Readings
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Hobbes
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Thursday, March 31
- : Hobbes, Leviathan, Introduction (all); ch. I (all);
ch. II, §1[3]The symbol § stands for “section” (§§ means “sections”). I
use it here to refer to the paragraph numbers, in brackets in Hackett
edition. If you are unsure (or a bit rusty) on how to read Roman numerals,
used for the chapter numbers here, there is a handy guide on Wolfram
MathWorld.; ch. III, §12; ch. IV, §§12–13; ch. V (all); ch. VI, §§1–7,
49–59; ch. VII (all); ch. VIII, §§1–2, 13–16; ch’s. X–XI (all) (pp. 3–8,
15, 19, 22–9, 33–8, 40–41, 50–63). (Note: we will read ch. XII, about the
origins of religion, later on.) (Lecture on YouTube.)
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Tuesday, April 5
- : Hobbes, Leviathan, ch.’s XIII–XV (all) (pp. 74–100).
(Lecture on YouTube.)
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Thursday, April 7
- : Hobbes, Leviathan, ch.’s XVI–XIX (all) (pp. 101–127).
(Lecture on YouTube.)
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Tuesday, April 12
- : Hobbes, Leviathan, ch. XX, §§1–10, 18–19; ch. XXI (all);
ch. XXII, §§1–10, 16, 26; ch. XXIII, §§1–8; ch. XXIV, §§1–10; ch. XXV
(all) (pp. 127–131, 135–48, 149–50, 152–3, 155–7, 159–63, 165–72).
(Lecture on YouTube.)
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Thursday, April 14
- : Hobbes, Leviathan, ch. XXVI, §§1–26,
40–41; ch. XXVIII, §§1–2, ch. XXIX, §§1–17; ch. XXX, §§1–5; ch. XXXI
(all) (pp. 172–83, 186–9, 203–4, 210–17, 219–21, 233–44). (Lecture on
YouTube.)
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Tuesday, April 19
- : Hobbes, Leviathan, ch. XII (all); ch. XXXII (all);
ch. XLII, §§5–14, 36–8; ch. XLVI, §§1–18; Conclusion, §§15–17
(pp. 63–74, 245–50, 336–41, 351–2, 453–60, 495–7). (Lecture on
YouTube.)
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Thursday, April 21
- : No class due the seventh day of Passover.
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Locke
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Tuesday, April 26
- : Locke, Second Treatise, ch. 5–6, (all) (pp. 18–42).
(Lecture on YouTube.)
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Thursday, April 28
- : Locke, Second Treatise, ch. 7 (all), ch. 8, §§95–9, 119–22
and ch. 9 (all) (pp. 42–53, 63–8). (Lecture on YouTube.)
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Tuesday, May 3
- : Locke, Second Treatise, ch.’s 10–12 and 16–18 (all); ch. 19,
§§211–30, 240–43 (pp. 68–77, 91–116, 123–4).
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Rousseau
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Thursday, May 5
- : Rousseau, Discourse on Inequality, Part I (pp. 44–69).
(Lecture on YouTube.)
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Tuesday, May 10
- : Rousseau, Discourse on Inequality, Part II (pp. 69–92).
(Lecture on YouTube.)
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Thursday, May 12
- : Rousseau, Social Contract, Book I (all); Book II, ch.’s
1–5 (pp. 155–178). (Lecture on YouTube.)
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Tuesday, May 17
- : Rousseau, Social Contract, Book II, ch.’s 6–12; Book III,
ch.’s 1–7 (pp. 178–206). (Lecture on YouTube.)
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Thursday, May 19
- : Rousseau, Social Contract, Book III, ch.’s 8–18; Book IV,
ch.’s 1–3, 8–9 (pp. 207–230, 243–52). (Lecture on YouTube.)
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Wollstonecraft
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Tuesday, May 24
- : Wollstonecraft, Vindication of the Rights of Woman, ch. 1
(all) (pp. 11–17). (Lecture on YouTube.)
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Thursday, May 26
- : Wollstonecraft, Vindication of the Rights of Woman,
ch. 5 section on Rousseau, and ch.’s 6–8 (pp. 79–94 and 118–144).
(Lecture on YouTube.)
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Thursday, June 2
- : Wollstonecraft, Vindication of the Rights of Woman,
ch. 13 (pp. 185–201). (Lecture on YouTube.)
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