Academic Program
Annapolis Undergraduate Reading List 2007-08
First Semester Seminar Reading List
Updated 4/21/08
* see appendix
| DATE | FRESHMAN | SOPHOMORE | JUNIOR | SENIOR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug. 23 | Homer: Iliad I-VI |
Bible Genesis 1-11 |
Cervantes: Don Quixote Part I |
Tolstoi War and Peace |
| Aug. 27 | Homer: Iliad, VII-XII |
Bible Genesis 12-25 |
Cervantes: Don Quixote |
Tolstoi War and Peace |
| Aug. 30 | Homer: Iliad, XIII-XVIII |
Bible Genesis 26-50 |
Descartes: Meditations Letter of Dedication, Preface, I-III |
Hegel: Logic, (Part One of the Encyclopedia), sections 79-89 |
| Sept. 3 | Homer: Iliad XIX-XXIV |
Bible Exodus; Numbers, 20 |
Descartes: Mediations IV-VI |
Hegel: Phenomenology of Spirit,Introduction, sections 73-89 |
| Sept. 6 | Homer: Odyssey, I-VIII |
Bible Leviticus 11, 18-20; Deuteronomy |
Pascal: Pensees (selections)* |
Hegel: Phenomenology of Spirit, Sense Certainty, Perception, sections 90-116 |
| Sept. 10 | Homer: Odyssey, IX-XVI |
Bible Judges 19-21; I Samuel 8-31; II Samuel; I Kings 1-4 |
Pascal: Pensees (selections)* |
Hegel: Phenomenology of Spirit, 178-196; Lordship and Bondage |
| Sept. 13 | Homer: Odyssey XVII-XXIV |
Bible Psalms (selections)* |
Milton: Paradise Lost, I-III |
Hegel: Phenomenology of Spirit, Stoicism and Skepticism (197-206) |
| Sept. 17 | Plato: Meno |
Bible II Chronicles 36; Amos; Jonah; Isaiah 40-55 |
Milton: Paradise Lost, Books IV; V; VI Argument only; VII Argument, 1-39; VIII |
Hegel: Phenomenology of Spirit, Unhappy Consciousness (207-230) |
| Sept. 20 | Aeschylus Agamemnon |
Bible Job |
Milton: Paradise Lost IX-X XI to 428 XII 446 to end |
Hegel: Phenomenology of Spirit, Conscience and The Beautiful Soul sections 632-658 |
| Sept. 24 | Aeschylus: Libation Bearers; Eumenides |
Plutarch: Lives Caesar; Cato the Younger |
Hobbes: Leviathan Letter of Dedication, Author's Preface, Chapters 1-11 |
Hegel: Phenomenology of Spirit, The Beautiful Soul and Forgiveness (659-671); Absolute Knowing, sections 806-808 |
| Sept. 27 | Plato: Gorgias 447A-481B |
Virgil: Aeneid I-V |
Hobbes: Leviathan Chapters 12-18 |
Marx: Communist Manifesto; The Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844, (Prometheus edition, pages 69-114) Chapters "Estranged Labor," "Antithesis of Capital and Labor," "Private Property and Labor," and "Private Property and Communism" |
| Oct. 1 | Plato Gorgias 481B-527E |
Virgil: Aeneid VI-VIII |
Hobbes: Leviathan Chapters 19-21, 24-25, 27, 28 (only the very last paragraph), 29 |
Marx: Capital (selections)* |
| Oct. 5 | Plutarch: Lives Lycurgus; Solon |
Virgil: Aeneid IX-XII |
Hobbes: Leviathan Chapters 30-31, 32 (first four paragraphs), 38 (paragraphs 3-6, 17-24, according to the Hackett numbering),39, 43, 46-47; A Review and Conclusion (last paragraph) |
Marx: Capital (selections)* |
| Oct. 8 | Herodotus: History I; II, 50-53 112-120; III, 37, 38, 66-87 |
Tacitus: Annals, I-II |
Spinoza: Theologico-Political Treatise, Preface and Chapters I-VI |
Marx: The German Ideology all of Part One (International Publishers pp. 35-95); "Theses on Feuerbach" (pp. 121-123), "Letter to George Weydemeyer" (photocopy) |
| Oct. 11 | Herodotus: History V, 76-78, 91-93, 105; VI, 48 56-72, 94-120; VII (entire) |
