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| − | + | Most '''Core Curriculum texts''' are available free of charge on the interweb. On this page, you'll find links to online versions of the major texts discussed in the two main [[Core Curriculum]] classes, [[Literature Humanities]] and [[Contemporary Civilization]]. | |
| − | + | [[Free Culture at Columbia]], a student group, has compiled the core texts and distributed the package on USB drives. The package can be found [http://www1.cs.columbia.edu/~njb2114/core-texts_rev0.zip here]. | |
== Literature Humanities == | == Literature Humanities == | ||
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=== First semester === | === First semester === | ||
| − | * [http://classics.mit.edu/Homer/iliad.html The Iliad] by Homer | + | *[http://classics.mit.edu/Homer/iliad.html The Iliad] by Homer |
| − | * [http://www.sacred-texts.com/cla/demeter.htm Hymn to Demeter] by Homer | + | *[http://www.sacred-texts.com/cla/demeter.htm Hymn to Demeter] by Homer |
| − | * [http://classics.mit.edu/Homer/odyssey.html The Odyssey] by Homer | + | *[http://classics.mit.edu/Homer/odyssey.html The Odyssey] by Homer |
| − | * [http://classics.mit.edu/Herodotus/history.html The History] by Herodotus | + | *[http://classics.mit.edu/Herodotus/history.html The History] by Herodotus |
| − | * [http://classics.mit.edu/Thucydides/pelopwar.html The History of the Peloponnesian War] by Thucydides | + | *[http://classics.mit.edu/Thucydides/pelopwar.html The History of the Peloponnesian War] by Thucydides |
| − | * [http://classics.mit.edu/Sophocles/oedipus.html Oedipus Rex] by Sophocles | + | *[http://classics.mit.edu/Sophocles/oedipus.html Oedipus Rex] by Sophocles |
| − | * [http://classics.mit.edu/Euripides/medea.html Medea] by Euripides | + | *[http://classics.mit.edu/Euripides/medea.html Medea] by Euripides |
| − | * [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/7700 Lysistrata] by Aristophanes | + | *[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/7700 Lysistrata] by Aristophanes |
| − | * The Oresteia Trilogy by Aeschylus: | + | *The Oresteia Trilogy by Aeschylus: |
:*[http://classics.mit.edu/Aeschylus/agamemnon.html Agamemnon] | :*[http://classics.mit.edu/Aeschylus/agamemnon.html Agamemnon] | ||
:*[http://classics.mit.edu/Aeschylus/choephori.html The Libation Bearers] | :*[http://classics.mit.edu/Aeschylus/choephori.html The Libation Bearers] | ||
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=== Second semester === | === Second semester === | ||
| − | * [http://classics.mit.edu/Virgil/aeneid.html The Aeneid] by Virgil | + | *[http://classics.mit.edu/Virgil/aeneid.html The Aeneid] by Virgil |
| − | * [http://www.stoa.org/hippo/frame_entry.html The Confessions] by Saint Augustine | + | *[http://www.stoa.org/hippo/frame_entry.html The Confessions] by Saint Augustine |
| − | * [http://www.online-literature.com/dante/inferno The Inferno] by Dante Alighieri | + | *[http://www.online-literature.com/dante/inferno The Inferno] by Dante Alighieri |
| − | * [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3600 The Essays] by Michel de Montaigne | + | *[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3600 The Essays] by Michel de Montaigne |
| − | * [http://www.online-literature.com/cervantes/don_quixote/ Don Quixote] by Miguel de Cervantes | + | *[http://www.online-literature.com/cervantes/don_quixote/ Don Quixote] by Miguel de Cervantes |
*[http://www.online-literature.com/dostoevsky/crimeandpunishment/ Crime and Punishment] by Fyodor Dostoevsky | *[http://www.online-literature.com/dostoevsky/crimeandpunishment/ Crime and Punishment] by Fyodor Dostoevsky | ||
| − | * [http://www.online-literature.com/austen/prideprejudice/ Pride and Prejudice] by Jane Austen | + | *[http://www.online-literature.com/austen/prideprejudice/ Pride and Prejudice] by Jane Austen |
== Contemporary Civilization == | == Contemporary Civilization == | ||
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=== First semester === | === First semester === | ||
*[http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/republic.html The Republic] by Plato | *[http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/republic.html The Republic] by Plato | ||
| − | * [http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/politics.html Politics] by Aristotle | + | *[http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/politics.html Politics] by Aristotle |
