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St. John's College - Santa Fe, New Mexico
SEMINAR READING ASSIGNMENTS 2017-2018
Asterisks (*) indicate selections detailed in the supplement sheets.
Date Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior
Thursday
Aug 24
Homer, Iliad,
Books 1-6
Hebrew Bible
Genesis, 1-11
Cervantes, Don
Quixote, Volume
I
Tolstoy,
War and Peace
Monday
Aug 28 Iliad,
Books 7-12 Genesis, 12-23
Don Quixote, Volume II
War and Peace
Thursday
Aug 31 Iliad,
Books 13-18 Genesis, 24-50
Descartes,
Meditations, To
the Reader,
Synopsis,
Meditations I-III
Hegel,
Phenomenology of
Spirit*
Monday
Sep 4 Iliad,
Books 19-24 Exodus
Meditations IV-
VI
Hegel,
Philosophy of
History*
Thursday
Sep 7
Homer, Odyssey,
Books 1-8 Deuteronomy
Pascal, Pensees,
selections* Philosophy of
History*
Monday
Sep 11 Odyssey,
Books 9-16 Samuel; Kings;
Chronicles* Pensees,
selections* Philosophy of
History*
Thursday
Sep 14 Odyssey,
Books 17-24 Psalms*
Milton, Paradise
Lost, Books 1-3 Philosophy of
History*
Monday
Sep 18
Aeschylus,
Agamemnon Jeremiah & Jonah*
Paradise Lost, Books 4-5; 8-9
Philosophy of
History*
Thursday
Sep 21
Aeschylus,
Libation Bearers,
Eumenides
Job Paradise Lost, Books 10-12
Marx, Economic and
Philosophic
Manuscripts;*
Communist
Manifesto
Monday
Sep 25 Herodotus, Histories*
Livy,
The Early History of
Rome*
Hobbes,
Leviathan, "Dedication,"
"Preface,"
Chapters 1-9
Marx, On the Jewish
Question, Part I; The
German Ideology,
Part I*
Thursday
Sep 28 Histories*
Plutarch, Lives,
Cato the Younger
and Caesar
Leviathan, Chapters 10-16
Kierkegaard, Fear
and Trembling*
Monday
Oct 2 Histories*
Plutarch,
Antony and Brutus
Leviathan,
Chapters 17-
21,26, 31 [final
paragraph] "Review &
Conclusion"
Kierkegaard,
The Sickness Unto
Death*
Seminar Reading List 2017 - 2018 Page 2 of 14
Thursday
Oct 5
Plato,
Gorgias, 447a-481b
Virgil,
Aeneid, Books 1-4
Spinoza,
Theologico-
Political Treatise*
Kierkegaard,
The Sickness Unto
Death*
Monday
Oct 9 Gorgias,
481b-527c Aeneid,
Books 5-8 Theologico-
Political Treatise*
Nietzsche,
On the Advantage and
Disadvantage of
History for Life
Thursday
Oct 12
Plato,
Meno
Aeneid, Books 9-12
Locke, Second
Treatise of
Government*
Nietzsche,
Beyond Good and
Evil Books I-II
Monday
Oct 16
Sophocles,
Antigone
Tacitus,
Annals, I-II
Rousseau,
Discourse on the
Origin of
Inequality*
Nietzsche,
Beyond Good and
Evil Book III; Book IX
Thursday
Oct 19
Plato,
Republic, I Annals, III-VI
Discourse on the
Origin of
Inequality*
Nietzsche,
Gay Science Book V
Monday
Oct 23 Republic, II-III
Epictetus,
Discourses* Preceptorials Preceptorials
Thursday
Oct 26 Republic, IV-V
