Online Library of Class Readings

• "The Value of Philosophy," by Bertrand Russell
• The Natural Philosophers: The first of six readings in the Greek Philosophy Unit
• excerpt from "Nature," by Ralph Waldo Emerson
• Democritus: The second of six readings in the Greek Philosophy Unit
• "The Colloid and the Crystal," by Joseph Wood Krutch
• "The Posthuman Condition," by Bill McKibben
• Socrates and the Sophists: The third of six readings in the Greek Philosophy Unit
• Plato: The fourth of six readings in the Greek Philosophy Unit
• "Nonmoral Nature," by Stephen Jay Gould
• "Can We Know the Universe?," by Carl Sagan
• Aristotle: The fifth of six readings in the Greek Philosophy Unit
• "The Sphinx," by Francis Bacon
• Hellenism: The sixth and final reading in the Greek Philosophy Unit
• "The Decay of Cinema," by Susan Sontag

• Renaissance Poetry Anthology
• "Split at the Root," Adrienne Rich
• "An Entrance to the Woods," Wendell Berry
• Romantic Poetry Anthology
• "The Force of Spirit," Scott Russell Sanders
• "My Dungeon Shook," by James Baldwin
• "Down at the Cross (excerpt one)," by James Baldwin
• "Down at the Cross (excerpt two)," by James Baldwin
• "Consider the Lobster," David Foster Wallace

• Argument and Rhetoric Readings