ten years reading of the great books of the world

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Ten Years of Reading the

Great Books of the World.

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FROM O !AY TOEF"RST YEAR

1. PLATO: Apology, CritoARISTOPHANES: Clouds, Lysistrata

2. PLATO: Republic

3. ARISTOTLE: Ethics

4. ARISTOTLE: Politics

5. PLUTARCH: The Lives of the Noble Grecians and RomansMarch:

6. NE TE!TA"ENT# [The Gospel According to Saint atthe!" The Acts o# the Apostles$

7. ST% AUGUSTINE: Confessions

8. ACHIA&ELLI: The Prince

9. RA'ELAIS: Gargantua and Pantagruel

10. ONTAIGNE: Essays

11. SHA(ESPEARE: $amlet

12. LOC(E: Concerning Civil Government

ROUSSEAU: The !ocial Contract

13. GI''ON: The %ecline and &all of the Roman Empire14. HAILTON")A* AN+ A+ISON# T$E &E%ERAL'!T

15. SITH: The ealth of Nations

16. AR,-ENGELS: "anifesto of the Communist Party

17. SECO!# YEAR

1. HOER: The 'liad

2. AESCH*LUS: Agamemnon, Choephoroe, Eumenides

SOPHOCLES: (edipus the )ing, Antigone

3. HERO+OTUS: The $istory

4. PLATO: "enoARISTOTLE: Poetics

5. ARISTOTLE: Ethics

6. NICOACHUS: 'ntroduction to Arithmetic

LUCRETIUS: (n the Nature of Things['oo. I/I&$


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7. ARCUS AURELIUS: "editations

HO''ES: Leviathan

8. ILTON:Areopagitica

PASCAL: Pens*es

9. PASCAL: Treatise on the Arithmetical Triangle

10. S0I1T: Gulliver+s Travels

11. ROUSSEAU: A %iscourse on the (rigin of 'neuality

(ANT: &undamental Principles of the "etaphysic of "orals

12. ILL: (n Liberty

TH"R# YEARAESCH*LUS: Prometheus -ound

HERO+OTUS: The $istory

THUC*+I+ES: The $istory of the Peloponnesian ar

PLATO: !tatesmanARISTOTLE: (n 'nterpretation

ARISTOTLE: Politics

EUCLI+: ElementsTACITUS: The Annals

ST% THOAS A2UINAS: !umma Theologica

CHAUCER: Troilus and CressidaSHA(ESPEARE: "acbeth

ILTON: Paradise Lost

LOC(E: An Essay Concerning $uman .nderstanding

(ANT: !cience of Right

ILL: Representative GovernmentLA&OISIER: Elements of Chemistry

+OSTOE&S(*: The -rothers )arama/ov1REU+: The (rigin and %evelopment of Psychoanalysis

FOURTH YEAREURIPI+ES: "edea, $ippolytus, Tro0an omen, The -acchantes

PLATO: Republic

PLATO: TheaetetusARISTOTLE: Physics

ARISTOTLE: "etaphysics

ST% AUGUSTINE: ConfessionsST% THOAS A2UINAS: !umma TheologicaONTAIGNE: Apology for Raymond de !ebonde

GALILEO: T1o Ne1 !ciences

'ACON: Novum (rganum+ESCARTES: %iscourse on the "ethod

NE0TON: "athematical Principles of Natural Philosophy

LOC(E: An Essay Concerning $uman .nderstandingHUE: An Enuiry Concerning $uman .nderstanding

(ANT: Critiue of Pure Reason


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EL&ILLE: "oby %ic2

+OSTOE&S(*: The -rothers )arama/ov)AES: Principles of Psychology

F"FTH YEAR

PLATO: PhaedoARISTOTLE: CategoriesARISTOTLE: (n the !oul

HIPPOCRATES: The (ath3 (n Ancient "edicine3 (n Airs, aters, and Places3 The -oo2 of

Prognostics3 (f the Epidemics3 The La13 (n the !acred %iseaseGALEN: (n the Natural &aculties

&IRGIL: The Aeneid

PTOLE*: The AlmagestCOPERNICUS: Revolutions of the $eavenly !pheres

(EPLER: Epitome of Copernican Astronomy

PLOTINUS: !i4th Ennead

ST% THOAS A2UINAS: !umma Theologica+ANTE: The %ivine Comedy

HAR&E*: The "otion of the $eart and -lood

CER&ANTES: %on 5ui4oteSPINO3A: Ethics

'ER(ELE*: The Principles of $uman )no1ledge

(ANT: Critiue of Pure Reason+AR0IN: The (rigin of !pecies

TOLSTO*: ar and Peace

)AES: Principles of Psychology

S"$TH YEAR(L% TE!TA"ENT [Genesis" E4od5s" +e5terono67$

HOER: The (dysseyPLATO: La1s

ARISTOTLE: "etaphysics

TACITUS: The $istoriesPLOTINUS: &ifth Ennead

ST% AUGUSTINE: The City of God

ST% THOAS A2UINAS: !umma Theologica+ANTE: The %ivine Comedy

SHA(ESPEARE: Comedy of Errors, The Taming of the !hre1, As 6ou Li2e 't, T1elfth Night

