The Great Ideas

Topic 4b. The attainability of happiness: the fear of death and the tragic view of human life

Volume GBWW [I]:

AUTHOR

Title Author's Divisions GBWW [I] page

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HOMER

Iliad, BK VI [144-151] 41c; [440-493] 44c-45a; BK XII [290-328] 85b-c; BK XVII [420-455] 126b-d

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SOPHOCLES

Oedipus the King [1186-1221] 110b-c; [1524-1530] 113c

Oedipus at Colonus [1211-1248[ 125b-c

Antigone [582-624] 136b-c; [1155-1171] 140d-141a

Trachiniae [1-48] 170a-c; [121-140] 171b

EURIPIDES

Alcestis [773-802] 243d-244a

Trojan Women [466-510] 274a-b

Andromache [91-102] 316a

Hecuba [619-628] 358a; [952-961] 360d-361a

Heracles Mad [497-513] 369a-b

Iphigenia at Aulis [16-33] 425b

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HERODOTUS

History, BK I, 2b; 6c-10a esp 6c8a, 9c-10a; 20b-21a; BK II, 64d-65a; BK III, 98b-99a; BK V, 160c-d; BK VII, 224c-225a

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PLATO

Apology, 205d-206d; 211b-212a,c

Crito 213a-219a,c

Phaedo 220a-251d

Republic, BK I, 295d-297c; BK VI, 374a-d

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ARISTOTLE

Ethics, BK I, CH 9-11 345a-347a; BK VII, CH 14 [1154b2O-30] 406c; BK X, CH 7 [1177 b26-117a8] 432c; CH 8 432d-434a passim, esp [1178b23-32] 433c

Politics, BK IV, CH II [1295a25-bl] 495b-c; BK VII, CH I3 [1331b24-1332a32] 536b-537a

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LUCRETIUS

Nature of Things, BK II [1-61] 15a-d; BK III [31-93] 30b-31b; [830-1094] 40c-44a,c; BK VI [I1-42] 80a-d

EPICTETUS

Discourses, BK I, CH 4 108d-110a; CH 24 129a-d; BK II, CH 16 156b-158d; BK III, CH 24 203c-210a

AURELIUS

Meditations, BK II, SECT 11-12 258a-c; BK IV, SECT 50 268c; BK V, SECT 16-18 271c-d; SECT 34 273c; BK VII, SECT 35 282a; SECT 44-45 282b-c; BK IX, SECT 3 291d-292a

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PLUTARCH

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

Aemilius

Paulus, 224d-225c; 229a-c

Pelopidas, 245c-d

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TACITUS

Annals, BK VI, 9lb-d

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PLOTINUS

First Ennead, TR IV, CH 4 14a-c

Third Ennead, TR 11, CT 4-5 84c-85c GBWW [I] 2:704a

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AUGUSTINE

City of God, BK VIII, CH 8 270a-d; BK XIX, CH 4-8 51la-516a; BK XXII, CH 22-24 606d-612a

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AQUINAS

Summa Theologica, PART I-II, Q 5 636d-643d

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DANTE

Divine Comedy, PARADISE, XI [1-21] 122a

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CHAUCER

Troilus and Cressida BK I, STANZA 31-35 5a-b; BK III, STANZA 117-120 69b-70a; BK IV, STANZA 72-74 98a; BK V, STANZA 262-263 154b

Knight's Tale [1303-1324] 181b; [2837-2852] 206b-207a

Merchant's Tale [9927-9954] 332a-b

Monk's Tale 434a-448b

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HOBBES

Leviathan, PART I, 65a-b; 76c-d; 79b-d; PART II, 163d-164a

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MONTAIGNE

Essays, 6d-10a; 26d-36b; 70d-72a; 115b-119d; 124c-125a; 149b-d; 23ld-233c; 312c-314b; 326b-327b; 339a-d; 402c-403c; 478c-479c; 509b-512a; 528c-529b; 54lb-c

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SHAKESPEARE

Richard II, ACT III, SC II [144-185] 337a-b; ACT IV, SC I [162-318] 343b-344d; ACT V, SC V [1-41] 349d-350a

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SHAKESPEARE continued

Hamlet, ACT I, SC II [129-137] 32d-33a; SC IV [13-38] 36a-b; ACT II, SC II [303-322] 43d; ACT III, SC I [56-157] 47c-48c

Measure for Measure, ACT III, SC I [1-43] 186d-187a

Timon of Athens, ACT IV, SC I 409c-d; ACT IV, SC III-ACT V, SC I 410c-419b

Henry VII, ACT III, SC II [350-372] 572c-d

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BACON

Advancement of Learning, 26a-c; 70b-d; 73d-74a

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SPINOZA

Ethics, PART IV, PROP 67 444d-445a; PART V, PROP 42 463b-d

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MILTON

Paradise Lost, BK II [496-505] 122a; BK X [782-844] 29lb-292b

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PASCAL

Pensees, 100-110 193b-194a; 126-147 195b-201a; 156-157 20lb-202a; 164-183 202b-204b; 199 210b; 386 239a

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LOCKE

Human Understanding, BK II, CH VII, SECT 5 132c; CH XXI, SECT 45 189b-d

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STERNE

Tristram Shandy, 383a-384a; 388a-399b; 459a-460a

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FIELDING

Tom Jones, 283a-b

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ROUSSEAU

Inequality, 338b-c; 363a-366d passim, esp 363a-b, 366b-d

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KANT

Fund. Prin. Metaphysic of Morals, 256d-257d; 258b; 267b-d

Practical Reason, 345a-347a

Judgement, 584d-586a

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MILL

Utilitarianism, 450c-453a

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BOSWELL

Johnson, 95c-d: 102d-103b; 104b; 254b-c; 312b; 350d-351b; 362c-363a; 376c-377a; 540b-542a

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HEGEL

Philosophy of History, INTRO, 162a-170b; PART I, 245b-d; PART III, 285a-b

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GOETHE

Faust esp PART I [354-517] 11a14b, [614-736] 17a-19b, [1064-1125] 26b-28a, [1544-1571] 37b-38a, [1583-1638] 38b-39b, [1699-1706] 41a, [1765-1815] 42b-43a, [3217-3250] 79a-b, PART II [9695-9944] 235a-241b, [11,433-452] 278a-b, [11,559-586] 281b-282a, [11,934-12,111] 290b-294b

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MELVILLE

Moby Dick esp 175b-176a, 313b, 314a, 316a-b, 319a-b, 341b-342a, 357a, 360b-361a

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TOLSTOY

War and Peace, BK II, 80d-81a; BK III, 117d; BK VI, 235a-238a; 262d-263a; BK VII, 294b-296a; BK VIII, 303a-305b; BK IX, 357d-358b; 373b-374d; BK XII, 560a-562a: BK XIII, 577a-578b; BK XIV, 605b-d; BK XV. 630c-631c; EPILOGUE I, 659c-d; 67le-672a

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DOSTOEVSKY

Brothers Karamazov, BK II, 25d-27d; BK III, 53b-54b; BK V, 12ld-127b; 127b-137c passim; BK XI, 345a-c

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FREUD

Civilization and Its Discontents, 771a-802a,c esp 772b-c, 776b-777c, 778d-779a, 788d-789b, 793d-794a, 796b-c, 799c-800a

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