Selected Readings


Table of Contents
 

I. JourneysAnalects

  • Preface
  • Some Big Questions 
  • React and Respond to the Texts
  • Bibliographic Suggestions
  • Plagiarism

II. Confucius Journeys

  • "Renting a Son for New Year" by Zong Lihua
  • "Classical Confucianism" in Chinese Religious Traditions by Joseph Adler
  • Symbolism in Chese Art, Rod Miller
  • from Mencius (6A:6-6A:8)
  • from Hsun Tzu (from Chapter 23)

III. Greek JourneysAcopolis

  • Introducing Socrates and Plato, Peg Falls-Corbitt

  • from The Republic (Book VII: 514a-521c), Plato

  • Greek Visual Arts Glossary, Rod Miller 

IV. Islamic Journeys

  • The Prophet of Mecca (A Concise History of the Middle East pp. 27-38), Arthur Goldschmidt Jr. 
  • Excerpted Sura from the Koran about Human Relations
  • The Medina Document, Ali Bulac

V.  Scientific JourneyDarwin 2

  • Introducing Charles Darwin, John Krebs 
  • from The Origin of Species (Introduction, Chapters 3, 4, and 15), Charles Darwin
  • from Hen’s Teeth and Horse’s Toes (Chapters 1 and 19), Stephen Jay Gould

VI. Democratic Journeys

  • Introducing John Locke, Lawrence Schmidt and Garrett McAinsh
  • from An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (Bk. 2 Ch. 1 sec. 1-2)John Locke, John Locke
  • from Second Treatise of Government (Para. 4-14, 16, 21-33, 40, 123-31, 211-29), John Locke 

 

 

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