Tacitus: Annals, III-VI |
Spinoza: Theologico-Political Treatise,Chapters VII, XII-XVII (stopping right after reference to Tacitus on page 217 of Dover, or page 194 of Hackett, or sentence number 17.3.13 in Yaffe); XIX-XX |
Kierkegaard: Fear and Trembling Through Problema I |
| Oct. 15 | Herodotus: History VIII; IX |
Epictetus: Discourses and Handbook (selections)* |
Leibniz: Discourse on Metaphysics |
Kierkegaard Philosophical Fragments, Chapters I-III (including Appendix) |
| Oct. 18 | Plato: Republic I-II 367E |
Bible Matthew |
Leibniz: Philosophical Essays* (selections)* |
Kierkegaard: Philosophical Fragments, Chapter IV-end (Moral) |
| Oct. 22 | Plato: Republic II 367E- IV 427C |
Bible Luke |
Leibniz: Principles of Nature and Grace; Monadology; Philosophical Essays |
Melville: Benito Cereno |
| Oct. 25 | Plato: Republic IV 427D-VI 502C |
Bible Acts |
Preceptorial | Preceptorial |
| Oct. 29 | Plato: Republic VI 502D-VII |
Bible Gospel of John; First Letter of John |
Preceptorial | Preceptorial |
| Nov. 1 | Plato: Republic VIII-IX |
Bible I Corinthians |
Preceptorial | Preceptorial |
| Nov. 5 | Plato: Republic X |
Bible Romans |
Preceptorial | Preceptorial |
| Nov. 8 | Aristophanes: Clouds |
Aristotle: De Anima II, 1-7, 11-12 |
Preceptorial | Preceptorial |
| Nov. 12 | Plato: Apology and Crito |
Aristotle: De Anima III, 1-13; I, 4, 408b 18-30 |
Preceptorial | Preceptorial |
| Nov. 15 | Plato: Phaedo 57A-84B |
Plotinus (selections)* |
Preceptorial | Preceptorial |
| Nov. 19 | Plato: Phaedo 84B-118B |
Augustine Confessions I-V |
Preceptorial | Preceptorial |
| Nov. 26 | Thucydides: Peloponnesian War I; II, 1-46 |
Augustine Confessions VI-IX |
Preceptorial | Preceptorial |
| Nov. 29 | Thucydides: Peloponnesian War II, 47-end; III; IV,1-41 |
Augustine Confessions X-XI |
Preceptorial | Preceptorial |
| Dec. 3 | Thucydides: Peloponnesian War IV, 42-end; V; VI, 1-32 |
Anselm: Proslogium |
Preceptorial | Preceptorial |
| Dec. 6 | Thucydides: Peloponnesian War VI, 33-end; VII |
Thomas Aquinas: Summa Theologiae (selections)* |
Preceptorial | Preceptorial |
| Dec. 10 | Plato: Symposium beginning-198A |
Thomas Aquinas: Summa Theologiae Prima Pars First Part, Questions 2,3,4 |
Preceptorial | Preceptorial |
| Dec. 13 Thursday |
Plato: Symposium 198-end |
Thomas Acquinas: Summa Theologiae Prima Pars First Part, Question 5, articles 1-4; Question 6; Question 7, articles 1-2; Question 8; Question 9; Question 11, articles 3-4 |
Preceptorial | Preceptorial |
END OF FIRST SEMESTER, 2007-2008 |
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APPENDIX TO SCHEDULE OF SEMINAR READINGS -
FIRST SEMESTER 2007-2008
SOPHOMORE
The Psalms for the September 13 reading are: Psalms 1,8,14,19,22,23,42,46,51,90,121,122,126,130,131,137,139,148. (These numbers are as in the RSV and Jerusalem Bibles. Users of other editions should cross check numbering.)
The selections from Epictetus for October 15 are:
Discourses I 29;II 1,2,4,5,8,9,10,11,16,18,22,26;
III 5,12,13,15,18; IV 2, and Handbook 1-27.
The selections from Plotinus for November 15 are (in the The Essential Plotinus, O'Brien):
The Descent of the Soul (pp. 62-71), The Good and the One (pp. 73-89),
The Three Primal Hypostases (pp. 91-105). Contemplation (pp. 163-175).