New Testament
Matthew Preceptorials Preceptorials
Monday
Oct 30 Republic, VI-VII
New Testament
John (Gospel),
I John (Epistle)
Preceptorials Preceptorials
Thursday
Nov 2 Republic, VIII-IX
New Testament
Acts Preceptorials Preceptorials
Monday
Nov 6 Republic, X
New Testament
Romans Preceptorials Preceptorials
Thursday
Nov 9 Aristophanes, Clouds
New Testament
I Corinthians Preceptorials Preceptorials
Monday
Nov 13
Plato,
Apology, Crito
Aristotle,
On the Soul, II, 1-7, 11-12
Preceptorials Preceptorials
Thursday
Nov 16
Plato,
Phaedo, 57a-89a
On the Soul, III, 3-13; I, 4, 408b
18-30
Preceptorials Preceptorials
Monday
Nov 20 Phaedo, 89b-118a
Plotinus,
Enneads* Preceptorials Preceptorials
Monday
Nov 27
Plato,
Theaetetus, 142a-187a
Augustine,
Confessions, 1-6 Preceptorials Preceptorials
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Thursday
Nov 30 Theaetetus, 187a-210c
Confessions, 7-9 Preceptorials Preceptorials
Monday
Dec 4
Sophocles,
Oedipus Rex Confessions, 10-11 Preceptorials Preceptorials
Thursday
Dec 7
Plato,
Sophist, 216a-249d
Maimonides,
Guide of the
Perplexed*
Preceptorials Preceptorials
Monday
Dec 11 Sophist
249d-end Guide of the
Perplexed* Preceptorials Preceptorials
Thursday
Dec 14
Aeschylus,
Prometheus Bound
Guide of the
Perplexed* Preceptorials Preceptorials
WINTER VACATION
Monday
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
Thursday
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
Monday
Jan 22
Peloponnesian War,
IV, 42-135; V, 1-26,
84-116; VI, 1-32 Summa Theologiae*
Leibniz,
selections*
Stendhal,
The Red and the
Black, Part 2,
chapters 21-end
Thursday
Jan 25
Peloponnesian War, VI, 32-105; VII; VIII,
1-18 Summa Theologiae*
Leibniz,
selections* [Essay Preparation]
Monday
Jan 29
Plato,
Phaedrus, 227a-257c
Dante,
Divine Comedy,
Inferno, Cantos 1-17
Hume,
Treatise of
Human Nature*
[Essay Preparation]
Thursday
Feb 1
Plato,
Phaedrus, 257c-end
Divine Comedy,
Inferno,
Cantos 18-End
Treatise of
Human Nature* [Essay Preparation]
Monday
Feb 5
Plato,
Symposium,
172a-201c
Divine Comedy, Purgatorio,
Cantos 1-18
Treatise of
Human Nature* [Essay Preparation]
Seminar Reading List 2017 - 2018 Page 4 of 14
Thursday
Feb 8 Symposium,
201d-223d
Divine Comedy, Purgatorio,
Cantos 19-End
Hume, Enquiry
Concerning
Principles of
Morals*
[Essay Preparation]
Monday
Feb 12
Aristotle,
Nicomachean Ethics;
I
Divine Comedy, Paradiso,
Cantos 1-17
Kant,
Critique of Pure
Reason*
Freud,
Introductory
Lectures, I-VIII
Thursday
Feb 15
Nicomachean Ethics;
II, III
Divine Comedy, Paradiso,
Cantos 18-End
Critique of Pure
Reason*
Introductory
Lectures, IX-XI,
XIII-XIV, XVII (pp.
