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These readings are referred to in the schedule of classes. For your convenience, individual required readings have been broken out of entire works onto their own pages.
01.
Plato,
Phaedo: Entire
01a.
Plato,
Phaedo: On the Soul
(required for class 2)
01b.
Plato,
Phaedo: On the Afterlife (required for class 2)
02.
Plato,
Republic: Entire (Be prepared--this is a large file...)
02a.
Plato,
Republic: The Divided Line
(required for class 3)
02b.
Plato,
Republic: Allegory of the Cave (required for class 3)
05. Aristotle, Metaphysics: Entire (Be prepared--this is a large file...)
06. Aristotle, Categories: Entire
07. Aristotle, Physics: Entire (Be prepared--this is a large file...)
07a. Aristotle, Physics: The Number and Mode of Causation
(for
class 5)
08. Aristotle, On the Soul: Entire
09. Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics: Entire (Be prepared--this is a large file...)
11. Pseudo-Dionysius, The Divine Names
12. Pseudo-Dionysius, Mystical Theology
14. Augustine, City of God—Selections
15. Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy
16. Anselm and Gaunilo, Debate on the Ontological Argument
17. Anselm, Proslogium: Entire
18. Anselm, Monologium: Entire
19. Anselm, Cur Deus Homo: Entire
20. Teresa of Avila, The Way of Perfection: Entire
21. Descartes, Meditations: Entire
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