| Date | Reading | Online Resources |
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| August 27 | Cervantes: Don Quixote Part One |
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| August 31 | Cervantes: Don Quixote | |
| September 3 | Descartes: Meditations, Letter of Dedication, Preface, I–III |
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| September 7 | Descartes: Meditations, IV–VI | |
| September 10 | Pascal: Pensées (selections) - See Appendix |
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| September 14 | Pascal: Pensées (selections) - See Appendix | |
| September 17 | Milton: Paradise Lost, I–III |
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| September 21 | Milton: Paradise Lost, Books IV; V; VI Argument only; VII Argument, 1–39; VIII |
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| September 24 | Milton: Paradise Lost, IX–X; XI to 428; XII 446 to end |
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| September 28 | Hobbes: Leviathan, Frontispiece; Letter of Dedication; Author’s Preface; Chapters 1–11 |
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| October 1 | Hobbes: Leviathan, Chapters 12–18 | |
| October 5 | Hobbes: Leviathan, Chapters 19–21, 24–25, 27, 28 (only the very last paragraph), 29 |
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| October 8 | 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) |
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| October 12 | Spinoza: Ethics Book 1 through proposition 29, marginal pages II/45–II/71 |
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| October 15 | Spinoza: Ethics Book 1, proposition 30 through end, & appendix; Book 2 through proposition 13, marginal pages II/71–II/97 |
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| October 19 | Leibniz: Discourse on Metaphysics |
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| October 22 | Leibniz: Philosophical Essays See Appendix |
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| October 26 | Leibniz: Principles of Nature and Grace; Monadology; Philosophical Essays See Appendix |
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| October 29–December 17 | Preceptorial |