*[http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/nicomachaen.html Nicomachean Ethics] by Aristotle | *[http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/nicomachaen.html Nicomachean Ethics] by Aristotle | ||
*[http://ebible.org/asv/Exodus.htm Book of Exodus] in the Bible | *[http://ebible.org/asv/Exodus.htm Book of Exodus] in the Bible | ||
| − | * [http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf102.toc.html City of God] by Saint Augustine | + | *[http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf102.toc.html City of God] by Saint Augustine |
*[http://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/koran/browse.html The Holy Qu'ran] | *[http://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/koran/browse.html The Holy Qu'ran] | ||
*[http://sidereus.org/library/the-prince.htm The Prince] by Niccolo Machiavelli | *[http://sidereus.org/library/the-prince.htm The Prince] by Niccolo Machiavelli | ||
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=== Second semester === | === Second semester === | ||
| − | * [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/4320 An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals] by David Hume | + | *[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/4320 An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals] by David Hume |
| − | * [http://evans-experientialism.freewebspace.com/kant_groundwork_metaphysics_morals01.htm Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals] by Immanuel Kant | + | *[http://evans-experientialism.freewebspace.com/kant_groundwork_metaphysics_morals01.htm Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals] by Immanuel Kant |
*[http://www.online-literature.com/rousseau/discourse-on-inequality/ Discourse on the Origins of Inequality] by Jean-Jacques Rousseau | *[http://www.online-literature.com/rousseau/discourse-on-inequality/ Discourse on the Origins of Inequality] by Jean-Jacques Rousseau | ||
| − | * [http://www.online-literature.com/rousseau/social-contract-or-principles-/ The Social Contract] by Jean-Jacques Rousseau | + | *[http://www.online-literature.com/rousseau/social-contract-or-principles-/ The Social Contract] by Jean-Jacques Rousseau |
*[http://www.online-literature.com/darwin/originofspecies/ The Origin of Species] by Charles Darwin | *[http://www.online-literature.com/darwin/originofspecies/ The Origin of Species] by Charles Darwin | ||
*[http://www.online-literature.com/karl-marx/communist-manifesto/ The Communist Manifesto] by Karl Marx | *[http://www.online-literature.com/karl-marx/communist-manifesto/ The Communist Manifesto] by Karl Marx | ||
Revision as of 19:14, 27 May 2007
Most Core Curriculum texts are available free of charge on the interweb. On this page, you'll find links to online versions of the major texts discussed in the two main Core Curriculum classes, Literature Humanities and Contemporary Civilization.
Free Culture at Columbia, a student group, has compiled the core texts and distributed the package on USB drives. The package can be found here.
Contents
Literature Humanities
First semester
- The Iliad by Homer
- Hymn to Demeter by Homer
- The Odyssey by Homer
- The History by Herodotus
- The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides
- Oedipus Rex by Sophocles
- Medea by Euripides
- Lysistrata by Aristophanes
- The Oresteia Trilogy by Aeschylus:
- The Symposium by Plato
- The Bible:
Second semester
- The Aeneid by Virgil
- The Confessions by Saint Augustine
- The Inferno by Dante Alighieri
- The Essays by Michel de Montaigne
- Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
- Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Contemporary Civilization
First semester
- The Republic by Plato
- Politics by Aristotle
- Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle
- Book of Exodus in the Bible
- City of God by Saint Augustine
- The Holy Qu'ran
- The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli
- The Discourses by Niccolo Machiavelli
- The Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes
- Second Treatise of Government by John Locke
Second semester
- An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals by David Hume
- Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals by Immanuel Kant
- Discourse on the Origins of Inequality by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
- The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx
- On the Genealogy of Morals by Friedrich Nietzsche
