21/121-roman, early christian and medieval thought
This seminar is taken by all freshmen in the Spring semester and covers 3 different periods of history: the Roman, Early Christian and the Medieval. It draws on writings from a broad span of time beginning with Genesis in 1000 B.C. up to Christine de Pizan's Book of the City of Ladies published in 1405 A.D.
Prerequisite: Seminar 20 or 120 - Greek Thought
Reading List:
- Genesis 1-3
- Virgil, The Aeneid of Virgil
- Lucretius, On the Nature of the Universe
- Epictetus, The Handbook (The Encheiridion)
- Plutarch, "Life of Coriolanus," "Life of Mark Antony"
- Gospel of Mark
- St. Augustine, Confessions
- Marie de France, selections from The Lai
- Rumi, Say I Am You
- St. Thomas Aquinas, selections from Summa Contra Gentiles and Summa Theologica
- Dante, Inferno
- Julian of Norwich, Revelations of Divine Love
- Christine de Pizan, The Book of the City of Ladies
- Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales
