,

Meno

Aeneid,

Books 9-12

Locke, Second

Treatise of

Government*

Melville,

Benito Cereno

Monday

Oct 21

Sophocles,

Antigone

Tacitus,

Annals, I-II

Rousseau,

Discourse on the

Origin of

Inequality*

W.E.B. DuBois,

Souls of Black Folk,

Ch. 1-7

Thursday

Oct 24

Plato,

Republic, I

Annals, III-VI

Discourse on the

Origin of

Inequality*

W.E.B. DuBois,

Souls of Black Folk,

Ch. 8-14

Monday

Oct 28

Republic, II-III

Epictetus,

Discourses*

Preceptorials

Preceptorials

Thursday

Oct 31

Republic, IV-V

New Testament

Matthew

Preceptorials

Preceptorials

Monday

Nov 4

Republic, VI-VII

New Testament

John (Gospel),

I John (Epistle)

Preceptorials

Preceptorials

Thursday

Nov 7

Republic, VIII-IX

New Testament

Acts

Preceptorials

Preceptorials

Monday

Nov 11

Republic, X

New Testament

Romans

Preceptorials

Preceptorials

3

Thursday

Nov 14

Aristophanes,

Clouds

New Testament

I Corinthians

Preceptorials

Preceptorials

Monday

Nov 18

Plato,

Apology, Crito

Aristotle,

On the Soul,

II, 1-7, 11-12

Preceptorials

Preceptorials

Thursday

Nov 21

Plato,

Phaedo, 57a-89a

On the Soul,

III, 3-13; I, 4, 408b

18-30

Preceptorials

Preceptorials

Monday

Nov 25

Phaedo, 89b-118a

Plotinus,

Enneads*

Preceptorials

Preceptorials

Monday

Dec 2

Sophocles,

Oedipus Rex

Augustine,

Confessions, 1-6

Preceptorials

Preceptorials

Thursday

Dec 5

Plato,

Theaetetus,

142a-187a

Confessions, 7-9

Preceptorials

Preceptorials

Monday

Dec 9

Theaetetus,

187a-210c

Confessions, 10-11

Preceptorials

Preceptorials

Thursday

Dec 12

Plato,

Sophist,

216a-249d

Maimonides,

Guide of the

Perplexed*

Preceptorials

Preceptorials

Monday

Dec 16

Sophist

249d-end

Guide of the

Perplexed*

Preceptorials

Preceptorials

Thursday

Dec 19

Aeschylus,

Prometheus Bound

Guide of the

Perplexed*

Preceptorials

Preceptorials

WINTER

VACATION

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)

4

Thursday

Jan 23

Peloponnesian

War, II, 47-65;

III, 1-86; IV, 1-41

Thomas Aquinas,

Summa Theologiae*

Gulliver’s Travels,

3-4

Brothers

Karamazov, Part IV

(Books X and XI)

Monday

Jan 27

Peloponnesian

War, IV, 42-135; V,

1-26, 84-116; VI, 1-

32

Summa Theologiae*

Leibniz, selections*

Brothers

Karamazov, Book

XII and "Epilogue"

Thursday

Jan 30

Peloponnesian

War, VI, 32-105;

VII; VIII, 1-18

Summa Theologiae*

Leibniz, selections*

[Essay Preparation]

Monday

Feb 3

Plato,

Phaedrus, 227a-

257c

Dante,

Divine Comedy,

Inferno, Cantos 1-17

Hume,

Treatise of Human

Nature*

[Essay Preparation]

Thursday

Feb 6

Plato,

Phaedrus, 257c-end

Divine Comedy,

Inferno,

Cantos 18-End

Treatise of Human

Nature*

[Essay Preparation]

Monday

Feb 10

Plato,

Symposium, 172a-

201c

Divine Comedy,

Purgatorio,

Cantos 1-18

Treatise of Human

Nature*

[Essay Preparation]

