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PHILOS 2X03

EARLY MODERN PHILOSOPHY

Undergraduate

Winter 2026 · C01

Readings

  • Etext Early Modern Philosophy: An Anthology Permanent Access
    Shapiro · Required
    ISBN 9781460407684; 9781554812790
Winter 2026 · C01

Topics

  • Marie de Gournay, "Ladies Complaint"
  • Michel de Montaigne, “Of Cannibals”
  • Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, “Let us pretend that I am happy...”
  • Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, “Response of the Poet...”
  • TUTORIALS START THIS WEEK
  • Madeleine de Scudéry, “Of the Knowledge of Others, and of Ourselves”
  • Denis Diderot, "Letter on the Blind for the Use of Those Who See"
  • Francis Bacon, New Organon
  • Robert Hooke, Micrographia
  • Margaret Cavendish, Observations upon Experimental Philosophy (excerpt)
  • René Descartes, First Meditation
  • René Descartes, Second Meditation
  • René Descartes, Third Meditation
  • René Descartes, Fourth Meditation
  • René Descartes, Sixth Meditation
  • Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia and René Descartes, Correspondence (selections)
  • *Anton Wilhelm Amo, On the Impassivity of the Human Mind (excerpt)
  • IN-CLASS EXEGESIS ASSIGNMENT

Readings

  • Early Modern Philosophy: An Anthology
    Lisa Shapiro and Marcy Lascano · 2021 · Required
    Broadview Press · ISBN 9781554812790
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