Readings

Tuesday, January 8
: (no reading, first class).

Hobbes
 
Thursday, January 10
: Hobbes, Leviathan, Introduction (all); ch. I (all); ch. II, §1[1]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.)
Tuesday, January 15
: Hobbes, Leviathan, ch.’s XIII–XV (all) (pp. 74–100).
Thursday, January 17
: Hobbes, Leviathan, ch.’s XVI–XIX (all) (pp. 101–127).
Tuesday, January 22
: 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).
Thursday, January 24
: 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).
Tuesday, January 29
: 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).

Locke
 
Thursday, January 31
: Locke, Second Treatise, ch.’s 1–5, (all) (pp. 261–86); Essay concerning Human Understanding, Book II, ch. XXVIII, §§5–10.
Monday, February 4
: First short paper due.
Tuesday, February 5
: Locke, Second Treatise, ch.’s 6-7 (all); ch. 8, §§95–9, 119–22 (pp. 286–311, 322–4).
Thursday, February 7
: Locke, Second Treatise, ch.’s 9–15 (all) (pp. 324–351).
Tuesday, February 12
: Locke, Second Treatise, ch.’s 16–18 (all); ch. 19, §§211–30, 240–43 (pp. 352–78, 386–7).
Thursday, February 14
: Locke, Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina (pp. 210–32); Essay concerning Human Understanding, Book I, ch. II, §§2–5 and ch. IV, end of §12 (from “Had you or I been born at the Bay of Soldania”); Book II, ch. XVI, beginning of §6 (through “and the fingers of the others who were present”) and ch. XXVII, §8; Book III, ch. VI, §§3 and 22–7; Book IV, ch. IV, §§13–16; ch. VIII, §§6–7; ch. XII, end of §11 (from “Of what consequence the discovery”).

Rousseau, Wollstonecraft, and Hume
 
Tuesday, February 19
: Rousseau, Discourse on Inequality, Part I (pp. 44–69).
Thursday, February 21
: Rousseau, Discourse on Inequality, Part II (pp. 69–92).
Tuesday, February 26
: Wollstonecraft, Vindication of the Rights of Woman, ch.’s 1 and 9.
Thursday, February 28
: Wollstonecraft, Vindication of the Rights of Woman, ch.’s 10–12.
Monday, March 4
: Second short paper due.
Tuesday, March 5
: Rousseau, Social Contract, Book I (all); Book II, ch.’s 1–5 (pp. 155–178).
Thursday, March 7
: Rousseau, Social Contract, Book II, ch.’s 6–12; Book III, ch.’s 1–7 (pp. 178–206).
Tuesday, March 12
: Rousseau, Social Contract, Book III, ch.’s 8–18; Book IV, ch.’s 1–3, 8–9 (pp. 207–230, 243–52).
Thursday, March 14
: Hume, “Of the Original Contract” and “On Passive Obedience.”
Wednesday, March 20
: Final paper due.