In the following reading schedule below, (1) = books from the ten-year reading plan (2) = secondary readings from history, contemporary science or 20th century philosophy Our primary focus is on books from the 10-year reading plan (1). Readings from the secondary books are optional.
December 2012
(1) VIRGIL: "THE AENEID"
(2) A.J. Ayer "Language, Truth, and Logic" January 2013
(1) PTOLEMY: "THE ALMAGEST"
(2) C.V. Wedgwood: "The Thirty Years War" February 2013
(1) COPERNICUS: "REVOLUTIONS OF THE HEAVENLY SPHERES"
(2) C.V. Wedgwood: "The Thirty Years War" March 2013
(1) KEPLER: "EPITOME OF COPERNICAN ASTRONOMY" (2) Jean-Paul Sartre "Being and Nothingness"
April 2013
(1) DANTE: "THE DIVINE COMEDY - HELL" (2) Jean-Paul Sartre "Being and Nothingness" May 2013
(1) DANTE: "THE DIVINE COMEDY - HELL"
(2) Jean-Paul Sartre "Being and Nothingness" June 2013
(1) PLOTINUS: "THE ENNEADS" [Enneads 1, 5, and 6]
(2) Jean-Paul Sartre "Being and Nothingness"
July 2013
(1) PLOTINUS: "THE ENNEADS" [Enneads 1, 5, and 6]
(2) Ronald Syme: "The Roman Revolution" August 2013
(1) HARVEY: "THE MOTION OF THE HEART AND BLOOD"
(2) Ronald Syme: "The Roman Revolution" September 2013
(1) CERVANTES: "DON QUIXOTE"
(2) (2) Martin Heidegger, "Being and Time" October 2013
(1) CERVANTES: "DON QUIXOTE"
(2) Martin Heidegger, "Being and Time" November 2013
(1) SPINOZA: ETHICS
(2) Martin Heidegger, "Being and Time" December 2013 (1) DARWIN: THE ORIGIN OF THE SPECIES [Introduction—Ch. 6, Ch. 15](2) Charles Mann: "1491: New Revelations of the Americas before Columbus" January 2014
(1) TOLSTOY: WAR AND PEACE
(2) Simone de Beauvoir "The Second Sex"
February 2014
(1) TOLSTOY: WAR AND PEACE
(2) Richard Fortey: "Trilobite: Eyewitness to Evolution" March 2014
(1) DEWEY – EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION
(2) Ludwig Wittgenstein "Philosophical Investigations" April 2014
(1) WADDINGTON – THE NATURE OF LIFE
(2) Ludwig Wittgenstein "Philosophical Investigations" May 2014 (1) ORWELL – ANIMAL FARM (2) Eric Kandel: "In Search of Memory: the Emergence of a New Science of Mind" June 2014
(1) OLD TESTAMENT: Genesis, Exodus, Deuteronomy, Joshua (2) Eric Kandel: "In Search of Memory: the Emergence of a New Science of Mind" July 2014
(1) HOMER: THE ILIAD
(2) W.V.O. Quine "From a Logical Point of View" August 2014 (1) HOMER: THE ODYSSEY (2) Thomas Kuhn "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions" September 2014 (1) PLATO: THE LAWS (BOOK XII) (2) Nancy Isenberg: "Fallen Founder: The Life of Aaron Burr" October 2014 (1) TACITUS: The Histories (2) John Rawls "A Theory of Justice" November 2014 (1) ST. AUGUSTINE: The City of God [Book XV-XVIII] (2) Leonard Susskind "The Cosmic Landscape" December 2014 (1) ST. AUGUSTINE: The City of God [Book XV-XVIII] (2) Steven Englund "Napoleon: A Political Life" January 2014 (1) (2) Steven Weinberg "The First Three Minutes" |