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1 St. John's College - Santa Fe, New Mexico SEMINAR READING ASSIGNMENTS Asterisks (*) indicate selections detailed in the supplement sheets. Date Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior Aug 24 Aug 28 Aug 31 Sep 4 Sep 7 Homer, Iliad, Books 1-6 Iliad, Books 7-12 Iliad, Books Iliad, Books Homer, Odyssey, Books 1-8 Hebrew Bible Genesis, 1-11 Genesis, Genesis, Exodus Deuteronomy Cervantes, Don Quixote, Volume I Don Quixote, Volume II Descartes, Meditations, To the Reader, Synopsis, Meditations I-III Meditations IV- VI Pascal, Pensees, selections* Tolstoy, War and Peace War and Peace Hegel, Phenomenology of Spirit* Hegel, Philosophy of History* Philosophy of History* Sep 11 Odyssey, Books 9-16 Samuel; Kings; Chronicles* Pensees, selections* Philosophy of History* Sep 14 Odyssey, Books Psalms* Milton, Paradise Lost, Books 1-3 Philosophy of History* Sep 18 Sep 21 Sep 25 Sep 28 Oct 2 Aeschylus, Agamemnon Aeschylus, Libation Bearers, Eumenides Herodotus, Histories* Histories* Histories* Jeremiah & Jonah* Job Livy, The Early History of Rome* Plutarch, Lives, Cato the Younger and Caesar Plutarch, Antony and Brutus Paradise Lost, Books 4-5; 8-9 Paradise Lost, Books Hobbes, Leviathan, "Dedication," "Preface," Chapters 1-9 Leviathan, Chapters Leviathan, Chapters 17-21,26, 31 [final paragraph] "Review & Conclusion" Philosophy of History* Marx, Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts;* Communist Manifesto Marx, On the Jewish Question, Part I; The German Ideology, Part I* Kierkegaard, Fear and Trembling* Kierkegaard, The Sickness Unto Death*

2 Oct 5 Gorgias, 447a-481b Virgil, Aeneid, Books 1-4 Spinoza, Theologico- Political Treatise* Kierkegaard, The Sickness Unto Death* Oct 9 Gorgias, 481b-527c Aeneid, Books 5-8 Theologico- Political Treatise* Nietzsche, On the Advantage and Disadvantage of History for Life Oct 12 Meno Aeneid, Books 9-12 Locke, Second Treatise of Government* Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil Books I-II Oct 16 Sophocles, Antigone Tacitus, Annals, I-II Rousseau, Discourse on the Origin of Inequality* Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil Book III; Book IX Oct 19 Republic, I Annals, III-VI Discourse on the Origin of Inequality* Nietzsche, Gay Science Book V Oct 23 Republic, II-III Epictetus, Discourses* Oct 26 Republic, IV-V New Testament Matthew Oct 30 Republic, VI-VII New Testament John (Gospel), I John (Epistle) Nov 2 Republic, VIII-IX New Testament Acts Nov 6 Republic, X New Testament Romans Nov 9 Aristophanes, Clouds New Testament I Corinthians Nov 13 Apology, Crito Aristotle, On the Soul, II, 1-7, Nov 16 Phaedo, 57a-89a On the Soul, III, 3-13; I, 4, 408b Nov 20 Phaedo, 89b-118a Plotinus, Enneads* Nov 27 Theaetetus, 142a-187a Augustine, Confessions, 1-6 Seminar Reading List Page 2 of 14

