The Great Ideas

Topic 2b. The content of a happy life: the parts or constituents of happiness

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AESCHYLUS

Agamemnon [351-474], 55d-57b

SOPHOCLES

Antigone [1155-1171], 140d-141a

EURIPIDES

Ion [585-647], 287d-288b

Bacchantes [878-911], 347b-c

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HERODOTUS

History, BK I, 6c-8a

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PLATO

Euthydemus, 69a-71a; 74b-76b

Gorgias, 267c-270a; 275b-276b

Republic, BK I, 295d-297b; BK V, 364c-365d

Timaeus, 475d-476b

Laws, BK I, 643c; BK II, 656d-658d; BK V, 688c-690c; 694a-d; BK VIII, 737c-d; BK IX, 751c

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ARISTOTLE

Ethics, BK I, CH 4 [1095a13-27], 340b; CH 5, 340d-341b; CH 8 [1099a31]-CH 9 [1100a9], 344d-345c esp CH 9 [1099b25-31] 345b; BK X, CH 9, 423a-424b passim

Politics, BK III, CH 9 [1280a31-34] 477d-478a; BK VII, CH 13 [1331b24-1332a27] 536b-537a

Rhetoric, BK I, CH 5 600d-602d; CH 9 [1367b33-35], 610d

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LUCRETIUS

Nature of Things, BK II [1-61], 15a-d; BK V [1-54], 61a-d; BK VI [1-42], 80a-d

EPICTETUS

Discourses, BK IV, CH 4, 225a-228a; CH 6-7, 230b-235a

AURELIUS

Meditations, BK III, SECT 12, 262b-c; BK V, SECT 8, 269d-270b; BK VIII, SECT I, 285a-b; BK IX, SECT 2, 291c-d; BK X, SECT 6, 297a-b; BK XII, SECT 3, 307b-d

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PLUTARCH

Solon, 66b-d; 74c-75c

Poplicola - Solon, 86a-87d

Demosthenes, 691b,d

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PLOTINUS

First Ennead, TR V, 19b-21a

Second Ennead, TR IX, CH 9, 70d-71a; CH 15, 74d-75b

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AUGUSTINE

Confessions, BK VI, par 9-10, 37c-38b; par 18-20, 40d-41c; BK X, par 33-34, 79d-80c

City of God, BK IV, CH 21, 198d-l99d; BK VIII, CH 8, 270a-d; BK XIX, CH 1-4, 507a-513c; BK XXII, CH 24, 609a-612a

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AQUINAS

Summa Theologica, PART 1, Q 18, A 2, REP 2, 105c-106b; Q 26, A 4, 151c-152a,c;PART I-II, Q 1, A 5, REP 1, 613a-614a; A 7, 614c-615a; Q 2, 615c-622b; Q 4, 629c-636c

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CHAUCER

Knight's Tale [1251-1267], 180b

Wife of Bath's Prologue [5583-6410], 256a-269b

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HOBBES

Leviathan, PART I, 76c-d

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RABELAIS

Gargantua and Pantagruel, BK I, 60c-66b esp 65c-66b; BK III, 133b-140b

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MONTAIGNE

Essays, 70d-72a; 107a-112d; 126b-131a; 231d-238d; 279d-281a; 312c-314b; 459c-462a; 471a-472a; 478c-479c; 486b-497b

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CERVANTES

Don Quixote, PART II, 379d-380a

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BACON

Advancement of Learning, 71d-72c

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SPINOZA

Ethics, PART IV, PROP 18, SCHOL-33, PROP 28, 429a-431c; APPENDIX, IV, 447b-c

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PASCAL

Penses, 164-172, 202b-203b; 174, 204a

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LOCKE

Human Understanding, BK II, CH XXI, SECT 55-56, 192c-193b

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FIELDING

Tom Jones, 311b-312a; 403a-405d esp 403c-d, 404b

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MONTESQUIEU

Spirit of Laws, BK XIV, 104c-105a

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SMITH

Wealth of Nations, BK V, 336c-d; 343b-c

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GIBBON

Decline and Fall, 572a-c;

Decline and Fall, 644d;

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GIBBON continued 297c-298a

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KANT

Pure Reason, 236b-237c

Fund. Prin. Metaphysic of Morals, 256a-257c; 258d-259a; 266a-c; 267b-d

Practical Reason, 345a-c

Pref. Metaphysical Elements of Ethics, 370b-d

Judgement, 584d-586a

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MILL

Utilitarianism, 448a-453a passim; 461c-464d

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BOSWELL

Johnson, 123b; 203b-c; 214b; 350d-351b; 505c

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HEGEL

Philosophy of Right, INTRO par 20, 17a;

ADDITIONS, 15, 118d

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GOETHE

Faust esp PART I [354-521], 11a-15a, [602-784], 16b-20b, [1064-1125], 26b-28a, [1544-1571], 37b-38a, [1660-1706], 40a-41a, [1765-1775], 42b, [3217-3218], 79a-80a, PART II [9356-9573], 227a-232a, [9695-9944], 235a-241b, [11,441-452], 278b

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MELVILLE

Moby Dick, 308a-b

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TOLSTOY

War and Peace, BK V, 194a-198b passim; 215b-218b; BK VI, 235a-238a; BK VII, 275a; BK XIII, 577a-578b; BK XIV, 605b-d; BK XV, 630c-634a

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DOSTOEVSKY

Brothers Karamazov, BK II, 25d-27d; 37c-38a; BK V, 127b-137c passim, esp 135d-136b

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JAMES

Psychology, 199b-204b passim, esp 199b-202a

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FREUD

Civilization and Its Discontents, 771a-779a esp 772a-776b, 777a-b

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