323-333 only), XVIII-
XIX*
Monday
Feb 19
Nicomachean Ethics;
IV, V
Thomas Aquinas,
Summa Theologiae*
Critique of Pure
Reason*
Introductory
Lectures, XX-XXIV
Thursday
Feb 22
Nicomachean Ethics;
VI, VII Summa Theologiae*
Critique of Pure
Reason*
Woolf,
Mrs. Dalloway
Monday
Feb 26
Nicomachean Ethics;
VIII, IX
Chaucer,
Canterbury Tales*
Critique of Pure
Reason*
Woolf,
Mrs. Dalloway
Thursday
Mar 1
Nicomachean Ethics;
X Canterbury Tales*
Critique of Pure
Reason* Joyce, “The Dead”
Monday
Mar 5
Aristotle,
Politics*
Canterbury
Tales*
Critique of Pure
Reason*
Conrad,
Heart of Darkness
Thursday
Mar 8 Politics*
Shakespeare,
As You Like It
Wordsworth,
Two Part Prelude
Heidegger, “What is
Metaphysics?”*
SPRING VACATION
Monday
Mar 26 Sophocles, Ajax
Machiavelli,
The Prince, I - XIV
Austen, Pride
and Prejudice Vol. I-II
Dostoevsky, The
Brothers Karamazov,
Parts I-III
(Books I-IX)
Thursday
Mar 29
Lucretius, On the
Nature of Things, I-II
The Prince,
XV -XXVI
Pride and
Prejudice
Vol III
Dostoevsky, The
Brothers Karamazov,
Part IV (Books X and
XI)
Monday
Apr 2 On the Nature of
Things, V-VI
Shakespeare,
Midsummer Night’s
Dream
Rousseau, Social
Contract, I, II
Dostoevsky, The
Brothers Karamazov,
Book XII and
"Epilogue"
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Thursday
Apr 5
Plato,
Timaeus, 17a-53e
Montaigne, Essays: "Education of
Children," "Of
Cannibals"
Rousseau, Social
Contract, III, IV
Tocqueville,
Democracy in
America*
Monday
Apr 9
Aristotle,
Physics*
Essays, “On
Experience”
Kant, Critique of
Pure Reason, “Canon;”
Groundwork of
the Metaphysics
of Morals *
Tocqueville,
Democracy in
America*
Thursday
Apr 12 Physics*
Bacon,
New Organon*
Groundwork of
the Metaphysics
of Morals*
Tocqueville,
Democracy in
America*
Monday
Apr 16 Physics*
Bacon,
New Atlantis;
Great Instauration
Adam Smith,
Wealth of
Nations*
Lincoln, Dred Scott, etc.*
Thursday
Apr 19 Physics*
Shakespeare,
Richard II
Wealth of
Nations*
Lincoln
Speeches;
Constitutional
Amendments*
Monday
Apr 23 Physics*
Shakespeare,
Henry IV, Part I
Wealth of
Nations*
DuBois, The Souls of Black
Folk, Chapters 1-7
Thursday
Apr 26
Aristotle,
Metaphysics, Book I (Α), Chapters1-2;
Book XII (Λ), Chapters
6-10
Shakespeare,
Henry IV, Part II
Hawthorne,
Scarlet Letter:
Author’s preface;
“Custom House”;
Chapters 1-8
DuBois,
The Souls of Black
Folk, Chapter 8-14
Monday
Apr 30 Euripides,
Bacchae
Shakespeare,
Macbeth
Scarlet Letter
Chapters 9-end
James,
The Europeans
Thursday
May 3 Euripides,
Medea
Descartes,
Discourse on
Method, I-III
Declaration of
Independence;
U.S. Constitution Madison, Hamilton,
Jay,
The Federalist*
Melville,
“Bartleby”
Monday
May 7
Sophocles,
Oedipus at Colonus
Discourse on
Method, IV-VI The Federalist*
O’Connor,
“Good Country
People”
Thursday
May 10
Aristophanes,
Birds
Shakespeare,
Othello The Federalist*
Heidegger,
“The Word of
Nietzsche, God is
Dead”*
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Monday
May 14
Aristotle,
Poetics
Shakespeare,
King Lear
Twain,
Huckleberry Finn Chapters 1-22
Jonas,
Essays*
Thursday
May 17 Sophocles, Philoctetes
Shakespeare,
Tempest
Huckleberry Finn Chapters 23-end
Aristotle,
Nicomachean Ethics,
Books VIII and IX
St John's College - Santa Fe, New Mexico Seminar Reading Assignments 2017 – 2018: FRESHMEN SUPPLEMENT
Monday
Sep 25 Histories: I; III, 37-38
Thursday
Sep 28 Histories: V, 62-78; VI, 94-140; VII, 1-60, 99-end
Monday
Oct 2 Histories: VIII, IX
Monday
Mar 5 Politics: I; II, 1260 b27-1264 b26, 1266 a30-1269 a25
Thursday
Mar 8 Politics: III; VII, 1323 a14-1326 b27
Monday