Thursday

Feb 13

Symposium,

201d-223d

Divine Comedy,

Purgatorio,

Cantos 19-End

Hume, Enquiry

Concerning

Principles of

Morals*

[Essay Preparation]

Monday

Feb 17

Aristotle,

Nicomachean

Ethics; I

Divine Comedy,

Paradiso,

Cantos 1-17

Kant,

Critique of Pure

Reason*

Dred Scott

Decision*

Thursday

Feb 20

Nicomachean

Ethics; II, III

Divine Comedy,

Paradiso,

Cantos 18-End

Critique of Pure

Reason*

Lincoln Speeches;

Constitutional

Amendments*

Monday

Feb 24

Nicomachean

Ethics; IV, V

Thomas Aquinas,

Summa Theologiae*

Critique of Pure

Reason*

Supreme Court

Decisions*

Thursday

Feb 27

Nicomachean

Ethics; VI, VII

Summa Theologiae*

Critique of Pure

Reason*

Kierkegaard,

Fear & Trembling*

Monday

Mar 3

Nicomachean

Ethics; VIII, IX

Chaucer,

Canterbury Tales*

Critique of Pure

Reason*

Kierkegaard,

Philosophical

Fragments*

5

Thursday

Mar 6

Nicomachean

Ethics; X

Canterbury Tales*

Critique of Pure

Reason*

Kierkegaard,

Philosophical

Fragments*

Monday

Mar 10

Aristotle,

Politics*

Canterbury

Tales*

Critique of Pure

Reason*

Nietzsche,

Beyond Good and

Evil, Preface,

Parts I & II

Thursday

Mar 13

Politics*

Shakespeare,

As You Like It

Wordsworth,

Two Part Prelude

Beyond Good and

Evil, Parts III-V

SPRING

VACATION

Monday

Mar 31

Sophocles, Ajax

Machiavelli,

The Prince, I - XIV

Austen, Pride

and Prejudice

Vol. I-II

Beyond Good and

Evil, Parts VI & VII

Thursday

Apr 3

Lucretius, On the

Nature of Things,

I-II

The Prince, XV -

XXVI

Pride and

Prejudice

Vol III

Beyond Good and

Evil, Parts VIII &

IX, "Aftersong"

Monday

Apr 7

On the Nature of

Things, III-IV

Shakespeare,

Midsummer Night’s

Dream

Rousseau, Social

Contract, I, II,

IV-8 “Civil

Religion”

Freud,

Introductory

Lectures, I-VIII

Thursday

Apr 10

On Nature of

Things, V-VI

Montaigne, Essays: "Education of

Children," "Of

Cannibals"

Kant, Critique of

Pure Reason,

“Canon;”

Groundwork of the

Metaphysics of

Morals *

Introductory

Lectures, IX-XI,

XIII-XIV, XVII (pp.

323-333 only),

XVIII-XIX

Monday

Apr 14

Plato,

Timaeus, 17a-53e

Essays, “Of

Experience”

Groundwork of the

Metaphysics of

Morals*

Introductory

Lectures, XX-XXIV

Thursday

Apr 17

Aristotle,

Physics*

Shakespeare,

Richard II

Mozart,

Don Giovanni

Heidegger

Being and Time*

Monday

Apr 21

Physics*

Shakespeare,

Henry IV, Part I

Adam Smith,

Wealth of Nations*

Heidegger

Being and Time*

6

Thursday

Apr 24

Physics*

Shakespeare,

Henry IV, Part II

Wealth of Nations*

Heidegger

Being and Time*

Monday

Apr 28

Physics*

Bacon,

New Organon*

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

Virginia Woolf,

Mrs. Dalloway

Monday

May 5

Aristotle,

Metaphysics,

Book I (Α), Ch.1-2;

Book XII (Λ), Ch. 6-

10

Descartes,

Discourse on

Method, I-III

Scarlet Letter

Ch. 9-end

Mrs. Dalloway

Thursday

May 8

Euripides,

Bacchae

Discourse on

Method, IV-VI

Declaration of

Independence;

