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Past Readings

Below is the list of readings we have covered in previous sessions.

Our discussions do not require or expect any past familiarity with philosophy. That said, if you want a background in some of the most important parts of the Western Philosophical tradition, reading the highlighted texts below may be useful:

• Plato: Theaetetus and Meno
  • Both Discourses
• Plato: Phaedo
  • Full Discourse
• Aristotle: Nichomachean Ethics
  • Books 1-3, 5
• Aristotle: Politics
  • Books 1, 3, 4, and 6
• Descartes: Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy
  • Full Text, but focus mostly on Meditations on First Philosophy
• David Hume: An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
  • Focus on sections 1-8
• Kant’s Metaphysics: Prolegomena to any Future Metaphysics
  • Preamble + Part 1 (How is Pure Mathematics Possible) + Part 2 (How is Pure Natural Science Possible)
  • Skim Part 3 and Conclusion if Interested
• Kant’s Ethics: Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals
  • Full Text (~100 pages)
• Hegel’s Metaphysics: Phenomenology of Spirit
  • B. Self Consciousness. Probably the most influential part of the work, essential for Marx in the next section.
• Feuerbach’s Materialism: Principles of the Philosophy of the Future
  • Full Text (80-90 pages)
• Marx’s Historical Materialism: Theses on Feuerbach + The German Ideology
  • Full text of Theses, Part 1 of The German Ideology