The assignment for December 6 includes three Christian Creeds, the Apostolic, Nicene, and Athansian (available in the Bookstore) and the following selections from Thomas Aquinas's Summa Theologiae: Prologue; Prima Pars (First Part), Question 1 [Nature of Theology]; Secunda-Secundae (Second Part of the Second Part), Question 1 [Object of Faith].
JUNIOR
The selections from Pascal's Pensees (Penguin Edition) to be read for the seminars on September 6 and 10 are listed below. Please note that in the list of readings below, pensees from the non-classified papers have sometimes been added to chapters of the classified papers to which they seem to be clearly related.
September 6
| Chapter II | 13, 21, 25, 30, 36, 44, 47, 413, 627, 628, 688, 697, 806, 978 |
| Chapter III | 54-56, 58, 60, 65, 71, 72, 75 |
| Chapter IV | 78, 79, 622, 641, 771 |
| Chapter V | 80, 81, 83, 85, 87, 89-93, 95, 97, 98, 101-103, 577, 665, 711, 828 |
| Chapter VI | 106-108, 111-116, 118 |
| Chapter VII | 119, 121, 122, 124-128, 131, 398, 401, 410 |
| Chapter VIII | 132-134, 136, 138, 139, 414 |
| Chapter IX | 140, 143, 145, 407 |
| Chapter X | 148, 152, 198-201 |
September 10
| Chapter VI | 110 |
| Chapter XI | 149 |
| Chapter XII | 151, 157, 160-162, 165, 166, 418, 427, 428, 434, 442, 444 |
| Chapter XIII | 170, 173-175, 182-185, 187, 188 |
| Chapter XIV | 189, 190, 192, 446, 449 |
| Chapter XV | 194, 511, 512 |
| Chapter XV (bis) | 416, 417, 431, 471 |
| Chapter XVI | 205, 208, 210, 214-216, 219, 220 |
| Chapter XVIII | 228, 232, 234, 239, 241, 242 |
| Chapter XIX | 255, 265 |
| Chapter XXIII | 298, 300, 301, 308, 309, 423, 424 |
| Chapter XXIV | 332,335 |
| Chapter XXVI | 351-354, 357, 358, 360, 364, 372, 373, 808, 821 |
| Chapter XXVII | 378, 380, 381, 835, 846, 913 (Memorial) |
The assignment for October 18 is as follows:
Leibniz, Philosophical Essays (R. Ariew and D. Garber)
Part I: No. 17, "New System of Nature" (pp. 138-145);
Nos. 20-21, "On the Ultimate Origination of Things," "On Nature Itself" (pp. 149-167).
The assignment for October 22 from Philosophical Essays is as follows: Part I: No. 7, "Primary Truths" (pp. 30-34); Part II E: No. 4, "Letter to Clarke: Third Paper" [through paragraph 8] (pp. 324-326). (Don't forget that the assignment includes also: Principles of Nature and Grace and Monadology.)
SENIOR
The reading in Marx's Capital for the seminars on October 1 and 4 are as follows (the Bookstore carries the International Publishers and Vintage editions):
| October 1 | ||
| International Publishers | Vintage | |
| 2-page photocopy from Contributions to the Critique of Political Economy Capital, Vol. I, Author's Preface to 1st and Postface to 2nd German ed. |
18-29 | 89-103 |
| Part I Chapter I, Chapter II, 1st 4 paragraphs Chapter III, Section 2a |
43-90 (top) 106-115 |
125-180 (mid) 198-209 |
| October 4 | ||
| Captial, Vol. I | ||
| Part II Chapter IV,V,VII |
145-172 |
247-280 |
| Part III Chapter VII Chapter VIII, 1st 8 paragraphs Chapter IX, Section 1 |
173-192 193-195 (bot) 204-209 (mid) (omit 210-212) |
283-306 307-310 (top) 320-325 (omit 326-329) |
| Chapter X, Section 1 | 222-225 | 340-344 (mid) |
| Captial, Vol. III (photocopy in Bookstore) | 247-249 283 292-301 |
UNDERGRADUATE SECOND SEMESTER READING LIST 2007-2008
| DATE | FRESHMAN | SOPHOMORE | JUNIOR | SENIOR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 7 | Platos: Parmenides beginning-148D, 166C |
Dante: Divine Comedy, Inferno I-XVII |
George Eliot: Middlemarch |
Essay Writing Period |
| Jan. 10 | Plato: Theaetetus beginning-186 |
Dante: Divine Comedy, Inferno XVIII-XXXIV |
George Eliot: Middlemarch |
Essay Writing Period |
| Jan. 14 | Plato: Theaetetus, 187-end |
Dante: Divine Comedy, Purgatorio I-XVIII |
Hume: Treatise of Human Nature (selections)* |
Essay Writing Period |
| Jan. 17 | Plato: Sophist, beginning-242B |
