DATE

Freshman

Sophomore

Junior

Senior

Aug. 25

Homer, Iliad, Books 1-6

Hebrew Bible
Genesis,  1-11

Cervantes, Don Quixote, Volume I

Tolstoy, War and Peace

Aug. 29

Iliad, Books 7-12

Genesis,  12-23

Don Quixote, Volume II

War and Peace

Sept. 1

Iliad, Books 13-18

Genesis, 24-50S

Descartes, Meditations, To the Reader, Synopsis, Meditations I-III

Goethe, Faust*

Sept. 5

Iliad, Books 19-24

Exodus

Meditations IV-VI

Faust*

Sept. 8

Homer, Odyssey,Books 1-8

Deuteronomy

Pascal, Pensees,selections*

Hegel, Phenome-nology of Spirit*

Sept. 12

Odyssey,
Books 9-16

Samuel, I,II; Kings, Chronicles*

Pensees, selections*

Phenomenology*

Sept. 15

Odyssey,
Books 17-24

Psalms*  

Milton, Paradise
Lost, Books 1-3

Phenomenology*

Sept. 19

Aeschylus, Agamemnon

Jeremiah & Jonah*

Paradise Lost,
Books 4-5; 8-9

Phenomenology*

Sept. 22

Aeschylus, Libation Bearers and Eumenides

Job

Paradise Lost,
Books 10-12

Phenomenology*

Sept. 26

Herodotus, Histories*

Livy, The Early History of Rome*

Hobbes, Leviathan,
"Dedication," "Preface,"
Chapters 1-9

Phenomenology*

Sept. 29

Histories*

Plutarch, Lives, Cato the Younger and Caesar

Leviathan,
Chapters 10-16

Phenomenology*

Oct. 3

Histories*

Plutarch,
Antony and Brutus

Leviathan, Chapters 17-21,26,31 [final paragraph]
"Review & Conclusion"

Tocqueville, Democracy in America*

Oct. 6

Plato, Meno

Virgil, Aeneid,
Books 1-4

Spinoza, Theologico- Political Treatise*

Democracy in America*

Oct. 10

Plato, Meno

Aeneid,
Books 5-8

Theologico-
Political Treatise*

Democracy in America*

Oct. 13

Plato, Gorgias,
447a-481b

Aeneid,
Books 9-12

Locke, Second Treatise of Government*

Kierkegaard, Fear & Trembling*

Oct. 17

Gorgias,
481b-527c

Tacitus,
Annals, I-II

Rousseau,
Discourse on
the Origin of Inequality*

Kierkegaard, Philosophical Fragments*

Oct. 20

Sophocles,
Antigone

Annals, III-VI

Discourse on
the Origin
of Inequality*

Kierkegaard, Philosophical Fragments*

Oct. 24

Plato, Republic, I

Epictetus,
Discourses*

Preceptorials

Preceptorials

Oct. 27

Republic, II-III

New Testament
Matthew

Preceptorials

Preceptorials

Oct. 31

Republic, IV-V

New Testament John (Gospel),
I John (Epistle)

Preceptorials

Preceptorials

Nov. 3

Republic, VI-VII

New Testament Acts

Preceptorials

Preceptorials

Nov. 7

Republic, VIII-IX

New Testament Romans

Preceptorials

Preceptorials

Nov. 10

Republic, X

New Testament
 I Corinthians

Preceptorials

Preceptorials

Nov. 14

Aristophanes,
Clouds

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

Preceptorials

Preceptorials

Nov. 17

Plato, Apology, Crito

On the Soul,
III, 3-13; I, 4, 408b
18-30

Preceptorials

Preceptorials

Nov. 21

Plato, Phaedo, 57a-89a

Plotinus,
Enneads*

Preceptorials

Preceptorials

Nov. 28

Phaedo, 89b-118a

Augustine,
Confessions, 1-6

Preceptorials

Preceptorials

Dec. 1

Sophocles, Oedipus Rex

Confessions, 7-9

Preceptorials

Preceptorials

Dec. 5

Plato, Theaetetus,
142a-187a

Confessions, 10-11

Preceptorials

Preceptorials

Dec. 8

Theaetetus,
187a-210c

Maimonides,
Guide of the Perplexed*

Preceptorials

Preceptorials

Dec. 12

Plato, Sophist,
216a-249d

Guide of the Perplexed*

Preceptorials

Preceptorials

Dec. 15

Sophist,
249d-end

Guide of the Perplexed*

Preceptorials

Preceptorials

Jan 16

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)

Jan 19

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)

Jan 23

Peloponnesian War, IV, 42-135; V, 1-26, 84-116; VI, 1-32

Summa Theologiae*

Leibniz, selections*

Brothers Karamazov, Book XII and "Epilogue"

Jan 26

Peloponnesian War, VI, 32-105; VII; VIII, 1-18

Summa Theologiae*

Leibniz, selections*

[Essay Preparation]