SPINO3A: EthicsILTON: !amson AgonistesPASCAL: The Provincial Letters

LOC(E: An Essay Concerning $uman .nderstanding

GI''ON: The %ecline and &all of the Roman Empire(ANT: Critiue of Pure Reason

HEGEL: Philosophy of $istory

TOLSTO*: ar and Peace

SE%E!TH YEAR


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(L% TE!TA"ENT [)o8" Isaiah" A6os$

PLATO: !ymposiumPLATO: Philebus

ARISTOTLE: Ethics

ARCHIE+ES: "easurement of a Circle, The Euilibrium of Planes" The !and7Reco2oner, (n

&loating -odiesEPICTETUS: %iscourses

PLOTINUS: &irst EnneadST% THOAS A2UINAS: !umma Theologica+ANTE: The %ivine Comedy

RA'ELAIS: Gargantual and Pantagruel

SHA(ESPEARE: 8ulius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra, CoriolanusGALILEO: T1o Ne1 !ciences

SPINO3A: Ethics

NE0TON: "athematical Principles of Natural Philosophy" (ptics"HU*GENS: Treatise on Light

(ANT: Critiue of Practical Reason

(ANT: Critiue of 8udgement

ILL: .tilitarianism

E"GHTH YEAR

ARISTOPHANES: Thesmophoria/usae, Ecclesia/usae, PlutusPLATO: Gorgias

ARISTOTLE: Ethics

ARISTOTLE: RhetoricST% AUGUSTINE: (n Christian %octrine

HO''ES: Leviathan

SHA(ESPEARE: (thello, )ing Lear

'ACON: Advancement of Learning

+ESCARTES: "editations on the &irst PhilosophySPINO3A: Ethics

LOC(E: A Letter Concerning TolerationSTERNE: Tristam !handy

ROUSSEAU: A %iscourse on Political Economy

A+A SITH: The ealth of Nations'OS0ELL: The Life of !amuel 8ohnson

AR,: Capital

GOETHE: &aust)AES: Principles of Psychology

!"!TH YEARPLATO: The !ophistTHUC*+I+ES: The $istory of the Peloponnesian ar

ARISTOTLE: Politics

1. APOLLONIUS: (n Conic !ections

2. NE TE!TA"ENT[The Gospel According to St% )ohn" The Epistle o# Pa5l the Apostle to the

Ro6ans" The 1irst Epistle o# Pa5l the Apostle to the Corinthians$

3. ST% AUGUSTINE: The City of God

4. ST% THOAS A2UINAS: !umma Theologica


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5. GIL'ERT: (n the Loadstone

6. +ESCARTES: Rules for the %irection of the "ind

+ESCARTES: Geometry

7. PASCAL: The Great E4periment Concerning the Euilibrium of &luids, (n Geometrical%emonstration

8. 1IEL+ING: Tom 8ones

9. ONTES2UIEU: The !pirit of La1s

10. 1OURIER: Analytical Theory of $eat

11. 1ARA+A*: E4perimental Researches in Electricity"A !peculation Touching Electric

Conduction and the Nature of "atter

HEGEL: Philosophy of Right

12. AR,: Capital

13. 1REU+: Civili/ation and 'ts %iscontents

TE!TH YEARSOPHOCLES: A0a4, Electra

PLATO: Timaeus

ARISTOTLE: (n the Parts of Animals" (n the Generation of AnimalsLUCRETIUS: (n the Nature of Things

&IRGIL: The Eclogues, The Georgics

ST% THOAS A2UINAS: !umma TheologicaST% THOAS A2UINAS: !umma Theologica

CHAUCER: Canterbury Tales

SHA(ESPEARE: The Tragedy of )ing Richard '', The &irst Part of )ing $enry '9, The !econd

Part of )ing $enry '9, The Life of )ing $enry 9

HAR&E*: (n the Generation of AnimalsCER&ANTES: %on 5ui4ote

(ANT: Critiue of 8udgement'OS0ELL: The Life of !amuel 8ohnson

GOETHE: &aust

+AR0IN: The %escent of "anAR,: Capital

)AES: Principles of Psychology

1REU+: A General 'ntroduction to Psycho7analysis

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