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INTERDIS II

ASSIGNMENTS

(Revised 4/6/99)

January 11-14

Monday ALL- S: "rhetoric," "literature"

M: Intro lecture

Tuesday S: "Battle of Maldon," "Judith," "Dream of the Rood" (handout).

Mike Burke: Martin Luther King handout

Wednesday S: Old English poems continued; Lanham chapter
(optional); "Thoughts on the Sentence."

S: Cont'd

Thursday M: Cancelled

K: Review of Plato, Aristotle & Neoplatonism: Ancient Philosophy for Medievalists
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January 18-21

        Monday   S: Chaucer, Canterbury Tales, "General Prologue."
                   K: Ancient Review, con't         Tuesday       S: CT, "GP" continued; "Fundamental Assumptions."
                    M: Medieval Web Site documents     Wednesday      K: Maimonides, Eight Chapters, chs 1 & 2; Guide of the
                             Perplexed, I.1-2, II.40 (theory of the soul, knowing, the status
                             of the good)

S: CT, "Miller's Tale," "Franklin's Tale"

Thursday M: Anselm 1: "Cur Deus Homo," pp. 191-215.

K: Maimonides, Eight Chapters, chs 3-5;Guide
III.27,54 (habituation, perfection, Torah, rationality)
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January 25-29

Monday S: CT, "Wife of Bath's Prologue," "Wife of Bath's Tale."

                                      K: Maimonides, Eight Chapters, chs 6-7; Guide I.33-34; A.
                                      Altmann, "Maimonides and Thomas Aquinas: Natural or Divine
                                      Prophecy?" AJS Review 3 (1978):1-19. (moral perfection, prophecy)

Tuesday S: CT continued K: Maimonides, Eight Chapter, ch 8 (choice, responsibility,
divine knowing, providence) Wednesday M: Anselm 2: "Cur Deus Homo," pp. 215-253.

S: Mandeville, Travels

                Thursday      M: Anselm 3: "Cur Deus Homo," pp. 253-275         K: Maimonides, Guide I.35, 52, 58-59; W.Z. Harvey, "Maimonides
        and Aquinas on Interpreting the Bible" PAAJR 55 (1988):
        59-77.(negative attribution and theological language,
        biblical interpretation)

Friday M: Anselm 4: "Cur Deus Homo," pp. 275-302

                   M: Aquinas 1: Introduction to St. Thomas Aquinas, pp. 34-36,
                   38-39(Q. 5, arts. 1 and 3), 189-190 (Q. 17, art.4), 520-524 (Q.18,
                   arts.1-2), 544-555 (Q. 49, art 4; Q. 51, arts. 1-4), 560-565 (Q. 55,
                   arts. 1 and 4), 590-1, 593-595 (Q. 62, arts. 1 and 3), 597-601(Q.
                   63, arts. 1-2)

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February 1-4

Monday K: Thomas Aquinas, Summa theologiae 1a.1-2 (Five Ways);
selected texts on cognition and subalternation of the sciences

K: Aquinas cont’d.

S: literature paper #1 (2-4 pages) due in Lauren's mailbox:
(SAC 402)

Tuesday S: (double class) Mandeville, Travels; "The Full- Sentence Outline."

S: cont’d

    Wednesday   M: Aquinas 2: Introduction, pp. 651-671 (Q. 109), 672-677,
                          678-681(Q. 112, arts. 1-3, 5) and xerox pp. 366-368 (Q. 27, art. 8).        M: Aquinas 3: Introduction, pp.201-213 (Q.19, arts. 5-10), pp.
       368-370, 372-375 (Q. 83, arts. 1, 3-4), pp.361-365 (Q. 82, arts.
       1-2), and xerox pp. 101-118 (Q. 23).     Thursday     M: Aquinas 4: Introduction, pp. 3-12, 13-19 (Q. 1, arts. 1-6, 8-10),
                        20-28(Q. 2, arts 1-3),70-72, 83-85, 93-94(Q.12, arts. 1, 7, 12),
                        99-104, 106-111, 123-125 (Q. 13, arts. 2-3, 5-6, 12).     K: Thomas on creation, Summa theol. 1a. 44-46

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February 8-11

Monday S: Castiglione, The Book of the Courtier K: Thomas on law: providence and participation Tuesday S: Castiglione
K: Thomas on law: the status of natural law Wednesday M: Renaissance S: Castiglione; "Claim, Evidence, Warrant."

Thursday M: Reformation

K: Thomas on law: the status of human law

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February 15-19

Monday S: Machiavelli, The Prince S: Machiavelli

Tuesday K: Comparative discussion of Maimondes and Thomas

M: Luther 1: "Freedom of a Christian," pp. 265-288.
[Paper on Aquinas due: 443 SAC by 5 pm]

Wednesday M: Luther 2: "Freedom of a Christian," pp. 288-316.