U.S. Constitution

Madison, Hamilton,

Jay,

The Federalist*

Wittgenstein,

Philosophical

Investigations*

Monday

May 12

Sophocles,

Oedipus at Colonus

Shakespeare,

Othello

The Federalist*

Wittgenstein,

Philosophical

Investigations*

Thursday

May 15

Aristophanes,

Frogs

Shakespeare,

Macbeth

The Federalist*

Joyce,

Dubliners*

Monday

May 19

Aristotle,

Poetics

Shakespeare,

King Lear

Twain,

Huckleberry Finn

Ch. 1-21

Joyce,

Dubliners*

Thursday

May 22

Sophocles,

Philoctetes

Shakespeare,

Tempest

Huckleberry Finn

Ch. 22-end

Joyce,

Dubliners*

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Seminar Reading Assignments 2013-2014

SUPPLEMENT - FRESHMAN SEMINAR ASSIGNMENTS 2013-2014

Monday

Sep 30

Histories: I; III, 37-38

Thursday

Oct 3

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

Monday

Oct 7

Histories: VIII, IX

Monday

Mar 10

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

Thursday

Mar 13

Politics: III; VII, 1323 a14-1326 b27

Thursday

Apr 17

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

Monday

Apr 21

Physics: II, 195b31-200 b11

Thursday

Apr 24

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

Monday

Apr 28

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

Thursday

May 1

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

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

Thursday

Sep 19

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)

Monday

Sep 23

Jeremiah 1, 26-45 & Jonah

Monday

Sep 30

The Early History of Rome (Penguin Classics); pp. 29-148 (last paragraph)

Monday

Oct 28

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

Monday

Nov 25

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 12

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 16

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

Thursday

Dec 19

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

Thursday

Jan 23

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

q.1; q.2; q.3, arts. 3-4, 7

Monday

Jan 27

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

Thursday

Jan 30

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

Monday

Feb 24

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 27

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

Mar 3

Canterbury Tales: Prologue, "Knight's Tale"

Thursday

Mar 6

Canterbury Tales: Prologues to the “Miller” & “Reeve’s” tales, "Miller's Tale," "Reeve's

Tale"

Monday

Mar 10

Canterbury Tales: Prologue to the "Wife of Bath's Tale", "Wife of Bath's Tale"

Monday

Apr 28

Bacon, 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.

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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 Second Assignment-

cont.

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

512 1 1 975 275 275 149 430 430

511 2 2 983 276 276 131 434 434

751 3 3 423 277 277 208 435 435

513 4 4 424 278 278 142 463 463

675 29 29 588 279 279 398 524 524

587 34 34 377 280 280 352 525 525

647 35 35 155 281 281 192 526 527

199 72 72 110 282 282 212 527 528

44 82 82 353 528 529

45 83 83 Second Assignment 712 529 530

978 100 100 60 294 294 538 530 531

622 131 131 103 298 298 358 537 538

136 139 139 554 303 303 190 542 543

137 143 143 977 320 320 189 546 547

523 145 145 688 323 323 449 555 556

414 171 171 525 325 325 835 563 564

427 194 194 26 330 330 502 570 571

612 219 219 533 331 331 926 581 582

429 229 229 200 347 347 242 584 585

418 233 233 33 374 374 446 585 586

577 234 234 905 385 385 286 608 609

781 242 242 109 392 392 281 612 613

808 245 245 406 395 395 454 618 619

188 267 267 128 396 396 451 619 620

170 268 268 114 397 397 311 639 640

167 269 269 117 409 409 392 643 644

174 270 270 621 412 412 270 669 670

82 271 271 410 413 413 257 683 684

182 272 272 122 416 416 269 691 692

173 273 273 121 418 418 198 692 693

530 274 274 148 425 425 793 736 737

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Second Assignment - cont.

