Courses
UGC 111
World Civilization:
(to 1500 CE)
PHI 348
Pop Culture and Philosophy
PHI 380
19th Century Philosophy: Kant to Nietzsche
PHI 556
From Hobbes to Rousseau
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Course Description
Course Requirements
Final Exam Essay Outline
Primary Source Reader 1
Primary Source Reader 2
Primary Source Reader 3
Lecture Schedule
| Date | Spodek Texts | Primary Source Readings |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 19 | 1 Human Origins | Genesis 1-4 |
| Jan 24, 26 | 2 Village Community to City State |
Epic of Gilgamesh (selection) |
| Jan 31, Feb 2 | 3 River Valley Civilizations; |
Hammurabi’s Code, Hymn to the Nile, Akhnaton's Hymn to the Sun |
| Feb
7, 9 |
3 Cont.; 5 Dawn of Empires,118-139 | Sophocles Antigone |
| Feb 14, 16, 21 | 5 Dawn of Empires, 139-161 | Plato: Allegory of the Cave, Crito, Diotema on Love |
| Feb 23, 28 | 6 Rome and the Barbarians | Epictetus, Enchiridion: |
| March 1, 6, 8 | 4, A Polycentric World, 89-97; 7 China |
Confucius: Doctrine of the Mean |
| March 20, 22 | 8 Indian empires | Bhagavad Gita (selection) |
| March 27, 29 | 9 Hinduism and Buddhism | Buddha: The Word |
| April 3, 5, 10 | 10 Judaism and Christianity |
Hebrew Scriptures: Book of Job (Selection) |
| April 12, 17, 19 | 11 Islam | The Koran Poems and Discourses of Rumi |
| April 24, 26 | 12 World Trade |