Dante: Divine Comedy, Purgatorio XIX-XXXIII |
Hume: Treatise of Human Nature (selections)* |
Essay Writing Period |
| Jan. 21 | Plato: Sophist, 242C-end |
Dante: Divine Comedy, Paradiso I-XVII |
Hume: Treatise of Human Nature (selections)* |
Essay Writing Period |
| Jan. 24 | Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics, selections |
Dante: Divine Comedy, Paradiso XVIII-XXXIII |
Kant: Critique of Pure Reason (selections)* |
Essay Writing Period |
| Jan. 28 | Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics III(1109b27-1119b19)IV 2-3(1122a19-1125a35)V 1-7 (1129a1-1135a14)* |
Thomas Aquinas: Summa Theologiae, First Part of the Second Part, Questions 90-94 |
Kant: Critique of Pure Reason (selections)* |
Essay Writing Period |
| Jan. 31 | Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics VI,VII |
Thomas Aquinas: Summa Theologiae, First Part of the Second Part, Questions 95-97 |
Kant: Critique of Pure Reason (selections)* |
Essay Writing Period |
| Feb. 4 | Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics, VIII, IX(1155al-1172a15) |
Thomas Aquinas: Summa Theologiae, First Part of the Second Part, Questions 100, (arts. 1-3,9,10,12), Questions 106,108,109 |
Kant: Critique of Pure Reason (selections)* |
Nietzsche: Use and Disadvantage of History for Life |
| Feb. 7 | Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics, X (1172a16-1181b24) |
Chaucer: Canterbury Tales, Prologue (through Knight and Squire); Knight's Tale |
Kant: Critique of Pure Reason (selections)* |
Nietzsche: Beyond Good and Evil Preface, Books 1,2,3 |
| Feb. 11 | Aristotle: Politics I 1-7(1252a1-1255b40), 12-13 (1259a37-1260b25) III 1-9(1274b30-1281a10), 12-13 (1282b14-128b34) |
Chaucer: Canterbury Tales, Prologue (to end); Miller's Prologue and Tale; Reeve's Prologue and Tale |
Kant: Critique of Pure Reason (selections)* |
Nietzsche: Beyond Good and Evil Preface, Books 4,5,6 |
| Feb. 14 | Aristotle: Politics III 14-18(1284b34-1288b6) IV 1-13(1288b10-1297b34) VII 1-4 (1323a14-1326b26),7(1327b18-1328a21), 13 (1331b23-1332b10) |
Chaucer: Canterbury Tales, Nun's Priest's Tale and Epilogue; Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale |
Kant: Critique of Pure Reason (selections)* |
Nietzsche: Beyond Good and Evil Books 7,8,9; Aftersong |
| Feb. 18 | Sophocles: Oedipus Tyrannus |
Chaucer: Canterbury Tales, Clerk's Prologue and Tale; Franklin's Prologue and Tale |
Kant: Critique of Pure Reason (selections)* |
Wagner: Tristan and Isolde |
| Feb. 21 | Sophocles: Oedipus at Colonus |
Shakespeare: As You Like It |
Kant: Critique of Pure Reason (selections)* |
Conrad: Heart of Darkness |
| Feb. 25 | Sophocles: Antigone |
Montaigne: Essays (selections)* |
Locke: Second Treatise of Government Chapters I-IX |
William James: Psychology, A Briefer Course (selections)* |
| Feb. 28 | Aristophanes: Birds |
Montaigne: Essays (selections)* |
Locke: Second Treatise of Government Chapters X-XIX |
William James: Psychology, A Briefer Course (selections)* |
| Mar. 17 | Plato: Timaeus beginning-57 |
Shakespeare: Richard II |
Jane Austen: Pride and Prejudice |
Dostoevski The Brothers Karamazov |
| Mar. 20 | Aristotle: Physics I(A) 1(184a10-184b16), 7-9, (189b30-192b7) II(B) (192b8-200b11) |
Shakespeare: Henry IV, Part I |
Rousseau: Discourse on the Origins of Inequality Part I, Letter, Prefaces, (including the question that precedes Part I, as well as the author's notes) |
Dostoevski The Brothers Karamazov |
| Mar. 24 | Aristotle: Physics III(Γ)1-3(200b12-202b19)IV(Δ)10-14(217b30-224a16) |
Machiavelli: The Prince |
Rousseau: Discourse on the Origins of Inequality Part II |
The Federalist, 78, 81 (1st 9 paragraphs); Supreme Court Opinions (selections) Constitution, Articles III and VI |
| Mar. 27 | Aristotle: Physics III(Γ) 4-6(202b30-207a32)IV(Δ)1-2(208a28-210a13)4-5(210b33-213a12) 8(214b12-216b21) |
