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HUMS 1500

Introduction to the Humanities: Great Books - Big Ideas

0.5 credit · Undergraduate

An introduction to major ideas in the Humanities, through some of the most influential and exciting texts from Antiquity to the present day. Works may include the Bible, the Bhagavad Gita, Homer’s Odyssey, Plato’s Republic, Dante’s Inferno, Machiavelli’s The Prince, Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Shelley’s Frankenstein.

2013

Readings

  • 613 789-9544): Plato. Complete Works. Ed. John M. Cooper. Indianapolis/Cambridge: Hackett, 1997.
  • Boethius. Consolation of Philosophy. Tr. V.E. Watts. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1969.
  • Shakespeare. The Tempest. Signet Classic, 1998.
  • Hannah Arendt. The Human Condition. University of Chicago Press, 1958.
  • The Book of Genesis (posted as a PDF on cuLearn) Plato, The Republic Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy Shakespeare, The Tempest Hannah Arendt, The Human Condition

Prerequisites & course information

Prerequisite(s): Students in the Bachelor of Humanities are not eligible to register in this course. Lecture three hours per week.

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