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Philosophy 3820: Weekly Assignments

  1. Aug. 25: U 1:2 (i.e., Utilitarianism, ch. 1, para. 2, starting "It is true that similar...").
  2. Sept. 1: Mill, System of Logic, Book VI, ch. xii, sec. 7, 1st para. (this is vol. VIII of the Collected Works, the second volume of the System, and the passage, at the top of p. 951, starts off "There is, then...") N.B.: By "Art" Mill means "Whatever speaks in rules, or precepts, not in assertions respecting matters of fact" -- see sec. 1 on p. 943.
  3. Sept. 8: James Mill, Analysis, vol. ii, pp. 262-263, in note 49, the passage starting "A motive is something which moves..." and ending "...is the end of action".
  4. Sept. 15: U 4:4-6 (starting, "But it has not, by this alone...", up to "...even in intensity").
  5. Sept. 22: A 5:6 (para. bridging pp. 117-118, starting, "The experiences of this period...").
  6. Sept. 29: Either SW 1:18 (p. 493, "Neither does it avail..."), or, in SW 2:4, starting on p. 509 at "Even the commonest men...", up to "...have become second nature."
  7. Oct. 6: System of Logic, Book II, ch. iii, sec. 2, 1st paragraph (p. 184, starting "It must be granted...", through "...assumes as known").
  8. Oct. 13: Extra bonus assignment, for people who need to catch up: SW 5:11, on p. 538, starting at "Strong feeling is the instrument... '', up to "...can only be transient."
  9. Oct. 20: System of Logic, Book III, ch. xxi, sec. 4, paragraphs 3-4 (pp. 573-574, starting "The considerations, which...", through "...opportunity of studying").
  10. Oct. 27: System of Logic, Book III, ch. xvi, sec. 4, para. starting "Now it is the very nature..." (p. 519).


    11. MIDTERM SWITCHOVER: From here on in, weekly assignments are microcommentaries, rather than outlines.

  11. Nov. 3: Wilde, "Decay of Lying," pp. 985 (bottom, starting "The theory is certainly a very curious one...") to 987 (through "...You have proved it to my dissatisfaction...").
  12. Nov. 10: Wilde, "The Critic as Artist," p. 1052, 5 lines down ("For the real artist is he...") to the end of the paragraph.
  13. Nov. 17: Wilde, "De Profundis," p. 915-916, from "Reason does not help me" to "and live with freedom".
  14. Nov. 24: Wilde, Dorian Gray, p. 163, from "I wish I could..." to "But we won't discuss literature."
  15. Dec. 1: Wilde, "The Soul of Man Under Socialism", para. bridging pp. 1096-1097, from "If a man approaches..."
  16. Dec. 8: Wilde, "Fisherman", pp. 267-268, from "And when they had gone a league..." to "...weeping bitterly".