Machiavelli: Discourse on Livy (selections)* |
Rousseau: The Social Contract I,Chapters 1-3,5-9; II,Chapters 1-7,11; III,Chapters 1-5,9,11-12,14-18; IV, Chapters 7-8 |
Tocqueville:Democracy in America (selections)* |
| Mar. 31 | Aristotle: Physics VIII (φ) 1 (250b11-252b6) 4-7 (2254b7-261b26) 9-10 (265a13-267b26) |
Shakespeare: Othello |
Moliere: The Misanthrope |
Tocqueville:Democracy in America (selections)* |
| Apr. 3 | Aristotle: Metaphysics I(Α)1-7(980a21-988b22) II (α) (993a30-995a20) |
Shakespeare: Hamlet |
Mozart: Don Giovanni (selections)* |
Dred Scott Decision (available in Bookstore); Lincoln: selected speeches*; Frederick Douglass: selected speeches* |
| Apr. 7 | Aristotle:Metaphysics IV(Γ)1-4(1003a21-1009a5) VII(Ζ)1-3(1028a10-1029b12),17(1041a6-b33) |
Calvin: Institutes of the Christian Religion Book I, Chapters 1-6 |
Kant: Foundation of Metaphysics of Morals; Section I (omit Kant's Preface), II(through the 3rd formulation, i.e. up to the end of marginal 430-which is the middle of page 98 in Harper, or bottom of page 37 in Hackett) Letter (photocopy)"On a Supposed Right to Lie for Philanthropic Reasons" |
Lincoln: selected speeches*; Frederick Douglass: selected speeches* |
| Apr. 10 | Aristotle: Metaphysics IX(Θ)6(1048a25-b36) 8(1049b4-1051a3) XII(Λ) 1(1069a18-b7) 6-10(1071b3-1076a4) |
Calvin: Institutes of the Christian Religion Book III, Chapter 19, Chapter 20, sections 1-11, Chapter 21 |
Kant: Foundation of Metaphysics of Morals; remainder Section II,III |
Booker T. Washington: (photocopy of speeches in Bookstore); W. E. B. DuBois: The Souls of Black Folk (selections)* |
| Apr. 14 | Sophocles: Philoctetes |
J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion |
Swift: Gulliver's Travels "Advertisement"; "Letter from Gulliver"; "Publisher to Reader"; I, II |
Faulkner: Go Down Moses "The Old People" "The Bear," I-III |
| Apr. 17 | Euripides: Hippolytus |
Bacon: Novum Organum Book I, Preface and Aphorisms 1-92 (LLA Edition, pp.31-91; Open Court Edition, pp.37-103; Cambridge Edition pp. 27-77) |
Swift: Gulliver's Travels III,IV |
Faulkner: Go Down Moses "The Bear," IV-V "Delta Autumn" |
| Apr. 21 | Euripides: The Bacchae |
Bacon: Novum Organum Book I, Aphorisms 93-130; Book II,Aphorisms 1-20 (LLA Edition, pp.91-162; Open Court Edition, pp.104-180; Cambridge Edition pp. 77-135) |
Adam Smith: Wealth of Nations (selections)* |
Freud: The Interpretation of Dreams (selections)* |
| Apr. 24 | Aristotle: Poetics |
Descartes: Discourse on Method I-IV |
Adam Smith: Wealth of Nations (selections)* |
Freud: The Interpretation of Dreams (selections)* Freud: "Psychoanalysis" (photocopy of article in Bookstore) |
| Apr. 28 | Aristotle: On the SoulII, 1-7, 11-12 |
Descartes: Discourse on Method V-VI |
Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, and Madison, Hamilton, Jay:The Federalist (selections)* |
Wittgenstein: Philosophical Investigations Preface and sections 1-134 |
| May 1 | Aristotle: On the Soul I,4 (408b17-30) III, 1-13 |
Shakespeare: Macbeth |
U.S. Constitution and Madison, Hamilton, Jay: The Federalist (selections)* |
Heidegger: Introduction to Metaphysics (selections)* |
| May 5 | Plato: Phaedrus beginning-257 |
Shakespeare: King Lear* |
Madison, Hamilton, Jay: The Federalist (selections)* |
Heidegger: Introduction to Metaphysics (selections)* |
| May 8 | Plato: Phaedrus 257-end |
Shakespeare: The Tempest |
Mark Twain: Huckleberry Finn | Plato: Phaedrus |
END OF SECOND SEMESTER |
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APPENDIX TO SCHEDULE OF SEMINAR READINGS -
SECOND SEMESTER 2007-2008
FRESHMAN
