SCHEDULE OF SEMINAR READINGS First Semester, DATE FRESHMAN SOPHOMORE JUNIOR SENIOR. Cervantes: Don Quixote, Part I. Cervantes: Don Quixote

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1 ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND SCHEDULE OF SEMINAR READINGS First Semester, DATE FRESHMAN SOPHOMORE JUNIOR SENIOR Aug. 21 I-VI Genesis 1-11 Cervantes: Don Quixote, Part I Tolstoi: War and Peace Aug. 25 VII-XII Genesis Cervantes: Don Quixote Tolstoi: War and Peace Aug. 28 XIII-XVIII Genesis Descartes: Meditations, Letter of Dedication, Preface, I-III Hegel: Logic (Part One of the Encyclopedia), sections Sept. 1 XIX-XXIV Exodus; Numbers 20 Descartes: Meditations IV-VI of Spirit, Introduction, sections Sept. 4 Odyssey, I-VIII Leviticus 11, 18-20; Deuteronomy Pascal: Pensées of Spirit, Sense Certainty, Perception, sections Sept. 8 Odyssey, IX-XVI Samuel I, II, Kings I, 1-4 Pascal: Pensées of Spirit, Force and Understanding, section 165; Lordship and Bondage,

2 Sept. 11 Odyssey, XVII-XXIV Psalms Milton: Paradise Lost, I-III of Spirit, Stoicism and Skepticism ( ) Sept. 15 Meno Amos; Jonah; Isaiah Milton: Paradise Lost, Books IV; V; VI Argument only; VII Argument, 1-39; VIII of Spirit, Unhappy Consciousness ( ); Reason ( ) Sept. 18 Aeschylus: Agamemnon Job Milton: Paradise Lost IX-X XI to 428 XII 446 to end of Spirit, Conscience and The Beautiful Soul ( ) Sept. 22 Aeschylus: Libation Bearers; Eumenides Lucretius: De Rerum Natura I-III Hobbes: Leviathan Letter of Dedication, Author's Preface, Chapters 1-11 of Spirit, The Beautiful Soul and Forgiveness ( ); Absolute Knowing, sections Sept. 26 Gorgias 447A-481B Lucretius: De Rerum Natura IV-VI Hobbes: Leviathan Chapters Marx and Engels: Communist Manifesto; The Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844, (Prometheus edition, pages ) Chapters Estranged Labor, Antithesis of Capital and Labor, Private Property and Labor, and Private Property and Communism Sept. 29 Gorgias 481B-527E Virgil: Aeneid I-IV Hobbes: Leviathan Chapters 19-21, 24-25, 27, 28 (only the very last paragraph), 29 Marx and Engels: Capital (Selections)*

3 Oct. 2 Plutarch: Lives Lycurgus; Solon Virgil: Aeneid V-VIII Hobbes: Marx Engels: Capital 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) Oct. 6 Herodotus: History I; III , 38, Virgil: Aeneid IX-XII Spinoza: Theologico-Political Treatise, Preface and Chapters I-VI Marx: The German Ideology all of Part One (International Publishers pp ); Theses on Feuerbach (pp ), Letter to George Weydemeyer (photocopy) Oct. 9 Herodotus: History VI, ; VII (entire) Plutarch: Lives Caesar; Cato the Younger 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 in Yaffe); XIX-XX Kierkegaard: Fear and Trembling, Through Problema I Oct. 13 Herodotus: History VIII; IX Tacitus: Annals, I-II Leibniz: Discourse on Metaphysics Kierkegaard: Philosophical Fragments, Chapters I-III (including ) Oct. 16 Republic I-II 367E Tacitus: Annals, III-VI Leibniz: Philosophical Essays* Kierkegaard: Philosophical Fragments, Chapter IV-end (Moral)

4 Oct. 20 Republic II 367E-IV 427C Epictetus: Handbook Leibniz: Principles of Nature and Grace; Monadology; Philosophical Essays* Nietzsche: Use and Disadvantage of History for Life Oct. 23 Republic IV 427D-VI 502C Matthew Oct. 27 Republic VI 502D-VII Luke Oct. 30 Republic VIII-IX Acts Nov. 3 Plato Republic X Gospel of John; First Letter of John Nov. 6 Aristophanes: Clouds I Corinthians Nov. 10 Apology and Crito P Romans; James Nov. 13 Phaedo 57A-84B Plotinus Nov. 17 Phaedo 84B-118B Augustine: Confessions I-V

