The Great Ideas

Topic 2b(7) The function of knowledge and wisdom in the happy life: the place of speculative activity and contemplation

Volume GBWW [I]:

AUTHOR

Title Author's Divisions GBWW [I] page

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SOPHOCLES

Antigone [1348-1353] 142d

EURIPIDES

Medea [292-305] 214c-d

ARISTOPHANES

Clouds 488a-506d

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PLATO

Charmides, 12a-13c

Lysis, 16c-18a

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

Symposium, 167a-d

Meno, 133d-184c

Apology 200a-212a,c

Phaedo 220a-251d

Republic, BK VI, 380d-381a; BK VII 388a-401d

Timaeus, 475d-476b

Theaetetus, 528c-531a

Statesman, 587d-588c

Philebus 609a-639a,c esp 635c-639a,c

Laws, BK V, 688c

Seventh Letter, 806b-c; 808c-809a

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ARISTOTLE

Metaphysics, BK I, CH 1-2 499a-501c; BK XII, CH 7 [1072b14-29] 602d-603a

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ARISTOTLE continued

Ethics, BK I, CH 7 [1097b22-1098b10] 343a-c; BK VI, CH 12 393b-394a esp [1143b17-1144a6] 393b-c; BK X, CH 7-8 43ld-434a

Politics, BK VII, CH 2 [1324a23-35] 528b

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NICOMACHUS

Arithmetic, BK I, 811d

BIBLE:

OLD TESTAMENT

I Kings, 10:1-10 (D) III Kings, 10:1-10

II Chronicles, 9:1-9 (D) II Paralipomenon, 9:1-9

Proverbs, 1-4; 8-9; 16:16; 17:16; 19:8; 20:15; 22:17-18; 24:13-14

Ecclesiastes, 1:13-18; 2:12-26; 6:8, 11; 7:11-12, 16-19; 9:13-18 (D) Ecclesiastes, 1:13-18; 2:12-26; 6:8, 11; 7:12-13, 17-20; 9:13-18

APOCRYPHA: Wisdom of Solomon, 6-11 (D) OT, Book of Wisdom, 6-11

Ecclesiasticus, 4:11-19; 6:18-37; 14:19-15:8; 24:13-21; 37:24 (D) OT, Ecclcsiasticus, 4:12-22; 6:15-37; 14:20-15:8; 24:17-29; 37:27

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LUCRETIUS

Nature of Things, BK II [1-61] 15a-d; BK V [1-54] 61a-d; [1113-1135] 75c-d; BK VI [1-42] 80a-d

EPICTETUS

Discourses, BK I, CH 29 134d-138a; BK III, CH 10 185d-187a; CH 15 190a-191a; CH 22 195a-201a; BK IV, CH 4 225a-228a; CH 6 230b-232c

AURELIUS

Meditations, BK III, SECT 6 261a-c; SECT 9 261d; SECT 12 262b-c; BK IV, SECT 16 264d; BK V, SECT 9 270b-c; BK VI, SECT 12 274c; BK X, SECT 12 298c-d

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VIRGIL

Georgics, II [490-493] 65b

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PLUTARCH

Pericles, 121a-122b

Caius Marius, 353d-354a,c

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TACITUS

Annals, BK XIV, 154a-c

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PLOTINUS

First Ennead, TR IV 12b-19b esp CH 3-4 13c-14c, CH 9-10 16c-17c; TR V, CH 10 20d-21a

Sixth Ennead, TR VII, CH 34-35 338b-339c; TR IX, CH 9-11 358d-360d

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AUGUSTINE

Confessions, BK V, par 7-9 28c-29b

City of God, BK VIII, CH 8 270a-d; BK X, CH 2 299d-300a; BK XIX, CH 1-3 507a-511a; CH 14 520a-d; CH 19 523b-d

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AQUINAS

Summa Theologica, PART I, Q 26 150a-152a,c passim, esp A 2 150c-151a; PART I-II, Q 1, A 6, REP 1-2 614a-c; Q 3, AA 3-8 624b-629c; Q 5, A 4, ANS 639a-640b; Q 35, A 5 775d-777a

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AQUINAS continued

Summa Theologica, PART I-II, Q 66, A 5 esp REP 2 79b-80c; PART II-II, Q 180 607d-616d; Q 182 620b-624d

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DANTE

Divine Comedy, HELL, IV [106-147] 6c-7a; PURGATORY, XXX-XXXI 99b-102b

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CHAUCER

Prologue [285-308] 164a-b

23:

HOBBES

Leviathan, PART I, 63a; 65a-b; 76c

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MONTAIGNE

Essays, 6d-7a; 28a-29c; 70d-72a; 231d-238d; 399d-401a; 502c-504c; 508a-512a; 541d-543a,c

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SHAKESPEARE

Love's Labour's Lost, ACT I, SC I [1-162] 254a-256a

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SHAKESPEARE continued

Pericles, ACT III, SC II [26-42] 434d-435a

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CERVANTES

Don Quixote, PART I, 145d-146a

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BACON

Advancement of Learning, 18a-b; 27c-d; 71a-c

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DESCARTES

Rules, I, 1d

Discourse, PART I, 41d-42a; PART III, 49d-50b

Meditations, III, 88d-89a

SPINOZA

Ethics, PART IV, PROP 26-28 431a-c; APPENDIX, IV 447b-c; XXXII 450c-d; PART V, PROP 31-33 459d-460c; PROP 37 461c

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MILTON

Il Penseroso 21a-25a

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PASCAL

Pensees, 73-74 185a-b

35:

LOCKE

Human Understanding, BK II, CH XXI, SECT 44 188d-189b; SECT 55-56 192c-193b passim

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ROUSSEAU

Inequality, 345a

Political Economy, 373c-374a

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GIBBON

Decline and Fall, 645c-d

42:

KANT

Fund. Prin. Metaphysic of Morals, 256c-257d; 267b-d

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MILL

Utilitarianism, 448d-449c; 451c-452a

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BOSWELL

Johnson, 118a; 299b-d

46:

HEGEL

Philosophy of Right, INTRO, par 20 17a; ADDITIONS, 15 118d

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GOETHE

Faust, PART 1 [354-521] 11a-15a; [3217-3246] 79a-b

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MELVILLE

Moby Dick, 255a

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FREUD

Civilization and Its Discontents, 773b-774c

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