January 24 - All Aristotle assignments are listed both by book and chapter divisions and by marginal numbers. The marginal line numbers are the same in all editions when they are used. The book divisions are fairly standard, but some editions vary the chapters. When in doubt, follow the marginal line numbers, which should serve as a reliable guide. For January 24 the assignment is Nicomachean Ethics I-II (1094a1-1109b26).
SOPHOMORE
The assignments in Montaigne are as follows:
February 25: To the Reader; I, 31 (Of Cannibals); II, 11 (Of Cruelty); III, 2 (Of Repentance)
February 28: III, 13 (Of Experience)
The assignment for March 27 in Machiavelli's Discourses on Livy is as follows:
- Introductory Letter
- Book I: Preface, 1-28,58 to end
- Book II: Preface, 1-5
May 5: Shakespeare - Avoid newer editions that print two separate versions of King Lear.
JUNIOR
The reading assignments for Hume's Treatise of Human Nature are as follows:
| January 14 | Introduction; Book I, Part I; Part II, section 6; Part III, sections 1-8 |
| January 17 | Book I, Part III, section 14 and 15; Part IV, sections 2, 6-7; Appendix, pp. 633-636 (paragraphs 10-21) (old Oxford edition, also Prometheus) or pp. 398 bottom-401 (Oxford new edition of 2004) or 675 middle-678 middle (Penguin) |
| January 21 | Book II, Part 3, section iii, entire section, (which occupies pp. 413-418 in old Oxford, Prometheus, pp. 265-268 in Oxford new ed. of 2004); Book III, Part I; Part II, sections 1, 2, 5; Part III, sections 1, 3, 5, 6. |
The reading assignments for the seminars on Kant's Critique of Pure Reason are as follows:
A=First Addition, 1781; B=Second edition, 1787
| Date/Reading | Assignment |
|---|---|
| January 24 Preface and Introduction |
Bvii-B30 (omitting the note on Bx1-Bxli) |
| January 28 Transcendental Aesthetic |
B33-B73(=A19 sq.) |
| January 31 Introduction to Transcendental Logic I. Logic in General |
B74-B76 beginning (=A50-A52 beginning) |
| Introduction to Transcendental Logic II. Transcendental Logic |
B79-B82 beginning (=A55-A57) |
| Introduction to Transcendental Logic Transcendetal Analytic |
B89-B91(=A64-A66) |
| Analytic of Concepts: Chapter I through Table of Categories |
B91-B107(=A66-A82 beginning) |
| Analytic of Concepts: Chapter II, Section I |
B116-B129(=A84-A95 beginning) |
| February 4 Transcendental Deduction in A (complete) |
A95-A130 |
| February 7 Analytic of Principles: Introduction, Chapter I (Schematism) & Chapter II, Sections 1,2, & 3 |
B169-B202(=A130-A162) |
| February 11 Analogies of Experience: First Analogy and Second Analogy |
B218-B244 beginning(=A176-A199 beginning) |
| Refutation of Idealism | B274-B279 beginning |
| Footnote from Second Preface | Bxxxix-Bxli |
| February 14 Ground of the Distinction ... Phenomena and Noumena |
B294-B306(=A235-248) (A248 end-A253) |
| Transcendental Dialectic: Introduction and Book I |
B349-B396(=A293-A338) |
| February 18 Transcendental Dialectic: Book II, Chapter II, Section 1 |
B432-B438(=A405-A411) |
| Antithetic of Pure Reason | B448-B453(=A420-A425) |
| Statements of the Four Antinomies | B454(=A426) B462(=A434) B472(=A444) B480(=A452) |
| Third Antinomy | B472-B479(=A444-A451) |
| Antinomy of Pure Reason, Section 3 |
B490-B504 beginning(=A462-A476 beginning) |
| Section 7 | B530-B535(=A502-A507) |
| February 21 Solution of the Cosmological Idea of Totality In the Derivation of Cosmical Events from their Causes |
B560-586 (=A532-558) |
| Canon of Pure Reason, Sections 1 & 2 | B823-848 (=A795-819) |
The reading assignments for the seminars on Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations are as follows (page numbers are from the Liberty Press edition):
| April 21 | Book I, Chapters I-X with following omissions: (a) Chapter V - omit paragraph 20 to end (omit pp. 55-64): Stop just before the paragraph beginning "Though at distant ..." |
| (b) Chapter X, part I - omit paragraph 27 to end of Part I (pp. 125-135): Stop just before the paragraph beginning "That the chance ..." | |
