| Date | Reading | Online Resources |
|---|---|---|
| August 26 |
Cervantes: Don Quixote Part One |
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| August 30 | Cervantes: Don Quixote (complete) | (see August 26 links) |
| September 2 |
Descartes: Meditations Letter of Dedication; Preface; I-III |
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| September 6 |
Descartes: Meditations IV-VI |
(see September 2 links) |
| September 9 |
Pascal: Pensées (selections: see Fall Semester Appendix) |
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| September 13 |
Pascal: Pensées (selections: see Fall Semester Appendix) |
(see September 9 links) |
| September 16 |
Milton: Paradise Lost I-III |
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| September 20 |
Milton: Paradise Lost IV; V; VI: Argument only; VII: Argument, 1-39; VIII |
(see September 16 links) |
| September 23 |
Milton: Paradise Lost IX-X; XI: to 428; XII: 446-end |
(see September 16 links) |
| September 27 |
Hobbes: Leviathan Frontispiece; Letter of Dedication; Author’s Preface; Chapters 1-11 |
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| September 30 |
Hobbes: Leviathan Chapters 12-18 |
(see September 27 links) |
| October 4 |
Hobbes: Leviathan Chapters 19-21, 24-25; 27; 28 (only the very last paragraph); 29 |
(see September 27 links) |
| October 7 |
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) |
(see September 27 links) |
| October 11 |
Spinoza: Ethics Book I: beginning through proposition 29; Marginal pages II/45-II/71 |
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| October 14 |
Spinoza: Ethics Book I: proposition 30 through end; Appendix; Book II: beginning through proposition 13; Marginal pages II/71-II/97 |
(see October 11 links) |
| October 18 | Leibniz: Discourse on Metaphysics |
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| October 21 |
Leibniz: Philosophical Essays (see Fall Semester Appendix) |
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| October 25 |
Leibniz: Principles of Nature and Grace; (see Fall Semester Appendix) |
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| October 28 – December 16 | (preceptorial) |