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Week 1 (9/5): Introduction to 19th Century; Introduction to Hegel
Readings for Phenomenology of Spirit are PARAGRAPH numbers.
Week 2 (9/10 & 9/12): Phenomenology of Spirit,
Preface: ¶ 2, 3, 5, 11, 12, 17, 18, 20
Introduction: ¶ 77 - 80
Week 3 (9/17 & 9/19): Phenomenology of Spirit,
Consciousness
Sense-Certainty: ¶ 92, 95, 96, 98
Perception: ¶ 119, 128
Force & Understanding: ¶ 165
The Inverted World: ¶ 157 - 160
Week 4 (9/24 & 9/26): Phenomenology of Spirit,
Master/Slave Dialectic: ¶ 178 - 196
Week 5 (10/1 & 10/3): Phenomenology of Spirit,
Observing Reason: ¶ 255, 293, 294, 295
Natural Religion: ¶ 684 - 698
Week 6 (10/8 & 10/10): Emerson, "Nature", chs. 1-4.
Week 7 (10/15 & 10/17): Emerson, "Nature", chs. 5-8.
Week 8 (10/22 & 10/24): Emerson, "Self-Reliance"
Week 9 (10/29 & 10/31): Thoreau, Ktaadn (The Maine Woods).
Week 10 (11/5 & 11/7):Thoreau, Ktaadn (The Maine Woods).
All readings are by SECTION NUMBER from The Gay Science unless otherwise noted.
Week 11 (11/12 & 11/14): Nietzsche.
1. Consciousness & Language
Herd Signals: 8, 11, 54, 114, 333, 354, 355
2. The Aphoristic and Symbolic Method
Aphoristic Method: 381
The Symbolic Method:
Tree: 19, 106, 148, 304, 371
Volcano: 9, 47, 283, 285
Labyrinth: 310, 322
Week 11 (11/12 & 11/14): Nietzsche.
3. Herd & Individual
Type: 3, 25, 143, 154, 303, 306
Rule & Exception: 55, 76, 109
Herd: 25, 29, 50, 76, 116, 117, 143, 149, 170, 173, 174, 260, 265, 296, 328, 352, 354
Individual: 23, 34, 35, 195, 297, 311, 335, 364, 365
Week 12 (11/19 & 11/21): Nietzsche.
4. The Collapse of the Religious Sign-System
Religion:
The Death of God: 108, 109, 124, 125, 164, 343, 358, 374
Week 13 (11/26 & 11/28): Nietzsche.
5. Truth & Error
Appearance & Reality: 54, 57, 58, 59
Truth & Error: 107, 110, 260, 265, 344
Error: 37, 107, 110 - 113, 115, 121, 138, 151, 265, 307, 355
6. Science & Art
Science: 12, 33, 37, 46, 107, 112, 113, 123, 293, 300, 344, 347, 355, 373
Art: 57, 59, 78,84, 86, 88, 107, 113, 143, 222, 299, 361, 370
Week 14 (12/3 & 12/5): Nietzsche.
7. Character
Character: 154, 215, 290, 291, 295, 303, 306, 308
Live Dangerously: 1, 154, 283, 303
Amor Fati: 270, 276, 341
Active type: 49, 222, 304, 321, 378
Reactive type: 222, 358, 359
Asceticism: 27, 130, 131
Week 15 (12/10 & 12/12): Nietzsche.
8. The Eternal Return of the Same
Eternal Return: 109, 233, 341
Selections from Zarathustra and The Will to Power.
9. Absolute Affirmation
Looking Away: 276, 304, 321
Brightness: 321, 378
Selections from Twilight of the Idols & Ecce Homo
Week 16 (12/19): Party.