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Calendar for the course.
| Session | Topic/Assignment | Key Dates |
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| 1 | Introduction: Philosophy as Love Potion |
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| Love and Independence | ||
| 2 | Exotica Screening |
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| 3 | Exotica |
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| 4 | Plato, Symposium, Opening Scene, Phaedrus and Pausanias (172a-185c) |
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| 5 | DISCUSSION | |
| 6 | Andre Dubus, "Falling in Love" |
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| 7 | Plato, Phaedrus, through Socrates' first speech (227a-241d) |
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| 8 | DISCUSSION | |
| 9 | Phaedrus, Socrates' second speech (the charioteer speech) (241e-257b) |
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| 10 | Thomas Mann, Death in Venice |
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| 11 |
DISCUSSION | Paper 1 Due |
| Unity and Procreation |
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| 12 | Symposium, Eryximachus (185c-189b) |
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| 13 | Symposium, Aristophanes (189b-193e) |
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| 14 | DISCUSSION |
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| 15 | The Hairdresser's Husband |
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| 16 | Matthew 19 and Genesis 1-3 | |
| 17 | DISCUSSION | Paper 2 Due |
| 18 | Symposium, Socrates and Diotima (201d-212c) | |
| 19 | J.R.R. Tolkien and Peter Jackson, The Lord of the Rings | |
| 20 | DISCUSSION | |
| 21 | Mind the Gap |
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| 22 | Pope Paul VI, Humanae Vitae; Andre Dubus, "All the Time in the World" | |
| 23 | DISCUSSION |
Paper 3 Due |
| Accepting and Refusing Marriage |
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| 24 | William Shakespeare, Othello, especially Acts 1-3 | |
| 25 | Othello, especially Acts 4-5 |
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| 26 | DISCUSSION | |
| 27 | Hannah and Her Sisters |
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| 28 | Andre Dubus, "The Timing of Sin" | |
| 29 | DISCUSSION |
Paper 4 Due |
| 30 | The Secret Lives of Dentists | |
| 31 | Andre Dubus, "Out of the Snow" |
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| 32 | Babette's Feast |
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| 33 | DISCUSSION |
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| Love as Insight, Love as Illusion | ||
| 34 | Proof | |
| 35 | Symposium, Alcibades' speech (212d-222b) |
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| 36 | DISCUSSION | Paper 5 Due |
| 37 | William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, optimistic lecture |
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| 38 | A Midsummer Night's Dream, pessimistic lecture | |
| 39 | DISCUSSION |
Paper 6 Due |
| 40 | Phaedrus, Socrates' second speech (the charioteer speech) (241e-257b) | |
| 41 | FINAL EXAM |
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