Academic Program
Santa Fe Reading List - Sophomore
| Date | Supplemental Reading |
| Monday Sep. 15 |
Hebrew Bible: I Samuel 8-31; II Samuel; I Kings, 1-2, II Chronicles, last chapter only |
| Thursday Sep. 18 |
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. 22 |
Jeremiah 1, 26-45 & Jonah |
| Monday Sept. 29 |
The Early History of Rome (Penguin Classics); pp 29-148 (last paragraph) |
| Monday Oct. 27 |
Discourses:Book I, Chapters 1, 2, 11, 16, 17, 18, 24; Book II, Chapters 1, 2, 5, 6, 8 |
| Monday Nov. 24 |
The Essential Plotinus (O'Brien), "Beauty" (I,6) pp. 33-43; "Three Primal Hypostases" (V,1) pp. 90-104; "The Descent of the Soul" (IV,8) pp. 59-71 |
| Wednesday Nov. 26 |
The Essential Plotinus (O'Brien), "Contemplation" (III,8) pp. 162-175; "The Good or the One" (VI,9) pp. 72-88 |
| Thursday Dec. 11 |
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. 15 |
Guide Part II., Chs. 32-40, 46-48, Volume II |
| Thursday Dec. 18 |
Guide Part III., Chs. 17-23, Volume II |
| Thursday Jan. 22 |
Summa Theologiae: (photocopy: "Articles of Faith" ); (photocopy: “Prologue”); Part I: q.1; q.2; q.3, arts. 3-4, 7 |
| Monday Jan. 26 |
ST: (photocopy, I: q.4: "Perfection of God"); q.12, arts. 12-13; q.13, arts. 1-5 and 11-12 |
| Thursday Jan 29 |
ST: (photocopy: "On the End of Man") |
| Monday Feb. 23 |
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. 26 |
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 Mar. 2 |
Canterbury Tales: Prologue, "Knight's Tale" |
| Thursday Mar. 5 |
Canterbury Tales: Prologues to the "Miller" & "Reeve's" tales, "Miller's Tale," "Reeve's Tale" |
| Monday Mar. 9 |
Canterbury Tales: Prologue to the "Wife of Bath's Tale", "Wife of Bath's Tale" |
| Monday Apr. 27 |
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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