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"VOEGELIN SEMINAR"

The Lonergan Institute
Seminar Leader:  Joanne Tetlow, J.D., Ph.D.

SCHEDULE – 2008

Saturdays 2:30 – 4:00 p.m.

Voegelin text:  Plato and Aristotle "P&A", vol. 3 – Order and History
Aristotle text:  The Nicomachean Ethics "NE" (Penguin edition)
Aristotle text:  The Politics "POL" (Penguin edition)

Date                Voegelin                                                          Aristotle

3/8                  P&A, chap. 7 – Aristotle & Plato                  NE, bks. 1,2,3,4
                        pp. 271-292                                                    pp. 63-170

4/12                P&A, chap. 8 – Science & Contemplation     NE, bks. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
                        pp. 293-314                                                     pp. 171-342

5/10                P&A, chap. 9 – The Science of the Polis       POL, Preface to bk. 1
                        pp. 315-357                                                     bks. 1, 2, 3, 4, pp. 51-291

6/14                P&A, chap. 10 – On Types of Character        POL, bks. 5,6,8
                        & Skepticism, pp. 358-372                               pp. 295-385; 451-476

7/12                Lecture: Dr. David Walsh

Voegelin text:  The New Order and Last Orientation "NOLO", vol. 25 of The Collected Works,
                        History of Political Ideas, vol. 7, eds. Jürgen Gebhardt and Thomas A. Hollweck

Date                Voegelin

8/9                  NOLO, Editor’s introduction, pp. 1-35
                        Part 7 – chap. 1 – The Nation State, pp. 47-72

9/13                NOLO, chap. 2 – The English Revolution, pp. 73-103

10/11              NOLO, chap. 3 – Cromwell, pp. 104-114
                                      chap. 4 - Fronde and Monarchy in France, pp. 115-125

11/8                NOLO, chap. 5 – Spinoza, pp. 126-135

12/13              NOLO, chap. 6 – Locke, pp. 137-152

2009

1/10                NOLO, chap. 7 – Intermission, pp. 153-172

2/14                NOLO, Part 8 – Introductory remarks, pp. 175-177
                                      chap. 1 – Phenomenalism, pp. 178-192

3/14                NOLO, chap. 2 – Schelling, pp. 193-242

4/11                NOLO, chap. 3 – Note on Hölderlin, pp. 243-250
                                      chap. 4 – Nietzsche and Pascal, pp. 251-303


 

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