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Philosophy & Theology Tutorial Reading List
Revised 12/13/07

NOTES: Whenever possible, buy editions with line numbers. You may wish to refer to a notebook in the college bookstore with tutors' commentary about different translations of the various texts.

1. Plato, Meno: 70-81a
2. Plato, Meno: 81a-86d
3. Plato, Meno: 86d-95a
4. Plato, Meno: 95b-end of dialogue
5. Aristotle, Physics: I, 1 (184a10-184b14); II, 1-3 (192b9-195b30), 7-8 (198a14-199b32).
6. Aristotle, Metaphysics: I, 1-3 (980a22-984b22); II (993a30-995a20).
7. Aristotle, Metaphysics: IV, 1, 2 (1003a20-1005a18); VI, 1 (1025b1-1026a33); VII, 1 (1028a10-1028b7).
8. Aristotle, Metaphysics: VII, 2-4, 6-8, 13, 17 (1028b9-1030b14, 1031a15-1034a9, 1038b1-1039a23, 1041a5-1041b35).
9. Aristotle, Metaphysics: VIII, 1, 2, 6 (1042a1-1043a28, 1045a7-1045b26); IX, 6-8 (1048a25-1051a4).
10. Aristotle, De Anima: II, 1-3, 7 (412a3-415a14, 418b1-419a12); III, 4-5 (429a10-430a25)
11. Aristotle, Metaphysics: XII, 1, 6-10 (1069a17-1069b7, 1071b3-1076a5).
12. Descartes, Letter (ded.); Preface; Synopsis; Meditations: I
13. Descartes, Meditations: II
14. Descartes, Meditations: III
15. Descartes, Meditations: IV, V
16. Descartes, Meditations: VI
17. Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding: Sections I-IV
18. Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding: Sections V-VII
19. Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding: Sections VIII-IX
20. Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding: Sections X-XI
21. Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding: Sections XII
A Treatise of Human Nature: Book I, Part IV, Section VI; Appendix, (Penguin Ed., pp. 675-678, Oxford ed. and Prometheus ed., pp. 633-636, or purchase xerox available in bookstore)
22. Kant, Prolegomena to any Future Metaphysics: Introduction and Preamble 1-5
23. Kant, Prolegomena: Part I, 6-13
24. Kant, Prolegomena: Part II, 14-30
25. Kant, Prolegomena: Part II, 31-39
26. Kant, Prolegomena: Part III, 40-49
27. Kant, Prolegomena: Part III, 50-56
28. Kant, Prolegomena: Conclusion, 57-60 and Solution of the General Question
29. Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil: Preface; Part I
30. Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil: Part II; Part III
31. Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil: Part IV (150-164 only); Part V
32. Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil: Part VI; Part VII (214, 219-225, 229-230); Part IX (257-260, 262-3, 287, 295)

Philosophy & Theology Seminar Reading List
Revised 12/06/04

NOTES: Whenever possible, buy editions with line numbers.
You may wish to refer to a notebook in the college bookstore with tutors' commentary about different translations of the various texts.

1. Genesis, 1-11
2. Genesis, 12-50
3. Exodus
4. Job
5. Matthew
6. John
7. Romans
8. Augustine, Confessions, 1-5
9. Augustine, Confessions, 6-9
10. Augustine, Confessions, 10-11
11. Aquinas, Summa Theologica, Pt. I, Questions. 1-2, Question 3, Articles 3 and 4
12. Aquinas, Summa Theologica, Pt. I, Question 12
13. Kant, Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals,* Preface, Chapters 1 and 2 to 427 (63) Supplement: On a Supposed Right to Lie Because of Philanthropic Concerns
14. Kant, Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals, Chapter 2, 428 (63) to end, Chapter 3
15. Kierkegaard, Philosophical Fragments, I-III (including Appendix)
16. Kierkegaard, Philosophical Fragments, IV-V (including Interlude)

*Recommended Translation: James W. Ellington, third edition, Indianapolis: Hackett, 1993.