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Tuesday, January 8
- : (no reading, first class).
- Hobbes
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Thursday, January 10
- : Hobbes, Leviathan, Introduction (all); ch. I (all);
ch. II, §1; 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.)
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Tuesday, January 15
- : Hobbes, Leviathan, ch.’s XIII–XV (all) (pp. 74–100).
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Thursday, January 17
- : Hobbes, Leviathan, ch.’s XVI–XIX (all)
(pp. 101–127).
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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).
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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).
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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
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Thursday, January 31
- : Locke, Second Treatise, ch.’s 1–5, (all) (pp. 261–86);
Essay concerning Human Understanding, Book II, ch. XXVIII, §§5–10.
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Monday, February 4
- : First short paper due.
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Tuesday, February 5
- : Locke, Second Treatise, ch.’s 6-7 (all); ch. 8, §§95–9,
119–22 (pp. 286–311, 322–4).
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Thursday, February 7
- : Locke, Second Treatise, ch.’s 9–15 (all) (pp. 324–351).
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Tuesday, February 12
- : Locke, Second Treatise, ch.’s 16–18 (all); ch. 19,
§§211–30, 240–43 (pp. 352–78, 386–7).
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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
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Tuesday, February 19
- : Rousseau, Discourse on Inequality, Part I
(pp. 44–69).
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Thursday, February 21
- : Rousseau, Discourse on Inequality, Part II
(pp. 69–92).
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Tuesday, February 26
- : Wollstonecraft, Vindication of the Rights of Woman,
ch.’s 1 and 9.
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Thursday, February 28
- : Wollstonecraft, Vindication of the Rights of Woman,
ch.’s 10–12.
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Monday, March 4
- : Second short paper due.
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Tuesday, March 5
- : Rousseau, Social Contract, Book I (all); Book II, ch.’s
1–5 (pp. 155–178).
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Thursday, March 7
- : Rousseau, Social Contract, Book II, ch.’s 6–12; Book III,
ch.’s 1–7 (pp. 178–206).
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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).
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Thursday, March 14
- : Hume, “Of the Original Contract” and “On Passive
Obedience.”
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Wednesday, March 20
- : Final paper due.