| (c) Chapter X, Part II - omit paragraph 33-59 (pp. 146-157): Stop just before the paragraph beginning "Secondly ..." and start with paragraph beginning "I shall conclude ..." | |
| April 24 | Book II, Chapter I (pp. 279-285) |
| Book II, Chapter III - omit paragraph 32 to end (pp. 343-349): Stop just before paragraph beginning "The annual produce ..." | |
| Book III, Chapter I (pp. 376-380) | |
| Book III, Chapter IV - omit paragraphs 19-end (pp. 422-427): Stop just before paragraph beginning "This order, howeer, being contrary to the natural ..." | |
| Book IV, Chapter II - read only paragraphs 1-15 (pp. 452-459): Stop just before paragraph beginning "Merchants and manufacturers are the people ..." | |
| Book IV, Chapter III, Part II, paragraphs 1-11 (pp.488-495): "Stop just before the paragraph beginning "It is in consequence of these maxims..." | |
| Book IV, Chapter IX - read only paragraphs 48-52 (pp. 686-688): Start with paragraph beginning "The greatest ..." and continue to the end of the chapter. | |
| Book V, Chapter I, Part III, Art. 2, paragraphs 46-end of Article 2 (pp. 780-788): "Start with paragraph beginning "Were there no publick institutions for education ...". |
The reading assignments in The Federalist are as follows:
| April 28 | 1, 2, 6, 9-11, 12 (first three paragraphs), together with the Declaration of Independence and Articles of Confederation |
| May 1 | 15-17, 23, 31, 37-39, together with the Constitution of the United States |
| May 5 | 47-51, 57, 62-63, 68, 69, 76, 78 |
SENIOR
The assignment from James's Psychology: A Briefer Course (i.e. not the two volume Psychology) is:
| February 25 | Chapters I (Introduction), X (Habit), XI (The Stream of Consciousness), XII (The Self)(omitting pp. 205-216) Notre Dame edition: Introductory, Chapter 1 (Habit), Chapter 2 (The Stream of Consciousness), Chapter 3 (The Self), (omitting pp. 72-83). |
| February 28 | Chapters XXIV (Emotion), Chapter XXVI or 17 (Will), Epilogue (Notre Dame edition: Chapter 15 (Emotion), 17 (Will), Epilogue) |
The reading assignment for March 24 is:
- The Federalist 78, first nine paragraphs of 81; and Supreme Court Opinion: Marbury v. Madison, 1803 and "Note for Non Lawyers" in Senior Seminar Readings (Bookstore - photocopy, pp. 1-12)
- State Court Opinion: Eakin v. Raub, 1825 (photocopy, pp. 13-15)
- U.S. Constitution, Articles III and VI
The reading assignments in Tocqueville are as follows in the 2-volume Vintage paperback (Bradley), Harper Perennial (George Lawrence) and University of Chicago Press (Mansfield):
March 27
| (Vintage) | Volume I: Author's Introduction; chapter 3, chapter 5 (omitting 68 bottom-85 bottom third), chapter 6 (to 103 middle), chapters 15-16, chapter 17 (beginning at 326 top), chapter 18 (from 421 bottom-429 top third; and 434, final 2 paragraphs) |
| (Harper Perennial) | Volume I: Author's Introduction; Pt. I, chapter 3, chapter 5 (omitting 70 bottom-86), chapter 6 (to 104 top); Pt. II, chapter 7-8, chapter 9 (beginning at 311 bottom), chapter 10 (400-407 and 412 middle-413) |
| (University of Chicago Press) | Part I: Author's Introduction; chapter 3, chapter 5 (omitting page 65 bottom-82 top), chapter 6 (to page 98 top); Part II, chapters 7-8, chapter 9 (beginning at page 298 bottom), chapter 10 (pages 384-390; and 395 [beginning "There are two great peoples"]-396) |
March 31
| (Vintage) | Volume II: Book I, chapters 1-3, 5, Book II, chapters 1-15, Book IV, chapters 6-8 |
| (Harper Perennial) | Volume II: Part I, chapters 1-3, 5; Part II, chapters 1-15, Part IV; chapters 6-8 |
| (University of Chicago Press) |
Volume II: Part I, chapters 1-3, 5; Part II, chapters 1-15; Part IV, chapters 6-8 |
The Lincoln assignments for April 3 and April 7 are taken from the Dover Thrift Edition and photocopies in Senior Seminar Readings (Bookstore).
