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David Hume
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- The second paper is due May 30
This list shows which material has been covered in each class period.
| Month | Day | Topic | |
| April | 2 | Introductory Remarks | |
| 4 | Euthyphro, part of Apology | ||
| 6 | More of Apology, Crito | ||
| 9 | Book I of the Republic | ||
| 11 | Books II-IV of the Republic | ||
| 13 | Book I of the Nichomachean Ethics through Chapter 5 | ||
| 16 | Remainder of Book I of the Nichomachean Ethics | ||
| 18 | Book II of the Nichomachean Ethics, through Chapter 4 | ||
| 20 | Remainder of Book II, Book III, and Book VII of the Nichomachean Ethics | ||
| 23 | Book X of the Nichomachean Ethics | ||
| 25 | Encheiridian, Principal Doctrines, Letter to Menoeceus | ||
| 27 | Skepticism materials | ||
| 30 | Augustine, City of God Book XIX, through Chapter 4, Aquinas On Kingship, Summa, Questions 90 and 91 | ||
| May | 2 | Summa, Questions 94, Third Article, beginning of Book 3, Part 1, Section 1 of Hume’s Treatise | |
| 4 | Book 3, Part 1, Section 1 of Hume’s Treatise, to paragraph 17 | ||
| 7 | Remainder of Book 3, Part 1, Section 1 of Hume’s Treatise, Section 2 to paragraph 3 | ||
| 9 | Remainder of Book 3, Part 1, Section 2 of Hume’s Treatise, beginning of Preface of Kant’s Grounding | ||
| 11 | Kant’s Grounding to First Section, marginal number 397 | ||
| 14 | Kant’s Grounding to Second Section, marginal number 408 | ||
| 16 | Kant’s Grounding to Second Section, marginal number 422 | ||
| 18 | Kant’s Grounding to end of Second Section | ||
| 21 | Kant’s Grounding Third Section | ||
| 23 | Bentham’'s Principles, Chapter 1, Mill’s Utilitarianism, Chapter 1 | ||
| 25 | Mill’s Utilitarianism, Chapter 2 | ||
| 28 | NO CLASS | ||
| 30 | Mill’s Utilitarianism, Chapters 3 and 4 | ||
| June | 1 | Nietzsche’s Genealogy, Preface, First Treatise | |
| 4 | Nietzsche’s Genealogy, Second Treatise | ||
| 6 | Nietzsche’s Genealogy, Third Treatise |