Jan 30

Plato, Phaedrus, 227a-257c

Dante, Divine Comedy, Inferno,
Cantos 1-17

Hume, Treatise of Human Nature*

[Essay Preparation]

Feb 2

Plato, Phaedrus, 257c-end

Divine Comedy, Inferno

Treatise of Human Nature*

[Essay Preparation]

Feb 6

Plato, Symposium, 172a-201c

Divine Comedy,
Purgatorio,
Cantos 1-18

Treatise of Human Nature*

[Essay Preparation]

Feb 9

Symposium,
201d-223d

Divine Comedy,
Purgatorio,
Cantos 19-End

Hume, Enquiry Concerning Principles of Morals, Second Enquiry,
I - VI;  IX 

[Essay Preparation]

Feb 13

Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics*

Divine Comedy,
Paradiso,
Cantos 1-17

Kant, Critique of Pure Reason*

Marx, Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts*  

Feb 16

Nicomachean Ethics*

Divine Comedy,
Paradiso,
Cantos 18-End

Critique of Pure Reason*

Marx, Capital*

Feb 20

Nicomachean Ethics*

Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae*

Critique of Pure Reason*

Marx, German Ideology: Part 1

Feb 23

Nicomachean Ethics*

Summa Theologiae*

Critique of Pure Reason*

Wagner,
Tristan & Isolde

Feb 27

Nicomachean Ethics*

Chaucer, Canterbury Tales*

Critique of Pure Reason*

Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil,
Preface, Parts I & II

Mar 1

Sophocles, Ajax

Canterbury Tales*

Critique of Pure Reason*

Beyond Good and Evil, Parts III-V

Mar 5

Aristotle, Politics*

CanterburyTales*

Critique of Pure Reason*

Beyond Good and Evil, Parts VI & VII

Mar 8

Politics*

Shakespeare
As You Like It

Wordsworth, Tintern Abbey

Beyond Good and Evil, Parts VIII & IX, "Aftersong"

Mar 26

Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound  

Machiavelli, The Prince, I - XIV  

Austen, Emma

Joyce,
"The Dead"

Mar 29

Lucretius, On the Nature of Things,
I-II

The Prince, XV -XXVI

Emma

Freud, Introductory Lectures, I-VIII

Apr 2

On the Nature of Things, III-IV

Shakespeare,
Midsummer Night’s Dream

Rousseau, Social Contract, I, II,
IV-8 “Civil Religion”

Introductory Lectures, IX-XI, XIII-XIV, XVII (pp. 323-333 only), XVIII-XIX

Apr 5

On Nature of Things, V-VI

Montaigne, Essays:"Education of Children," "Of Cannibals"

Kant, Critique of Pure Reason, “Canon;”
Foundation of the Metaphysics of Morals *

Introductory Lectures, XX-XXIV

Apr 9

Plato, Timaeus*, 17a-53e

Essays, “Of Experience”

Foundation of the Metaphysics of Morals* 

Kafka,
"The Metamorphosis"

Apr 12

Aristotle, Physics*

Shakespeare, Richard II

Mozart,
Don Giovanni

Husserl, Crisis of European Sciences*

Apr 16

Physics*

Shakespeare,
Henry IV, Part I

Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations*  

Husserl, Crisis of European Sciences*

Apr 19

Physics*

Shakespeare,
Henry IV, Part II

Wealth of Nations*

Heidegger, Basic Writings,"What is Metaphysics?"

Apr 23

Physics*

Bacon,
New Organon*

Wealth of Nations*

Heidegger, “The Word of Nietzsche: God is Dead”*

April 26

Physics*

Bacon, New Atlantis; Great Instauration

Hawthorne,
Scarlet Letter: Author’s preface; “Custom House”; Ch. 1-8

Melville,
Benito Cereno

Apr 30

Aristotle, Metaphysics,
Book I (Α), Ch.1-2;

Descartes, Discourse on Method,I-III

Scarlet Letter
Ch. 9-end

Dred Scott Decision*

May 3

Euripides,
Medea

Discourse on Method,IV-VI

Declaration of Independence;
U.S. Constitution
Madison, Hamilton, Jay,
The Federalist*

Lincoln Speeches;
Constitutional Amendments*

May 7

Euripides, Bacchae

Shakespeare, Othello

The Federalist*

W.E.B. DuBois,
Souls of Black Folk,
Ch. 1,6,10-14

May 10

Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus

Shakespeare
Macbeth

The Federalist*

Supreme Court Decisions*

May 14

Aristotle, Poetics

Shakespeare,
King Lear

Twain, Huckleberry Finn
Ch. 1-21

Virginia Woolf,
To The Lighthouse

May 17

Sophocles, Philoctetes

Shakespeare,
Tempest

Huckleberry Finn
Ch. 22-end

To The Lighthouse