5 Nov. 20 I; II, 1-54 Augustine: Confessions VI-IX Nov. 24 II, 55-78; III 1-87; IV, 1-74 Augustine: Confessions X-XI Dec. 1 IV, 75-end; V 1-26, Anselm: Proslogium Dec. 4 VII; VIII 1-6, 45-end Christian Creeds;* Thomas Aquinas: Summa Theologiae, Prologue, Prima Pars (First Part), Questions 1, 2 Dec. 8 Symposium beginning-198a Thomas Aquinas: Summa Theologiae, Prima Pars (First Part), Question 3, Articles 1-4; Question 4; Question 6, Articles 1-2; Question 7, Article 1; Question 8, Articles 1, 3; Question 9, Article 1; Question 11, Articles 3-4 Dec. 11 (Thursday) Symposium 198-end Thomas Aquinas: Summa Theologiae, Prima Pars (First Part), Question 12, Articles 1, 4, 5, 7, Question 13, Articles 1-5, END OF FIRST SEMESTER,

6 SOPHOMORE APPENDIX TO SCHEDULE OF SEMINAR READINGS - FIRST SEMESTER, The Psalms for the September 11 reading are: Psalms 1, 8, 14, 19, 22, 23, 42, 46, 51, 90, 121, 122, 126, 130, 131, 137, 139, and 148. (These numbers are as in the JPS, RSV, and the Jerusalem s. Users of other editions should cross check numbering.) The selections from Plotinus for November 13 are (in The Essential Plotinus, O'Brien): The Descent of the Soul: IV. 8 (pp ), The Good and the One: VI. 9 (pp ), The Three Primal Hypostases: V.1 (pp ), Contemplation: III.8 (pp ). The assignment for December 4 includes three Christian Creeds, the Apostolic, Nicene, and Athanasian (available in the Bookstore) and the following selection from Thomas Aquinas s Summa Theologiae: Prologue; Prima Pars (First Part), Questions 1 and 2. JUNIOR The selections from Pascal's Pensées (Penguin Edition) to be read for the seminars on September 4 and 8 are listed below. Please note that in the list of readings below, pensées from the non-classified papers have sometimes been added to chapters of the classified papers to which they seem to be clearly related. September 4 Chapter II 13, 21, 25, 30, 36, 44, 47, 413, 627, 628, 688, 697, 806, 978 III 54-56, 58, 60, 65, 71, 72, 75 IV 78, 79, 622, 641, 771 V 80, 81, 83, 85, 87, 89-93, 95, 97, 98, , 577, 665, 711, 828 VI , , 118 VII 119, 121, 122, , 131, 398, 401, 410 VIII , 136, 138, 139, 414 IX 140, 143, 145, 407 X 148, 152, September 8 Chapter VI 110 XI 149 XII 151, 157, , 165, 166, 418, 427, 428, 434, 442, 444 XIII 170, , , 187, 188 XIV 189, 190, 192, 446, 449 XV 194, 511, 512 XV (bis) 416, 417, 431, 471 XVI 205, 208, 210, , 219, 220 XVIII 228, 232, 234, 239, 241, 242 XIX 255, 265 XXIII 298, 300, 301, 308, 309, 423, 424 XXIV 332, 335 XXVI , 357, 358, 360, 364, 372, 373, 808, 821 XXVII 378, 380, 381, 835, 846, 913 (Memorial) The assignment for October 16 is as follows:

7 Leibniz, Philosophical Essays (R. Ariew and D. Garber) Part I: No. 17, "New System of Nature" (pp ); Nos , "On the Ultimate Origination of Things," "On Nature Itself" (pp ). The assignment for October 20 from Philosophical Essays is as follows: Part I: No. 7, Primary Truths (pp ); Part II E: No. 4, Letter to Clarke: Third Paper [through paragraph 8] (pp ). (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 September 29 and October 2 are as follows (the Bookstore carries the International Publishers and Vintage editions): September 29 International Publishers Vintage Dover 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 Part I Chapter I, Chapter II, 1st 4 paragraphs (top) (mid) Chapter III, Section 2a October 2 Capital, Vol. I Part II Chapters IV, V, VI Part III Chapter VII Chapter VIII, 1st 8 paragraphs (bot) (top) Chapter IX, Section (mid) (omit ) (omit ) (omit ) Chapter X, Section (mid) Capital, Vol. III (photocopy in Bookstore)