3 Nov 30 Dec 4 Theaetetus, 187a-210c Sophocles, Oedipus Rex Confessions, 7-9 Confessions, Dec 7 Sophist, 216a-249d Maimonides, Guide of the Perplexed* Dec 11 Sophist 249d-end Guide of the Perplexed* Dec 14 Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound Guide of the Perplexed* WINTER VACATION Jan 15 Thucydides, Peloponnesian War, I; II, 1-46 Anselm, Proslogium; Gaunilon's Reply and Anselm's Response Swift, Gulliver s Travels, 1-2 Stendhal, The Red and the Black, Part 1, chapters 1-23 Jan 18 Peloponnesian War, II, 47-65; III, 1-86; IV, 1-41 Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae* Gulliver s Travels, 3-4 Stendhal, The Red and the Black, Part 1, chapter 24-Part 2, chapter 20 Jan 22 Peloponnesian War, IV, ; V, 1-26, ; VI, 1-32 Summa Theologiae* Leibniz, selections* Stendhal, The Red and the Black, Part 2, chapters 21-end Jan 25 Peloponnesian War, VI, ; VII; VIII, 1-18 Summa Theologiae* Leibniz, selections* [Essay Preparation] Jan 29 Phaedrus, 227a-257c Dante, Divine Comedy, Inferno, Cantos 1-17 Hume, Treatise of Human Nature* [Essay Preparation] Feb 1 Phaedrus, 257c-end Divine Comedy, Inferno, Cantos 18-End Treatise of Human Nature* [Essay Preparation] Feb 5 Symposium, 172a-201c Divine Comedy, Purgatorio, Cantos 1-18 Treatise of Human Nature* [Essay Preparation] Seminar Reading List Page 3 of 14

4 Feb 8 Symposium, 201d-223d Divine Comedy, Purgatorio, Cantos 19-End Hume, Enquiry Concerning Principles of Morals* [Essay Preparation] Feb 12 Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics; I Divine Comedy, Paradiso, Cantos 1-17 Kant, Critique of Pure Reason* Freud, Introductory Lectures, I-VIII Feb 15 Nicomachean Ethics; II, III Divine Comedy, Paradiso, Cantos 18-End Critique of Pure Reason* Introductory Lectures, IX-XI, XIII-XIV, XVII (pp only), XVIII- XIX* Feb 19 Nicomachean Ethics; IV, V Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae* Critique of Pure Reason* Introductory Lectures, XX-XXIV Feb 22 Nicomachean Ethics; VI, VII Summa Theologiae* Critique of Pure Reason* Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway Feb 26 Nicomachean Ethics; VIII, IX Chaucer, Canterbury Tales* Critique of Pure Reason* Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway Mar 1 Nicomachean Ethics; X Canterbury Tales* Critique of Pure Reason* Joyce, The Dead Mar 5 Aristotle, Politics* Canterbury Tales* Critique of Pure Reason* Conrad, Heart of Darkness Mar 8 Politics* As You Like It Wordsworth, Two Part Prelude Heidegger, What is Metaphysics? * SPRING VACATION Mar 26 Mar 29 Apr 2 Sophocles, Ajax Lucretius, On the Nature of Things, I-II On the Nature of Things, V-VI Machiavelli, The Prince, I - XIV The Prince, XV -XXVI Midsummer Night s Dream Austen, Pride and Prejudice Vol. I-II Pride and Prejudice Vol III Rousseau, Social Contract, I, II Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov, Parts I-III (Books I-IX) Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov, Part IV (Books X and XI) Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov, Book XII and "Epilogue" Seminar Reading List Page 4 of 14

5 Apr 5 Timaeus, 17a-53e Montaigne, Essays: "Education of Children," "Of Cannibals" Rousseau, Social Contract, III, IV Tocqueville, Democracy in America* Apr 9 Apr 12 Apr 16 Apr 19 Aristotle, Physics* Physics* Physics* Physics* Essays, On Experience Bacon, New Organon* Bacon, New Atlantis; Great Instauration Richard II Kant, Critique of Pure Reason, Canon; Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals * Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals* Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations* Wealth of Nations* Tocqueville, Democracy in America* Tocqueville, Democracy in America* Lincoln, Dred Scott, etc.* Lincoln Speeches; Constitutional Amendments* Apr 23 Apr 26 Physics* Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book I (Α), Chapters1-2; Book XII (Λ), Chapters 6-10 Henry IV, Part I Henry IV, Part II Wealth of Nations* Hawthorne, Scarlet Letter: Author s preface; Custom House ; Chapters 1-8 DuBois, The Souls of Black Folk, Chapters 1-7 DuBois, The Souls of Black Folk, Chapter 8-14 Apr 30 Euripides, Bacchae Macbeth Scarlet Letter Chapters 9-end James, The Europeans May 3 May 7 May 10 Euripides, Medea Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus Aristophanes, Birds Descartes, Discourse on Method, I-III Discourse on Method, IV-VI Othello Declaration of Independence; U.S. Constitution Madison, Hamilton, Jay, The Federalist* The Federalist* The Federalist* Melville, Bartleby O Connor, Good Country People Heidegger, The Word of Nietzsche, God is Dead * Seminar Reading List Page 5 of 14

