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Foundations of Western Culture: The Making of the Modern World

Subject: History

Art: Gustave Doré, Gustav Doré, Satan Confronting Sin and Death at the Gates of Hell, c…, 2023 · Public domain

Instructor: Dr. Howard Eiland
Term: Spring 2010
Level: Undergraduate
What's inside: 2 readings · 3 other files · 2 web pages
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This course’s cited books, in our reading lists: Pride and Prejudice · Hamlet · Pride and Prejudice · Don Quixote

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Foundations of Western Culture: The Making of the Modern World

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Lecture 1: Introductory

Lecture 2: Hamlet

Lecture 3: Hamlet (cont.)

Lecture 4: Hamlet (cont.)

Lecture 5: Hamlet (cont.)

Lecture 6: Hamlet (cont.)

Lecture 7: Meditations on First Philosophy

Lecture 8: Meditations on First Philosophy (cont.)

Lecture 9: Don Quixote (Part One)

Lecture 10: Don Quixote (Part One) (cont.)

Lecture 11: Reveries of the Solitary Walker

Lecture 12: Reveries of the Solitary Walker (cont.)

Lecture 13: Pride and Prejudice

Lecture 14: Pride and Prejudice (cont.)

Lecture 15: Pride and Prejudice (cont.)

Lecture 16: Pride and Prejudice (cont.)

Lecture 17: Pride and Prejudice (cont.)

Lecture 18: Notes from Underground

Lecture 19: Notes from Underground (cont.)

Lecture 20: Beyond Good and Evil

Lecture 21: Beyond Good and Evil (cont.)

Lecture 22: The Trial

Lecture 23: The Trial (cont.)

Lecture 24: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Lecture 25: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (cont.)

Lecture 26: Poetry, Language, Thought (“Building Dwelling Thinking”)