Selected readings from western intellectual tradition

unit t the christian bible
part one warm-up activities
part two basic readings
　　genesis
　　gospel according to matthew
part three compare with china
　　chinese creation stories
part four supplementary reading
　　how is religion different from science and superstition?
unit 2 greek & roman sages (1)
part one warm-up activities
part two basic readings
　　socrates: the apology
　　plato: the republic
part three compare with china
　　the "axial age"
part four supplementary reading
　　the teacher as midwife
unit 3 greek & roman sages (2)
part one warm-up activities
.part two basic readings
　　aristotle: the politics
　　cicero: on the laws
part three compare with china
　　great learning and the mean
part four supplementary reading
　　cicero quotes
unit 4 medieval christian church fathers
part one warm-up activities
part two basic readings
　　st. augustine: the enchiridion
　　st. thomas aquinas: summa contra gentiles
part three compare with china
　　nee-confucianism and later confucian philosophy
part four supplementary reading
　　st. thomas aquinas
unit 5 renaissance adventurers
part one warm-up activities
part two basic readings
　　christopher columbus: journal and letter
　　nicolb machiavelli: the prince
part three compare with china
　　rise and fall of 15th century chinese seapower
part four supplementary reading
　　criticism against and hail for columbus
unit 6 religious reformation
part one warm-up activities
part two basic readings
　　martin luther: an open letter to the christian nobility of the german nation concerning the reform of the christian estate
　　john calvin: institutes of the christian religion
part three compare with china
　　wang yangming and matteo ricci's progression to china
part four supplementary reading
　　95 theses by martin luther
unit 7 modern scientific thinking (1)
part one warm-up activities
part two basic readings
　　francis bacon: novum organum
　　rene descartes: discourse on method
part three compare with china
　　matteo ricci: the art of printing
part four supplementary reading
　　calculating machines in china and europe in the 17th century -- the western view
unit 8 modern scientific thinking (2)
part one warm-up activities
part two basic readings
　　galileo galilei: letter to the grand duchess christina
　　isaac newton: the mathematical principles of natural philosophy
　　optics
part three compare with china
　　development of science in ancient china
part four supplementary reading
　　critical thinking
unit 9 modern political science
part one warm-up activities
part two basic readings
　　thomas hobbes: leviathan
　　john locke: of civil government
　part three compare with china
　　locke talking about china and the chinese
　part four supplementary reading
　　political controversies in 17th-century england
unit 10 chassical liberalism
　part one warm-up activities
　part two basic readings
　　adam smith: an inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations
　　john stuart mill: on liberty
　part three compare with china
　　western images of china
　part four supplementary reading
　　the declaration of independence
　　united nations universal declaration of human rights (1948)
unit 11 anti-liberalism
　part one warm-up activities
　part two basic readings
　　jean-jacques rousseau: a discourse on the moral effects of the arts and sciences
　　friedrich nietzsche: the will to power
　part three compare with china
　　from western liberalism to asian communitarianism
　part four supplementary reading
　　edmund burke: reflections on the revolution in france
unit i2 evolutionists
part one warm-up activities
part two basic readings
　　thomas malthus: an essay on the principle of population
　　charles darwin: the origin of species (1859)
　　the descent of man
part three compare with china
　　warning voice of social darwinism in early 20th-century
　　china
part four supplementary reading
　　autobiography of charles darwin
unit 13 socialism and communism
part one warm-up activities
part two basic readings
　　karl marx and friedrich engels: manifesto of the communist party
　　eduard bernstein: evolutionary socialism
part three compare with china
　　karl marx on china
part four supplementary reading
　　lenin: marxism and revisionism
unlt 4 early 20th century: man &society
part one warm-up activities
part two basic readings
　　sigmund freud: an outline of psychoanalysis
　　john dewey: liberalism and social action
part three compare with china
　　early education in china
part four supplementary reading
　　freud on the couch
unit 15 science & religion
part one warm-up activities
part two basic readings
　　bertrand russell: a free man's worship
　　alfred north whitehead: science and the modern world (1925)
part three compare with china
　　bertrand russell: chinese and western civilization contrasted
part four supplementary reading
　　alfred north whitehead on education
unit 16 man & woman: modern existence
part one warm-up activities
part two basic readings
　　jean-paul sartre: existentialism
　　simone de beauvoir: the second sex
part three compare with china
　　the first glimpses of china
part four supplementary reading
　　existentialism