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SUPPLEMENTARY READINGS FOR SOPHIE'S WORLD
by RAYMOND NIGHAN, Ph.D |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS A--PART ONE: LINK TO THE SOPHIE'S WORLD CHAPTER OUTLINES (Chapter discussion questions have been revised and expanded using the 2007 paperback edition published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux). B--PART TWO: LINKS TO TIME LINES FOR WESTERN PHILOSOPHY C--PART THREE: CONTAINS PRIMARY and SECONDARY SOURCE EXCERPTS (ARRANGED CHRONOLOGICALLY) FOR USE WITH SOPHIE'S WORLD. D--PART FOUR CONTAINS LINKS TO MY LITERATURE COURSES, PLUS ADDITIONAL SITES BY OTHERS USEFUL FOR THE STUDY OF PHILOSOPHY. |
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WHAT'S NEW ??? THE SOPHIE CHAPTER OUTLINES HAVE BEEN EXTENSIVELY REVISED ADDING MORE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCE COMMENTARY INCLUDING WEB SITES AND PRINT SOURCES., |
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PART ONE |
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PART TWO:
HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY TIME LINES Adventures in Philosophy (Time line with links at top of screen) |
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PART THREE: CONTAINS PRIMARY and SECONDARY SOURCE EXCERPTS (ARRANGED CHRONOLOGICALLY) FOR USE WITH SOPHIE'S WORLD.
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1. INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF PHILOSOPHY: |
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| 4. RENAISSANCE PHILOSOPHY: (Philosophy becomes Science)
Renaissance view of the universe--the scientific age begins Renaissance psychology and the evolution of epistemology (Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy) Shakespeare--the greatest philosopher of this (or any?) age. The Philososphy of Science: Bacon and Galileo--see Part 8 below for primary source excerpts. |
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| 5. THE BAROQUE AND THE MIND / MATTER DUALISM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6. THE SPIRIT OF REVOLUTION--REASON AND ROMANTICISM:
Link to My British Literature site--Romantic Period (Nighan) Rousseau and the French Revolution A History of the Imagination by Nigel Thomas The Copernician Revolution in Philosophy--Kant's "enlightenment" Schopenhauer: On the Vanity of Existence The Phenomenology of Mind; The Unhappy Consciousness by Hegel |
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| 7. VICTORIANISM & OUR NEW CENTURY: (The Sophie Chapters contain primary source excerpts.) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8. Supplementary Primary Sources | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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PART FOUR:USEFUL WEB SITES
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PLEASE CHECK MY OTHER WEB SITES. MANY OF THE LINKS OFFER A PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVE:
(THIS SITE IS NOW LINKED TO THE SOPHIE CHAPTER OUTLINES.) See my other on line courses: Shakespeare / Tolkien Seminar / Gothic and Romantic Fiction / The Philosophy of Star Trek |
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Comments may be addressed to: Dr. Raymond Nighan: r.nighan@gmail.com |
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