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| Week |
Author |
Book |
| 1 |
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Orientation |
| 2 |
Confucius |
Analects |
| 3 |
Lao Tzu |
Tao Te Ching |
| 4 |
|
Awakening of Faith |
| 5 |
Hui-neng |
The Platform Scripture of the Sixth Patriarch |
| 6 |
Bible |
Genesis
Exodus: 1-24,32-34 |
| 7 |
Bible |
Job: 1-14, 28-42
Ezekiel: 1-24, 33-39 |
| 8 |
Bible |
Gospel of Mark
Gospel of Matthew: 1-7
Gospel
of John: 1
Romans |
| 9 |
|
Talmud: Tractates (in entirety) I, VI, VIII, IX, X, XII, XIII, XV
Talmud: Tractates (introductions and section headings only) II, III, IV, V, VII, XI, XIV |
| 10 |
Mohammed |
The Koran: 1-7, 17, 22, 39, 48, 59, 112 |
| Week |
Author |
Book |
| 1 |
St. Augustine |
Confessions: Books 1-8 |
| 2 |
St. Augustine |
Confessions: Books 9-13 |
| 3 |
St. Thomas Aquinas |
Summa Theologica: Questions 1, 2, 6, 11, 12, 14, 19, 25, 75, 76, 78, 79, 81, 83. |
| 4 |
St. Thomas Aquinas |
Summa Theologica: Questions 57, 61, 62, 63, 90, 91, 93, 94, 95, 109, 112.
Summa
Contra Gentiles: The End of Man (pp. 429-477 of Modern Library edition) |
| 5 |
Dante |
Inferno: Cantos 1-11, 32-34
Purgatory: Cantos 1-12 |
| 6 |
Dante |
Purgatory: Cantos 16, 27-33
Paradise: Cantos 1-7, 28-33 |
| 7 |
Murasaki |
Tale of Genji |
| 8 |
Wu Chengen |
Journey to the West: Vol. 1, First Half |
| 9 |
Wu Chengen |
Journey to the West: Vol. 1, Second Half |
| 10 |
Chaucer |
Canterbury Tales: General Prologue, The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale; The Miller's Headlink and Tale;
The Pardoner's Headlink, Prologue, and Tale; The Prioress's Headlink and Tale; The Nun's Priest's Prologue and Tale |
| Week |
Author |
Book |
| 1 |
Malory |
Le Morte d'Arthur: The Tale of King Arthur; The Book of Sir Tristram of Lyoness, 14; The Book of Sir Launcelot and Queen Gwynevere, 1-4; Le Morte d'Arthur |
| 2 |
Machiavelli |
The Prince
Discourses
(All selections in Bantam edition) |
| 3 |
More |
Utopia |
| 4 |
Martin Luther |
The Freedom of a Christian
A Commentary on St. Paul's Epistle to the Galatians
The Bondage of the Will
95 Theses |
| 5 |
Cervantes |
Don Quixote: First Half |
| 6 |
Cervantes |
Don Quixote: Second Half |
| 7 |
Shakespeare |
Richard II |
| 8 |
Shakespeare |
Hamlet |
| 9 |
Shakespeare |
Macbeth |
| 10 |
Shakespeare |
The Twelfth Night |
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