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Gives discussion questions on the readings and lectures

The Discussion Questions are intended to be used after reading the assigned text and after viewing the associated Lectures

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 Session  Lectures Topic Discussion Questions
5
3 & 4
Exotica; Plato, Symposium, opening speeches of Phaedrus & Pausanias Session 5 Discussion
8
6 & 7
Dubus, "Falling in Love"; Plato, Phaedrus, opening speeches of Lysias and Socrates
Session 8 Discussion
11
9 & 10
Phaedrus, Socrates' second speech; Mann, Death in Venice Session 11 Discussion
14
12 & 13 Symposium, speeches of Eryximachus and Aristophanes Session 14 Discussion
17
15 & 16 The Hairdresser's Husband; Matthew 19 and Genesis 1-3 Session 17 Discussion
20
18 & 19 Symposium, Socrates and Diotima; The Lord of the Rings
Session 20 Discussion
23
21 & 22 Pope Paul VI, Humanae Vitae; Mind the Gap; Dubus, "All the Time in the World"
Session 23 Discussion
26
24 & 25 William Shakespeare, Othello
Session 26 Discussion
29
27 & 28 Hannah and Her Sisters; Dubus, "The Timing of Sin"
Session 29 Discussion
33
30, 31 & 32 The Secret Lives of Dentists; Dubus, "Out of the Snow"; Babette's Feast Session 33 Discussion
36
34 & 35  Proof; Symposium, Alcibiades' speech Session 36 Discussion
39
37 & 38 William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream Session 39 Discussion
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