April 3
- Dred Scott Decision, 1857 (photocopy, pp. 17-21)
- Lincoln: The Constitution and the Union, 1860 (photocopy, p. 23)
- Lincoln: "The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions": Address Before Springfield Young Men's Lyceum, 1838
- Lincoln: "The Declaration of Independence Includes All Men": Speech on the Dred Scott Decision, 1857 (photocopy, pp. 24-28)
- Lincoln-Douglass Debates:
"Difference Between the White and Black Races," Charleston, September 18 (photocopy, p. 29)
"Now, While I am Upon this Subject," Alton, October 15 (photocopy, pp. 30-32)
"I have Intimated that I Thought," Alton, October 15 (photocopy, pp. 33-34) - Lincoln: Address at the Cooper Union, 1860
- Lincoln: Farewell Address at Springfield, Illinois, February 12, 1861
- Frederick Douglass, "The Constitution of the United States: Is It Pro-Slavery or Anti-Slavery?" 1860 (photocopy, pp. 37-43)
April 7
- Lincoln: First Inaugural Address, 1861
- Lincoln: "My Paramount Object": Reply to Horace Greeley, 1862 (photocopy, p. 35)
- Lincoln: Second Annual Message to Congress, 1862
- Lincoln: Gettysburg Address, 1863
- Lincoln: Second Inaugural Address, 1865
- Frederick Douglass, "Oration in Memory of Abraham Lincoln" (photocopy, pp. 45-50) )
The readings for April 10 are:
- Booker T. Washington (Bookstore - Senior Seminar Reading)
"Atlanta Exposition Address," 1901 (photocopy, pp. 51-52)
"Our New Citizen," 1896 (photocopy, pp. 53-54)
"Democracy and Education," 1890 (photocopy, pp.54-59) - W.E.B. DuBois, Souls of Black Folk
Chapter I ("Of Our Spiritual Strivings")
Chapter III ("Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and Others")
Chapter VI ("Of the Training of Black Men")
The assignments from Freud's The Interpretation of Dreams (Avon edition) are as follows:
- April 21:
(Avon Edition)The epigraph on the title page, quoting Aeneid VII, 1. 312, can be translated, "If I cannot bend Heaven, I will move Hell." Read chapters II, III, IV in part (pp. 128-179) and chapter V in part (pp. 224-231, 274-300).
(Oxford Edition) pp. 78-114; 147-152; 185-204 (bottom of page). - April 24:
(Avon Edition) Chapter VI in part (pp. 312 bottom-318 bottom, 340-343, 374-379, 526-531; chapter VII in part (pp. 547-550, 571-592, 601-623 middle, 631 top-660).
(Oxford Edition) pp. 212-217; 232-235 (bottom); 254-259 (top); 318-322; 330-332; 346-363; 366 (bottom)-382 (bottom)
The assignments from Heidegger's Introduction to Metaphysics are as follows )page numbers are from the Fried and Polt edition):
- May 1:
Chapter 1 (pp. 1-54); Chapter 3 (pp. 79-97). - May 5:
Chapter 4; Introduction (pp. 98-100), Section 3 (pp. 122-210)