Great Conversation Reading Group
Eighth year’s readings.
1. ARISTOPHANES: Thesmophoriazusae, Ecclesiazusae, Plutus
2. PLATO: Gorgias
3. ARISTOTLE: Ethics [Book V]
4. ARISTOTLE: Rhetoric [Book I, Ch. 1—Book II, Ch. 1; Book II, Ch. 20—Book III,
Ch. 1; Book III, Ch. 13-19]
5. ST. AUGUSTINE: On Christian Doctrine
6. HOBBES: Leviathan [Part II]
7. SHAKESPEARE: Othello, King Lear
8. BACON: Advancement of Learning [Book I, Ch. 1—Book II, Ch. 11]
9. DESCARTES: Meditations on the First Philosophy
10. SPINOZA: Ethics [Part III]
11. LOCKE: A Letter Concerning Toleration
12. ROUSSEAU: A Discourse on Political Economy
13. ADAM SMITH: The Wealth of Nations [Book II]
14. BOSWELL: The Life of Samuel Johnson
15. MARX: Capital [Prefaces, Part I-II]
16. GOETHE: Faust [Part I]
17. JAMES: Principles of Psychology [Ch. VIII-X]
18 * STERNE: Tristam Shandy *
19** BARTH – The Word of God and the Word of Man [I – IV]
20** BERGSON – An Introduction to Metaphysics
21** HARDY – A Mathematicians Apology
22** KAFKA – The Metamorphosis