Apr 9 Physics: I, 184 a9-184 b14 and 189 b30-192 b7; II, 192 b8-195 b30
Thursday
Apr 12 Physics: II, 195b31-200 b11
Monday
Apr 16 Physics: III, 200b12-202b29; IV, 217b29-224a16
Thursday
Apr 19 Physics: III, 202b30-208a25;IV, 208a26-217b28
Monday
Apr 23 Physics: VIII, 250 b11-260 a19 and 265 a13-267 b27
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St. John's College - Santa Fe, New Mexico
Seminar Reading Assignments 2017 – 2018: SOPHOMORE SUPPLEMENT
Monday
Sep 11 Hebrew Bible: I Samuel 8-31; II Samuel; I Kings, 1-2; II Chronicles, last chapter only
Thursday
Sep 14 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)
Monday
Sep 18 Jeremiah 1, 26-45 & Jonah
Monday
Sep 25 The Early History of Rome (Penguin Classics); sections 1-2.33
Monday
Oct 23 Discourses: Book I, Chapters 1, 2, 11, 16, 17, 18, 24; Book II, Chapters 1, 2, 5, 6, 8
Monday
Nov 20
The Essential Plotinus (O’Brien), “Beauty” (I,6) pp. 33-43; “Three Primal Hypostases”
(V,1) pp. 90-104; “Contemplation” (III,8) pp. 162-175
Thursday
Dec 7
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 11 Guide Part II., Chs. 32-40, 46-48, Volume II
Thursday
Dec 14 Guide Part III., Chs. 17-23, Volume II
Thursday
Jan 18
Summa Theologiae: (photocopy: "Articles of Faith" ); (photocopy: “Prologue”);
Part I: q.1; q.2; q.3, arts. 3-4, 7
Monday
Jan 22 ST: (photocopy, I: q.4: "Perfection of God"); q.12, arts. 12-13; q.13, arts. 1-5 and 11-12
Thursday
Jan 25 ST: (photocopy: "On the End of Man")
Monday
Feb 19
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 22
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
Feb 26 Canterbury Tales: General Prologue; "Knight's Tale"
Thursday
Mar 1 Canterbury Tales: “Miller’s Tale”; “Reeve's Tale”
Monday
Mar 5 Canterbury Tales: “Wife of Bath's Tale”
Thursday
Apr 12 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.
St John's College - Santa Fe, New Mexico
Seminar Reading Assignments 2017 - 2018: 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: Thursday, September 7 and Monday, September 11
First Assignment
First Assignment continued
Second Assignment continued
P D/ML GB P D/ML GB P D/ML GB
512 1 1 588 279 279 353 528 529
511 2 2 377 280 280 712 529 530
751 3 3 155 281 281 538 530 531
513 4 4 110 282 282 358 537
542
538
675 29 29
Second Assignment 190 543
587 34 34 189 546 547
647 35 35 60 294 294 449 555 556
199 72 72 103 298 298 835 563 564
44 82 82 554 303 303 502 570 571
45 83 83 977 320 320 926 581 582
978 100 100 688 323 323 242 584 585
622 131 131 525 325 325 446 585 586
136 139 139 26 330 330 286 608 609
137 142 142 533 331 331 281 612 613
523 145 145 200 347 347 454 618 619
414 171 171 33 374 374 451 619 620
427 194 194 905 385 385 311 639 640
612 219 219 109 392 392 392 643 644
429 229 229 406 395 395 270 669 670
418 233 233 128 396 396 257 683 684
577 234 234 114 397 397 269 691 692
781 242 242 117 409 409 198 692 693
808 245 245 621 412 412 793 736 737
188 267 267 410 413 413 308 792 793
170 268 268 122 416 416 846 807 808
167 269 269 121 418 418 184 810 811
174 270 270 148 425 425 169 811 812
82 271 271 149 430 430
182 272 272 131 434 434
173 273 273 208 435 435
530 274 274 142 463 463
975 275 275 398 524 525
983 276 276 352 525 526
423 277 277 192 526 527
424 278 278 212 527 528
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Thursday
Oct 5
Theologico-Political Treatise, Preface, Chs. I, II, IV, VI-VII
Monday
Oct 9
Theologico-Political Treatise, Chs. XI-XVI, XIX, XX
Thursday
Oct 12 Second Treatise of Government, Numbered paragraphs 1-51, 86-100, 119-158, 199, 211-243