6 May 14 May 17 Aristotle, Poetics Sophocles, Philoctetes King Lear Tempest Twain, Huckleberry Finn Chapters 1-22 Huckleberry Finn Chapters 23-end Jonas, Essays* Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Books VIII and IX St John's College - Santa Fe, New Mexico Seminar Reading Assignments : FRESHMEN SUPPLEMENT Sep 25 Sep 28 Oct 2 Mar 5 Mar 8 Apr 9 Apr 12 Apr 16 Apr 19 Apr 23 Histories: I; III, Histories: V, 62-78; VI, ; VII, 1-60, 99-end Histories: VIII, IX Politics: I; II, 1260 b b26, 1266 a a25 Politics: III; VII, 1323 a b27 Physics: I, 184 a9-184 b14 and 189 b b7; II, 192 b8-195 b30 Physics: II, 195b b11 Physics: III, 200b12-202b29; IV, 217b29-224a16 Physics: III, 202b30-208a25;IV, 208a26-217b28 Physics: VIII, 250 b a19 and 265 a b27 Seminar Reading List Page 6 of 14

7 St. John's College - Santa Fe, New Mexico Seminar Reading Assignments : SOPHOMORE SUPPLEMENT Sep 11 Sep 14 Sep 18 Sep 25 Oct 23 Nov 20 Dec 7 Dec 11 Dec 14 Jan 18 Jan 22 Jan 25 Feb 19 Hebrew Bible: I Samuel 8-31; II Samuel; I Kings, 1-2; II Chronicles, last chapter only Bible: Psalms 8, 14, 19, 22, 23, 38, 39, 46, 51, 90, 91, 107, 110, 130, 137, 139, (as numbered in RSV/Jerusalem editions; other editions cross-check for correct selection) Jeremiah 1, & Jonah The Early History of Rome (Penguin Classics); sections Discourses: Book I, Chapters 1, 2, 11, 16, 17, 18, 24; Book II, Chapters 1, 2, 5, 6, 8 The Essential Plotinus (O Brien), Beauty (I,6) pp ; Three Primal Hypostases (V,1) pp ; Contemplation (III,8) pp Guide, Part I., Epistle Dedicatory, Introduction, (pp of the Pines translation, University of Chicago Press, Volume I - photocopy); Part II, Chs , 25 Guide Part II., Chs , 46-48, Volume II Guide Part III., Chs , Volume II Summa Theologiae: (photocopy: "Articles of Faith" ); (photocopy: Prologue ); Part I: q.1; q.2; q.3, arts. 3-4, 7 ST: (photocopy, I: q.4: "Perfection of God"); q.12, arts ; q.13, arts. 1-5 and ST: (photocopy: "On the End of Man") 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 Feb 22 Feb 26 Mar 1 Mar 5 Apr 12 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 ) Canterbury Tales: General Prologue; "Knight's Tale" Canterbury Tales: Miller s Tale ; Reeve's Tale Canterbury Tales: Wife of Bath's Tale 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. Seminar Reading List Page 7 of 14

8 St John's College - Santa Fe, New Mexico Seminar Reading Assignments : JUNIOR SUPPLEMENT Pensees: The "thoughts" are numbered differently in the three editions generally available, and are correlated in the following lists. Key: P - Penguin, D/ML - Dover/Dutton and Modern Library, and GB - Great Books Editions. Seminar Dates:, September 7 and, September 11 First Assignment First Assignment continued Second Assignment continued P D/ML GB P D/ML GB P D/ML GB Second Assignment

