Renaissance, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Thought
This seminar draws from four centuries of writers, including politicians, philosophers, playwrights and scientists.
This third seminar can be taken in any of the first 5 semesters following the freshman year.
Prerequisite:
Seminar 021 - Roman, Early Christian, and Medieval Thought, or
Seminar 110 - Classical, Christian, and Medieveal Thought
Reading List:
- Fra Filippo Lippi, La Vergine Col Figlio
- Machiavelli, The Prince
- Luther, On Christian Liberty
- Cervantes, Don Quixote
- Shakespeare, The Tempest
- Galileo, The Starry Messenger
- Descartes, Discourse on Method and The Meditations
- Hobbes, Leviathan, selections
- John Locke, Second Treatise of Government
- Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, The Answer/La Respuesta
- Rousseau, Discourse on Inequality
- Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations, selections
- Voltaire, Candide
- Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, selections
- Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
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