Monday
Oct 16 Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Letter to the Republic of Geneva, Preface, Part I
Thursday
Oct 19
Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part II
Monday
Jan 22
Philosophical Essays (Hackett): pp. 138-145 (New System of Nature); pp. 171-178
(from correspondence with de Volder); pp. 155-167 (On Nature Itself)
Thursday
Jan 25
Philosophical Essays: pp. 206-213
(Principles of Nature and Grace); pp. 213-225 (Monadology)
Monday
Jan 29
Treatise of Human Nature: "Introduction," Book I, Part I; Part II, section VI; Part III:
sections I-VI
Thursday
Feb 1 Treatise of Human Nature: Book I, Part III: sections VII-VIII, X, XII, XIV and XV
Monday
Feb 5 Treatise of Human Nature: Book I, Part IV, sections I-II, VI-VII
Thursday,
Feb 8
Enquiry Concerning Principles of Morals: I-VI; IX; Appendix 1. “Concerning Moral
Sentiment”; Appendix 2. “Of Self-Love”
Monday
Feb 12
Critique of Pure Reason: "Preface" to Second Edition; "Introduction," pp. 17-62.
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.
Thursday
Feb 15 "Transcendental Aesthetic," (pp. 65-91)
Monday
Feb 19
"Transcendental Logic," "Introduction;" "Transcendental Analytic," Book I, Chapter I (pp.92-
119), Book I, Chapter II, Section 1 (pp. 120-128)
Thursday
Feb 22 "Transcendental Analytic," Book I Chapter II, Section 2 (second edition, pp.151-175)
Monday
Feb 26
"Transcendental Analytic," Book II, Chapter I (pp. 180-187); Chapter II, Analogies of
Experience (first paragraph only, pp. 208-209), Second Analogy (first four paragraphs only,
pp. 218-221); Chapter III (pp. 257-275, but omit all passages contained only in A - first
edition, at bottom of pages 260-261 and 263-271)
Thursday
Mar 1
"Transcendental Dialectic," "Introduction" (pp. 297-307); Book I (pp. 308-326); Book II, The
Dialectical Inferences of Pure Reason (pp. 327-328) and Chapter II, Introduction and Sections
1 and 2 (First and Third Antinomies only) (pp. 384-402, 409-415)
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Monday
Mar 5
"Transcendental Dialectic," Book II, Chapter II, Sections 3-8 and Section 9 (parts I and III
only), pp. 422-458, 464-479, 483-484
Monday
Apr 9
Critique of Pure Reason, “Canon” (pp. 629-653); Groundwork of the Metaphysics of
Morals: Preface and Section I
Thursday
Apr 12 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 Liberty Fund Edition Modern Library Edition
Monday
April 16 “Introduction & Plan of Work” xxiii-xxvi
Book I, Chapters 1-4; Chapter 5,
(first ten paragraphs) 3-37
Book I, Chapters 6-7 53-72
Thursday
April 19
Book I, Chapter 8,
(paragraphs 1-27, 35-45, last paragraph)
73-84 (to “In Great Britain…”),
89-95 (to “In Years of Plenty…”), and 99
Book I, Chapter 9, (First 4 paragraphs) 100-101 (to “By the 37th
…”)
Book I, Chapter 10, Introduction, Part I,
(paragraphs 1-26) 114-124 (to “That the chance of gain…”)
Book I, Chapter 10, Part II,
(paragraphs 1-17, 41-end)
136-143 (to “The government of towns…”),
155-165
Book I, Chapter 11, Conclusion 284-288
Book II, Introduction 299-301
Book II, Chapter 1 302-309
Book II, Chapter 3 360-380
Monday
April 23
Book III, Chapter 1 407-412
Book III, Chapter 3 426-438
Book III, Chapter 4, (paragraphs 1-18) 439-448 (to “This order, however…”)
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Monday
April 23
Continued
Book IV, Introduction, Chapter 1,
(paragraphs 1-4, 34-end)
455-458 (to “In consequence of these…”),
478-480 (beginning with “ I thought it
necessary…”)
Book IV, Chapter 2, (paragraphs 1-15, 40-
end)