                                  S: Machiavelli     Thursday     M: Luther 3: "To the Christian Nobility," pp. 7-26;
                        The Babylonian Captivity," pp. 243-250.
              K: Later medieval philosophy (lecture) Top

February 22-25

Monday K: Aquinas on Law (review readings and 2 page paper)

S: Marlowe, Dr. Faustus

Tuesday Yes, there are three classes this day. Same amount of time, just
carved up differently

S: Marlowe, Dr. Faustus

K: Aquinas on Law

M: Luther 5: "Bondage of the Will," xerox, pp. 166-184

Wednesday S: Marlowe, Dr. Faustus

M: Luther 6, "Bondage of the Will," xerox, pp. 184-203.

Thursday K: Aquinas on Law

K: Aquinas on Law MIDTERM

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March 8-11

Monday K: Descartes, Meditations 1& 2

K: Descartes cont'd

Tuesday S: Merchant of Venice

S: Merchant of Venice

Wednesday M: Calvin 1: Institutes (xerox), Book I: 1.1-4.1, 5.4, 6.1-7.5,
11-13.1(pp. 1-13, 15-16, 19-26, 30-32)

S: Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice

Thursday M: Calvin 2: Institutes (xerox), Book II (pp. 42-62); Book III:
21.5-23.14(pp. 91-97)

K: Descartes, Meditation 3

March 15-19

Monday S: Merchant

K: Descartes, Meditations 3 & 4

Tuesday K: Descartes, Meditation 5

M: Calvin 3: Institutes (xerox), Book III: 5-14.7 (pp. 63-87)

Lauren’s lecture “Gendering Early-Modern Bodies,” 4 pm

Wednesday M: Calvin 4: Institutes (xerox), Book IV (pp. 98-126)

S: Merchant

Thursday M: Age of Absolutism

K: Descartes, Meditation 6

Friday S: literature paper #2 (3-4 pages) due

March 22-25

Monday K: Descartes, Meditations

S: Donne poems TBA

Tuesday S: Donne, continued

K: Descartes, Mediations

First Larger Philosophy Paper due in class

Wednesday M: Locke 1: "Reasonableness of Christianity," pp. 24-52
(through paragraph 227)

M: Locke 2: "Reasonableness of Christianity," pp. 52-77.

Thursday K: Spinoza

K: Spinoza
Friday Library Quest Orientation

March 29-31

Monday S: Donne continued

M: Locke 3: "Discourse on Miracles," pp. 79-87. "A Further Note on
Miracles," pp. 90-99. "A Letter Concerning Toleration," pp. 21-31.

Tuesday S: Donne continued

K: Spinoza, Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect (TdIE)
(photocopy) paragraphs 1-32

Wednesday M: Locke 4: "A Letter Concerning Toleration," pp. 31-58.

S: Milton, Paradise Lost, Books I & II

EASTER

April 6-8

Tuesday S: Milton, Paradise Lost, Book III, lines 1-586

M: Pascal 1: "Pensées," pp. 3-27.[#1-#104]

Wednesday M: Pascal 2: "Pensées," pp. 27-46.[#105-#148]

S: Milton, Paradise Lost, Book IV, lines 1-856

Thursday M: Pascal 3: "Pensées," pp. 46-70, 110-112, 121-136, 285-286.
[#149-#220, #377-#382, #418-#431, #913]

K: Spinoza, Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect (TdIE) (photocopy)

April 12-16

Monday K:Spinoza, TdIE cont'd

S: PL, Book V, lines 1-560

Tuesday S: PL continued

Mike Burke: Beccaria, On Crimes and Punishments

[McLaughlin paper due: 443 SAC, 5 pm]

Wednesday M: French Revolution

S: PL continued

Amy Boesky lecture 4:30 pm

Thursday M: Hume 1: "Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion," pp. 1-27.

K:Spinoza, TdIE cont'd

April 19-22

Monday K: Rousseau, Discourses & excerpts from The Social Contract
Second Longer Philosophy Paper due in class S: Laclos: Dangerous Liaisons

Tuesday K:Rousseau, Discourses & excerpts from The Social Contract

S: DL

Wednesday M: Hume 2: "Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion," pp. 28-53.

Thursday M: Hume 3: "Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion," pp. 54-76.

K: Rousseau, Discourses & excerpts from The Social Contract

“Dangerous Liaisons,” screening room #2: 6 pm

April 26-28

Monday S: DL

K: Rousseau, Discourses & excerpts from The Social Contract

Tuesday(Th) M: Hume 4: "Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion," "Of the Immortality
of the Soul," and "Of Suicide," pp. 77-105.

S: DL

Wednesday(F) Review, etc.

S: literature paper #3 (4-6) pages due

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