May syllabus
Here's a list of what I'm reading through May. The strategy is to gather a bunch of well-written anthologies and textbooks across different fields, read them on Kindle, highlight a lot, and then get into conversations with them (that part of the process is TBD):
- Alan Ryan, On Politics: introduction + chapters on Hobbes/Locke
- Harold Bloom, The Western Canon: Introduction + chapter on Montaigne
- Plutarch's Lives: introduction + chapters on Thesseus/Romulus and their comparison
- Russel Brand, A History of Western Philosophy: Introduction, Pythagoras, Liberalism, Locke, Hegel
- How to Read a Book: Part One (Ch 1-5)
- Collins Dictionary: The letter A (TBD, I only have this physical, but want to get back into language)
- Michel de Montaigne, Essais Vol 1-3: Starting with the abridged translation by Screech and then backfilling)
- Alexis de Tocqueville: introduction + Vol 2.1 Ch 1-3, 17; Vol 2.4 Ch 1-4,8,13,20; Vol 2.4 Ch 6-8