481-487 (to the bottom of the page),
498-502 (beginning with “The case in
which…”)
Book IV, Chapter 3, Part II 520-532
Book IV, Chapter 9, (last 3 paragraphs) 745-746
Book V, Chapter 1, Part III, article 2
(paragraphs 48-end
839-846 (beginning with “Ought the
public…”)
Book V, Chapter 1, Part III, article 3,
(paragraphs 1-25) 846-863 (to “In this situation…”)
Thursday
May 3
The Federalist: 1,2,6,9 together with the Declaration of Independence
and the U.S. Constitution
Monday
May 7 The Federalist: 10, 15, 23, 39, 49, 50, 51
Thursday
May 10 The Federalist: 57, 62, 63, 68, 69, 76, 78, 84
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Thursday
Aug 31
Phenomenology of Spirit (Miller Translation Required): “Self Consciousness,” pp. 104 –
119, from paragraph 166 through paragraph 196
Monday
Sep 4
Philosophy of History (Sibree Translation Required): “Classification of Historic Data,”
pp. 103-110; “The Persian Empire and its Constituent Parts,” pp. 187-222
Thursday
Sep 7 Philosophy of History (Sibree Translation Required): “The Greek World,” pp. 223-277
Monday
Sep 11 Philosophy of History (Sibree Translation Required): “The Roman World,” pp. 278-340
Thursday
Sep 14 Philosophy of History (Sibree Translation Required): “The German World,” pp. 341-398
Monday
Sep 18 Philosophy of History (Sibree Translation Required): “The German World,” pp. 398-457
Thursday
Sep 21
(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. 70-
105
Monday
Sep 25
(All Marx readings from The Marx-Engels Reader, ed. Robert Tucker)
On the Jewish Question, Part 1, pp. 26-46; The German Ideology Part I “Feuerbach”, pp.
146-202
Thursday
Sep 28 Fear and Trembling, from the Preface through the "First Problem” and the Epilogue.
Monday
Oct 2
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.
33-91, Penguin Classics edition, Hannay translation
Thursday
Oct 5
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. 60-96, 109-
131, Princeton Edition, or pp. 91-128, 142-165, Penguin Classics
Thursday
Feb 15
The page numbers refer only to the Liveright Edition, copyright 1966, W.W. Norton &
Company.
Monday
March 8
“What is Metaphysics?”, from Heidegger, Basic Writings, Harper Collins, pp. 89-110
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Thursday
Apr 5
Democracy in America Vintage edition: I.intro. (pp.3-16); I.1-5 to p. 68 (pp.17-68); I.9-12 (pp. 173-198).
Chicago edition: I.i.intro. (pp. 3-15); I.i.1-5 to p. 65 (pp. 19-65); I.ii.1-4 (pp.165-186)
Monday
Apr 9
Democracy in America
Vintage edition: I.14-16 (pp. 237-287); 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. 220-264); II.i.1-2 (pp.403-410); II.i.5-8 (pp. 417-428);
II.i.10, 15, 17, 20 (pp. 433-439, 450-452, 458-463, 469-472)
Thursday
Apr 12
Democracy in America
Vintage edition: II.ii.1-4 (pp. 94-105); II.ii.8-13 (pp.121-139); II.iii.1 (pp.162-167);
II.iv (pp. 287-334)
Chicago edition: II.ii.1-4 (pp. 479-488); II.ii.8-13 (pp. 500-514); II.iii.1 (pp. 535-539);
II.iv (pp. 639-676)
Monday
Apr 16
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)
Thursday
Apr 19
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, 1865
13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution
St John's College - Santa Fe, New Mexico
Seminar Reading Assignments 2017 - 2018: SENIOR SUPPLEMENT
Seminar Reading List 2017 – 2018 Page 14 of 14
Thursday
May 10
“The Word of Nietzsche, God is Dead,” from Heidegger, The Question Concerning
Technology and Other Essays, Harper Torchbooks, pp. 53-112
Monday
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. 99-112