9 St John's College - Santa Fe, New Mexico Seminar Reading Assignments : JUNIOR SUPPLEMENT Oct 5 Oct 9 Oct 12 Oct 16 Oct 19 Jan 22 Jan 25 Jan 29 Feb 1 Feb 5, Feb 8 Feb 12 Feb 15 Feb 19 Feb 22 Feb 26 Mar 1 Theologico-Political Treatise, Preface, Chs. I, II, IV, VI-VII Theologico-Political Treatise, Chs. XI-XVI, XIX, XX Second Treatise of Government, Numbered paragraphs 1-51, , , 199, Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Letter to the Republic of Geneva, Preface, Part I Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part II Philosophical Essays (Hackett): pp (New System of Nature); pp (from correspondence with de Volder); pp (On Nature Itself) Philosophical Essays: pp (Principles of Nature and Grace); pp (Monadology) Treatise of Human Nature: "Introduction," Book I, Part I; Part II, section VI; Part III: sections I-VI Treatise of Human Nature: Book I, Part III: sections VII-VIII, X, XII, XIV and XV Treatise of Human Nature: Book I, Part IV, sections I-II, VI-VII Enquiry Concerning Principles of Morals: I-VI; IX; Appendix 1. Concerning Moral Sentiment ; Appendix 2. Of Self-Love Critique of Pure Reason: "Preface" to Second Edition; "Introduction," pp Note: pagination is taken from the Norman Kemp Smith Translation. Pagination for the two other main editions is available in the St. John s College Bookstore. "Transcendental Aesthetic," (pp ) "Transcendental Logic," "Introduction;" "Transcendental Analytic," Book I, Chapter I (pp ), Book I, Chapter II, Section 1 (pp ) "Transcendental Analytic," Book I Chapter II, Section 2 (second edition, pp ) "Transcendental Analytic," Book II, Chapter I (pp ); Chapter II, Analogies of Experience (first paragraph only, pp ), Second Analogy (first four paragraphs only, pp ); Chapter III (pp , but omit all passages contained only in A - first edition, at bottom of pages and ) "Transcendental Dialectic," "Introduction" (pp ); Book I (pp ); Book II, The Dialectical Inferences of Pure Reason (pp ) and Chapter II, Introduction and Sections 1 and 2 (First and Third Antinomies only) (pp , ) Seminar Reading List Page 9 of 14

10 St John's College - Santa Fe, New Mexico Seminar Reading Assignments : JUNIOR SUPPLEMENT Mar 5 Apr 9 Apr 12 "Transcendental Dialectic," Book II, Chapter II, Sections 3-8 and Section 9 (parts I and III only), pp , , Critique of Pure Reason, Canon (pp ); Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals: Preface and Section I Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals: Second section-third section Adam Smith Readings, The Wealth of Nations: The Modern Library edition does not contain any paragraph numbers. For your reference, the following table correlates the readings in the Liberty Fund edition with the Modern Library Edition. Seminar Date April 16 April 19 Liberty Fund Edition Introduction & Plan of Work Book I, Chapters 1-4; Chapter 5, (first ten paragraphs) xxiii-xxvi 3-37 Book I, Chapters Book I, Chapter 8, (paragraphs 1-27, 35-45, last paragraph) Modern Library Edition (to In Great Britain ), (to In Years of Plenty ), and 99 Book I, Chapter 9, (First 4 paragraphs) (to By the 37 th ) Book I, Chapter 10, Introduction, Part I, (paragraphs 1-26) Book I, Chapter 10, Part II, (paragraphs 1-17, 41-end) (to That the chance of gain ) (to The government of towns ), Book I, Chapter 11, Conclusion Book II, Introduction Book II, Chapter April 23 Book II, Chapter Book III, Chapter Book III, Chapter Book III, Chapter 4, (paragraphs 1-18) (to This order, however ) Seminar Reading List Page 10 of 14

11 St John's College - Santa Fe, New Mexico Seminar Reading Assignments : JUNIOR SUPPLEMENT April 23 Continued Book IV, Introduction, Chapter 1, (paragraphs 1-4, 34-end) Book IV, Chapter 2, (paragraphs 1-15, 40- end) (to In consequence of these ), (beginning with I thought it necessary ) (to the bottom of the page), (beginning with The case in which ) Book IV, Chapter 3, Part II Book IV, Chapter 9, (last 3 paragraphs) Book V, Chapter 1, Part III, article 2 (paragraphs 48-end Book V, Chapter 1, Part III, article 3, (paragraphs 1-25) (beginning with Ought the public ) (to In this situation ) May 3 May 7 May 10 The Federalist: 1,2,6,9 together with the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution The Federalist: 10, 15, 23, 39, 49, 50, 51 The Federalist: 57, 62, 63, 68, 69, 76, 78, 84 Seminar Reading List Page 11 of 14