P D/ML GB

308 792 793

846 807 807

184 810 811

169 811 812

Thursday

Oct 10

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

Monday

Oct 14

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

Thursday

Oct 17

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

Monday

Oct 21

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

Thursday

Oct 24

Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part II

Monday

Jan 27

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 30

Philosophical Essays: pp. 206-213 (Principles of Nature and Grace);

pp. 213-225 (Monadology)

Monday

Feb 3

Treatise of Human Nature: "Introduction," Book I, Part I; Part III: sections I-VI

Thursday

Feb 6

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

Monday

Feb 10

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

Thursday,

Feb 13

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

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

Monday

Feb 17

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.

Thursday

Feb 20

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

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Monday

Feb 24

"Transcendental Logic," "Introduction;" "Transcendental Analytic," Book I, Chapter I

(pp.92-119), Book I, Chapter II, Section 1 (pp. 120-128)

Thursday

Feb 27

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

Monday

Mar 3

"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 6

"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 10

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

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

Thursday

Apr 10

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

Morals: Preface and Section I

Monday

Apr 14

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 Liberty Fund Edition Modern Library Edition

Monday, April 21 “Introduction and 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 24 Book I, Chapter 8, (paragraphs 1-

27, 35-45, last paragraph)

73-84 (to “In Great Britain…”), 89-95 (to “In Years of

Plenty…”), 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 28 Book III, Chapter 1 407-412

Book III, Chapter 3 426-438

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Book III, Chapter 4, (paragraphs

1-18)

439-448 (to “This order, however…”)

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 8

The Federalist: 1,2,6,9 together with the Declaration of Independence and the U.S.

Constitution

Monday

May 12

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

Thursday

May 15

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

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SUPPLEMENT - SENIOR SEMINAR ASSIGNMENTS 2013-2014

Thursday

Sep 5

Phenomenology: (Miller translation, Oxford Univ Press): Introduction, paragraphs 73-89

(pp. 46-57); Sense Certainty, 90-110 (pp. 58-66)

Monday

Sep 9

Phenomenology: Lordship and Bondage, Stoicism; paragraphs 178-201 (pp. 111-122)

Thursday

Sep 12

Phenomenology: Skepticism, Unhappy Consciousness, Reason (Intro), paragraphs 202-239,

(pp.123-145)

Monday

Sep 16

Phenomenology: Spirit – The Ethical Order – Guilt & Destiny, pp. 263-289 ; paragraphs

438-476

Thursday

Sep 19

Phenomenology: Preface, paragraphs 1-37 (pp.1-22)

Monday

Sep 23

Phenomenology: Preface, paragraphs 38-72 (pp.22-45)

Thursday

Sep 26

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).

Monday

Sep 30

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).

Thursday

Oct 3

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).

Monday

Oct 7

(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.

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Thursday

Oct 10

(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.

Monday

Feb 17

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)

Thursday

Feb 20

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

Monday

Feb 24

Supreme Court Decisions (photocopy):

Marbury v. Madison

Plessy v. Ferguson

Brown v. Board of Education

Thursday

Feb 27 Fear and Trembling, from the Preface through the "First Problem” and the Epilogue

Monday

Mar 3

Philosophical Fragments: Preface. I-III, Appendix (The Paradox and the Offended

Consciousness).

Thursday

Mar 6

Philosophical Fragments: IV, Interlude, V, Moral.

Thursday

Apr 17 Being and Time: Epigraph, (German page 1), sections 1-4,7.

Monday

Apr 21

Being and Time: Sections 9, 12-16.

16

Thursday

Apr 24 Being and Time: Sections 27, 29, 31, 38-40.

Monday

Apr 28

Being and Time: Sections 41, 50-53, 65.

Thursday

May 8 Philosophical Investigations: Preface, sections 1-38.

Monday

May 12 Philosophical Investigations: Sections: 39-133.

Thursday

May 15 Dubliners: Beginning through “A Little Cloud”.

Monday

May 19 Dubliners: Through “Grace”.

Thursday

May 22

Dubliners: “The Dead”.

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