Readings

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Introduction.

Machiavelli. The Prince (PDF)

2 More. Utopia (PDF)

Montaigne. Of Cannibals (PDF)
3 Montaigne. Of Repentance, Of Diversion, Of Conserving the Will (PDF)
4 Montaigne. Of Experience (PDF)

Shakespeare. King Lear (download from Project Gutenberg site)
5 Shakespeare. King Lear (continued)
6 Shakespeare. King Lear (continuted)
7 Hobbes. Leviathan (PDF)
8 Swift, Jonathan. Gulliver's Travels, IV (download from Project Gutenberg site)
9 Swift, Jonathan. Gulliver's Travels, IV (continued)
10 Rousseau. On the Origins of Inequality (PDF)
11 Rousseau. On the Origins of Inequality (continued)
12 Wordsworth. Tintern Abbey; The Prelude (PDF)
13 Wordsworth. Tintern Abbey; The Prelude (continued)
14 Wordsworth. Tintern Abbey; The Prelude (continued)
15 Kant, Immanuel. The Metaphysical Foundation of Morals (PDF)
16 Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice (download from Project Gutenberg site)
17 Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice (continued)
18 Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice (continued)
19 Balzac: Père Goriot (download from Project Gutenberg site)
20 Balzac. Père Goriot (continued)
21 Balzac. Père Goriot (continued)
22 Nietzsche, Friedrich. The Geneology of Morals
23 Nietzsche, Friedrich. Père Goriot (continued)
24 Shaw, George Bernard. Major Barbara (download from Project Gutenberg site)
25 Shaw, George Bernard. Major Barbara (continued)