Schedule of class leadership
2. Monday, August 30
Socrates. Discussion leaders: Katie Stuhldreher and Jae Kim
3. Wednesday, September 1
Epictetus. John Burke and Brian Carlisle
4. Monday, September 6
Diogenes and the Cynics. John Burke and Brian Carlisle
5. Wednesday, September 8
Peter Brown, The Rise and Function of the holy man in Late Antiquity and
Elizabeth Clark, Asceticism in Late Ancient Christianity
Anne Siebels and Brandon Peterson
6. Monday, September 13
Life of Anthony Erin Topp
7. Wednesday, September 15
Desert Fathers
Film Screening: Franco Zeffirelli, Brother Sun-Sister Moon
8. Monday, September 20
Brother Sun-Sister Moon and
Life of Francis of Assisi Bryan Nelson and Erin Topp
9. Wednesday, September 22
The Brothers Karamazov, Author`s Preface, Part 1, Books 1 & 2
Victoria Danielsky and Laura Sonn
10. Monday, September 27
The Brothers Karamazov, Part 1, Book 3
Part 2, Books 4-6
Nicole Hernandez
11. Wednesday, September 29
The Brothers Karamazov, Part 3, Books 7 & 8
12. Monday, October 4
The Brothers Karamazov, Part 3, Book 9, Part 4, Book 10
Denise Barilar, Steve Nadeau
13. Wednesday, October 6
The Brothers Karamazov, Part 4, Book 11
14. Monday, October 11
Part 4, Book 12 and Epilogue
Katie Stuhldreher
15. Wednesday, October 13
Mid-term exam
Oct. 16-24 Mid Semester Break
16. Monday, October 25
Lao Tzu. Tao Te Ching discussion
John Richards and Erin McGinn
17. Wednesday, October 27
The Bhagavad-Gita: Krishna`s Counsel in Time of War--discussion
Jessica Stechman
18. Monday, November 1
Essay on Islam--discussion
Stephen Nadeau
Rumi, Jalal al-Din. The Essential Rumi
Denise Barilar
19. Wednesday, November 3
Rumi, Jalal al-Din. The Essential Rumi discussion
20. Monday, November 8
Becker, Ernest. "The Present Outcome of Psychoanalysis." The Denial of Death -- discussion
Ramachandran, V.S. "Preface" and "The Phantom Within" from:
Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind discussion
Brandon Peterson and Anne Siebels
21. Wednesday, November 10
Carl Gustav Jung, "The Relations Between the Ego and the Unconscious."
Carl Gustav Jung,"Aion: Phenomenology of the Self "
Jessica Stechmann
22. Monday, November 15
Utopian Thought -- introduction
Zamiatin, Eugine. We pp. 1-124 discussion
Bryan Nelson
23. Wednesday, November 17
Zamiatin, Eugine. We pp. 125-232-discussion
Nicole Hernandez
Deadline for choosing the final paper topic
24. Monday, November 22
Pasternak, Boris. Doctor Zhivago pp. 9-220
Victoria Danielsky and Laura Sonn
25. Wednesday, November 24
no class
26. Monday, November 29
Pasternak, Boris. Doctor Zhivago pp. 221-348
pp. 324-491
Jaewon Kim
27. Wednesday, December 1
Pasternak, Boris. Doctor Zhivago pp. 349-442.
John Richards
28. Monday, December 6
No class.
Evening screening of David Lean`s film Doctor Zhivago
29. Wednesday, December 8
Pasternak, Boris. Doctor Zhivago pp. 443-549
Zhivago`s poems, pp.553-599
Erin McGinn
Self and God final remarks
Final paper due in class
Study Days, December 9-12
Finals, 13-17
