February 27

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Augustine, Confessions, pp. 209-286, Books xi-xiii.

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Gospel of John

Gospel of John (directed by Philip Saville), c. 1 and c. 12-21 (disc 2)

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Essay #2 due in WebCT by 5 p.m.

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Gospel of John (reprise)

Anicius Severinus Boethius, Consolation of Philosophy, i

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Anicius Severinus Boethius, Consolation of Philosophy, ii-iv

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Anicius Severinus Boethius, Consolation of Philosophy, v

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Dante, Paradiso i-ix

geocentric view

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Dante, Paradiso v-xix

Justinian, Charles Martel, Aquinas/St. Francis, Bonaventure/St. Dominick, and CACCIAGUIDA

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Dante, Paradiso xx-xxxiii

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Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics, tr. Ostwald, pp. 3-82 [tr. Irwin, pp. 1-70 (Books i-iii)], and quiz on "Technical Terms", pp. 303-315.

discussion points

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Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics, tr. Ostwald, p. 83-145 (Book iv-v)], essay 4; 

discussion points

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Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics, tr. Ostwald, p. 146-213 (Book vi-vii)], essay 4;

discussion points

April 2

Essay #3 due 5 p.m. in WebCT

Spring Semester, 2006  framework

Part One - epic synthesis: literary supersession - Aeneid; Dante's commedia (Divine Comedy, Canticas 1 and 2);

Part Two - Antithesis: confronting the other (John of Patmos and Augustine confront Rome and Greece) - Book of Revelation; Confessions of Augustine

Part Three - Philosophical Synthesis: Fourth Gospel, Boethius and Dante - Gospel of John, Consolation of Philosophy, Paradise

Part Four - Moral Synthesis: Nicomachean Ethics; Letters of Paul; Gospels; Canterbury Tales; Shakespeare, Julius Caesar