12 St John's College - Santa Fe, New Mexico Seminar Reading Assignments : SENIOR SUPPLEMENT Aug 31 Sep 4 Sep 7 Sep 11 Sep 14 Sep 18 Sep 21 Sep 25 Sep 28 Oct 2 Oct 5 Feb 15 Phenomenology of Spirit (Miller Translation Required): Self Consciousness, pp , from paragraph 166 through paragraph 196 Philosophy of History (Sibree Translation Required): Classification of Historic Data, pp ; The Persian Empire and its Constituent Parts, pp Philosophy of History (Sibree Translation Required): The Greek World, pp Philosophy of History (Sibree Translation Required): The Roman World, pp Philosophy of History (Sibree Translation Required): The German World, pp Philosophy of History (Sibree Translation Required): The German World, pp (All Marx readings from The Marx-Engels Reader, ed. Robert Tucker) Economic &Philosophic Manuscripts: Estranged Labor, Private Property and Communism, The Meaning of Human Requirements, The Power of Money in Bourgeois Society, pp (All Marx readings from The Marx-Engels Reader, ed. Robert Tucker) On the Jewish Question, Part 1, pp ; The German Ideology Part I Feuerbach, pp Fear and Trembling, from the Preface through the "First Problem and the Epilogue. The Sickness Unto Death: The beginning of the book through the section titled Despair Over the Earthly or Something Earthly, pp. 1-60, Princeton edition, Hong translation, or pp , Penguin Classics edition, Hannay translation The Sickness Unto Death: The remainder of the book, skipping the sections beginning with Sin is Not a Negation but a Position through The Continuance of Sin, pp , , Princeton Edition, or pp , , Penguin Classics The page numbers refer only to the Liveright Edition, copyright 1966, W.W. Norton & Company. March 8 What is Metaphysics?, from Heidegger, Basic Writings, Harper Collins, pp Seminar Reading List Page 12 of 14

13 St John's College - Santa Fe, New Mexico Seminar Reading Assignments : SENIOR SUPPLEMENT Democracy in America Vintage edition: I.intro. (pp.3-16); I.1-5 to p. 68 (pp.17-68); I.9-12 (pp ). Chicago edition: I.i.intro. (pp. 3-15); I.i.1-5 to p. 65 (pp ); I.ii.1-4 (pp ) Apr 5 Apr 9 Democracy in America Vintage edition: I (pp ); 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 edition: I.ii.6-8 (pp ); II.i.1-2 (pp ); II.i.5-8 (pp ); II.i.10, 15, 17, 20 (pp , , , ) Apr 12 Apr 16 Apr 19 Democracy in America Vintage edition: II.ii.1-4 (pp ); II.ii.8-13 (pp ); II.iii.1 (pp ); II.iv (pp ) Chicago edition: II.ii.1-4 (pp ); II.ii.8-13 (pp ); II.iii.1 (pp ); II.iv (pp ) Dred Scott Decision: Dred Scott v. Sandford (photocopy) Lincoln Speech on Dred Scott Decision, 1857 (photocopy) Frederick Douglass, The Constitution of the United States: Is it Pro-Slavery or Anti- Slavery? (photocopy) Lincoln s Address at Cooper Union, 1860 (Abraham Lincoln Great Speeches, Dover Thrift Edition) 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, Illionois 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, th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution Seminar Reading List Page 13 of 14

14 St John's College - Santa Fe, New Mexico Seminar Reading Assignments : SENIOR SUPPLEMENT May 10 The Word of Nietzsche, God is Dead, from Heidegger, The Question Concerning Technology and Other Essays, Harper Torchbooks, pp May 14 The Altered Nature of Human Action, chapter 1 of The Imperative of Responsbility, The University of Chicago Press, pp. 1-24; Toward an Ontological Grounding of an Ethics for the Future, chapter 4 of Mortality and Morality, Northwestern University Press, pp Seminar Reading List Page 14 of 14