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Sept. 5
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INTRODUCTION |
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I. Faith and Revelation
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Sept. 10
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Hebrew Bible, (printed in Holy Bible), Genesis 1:1-9:17; 11:31-13:18; 15:1-18:33; 21:1-23:20; and Deuteronomy 1:1-45; 4:1-11:28; 15:1-19:21; 21:10-26:19; 27:11-28:68; 30:1-34:12; and Isaiah chs. 1-39 and 40-55 |
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Sept. 12
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New Testament, Luke, chs 1-13 |
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Sept. 17
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New Testament, Luke 14-24, Acts 1:1-7:60; 9:1-11:18; 13:1-15:35; 17:1-28:30 |
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Sept. 19
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Qur'an surahs 1, 96, 107-114, 98-9, 91, 82-4, 23, 55, 13, 36, 2. Ibn Khaldun, Muqaddimah ch 6: sections 10-11 and 45 |
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Sept. 24
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Qur'an surahs 16, 48, 30, 3, 12, 29, 66, 63,4, 27, 24 |
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Sept. 25
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first essay due by 5 PM
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II. Argument and Rationality
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Sept. 26
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Plato, Republic bks 1-2 |
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Oct. 1
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Republic bks 3-5 |
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Oct. 3
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Republic bks 6-7 |
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Oct. 8
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Republic bks 8-10 |
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Oct. 10
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Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics bks 1, 2, 3:chs 1-3; 5: 1-7, 10; 6:5-8, 12-13; 8: 9-12; 10:6-9 |
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Oct. 15
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Aristotle, Politics bk 1: chs 1-7,13; 2:1-5; 3:1-13; 4: 1-12; 7:1; 8:1 |
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Oct. 16
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Second essay due by 5 PM
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III. Synthesis of Faith and Argument,
Revelation and Rationality
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Oct. 17
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Ibn Khaldun, Muqaddimah ch 6: sections 1-9, 30;
ch 5: 1,6; forward; ch 1: first preparatory discussion; ch 2:1-8
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Oct. 19
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CC Public lecture (attendance required): Jonathan D. Spence, "China and the West: Cultural Contacts, Cultural Collisions," Roone Arledge Auditorium, 11:00 -1:00. |
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Oct. 22
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Muqaddimah ch 2: sections 15-19, 28; ch 3: 1,2, 5, 6, 11, 12, 17,18, 22, 41, 44, 46-8, 50; ch 4: 18, 21 |
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Oct. 24
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Augustine, City of God bk 1: chs 1,2,11; 2:7; 4: 1-4; 8:1-13; 14; 19:6-7, 14, 15, 25-8 |
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Oct. 29
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Aquinas, On Kingship, Summa Theologica I-I, Q.2, 12, 92,96; Summa I-II, Q 90-97, 100-105, 109; Summa II-II, Q.66 in Sigmund; al-Ghazali, Deliverance from Error (sections TBA, CC Web) |
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Oct. 31
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MIDTERM REVIEW SESSION
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Nov. 5
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ELECTION DAY (NO CLASS)
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Nov. 7
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MIDTERM EXAM
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Nov. 12
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Luther, "The Freedom of the Christian Man"; Calvin, "The Institutes of the Christian Religion" (both in Hillerbrand, ed.) |
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IV. Humanity
and Inhumanity
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Nov. 14
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Machiavelli, The Prince |
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Nov. 19
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de las Casas A Short History of the Indies (sections TBA); de Sepulveda, "Democrates Alter, Or, on the Just Causes for War Against the Indians" [https://www1.columbia.edu/sec/acis/ets/readings/disco /sepulveda/sepulved.htm]; |
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Nov. 20
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Third essay due by 5 PM.
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Nov. 21
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Galileo, "Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina" (CC WEB); Descartes, Meditations on First Philosophy |
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Nov. 22
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Thanksgiving holiday
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V. Escaping Inhumanity via the Contract
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Nov. 26
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Hobbes, Leviathan, Introduction and Part 1 |
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Nov. 28
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Hobbes, Leviathan, Part 2: Chs 17,18, 20, 21, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 38, 41, 46 |
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Dec. 3
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Locke, Second Treatise of Government, Chs 1-14 |
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Dec. 5
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Locke, Second Treatise of Government, Chs 15-19; Letter Concerning Toleration |
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Dec. 7
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Fourth (and longer) essay due by 5 PM
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Dec. 10
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LAST CLASS: REVIEW FOR FINAL
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Friday December 14th
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12:30-3:30 FINAL EXAM
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| Reading over break: Kant, "What is Enlightenment" https://www1.columbia.edu/sec/acis/ets/readings/enlight/kant/kant.htm | |